base of your legs only says or down the press is not after trying this after that we're not the enemy of the people we are the people us a current battleground whose truth is it anyway on. china plans a new security law to impose on hong kong and clamp down on anything it calls subversive. blown down in jordan this is al jazeera live and also coming up parts of eastern india and bangladesh are picking up the pieces after a powerful cyclon swept through killing more than 80 people. trouble in the skies the u.s. plans to pull out of a treaty that allows surveillance flights among 35 countries spending russia for the decision. and millions more people in the u.s.

lose their jobs but some stores are surviving without laying off staff. after months of protests in hong kong against the central government china plans to introduce a new law to clamp down on protesters it's expected to rubber stamp national security laws at his biggest political gathering the u.s. has warned it will respond strongly and is urging beijing to respect hong kong's autonomy katrina knew before. on the eve of china's national people's congress the announcement of a 3rd national security law which criminalizes secession foreign interference and the subversion of state power in hong kong. could be issues in sri hong kong as an inseparable part of the people's republic of china the m.p.c. is the highest organ of state. power in light of new circumstances and need the

n.p.c. is exercising the power in trying to in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a legal framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in hong kong. the new law would bypass hong kong's legislative council and is beijing's response to months of dissent and sometimes violent part of the protests in hong kong the draft legislation will be discussed when china's leaders meet over the next week here in beijing it's likely to further isolate president xi jinping he already faces a tide of international criticism because of the chinese government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic led by its biggest trading partner the us donald trump accuses china of covering up the outbreak beijing denies this but the argument is pushing the 2 countries closer to confrontation and phase one of the deal to end their 2 year trade war hangs in the balance he's mixing politics economics and also

security issues very very dangerous mixture any kind of miscalculation could result in a real tragedy. another thaw in china's side u.s. support for taiwan wednesday's inauguration of president when has pushed beijing's goal of reunification further away as china's. over the next week surging and china sentiment abroad isn't or only a challenge at home leaders must have a slowing economy rising unemployment and new classes of the coronavirus new outbreaks in rouhani and in china's northeast have stoked fears of a 2nd wave of infections and in rural areas millions wait for an end to the life of poverty 2020 is the government deadline to create what it calls a moderately well off society. no previous n.p.c.

has ever had to bear all these conflicts and difficulties like the one this year there are too many tasks it's mission impossible. but when the national congress opens problems will make way to pageantry as a 1400000000 chinese look to president xi to pave a path through what many see as an increasingly precarious future between e.u. al-jazeera beijing. well victoria hall is a professor of political science at the university of notre dame in indiana she says if this national security you know goes ahead it will be the end of one country 2 systems governance a lot of people often say that always want. a change does not rule out military tanks in and among fashion into their business trees. except by just imposing a law. by passing the legislative council this really stuns the country's 2

systems it is going to be very damaging in thanks the issue that's really a cause all the chaos and and then protests in a already damaged urgent business confidence because anyone any american any european any anyone many where in the well you have to ask then you could be strategic to. give us and that want it and so essentially beijing is kind of workers don't care and at the same time they're really very aggressive to continue ptolemy stated it especially economic status because they think that. all these western governments so economically struggling they would not want to take a. western capitals don't do something beijing. cleanup operations are underway in india and bangladesh after the most powerful cyclon to hit the bay of bengal in 20 years cycle and killed at least $84.00 people and

destroyed thousands of homes there are now concerns about the spread of coronavirus and emergency shelters where millions of people have sought safety because of a purana reports from new delhi. that i may shell 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 after. she was in class when at a good school she told me dad i want to study close by don't send me away 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 on part also brought hours of heavy rain flooded neighborhoods. thousands of homes were also flattened by the day. 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 a will be harder to manage as they try to stop the spread of the corona virus 650000 people were evacuated to emergency shelters in west bengal then a decision 2000000 and bank of the 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. the u.s. plans to pull out of a treaty that allows on the aerial surveillance flights of another country the open skies treaty came into effect in 2002 and has been signed by 35 different nations washington has accused russia of repeatedly violating the deal. russia and the us have developed very good relationship as you know we worked on the oil problem together i think we have a very good relationship with russia but russia didn't adhere to the treaty so until they are here we will pull out but there's a very good chance we'll make a new agreement or do something to put that agreement back together nato ambassadors are due to meet on friday to discuss the withdrawal maicon as

a correspondent in washington d.c. explain the president's strategy. this part of an ongoing process by the trump administration to disentangle themselves from international agreement this is the 3rd on this agreement that the trumpet ministration has pulled out of the 1st was the iran nuclear deal then the strategic nuclear one and now you've got this 3rd one but there has been immediate reaction in congress eliot engel the chair of the house foreign relations committee points out that president trump is unable to do this without giving congress 120 days notice which he has not done this isn't terms of an aunt that president signed back in 2019 so there is already criticism from democrats in congress but it is yet another move by trump to diminish the relationships with the international community and nato allies for example are going to be absolutely incensed by this decision a unilateral decision what happens next is that once the u.s.

says. this formally there are 60 days during which all signatories to the agreement must meet there is some speculation that a new deal could be agreed to but that's very unlikely at this particular point well let's talk to joel rubin he's a former u.s. deputy assistant secretary of state and president of the washington strategy group who joins us live from chevy chase in maryland on skype joe good to be back on the program this open skies treaty was meant to boost transparency and confidence amongst members and avoid conflicts so how significant is it that the u.s. has decided to pull out now. yeah there and it's very significant that it demonstrates weakness not strength when it is doing is isolating the united states from all of our partners who are concerned about nuclear proliferation who are concerned about russian intentions who want us to understand what russia is doing right now we're going to be why we're not going to see what russia has the through . the whole core of the treaty was about transparency and understanding to avoid

any accident now we've watched that that really puts us in a bind before our allies and for national security yeah joe the u.s. says it's done this because russia has constantly violated the treaty a challenge which russia denies but the u.s. has not russia as banned certain flights of a kaliningrad in the areas near georgia so there seems to be some justification to the u.s. claims well there's no doubt that russia has not followed the letter of the treaty certainly even for research very state george shultz you good shit this is said so but that doesn't mean he will eat the treaty because it's broken you work to make it comply by all of the parties work to ensure that russia does do it since it's supposed to do we think it now sensuous is russia you're free to do with everyone and it's been a long term ask who knows american international arms control agreements and so

we're now seeing the fruits of their labor. their labor bear through that is and it's very discouraging for those of us who are worried about an extended arms race that may come as a result of this john let's just talk big picture here because last year the u.s. pulled out of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty with russia and was drawing from the open skies treaty comes a time when the whole structure of arms control is collapsing so how warring is this do you think. yeah it's a really really important question because right now there is just one less new start agreement between the u.s. and russia but a critical component of any diplomatic agreement is trust in our adversaries need to know that when they signed a deal with us we're going to live up to what as well as them and right now we're worried about north korea and iran and their programs clearly that it's not something that should give them confidence that they can make a deal with us not going to say it like that because we should be pushing them to

make a deal now they can point out that this is a broken deals with russia and iran nuclear deal why should we sign one with you if we can't and not that's very dangerous joe just a final thought from the before you go i mean president trump says look there's a you know a very good chance that the u.s. will reach a new deal with russia and russia seems keen to perhaps sort this out so are they likely to agree a deal in the future it would be great if you actually lived up to it but the president said the same thing with your intermediate nuclear forces treaty agreement last year the i.m.f. said we would get something there's been no negotiation on that russia's offer to extend to start it's working us is not accept that offer so i don't see much actually behind those words now it's what we need to change if we're going to more secure nuclear future all right general been thanks for sharing your thoughts with us here now to say right thank you joe. thank you our time for a short break here not just here and when we come back a leading medical challenge he warns of a looming coronavirus catastrophe in yemen. and the drive to attract tourists back

to one of the world's most visited cities we're in paris after the break more on that stay with us. hell of the flooding in michigan was a result of a burst dam or 2 were to but of course they have floodwaters behind them i'm pleased to say that's not the case in the forecast the stalls look for further west than the plains states and still more carolinas and in virginia now that's slowly improving the rates are falling as well but these showers still movie are becoming rather more substantial in texas maybe oklahoma missouri and they're all drifting slowly east was slow moving and fairly well scattered i think not particularly organized which means if they can forecast for somewhere like nashville you like to

get thunderstorms in that focus at 30 degrees for saturday sunday and monday. substantial showers that we see recently heavy thunderstorms in cuber and bahamas there tends to move this direction that's the line that so culminates in nicaragua honduras area i think will be heavy rain flooding seemed likely here so 2 days for the seemed likely with the continued likelihood of building showers in cuba or florida or hispaniola just got quite as was for as they were but this is definitely a concentration band see flooding down here even down in costa rica rather less likely i think in panama. for. refugees heading for a better life in australia. and sent to remote island indefinite detention in her condition got a conscience in order to understand how to do this to smuggle for each and

eyewitness accounts the main thing in doing for paper orleans asking them not to harm themselves not to kill themselves witness chasing asylum. on al-jazeera. welcome back if you come out of our top stories here on al-jazeera china is planning to introduce measures to clamp down on protesters in hong kong it's expected to rubber stamp new national security laws of the annual national people's congress which opens in the coming hours. cleanup operations are underway in eastern india and bangladesh after one of the most powerful sidelines at the bay of bengal in 20 years at least 84 people have been killed. and donald trump is pulling

the u.s. out of the open skies treaty it allows more than 30 participating countries to conduct an armed surveillance flights over each other's territory president says russia has repeatedly violated the deal. doctors without borders is warning of what it calls an unfolding catastrophe at its hospital in southern yemen the aid groups calling for urgent help from the united nations after the deaths of more than a 3rd of covered 900 patients admitted in the port city of aden it's the only dedicated virus treatment clinic in the south of the country staff say they are short of personal protective equipment and virus tests well clear hadon is the head of mission in yemen for doctors without borders she says many people thought they were immune. that they were. and there were very few. people who.

are. more likely that there are much more. much more. almost 2 and a half 1000000 more americans have filed for unemployment benefits over the past week that means 38600000 people in the u.s. have lost their jobs since lockdown restrictions were imposed in march economists say the most recent layoffs are the most concerning is that happening at a time when states are beginning to reopen spain and greece are looking to reopen for tourism this summer but across europe the industry is preparing for a tough season while some restrictions are being eased it's expected to take until next year the number of foreign visitors to rebound a touch about to reports now from paris on the struggle the french government is facing to balance economic needs with public health. is

both a passion and a business for yet but a coronavirus crisis has put the brakes on his tool company in paris he hopes it is 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 with tory's for in your tourist from europe and us. are really hard to work. don't do really so 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 has hope i've got the same challenges actually so i'm pretty sure that we will all be committed to have the same say to 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're also showing again

and the author 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 19000000000 dollar 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 particularly when it's hard to tell what's around the corner with al-jazeera iris. or peter robinson that's the center of the tourism and hospitality management at leeds beckett university he says while international tourism will take a while to recover domestic tourism will thrive. it's really complicated because the tourism industry relies on a very complex balance of supply and demand and that it matters to international tourists and it matters to domestic terrorists and it's

a combination of both 2 types of tourism which really matter to almost every destination in the world so soon as it becomes difficult for people to travel internationally it's going to have a massive knock on impact by much combined with the economic impact of people losing jobs of the being that money in the economy that means that that recovery will take even longer there's probably some. quarter optimism in terms of domestic terrorism that is likely to be able to recover sooner because it's easier to manage that and the answer risks of course being close in quoting period but domestic tourism alone won't be enough to truly sustain with sort of economic vibrant to get tourism has become known to be live in cities like paris and london and new york so the government have now just about all set up tourism tough waters ways to look at how to recover the tourism economy to make the most of the remainder of this year have locked down seem to be having some effect edwidge it's all one way in which

countries can allow travel between 2 nations where the risk of infection is low and the ultimate decision about which countries will benefit from that of course comes down to individual government sensitivity about risk of infection and of course but with communities all proceeds with the community so we think lots of people who are concerned about travelers coming to that to their homes and potentially spreading the virus thanks book says up to half of its 50000 staff could be working from home within the next 5 to 10 years the company plans to permanently embrace remote working after coronavirus lockdowns it follows a similar announcement by social media rival twitter which is allowing employees to work from home indefinitely. high level talks are being held over a controversial measure being billed by ethiopia the prime minister of sudan in ethiopia meds via video conference sudan and egypt fear the $4600000000.00 of a project will trump their essential water supply if european says the dam will

bring economic benefits to all 3 countries even morgan has more from the sudanese capital khartoum this all started when if you propose that sudan if you and egypt sign an initial agreement because it wants to start filling the dam by july now that is something that sudan last week has rejected and said that all 3 sides should come to the negotiating table but because of the global pandemic the coronavirus they are going to have to do it virtually and that is what has happened over the past few days now today in the state the prime minister of sudan and the prime minister of if you have your health talks along with the ministers of irrigation and national security and intelligence from the 2 countries and it follows talks between say ministers from from egypt and sudan on tuesday and they've all agreed that they will go back to the negotiating table now the question is when will they do that that is yet to be decided that the 3 sides have met before they've held several rounds of talks here in the sudanese capital khartoum they've also held talks in washington d.c.

and were set to sign a deal in late february but if you can withdrew during the final moment saying that it needed further consultations with the leadership now before withdrawing the 3 sides had said that they've agreed on the schedule for filling the dam as well as mccann isms for drought and dry periods but they were not able to determine or identify or come to an agreement on the terms of drought and a dry period. the world bank has approved a $500000000.00 relief package to help countries in africa and the middle east fight swarms of desert locusts fear 4 of the hardest hit countries djibouti kenya and uganda receive 100 $60000000.00 straightaway the program will provide fertilizer and scenes for new crops. people in israel have held small scale celebrations marking jerusalem day the 53rd anniversary of occupying east jerusalem after the 6 day war the coronavirus restrictions are still in place a human chain around the old city replaced the annual parade the numbers were

limited at the western wall israel occupied the city after the war but many viewing it as the unification of east and west jerusalem. how aforesaid it was among the crowds in occupied east jerusalem. well this isn't quite as advertised this marking of jerusalem day or thought he said given permission for some 700 people to gather at several locations around the outside of the old city here in occupied east jerusalem here inside the jaffa gate you see we have got a few scores of people without much social distancing going on it has to be said that this is a much smaller marking of this day than what we usually see usually it's tens of thousands of people who march through the heart of the city through the muslim quarter as well often causing some tensions with palestinian residents though see this is a a triumphalist commemoration of the beginning of the occupation in 1967 instead of that we're seeing a much smaller limited gathering because of the coronavirus restrictions also would be surprising if authorities haven't taken into account the fact that most of the

residents here in occupied east jerusalem have been denied access to their 3rd holiest site the al aqsa mosque compound throughout the holy month of ramadan a full commemoration of this day by right wingers settlers religious nationalist jews could well of that's a great attention is unusual it's ending on this day with some 450 people allowed to gather at the western wall and this is a very different commemoration than we usually see. the palestinian authority has rejected a coronavirus aid package sent from the united arab emirates it was delivered on a red direct flight from the u.a.e. to israel's tel aviv airport the palestinians say they were notified about the delivery which they mirages had coordinated with israel. it just simply we have here in the news that there is a united arab emirates been carrying committee kind of supplies for the palestinians this issue has never been part of the knitted with us we have been never notified about it our ambassador or any united arab emirates does not know

about it so we did don't know it was not going to benefit with us. now small businesses have long been the backbone of the u.s. economy and now many are having to find new ways to survive the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic government is on their reports among players 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. we just had to figure out the best way to keep everybody safe and healthy while also continuing to serve our customer

base 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 coronavirus montclair bookstore 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 shuttered but in between one store that has made it writing its own story of success gabriel's andu al-jazeera montclair new jersey. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera china is preparing new security laws for hong kong after months of pro-democracy demonstrations last year they'll be tabled at the annual national people's congress which opens in beijing in just over an hour the u.s. is urging beijing to respect hong kong's autonomy. cleanup operations underway in

eastern india and bangladesh after one of the most powerful cyclons hit the bay of bengal in 20 years at least 84 people have been killed. donald trump is putting the u.s. out of the open skies treaty that allows more than 30 participating countries to conduct surveillance flights over each other's territory the president says russia has repeatedly violated the deal mike hanna has more from washington this is the 3rd on this agreement that the trumpet ministration has pulled out of the 1st was the iran nuclear deal then the strategic nuclear one and now you've got this one but there has been immediate reaction in congress eliot engel the chair of the house foreign relations committee points out that president trump is unable to do this without giving congress $120.00 days notice which he has not done this isn't turns off an aunt that president trump signed back in 2019 so there is already criticism from democrats in congress but it is yet another move by trump to

diminish the relationships with the international community almost 2 and a half 1000000 more americans a fall for unemployment benefits over the past week and that means 38.6 people in the 1000000 people in the u.s. have lost their jobs since lockdown restrictions were imposed in march doctors without borders warning of what it calls unfolding catastrophe at its hospital in southern yemen the aid groups according to urgent help from the u.n. after the deaths of more than a 3rd of cope with 1000 patients admitted in. the world bank has approved a $500000000.00 relief package to help countries in africa and the middle east fight swarms of desert locusts for the opposite countries djibouti ethiopia kenya and uganda receive immediate help. those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera rewind josephs janet states and so much of. throughout history humankind has prevailed in our darkest all coming together to face the very thing

that would extinguish our life. this. is not one of those moments. this is a moment for pretty much the opposite for hiding. is also. saving humankind by really really not getting mirrors. where playing games staring at screens staring at any. of the stuff you see. every generation has its moments where individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who come after. higher purpose. this one is ours.

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