done thanks range of stories from across the globe from the perspective of the next let's join us on our. bracing for change in hong kong a sweeping new security law comes into force that threatens to stifle even the smallest displays of dissent. i'm about to send in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up i would not be surprised if we go up to 100000 a day a dire warning from the top coronavirus expert in the u.s. the situation is going to get much worse. u.s. democrats say they're not being briefed properly over reports russia paid the

taliban to kill american soldiers. and mourning in the streets or vote is out about a popular ethiopian singer known for his political songs is shot dead. china has imposed a new security law on hong kong 23 years after it took back control from britain promised a one country 2 systems policy is being signed by president xi jinping and it's now in full force critics say the legislation erodes hong kong's freedoms and shatters its status as a major international financial center a jim brown reports from hong kong. 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 the busy 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. police and not going to the proper procedures the law's passing had an immediate political impact democracy activist joshua long 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 in 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. chinese legislators drafted hong kong's national security law in secret without any input from the city's legislature and at record speed its details became known only after it was enacted let's take a closer look the law will punish loosely defined crimes such as subversion secession and collusion with sentences of up to life imprisonment the law also means that anybody either people in hong kong or foreigners could face prosecution for offenses committed outside the city as an example foreign officials or academics who publicly supported hong kong's opposition could face detention when travelling through the territory and chinese courts will be allowed to adjudicate hong kong national security cases let's bring in adrian brown who's in hong kong

for us adrian people have had a few hours in which to try to digest what's been happening what has been the reaction been. well this law only really took effect about 8 hours ago at 11 o'clock in the evening hong kong time and this is that law rob this is the english version of the new legislation it runs to 39 pages an awful lot to read but it's quite clear that this law touches a whole range of things schools foreigners the internet the media it is far reaching a much more far reaching i think than many people anticipated and as you mentioned in your introduction in parts the that the law is very very vaguely worded and the worry is it's not going to be very broadly applied one legal expert says that yes beijing is only going to have jurisdiction in a few number of cases but it still gives beijing

a high degree of discretion so i think there will be unease and also remember this law is going to touch not just every person here in hong kong but potentially people outside of the special administrative region so if people for instance in countries like the united states britain europe start to advocate hong kong independence or support the idea of separatism those people could be targeted but again the law doesn't make clear exactly what would happen to those people whether they would try and seek their extradition it's not clear so it opens many more questions than it answers frankly adrian you covered you covered the handover was there any suspicion then that something like this was going to happen 23 years later. well yes and no we have to remember that back in 1997 china was a very different country it had jiang zemin was the president who compared to you

know president ping seems like you know a moderate on reflection at that stage china was very big on soft power it was bidding for the olympics it was bidding to join the world trade organization it was you know in many ways very much on its best behavior and at the time you know i and others remember thinking that actually it seemed that china really did want hong kong to succeed now by and large we've had relative freedom of speech we've had relative independent judiciary in that time but that has now changed i think with this law because as i said in my report before the handover china signed the joint declaration with britain that's a document lodged with the united nations a legally binding document in which to promise that hong kong's freedoms its way of life its capitalist system would continue unfettered but to many people it seems that china has now gone back on its word because it also promised that hong kong

would have as i say that independent legal system there is now a big question mark as to whether that in fact now exists adrian just as you've been talking to us were missing some live pictures from hong kong of a very small 'd protest against the announcement very different of course to the protests we've seen in the last few months adrian brown life for us in hong kong adrian thank you the united states top expert on infectious diseases is warning the number of corona virus cases across the country is likely to get much worse if people don't follow health recommendations dr anthony 5 he also says there is no guarantee of an effective vaccine more than 126000 americans have died california texas and florida have all reimposed some restrictions after reporting a record increase in infections. it is going to be very disturbing i will guarantee you that because when you have an outbreak in one part of the country even though in other parts of the country they're doing well they are vulnerable i made that

point very clearly we are now having 40 plus 1000 new cases a day i would not be surprised if we go up to $100000.00 a day if this does not turn around ok i want to bring in brett broun from washington d.c. he's the president of the global situation room it's a political consultancy and he's also the former director of global engagement in the white house under president obama thank you very much indeed for joining us i want to talk about the u.s. presidential elections which are going to be coming up in november the elections in november going to be defined by covert 19 it appears so and certainly defined by president trump's management or some might say mismanagement of both the health crisis that we currently confront as well as the economic crisis because let's remember while that the health implications of this may abate by november and

we may be in a vet or situation the economy is increasingly looking like it will be in a very bad situation do you think that if the situation gets as bad as dr chee is suggesting that it might but the end might end up with 100000 cases every day that that will have a direct impact on the elections themselves are we going to see a move to possibly postpone them or will it change the nature of voting oh we're going to see a big increase in postal voting for example. so one thing that's important understand about american presidential and congressional elections is there is no possibility for postponement so according to are a lot they have to take place on november 3rd day of the 1st tuesday of november we however i think will see a number of steps in place whether it's malin voting certainly trying to open up more voting places voting precincts in larger locations just yesterday the stadium

indoor stadium in atlanta georgia was designated as a voting precinct so you will see these kinds of measures taken in order to ensure that people can vote in safety do you think that if it comes to that if that a significant changes to the way that people vote or the method by which that they vote there is going to be criticism of the voting process that the credibility of the election itself could be affected. well that's what president trump and some of his supporters are trying to lay the predicate for they are essentially building a case right now that he perhaps will lose because of some nefarious afterwards by people foreign influence he's even suggested to come into the election process through that mallon ballot or other means to interfere with it

that being said historically melon ballots have actually been quite safe quite secure or very few cases of fraud but i think certainly there are going to be steps taken to try and question the process and is well democrats are very concerned about access to voting precincts because if you're looking at some of these changes as we saw in wisconsin and even in georgia recent primary elections there were very long lines a few were precincts so we're going to face a whole host of difficulties when you go to get your thoughts on this but burton we appreciate your time thank you you bet you guys democrats say that despite a briefing from the white house they still haven't received the information they need on russia's alleged bunting's on american soldiers in afghanistan donald trump has repeatedly denied he was informed the latest report from the new york times alleges trump received a written briefing in february democrats are calling for a full account from the intelligence committee the president called this

a hoax publicly nothing in the briefing that we have just received led me to believe it is a hoax there may be different judgments as to the level of credibility but there was no assertion that the information we had was a hoax ok for more let's cross live to mike hanna in washington d.c. so the democrats are saying they haven't got enough information what's their next step. well there's absolute fury among the democrats were briefed in the white house in the course of the day the chair of the house intelligence committee saying that the wrong people were in the room they want to the briefing from intelligence chiefs not from president trump's political appointees who were the one who gave the briefing well it's already very clear that the democrats are going to be pushing further on this they are demanding to have a full briefing from the country's intelligence chiefs the only interruption in all

of this is the july the 4th holiday weekend and it's only after that that congress gets back and gets working but certainly democrats making very very clear that they are not going to let the matter rest here they have a number of questions they are asking whether president trump had any knowledge of this they see the white house's defense says purely semantic saying that he hadn't been personally briefed on the matter the question being asked in congress is whether or not the president indeed read those presidential daily briefs we've now got several news organizations reporting that as far back as march 2019 the 1st of these intelligence reaves were drawn up for the president the question is now and this is the white house refusing to address specifically it's whether or not president trump actually read these briefs this is one of the many questions that congress wants to put in the weeks ahead mike thank you very much indeed that's

mike hanna giving us that update from washington d.c. . still ahead an al-jazeera police used tear gas to break up protesters demanding quicker reform from sudan's transitional government. and as soon showdown at the u.n. fails to meet tensions between the united states and iran. well there are a few things to talk about the u.s. and canada that are wondering shazahn the ohio valley and maybe the mississippi valley as well that's to be expected this massive crowd here briefly border but it's snow to the higher ground but really it's heat is the story giving a fire risk throughout the plains states now and the heat is going right up into the middle of calendar we seem to spectacular thunderstorms as a result of that they will be more you can get an idea of where the plume is it's

covering most states b.r.s. up in the mountains it's not a war of course by color contrast but it's there with the same avi's of coast san francisco as a 21 but this is a morning cloudy situation in central valley it's much hotter than that as it is for the south by the time we get to thursday most of the heavy rain is going to be in northern ontario comes the size of a break and see if the southern states are a few big showers building here which is to be expected. now as we got rid of it most of the dust had to still sort of florida in cuba we had suppressed the showers but they're going to build up again some pretty heavy ones i think in some of the outer islands in the caribbean a car from press here ricker as well there is more sand in the atmosphere on its way but not immediately so think of big showers running through his pond you're about i mean it is thursday and of course.

if you're in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships when mess somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world all the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our 1st president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china part 2 on a jazzy. don't you know it is either a reminder of our top stories this hour china has imposed a new security law in hong kong it's been signed by president xi jinping and it's

now in full force critics say the legislation marks the end of freedoms and shatters its status as a major international financial center. united states top expert on infectious diseases is warning the number of corona virus cases across the country is likely to get much worse if people don't follow health recommendations to anthony foxx he also says there's no guarantee of an effective vaccine. us democrats say they still haven't received enough information about allegations that russia paid the taliban to target u.s. soldiers in afghanistan they're calling for a full briefing from the intelligence community. german carmaker vote's wagon and sportswear manufacturers i did. say they'll temporarily stop buying ads on facebook over concerns it's become a platform for hate crime they're the latest multinationals to join the stop hate

for profit campaign hundreds of smaller companies which are responsible for the majority of the site's $70000000000.00 annual revenue have also pulled out its facebook has said it will start to tag potentially harmful posts as the boycott of the site white. at least 8 people have been killed and 80 others have been injured in the ethiopian town of adama following the killing of a popular singer thousands of fans followed actually lose as casket in addis ababa with protests over a shooting taking place in several cities police are investigating what happened to the musician who's known for political songs about the rights of the overall more people there or more ethiopia's largest ethnic group but they've often complained about discrimination. a lot of as associate professor of law at kill university in the u.k. he says the killing of hundreds comes at a time when the government is under increased pressure adding the country has been facing significant challenges in this. kind of since it started

a process of transition the plan to show a process to open a very positive a lot and somewhere in the middle the government priorities have changed and i. know that if you have a society and had political consensus has but who are they far and assassination of these very important to you who meant so much for so many people that came to be came at a very difficult time and it's really difficult to see how the government will be able to be either different viewpoints different or you loyd yuko persuasions that exist in the country because really that that area where you are the cuban government did not want as much as it was it was expected to one person has been killed and several others have been wounded during largely peaceful protests in sudan to these demonstrations do hundreds of thousands of people on to the streets in cities and towns across the country the protesters want justice for those killed

during and after the rule of former president or what about shia ever morgan reports from khartoum. despite the pandemic and coronavirus state of health emergency hundreds of thousands poured on to sudan street from the capital to the various states and to those stuck in displacement camps because of years of conflict all demanding the transitional government steps up to complete the goals of the revolution 6. we want the transitional government to deliver on justice for the lives lost so these are not protests against the government we're supporting the government but we want the government to show us that the revolution was not. i think it's about time for the central government to collapse i think it's about time we we react make a move toward making peace and toward our brothers and our for our brother in a near as a direct so and we. only freedom peace and justice. in

some places police fired tear gas to prevent protesters from breaching security cordons to use this protests were on the 1st anniversary of demonstrations last year they pressured the transitional military council to negotiate with protest leaders weeks after the killing of doesn't approve democracy sit in hearts and shattered hopes for a deal a power sharing agreement was signed in august but nearly a year on many of its conditions still aren't implemented sudan is then without a transitional legislative assembly and nearly all governors are military governors contrary to the power sharing agreement to this protest haven't been backed by all the members of the ruling coalition known as the forces of freedom and change some voice a port while others the unnecessary especially because of the coronavirus pandemic the protest happened the day after members of the former ruling party were arrested they're accused of planning to sabotage the anniversary protests june 30th is also the anniversary of the former ruling party coming to power 31 years ago hours

before the protests sudan's prime minister who's yet to complete a year in office to address the nation. in the coming days you will hear decisive decisions some of which will have a deep political and economic impact some sides will try to take advantage to create instability i urge you to take caution we will get through this period and we will prevail through our unity and our hold on the goals of the revolution. when large numbers of sudanese the transitional government is falling short of delivering the demands of the revolution which toppled a long time president obama. but many here say they'll continue to back the government as it faces many challenges morgan on to their own part 2. leaders from the g. 5 south held countries and french president emmanuel knock home have met in mauritania to discuss how to reduce attacks in the region in mali the political situation is getting worse with calls for the president to resign nicolas hock reports. friends

is calling on the cell countries to step in and make good unwanted views as recent military success early in june french forces killed al qaeda in the group leader abdel mali president wants to see the return of state authorities in places they have cleared from armed groups and still have the book you know france will be there as long as it is desired and requested by this a whole states can selves and for as long as they consider that the sovereignty and security of the people of france and we will be there as long as we consider that if it's a being made by each of the amuse of the g 5 said hell in that's our role is therefore useful. the new stated objective of the french led operation bar khan is to destroy the slum mixtape in the greater zahar on the border region of malines air and park in a faso along with the support of some health forces but a un investigation accuses soldiers from the countries of not only failing to

protect civilians but killing the people they are meant to protect add to that allegations of corruption and audit in the defense spending reveals that over $120000000.00 has gone missing from state coffers well the president is accused of spending state money for personal gain he's facing a wave of protest led by the influential cleric mahmoud deaker. he tells al-jazeera removing foreign troops alone is not the solution it's the leadership that needs to go home and all that he just won't but i do here we're in a difficult situation we have a state that is bankrupt and we can't go on without the help of the international community or allied nations micro was joined by the spanish german and italian prime ministers my own video conference at the french security in europe is contingent on stability in this the hell this is held desert is used to smuggle migrants and drugs 500 special forces from european countries are expected to join

operations in the region with more troops on their way france's intervention is an ending any time soon nor is it special relationship with these leaders who are facing mounting criticism at home. nicholas hawking al-jazeera u.s. secretary of state micron peo has addressed the united nations security council urging them to extend an arms embargo on iran which expires in october iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif said efforts to replace international law with u.s. law as effectively jeopardize international peace diplomatic editor james bays has more. showdown at the u.n. security council with both the u.s. and iran represented by their top diplomats secretary of state might pump aoe urged members of the council to extend a ban on iran buying conventional weaponry which is jew to expire in october this

jaber has a choice stand for international peace and security united nations under intended the arms a cargo of islamic republic of iran expired he trained the u.s. mission and its finest ideals all 'd pledged to an old if you failed to act right away free to purchase russian fighter jets to strike up to 3000 kilometer radius but he said it's like riyadh. rome in warsaw in the rain crosshairs iran's foreign minister mohammad job and zarif spoke at the end of the session is this status quo is needed acceptable nor sustainable the international community in general and the united nations security council in particular are facing an important decision. do we maintain respect for the rule of law or do we return to the law of the jungle by surrendering to the

beams. outlaw billy. in just 2 weeks the iran nuclear deal agreed in vienna in 2015 will be 5 years old many predicted it wouldn't survive when 2 years ago president trump said he was pulling out of the code the deal is under strain with iran breaching its restrictions on your a new enrichment or though it's still not anywhere near the levels for weapons grade production it seems highly unlikely that the arms embargo on iran which expires in october will be extended as the u.s. is demanding both russia and china permanent members of the security council of firmly opposed the us is then threatening to invoke what might be called the nuclear clause of the nuclear deal what's known as snap back which would trigger again all the international sanctions on iran but most others on the security

council says the u.s. pulled out of the deal and no longer has the right to trigger anything he could create fresh divisions pitting the u.s. against its main allies james zira at the united nations mexican prosecutors are issued arrest warrants for 46 officials who were working in the state of guerrero when a group of students disappeared in 2014 but accused of organized crime and abducting 43 trainee teachers but attending a protest in the town of equality an initial government report concluded the students were killed by a gang that mistook them from members of a rival group that reports been described by independent investigations as deeply flawed. the european union has banned pakistan's national airline for at least 6 months because of safety concerns use air safety agency acted after pakistan's aviation minister revealed a 3rd of airline pilots have false flying licenses the u.k.

civil aviation authority followed suit vietnam has grounded all pakistani pilots working for its airlines last month a pakistani international airlines crash in karachi killed 97 people. authorities in india have deployed drones to help combat its worst of desert locust outbreak in decades in agra or to pradesh the drones have been used to spray insecticides experts are warning of extensive crop losses if the government fails to curb fast spreading swarms. this is all just syria these are the top stories china has imposed a new security law on hong kong it's been signed by president xi jinping and it's now in full force critics say the legislation marks the end of hong kong's freedoms and shatters its status as a major international financial center agent brown has more from hong kong it's

quite clear that this law touches a whole range of things schools foreigners the internet the media it is far reaching a much more far reaching i think than many people anticipated and as you mentioned in your introduction in parts the that the law is very very vaguely worded and the worry is it's not going to be very broadly applied one legal expert says that yes beijing is only going to have jurisdiction in a few number of cases but it still gives beijing a high degree of discretion. the united states' top expert on infectious diseases is warning the number of corona virus cases across the country is likely to get much worse if people don't follow health recommendations dr anthony fauci also says there's no guarantee of an effective vaccine more than 126000 americans have died

u.s. democrats say they still haven't received enough information about allegations that russia paid the taliban to target the u.s. soldiers in afghanistan they're calling for a full briefing from the intelligence community. german carmaker volkswagen and sportswear manufacturers i did us improvement say they'll temporarily stop buying ads on facebook over concerns it's become a platform for hate crime the latest major multinationals to join the stop hate for profit campaign at least 8 people have been killed and 80 others injured in the ethiopian town of adama following the killing of a popular singer thousands of fans followed hush alou contessa's casket in addis ababa with protests over a shooting taking place in several cities those are the headlines coming up next it's one or one east replied. donald presence on donald trump jr was promised damaging information about hillary clinton an obligation to seek an investigation

seductress did the trump campaign colluding with russia did you at any time a barge the former f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form get closer to back down the investigation into michael flynn and also as you will know. next question doctoral field washington on al-jazeera. west papuan indonesia is home to the largest remaining rainforest. but resource companies are paying as little as $5.00 a hectic for these ecological paradise through questionable land grabs. so that young they will get a shot and also have a genetic one in from up on the. indigenous tribes accuse south korean ron paul blow jobs of plundering west papuan for a piece of the $300000000.00 in revenue this is pure fantasy that's not the case at .