A Liaison Office which was built to foster better ties with the south and the u. S. President signs an executive order to reform the countrys policing will go far enough to address the racism problem within Law Enforcement. And its core reaction to a report in the World Trade Organization that could end a saudi backed deal to point in the premier league see you cancel united. Theres been an increase in the death toll from fighting on the border between india and china india the army now says at least 2020 of its soldiers were killed by chinese troops the armys clashed in the disputed gallow one valley territory in the himalayas Indias Foreign Ministry described the fighting as a violent faceoff and said it was the result of an attempt by beijing to unilaterally change the status quo there. The Nuclear Armed neighbors have been locked in a standoff on the border for several weeks the border dispute between india and china goes back decades but the tension is increased recently the area is known as the x. I. I. Chain not the uk and its located along the himalayas the territory has been disputed since 1962 but these are the 1st casualties in 45 years as a result of fighting between the Nuclear Armed neighbors for weeks now beijing in new delhi have increased their military presence on both sides of the border theyve accused one another of overstepping the socalled line of actual control that separates the 2 lets speak to our guest now Michael Kugel man who is a senior associate in south and Southeast Asia the Woodrow Wilson center he joins us from washington d. C. On skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera so as weve said this disputed a sense has been going on for decades but it has escalated in recent weeks how do you read it so who would you blame i suppose for beginning the escalation if you want to put it that way and crucially why do you think its happening now. Well i mean we still dont know the full story as to what happened back in may well when these tensions 1st broke out theres been over differing reportage theres been conflict conflicting reports from both the chinese and the indian sides but what i think is extremely surprising is that we had this incident that we had very recently where as you noted there were at least 20 indian fatalities we dont know the number of chinese fatalities and thats because a dialogue process had begun there was a process in place to deescalate this crisis earlier this month there was high level talks between the indian and Chinese Military and we were told that things are on their way to winding down and yet not only do we have a deadly incident but we have an incident a mass casualty a deadly incident so things are really escalated in a hurry and i think as much as both sides want to avoid a conflict and i think we will avoid a conflict its going to be very difficult to deescalate quickly but when you have Something Like what you have right now. And i suppose from both sides i guess theres you know no one wants to lose face over this at a time when both countries both india and china like a lot of the rest of the world are dealing with coronavirus crises in their own countries. Why 0 do you think or rather i mean you mentioned that you think that they will be escalated but do you think there is a realistic sense that because of these casualties that might mount that they might not be able to. Well i think this is the the big concern that you know we were on our way to a deescalation and we had this sudden extremely deadly crisis and we still dont know the full story of what will happen you know these are 2 countries like much of the world that are fighting a deadly pandemic in india the situation has really gotten serious in china there are indications of it as a 2nd wave of the pandemic these 2 countries you really cannot afford to be in a position where they have to worry about an escalation of leading to things borrowing out of control and a conflicts so i think that you have to hope that better minds will prevail calmer winds will prevail i think the question is how india will respond right now i think that india is under a lot of pressure not to back down just because again were talking about at least 20 dead indian soldiers that would be very politically risky for the Indian Government to continue with this position of we need to deescalate we need to deescalate but on the other hand india is the weaker of the 2 i mean china is a more powerful country than india so theres only so much that india could do if it were to try to retaliate the dynamic is very different between india and china than it is from india and pakistan where there of course there have been a number of tensions in the past india has retaliated from after provocations from pakistan but with china its a whole other story its a completely different be so i think india is in a very difficult position again i think its very risky for it just to sort of not do anything and go back to dialogue but at the same time it needs to be careful because it doesnt want to escalate in a way that it would have to worry about things spiraling out of control and leading to the very real risk of some type of conflict Michael Google senior associate in south and Southeast Asia at the Woodrow Wilson center thank you for sharing your thoughts with us thank you. 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Scientists say they found a drug that can successfully treat the most seriously ill coronavirus patients and theres even better news the steroids dexamethasone is both affordable and already widely available the drug has been found to cut the risk of death for those on ventilators by a 3rd that risk comes down to a face for those on oxygen dexamethasone is normally used to combat inflammation in conditions like arthritis and asthma it appears to limit the damage caused when the new system goes into overdrive to fight the virus its impact could be particularly beneficial in the developing world because it is low cost and easy to access what professor martin laundry is an Oxford University professor coleading the trial known as the recovery trial he joins us now via skype from brampton oxfordshire here in the u. K. Sir thank you so much for joining us here on the aljazeera so 1st of all do you think that this discovery the use 8 of this drug is a breakthrough. Well its certainly a major step forward all year you could look into a treatment that would reduce the chances of patients with kobe from dying and we found 2 of the you found one but it was right under our noses it was. Just covered in every pharmacy in every hospital d pretty much in every country its called dexamethasone so this low dose steroids damage inflammation. That might otherwise be attacking along and that prevents people from dying those particular people really on them which is as a yes you know one of the Amazing Things about these at the strike is that its actually already available on the n. H. S. Now sort of the National Health service here in the u. K. I mean weve heard that it lowers the potential death rate by a 3rd for people on ventilators just talk us through briefly exactly what happens exactly how it acts. So the virus is worth thinking about is if this tuesdays its particularly this 2 stage the 1st stage which most people get which is simply a viral infection flu like illness and people many people just get better now but there is a progressive is the new system which with nischelle it was child charger tackle the virus now actually goes into overdrive if you like starts to attack the lungs and cause the lungs to fail and they were the lungs they are people who documented and they ventilation and there is we will well know sadly many of those patients dark the detriments or chakras are problems that inflammation the stage where it would otherwise be tightly damaging the lungs and improves the chance of surviving which is fantastic. The thing with coronavirus and cope with 19 of course is that it was a new disease its not just that there isnt a vaccine is that and that there isnt a specific cure but i guess a lot of doctors just didnt know how to deal with it especially in the early weeks and months do you think that this is a down train during the way that we see the disease that perhaps i suppose Going Forward we dont have to see it as deadly as it has been up until now. Well i we still are weve still got a problem this is reducing of a scope dying to those people people are no closer to us by a 3rd that means that there are still quite large numbers of people who are dying which is of significance 1st if i think about what we do in other areas of medicine we very often used to say of all jokes in combination each time to lower the risk a bit well that started out of the 1st drug that lowers risk this is the 1st target those years its really cheap its really widely available thats a great start but it doubtless well need additional drugs and thats worked as you progress both in the recovery chart i didnt know there were other studies you mention that its cheaper widely available how much of a game changer do you think this will be then in parts of the developing world were seeing the coronavirus really take hold in latin america for example in parts of africa how much do you think that will change the ability of those countries that to fight the disease. I mean it is a global problem with that particular problem in settings where perhaps there arent many ventilators available where patients are get very sick. And where you need cheaper for events and this is a treatment a drug thats on the revenue it shows essential medicines list its available also probably less than a dollar to treat patients in many parts of africa and latin america. If you walk into a board with a patients on ventilators and you gave them all dexamethasone one of those patients who would otherwise have died walk out of there alive having just spent 1. 00 to each patient so its a big ears a big impact on a major issue and theyre typically important result because this is not some expensive new drug developed by a Big Pharmaceutical Company this is a drug we already have this fantastic. Theres obviously been a lot of talk about the search for a vaccine for covert 19 do you think that perhaps the conversation should shift more towards the focus on crew member or do you think maybe its just the perception that people perceive that all the talk about vaccine but actually behind the scenes the medical profession was dealing with the treatment 1st of all. You have to deal with both the problem here and now is the patience and sense of us who have severe kobasew d on ventilators and many of them sided dying thats a problem that needs to be tackled now and for that instruments but we also need to prevent back scenes are the prevention. That is often sets of actually specially the cure but its not all that you get while you go to the other you have to do both you have to do both empower it out and thats exactly what were working on the value to work really works its not just finding one that that will be useful in one patient you have to deliver it in to millions or billions of arms. Injected into billions of patients for that actually to have an effect thats a huge task its a task that people are prepared to take odds your podcast but we also have to have treatments and this is the 1st treatment that actually saves lives and thats a great start just not the end its a great stuff and because its a great start about wanting to be overly optimistic are you not more confident that around the world people are starting to deal with the coronavirus data that were getting canelo is better and can confront more. Oh certainly medical science has laid enormous progress in just 6 months just take this child this job was so you moms started. You got to try to spin the chart of this guys in the context of and gave it its true trust of all the medical science. Nor the joys of the last few months theres a long way to go social distancing remains really able just because we have a treatment that makes some impact but it doesnt mean that we can suddenly all of it all out together again theyre all of the major main it will. We be looking for a drug that will reduce the risk of dying and we found one issue before the widely available thats a really good result and stephanie great news professor martin laundry Oxford University professor cole leading that trial so thank you very much its the World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic is still accelerating across the americas the region has recorded more than 200000 deaths and is fast approaching 4000000 come from the fractions the u. S. Accounts for just over half of those cases and brazil accounts for almost a quarter but the u. N. Health body says its concerned about rising infection rates in some caribbean nations including haiti and the Dominican Republic schools in beijing meanwhile have been ordered to close us part of the response to a new corona Virus Outbreak the Chinese Capital had seen 50 days without any reported cases but in the past 4 days more than 100. 00 new infections have been confirmed Priyanka Gupta reports charlie scientists are working to find the origins of a new cause of 900. 00 plus to does lead to parts of the capital b. G. Green posing a lockdown Authorities Say the crew in a virus strain found in dozens of confirmed cases a sparse week appears to have originated elsewhere. The wisest stretch an epidemic in the. Chain is different from what it was 2 months ago but it clearly indicated the why verstraete its a major epidemic strain in that European Countries so it from outside of china brought to beijing. The government stares the infection sunday edition fardy halting market to provide 80 percent of the capitals food 8000 workers from the market have been tested at 30000 restaurants across the city disinfected People Living nearby have been sent to hospitals for testing almost 30 neighborhoods have been locked down people who recently visited the market have been told to sell vacillate for 2 weeks minister believed to say theyre not taking any chances. Judy sands i wouldnt grant gallanter since the epidemic occurred as she found the wholesale market on june the 11th there have been 106. 00 new confirmed domestically transmitted covert 19 cases the Epidemic Prevention and control of beijing is in a severe situation. The government has reactivated social distancing measures entertainment and sporting venues have been closed and people are being encouraged to work from home. Long distance buses leaving the city have been suspended between west and 7 told not to travel those who do must undertake to we quarantine periods at their destination the shin for the cluster has already reached 3 other chinese provinces the Chinese Government says the next few days will be crucial if the numbers from a stable the Authorities Say the current measures will be enough to contain the operate but a sharp increase will mean but stricter measures will be needed to prevent a possible 2nd wave product or are does either. The u. N. Secretary general says north and south korea must resume dialogue after pyongyang blew up a Liaison Office and a border town of case on it follows theys of military threats by the north and south korea says it will respond strongly if the north does not dial down its actions and rhetoric bride reports from seoul the complete destruction of a building created at the height of improving into korean relations and with it any immediate hope of reconciliation. The north has become enraged by defectors who make calls human scum releasing propaganda balloons into its territory kim jong the increasingly influential sister of leader kim jong un had warned the military could destroy the building in retaliation. And confirmation came chews day afternoon with a faint plume of smoke spotted north of the border. This corresponds to the mindset of an enraged people to force the human scum and those who have sheltered them to pay dearly for the crimes the joint Liaison Office was established in 2018 i made the flurry of summit diplomacy between the 2 koreas and between the north and the United States since then all talks including getting rid of the norths Nuclear Weapon threat have stalled by this action north korea seems set on creating a new crisis on the Korean Peninsula its already cut the hot lines across the Demilitarized Zone border with the south making any attempts at reconciliation far more difficult and possibly signaling a return to the extreme tensions of the past thats something the liberal south korean president moon j. N. T. Has wanted to avoid at all costs but even his government seems to be returning to acrimonious warnings from which we stupidly warned that we will strongly respond if the north continue so take steps to worsen the situation adding that all responsibility for this destructive act falls on the north of macbride al jazeera sold. The u. S. President has signed an executive order to reform the countrys policing in response to weeks of protests against racism and Police Brutality it bans the use of