al-jazeera world examines the alleged detention and torture of saudis women activists the only charges against them relate to their talking to foreign organizations like human rights watch and amnesty international saudi women reform or oppression on al-jazeera. beijing's controversial national security bill for hong kong moves a step closer to becoming law. can be dell this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a tell all book from the former u.s. national security advisor john bolton alleges donald trump asked china to help him get reelected. sworn in 2 months early burundi's new president takes office following the sudden death of his predecessor. major oil companies and nigeria's

government are accused of don't do a good enough to clean up oil spills putting thousands of lives at risk. we begin the program with a contentious law china is reposing which would allow beijing to further oversee security in hong kong china's top decision making body is considering a draft of the bill bringing it one step closer to becoming a reality despite widespread criticism katrina year begins our coverage from beijing. well we do know that it's more surveyed essentially by beijing's frustrations and embarrassments following these pro-democracy anti-government protests that have been taking place in hong kong since last june beijing firmly believes that these are a source of instability and a threats to the region's prosperity they also believe that they're being fueled by forces intent on splitting hong kong from the mainland now critics would say simply

it's beijing's way of taking matters into its or in hands because anti government voices in hong kong are simply getting too loud now essentially what would happen with this law is that it would be inserted in hong kong's mini constitution its basic law completely bypassing the usual legislative process in hong kong now we know that china's national people's congress the standing committee which is the top legislative body in beijing discussed this law today on thursday and they defined 4 separate crimes under this national security law which are separatist activity terrorism colluding with foreign forces and also state subversion and they also apparently discussed punishments for these individual crimes now we are yet to hear any specific details on this but analysts believe that this will will essentially take hong kong one step closer to being like any other chinese mainland paul than in the sense that any criticism of beijing is likely to be censored or

severely punished adrian brown is in hong kong he says there are still questions around how the law might be used. the devil is in the detail and we simply don't have enough details meet china's definition of what subversion what is sedition what is succession is very different from other governments the worry here is that hong kong is going to have imposed on it a vaguely worded law that could be broadly applied now in china they have a charge known as picking quarrels and provoking troubles and that is the go to weapon of the authorities when they want to go after dissidents human rights groups journalists the worry is the same thing could happen here we've been hearing from journalist groups here in hong kong today who have carried out a survey 150 journalists were were questioned 87 percent of them said they now have grave fears about freedom of speech the future of freedom of speech in hong kong

and some journalists are saying they might well quit the profession rather than remaining as a journalist we heard also of course on thursday from the g 7 foreign ministers the foreign ministers representing the advanced economies of the world they urged china to rethink this security law that call has been ignored but they also pointed out and it's important to to mention this the by doing this china is breaching not just hong kong's basic law the mini constitution the lure of hong kong but also breaching the joint declaration that's the deal there britain and china signed before the handover in 1997 a legally binding deal that's been lodged with the united nations now it's not just journalist groups who are worried i've been hearing from others who are also concerned about what the future holds. u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser has written a book that makes sense ational accusations against the president among those

accusations john bolton says trump asked foreign leaders including china's president to help him get reelected this year that's based on exits released to the media early will be revealed when the book is out next week mike hanna reports 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 ukraine had they taken the time to inquire more systematically about trump's behavior across its entire foreign policy john bolton writes the impeachment outcome would have been different in published excerpts from his book bolton alleges that president trump sought favors from foreign leaders like taylor otoh

one of turkey and in particular president xi of china bolton recounts president trumps conversation when he met the chinese president in a saga 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 she to ensure he did when he stressed the importance of farmers and increased chinese purchases of story being said 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 'd 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 michaela al-jazeera washington. and china has reacted to those allegations saying there is no intention to meddle in the upcoming vote. we're going to lead. china pursues a principle of noninterference in others internal fears we have no intention to interfere in us internal fears or in the really action. john bolton's book also says trump told china's leaders using ping that he approved of beijing's repression of muslim we get sent other minorities while publicly condemning the master

tensions and earlier on wednesday trump signed into law and actually calls for sanctions against chinese officials who are involved the united nations says a poor 1000000 weak as have been detained in camps china's government says the centers provide vocational training. senior military officers from india and china are expected to hold talks after 20 indian soldiers died in a skirmish on the border comes a day after top diplomats from the 2 countries spoke of the phone and agreed to deescalate the situation tensions peed on monday and the girl one valley region in the himalayas the worst fighting in decades. google. after this incident both sides here communication and coordination via military and diplomatic channels both sides agreed to deal with the serious message caused by this conflict at the valley in a just manner we will jointly observe the consensus made in command level talks. as soon as possible in order to safeguard peace and tranquility and paul's government

to set adopt a new map including areas of land disputed with india both houses of parliament have approved changes india which controls the region had earlier rejected the map saying it was not based on historical facts or evidence the region includes the limpia daughter and to come upon the areas president still needs to approve the map we're in this new president every east india has been sworn in he was declared winner of last month's election. takes office more than 2 months early after the sudden death of president here rather than couldn't caesar michael ware joins me now live from nairobi malcolm tell us more about the swearing in and about then who is now or and is president. every sunday show me is just being sworn in a short while ago at a event in a football stadium in the capital. the reason that he's been for and in

a couple of months early as he just mention this because of the sudden death of his treatise s.f. and current who died last week now the government had said he died from a heart attack although many people suspect he actually died of covert 19 grandees it didn't have any policies to try and slow the very spread of the corona virus in the room the over recent months have been political campaigns rallies with thousands of people sporting events continuing as normal and one of the things people are waiting to see now is the change in leadership will bring a change in policy but so far no sign of that that events in the stadium there's been no social distancing hundreds of soldiers lined up marching together in a parade so there's no sign yet that these governments is going to do anything to tackle the spread of the virus the other thing that people are waiting to see if it will change is the rooney's record on human rights over the last year of pierre immigrant visas rule reports became very widespread of extra judicial killings and

suppression of any dissenting voices many journalists opposition activists have fled into exile that people are waiting to see if the new leadership will bring any change to the fairly systematic pattern of abuse. thanks that across development and burundi from nairobi malcolm webb. it's been nearly 10 years since the un called for a major cleanup in nigeria's 90 delta but a new report says that has been done decades of oil spills have caused severe damage to the delta 2011 the u.n. said the cleanup could take 30 years and cost a $1000000000.00 to $40000000.00 people face major health risks because of contamination to agricultural land fisheries and drinking water across the delta region has also seen a rise in infant mortality the study also found the un backed emergency measures on water and health protection have not been implemented promptly the investigation by

pressure groups including friends of the earth and amnesty found cleanup work had only begun on 11 percent of the contaminated sites well in a statement shell petroleum nigeria which operates in the niger delta said this report fails to recognize that the majority of the un environment programs recommendations need multi-stakeholder if it's coordinated by the federal government of nigeria and that shell has acted on all recommendations directed to us in the un report continues we continue to actively support the clean up process along with other stakeholders mark dummett is the head of business security and human rights at amnesty international he says there isn't enough accountability to force the clean up of the niger delta. what we're calling for is the nigerian government to once again will really commit itself to this cleanup it set up a body in 2015 when president bihari was 1st elected he promised that

his administration would see this cleanup through well our findings show that he has failed so we're calling on president bihari and the government to completely we examine what has been done. and we launch this initiative to make sure that it is affective one of the things we're asking for the government to do is to remove shell from the body which oversees. oversees this cleanup we're concerned that there's a potential conflict of interest in having the company responsible for the pollution then also having a say in the oversight of how the cleanup is carried out. still ahead on. that basis. hundreds of lawyers protested in malawi accusing the president of trying to crush the courts to stay in power. i was. on my

mind with her hit hard by coronavirus medical workers say they not getting the support they need. for. some of the heavy writing the full cost of parts of the korean peninsula at all so for japan it's a this big mass of cloud the seasonal rays the mayu front that's going to continue making its way through where you see these areas of low pressure they will gradually drag that cloud and rain further east with as we go through the next couple of days so we can see some western weather pushing across south korea pushing across central parts of japan some very heavy rains said the possibility becomes less wet as we go on through friday follow that cloud and rain back into central areas of china just sinking a little further south this through friday and saturday but still some very heavy

rainfall coming through here and that will lead to further flooding and we got our price the skies there in seward to pan into the korean peninsula 34 so hot so there for beijing with a top temperature of around 36 degrees meanwhile across south asia where you can follow that line of cloud all the way back into myanma we've got the southwest the monsoon fady some very heavy rain into myanmar into the northeast of india and into a bangladesh and very heavy rain to ride up the west and gets further north well the heat continues to hold such as 43 celsius on thursday with a high of 41 for the deadly. the plight of the syrian people and the violence they enjoy is plain for all to see . but behind closed doors an unspeakable brutality

inflicted on the women. here from the brave few who survived miocene us and dignity and then to tell the tale. silent war a witness documentary on al-jazeera. you're watching are just there to remind of our top stories this hour china's top decision making body is reviewing the draft of a controversial national security bill for hong kong beltran to make sparks criticism and protests amid fears. freedoms. new book by former u.s. national security advisor john bolton says donald trump asks the chinese the death

to help of his reelection beijing says it has no intention of hear. from these new president ever east india shimmying has been sworn in as taking office more than 2 months early after the sudden death of the president here in season. let's turn now to our top story the controversial national security bill phone call adrian brown tells us how the legislation will affect people. you find it off 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 were typos on safra to some of the hong kong and instead we sell

so all 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 1900. 7 so we're concerned over many questions as to whether we can interview prone to pen and you know film people calling for an end to one porta potty rule or criticizing the government but beyond that we're concerned that we won't get on to the top of these questions and that this law is going to be. 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 what are 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 lawyers in malawi have joined a protest against what they say is government interference in the judiciary

president the cemetery care has said the country's chief justice into early retirement just 2 weeks before an election rerun the president had earlier attempted to overturn a court ruling that a new election must be held. wow. wow. wow. wow. in mali an influential religious leader was calling for people to join anti-government protests on friday early this month thousands of people took part in rallies called by a whole to stick 0 demanding the resignation of the president. too little too late says mahmoud the cleric is calling on mali and to go back on the streets on friday

on june 5th tens of thousands of his supporters have answer to is called surrounding the presidential palace asking for president mubarak arcade to step down says that he is no longer 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 the chief recruiter for the zombie state in the greater sahara mohamed bought this by what the french sees as victories the mullion state have yet to control most of its territories in the north and in central mali brainwork arcade on tuesday made several announcements to try to appease their 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 bamako on friday. the top scientists says work on a number of potential coronavirus vaccines are progressing to the next phase that's up to the organization stops testing of the malaria drug hydroxy chloroquine was done to showing no benefit to patients so we did entering a new phase known vaccine trials the p.c. trials which are the ones that will definitely prove where the vaccine is education is and saves. i'm hopeful i'm optimistic but. you know vaccine development is a complex undertaking it comes with

a lot of uncertainty the good thing is we have many different vaccine candidates and platforms so even if the 1st one feels or the 2nd feels we shouldn't lose hope we shouldn't give up. kazakhstan's for president nursultan nazarbayev has tested positive for corona virus the statement from the 79 year old's office says he's in isolation and there's no cause for concern as are by a step down last year. healthcare workers in peru have been protesting against the lack of protective equipment the face of one of the worst rates of cover 19 in south america the government is rushing to do more testing and build makeshift hospitals let me say it's still monitoring enough to protect frontline workers but on a sanchez reports from ling 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 pay more for what you all are 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 why we are probably 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 too says 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 whatever better i got the virus at work i feel i am cured although i constantly have to catch my breath but i need the money not hard. to steal 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 bring the writers to our small children are our parents. around the country hospitals and clinics are overwhelmed not enough beds there enough oxygen not enough vent. leaders all covered 900 numbers continue to rise when the pandemic began to have fewer than 150 intensive care unit beds for 32000000 peruvians it's a sign of just how broken the health care system has been for decades the call that crisis has forced on improvement there are no 5000 beds available many say it's too little too late but we're not president of the beast got to acknowledge just mistakes have been made since he imposed 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 unjust. as the u.s. forges ahead with reopening its economy several states have reported a record rise in the infections texas and california are among both seeing a surge in corona virus cases and there are concerns that many people are choosing to ignore medical advice as reports. 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 one of. 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 is 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 robert oulds al jazeera. like people in france face more discrimination than any other minority that's according to the national commission for human rights annual report on racism that a phobia and anti-semitism found that obama people of african descent are one of the most accepted minorities and often the most montana lived france maintains that shiva quality is one of its principal value. a u.s. police officer who fatally shot a black man in atlanta last week has been charged with murder and assault go drop shot for a shot brooks in the back on friday during an incident at

a fast food restaurant he was dismissed the next day riggs death has heightened racial tension just weeks after the killing of george floyd. they were all the most watched football competition the english premier league has returned after a 3 month pause because of the pandemic current champions manchester city think arsenal premier in an empty stadium on wednesday before kick off players paused to pay tribute to help workers and took a knee as a show of support for the black lives matter movement manager pep squad iolo offered his thoughts on racial injustice should say that when people lose a bowler jaysus rory. the way we treat the black people in the last 100 years of course and. i feel ashamed would have done produced. marvelous. black people around the world is not a problem but the us medicare would have been for mr white.

and never were. now looks like i could be out of a job fairly soon. why don't you. marry. elmo's world news will air over the next few weeks and 13 languages across the world the special episode of sesame street is aimed at helping kids cope with the krona virus pandemic it will share activities games that advice on how to manage big feelings like frustration and sadness. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories china's top decision making body is reviewing the draft of a controversial national security bill for hong kong the announcement in may sparked criticism and protests the mid fares it will curb freedoms a new book by former u.s. national security advisor john bolton says donald trump asked the chinese the

defense help in his reelection and she says it has no intention of interfering in the vote we're going to leave. china pursues a principle of noninterference in others and to live feeds we have no intention to interfere in us internal fees or merely. bolton's book also says trump told china's leaders she shipping that he approved of beijing's repression of muslim weekends and other minorities while publicly condemning the mass detentions earlier on wednesday signed into law and actually calls for sanctions against chinese officials who are involved the united nations says up to a 1000000 weak is have been detained in camps senior military officers from india and china are expected to hold talks after 20 indian soldiers died in a skirmish on the border tensions peaked on monday in the gulf one valley region in the himalayas with the worst fighting in decades. the poles government is said to adopt a new map including areas of land disputed with india both houses of parliament

have approved the changes india which controls the region had earlier rejected the map saying it was not based on historical facts or evidence the region includes the . simple care and color party areas of course president still needs a proof a map randy's new president ever east india has been sworn in he's taken office more than 2 months early after the sudden death of president including. lawyers in malawi have joined a protest against what they say is government interference in the judiciary president putin what city has sent the country's chief justice and early retirement just 2 weeks before an election rebound the president had early attempted to overturn a court ruling that a new election must be held. those are the headlines more news here on al jazeera off the inside story stay with us.

it's cold to see that act and gets back his of a strong man u.s. sanctions came into effect wednesday against the assad regime in syria but it did not leave the government of a political victory after years of conflict and how with allies react to new sanctions this isn't side story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam easier than the war in syria has devastated much of the country.