Coronavirus cases are rising in 22 of the 50 US states, according to a Reuters analysis published In Sunday.As little as three weeks ago, cases were increasing in Inly three states, Hawaii, Illinois and South Dakota, according to an analysis comparing cases for the two-week period of August 8-22 with the past two weeks.

Bahrain and Israel are working to finalize an agreement to normalize ties between the two countries, Channel 12 News reported In Sunday.According to the report, Mossad chief Yossi Cohen is currently in close contact with senior officials in the country in order In making the agreement public and coordinating the declaration of normalization between the two countries.

Britain has set a deadline of October 15 to strike a free-trade deal with the European Union, and if none is agreed both sides should "accept that and move In," UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to say In Monday, according to Reuters.Britain left the EU In January 31 but there has been little progress In a new trade deal after a status-quo transition arrangement ends in December.

The Saudi-led coalition forces fighting in Yemen In Sunday intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone fired by Iran-backed Houthis targeting Saudi Arabia"s southern region, the official Saudi Arabian news agency SPA said.The coalition had said earlier that it intercepted and destroyed another explosive-laden drone over Yemeni airspace that Houthis fired towards Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia"s King Salman bin Abdulaziz told US President Donald Trump In Sunday there would be no normalization with Israel without Palestinian statehood, Reuters reported, citing the kingdom"s state news agency.The leaders spoke by phone following the historic US-brokered accord last month under which the United Arab Emirates agreed to become the third Arab state to normalize ties with Israel after Egypt and Jordan.

Brazil recorded 14,521 additional confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as well as 447 deaths, the Health Ministry said In Sunday.Brazil has registered 4.14 million cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 126,650, according to ministry data.

Saeb Erekat, Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), threatened In Sunday that the Palestinian Authority will sever ties with "any country that will move or open its embassy to Jerusalem"."We urge all nation states to abide by international law, including security council resolutions 478 and 2334. Violating international law is a sign of weakness not strength," tweeted Erekat.

Yuval Arad, head of the Kochav Yair Tzur Yigal Council, announced in an interview with Galei Tzahal: "If they put us In the list of forty, we will appeal to the High Court and ask for an order that will stop this decision."