Virus from strictures into confusion. But israels Prime Minister vows to push ahead with plans to and its more of the occupied west bank. Fleeing the frontlines and more russian mercenaries fighting for ward cleaver have to pull out of western libya. Welcome to the program the World Health Organization has temporarily suspended the global trial of the drug hydroxy chloroquine for treating covert 900 patients the agency referred to a study by a medical journal that says people taking the drug were at a higher risk of death u. S. President donald trump has been using the anti malarial drug as a precautionary measure for a short period his own Health Agency has warned people against its use to treat the virus. The executive group has implemented at temporary pause of the hydroxyl hydroxy clock in our within the solidarity trial why did the safety data is that i viewed by the did i say 50 monitoring board the other arms of the trial and continuing our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat says President Trump has yet to react to the w h os decision. U. S. President has been out and about in the United States honoring those who died serving their country its part of a memorial day tradition as he returned to the white house reporters tried to ask him but he simply didnt have an answer but theres no question that this is a drug hydroxy clark when the us president has been a major proponent for weeks even taking it for himself he has just wrapped up a 2 week course of the drug he told reporters or last week that he was taking it and said he just wrapped it up as of yesterday this is something he said he did in consultation with the white house physician after there was an outbreak of covert 900 here on the white house campus not only did the Vice President s press secretary test positive but also the u. S. President s personal valet and well this is controversial it caused quite a firestorm in the United States when the u. S. President said he was taking it. U. S. Present for his part continues to point to successful studies he says in italy in france even as his own food and Drug Administration says that taking this drug is very risky that its a drug designed for malaria not for treating cope with 19 of those that take it even without the consultation of a doctor well they could be putting themselves at considerable risk particularly since its known to cause heart rhythm problems still the u. S. President for his part has continued to advocate for the success of the drug saying that he has heard from some front line workers that theyre taking it as a preventive measure as well as the fact that he says he has received letters from people that say it saved their lives so the us president no reaction to this study from the World Health Organization saying theyve halted their study because of safety concerns still if the u. S. President is not one to admit hes wrong almost never so it seems unlikely that he is going to say anything about the study. Of else of them is a professor of epidemiology and medicine she also serves as the director of the i c a p a Global Health center at Columbia University and joins me now via skype from new york good to have you with us on the program what seems to in your opinion prompted the w. H. O. To put a brakes put a brake on the research and testing of hydroxy chloroquine. And believe that the show made a very wise decision in view of accumulating data about the this drug in particular as many of you are aware in a recent study has noted that there was an increase in side effects and some of the side effects for quite serious side effects as well as even an increase in deaths among people who took hydroxycut. The future executive that the committee that oversees the study thats ongoing is called the solidarity study and the executive committee that oversees that study actually met on saturday and based on the evidence from the recent evidence of the dangerous Senate Control complications with this drug they decided to pass it all met in their arm of the study so does that i think that was a very into me at this point in time does the pores of the holton the research is it soley done on the basis of the reaction in animals and humans or is it the lead up to that research of what this drug could do through testing for those are the sort of so fully aware of how research is conducted or where where is that where is that red line. That these and find these death motivated the future to cause this arm in the study is this on human studies in which. Some people who have covered 90 received a drug and they were compared to other people who did not receive the drug and in essence what that those studies and particularly the latest study showed in the large number of individuals who called 900 is that there were these serious side effects and even an increase in deaths amongst the people who took the drug so i think in a way this causes all of us a concern and i think what the future will do is review the safety data very carefully and decide whether the evidence is Strong Enough to actually start that arm of the study or to restart in rome and if the city that do not support stopping that arm of the study from your contacts and your investigation and research what are the lines of research are encouraging at the moment i mean theres theres remember. When used in conjunction with sort of hiv combination. Where do you think the research is going at the moment. Well i think there is Research Going in terms of finding treatments and theres also Research Going on in terms of finding prevention methods like that scenes in terms of treatments there was one study that did provide encouraging the using gram visibly or in the treatment of people and you would call the 19 who were severely ill these were individuals who were hospitalized with probably 90 so i think that was quite encouraging there is no interest in studying death seemed drug in people who are with go in 1000 who are less severe who a natural quieter hospitalization for example in addition there are other cancers theyre finding other treatments for example using plasma half from individuals who had called in 1000 and recovered and using their connection and trying to see if you if you take this convalescent plasma and then in choose it or give it to someone who has called 91 this vs 2 sealed with benefits for our nation so thats another line of research and treatment gets said very activity fun of now so we work in progress so its good to get your inside to professor thanks very much for joining us from Columbia University thank you thank you. Doll trump has defended his decision to spend most of the Holiday Weekend playing golf as the crow virus death toll in the u. S. Approaches 100000 the president said it was the 1st time hes played in almost 3 months and that he wanted to get some exercise he made the comments before turn doing 2 memorial day ceremonies honoring fallen members of the u. S. Military while tom scull farting tree criticism from democratic president ial candidate joe biden who made his 1st public appearance in more than 2 months he wore a face mask as he laid a wreath at a war memorial in the state of delaware bidens been campaigning online for novembers election. Now israels Prime Minister says his government will seize what he has described as a historic opportunity to annex more Palestinian Land in the occupied west bank and Jordan ValleyBenyamin Netanyahu made the comments to members of his right Wing Likud Party he says his cabinet will start discussing the issue from the 1st of july how to force it has more from west jerusalem 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 partner 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 words have the ability to bring it to vote in the Israeli Parliament the knesset the complicating factor him at least when there are a few one is the fact the United States seems to have been dampening down such expectations since the president might on perry here about 10 days ago the u. S. Secretary of state theyve been talking about the need for there 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 likud Party Supporters today he was saying that this was a an opt an opportunity that hadnt existed since the creation of the state of israel in 1948 but he wasnt going to miss it. The u. K. Prime ministers top advisor has defied calls to quit or apologize there are accusations that he broke coronavirus lockdown rules addressing a political storm that singles forest johnsons government double it coming said he doesnt regret his actions he travelled with his family from london to northeastern england in march while his wife had covert 900 symptoms leave barca has more from london. This was an unusual moment for Dominic Cummings a man more comfortable in the background of british politics the Prime Ministers chief advisor has been under huge pressure to explain his trip to the north east of england which appear to defy the governments old lock down rules a journey he said he was forced to take under exceptional circumstances no i dont i dont regrets 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. Cummings who faced a daily media scrum outside his home so the journey was to ensure his 4 year old son was looked after because his wife was suffering from coronavirus symptoms something he would also develop he said he remained in isolation in a separate property on his parents estate leaving the house to collect his son from hospital where he fell ill walk in woods on his fathers land and return to london after 1st travelling to a local beauty spot to check if he was fit to drive the scandals dominated the front pages of many of mondays newspapers opposition m. P. s are calling for an immediate inquiry and theres a growing number of m. P. s in the ruling conservatives cummingss own party that want him to immediately resign his explanation goes some way in diffusing some of the anger directed towards him but others are asking whether they can add their own personal interpretation to the lock down rules. Summers come early to the british capital and with it an increasingly relaxed attitude to social distancing rules at the height of restrictions the British Government urged people to stay at home and save lives a message most followed by the scandal surrounding Dominic Cummings has a road it Peoples Trust in government anybody thinks theyre above this letter of the law is a maniac and they should the only adhered to it as much as possible and i think hes an absolute shocker to go immediately why should we be following up down when they dont want him to be any punishment if you dont follow it Boris Johnson defended his chief adviser saying cummings acted lawfully and with integrity in following his parental instincts the comments have been raised johnsons critics who accuse cummings of double standards over the lot down rules every Single Person in the country has had to do these things one person in the country Boris Johnson has staked his entire Reputation Authority on career in saying no no no whatever he told me he did nothing wrong the government meant to be using this time to lead the country out of lockdown instead its struggling to silence a scandal at the heart of power theyve barker aljazeera westminster. Well still ahead here on aljazeera touting for trade and tourism businesses across europe begin to throw back open titles and more than 5 years out of all stock and submissions scandal came to light a German Court Rules on compensation. For. Yet more severe storms across central parts of the u. S. You can see this huge massive cloud right out of texas pushing up across oklahoma hes in cross the good parts of kansas and all the way up. Towards the midwest so we have seen some big hail the auto nadir mixed in and some flooding and damaging winds and you still see that law and that china still has his feet up into central parts of canada russia to the east is that not too bad lossy fondant frog has some pavey rain and florida that we some showers continuing here as we go through tuesday that was the question here is largely settled and sunny today a few showers over the mountain states but nothing too much to speak of another woman and i like getting up to 32. 00 degrees celsius warming off in San Francisco around 27. 00 celsius come wednesday the showers there still has a very slow moving system this one right across the plains i which was eastern seaboard you could catch wanted to share was coming in here as well for good measure i was in crimea showers across cuba across parts of Central America we will see more the same as we go on through the next as a house a little dry there for cuba last you find in try for time across the Lesser Antilles but youll catch one or 2 showers had it was trinidad and tobago. But. This powerful social network is sculpting a global Cyber Society and regulation is playing catch up but as scandals begin to unfold they witness is that we should not be in this position. They want this to munch extreme content as they can get on the cover to gauge how i think sway against profits and how the rules are being written. And signed facebook on aljazeera. Or. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera means the whole run a reminder of our top stories the World Health Organization temporarily suspend the global trial of the drug hydroxy chloroquine to treat covert 19 it follows a medical journal report that says its hues can have harmful effects on patients. Also israels Prime Minister has told members of his right Wing Likud Party he wont miss a quote historic opportunity to and explore Palestinian Land in the occupied west bank and Jordan Valley. And the united kingdoms Prime Minister is top advisor is refusing to resign over accusations that he broke the lock down rules Dominic Cummings says he did nothing wrong by driving 400 kilometers with his family from london while his wife had covert 1000 symptoms. 30 pounds Prime Minister has lifted a state of emergency aimed at containing the outbreak sions r. V. s says the spread of the virus is now under control measures had already been relaxed in most of the country and only tokyo and 4 other regions were still under restrictions japan managed to avoid a large scale epidemic reporting around 16000 confirmed cases and 840 deaths. Well the u. K. Government says thousands of retail shops and Outdoor Markets can reopen next month lockdown destructions that eased but much of europe has started to lift credit virus measures in the hope of salvaging the summer tourist season as lopez had reports. For the 1st time in 2 months madrid restaurants and coffee shops are back in business for now this is the new normal only outside seating is permitted chairs cleaned after every customer and City Employees are on the square disinfecting the area during the time of this pandemic some customers say they are willing to adapt i must get my mother got the guts i spent the entire look down period to learn this finally off as a bit of social life it is a bit odd with the social distancing and everything but ive really missed it. And Spains Canary islands locals are out enjoying the warm weather but notably missing are turks tourism accounts for more than 12 per cent of spains economy businesses are eagerly waiting for july and the country is scheduled to reopen its borders to International Visitors because its essential to have tourists back in our businesses during the lockdown we worked fairly well with local clients so far were happy with things including the easing of restrictions. Greece is also trying to salvage his Tourism Industry reopen coffee shops in athens are mostly empty with tourists denied entry until mid june visitors spend more tha