china's new power to quash hong kong dissent a national security law will come into force within hours. i don't think this is out there from a world headquarters in doha also coming up u.s. politicians demand action as russia denies paying taliban fighters in afghanistan to kill american soldiers. police used tear gas to break up protesters demanding quicker reforms from sudan's transitional government. everybody lose their jobs.

and we visit a town in britain where work is becoming increasingly scarce as promised johnson lays out his plan to rescue the economy. about china is about to impose a new security law on hong kong 23 years after it took back control and promised to a one country 2 system policy is now being signed by president xi jinping and will be enforced in the coming hours critics say the legislation erodes hong kong's freedoms a german brown has this. it normally takes a year for china's parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time just 40 days the new security law completed its passage after a vote by the country's most powerful political body the standing committee of the national people's congress in hong kong china supporters were also celebrating

before the news that even being confirmed. a contentious measure that spits it he divided the city was once more defended by its chief executive the legislation oppose imposing legal principles such as presumption of innocence and protection of the rights of the sox that it will have no race respectively fact the critics here say the new law now threatens to stifle even small displays of dissent like this one in a local shopping mall on tuesday china is just causing passing a law without without even asking of. police and not going to the proper procedures the laws passing had an immediate political impact democracy activist joshua wang announced he was resigning from the political party he helped found before the party itself was dissolved also desponding 2 other smaller political groups that advocated independence. for hong kong this is the most

dramatic development since its return from british to chinese rule since then china's had thousands of troops garrisoned in the city now its secret agents will be able to legally operate here as well a body to gather intelligence will also be set up the timing of this new law is no coincidence wednesday marks the 23rd anniversary of hong kong's handover from britain to china police have sealed off the area around a convention center where locals and mainland dignitaries commemorate the event each year before the handover china promised that hong kong's freedoms including an independent legal system would continue for 50 more years to many people here now it seems that promise has been broken in july the 1st is traditionally a symbolic day marked by a large march but police have denied an application for another this year citing

the coronavirus and the potential for violence several groups though are vowing to test the ban adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. martin lee is founding chairman of the united democrats which became the democratic party of hong kong it was also the face of the democracy movement before the handover in 1970 and he explains how hong kong's power is being eroded. my party will stay on and i will stay in hong kong of course we realize that the prospects of our being put into prison would be very high with the passage of this law but what is really frustrating is that even though b. no this law will be operative tomorrow none of us have seen a copy of it so we don't know what sort of offenses we might be committing tomorrow i mean this is ridiculous but i'm not too concerned about the actual contents of it because i expect them to be very good code in and and reasonable but the real

impact on is much further it is much more serious than that what this piece of legislation in fact for me means. is that when the british government returned hong kong to the people's republic of china 23 years ago it was on the promise of dumb show pink the then paramount head of china that hong kong will be run by hong kong people with a high degree of autonomy which means that apart from defense and foreign affairs we the people of hong kong will be masters of our own house in terms of the executive power educated power and judicial power now but a person who does know everything listed instead of hong kong people born in hong kong is now the communist party bordering on instead of being enjoyed a high degree of autonomy now the communist party will be ruling with comprehensive

power control now this is what this war is all about that they are now actually defining the new position. which is it's just another chinese city we have no degree a country and all that is this is a problem. they have complete control of even our courts this is what they would do not with every case but they use the code at the ready there is a reason to do some small number of cases china may actually decide donald trump's relationship with vladimir putin is again being scrutinized after russia denied making bounty payments to taliban fighters in afghanistan to kill u.s. soldiers the u.s. director of national intelligence says the allegations were still being investigated president trump says he wasn't told of the intelligence reports because they weren't deemed to be credible let's go to our white house

correspondent can be how did he joins us now for more developments and kimberly the republicans were briefed on monday if the democrats have been all being briefed today and sure if it is finished yet but tell us more. yeah that briefing has wrapped up the democrats a select group of them now back on capitol hill speaking to reporters and not very happy with the briefing they received on this matter in fact they're saying that what they got was the white house perspective on these allegations that russia paid back to taliban linked fighters in order to kill american soldiers in afghanistan they say democrats say they already knew the white house perspective it was the intelligence perspective they wanted and they didn't get that in fact adam schiff the chair of the house intelligence committee saying that the right people were not in the room to give the briefing that they were looking for they also said that they are concerned about the insistence by donald trump that russia should be

invited into the g. 7 or to make it the g. 8 saying that russia should not be part of that community of civilized nations and they also say that they believe that is him come but on donald trump the u.s. president also the commander in chief of american armed forces that he should come before the country to say he is committed to protecting american service members but instead they say he has been silent and that is something they see is not excusable they also go on to say they're concerned about the president's ongoing and batu ation they say with vladimir putin the russian president so as a result of this briefing it's very clear that democrats are not happy and are pressing for more information in fact we know that they're pressing to have the director of national intelligence as well as the cia director gee in a house will come to capitol hill to tell them exactly what these allegations are and if russia needs to be held to account will those to moans be heated you think will come this whole thing just be swept aside by the administration. it continues

to be 'd a sort of a growing furor not just among democrats but also some republican members as you pointed out nic there were republicans that were briefed on this after the white house on monday evening and they too were not satisfied in fact they say that it's left them with more questions than answers i am going to this 2 anonymous intelligence officials have come forward to really counter what the white house has been saying since sunday and that is that the president was not briefed about all of this but these of not of us intelligence officials say just the opposite in fact they're saying that they briefed the president late february and that this was also the subject of at least one daily intelligence briefing for the president they also found this to be such a serious allegation that this was disseminated to the wider intelligence community so given these allegations given these revelations that the president may have been

briefed it's unlikely that members of congress are going to let this go rob you can see how it pans out so it can be thanks a lot can we how could there at the white house now security forces in sudan have used tear gas against protesters demanding economic and political reform. activists organize munches across the country in an effort to poll pressure on the transitional government some are calling for justice for those killed in the final dispersal of the sit in last year supporters of the former president and well bashir holding a rival ronnie and they speak to morgan who's in the sudanese capital of khartoum and hippa 1st will tell us more about the a protest his grievances. well nick protesters have taken to the streets after weeks of organizing they're saying that this is a march or rather process to as they have to correct the path of the revolution now part of the grievances is over the fact that justice has not been delivered yet

over the killing of demonstrators since december 28th when protests began against former president ahmed bashir up to june 3rd when a deadly attack when there was a deadly attack on the set them in front of the army headquarters in homs suman of the city so they're demanding justice for all of that they're also saying that the transitional government seems to have handed over a major files to the military the fact that the peace process one of the major demands of the revolution is being headed by the military by the by the military members of the sovereign council and the fact that the economy is in the hands of the deputy head of the of the sovereign council who is a member of the military the head of the rafik the 4th forces general who might have done that in or he made these are things that are not sitting very well with the process that they're saying that when they took to the streets they wanted a completely civilian rule and yes there was a power sharing agreement that was signed in august 29th so they do understand that there are some things that the military to control of but they knew that as part of that these things were supposed to be confined to security masses and masses that

relate to the day to day affairs of the country so they're saying that all of these things need to be corrected and the government needs to go on with the demands of the revolution and fulfill the details of the agreement which includes appointment of civilian governors and appointing a legislative transitional council as i mentioned supporters of former president omar bashir was planning process support for the former president. well we've seen over the past few months people taking to the streets in support of the former ruling party and condemning the economic situation but if you look at the turnout of those people over the past few weeks and you look at today's turnout it's obvious that the transitional government still has a lot of support now people are saying that this is not a protest all right these are not protests to demand the ousting of the government they're demanding that the government remember why they came to power remember why they were appointed in the 1st place which is to do 2 to deliver peace justice and

accountability for those who are killed so it's obvious that they are this government still has support from the people and that was worth noting that the acting head of the former ruling party ibrahim one who was also the former minister of foreign affairs in bashir has been arrested last night accused of plotting to sabotage the movement of the security forces are saying that they're expecting that was hijacked and that some members of the former ruling party will infiltrate the protest movement and try to vandalise and destabilize this so we've seen a lot of security forces being spread around the state of part of them and in the parts of the country and they've seen the bridges that lead to the 3 parts of the country completely blocked since yesterday to ensure that movements by the protesters are limited and that they did not reach the army headquarters which was the stage for the sit in that eventually led to the ousting of former president ahmed bashir last year or over.

it's not safe to go home we meet some of the 10s of thousands of people who fled killings and kidnappings been on group northern mozambique. colonial crimes in africa the king of belgium ancient unprecedented. head of the civil heavy rain across all central and southern areas of china all this county can say is all tied to the same trailing front also this mass here is all part of the same system this came across the korean peninsula this is why all these official brought in to shore because obviously it was very heavy rain and also some very strong winds now that will move across towards japan as we go through wednesday but still ahead of that we've also got this range deal with eastern as of honshu and again trading back this system into the 7 southern and

eastern areas of china tends to rev up again radio cities heavier downpours again will just exacerbate all those of flooded areas and they will see that rain across a japan push across into qaida as we go into day and then india the usual heavy rains the monsoon doing very well this year but it does of course cover the downside of flooding but lots of activity that. particularly out across the west of the skies across mumbai some big strong thunderstorms produced a rainbow navigate through wednesday the rains very heavy again through the west and gas that again becoming more extensive across areas of maharashtra knows as heavy in the far north east and also winds about authors say the rain is very much back in the 4 calls and actually a very hot day in new delhi maybe a thunderstorm but a high of 40. join a global community they called it crisis is just slapped isn't the place that blessing upon latin upon human hands equals global health keeping you up to date is

one of the boys situation where we have a human rights prices that persist beyond help prices your questions is a dialogue just nothing we are now approaching across route this is an opportunity that we must both miss the stream on al-jazeera. 0 among the top stories of china is about to impose a new security law on hong kong 23 years after he took back control and promised a one country 2 system policy president xi jinping has signed it into law parents

fear it will erode homes it's going to mean. the u.s. president's relationship with his russian counterpart is under renewed scrutiny after moscow tonight making found payments to taliban fighters in afghanistan to kill u.s. soldiers security forces in sudan who fired tear gas at protesters demanding reforms from the transitional government to supporters of deposed president turmoil to share holding a rival rally. now the european union is lifting its external border restrictions for more than a dozen countries around the world from wednesday but there have been some notable exclusions let's get the details from step down sheeple international airport it's a big very empty terminal behind you now but will soon be filled with travelers. well that's what everyone hopes here but as you say this is one of the main hops here in europe schiphol airport and it's been very empty for the last 4 months

actually and with a list of 14 countries nobody is expecting you trio of tourists coming in any moment starting tomorrow don't these 14 countries are very diverse we have. on the list serbia is on the list of candidates on the list but very absent from this list are the united states russia and brazil which are very important and big countries and especially americans millions of americans travel to the european union after year so they will be missed here. council has said that they use criteria looking at the number of infections. for a 100000 citizens in the country that's the criteria they say they have used and it's around 16 infections 410-0000 people in a country that's not the united states which has a new outbreak of 19 as we speak russia also doesn't have it under control but

again it doesn't mean that there's going to be a huge influx of tourists now and of course it's a very economic important factor to have tourism back on track and this summer season is starting now and a lot of business here and then that looms but also beyond it's very much relying on it and with this policy the e.u. is now showing some kind of unity because they haven't shown any unity during this whole 19 demick from the start every country has done its own thing it has had its own policy with border internal borders also being close they're now been gradually lifted as well so it's important to have a common policy a common border policy as they. say it's call because the internal borders are all open and people can travel freely so there is a huge risk that if one country does about a thing as the other that of course the pandemic here in europe could start again and the 2nd wave would be

a fact. thanks very much reporting from ports on the latest update. now the u.k. prime minister bros johnston says the britons cannot continue to be in his words prisoners of the coronavirus he's outlined his vision for boosting the devastated called me after the pandemic the full road will be unveiled next week but he says it focuses on attracting investment not cutting spending we must work fast because we've already seen the drop in g.d.p. . and we know that people are worried about their jobs and their businesses and we're waiting as if between the flash of lightning and the thunder clap with our hearts and our mouths for the food economic reverberations to appear there are fears that unemployment in the u.k. could rise to levels not seen since the 1980 s.

in the wake of coronavirus al-jazeera is lawrence lee brings us the story of the u.k. town with the 2nd highest unemployment rate in the country he reports from the run valley in south wales where there are now more than 60 people chasing every job every shuttered shop every collapsed business tells a story of last hope there's barely a soul around walid hasn't had a single customer all day so he's closing early it's not somebody who is in the shop. all with. but. they're going to help us. do you pretend for 34 months this is ok. if you know lose everything everybody lose their job there on the valley used to be thriving the largest coal seam in britain led to the villages being built around the mines but it's all been gone for 40 years and the communities are stranded there are now

$63.00 people chasing every job here is the 2nd highest unemployment rate in the entire u.k. boris johnson's government was elected on an express promise to what it called level up provide vast amounts of financial support to the left behind communities around the u.k. like this and that was in december before the virus even came here all that's done is some massively amplify enormous problems that were already there. many of these places don't even have a railway line connecting them to the big cities but even if that's what the government side dhea of infrastructure spending looks like it's directly at odds with what the rhonda says it really needs which is a new sustainable local economy to replace the one that disappeared we've suffered in the past where jobs have been created by large companies are coming in and taking grants and exploited no wage labor and then up sticks and left as soon as the economic conditions change if we were able to invest in people owning their own

businesses in the form of cooperatives people actually own in the means of production then they more likely to stay in these communities and i see no reason it or why government can't be investing in that way now and what will johnson do to immediately replace all those jobs lost in the 1st half of this year big infrastructure plans take years to get off the ground if you want economics to represent a kind of centralized inclusive britain then you have to make other than just spend money on projects it's all about ensuring communities can be sustainable and thrive and people can find prosperity in every part of every kind of community in every city in every region of the u.k. goes a long way beyond pouring concrete on the economic situation in places like this is so dire that arguably anything is better than nothing but if what's on offer is something like a new railway line to get people out it isn't the same as finding ways they can stay largely al-jazeera in the wrong. police in bangladesh have

charged a ferry boat owner and its captain with murder following monday's river disaster at least 33 passengers drowned and several remain missing after 2 ferries collided near the capital dhaka 5 others have been charged in connection with the sinking in the period ganges river. if european prime minister made his calling for calm after a populist singer was shot dead thousands of fans followers to news who dresses coffins to protest against his killing of the police are investigating what happened to the musician who is known for political songs about the rights of the order in which people were rumor are ethiopia's largest ethnic group they've often complained about discrimination. the king of belgium has for the 1st time in the country's history expressed what he calls his deepest regrets for killing your role in africa king felipe acknowledge that acts of violence and cruelty work committed and the wounds are still being felt to me what is now the democratic republic of congo it is message was sent to the president the feeling is to see katie on the

60th anniversary of independence well belgium's king leopold seize part of central africa in 1905 and run it for personal profit historians say as many as 10000000 people died during his rule for murder starvation or disease after his ownership of congo ended in 1800 the country over to the belgian state several studies of leopold have been vandalized old torn down in recent weeks as part of protests against racism or during belgians colonial rule mixed race children were kidnapped from their families and placed in orphanages 5 of them have filed a lawsuit against the belgian state accusing it of crimes against humanity their lawyers says babies born to belgian and congolese parents would name as children shame. to democracy it comes back again so much that it remains ankit painful when we were small we did not realize because we lived we survived in a way off to with distance it is painful well let's hear now from benedict in joker

who is a historian and a congolese political activist and she says that more needs to happen in belgium to achieve real change. well i think that is heroes are not in ours because we cannot just stop there. maybe excuses are a beginning but we need to make we need to think history and we need to try to teach history about what happened in the congo and unfortunately when we look at belgian there is no sign of the government of the belgians themselves to try to charm dissent while out that story was what cauldron of these and. to african people and congolese people he emphatically that and congo these people didn't have to put in it until march and write the whole history so it is difficult to reflect on those issues. though the congolese state

today didn't take time to really try to tackle those problems. the army in northern mozambique is struggling to stop attacks by fighters affiliated twice and hundreds of people have been killed and 200000 have fled their homes in about delgado province but in the past 3 years and soldiers sent to confront the fighters battling for islamic state and we get queues of the pieces i can where has this. beheadings kidnappings and torching of homes is what these people fled now they live in this camp in northern mozambique an armed group has been attacking villages in cabo don't getto province for nearly 3 years. said doris. there are boys in there but not really it was about 5 in the afternoon when the attackers came and started burning houses i ran with my wife and i shot her they killed her in front of me i managed to escape they came with guns and machetes and started

burning houses. he's been fighting back but information is scarce journalists and research is found in the conflict zone arrested. so social media videos like this one film by a soldier can be seen from outside. and i haven't been going well for the army. posted by fighters from the group chose a military vehicle they captured. 2 years the group attacked only remote villages and said nothing. then 3 months ago he started attacking and briefly occupying towns in this message a fighter rejects the government and calls people to fight on the run i still flag i still is claimed responsibility for some of the attacks it's not clear if there's any real link between the groups but it is clear there are deep local grievances.

mozambique's growing oil and gas industry is part of it one of the world's largest natural gas reserves has been found off the coast of copper delgado oil companies have moved in but people have remained poor was analysts say years of government neglect in the province have proved toxic. tended. to state. all the international. company. and. communities particularly in the u.s. that. the army is response hasn't always hell. here the soldier filming orders others to set fire to an enemy camp. have been accused of executing any man they suspect of collaborating with the group of the army and the government didn't

respond to our request for comment. as the violence escalates more people flee there's little support in the camps and a shortage of food but it's not safe to go home malcolm webb al-jazeera. little nudge in the direction our website al-jazeera dot com is the address al-jazeera. so this is al-jazeera these are the top stories and china is about to impose a new security law in hong kong 23 years after it took back control and promised a one country 2 systems policy president xi jinping has signed it into law opponents fear it will erode on tony hong kong and autonomy. the u.s. president's relationship with his russian counterpart is under renewed scrutiny after moscow denied making bounty payments to taliban fighters in afghanistan to kill u.s. soldiers donald trump says he wasn't told of the intelligence reports because they

weren't deemed to be credible. security forces ensued dharna fired tear gas at protesters demanding reforms from the transitional government supporters of deposed president omar al bashir holding rival rallies ever morgan has more from khartoum. people are saying that this is not a protest all right these are not protests to demand the ousting of the government they are demanding that the government i remember why they came to power remember why they were appointed in the 1st place which is to. to deliver peace justice and accountability for those who were killed so it's obvious that they are this government still has support from the people the european union is reopening its external borders to travelers from 14 countries from wednesday but many large countries including the united states russia brazil and india will still be reviews refused entry to the block the list will be reviewed every 2 weeks the u.k.

prime minister johnson says britain's cannot continue to be in his words president of the coronavirus crisis he's been outlining his vision for boosting the devastated economy after the pandemic a full roadmap will be unveiled next week. the king of belgium has for the 1st time in the country's history expressed what he calls his deepest regrets for colonial rule in africa felipe acknowledged that acts of violence and cruelty work committed in the ruins are still being felt in what is now the democratic republic of congo. police in bangladesh have charged a ferry boat and its captain with murder following monday's river disaster at least $33.00 passengers drowned and several remain missing after 2 ferries collided near the capital of dhaka yesterday with the headlines here not desert got more news coming up right off the street are from. in a highly controversial move israel is expected to our next several illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. as nothing young's government tests the

limits of regional diplomacy and security will this mean an end to the 2 state solution. israel and a station on a just. can you watching the strain today we're going to be looking at coronavirus and children a mother disease seems to impact children in a different way from the way that it impacts adults packing about $1000.00 and chase early i spoke to tell me and today even my 6 and 7 year old nephews in london i asked them what would you like to ask our expert panel and so listen. why don't we end with a play for our friends again. why do you not get no one tonite.