this. extreme contradistinction. to gauge how ethics weigh against profits and how the rules are being written. and signed facebook on al-jazeera. china is set to impose sweeping new security laws on hong kong following mass protests in the past year. and i would and i missed the attack and this is al jazeera live from our wild headquarters here and also coming up. a rising death toll at least 84 people have been killed after a cycle in last bangladesh and india's east coast. millions more lose their jobs in the u.s. but we find a bookstore that surviving without laying off staff. would maybe have an internet

or 10 online orders a day but now we come in and we have at least 50. and a drive to attract tourists back to one of the world's most visited cities but there are safety concerns. not just in the past half hour a chinese state media has confirmed that beijing is planning to push through national security laws on hong kong after months of mass protests this comes as china's biggest political gathering of the it kicks off in beijing the draft legislation will almost certainly be rubber stamped by the national people's congress about nor will prohibit acts of treason sedition or subversion activists fear it could be used to limit the political freedoms they currently enjoy in hong kong while our correspondent adrian brown is standing by for us in hong kong but

fast let's go to katrina you're in beijing katrina and this confirmation just in the last half hour that this legislation will be tabled what more can you tell us. well right now in the study is the national people's congress press conference and they're introducing all the different items that are going to be tabled and discussed by the 3000 strong palm and during the national people's congress over the next 7 days and item 5 on that list is discussion of this national security law and that means that any discussion of this law is very highly likely to be passed. as you mentioned this is said that this will ban secession any really attempts to topple the central government and it seems like they jean is really taking things into that or in hands when it comes to this protest issue that's happening in home called what will happen as we understand it is that they will make an amendment to the basic law which is hong kong's mini constitution using

a legal backdoor which essential a allows it to bypass the usual legislative process is in hong kong and this is because as beijing sees it they're simply too much opposition from pro-democracy lawmakers in hong kong so they're going to have to to put this in themselves and make this very strong imposition of the power and this is of course in response to all these protests that we've seen on and off for just under a year now these purchases not only in beijing as lives have been quite chaotic and bad for the stability of hong kong but most importantly for the aging they've been hugely embarrassing and really they undermine the credibility of beijing rule of beijing's rule so they're really weaving forward with this so we are expecting to hear more details as this is discussed over the next few days and we'll be staying across them indeed katrina you there for us in beijing let's now go to adrian brown he's in hong kong for us adrian do you think this is likely to bring people out onto the streets again there as we saw back in 2003 the last time they tried to do

this. well it's possible it might in the next few weeks but for now we have these social distancing rules still in force which means that groups of no more than 8 people are allowed to congregate on the streets of hong kong and of course the timing of this is very significant isn't it because it may well be that you know a decision was taken by the datas human beijing to push through that status later now because of course it's difficult for people to protest in hong kong right now certainly it is a dramatic escalation of beijing's efforts to rein in dissent and to reign in the protests here in hong kong and we have to see it also in the context of all that's been happening here in the past few weeks on monday 15 veteran pro democracy activists appeared in court at the start of their trial on thursday might pompei of the u.s. secretary of state essentially said that you know it was too soon to say whether

hong kong could continue enjoying its special trading status with the united states because of what it said were continued breaches of the joint declaration that was signed between britain and china and of course what this announcement from beijing also under schools is that when it comes to important big decisions those will now be taken by beijing and not by hong kong potentially you know a year ago hong kong so many parliament tried to push through that contentious extradition bill it failed eventually had to be withdrawn in response to those mass protests and beijing did not want to go through all of that again so yes it's a sign that beijing is doubling down on hong kong and one analyst also said to me that it's either a sign that the leadership is very confident or it's a sign they could be panicking adrian brown that for us on the ground in hong kong thank you a.j. . well ali i spoke to emily lau she's

a leading member of hong kong's democratic party and she says the public is concerned about what they see as china's encroachment on one comes autonomy. i've been sure that people here are very very concerned and very alarmed and very disturbed because they fear such legislation would take away our freedoms would take away the personal safety and the rule of law and the people are very very nervous indeed because they fear that there is so much silly by straying and so much clashes in our legislature that day they try to push something through that it could take a long time so they sing the british just do it and forced it on us but this is terrible if you want to enact legislation affecting people's freedoms and say the teen the rule of law certainly is up to our legislature to do the job and that's exactly what is said in the basic law which is our mini constitution promulgated by

beijing it says we should legislate on our own but now it seems they have breaking up all of the promises and they want to legislate for us well some people say that because of a pandemic beijing feels that many countries which used to be supportive of hong kong they're now too busy with their own hands crisis so they will not want to spend time to look at home car and so there is this chinese expression when there's a fire they will come in and kill and hoping that nobody will notice it is really very bad and but i hope the international community you will care because they have many many internet many foreign citizens living yet there are many americans brand new zealand the canadians they are not thinking at what the media so it's a very international city so if something so bomb badly happens i hope the

international community will tell china to stop it. well let's bring you to some other news now and clean up operations have begun in india and bangladesh after the most powerful site trying to hit the bay of bengal in 20 years so i can open killed at least 84 people and destroyed thousands of homes and there are now concerns about the spread of coronavirus and emergency shelters where millions of people sought safety india correspondent elizabeth prana reports from new delhi. is a father in mourning his 13 year old daughter much me died when parts of the home collapsed on her during cycling on wednesday. she was in plaster when at a good school she told me dad i want to study close by to start you know she was so good at her school work and love to draw. much me was one of dozens of people killed in the state of west bengal where i am pan made landfall with wind speeds of

165 kilometers an hour the cycloid tore through west bengal and neighboring odysseus' state uprooting trees destroying homes vehicles and much else in its path . in the city of course people assessed the damage after the storm passed also brought hours of heavy rain flooded neighborhoods. thousands of homes were also flattened. when the storm started we managed to reach the cycling center now our harlem is not there anymore it's gone we're going back to see what we can salvage. millions remain without power and. people in the densely populated low lying areas around the bay of bengal are used to cyclons but emergency workers say the aftermath of will be harder to manage as they try to stop the spread of the corona virus 650000 people were evacuated to

emergency shelters and west bengal then a descent 2000000 and bunker there was that there are too many people here it's impossible to maintain social distancing i'm very concerned we couldn't stay at home because of the storm and here we are worried about corona i'm just trying to dodge both and with communication lines cut all their concerns about the extent of the damage in hard to reach areas including the ecologically fragile so there bonds mangroves region home to many rare animals including endangered bengal tigers elizabeth al-jazeera. well premier rags around is in kolkata where the damage is still being assessed. 1st program has seen is massive and something which chief minister mum about angie defies she defines this as something that she's never seen in many many years before this main goal was witness to cyclon i love which was in 2009 but it was not at this you know magnitude the kind of devastation the bengal

has seen right now and what is also something which is overwhelming for the state of ministration is a walk was anticipated was that some districts would be effect but the cycle has affected many more districts which means a lot more work for the state administration to do and also the kind of areas they need to reach to assess the situation before restoration work and begin that all fallen trees on the roads there are low lying that are walls that have collapsed in various houses and buildings and that is something which a lot of people have to grapple with apart from the state administration let's not forget the good or not why this is a pandemic is also something that the state administration is grappling with having close to 3000 cases at a little over 100 deaths due to the good old of light as the chief minister said that due to the cycle in the last 72 deaths that have been reported from breast the goal so that is what was then god has to deal with not just the the go on about to spend a big but also the off the back of the cycle now turkey is warning of grave consequences

if forces loyal to libyan warlord kafer have to target ankara's interests in the country have to has been conducting a campaign aimed at seizing control of the capital and turkey has deployed forces to libya to support have ties rival the un recognized government in tripoli and press has any attack would result in have to us forces being considered legitimate targets. and the libyan government has taken the strategic town of sabah that town was handed over to negotiations with forces loyal to hafta sabah is a key supply line for have to us troops well government forces have been conducting a major campaign in the west just in the past week they have captured a major air base there along with a number of towns still ahead on al jazeera why in a rainy and shipment balancer venezuela feels the threat of a showdown with the united states.

more heavy rain throughout much of southern china it's this time of year the seasonal rains the my you buy you frontals of course known as the plum rains and this is what we see these long drawn out from which is very slow to move very heavy downpours into southern china in and around hong kong across into taiwan as well but it should stay to the east of japan we've got want to see shastri friday and also on into saturday feeling a bit cooler in tokyo just 21 degrees celsius some scattered showers through northern sections of the korean peninsula and a fairly unsettled picture really through northern china as well 24 in beijing cloudy skies and you could see one or 2 shows plenty of activity throughout much of indonesia in fact the rain becoming quite heavy into the southern philippines across into maine on friday borneo seeing some very heavy downpours and we get a slight break on saturday because this pulse of rain and thunderstorms work their

way towards the west areas and then we'll also see more showers and thunderstorms throughout much of the macia and again the mill a peninsula still very heavy rain into northern areas of india this is all the remnants of what was tropical. throughout friday producing more rain across into bangladesh and really pushing northwards into bhutan this is where the raids were very heavy over the next few days as yellow areas indication the heaviest downpours we could see as much as 300000000 pieces. as the world fights the corona time to make learning more about this every day it's a new joy no global community it's up to us on how we come to be able to fight. your questions can i just as you point out or see directly that's coming on on you tube as you're saying i'm concerned about the front line phone that's a great question keeping you up to date. and. the stream

on 00. hello again i'm a star and our hot let's remind you about top stories this hour the chinese government is introducing national security laws for hong kong following months of mass protests against beijing the national people's congress meeting in beijing will almost certainly rubber stamp that law which prohibits acts of treason sedition or subversion. cleanup operations have begun in eastern india and bangladesh after the most powerful psycho to hit the bay of bengal in 20 years at least 84 people have been killed thousands of homes destroyed and power supplies

cut to many communities. and turkey is warning of grave consequences and forces loyal to libyan world plea for half the target i'm chris interests have to has been conducting a campaign aimed at seizing control of the capital turkey has deployed forces to libya to support a half dozen rival the un recognized government in tripoli. another 2400000 people have filed for unemployment benefits in the united states just this week the labor department says more than 38000000 people have now lost their jobs since cubs were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus there back in march now joining us is white house correspondent can be how it can be i see that these are less than last week but still historic numbers. yeah absolutely historic we're now into the 9th week of these job claims accumulating almost hitting the 40000000 mark of in terms of the number of americans that have

filed for jobless benefits now as you point out this is down from the previous week in terms of the number of claims filed in one week but the cumulative number is certainly one that the u.s. administration not welcoming and it certainly is a challenge because well they indicate that this is a positive sign that the numbers per week are going down again the impact across the economy has been devastating because what we're learning as we look at these job numbers is that essentially many people believed according to one poll that these job losses were temporary but increasingly we're realizing at least half of these jobs may remain closed for the long term in other words large swaths of the economy are not reopening and many of these jobs may never come back and so that is something that more and more americans are starting to realize and it's certainly having a devastating impact on terms of the positivity many are feeling about the job

market and the overall u.s. economy moving forward so this is the challenge for this white house one in fact that the u.s. president is trying to combat what we know is in terms of jobless numbers where is a bit have hit is certainly significant california one of the major states a big voting block for the president and also the state of michigan that's why we know he'll be traveling there today as he talks to african-americans for example have been hit very hard by coronavirus as he talks about what he believes he can do to turn this economy back on so the u.s. president will be leaving shortly he'll be visiting a ford motor plant typically this plant makes assembles automobiles but now has been converted to make ventilators as a result of the pandemic hitting the united states. so he'll be touring that talking about how his pandemic response has been successful but again it's a real challenge for this president to tout success of depend of a response in the wake of millions of americans facing the prospect of not getting

a job back for the foreseeable future house correspondent that can be how to thank you very much candy. well some small businesses in the us are finding a way to survive these economic conditions described as the west since the great depression was under reports from one in new jersey. at montclair book center rows of every book imaginable from the new title just published to that dusty an obscure old book if you look hard enough you'll probably find it here what you won't find is customers browsing the aisles in march all non-essential businesses were closed because of coronavirus the bookstore staff faced hard decisions closed down after 35 years in business or find a way to keep selling nobody wanted to close down. we just had to figure out the best way to keep everybody safe and healthy while also continuing to serve our

customers the way they ramped up taking orders by phone and also online sales and business has been so good nobody has been laid off everybody in fact is busy in a normal week when it was when we were open. we'd maybe have 10 internet or 10 online orders a day but now we come in and we have at least 50 if we have anything under under 50 that's it that's a light day for us this boy by the front door stacks of packages of books waiting to be shipped out to customers a small sign of a success story in an economy where there have been few when many people think about business in america they think of big companies such as general motors apple or maybe even wal-mart but truth be told more than 95 percent of americans work at small businesses like this defined as those with less than $500.00 employees it's

small business that is the backbone of the american economy that small business that has been decimated by corona. iris montclair book store sits in the middle of 2 other stores going through much harder times on one side a hair salon that remains closed on the other side a gift shop also shutter but in between one store that has made it writing its own story of success gabriel's andu. montclair new jersey now a new stand off could be bring between the u.s. iran and venezuela over a segment of millions of dollars worth of fuel 5 iranian tankers are just days away from arriving in venezuela to help ease petro forces there alexy o'brien reports in the venezuelan capital caracas the queue at the petrol station can last for days or the important one to get this is the richest country in the world and we should not

be like this because there is wealth there is oil there is everything the shortages have plagued venezuela for years ever since its 1300000 barrel a day refining network collapsed which critics blame on under-investment and mismanagement by the state oil company now president nicolas maduro has turned to iran for help for fuel itself and chemicals to help get the oil industry back on track. those 5 ships are bringing gasoline regarding the technical support for the reactivation of the refinery what the venezuelan government asked us for in the past week was to bring input materials catalysts which iran brought through the plains. ship tracking shows the 1st of the 5 tanks has left the iranian port city of banda rob us and match the 1st tanker fortune is expected to arrive in venezuela in the next few days. iran is

a longtime ally of venezuela and fellow rival of the united states both countries oil sake does our weedy under u.s. sanctions the white house says it's considering how to respond to the shipment this would be an example of the iranian regime taking the wealth of the iranian people and wasting it in venezuela on the door of the u.s. is one of more than 60 countries trying to push nicolas maduro from power recognize an opposition leader one guy i don't know as president a force of u.s. vessels including navy destroyers patrol the caribbean on what u.s. officials say is an anti drug mission venezuela sees the vessels as a threat and is sending its own military to a school the iranian tankers through its territory in case the deal it would constitute an actual mission. and that.

all but analysts say a conflict is unlikely nobody in washington wants it war her or any sort of conflict with iran over venezuela in the current circumstances so the u.s. commander in chief of the southern command has expressed concern over the earth and washington is clearly watching it closely i think it is in the current circumstances that probably going to be. the extent of venezuela and iran say the trade is a win win for both countries iran got much needed gold venezuela the oil and both got to send a message to the united states alexia brian al-jazeera. now israelis are celebrating jerusalem day that's the anniversary of israeli forces occupying easter ascent in 1967 and previous not just by settlers increased tension between jews and palestinians and this year's event is scaled down because of coronavirus

restrictions and our correspondent harry for such rings us now from easter east and how we can you talk us through the significance of this lunch today. well yes this will be a very very different march from what we are used to seeing usually on this date each year there will be $50000.00 at least tens of thousands of largely right wing settler religious nationalist jews who will come through the old city waving flags marching singing dancing in the muslim quarter outside damascus gate and within the old city near the it is often the site of tensions with the muslim palestinian. neighborhood and the residents of that area as they see this as an extremely triumphalist. expression of jewish occupation of their half of the city this year it is going to be very different the numbers have been restricted to $700.00 they will be marching through the heart of the old city at least not in that part of the

old city they will be forming a socially distanced chain of various areas outside jaffa gate here and indeed on the walls we hear from the activists above damascus gate and then some 450 this evening will gather at the western wall and pray and commemorate this very significant date for them there i think it'll be surprising though if also into consideration hadn't been taken the fact that all throughout the muslim month of ramadan the al aqsa mosque compound has been shut because of the can concerns about coronavirus if during that time and as we're coming up to aid if there'd been tens of thousands marching through on this day it may well have created more tension than usual and so that may well have been factored into the considerations as well how to force that there for us and occupied east turkistan thanks very much terry. well the total number of coronavirus case as well why it has passed 5000000 that's

according to a tally by johns hopkins university now the virus has killed more than 328000 people and the lockdowns aimed at containing it have devastated economies around the wilds the outbreak originated in china but the u.s. and europe have been the west affected while spain and greece are looking to reopen for tourism in the summer but across europe the entire sector is preparing for a tough season and while some restrictions are being eased it is expected to take until next year for the number of foreign visitors to rebound he is out of there as natasha butler and paris on the struggle that the french government is facing to balance economic needs with public health. so i think you've been teach to c.v. car is both the passion and the business for it but it coronavirus crisis has put the brakes on his tool company in paris he hopes it has some countries begin to ease knockdowns and travel restrictions tourists will return to the city without them his business may struggle to survive work more or less to risk for in your

tourist from europe and us and it's really hard to work only with persians they don't do really that's kind of tour. paris is famous monuments are shot so a cafes restaurants and hotels like this one a knock shari'a way sice in the center of the city it opened less than a year ago the managing director says the financial impact of convict 19 is the worst she's experienced in her 25 years in hospitality i mean normally in this period during july and august for example we have a lot of people from the middle east from from dubai from riyadh but the problem now we can say that we have totally lost 2020 because there is no doubt that the business for not coming back i mean strongly coming back before 2021 paris is one of the world's most visited cities tourism one of its main industry so

reopening and reviving the sector is vital for its economy but doing that safely when the health crisis isn't over is a huge challenge paris is not alone in this low his global world so every capital every city i've got the same challenges actually so i'm pretty sure that we will all be committed to have the same safety measures everywhere some of paris's smallest museums have been limited to reopen only 10 visitors at a time are allowed in the committee foundation since distancing isn't forced mosques are mandatory but the new rules haven't dissuaded was for her it was essential to reopen. again we asked for showing again and the or her culture should be that the french government has yet to decide when borders hotels restaurants and cafes will fully reopen last week the prime minister announced a more the 19 $1000000000.00 tourism rescue plan he said saving the industry is

a national priority but so is safeguarding people's health it's a fine balance for everyone but equally when it's paul to tell what's around the corner it's actually a bottle of al-jazeera. well dear remember you can always find much more on our website including all the latest updates on the current virus pandemic that's al jazeera dot com. and again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the chinese government is introducing national security laws for hong kong following months of mass protests against beijing the national people's congress meeting in beijing will almost certainly rubber stamp a law which prohibits acts of treason sedition or subversion our correspondent agent brown reports from hong kong that there may not be the instant protests expected against them. we have these social distancing rules still in force which

means that groups of no more than 8 people are allowed to congregate on the streets of hong kong and of course the timing of this is very significant isn't it because it may well be that you know a decision was taken by the leadership in beijing to push through the status lation now because of course it's difficult for people to protest in hong kong right now certainly it is a dramatic escalation of beijing's efforts to rein in dissent and to reign in the protests here in hong kong martin operations have begun an eastern india and bangladesh after the most powerful cyclon to hit the bay of bengal and 20 years at least 84 people were killed thousands of homes destroyed and power supplies cut to many communities turkey is warning of grave consequences if forces loyal to libyan war article if i have to target ankara as interests have to has been conducting a campaign aimed at seizing control of the capital turkey has deployed forces to

libya to support have to as rival that's the u.n. recognized government in tripoli. another 2400000 people have filed for unemployment benefits in the u.s. this week in the latest wave of layoffs because of the corona virus outbreak the labor department says more than 38000000 people have now lost their jobs since rock down restrictions were imposed and march to slow the spread of private 19 venezuela says its military while the scored 5 iranian tankers bringing feel to years of shortages now both countries are under u.s. sanctions and the white house says it's considering a response to the shipment the total number of coronavirus case as well why it has passed 5000000 the virus has killed more than 328000 people well those are the headlines and next up on al-jazeera it's the string throughout history humankind has come together in our darkest moments this is

a moment to work pretty much the opposite where retreat from the world could actually save every generation has its moment this one is ours. are actively engaged look into this to mean all of the squeak. running discussions that you need to find like you have us and our own like unity today having that here back on like my laptop this is what you often ask is those story or is she think we should cover our escape down he said you can see clovis run dunalley and chloe say in bossman of government surveillance on citizens the same rhetoric and euphemism used the war on terror to justify and pressed into the covering of the citizens is being developed around 19 to.