nelson mandela and. face to face on a busy. hong kong marks 23 years since its return to chinese rule just hours after beijing imposes a new security law the precious political freedom. in jordan to start a 0 lawyer from doha also coming up the u.s. records its highest number of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began as its top diseases expert warns the worst is yet to come. u.s. democrats say they're not being briefed properly or the reports russia paid the taliban to kill american soldiers. and zimbabwe's government closes the stock

exchange leaving investors wondering what's happened to their money. china says that some pro-democracy activists arrested by security agents in hong kong under a new security law will be tried in its own courts the legislation came into force just hours before the city marked the 23rd anniversary of its return to chinese rule critics say deals a severe blow to the city's freedoms and shutters its status as a major international financial hub for 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 in acted well 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 foreign. could face prosecution for offenses committed outside the

city foreign officials or academics who publicly supported hong kong's opposition could face detention they travel through the territory and chinese courts will be allowed to adjudicate hong kong's national security cases let's bring in katrina new now from beijing katrina so what more have officials there been saying about this new hong kong security or. right now taking place is a press conference given by the legislative commission for the n.p.c. standing committee in the office for hong kong mccalla fez uses a q. bodies responsible for formulating this law here in china and officials have been broadly expectedly full of praise for the small saying that it's crucial to hong kong's stability and prosperity that the mainland is really responsible for bringing a lot of development to hong kong and this will allow hong kong to continue on track with that development and that residents should be relieved by this law because it will bring back some tranquility that was lost during the protests that

have been taking place over the past year and you really do fishel said that the main point of this law is to prevent hong kong from becoming a springboard for subversion against china and then officials really went on the defensive especially when it comes to this idea of one country 2 systems they said that meant much of the western countries have gotten this principle wrong that really one country 2 systems does not mean that beijing is going to have a hands off approach when it comes to hong kong but the also says that beijing really is the last block the buck stops in beijing with all of that in particular with national security affairs and he emphasized the official. junk charming emphasize that this would be demonstrated by the fact that those who violate this national security law can be extradited to the mainland and be tried in the mainland for those crimes he said also that this will would only affect a handful of troublemakers local troublemakers in hong kong and the rest of society

in hong kong should more or less remain the same when it came to addressing threats of sanctions from other countries against hong kong or against the mainland because of this law yet so very strong words he said that he this was what he described as the logic of bandits and that this was an internal affair of china and other countries would essentially mind their own business and he had a very strong line of long gone. long gone are the days where china takes cues from others so really officials here in beijing demonstrating a vast disconnect between what beijing in the central government believes and feels and what the sentiment in hong kong is and also demonstrate in fact that they have quite a deaf ear to any criticism for this hong kong national security law from hong kong and abroad and they have no intention of going backwards on this katrina thank you but al jazeera is a drone brown has more now from hong kong. 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 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 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 carol and the chief executive of hong kong addressed that ceremony that flag raising ceremony on wednesday morning she said this new law was necessary and filled a very big gap she also said the past year had been the most difficult of her

career but she said the mainland government had helped to pull her through the storm was passing and it was now going to be a rainbow but i think her 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 the united states' top expert on infectious diseases is warning the number of coronavirus 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 it comes as the u.s. registered another $46000.00 new cases its biggest daily jump since the start of the pandemic she habitat she has more now from washington d.c. tony for our cheeseman do this was all meant as congressional testimony about the spread of covert going to in the us it puts the entire. intreat 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 reserve california florida and texas are all having to rethink their reopening plans as cases spike the us still mags and testing contact tracing social distancing and mask usage white house health advisors boomer 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 a president states as a social media following of 82000000 president opponents of the forthcoming elections seized upon similar things 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 have to be words we can't continue half worried 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 i have courage as 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 a mosque will not be mandatory. washington. the thai government disease more coronavirus restrictions as the country slowly begins to reopen students return to their classes on wednesday and the estimated 35000 schools but the government has extended an emergency decree until the end of the month in the effort to avoid a 2nd wave thailand has just over $3000.00 cases and $58.00 deaths are there as wayne hay is in bangkok and explained the assurances the government is giving to students and their parents. with some $35000.00 schools reopening right around the country there is going to be a lot of concern among students parents and teaches about the potential dangers

involved with this move there'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 safe this possible that includes of course temperature checks upon entry to the schools the wearing of masks 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 they will be the fewer students on. 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 time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back police used tear gas to break up protesters demanding quicker reforms from sudan's transitional government plus why mango farmers in pakistan are facing a bitter harvest of more of that stay with us. how has the monsoon trough has burst over pakistan never got more moisture in a man as well not to produce thunderstorms quite dramatic ones where you got convergence and mountains as is the case there and these hairy bits here there where you see blowing off the top of thunderstorms and bills all angels have something like that is the icy clad basically big downpours and there will be a more i think on both wednesday and thursday and the most you're on the coast of

amman increases the clouds allows going into this 24 hours with a overcast not quite the 24 by the moment but it will thicken elsewhere the shamali that dusty breezes died out so it's increasingly humid in qatar and bahrain u.a.e. in the eastern side of society it's that time of the year everywhere else is dry and dusty quite hot but with a low humidity dry picture the edge of the monsoon winds still brings a few showers to somalia i think we'll see that develop in the next day or so but the big issue tend to develop over the highlands and of course they show themselves in south sudan and further west or west africa nothing what should serve as very big showers the next this hour on this forecast but innocent wandering it's a seasonal stuff we see a big one watch that closely. please

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a new security law will be tried in courts in the mainland legislation could recession come into force just hours before the city mark the 23rd anniversary of its return to chinese rule the united states top experts on infectious diseases dr anthony in this morning the number of coronavirus case across the country is likely to get much worse people don't follow health recommendations. 35000 schools have reopened in thailand as it eases cope with 19 restrictions the government made assurances that all precautions are taken after concern among students parents and teachers. 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 trump was never briefed on the matter because the. summation was not verified by kind of reports from washington d.c. i'm sure that mr sheriff 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 very publicly what can they tell us about the truth or falsity of these allegations what can they tell us about steps they are undertaking of 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 do to your case and if he was briefed and nothing was done about this that's a very rich and. the white house press secretary struck the fact that 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 trump has 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 us 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 israel's leaders are reported to be at odds about the planned annexation of parts of the occupied west bank prime minister benjamin netanyahu was set to move forward on july 1st that deadline likely won't be met but benny gantz has suggested annexation should be put on hold completely while the government deals with coronavirus will have a force that has more from western on the divisions between netanyahu and gets. differing messages coming from both of them we've just heard from benjamin netanyahu he's finished his talks with the u.s. envoy berkovitz who's been here for the last few days for discussions with senior

israelis also into did not run of talks the israeli at the u.s. ambassador david friedman as well and netanyahu tweeting that that he'd had these talks on the issue of as israelis call it extending sovereignty to parts of the west bank and that the work is continuing and would continue in the coming days so perhaps a signal there that nothing major may well be announced on the 1st day of a double to netanyahu to start making moves on an accession july the 1st as for benny gantz he again has been saying that the priorities should lie elsewhere in a t.v. interview he said the 1000000 people who'd be left unemployed during the coronavirus economic consequences and the problems that the pandemic had caused in that arena that they weren't worried about annexation and the government should commit itself to working on the economy netanyahu again saying that the government could handle

both dealing with the coronavirus of the economic consequences while at the same time acting on other important matters namely or at least very broadly hinted at being an expression so the 2 men are very much at odds. one person has been killed and several others wounded during largely peaceful protests in sudan tuesday's demonstrations drew hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets in cities across the country the protesters want justice for those killed during and after the rule of former president omar bashir even more reports. 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 actually make moves toward making peace and toward our brothers in doubt for our brothers. and near 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 protest leaders weeks after the killing of doesn't approve democracy sittin in hard to 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 support while others the unnecessary especially because of the coronavirus pandemic the protest happened the day after members of the phone. the 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 is 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. for 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 people morgan on to their own car to. stop brokers in zimbabwe are struggling to explain to investors what's happened to their money after the government shutdown the stock exchange it says the move has been taken to stabilize the nation's currency has more from iraq's. zimbabwe stock exchange is close to business until further notice staff are on the premises but no trading is allowed the sudden move has left stock brokers and economists juggling to explain to investors what exactly is going on the floor. coming in from travel abroad to the country good faith and i was told at the trial if i wanted. to take the money out of the country all rose promises are not being kept and their issue nothing but i'm sure from 3 government officials say the

suspect more money was being used to buy shares and then that money was moved out of the country sabotaging the economy they say they want to stabilize the local currency which is just to be devalued since it's reintroduction last year after a decade of dollar a zation so what you saw was a recruitment eventually. trying to understand the fashion editors wanted to confirm it and i certainly. there are some you know suspicion of . financial movements. president who succeeded long time ruler robert mugabe in 2017 after a military coup is blaming the private sector opposition groups and some western countries for zimbabwe's economic crisis zimbabwe has struggled to stabilize its global currency since reintroducing it. there's a barbie doll that keeps devaluing inflation is 800 percent the highest rate in

a decade that's why investors with cash prefer to avoid their money losing value. economists say suspending most money transactions in a country with a serious shortage of bank notes is problematic people can slip a utility bills and goods but the number of transactions per day are limited. as shortages of food fuel and cash persist government workers are threatening to strike if they're not paid in american dollars they say this is. going too fast and more and more people and businesses don't want to use it how to al-jazeera. u.k. prime minister bars johnson has announced $6000000000.00 worth of infrastructure projects britain's can continue to be prisoners of the coronavirus johnson pledged to improve education protect hospitals and improve roads and rail among other sectors the u.k. economy has seen a sharpest fall in more than 40 years because. mexico's president. will

hold a special event for his 1st 2 years in office on wednesday it comes as prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for 4 to 6 officials who were working in the state of guerrero when a group of students disappeared in 2014 records. these are images from. from october 17th 2019 the job i hope. was a part of the day mexican armed forces captured. son of sinhala cartel leader chapo guzman an event that turned the streets of this in the lower capital into a war zone. but in the end it was all for not threats of bloody reprisals by the cartel forced the government to release whose money putting into question the mexican government's ability to enforce the rule of law. resident basically. was captured and really saying day. that the extra week leadership. in the administration.

is dealing with the security crisis contrie. violence in mexico has been on the rise for decades fueled in part by a flow of illegal firearms from the united states and what not yet lately much of the blame has fallen on mexico's president and this man. who was elected on a platform of scaling back violent crime. over the past year and a half his government has launched several security initiatives including the creation of a national guard secondly. we are creating these new institution that is very important for guaranteeing peace and security without authority and respect for human rights. to grow but look there's a lot of those national security policy has been widely criticized the statistics seem to say the strategy has only given. did more violence nationwide that were

$53628.00 homicides in the 1st 18 months of lopez obrador presidency that's an average of almost $100.00 murders per day the a recent high profile attack against mexico city's chief of police sparked fears the country's capital could become the newest front in the war between security forces and criminal groups although federal government leaders insist the country is gaining ground against organized crime. despite the fire capacity from some criminal organizations none of them happen the power to challenge the mexican state . and even amid coronavirus lockdowns across the country at least 6 mexican states report higher homicide rates than the previous year many worry the worsening security crisis could set a new record for violence by the end of 2021 went up a little al-jazeera. now the mango season in pakistan is looking bleak for farmers they've been hit hard by the coronavirus and locust attacks have severely damaged

the fruit suspended flights and high freight costs abroad down exports some of them to the. us it's the busiest time of the year this market. creates are packed and shipped from. the local and international buyers. but 2020 has not been a great year for farmers and retailers and we have export quality mangoes but due to the lock down we won't be able to export our mangoes to any country and faced the losses this year pharmacy a double blow from coronavirus related health issues and locust infestations has already cut their exports by half and that's been compounded by export restrictions if you travel bans even that 50 percent is not going to be exported because buddhism's fear shipment fairy is going to be used and also there are a lot of recipes in different countries so it's going to be a disaster i think for all the crops last year pakistan's mangoes raked in

$1000000.00 as the food exporters association says they were able to export $130.00 metric tons the prospect of not being able to sell means many have not even harvested their fruit the lot of exporters also get local jobs in some of the most impoverished parts of pakistan. the world bank estimates by the sun's explored for me a drop around a 3rd because of global economic shock widening budget deficit high inflation and shrinking foreign investment is dragging the economy even further down analysts predict pakistan will need to borrow $15000000000.00 to cover costs using what it has the government plans to push so-called mango diplomacy to try and open up new markets it's offered incentives to mangle farmers to encourage exports. the best. ever made was. looking for new markets.

but officials need to act fast as a fruit is highly perishable as the mango season peaks in july dozens of available varieties have already been affected by changing weather restricted flight and border closures with iran and afghanistan people in pakistan call it the king the fruits of the economic impact of the crew an artist pandemic and even spirit royalty some of it job is there. a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera china says that some pro-democracy activists arrested by security agents in hong kong under a new security law will be tried in courts in the mainland and legislation came into force just hours before the city of the 23rd anniversary of its return to chinese rule or chinese officials are briefing the media about the new law or do you has more on that from beijing. junction and the size that this will be

demonstrated by the fact that we those who violate this national security will can be extradited to the mainland and be tried in the main line for those crimes he said also that this law would only affect a handful of troublemakers local troublemakers in hong kong and the rest of the society in hong kong more or less remain the same now when it came to addressing threats of sanctions from other countries against hong kong or get to the mainland because of this law he has a very strong was he said that he this was what he described as the logic of bandits the united states' top experts on infectious diseases dr anthony found she is warning the number of corona virus cases across the country could start reaching 100000 a day people don't follow health recommendations 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 a day if this does not turn around 35000 schools have reopened in thailand as it eases kovac 19 restrictions. the government made assurances that all precautions are being taken off the concern among students parents and teachers. one person's been killed and 7 others wounded during a largely peaceful protest and sit down but for hundreds of thousands of people the protesters want justice for those killed during and after the rule of former president omar al bashir security forces in the capital used tear gas to break up the crowds those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the stream stacia us watching. to go to 0. let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the

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