Governments top tasks. Leaving the front lines libyas government says another flight carrying russian mercenaries who had supported warlord who for half star has left tripoli. The british Prime Ministers closest adviser Dominic Cummings has defied calls to quit or apologize of accusations he broke coronavirus lockdown rules addressing a political storm thats and golfed bar stauntons government cummings also said he doesnt regret his actions he says he acted reasonably and within the law when he drove 400 kilometers with his son and wife who had covered 900 symptoms coming find he went to his parents property to ensure his 4 year old would be cared for if he too fell ill. No i dont i dont regret what i did as i said i think reasonable people may well disagree about how i thought about what to do in the in the in the in the circumstances but i think that i think what i did was actually reasonable in these. In these circumstances the rules make clear that if youre dealing with small children theyre not could be that can be exceptional circumstances and i think the situation that i was in was exceptional circumstances. Following the story for us live from london nave so cummings confirmed he did make this journey he gave somewhat detail about this journey but is this really likely to be the end of it. Well as a good question i think it goes some way in diffusing some of the anger that has been directed against germany coming so over the past few days theres been spiraling accusations that have been quite vicious in some of the newspapers directed to him personally as to why a man so close to the Prime Minister should follow the rules and regulations is they want to rule for the political elite while theres another rule for the rest the public will dominate coming says said in his very very detail account is set out a series of logical explanations as to why there were the exceptional circumstances surrounding his decision to go to the northeast of england he says he doesnt need to apologize he says that they were reasonable decisions to make and that the hard and fast rules set down by the government to stay at home and save lives had room to maneuver given that there were exceptional circumstances that prevented him from staying at home given that he feared that his home could be a target given that hes a controversial figure and fear its a protest as could target his home given that his wife was suffering from covert symptoms and he feared he would be ill and given that of course the how to young 4 year old son that he was looking for help and looking after all of that added up to this very quick decision to go to the northeast of england he said he could have done certain things differently like asking the Prime Ministers permission or at least letting the Prime Minister know but i think the biggest mistake thats coming is made was not to share with this information sooner because over the past few days as a said some of the headlines directed at cummings have been very vicious indeed and they undoubtedly will have dented not only his reputation but the reputation of those close to him including the Prime Minister now will be interesting to see how this all shakes down what has this done to johnson some of said that they dont in his state hes been there cool future on standing by Dominic Cummings. Well yeah i think that the lack of detail over the past few days has made a bad situation significantly worse not only for cummings ball but for Boris Johnson himself firstly lets not forget what all of this surfaced of friday in the newspapers that coming said made this irregular journey to the northeast of england it fell to senior cabinet ministers to awkwardly try and some build their way through quite. Pointed interviews on television to try and explain what Dominic Cummings had done then all of a sudden on sunday and their main man himself Boris Johnson who again tried to explain and defend cummings his action without going into any detail whatsoever so here we are on monday with a man who is more used to being in the background of bit british politics putting on a clean shirt rather than a hoodie and sitting there in the back garden of number 10 and trying to explain in detail what had happened as a city takes some of the wind out of the sale of the allegations some of the fiercest allegations levelled against Dominic Cummings but already an awful lot of damage has been done at a time in which the government is desperately trying to focus the attention on easing lockdown restrictions not on stamping out this scandal at the heart of power. Thanks for that there across the mountains from london. The World Health Organization has suspended a Clinical Trial of the malaria drug and talks the current queen as a cause of 900. 00 treatment it says the trial has been put on hold while safety data is reviewed us President Donald Trump said he had taken hundreds the car crane to ward off corona virus that has now stopped you have of course been Public Health warnings along the way that this drug may be unsafe. Lets go live now to White House Correspondent kimberly how can kimberly how is this all likely to go down with the president. Well for the president s part he still longer taking the drug he confirmed that as of yesterday in an interview with an American Network but theres no question that this is certainly of note given the fact that the u. S. President has been one of the biggest proponents of hydroxy chloroquine in the u. S. President has repeatedly cited studies in france as well as in italy and has also said that he has received numerous letters from various people who say the drug has saved their lives now its for this reason that the u. S. President says he himself took the drug prophylactic lee that means that as a preventive measure given the fact that there was an outbreak of covert 1000 here in the white house campus not only did the president s personal valet test positive for cope at 19 but also the Vice President s press secretary and even some members of the u. S. Secret service so as a result the u. S. President decided in consultation with the white house physician to take this drug even though its known to have high risk particularly when it comes to heart rhythm problems the us president said he took it hes now off the drug but its certainly interesting that given the fact that the u. S. President has pushed this drug repeatedly the World Health Organization is now joining the chorus including the food and Drug Administration here in the United States who says look at this drug has serious safety concerns well its you know useful for treating Anti Terrorism antimalarial drug it is not useful for treating covert 19 now we should point out its here in the United States a holiday today the u. S. President has been out laying wreaths in honor of Fallen Soldiers but when he returned to the white house just now reporters did try to show questions to him about this and also the fact that the United States now as one of the countries with the highest rate of death from coronavirus now hitting that 100000 mark if the u. S. President had any response he simply waved had very little to say about the matter. Thank you for that that is complete alka there live from the white house and he has resumed domestic flights with the government to get asias 3rd largest economy moving again on the same day though it announced its biggest jump yet a new Coronavirus Infections almost 7000 are india correspond with broader reports from new delhi. It is the new normal that indian airports start sanitised passengers bags before they enter the terminal. The disinfectants praised just one of a number of new measures as domestic flights resumed passengers temperatures a check before and after flying masks a compulsory throughout the journey and some were taking extra precautions. And we have all. The. Passengers with symptoms will be tested or quarantined upon arrival but many states have said theyre on voles the Civil Aviation minister tweeted indian saw in the skies again but not everything went to plan 82. 00 flights in and out of delhi were cancelled with little notice leaving passengers frustrated according to airport officials thats because several states said they wouldnt be able to accept flights whats that earlier agreed to. What the number of coronavirus cases rising the worst hit states of try and have agreed to only allow 25 arrivals a day after initially refusing to accept flights. The state of west bengals had flights cant land for another 3 days as it deals with the aftermath of cycling on plan we just heard that my friend has been cancelled i didnt get any notification i didnt get any mates i just heard it in airports so im joined. On having her back home. Airlines are planning to resume about a 3rd of their domestic flights as the government tries to restart the worlds 5th largest economy. But the industry faces challenges the Supreme Court has ordered social distancing must be observed in airports and on flights forcing airlines to keep middle seats vacant and it said the government should be more worried about the health of citizens rather than the health of the airlines elizabeth pride of aljazeera you daddy. Israels Prime Minister says his government will seize what hes described as an historic opportunity to annex more Palestinian Land in the occupied west bank and jordan betty its been netanyahu made the comments to members of his right Wing Likud Party and the Israeli Knesset is currently on trial for corruption charges are a force that has more from west to them on that now his comments. Well it certainly means that the message from netanyahu remains very staunchly in that direction despite whats been happening since you negotiated the Coalition Deal with his former rival now benny gantz in which he assured that there would be no veto on that side of the government to netanyahu has plans to continue with the move towards an extension and from any time from july the 1st on woods have the ability to bring it to vote in the Israeli Parliament the knesset the complicated fact that him at least well there are a few one is the fact that the United States seems to be dampening down such expectations since the president might compare here about 10 days ago the u. S. Secretary of state theyve been talking about the need for that to be negotiations ongoing with the palestinians. Under which process israel would be allowed to annex parts of the occupied west bank as far as the u. S. Is concerned so that was interpreted as a pretty obvious slowdown message coming from the u. S. Weve also had the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas declaring an end to all forms of cooperation with the israelis as a result of what has already been announced on annexation nonetheless to his diehard new could Party Supporters today he was saying that this was an opt in opportunity that hadnt existed since the creation of the state of israel in 1948 that he wasnt going to miss it. Still ahead on aljazeera the man handpicked by burundis long time president to replace him is declared the winner of a contentious election. And forgoing ancient traditions iraqis use technology to mark a holiday overshadowed by coronavirus. And theyre off to a couple of cool a day show us across northern sections of the middle east the heat really is back in place play skies and also as you were showers across into areas of psyche that clearing fairly rapidly although theres another system working its way in from the west on tuesday but at least as much as 29 in jerusalem the same in damascus and the hot and baghdad on shoes of the high the a 40 degrees celsius and then those temperatures set to rise as we head through wednesday up to 35 in damascus 44 in baghdad some pretty brisk winds coming from the interior so the hot dry winds coming down towards areas accounts also 36. 00 in doha 40 celsius in riyadh and always the chance of those showers yet again into will southern and Western Areas of yemen and then down into Southern Africa now theres been a fairly vigorous storm system working its way through will southern areas of south africa that will continue to do so as we go through tuesday some pretty strong winds along these coastal areas some rough waves as well as that and keep in the time which is there are quite a bit of cloud as you can see just some 14 celsius in Port Elizabeth those winds extending up the east coast as well not about to cross into madagascar the usual across sections of Central Africa out towards the gavel a similar story a wednesday but to begin its care up in the fall for the hive 18 in cape town. Frank assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in the water whats been the result in poaching a lot quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal and it really is citing indepth analysis of the dates global headlines its time for new policy and say on the street they cannot all be seen to grady but he read to me this is the really deep over all continues inside story on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera of either of our top stories this hour the british Prime Ministers closest adviser Dominic Cummings has defied calls to quit or apologize for the accusations he broke coronavirus lockdown rules addressing a political storm that engulfed Boris Johnsons government cummings also said he does not regret his actions. The World Health Organization has suspended a Clinical Trial of the malaria drug hydroxy chloroquine as a covert 900 treatment us President Donald Trump had been taking the drug but sell stock. India has resumed domestic flights with the government eager to get asias 3rd largest economy moving again but it happened on the same day it announced its biggest jump yet in new Coronavirus Infections almost 7000. There have been more departures of russian mercenaries from the front lines of the battlefield in the libyan capital tripoli thats according to the un backed government the russians have been fighting on behalf of war highly for haft are against forces who backed the government with support from turkey has been trying to capture the capital for 13 months the mayor of bani walid confirmed the russians flew the 1st group out from an air base in the town on sunday 7 military planes were sent to retrieve them all desires to hold a head is in tripoli those details are still sketchy about exactly where the mercenaries ago. Benny would lead the city there was a city of the horn at the maid of benny will lead told that several flights have been landing in airport to carry the russian mercenaries there is no clear information on where to believing in libya or out of libya but what we know for certain is that some of the russian mostly is that left the front lies have been carried by land transportation from ben he will lead also to a job for military bases in central libya in all cases the russian mercenaries in beni will lead now will come the maid told her that the Elderly Council in binny will lead is protesting the presence of the russian mercenaries in ben you will lead because as they say they have taken part in attacking libyan cities and also attacking and killing and one innocent civilians there they say that the concern of the that some of the russian mercenaries might stay longer in beni will lead for in these governing Party Candidates has been declared the winner of last weeks president ial election with nearly 70 percent of the vote every state in the year will replace longtime president here. Who is stepping down after 15 years in power the election was marred by allegations of fraud and harassment welcome webers following this from nairobi. The many in the Opposition Leader agathon writer had promised his supporters a victory he drawn very large crowds there during rallies over the last few weeks following the polling which was on wednesday last week his Party Official said there were massive problems with the vote they say that 200. 00 of their agents were arrested and detained is the theyd found ballot stuffing going on in polling stations and when they raised objections they were forcibly evicted from those polling stations and they say that the ruling parties militia theres the in boehner akureyri in many cases brought the opposition supporters from accessing polling stations what took their voting cards in place to vote instead of them or using voting cards of dead people or prisoners all of these allegations they say of affected the result which they say was rightfully dess but the Electoral Commission chairman when announcing those provisional rolls the results he said the poll went well everything had gone to plan it