680 people can go one pager furthur system inspire me to do everything in our power to change this system completely full america's pandemic workers. donald trump is accused of asking china to help him get reelected and a book by former national security advisor john bolton. down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. you. black people and america. the brother of george floyd makes a plea to the u.n. human rights council the police officers charged over the death of another black man in youth in custody. mexico pushes on with getting back to business while

admitting it's under estimate and true scale of its corona virus outbreak. plus india and china trying to ease tensions after violence on the disputed border in the himalayas. the former u.s. national security adviser john bolton says president trump asked foreign leaders to help boost his reelection chances that's just one of a number of accusations made in eggs of bolton's new book set to be released next week both the u.s. justice department and the white house are taking legal action to try to block it mike hanna has more from washington. the democrat controlled house of representatives impeach president trump for his dealings with ukraine ruling that he'd withheld aid to leverage information about his political opponent joe biden john bolton refused an invitation to testify before the house but now alleges that

this action was typical of president trump's dealing with a number of countries and he criticizes the house for limiting its investigation to use crain had they taken the time to inquire more systematically about trump's behavior crosses entire foreign policy john bolton writes the impeachment outcome would have been different in published excerpts from his book bolton alleges that president trump sort favors from foreign leaders like the one of turkey and in particular president xi of china bolton recounts president trump's conversation when he met the chinese president in a soccer on the 29th of june last year trump then stunningly turned the conversation to the coming u.s. presidential election alluding to china's economic capability and pleading with sheikh to ensure. you stress the importance of farmers and increased chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome bolton continues i would

print trumps exact words but the government's pre-publication review process has decided otherwise despite bolton's confirmation that the manuscript has been vetted by the national security council the department of justice has asked a federal court to block publication 50 years ago the supreme court held that a similar attempt by the nixon administration to block publication of the pentagon papers amounted to censorship the widespread publication of passages from the book is likely to reinforce the federal court in applying precedent and rejecting the trumpet ministrations case next week it's likely the public will be able to read the full account of a white house which practices in john bolton's words obstruction of justice as a way of life my kind of al-jazeera washington. bill schneider is some

george mason university he says it's too late for trying to contain the fallout from the revelations whatever this is going to happen it's too late the book is already out there it's not in stores yet but it's been sent to media outlets like to be york times reviews have been published more reviews are coming it's too late you can't kill a book like this my take on it is that it's shocking it's not anything dramatically new but what it really demonstrates is john bolton's argument that donald trump is motivated primarily by his personal interest in everything right now that means his personal interest in getting reelected he seems to be putting his personal interest ahead of the national interest or at least defining the national interest and his personal political interest as one in the same that is a very damaging charge and it's actually a scandalous charge some people would call it reasonable charge but it's a very strong charge part of it is trump's shocking unfamiliarity with some of the

basic facts about international affairs he wonders whether he asked that one point old reports whether finland is actually a part of russia he doesn't know he seems to be surprised that great britain is a nuclear power he didn't seem to know that there are many occasions there where his lack of knowledge is really quite surprising he also does i'm embarrassing things like he presses people to deliver a gift an elton john musical cd of a song call rocket man he asks people to deliver that to the leader of north korea who he likes to call rocket man i mean the whole thing is a bit embarrassing. both and also says that trump told she's implying that he approved of china's repression of we can muslims and other minorities while publicly condemning the master tensions and early on wednesday trump signed into law one that calls for sanctions against chinese officials who are involved the u.s. state department says up to a 1000000 muslims have been detained in camps china's government says the centers

provide occasional training for beijing has reacted with anger in a statement the chinese foreign ministry says china will quote resolutely hit back from the u.s. will bear the burden of all subsequent consequences when all the u.s. is forging ahead with efforts to reopen its economy even though there's a surge in corona virus cases in 6 states oregon nevada arizona texas oklahoma and florida of all posted record rises in infections from rebels. social distancing and mask wearing are being ignored by many americans with predictable results more than $20000.00 testing positive per day with large spikes in several states including arizona texas florida and oklahoma where president donald trump plans to hold a mass campaign rally on saturday. florida now has more than 82000 cases

a 17 percent jump in just the last week they include a group of 16 friends in jacksonville who took advantage of the state's decision to reopen bars to have a night out all have since tested positive and the bar is closed again it was. more than 3000 people in florida have died from the virus hospitals are filling up we know already that social distancing and wearing of masks helps to prevent this disease and we're not seeing that right now. weeks of protests over police brutality and systemic racism may have led to more infections in massachusetts the governor ordered new pop up test sites for demonstrators in arizona cases are surging with record high numbers reported the state's republican governor threw open businesses bars and other public places in mid may in nevada the democratic

governor as opted for safety halting the state's next phase of reopening now is not the time to abandon these protective measures it is a time to double down on them we can only stay open if we stay safe please for caution. often going unheeded rob reynolds al-jazeera. from mexico was also opening up again even though the outbreak there is showing signs of slowing down the government says keeping a lockdown in place would be devastating for the poor john heilemann has moved from mexico city. now half of mitt's crew states have gone to orange in a traffic light system here which is meant to gradually reopen the country and under orange in the traffic light system that means that half of the hotels parks restaurants and sports centers can all open to half their capacity so it's no small thing and even in mexico city which is always been the focal point of the infection

here the government is transitioning towards that despite the fact that they're not meeting their own criteria they said that they were only going to do that when they got down to 65 percent of hospital bed capacity there around 75 percent but still next monday they say they're going to go to orange so miscarry sort of seems to be a little bit ignoring where it's at the moment with this pandemic and instead focusing on getting the country back to work. healthcare workers in peru have been protesting about the lack of protective equipment peru faces one of the worst rates of spread of the virus in south america in a sanchez has more now from lima was. there is anger and fear in public hospitals on wednesday doctors and nurses took turns to protest refusing to leave their patients on attended to demand more and better protective equipment to treat covert 1000 patients will pay more for. the not demanding payments we're asking for solutions to protect our lives. they say they often have to buy

their own masks and other equipment because the government doesn't provide enough they feel over exposed and in danger who are probably one of the hardest hit me this morning my friend died he was fighting against the in this together with all of us he died fighting to help others until the end. at least 45 doctors have died in bed to see is the coronavirus pandemic struck 7 this past weekend alone most in the wards nurse sonya keeps her last name from us because she still working even though she's not sure if she's recovered every time again to put out the virus at work i feel i am cured although i constantly have to catch my breath but i need the money no no no no stale says only a few of her colleagues have been tested for covert 19. we want to be tested i'm in the emergency ward to be are in the constant contact with current

patients and no one has taking tests who knows if they can bring the writers to our small children are our parents. around the country hospitals and clinics are overwhelmed had enough beds that enough oxygen not enough ventilators all covered in 1000 numbers continue to rise when the pandemic began to have fewer than i should. at 50 intensive care unit beds for 32000000 peruvians it's a sign of just how broken the health care system has been for decades of the call that crisis has forced on improvement there are no 5000 bits available many say it's too little too late. we're not president meant to be scared to acknowledge just mistakes have been made since he and post one of the earliest and strictest lockdowns in the region a recent opinion poll says 70 percent of peruvians support his strategy but only 7

percent think he's done enough to bolster health care and the hospital workers who risk their lives every day but the innocent just. france is accused of an extremely aggressive intervention against one of its navy ships participating in a nato mission in the mediterranean a turkish military official has dismissed the allegation as completely untrue meanwhile turkey's foreign minister never called a salute has been meeting libya's internationally recognized government turkey is the government's main backer and has been instrumental in stopping an offensive war that will have top. time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back more u.s. sanctions against syria's government and this time those closest to president assad are being targeted. and outrage across from some of the way police prevent protesters of he's a friend of yours i don't expect more of that stay with us. and

they're hot and dry and also fairly windy throughout much of the middle east you can see it is relatively clear skies as i say the winds are coming from the north and it is very hot people doing their best to cool down however and wherever they can this is in a baghdad of course people using the wars at all. so we have this pet shop here trying to keep the pets cool spraying them with of course and the thing really house can stay very well mcgann of course as we go through the next few days the next few months ready made forces to baghdad a little bit and you can see these green arrows indicating the strong winds coming down through the interior so we're not feeling particularly pleasant 43 and home thursday meanwhile to the north through talkee plenty of showers keeping the temperatures low and also very strong on shore flow into the east and the med the could even be wanted to light showers but tom it is affecting quite a nasty 24 celsius in jerusalem and $25.00 in beirut meanwhile across the arabian

peninsula time which is typically in the low to mid forty's it's been cool in the sun across into southern africa has seen plenty of rain as well that will continue through thursday some heavy downpours along these coastal areas of south africa pushing up into southern mozambique and really quite a scattering of showers right there along the coast meanwhile around the gulf of guinea those rains of course heavy particularly late in the day on friday more of the same little bit warmer in china 40. isolating time listening post cuts through the noise looking at another side of this story are some of the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact it's reality has to reach. exposing the optics triangles to manipulate the rhetoric and playing but they cannot manipulate the fires listening post your insight going to the media to 0.

welcome back a group amount of our top stories here this hour donald trump has been accused of asking the chinese president to help him when the u.s. election is one of a series of allegations which will appear in a new book by the former national security advisor john bolton both the u.s. justice department and the white house are taking legal action to block the book's release. of president trump a signed into nor not to that authorizes sanctions for chinese officials involved in the detention of about a 1000000 we get muslims and other ethnic minorities china is warning the u.s. to stop using the issue to interfere in its internal affairs. a u.s.

police officer who fatally wounded a black man in atlanta last week has been charged with murder and assault garrett rolfe shot rae shot brooks in the back on friday during an incident at a fast food restaurant the officer was dismissed the next day and george brother is the u.n. human rights council to work for justice for black people in the united states in a rare urgent debate on racism and police brutality a group of 54 african nations called for action are diplomatic editor james bays reports from the u.n. in new york. this was a meeting that was only organized in the last few days we're here this afternoon to hold a not some debate on the current racially inspired human rights violations no mention of the u.s. or the protests following the killing of george floyd in minneapolis last month but that was the main focus more of the main speakers by video message was mr floyd's

brother you were making a matinee says i your brother the 1st the people of america and you have the power to help us get justice for barbara the jurors blow it up x. if you can help heal you to help me i have access to help earth black people and america it was a number of african nations that organized this last minute meeting and it was the most senior african in the u.n. secretary at the deputy secretary general of the united nations i mean a mohammed who addressed the gathering by video link from here u.n. headquarters in new york she described the fight against racism as today's sacred battle so that people are saying. enough the united nations have the duty to respond to the anguish that has been so many for so long whereas in the heart of our. equal rights are a shined in our founding charter just as we fought

a. thorough fight the hatred oppression and humiliation today. president trump doesn't like other nations involving themselves in u.s. affairs back in 2018 the administration pulled out of the human rights council the united states is officially withdrawing the debate on racism and brutality will continue on thursday and the final declaration document is still being worked on but after intensive work by diplomats from the u.s. and some of its allies in geneva it appears the proposal to create a formal commission of inquiry has now been dropped jamesburg al-jazeera at the united nations. the united nations as welcomed efforts by china and india to talk and ease tensions after fighting on the disputed border in the himalayas 20 indian soldiers died in a what's been described as a brawl in the golden valley region china hasn't said if there were any casualties

on its side. of the ports. in the remote western himalayas there is little evidence of what indian and chinese soldiers to their worst of violence indicates both sides gave different versions of the violence and how it unfolded. amid a call for deescalation the body of a soldier is laid to rest india's army said there were casualties on both sides with no shots fired according to media reports most soldiers drowned allegedly punched and shoved on to rocks and eventually falling into a river with severe head injuries. chinese military drills like this one have become more common both sides have increased their military presence in recent months with tension rising over who owns what land. the border has been disputed since india and china went to war in $1062.00 the line in yellow is the so-called line of actual control but

there are several disputed areas on either side one of the main ones is excite sheen it's claimed by india that administered by china. china says their shared interests are stronger than their conflicts but it also has a warning which we once again ask india to act on our consensus and strictly disciplined us troops not to cross the lawn to provoke and not to take unilateral action that may complicate the situation. prime minister narendra modi says india wants peace but is ready to defend itself. i want to assure the nation that the 2nd fights our soldiers have made will not stores waste for us the integrity of india and our sovereignty is the most important thing and nobody can stop us from protecting them. from families it's a time of mourning this father says he can't believe his son

a colonel is dead now don't you feel under deep shock after hearing about my son's misfortune i never expected. that indian officials have rejected accusations they calls this escalation furious protesters say china must be punished the debate over this border isn't new but beijing strained relationship with the u.s. may have fueled mistrust and it's true that india has taken several steps in recent times. to have a closer military relationship with the united states. a political divide now raising the stakes for beijing and new delhi over where their vast frontier begins and ends. up a simple yawn al-jazeera. there is growing unease in hong kong about who will be the target of the new security or which china is about to impose a john brown has moved you find it of a busy street up

a narrow staircase where walls are 1st student with stickers advocating hong kong separatism and mocking china's leaders the building is home to a bookstore specializing in literature sympathetic to hong kong's protest movement and that the only concedes makes him a potential target for china's new security law something pops especially the us. where folks there are tight toes on safra to some of the hong kong dependence that we sell so these might be things that got us in trouble some time later he has reason to worry in 2015 another hong kong bookseller disappeared into chinese custody for 6 months following a visit to the mainland the clock is ticking for the imposition of a law that journalists say could severely restrict freedom of speech in shrines in the deal that britain and china did before the handover in 1997 so we're concerned

over many questions as to whether we can interview a parent advocate you know film people calling for an end to one part party rule or criticizing the government but beyond that we're concerned that we won't get on to the top of these questions and this law is going to be begun he worded broadly applied in the same way that it is in the mainland to stifle dissent. not so say china's leaders they insist the new law will only target a minority of one or termed troublemakers who threaten china's national security. but in a sign of what may be to come 15 veteran pro-democracy figures have gone on trial accused of taking part in an illegal assembly they include albert ho who says he's prepared for jail i may have to risk my safety. liberty that is something i'm prepared for but i won't give it up the new security law could be in place by july

the 1st the 23rd anniversary of hong kong's return to chinese rule the timing of this new law comes ahead of elections which are due in september critics say it creates the conditions for china's leaders to disqualify candidates that they consider disloyal or a threat to national security adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. the u.s. has introduced more sanctions against syria's government warning it won't stop until president bashar al assad ends the war against his own people and you know well known as the season includes a raft of financial penalties for any person or entity that does business with assad and those close to him assad's wife asma is among those on the list well the u.s. says the sanctions are designed to restrict the syrian government's ability to trade and get money from abroad those targeted face the threat of arrest or travel bans they could be politicians military personnel or people in business banking and the

oil and gas industry allies like hezbollah in lebanon as well as iran and russia may also be hit with sanctions which is a syrian doctor at the university of illinois in chicago he says president assad and his allies are responsible for syria's humanitarian crisis. what's happening right now in syria and what i mean it's very and crisis is related to the mismanagement of the economy because of the war that was perpetrated by assad and its allies against the people by bombing hospitals more than 580 hospitals were bombed by the regime and also using chemical weapons more than 380 times wedding people under siege 2000000 people are put under siege and in other places we have seen the pictures of children dying because of starvation and. because of the assad regime so these voices right knowledge talking about the suffering of the people and so you know which we care about every person has a part in syria we care about and we should be assisted but the talk about this

issue is by the same government that bomb hospital used chemical weapons bomb schools and markets and start people to death to me looks very sounds very critical and double standard in mali an influential religious leader is calling for people to protest against the government of commons follow demonstrations only when the month to modern the resignation of the president abraham because nicolas hawke has more now from dhaka. to little to late says mom would go the cleric is calling on mali and to go back on the streets on friday on june 5th tens of thousands of his supporters had answered taste called surrounding the presidential palace asking for president and prime mover heart to step down think it says that he is no longer a legitimate and has lost control of mali and its borders this is a warning to our leadership if you are seeing such protest it's because nothing is working it's the existence of mali as we know it that is under threat. meanwhile on

friday the french said they had killed the leader of the al qaida in the stomach my bread. and his right hand man 2 feet shy and they've also apprehended a chief recruiter for the stomach state in the greater sahara mohamad bazzi this bite with the frenchies as victories the state have yet to control most of its territories in the north and in central mali. on tuesday made several announcements to try to appease to protest against him he says that teachers have been on strike for 7 months will get a 20 percent pay raise he's willing to dissolve the newly elected national assembly and the constitutional court and is calling for a national unity government despite all of this it seems the depot will go ahead with this protest and tens of thousands of people are expected on the streets of go on friday. not

a volunteer arrest of the no sort of protest in paris is causing outrage across france police were filmed removing the 50 year old woman from a crowd of demonstrating health workers by her he says she was arrested for throwing objects. in a little bit of posted online video of this arrest caused a flurry of indignation on social media a nurse at a protest in paris and choose day is held down by police officers surround her before school in her own way blood is again on her face health workers were demonstrating for higher pay their dedication has been revealed to during the convict pandemic so the image of a nurse being roughly handled by police sparked outrage the nurses daughter tweeted this woman is my mother 50 years old a nurse she's worked 12 to 14 hours a day for 3 months she had conveyed. later further pictures of merge at the nurse moments before her arrest this time throwing stones at police officers outside the

police station where the nurse was held overnight campaign to save her actions didn't justify her treatment why in fam them it's gone to here we have a woman just 5 foot tall held down by 4 heavily armed police officers it's totally disproportionate there's clearly a problem with the orders that are being given to the police and the way they are trained or the nursery that was just released from this police station she had spent the night in custody now we managed to speak to her one on one she was visibly very shaken very traumatized so she didn't want to be filmed but what she did do was tell us a little bit about how she felt very angry very upset she rolled up the sleeves of her jacket and she had bruises all over her arms she said to be very roughly treated in fact she still had a dui blood on her forehead police say the video showed the hostile conditions they face one officers reportedly filed a complaint against the nurse into new it is a measure. it seems looking at the images broadcast yesterday and today that this

arrest followed defenses carried out by this woman. the videos come at a time when police violence is in the spotlight in france after recent anti-racism protests and. demonstrations whether the videos show the police using a heavy handed approach all reasonable force is being fiercely debated in france to talk about al-jazeera paris. right time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera donald trump has been accused of asking the chinese president to help him win the u.s. election it's one of a series of allegations which will appear in a new book by a former national security advisor john bolton both the u.s. justice department and the white house are taking legal action to block the book's release has more now from washington d.c. bolton's publishers are absolutely insistent that there's no national security

issue here what there is is a great embarrassment for president trump and that is not something that could lead to the banning of the publication but certainly the details of very damaging and they are very detailed indeed and we'll wait and see if as it's likely the court rules in favor of the publishers that the public can get a full look at this account within a week's time president trump has signed into law or not that authorizes sanctions for chinese officials involved in the detention of about a 1000000 weak and muslims china is warning the u.s. to stop using the issue to interfere in its internal affairs. france has accused turkey of extremely aggressive intervention against one of its navy ships participating in a nato mission in the mediterranean a turkish official though has dismissed the allegation as completely untrue meanwhile turkey's foreign minister has been meeting libya's internationally recognized government turkey's the government's main backer. a former u.s.

police officer who fatally shot a black man not lanza last week has been charged with murder and assault garrett well shot rae shot brooks in the back on friday during an incident at a fast food restaurant the officer was fired the next day after the release of surveillance video. and george floyd's brother was the un human rights council to work for justice for black people in the united states in a rare debate on race and then police brutality a group of 54 african nations court action. the un's welcome to efforts by china and india to talk unease tensions off the fighting on the disputed border in the himalayas on monday 20 indian soldiers were killed those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the stream statement also watching botha.