documentary soon i'll just expose the lies to the fiercely independent bosnia herzegovina. is a bigger bridge. from prisoner to president on a jersey to. hong kong marks 23 years since his return to chinese rule just hours after beijing imposes a new security law that crushes political freedoms. down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha coming up the u.s. recalls its highest number of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began that's its top diseases expert warns the worst is yet to come. we are now having 40 plus

1000 new cases a day i would not be surprised if we go up to $100000.00 the day. schools reopen in thailand but some coronavirus restrictions remain in place we'll have a live update. mourning in the streets about is about a popular ethiopian singer known for his political songs a shock that. hong kong is marking the 23rd anniversary of the city's return to chinese rule just hours after a sweeping national security law was imposed its chief executive carol lam described the passing of the law as the most important development since the handover small groups of demonstrators gathered in the city to denounce the legislation they say the road hong kong's freedoms and shot as its status as a major international financial center. but 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 inactive 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 other people in hong kong or foreigners could face prosecution for offenses committed outside the city foreign officials or academics who publicly supported hong kong's opposition could face detention if they travel through the territory and chinese courts will be allowed to adjudicate hong kong's national security cases where we have correspondents covering the story from hong kong and beijing in a moment we'll get reaction from adrian brown in hong kong but 1st to katrina you're in beijing where chinese officials are briefing the media about the new security law catrina so what more have officials there been saying about the reaction to this news new security law. so jam we're hearing

from the legislative commission of the n.p.c. standing committee and the hong kong mccalla fez office here in beijing and those of the bodies were sponsible formulating this national security law here in china so we've had mainly from a junk shell mean who is the vice director that his press conferences mainly focused on 2 things praising this law and defending it 1st of praise he said that this bill was crucial for maintaining hong kong's prosperity and stability this is been a consistent line from beijing on the stool it's said that the mainland has given a lot to hong kong that hong kong was allowed to thrive mainly in the ninety's in the thousands after it was handed back over to china he says that this war was it is a turning point for hong kong and puts hong kong back on track for that development he also says that many residents a whole call at least the residents he spoke to were very saddened by the chaos caused by these protests and that they're relieved now that this national security

law has brought back a measure of tranquility and he said then that hong kong would lose out if it became the springboard for conducting subversion against the mainland and then he had some very strong comments to say about one country to your system defending it against some of the western criticism we've heard against this national security law he said that many western countries and foreign powers have misconstrued interpreted this idea of one country 2 systems to mean that the central government is completely hands off when it comes to hong kong that in fact this is not how it works and that it is the job of the central government to enforce national security in hong kong and that any government would have a hard time overlooking or not addressing the level of anti-government sentiment that has been demonstrated in hong kong over the past year and then when he came to countries threatening sanctions against china because of this national security law will he stood his ground and basically said that this was and i quote the logic of that and it's and that these are 2. and all of that is none of your business and he

said the very strong sentence of long gone are the days that china takes cues from others so really it seems here that china is bent on justifying this war that has really no intention whatsoever. in being intimidated by sanctions or threats from other countries that it's determined to go forward on course with enforcing this national security law in iraq to continue their invasion katrina thank you that so let's bring in agent brown now who is in the hong kong agency hong kong today marking the 23rd anniversary of return to chinese rule what does all of this mean for the protest movement and for the very future of the territory . well that's the big question isn't it i think almost certainly that this new law is going to occur tale the protest movement it's not necessarily going to end it there was as you pointed out in your introduction a small protest quite near the venue where the anniversary handover ceremony was

taking place on wednesday morning the police blocked these protesters but significantly these protesters were calling for the end of one party rule in china at the end of the dictatorship i spoke to one of the protesters a very own who said that he fully expects to be arrested so these people are out intentionally to test the law and now i saw several people being taken away i don't know if they were arrested but the police held back in terms of using the usual sort of assertive actions we've seen during the past few weeks and months carolan the chief executive of hong kong addressed that ceremony at flag raising ceremony on wednesday morning she said this new law was necessary and filled a very big gap she also said that you know the past year had been the most difficult of her career but she said the mainland government that helped to pull her through the storm was passing and it was now going to be

a rainbow but i think her strategy at the moment is to try to rebuild hong kong's image any way she can part of that strategy by the way is to hire an international public relations agency which is going to be paid almost $6000000.00 to help to that end as to what happens later today well there are plans for a major protest the some afternoon but the police have denied permission for that to happen again we have to see whether these protesters are going to try to test that police ban or right to it and brown there in hong kong agent thank you. now the united states has registered its biggest daily jump in corona virus cases since the start of the pandemic there were $46000.00 new cases on tuesday but the country's top expert on infectious diseases is warning that number could start to double if people don't follow health recommendations jabatan see has more now from washington d.c. tony felt this was all in this congressional testimony about the spread of covert

19 in the u.s. it puts the entire country at risk 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 and so i am very concerned dr foundries suggested several states were reopening too quickly our reserves are california florida and texas are all having to rethink their reopening plans as cases spike the u.s. still mags and testing contact tracing social distancing and mask usage white house health advisors brimmer invest in their testimony and that satisfied with what's going on because we're going in the wrong direction if you look at the curves of the new cases so we've really got to do something about that and we need to do would quickly short answer the question is that clearly we are not in total control right now. a recurring theme was a lack of concern among sections of the population who refused to take even minimum

protections for themselves and others and their suspicion of science in general but said it is also repeatedly criticized a president who refuses to wear a mask and has been urging a return to normality these 2 parallel messaging operations and i just think it's worth stipulating that everything we're hearing today is responsible is based on evidence but the agencies represented here today have social media following of about 5000000 people the president states as a social media following of 82000000 president trump's opponent in the forthcoming elections seized upon similar themes during his speech in his hometown of wilmington delaware the president is no direction and he preaches against one another. we can't continue like this half recovery and half the words we can't continue half or even us and half rejecting science but in fact there is no

consensus among the republican leadership that mosque wearing should be encouraged something the white house press secretary said the president has no issue with the president has said he has no problem with mass that courage of people to make whatever decision is best for their safety and to follow what their local jurisdictions say yet the president is expected at mount rushmore on friday to mark the beginning of the independence day weekend officially there will be no attempt at social distancing on mosques will not be mandatory shabbat hansie al jazeera washington. u.s. democrats say they still haven't received enough information about allegations that russia paid the taliban to target american soldiers in afghanistan they're calling for a full briefing from the intelligence community the white house maintains president from was never briefed on the matter because the information was not verified by kind of has more from washington i'm sure that mr schiff will be following up on this through the intel committee it was the turn of democrats to be briefed at the white house with the separate temper taishan for republican lawmakers already

a point of dispute but like their fellow house members the democratic representatives returned to capitol hill to demand a proper briefing but the right people to give the briefing we really were not in the room we need to hear from the heads of the intelligence agencies about how they assess the allegations that have been made publicly what can they tell us about the truth or falsity of these allegations what can they tell us about steps they are undertaking or have undertaken to vet any information that they may have and presidential contender joe biden held its 1st conference in 3 months to lash out at president trump over the matter the idea that somehow he didn't know. or isn't being briefed it is a do actually duty. please was brief and nothing was done about this that's a very rich and. the white house press secretary struck back at the criticism

continuing her argument that intelligence departments could not agree on the rest of the information adding that the reporting on the matter was a national security issue specifically there are 2 bad scenarios that emerged from this report number one this report makes it more difficult to come to a consensus on this matter to verify intelligence and number 2 this level of controversy and discord plays directly into the hands of russia and unfortunately serves their interests. president crumples made no secret of his desire to improve relations with russia and its leader vladimir putin most recently insisting that he would invite russia to take part in the g. 7 meeting due to take place in the u.s. later this year a number of news agencies report that information about russian payment to taliban fighters was included in a number of presidential daily briefs the white house will not be drawn

specifically on whether president trump actually read these intelligence summaries and answer to this question is likely to be demanded when congress reconvenes after the 4th of july holiday weekend. al-jazeera washington. time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back vladimir putin could be about to extend his rule but the move is seen as a step too far for some former supporters plus. with their government intervention the koala will become extinct. daya warnings for the future of one of australia's best loved animals more that status. well are a few things to talk about in the u.s.

and canada there are wondering shazahn the ohio valley maybe the mississippi valley as well that's to be expected this massive trout 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 and the heat's going right up into the middle of calendar receives a 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 pressure vicar as well there is more sand in the atmosphere on its way but not immediately so think of big showers running through his barn year about i mean it is thursday and of course nicaragua. is a popular filming location in france when it comes to stories about drugs crime and radicalization tired of negative stereotypes interpreted zanny genie is reclaiming its image by putting its younger that in behind the camera. the stories be don't often hear told by the people who have them in movies wait this is you out on al-jazeera. roof. or.

for the. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here this hour hong kong is marking the 23rd anniversary of its return to chinese rule just hours after a sweeping national security rules imposed small groups of demonstrators have gathered to denounce legislation they say erodes freedom. the united states is top expert on infectious diseases dr anthony fauci is warning the number of virus the pasta country is likely to get much worse if people don't follow the health recommendation. and use democrats say they still haven't received enough information about allegations that russia paid the taliban to target u.s. soldiers in afghanistan calling for a full briefing from the intelligence community. now the thai government as he's more coronavirus restrictions as the country slowly begins to reopen students

return to their classes on wednesday in the nest to make it 35000 schools where the government has extended an emergency decree until the end of the month in an effort to avoid a 2nd wave of thailand has been seen as somewhat of a success story in the region with just over $3000.00 cases and $58.00 deaths let's get more now from wayne hay he joins us live from bangkok wayne so what sort of preparations being made across the country as thailand reopens its schools. yes with some $35000.00 schools reopening right around the country there is going to be a lot of concern among students parents and teachers about the potential dangers involved with this that's an awful lot of people coming together all at once but the ministry of health the ministry of education are saying that all precautions will be taken to ensure this is as safe as possible that includes of course temperature checks upon entry to the schools the wearing of mosques social distancing inside the buildings desks will be kept

a part of physical activity will be restricted so the students aren't coming into physical contact with one another and in some cases in fact some students will only go to school on alternate days therefore allowing for a situation in those particular schools where there will be be fewer students on particular days and therefore the greater opportunity for social distancing this is all coming about of course after ever decreasing numbers of new coronavirus cases in thailand in fact over the past month we have had no new community based cases of covert 19 all of the new cases in that time period have been arrivals from overseas and they're going straight into quarantine away then how is all of this playing into a broader government plans to reopen up the economy and particularly thailand's tourism sector. yes will like many countries around the world thailand's economy is being completely bettered by coronavirus in fact the world bank released its latest

report on tuesday it thinks that the tire kaname will contract by at least 5 percent this year and if that is the case it will be one of the worst performers in the region and the reason for that is that relies so heavily on exports and also international tourism international tourism has this year ground to a complete halt and that is having a devastating effect on the economy and there is no sign of it returning to normal or anywhere near normal any time soon as much as the airlines and hotel operators would like it to having said that effective today july 1st the government is opening up more space more options for international flights to come and go from thailand and it amounts to a partial lifting of the international flight ban with some pretty severe restrictions still in place so in the 1st instance it'll create more options for its citizens who are still stranded overseas and have been unable to get back to thailand also foreigners and their family members who have the right to live and

work in thailand it will create more flight options for them as well and the government's also opening up some space for very limited travel into thailand by business people from certain low risk countries again those people will have to prove that they have taken a coronavirus test and of course that that test is negative but again no sign that international tourism is going to return to normal anytime soon or right away in haiti in bangkok when thank you for that. now russians are in the final day of voting on the most sweeping changes to the constitution since the end of the soviet union the amendments would include restarting president putin's allowed terms in office which could see him stay in power until 2036 when the votes widely expected to pass even though many russians are unhappy with the proposal charlie rangel reports. brewing disobedience alexander can overloads cafes stayed open during lockdown in st petersburg despite government directives to close. so

did his beauty salons the largest network in the city once loyal to president putin the businessman has lost his faith he says coronavirus measures were inconsistent illogical and unfair and this vote to change the constitution is the last straw. i was not just loyal to him like so many russians for me he was almost an idol my attitude to the president began to change even before the coronavirus when they began to introduce this amendments to the reset of his terms my friends and i have one question why did he lie that he wouldn't do this for many years he said that he would not change the constitution in order to remain in power and this is exactly what he's doing russians have spent the last week voting on a package of constitutional amendments the headlines a new benefits but buried in the text is permission for president putin to rule until 2036 if you continue to win the votes you're still nervous and there are many things that i like about this amendment to protect our territory to support and

restore our culture children education social support animals and pap with entire package. on wednesday putin made an unprecedented plea. so we are not just voting for amendments that are laid out in clear legal norms we vote for the country we want to live in with modern education and health care with reliable social protection of citizens with an effective government that is accountable to society we vote for the country we work for and we want to pass it on to our children. the new rules created for this vote are also unprecedented exit polls were announced midway and polling stations popped up everywhere from fields to car parks making it impossible to ensure the vote is fair or free from tampering. exposing the flaws in the system a number of journalists deliberately voted twice and they have been numerous reports of coercion and vote buying. putin's approval ratings are at 59

percent an all time low but analysts say the true figure could be even lower. where we see a drop in support from 79 to 59 percent in or therion countries it means that support in society is actually much lower because the numbers are distorted we see put his charisma is eroding ratings are declining but this is not yet accompanied by protests so support is weak but there are not so many reasons for the population to rebel and yet they predict amendments will pass granting putin the opportunity to rule russia until he's 83 years old charlie angela al-jazeera. now at least 8 people have been killed and 80 others injured in the ethiopian town of adam a fall in the killing of a popular singer the police are investigating what happened to the musician who's known for songs about the rights of the armored people more blood money reports. the town. that i just described as a musical i can only think now

a job in days of supporting the struggle i think even more people than his music became the military the protest movement that led to the downfall of the government in 28. that's the rumor only theory is largest ethnic group but they had long complained about discrimination. thousands of fans followed him just as cotton to the capital for protesting his can he was shot dead while driving this car in the suburbs i just have a crack he is somebody that is asked and i can buy it at 50 past $1000000.00 ladies your b.s. and you the whole of africa. is going to how do you really want to go genius was. my duty to power had the rhetorical facility burble invasion the critics question was which he you know fairly ably limited in size weight and fired

some of the deeply interested and profound problems of almost hopi facing throughout history following the protests the turned violent after the shooting prime minister abu ahmed called for car he tweeted his condolences about the singer saying the lost a precious life and since the death of the young artist he wishes to comfort for all of those deep sorrow. a that it different this button an interview to a media network owned by the government critic who doesn't last week criticize his leadership network is owned by the wall mohamad the t.v. station says he was detained after his bodyguards placed off with federal police but the spokesman for the federal police the 9th this a lot of critics are rising against the prime minister the way he handled the transition that we are you know was not really to discuss with opposition to have a genuine dialogue as many were calling for it but you know the icing on the cake

came when he as many referred to unconstitutional he had the parliament and the opera house approved. extension of his time in office because of covered. 34 year old who doesn't count about receiving death threats for his life was abruptly ended now many ethiopian say he'll be remembered as a revolutionary figure you're about a man the al-jazeera facebook has removed hundreds of the counseling to the so-called boogaloo movement which is organized on protests against black lives matter rallies in the u.s. it comes as more companies are pulling ads over concerns the site has become a platform for hate crime german comic a volkswagen and sportswear manufacturers other das and puma are the latest multinationals to join the stop hate for profit campaign but jim anderson is a social media expert he says facebook has been slower than other platforms to tackle hate speach. i think there's 2 big challenges one is

a very difficult problem to solve it's hard for anybody to argue against hate speech right it's a it's a it's almost universally easy to condemn hate speech it's much more difficult to define hate speech one person's hate speech is another person's free speech and certainly here in the united states that's a huge issue especially in an election year and then also facebook is just huge right that the sheer magnitude of the problems they're trying to solve many people have speculated that the real core of the problem is that just facebook is so big that they can't solve the problem and so those are the 2 things that mainly come to mind as they talk about really trying to make these kinds of changes there has started to be some distance between the companies where twitter notably sort of stopped taking all political advertising probably 6 months or a year ago and facebook didn't do that twitter has made some more aggressive moves if you will to label and in one case actually even put an interface in front of one of president trump's tweets that they decided were problematic and facebook by and

large has not done those things and i think if you see you know other tech platforms not all social networks but reddit made a notable change you tube made some notable 20 changes a twitch which is a gaming platform owned by amazon made some notable movements i think you're starting to see some separation from the tech platforms and it really is a business strategy as well as sort of a what kind of corporate citizen do you want to be and facebook clearly has been sort of at one end of the spectrum compared to what the other companies have been doing. one of australia's best loved animals could become extinct in 30 years politicians say koalas are being wiped out because the eucalyptus trees they depend on for food being cut down the torah dates and because more. they are one of the 2 animals australia is most famous for but unlike kangaroos koala numbers are falling fast a year long parliamentary inquiry delivered this die a warning with a government hunter venture in the koala will become extinct in new south

wales before 2050 b.c. is extremely concerning of course to everybody who cares about koalas and from what we heard during the inquiry of course that's pretty much everybody in new south wales and across the world koalas are found naturally in the wild in 4 of australia's 6 states new south wales queensland victoria and south australia 8 years ago there were $36000.00 koalas in new south wales that total fell to less than half that $15000.00 as eucalyptus trees and the leaves they eat were cut down to make way for farming and development and this is unprecedented bushfires killed a further $4000.00 of the slow moving marsupials which couldn't escape scientists describe the situation as an ecological disaster you might be able to spot one or 2 koalas but the ret realities of those populations are becoming on viable and that's why it's so critical and that's why the 25th time from now needs to be put in place

because they cannot survive at these lower numbers if we have more fires it's just going to get worse. the report by the state government of new south wales makes 42 recommendations to increase the koala population but that's the same governments a campaign is that allowed even encourage the destruction of koala habitat by relaxing laws controlling the amount of land farm is can clear of trees victoria gates and be algis they are. time for a quick check of the headlines on al-jazeera hong kong is marking the 23rd anniversary of the city's return to chinese rule just hours after a sweeping national security law was imposed on kong's chief executive carolan described the passing of the know as the most important development for the territory since the handover small groups of demonstrators have gathered to denounce legislation they say erodes freedoms chinese officials are briefing the

media about the new security law katrina you has more now from beijing when it came to countries threatening sanctions against china because of this national security law well he stood his ground and basically said that this was and i quote but bandits and that these internal affairs none of your business and he said the very strong sentence of long gone are the days that china takes cures from others so really seems here that china is bent on justifying this war and has really no intention whatsoever. say in being intimidated by sanctions or threats from other countries the united states has registered its biggest daily jump in corona virus cases since the start of the pandemic there were 46000 new infections on tuesday but the country's top expert on infectious diseases is warning that number could start to double if people don't follow health recommendations. the thai government

has eased bore coronavirus restrictions as the country slowly begins to reopen students return to their classes on wednesday in the nest to make it 35000 schools but the government has extended an emergency decree until the end of the month in an effort to avoid a 2nd wave yes democrats say they still haven't received enough information about allegations that russia paid the taliban to target u.s. soldiers in afghanistan calling for a full briefing from the intelligence community at least 8 people have been killed and 80 others injured in the ethiopian town of adam a fall in the killing of a popular singer thousands of fans followed her to new investors casket in addis ababa the protests over his shooting taking place in several cities musicians known for his political songs those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after this is here at station thanks so much. as protests rage over

police brutality and coronavirus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the votes follow the u.s. elections on a. to get.