now faces fall and people can't see the impossible choice. crisis on al-jazeera. getting ready to fight back pro-democracy groups in hong kong react to a proposed new law that would give china control over security. this is al jazeera live from also coming up china outlines how its economy will make a comeback coronavirus. the mammoth cleanup operation continues in bangladesh following the devastation of psycho. football fans celebrating costa rica's the country gets

closer to its goal of eradicating coronavirus. hong kong's government says it will work with beijing to introduce a new national security law soon as possible chinese premier league announced the bill at the annual national people's congress now expecting more details later but it's believed the band's addition secession and subversion of the central government in the semi autonomous region territory news of the plan has already been met with protests in hong kong and leading pro-democracy figures are calling it the end of the one country 2 systems principle let's go straight over to adrian brown in hong kong so what does reaction look like now adrian.

well sadly this has been a very dark day for those people here in this city state who were 'd already worried about hong kong's autonomy and where it was going are china has said that it wants to enact this new law because it's worried about the growing threats from subversion also foreign interference and also separatism and it says this is a law that actually should have been passed by hong kong's government more than 2 decades ago after the handover and it's finally love patience for the hong kong government and it said if you can't do that job then basically we're going to have to do it for you know this is all really a direct response of the worsening protests in hong kong during the past few months in particular one incident which happened outside china's de facto embassy here in hong kong its central liaison office when the chinese flag was was desecrated and chinese communist party symbols damage that infuriated china's leaders and what

will happen now in future is of people who are found guilty of acts like that could face very long prison terms indeed just a few weeks ago in fact a man was found guilty of of desecrating hong kong china's national flag and he received a sentence of just 20 days in jail and china wants that sentence to be of course much longer in the future as to what will happen with the protests and we've seen small skirmishes today in hong kong in the streets and also in hong kong's legislative assembly but of course of the moment we still have social distancing restrictions in force here in hong kong until june the 4th so china's announcement is in fact very convenient for hong kong's government because of course people are able to gather in groups of no more than 8 and that will remain in force as i say for at least another 2 weeks the question now is what happens when those social distancing rules are lifted and when those rules will be lifted or of good stuff

there from a drone brown thanks for that. also coming from the national people's congress for the 1st time in decades china will not says a growth target premier league chang told the $3000.00 delegates promoting development would be set aside as beijing works to repair an economy is badly hit by the current virus pandemic could really use in beijing with details of that economic plan. the theme was that the chrono virus has had a huge impact on china they've managed to get that under control they're still fighting the war no measures no resources have been spared but because of this the economy has suffered heavy losses but in premier league chung's words that was a price worth paying and because of this and because of the uncertainties due to the pandemic and trade no g.d.p. target has been set in china for the 1st time since 1988 he went on then to elaborate on a few measures that will be implemented to bolster the slowing economy the 1st

being to stabilize employment that is key and he repeated that throughout the speech $9000000.00 urban jobs will be introduced and they will also invest in group projects and boost agricultural related jobs as well $140000000000.00 worth of government bonds will be issued to tackle card 19 and a defense budget was also raised 6.6 percent it will be by 6.6 percent this year that's actually the lowest growth rate we've had in recent years and the most telling instruction of all all communist party government officials all levels of government here in china will be told to tighten their belts there was some good news though the 2020 goal of eradicating extreme poverty will still stand and the government will continue to try to implement the phase one trade deal with washington but of course many economic difficulties and this is the setting a very different torrent a lot less flowery language a lot less triumphant language and it seems that

a leak achang here is really ushering in a new era of of stairs she here in china authorities in india and bangladesh are struggling to restore road links and electricity in areas hit by the region's most powerful side phone in decades the death toll has now risen to at least $96.00 india bore the brunt of sidetone force as it made landfall with wind speeds of 170 kilometers per hour. in kolkata streets were flooded and trees and power lines were downed communication lines have been cut making it hard to access the full scale to assess rather the full scale of damage there are concerns the spread of coronavirus may be activated in the mergence the shelters but as the cycle moves into neighboring bangladesh entire villages were left underwater a storm surge is flooded low lying areas thousands of homes have been destroyed food parcels are being provided to those affected after mass evacuations.

chandra joins us live from dhaka in bangladesh so what's happening to people are finding they have nowhere to go. indeed i'm in a lot of people that is not going to have a home to go back to i mean tens of thousands of mud houses change that houses been washed away in the coastal area due to the tidal surge and now we also know a lot of farmland at least $180000.00 shrimp farm that's an expert already under trim farm in those areas been washed away $146000.00 hectares of farmland have been totally washed away 10000000 people are without electricity 60 percent of the mobile towers been destroyed so there's a lack of communication in that area we know the military coast guard and navy is helping out there providing immediate relief but a lot of this people actually are not going to have a place to go back to they need to be provided shelter by the government plows that are scattered hundreds of people thousands of people actually in remote islands

that is sensitive that island off shore of bangladesh they're not accounted for many fishermans never return before the cycle and they have to be accounted for every challenging time for the government grappling with the coronavirus and the economic slowdown due to the shutdown and this is people who have been affected in the coastal areas need to be rehabilitated immediate relief might give them some sort of relate but in the long term they need to be habited usually after that they leave this people are left alone and they have to survive from what they have they don't have any living means anymore after this cycle unless the government helps them out sami. thanks so much. the united states is announcing it's pulling out of an international arms control treaty the u.s. president accuses russia of routinely violating the terms of the deal reports. the open skies treaty ratified by $34.00 countries allows an armed military

surveillance flights over each country's territory it was primarily intended to promote openness and transparency between nuclear superpowers the u.s. and russia allowing both nations to gather information about each other's military forces and activities now president donald trump is withdrawing from the agreement saying russia took unfair advantage of it 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 among other things u.s. officials say russia barred u.s. flights over certain heavily militarized territories use the treaty to attempt to normalize its forced an accession of crimea and tried to gather nonmilitary information about critical u.s. infrastructure with a possible view toward disabling it during

a conflict in moscow a senior foreign ministry official said the us was not behaving as a reliable partner and that abandoning the treaty will force russia to employ what he called a plan b. without elaborating another official called the u.s. action unjustified meanwhile the troop administration wants to begin a new 3 way arms control dialogue including china along with russia trump is optimistic we're probably going to make a deal with russia our arms treaty and china will be maybe included in that we'll see what happens u.s. officials say both countries are aggressively expanding their nuclear arsenals regarding russia a white house official says they've adopted a highly provocative nuclear doctrine that embraces early ask lation and use of nuclear weapons what the russian military is calling escalate to when the u.s. and china have not. strategic arms negotiations and there are no signs that beijing

is interested in 3 way party arms talks beijing like moscow is intent on building up its nuclear forces and using us forces to try to intimidate the united states and our friends and our allies u.s. officials say they will strongly press russia to help bring the chinese to the negotiating table robert oulds al-jazeera. still had al-jazeera as many countries continue to open up it's a different story out at sea where thousands are still stuck on cruise ships. millions more people in the u.s. lose their jobs some stores surviving without laying off staff. but. we have haiti's ing across a much if you're at now

a set in the case down into the southeastern corner up towards the northwest where we've got this rather intense area of low pressure which is moving in from the atlantic bringing someone seems to be wet and windy weather in cross the british isles and fade its way in the cross the low countries and gradually on into scandinavia as well every day with the blustery showers there into island snow nolen pushing across scotland fading into norway we will see some wet weather through the low countries as well more than pots of jamey as we go on it's a sad state that wetter weather intensifies across central and southern parts of france down into the outs with some very heavy rainfall coming through temperatures in london 19 celsius in the busty conditions is going to feel a little cooler than that but cold enough in moscow just 7 degrees should be about 18 or 19 at this time of the year and even down into the southeast where we still some very hot weather recently was trying to get to 24 celsius rather more comfortable 24 celsius that in athens madrid. that's hang on to some warm weather temperatures here at around 33 degrees in the warm sunshine well that continues

across a good part of northern africa present conditions for many still hot. with a top temperature of 38 degrees this weekend. one of the last remaining ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumberjacks and drive as. we follow that treacherous journey as they walk through extreme conditions. together and transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it all. on al-jazeera.

back you're watching our dessert time to recap our headlines now pro-democracy activists in hong kong of condemned new national security legislation planned by china beijing is aiming to pass a law that could be the biggest limitation to hong kong's autonomy since it was handed over by rich. china isn't setting a growth target for the 1st time in decades as beijing works to repair its economy premier league kitchen told the annual national people's congress development isn't a priority during the pandemic. least 96 people have been killed by the most powerful cyclons hit eastern india and bangladesh in more than a decade. made landfall on wednesday uprooting thousands of trees and destroying power lines. tens of thousands of cruise ship staff remain stranded at sea 2

months after the pandemic crippled the industry they say they've been abandoned many are being paid some of gone on hunger strike and the gallacher calls from miami. sailing the open seas dancing on deck and seeing the world from the comfort of a floating hotel that's what the cruise line industry is supposed to be about since the outbreak of the coronavirus that image has been tarnished outbreaks of covert 19 claimed lives passengers were eventually allowed to go home but crewmembers many of the migrants from poorer countries like the philippines of all but been abandoned crewmember caio saldana ha centers these videos from onboard celebrity cruises he's been moved from one vessel to another told he was going home only for plans to be canceled all of which he tells us is taking a huge mental toll there are still people there you can see there.

but they are there they are hanging. they why didn't think so much you know trying to do some things to get it there are some people like me in their eyes you know they are in a way the situation and have something to say and once to do so not only for me but for everybody it's thought that at least 7 crew members of died from covert 19 well over 500 have been infected by the coronavirus cruise line companies say they're steadily repatriating staff but the process is slow and complicated in april the c.d.c. ban cruise ship some u.s. waters and some of the least late july other nations are insisting on strict testing and the cruise company should pay based quarantine while some crew members have returned home tens of thousands remain in cramped conditions with no pay on one vessel there was a food strike while several suicides have been reported lawsuits are now being

filed on behalf of crew members in what some legal experts say is bordering on a humanitarian crisis by use the term hoosier promoting sweatshops for years not only is the situation there. there are ringback thousands of miles we don't know what's going on don't know when they're going to get there not necessarily but they're being threatened. i mean you're really couldn't think of a worse situation. caio here in happier days as a crew ship d.j. told us he never wants to work in the industry again for now he simply wants to speak out for others you knew you were lying to you don't have a new value as a human being you are just a number right now we. know our psychological. getting crew members of the ships is being complicated by nations closing ports

strict restrictions and lack of coordination but many say the industry could and should do more for loyal staff facing an increasingly desperate and dangerous future and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida almost 2 and a half 1000000 more americans have filed foreign employment benefits over the past week that means 38600000 people in the u.s. have lost their jobs since current a virus lock down restrictions were imposed in march economists say the recent layoffs are the most concerning is there happening at a time when states are beginning to reopen. small businesses have long been the backbone of the u.s. economy now many are having to find new ways to survive the impact of the pandemic hours on the reports from montclair 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. 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 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 and 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.

livelihoods of thailand's 4000000 migrant workers are at risk as more employees are laid off due to corona virus and more boulders closed thousands of stranded and relying on handouts scott hi there holt's from some old sa on. about an hour south of bangkok is some suck on the hub for thailand's seafood industry and home to the largest population of migrant workers in the country primarily from me and more. now because of the covert 1000 shutdown many are without jobs and are relying on food handouts to prevent the spread of the virus thailand sealed its borders with neighboring countries back in march stranding tens of thousands of migrant workers mostly without any assistance from the thai government. mom momo had been a garment factory worker here for 9 years she lost her job when the shutdown started to take hold at a coal india can my hand my daughter this crisis is probably the worst one that

i've experienced there are no jobs in the market and i couldn't find work i haven't paid my rent for the past 2 months. she only has another few weeks to pay which she owes before she and her family are kicked out they want to go home to mandalay in myanmar but can't the average daily salary for my coworkers here in some province is only $10.00 that goes for those who are working on fishing boats the factory workers now there's growing concern that jobs like this could become a few are once thailand fully reopened for business to tani gallic lies says thousands of workers have called her migrant worker rights network seeking help the organisation has been providing food bags for families but soup don't see any admits even if the migrants are able to get to their home countries they'll end up coming back to thailand once there's work she says they'll return even more vulnerable than before the pandemic. i'm worried that the workers will be forced to work for longer hours for a smaller wage they're quite vulnerable unlike thai workers who have more rights

and more power i think fewer workers will be employed but have to work harder the thai government has opened a selected border checkpoints for a limited number of workers to return home each day but many don't have the money to travel. a few fortunate ones are able to get some work but most remain stuck on land facing mounting debt they will have to be paid back when they do finally find a job it's got harder al-jazeera some thailand forces loyal to un recognise the un recognise governor all the have seized control of another town in western libya 9 finds is allied toward old relief a hostile were killed the fall the surrender of the last the towns on an important supply route for troops they've been waging a yearlong campaign to seize the capsule and government troops have made significant gains capturing several towns and a major airbase recently. no doubt that i had reports from.

forces loyal to libya's recognized government of national accord are now in full control of the town of about 120 kilometers south of the capital tripoli after heavy fighting with forces loyal to the world have to by taken control of the town of. they can now secure the back line of the city the mountainous strategic city of their yan that half the us forces lost months ago and they tried several times to recapture it but they failed have those forces have been losing momentum recently especially after they lost the strategic air base of i would say any of the tunisian border only a few days ago and also 7 as 30 cities and towns along the western coast in mid april. doctors without borders is warning of what it calls an unfolding catastrophe

hospital in southern yemen the aid groups calling for urgent help from the united nations after the deaths of more than a 3rd of covert 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 short of protective equipment virus tests the u.k. government says it will rely on tracking methods while taking the coal issues delay the why the release of its corona virus tracing app it's being trial than the isle of wight was due to be rolled out across the country by the middle of may jonah holly explains that the lone. well this is the very picturesque setting the isle of wight off the south coast of england for the piloting of the initial version of the national health service smartphone app designed to be used in conjunction with human tracing and a vastly expanded testing regime to make what boris johnson hopes will be a world beating test trace and isolate system in place by the 1st of june the

apparatus over trial is going on we understand from government ministers and downing street who've made it all but clear that the app is not going to be ready for that 1st of june deadline issues still being worked out says downing street those issues may have to do with privacy and data collection we'll spend the next day or 2 trying to find out they will roll out 1st the human elements of tracing an army of 25000 new recruits newly trained by the 1st of june able to deal with 10000 new cases a day says the prime minister and the testing regime scaled up to 200000 tests a day by the end of the month we are promised in terms of that issue that pledge that it will be a world beating system while the u.k. seems to have a long way to go to beat the likes of south korea a country that by early this month had registered 0 new infections until suddenly an outbreak was noted in a soul night club of that country's very aggressive and effective test trace and

isolate system went into immediate action 65000 contacts were traced and contacted tested as well of those who'd been in the nightclub $170.00 of them were found to be infected they were immediately isolated and within days that outbreak was declared contained that's what a world beating system looks like the u.k. at this point does appear to have some way to go. the us air force has delivered ventilators to russia to help combat coronavirus 50 ventilators were flown to moscow with another 150 june next week russia has recorded 317000 infections the world's 2nd highest total they reportedly include the leader of chechnya has been flown to form moscow hospital. become the 1st country in latin america to resume professional football matches it's credited with having one of the best crowd of virus strategies in the region so the relief of

many football fans minor appollo reports. this week marked the return of 1st division football in costa rica after the country suspended matches on march 17th. it may not be a return to the pact stadiums of the past but the sport is back at least on screen the 1st matches are being held in empty stadiums but in easing of restrictions given the relatively low coronavirus contagion rate in the country means people can watch from other public spaces in the old. people come to restaurants to share and celebrate the same us in the stadium reopening the full tournament means a lot at the end of the tunnel a light that gives us hope players have been able to resume regular training and complete the remaining 7 rounds of the regular season albeit under strict new rules though many footballers just seem glad to be back on the pitch so i mustn't run the

person we're trying before but it was without contact and it was in the sorry today we were afraid to let the 1st day of school come in again to training having contact having some time on the pitch these things we used to do thank god we're back. it will still be some time before fans can return to watch live games and authorities say that while the coronavirus remains a threat extreme sanitation measures will remain in place even. when we got to draft a manual for procedures to meet the sanitary guidelines set by the health ministry this includes disinfecting stadiums why games are played the need for spectators to wear masks and social distancing inside the stadium football is considered as national pastime and the government's decision to reopen the regular season has been widely applauded for media thousands. families make a living directly or indirectly from football and in costa rica football is a feeling a passion it's a joy that the country has been without for 2 months and we as

a federation are obliged to try to stabilize its economy. rebuild was the 1st country in central america to rid your rival it could hit 90 widespread here it's by the general public to containment rules and guidelines appear to have paid on the al-jazeera. how memorabilia belonging to the late basketball legend kobe bryant has gone up for auction it includes the number 8 jersey he wore on the n.b.a. finals 20 years ago several other items are also up for sale including bryant's handprints from hollywood boulevard he was the 1st sportsman to leave on the iconic street the auction was already being prepared before bryant died along with his daughter and 7 other people in a helicopter crash 4 months ago. and

let's take you through some of the headlines here now just syria now pro-democracy activists in hong kong are condemning new national security legislation planned by china beijing is aiming to pass a law that could be the biggest limitation to hong kong's autonomy since it was handed over by britain adrian brown has reaction from hong kong. the hong kong government has issued a statement saying that it will fully implement the decision of china's national people's congress to introduce a new security law and also stressing that the people of hong kong will continue to enjoy their freedoms well those words have rung very hollow to the pro-democracy camp here in hong kong one of their spokesman took part in a media conference on friday morning and he said it was clear that president xi jinping no longer cared about what the rest of the world thinks and that hong kong and china were now on the road to confrontation once more china isn't setting

a growth target for the 1st time in decades as beijing works to repair its economy premier league chuang told the annual national people's congress development isn't a priority during the pandemic authorities in india bangladesh are struggling to restore road links and electricity in areas hit by the region's most powerful cyclone in decades the death toll has now risen to at least $96.00 india bore the brunt of side clone on ponce force as it made landfall with wind speeds of 170 kilometers per hour as the cycle moved into neighboring bangladesh entire villages were left underwater storm surges flooded low lying areas thousands of homes have been destroyed those are your headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the stream. talk to elders there are winners of the let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen will listen this is the

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