sure is high risk monitoring sometimes trip is really using production drugs. that are not approved for use in us the f.d.a. simply isn't testing enough on the imported market to really find out of these violent threats if you take no one else is in. hong kong marks 23 years since its return to chinese rule just hours after beijing imposes a new security door that crushes political freedom. hello i'm daryn jordan this is hours later on live from doha also coming up the u.s. records its highest number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began 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 a day. russia's president is set to extend his rule up to 2036 but the move is seen as a step too far by some of his former supporters. and koalas under threat town human behavior could kill off one of australia's best loved and. chinese officials say that some pro-democracy activists arrested in hong kong under a new security law will be tried in courts on the mainland. the legislation came into force just hours before the city mark the 23rd anniversary of its return to chinese rule critics say deals a severe blow to the city's freedoms and shatters its status as

a major international financial center. what some protesters in hong kong have defied the national security law that's despite police warning that any demonstrators as playing pro independence material will face arrest under it well these are live pictures where police have detained a number of people earlier around a dozen pro-democracy activists at the rally demanding the abolishment of the new legislation designed to help protest signs calling for an end to one party rule in china continue as more and beijing. alright but 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 and macau affairs these are the 2 bodies responsible for formulating this law here in china and officials have been broadly expectedly full of praise for this law saying that it's crucial hong kong's stability and prosperity that the mainline 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 country have gotten this principle wrong but 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 opposite that beijing really is the last block the buck stops with beijing with all of those in particular with national security affairs adrian 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 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 well let's bring in claudia motions a pro-democracy legislator joining us live now from hong kong claudia so we understand now that chinese officials are now saying that protesters on the streets today will be tried under this new security law i guess this is what everyone had feared that what's your reaction to this. well this is the doctor's stay and mom come i don't know i'm late and. read it test the darkest day 23 years on one country 2 systems instead and when they say day is flight i mean that day it's not and daucus flight they can say if them you can argue because they are a little of

a genius conducting no law and won't come it's not to be the new. it's moved by the treaty and everything is up to the interpretation and so as we speak they are arresting people and this is the home home used to be one of the most. vibrant the city and at least in asia and now we're trying to stumble home into a black hole. i mean hong kong need a car alarm says this new security nor will restore stability but this law as we know was drafted without any one of the territories even seeing the details so what does this mean then for democracy and the broader protest movement going forward. exactly as well i was saying that they say the other day is actually night and what do you try to argue based slant this on hong kong bypassing religiously and just by

even the government did narrow the plane yesterday morning only yesterday morning they refused to allow a new christians concerning the scene because she didn't merely think and are raging once total complete absolute control over hong kong and whether this is the end of the phone call as we know what has been growing international condemnation to the law u.s. secretary of state might bump aoe says look china promised 50 years of freedom to the hong kong people but only gave 23 what more come international community do to support hong kong or is it just too late now anyway. that everything might be just a little too late with activist i can't even talk about it now because when it comes to international assistance they would say ah that's the job missy corp oh

you 2 want to talk about. diplomacy and sign of the basic no outside of this new security and well you've got nothing no part in it it's all up to the mother country and so i come to talk about it not just to get you they want to come into some sort of kept atomic state and creep rants and come home we used to practice the most robust bit of journalism in the whole of asia these things are now saying if you ever get any information and find it don't secretly to any journalist who were not there shit both of you can be in trouble yet it is an answer to that yeah and as i told it is that story that you yourself could be in danger of a talking to loss here with al jazeera what does this all mean for the very future of hong kong its international image and its status as

a global financial hub. and doesn't explain the worry because of that the number of gratian applications that sort of stand and foreign investors why would they want to do business in hong kong because they actually claim this new law could be globally applicable taiwanese or while they. support taiwan independence better not come to hong kong at all and the americans the british and so on and some for a once you have this that hmong hong kong they could arrest you for a legion that you have. said they were done something that would harm chinese national security this is the really that damn near all. read it good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera

thank you. now 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 she also says there's no guarantee of anything to vaccine it comes as the u.s. registered another 46000 new cases its biggest standing jump since the start of the pandemic she had the chance she has more from washington d.c. only for this was all in this congressional testimony about the spread of covert going to 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 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 advice has been murdered in their testimony 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 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 opponents in the forthcoming elections seized upon similar themes during his speech in his hometown of wilmington delaware the president has 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 a mosque 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 talk at 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 michaela reports now from washington d.c. 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 tempa 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 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 they 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 do to use. subtrees energy was brief and nothing was done about this that's a during which. 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 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. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back as soon showdown at the u.n. fails to new tensions between the u.s. and iran. under french driven initiative to try and stop the violence in africa is

the hell with more nonsense. however as 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've 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 bill's all angels has 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 marshal on the coast of amman increases the clouds allows going into this 24 hours with a overcast not quite the $24.00 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 is saudi 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 but i think we'll see that develop in the next day or so but the biggest 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 the nice and wandering is the seasonal stuff we see a big one watch that more closely. in a new series al jazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how and why bill reads influence the course of history the cells that he did not get enough credit for ending up but if you want to be the big historical figure but he was mandela the biggest con in the world the prisoner and the president who came

together to end up partite in south africa nelson mandela and f.w. de klerk face to face on officer. who are. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories 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 court on the mainland and the displacement camp to force just hours before the city marks the 23rd anniversary of its return to chinese rule. some protesters in hong kong have defied police warnings that any demonstrators displaying and its material will face arrest under the new law

a number of pro-democracy activists have been detained. not to take top experts on infectious diseases dr anthony fauci is warning the number of coronavirus cases across the country is likely to get much worse if people don't follow health what they should. fear sector stake might come peo has addressed the u.n. security council urging them to extend an arms embargo on iran which expires in october iran's foreign minister mohammad zarif said efforts to replace international law with u.s. law has effectively jeopardized international peace our diplomatic editor james base reports show down at the un security council with both the us and iran represented by their top diplomats secretary of state might pump a 0 urged members of the council to extend a ban on iran buying conventional weaponry which is jew to expire in october this chamber has a choice. stand for international peace and security united nations founders

intended the arms a cargo of islamic republic of iran expired betraying the u.s. mission and its finest ideals we've all 'd pledged to our old if you fail to act right away free to purchase russian made fighter jets strike up to 3000 kilometer radius but the cities like riyadh del rome and warsaw are in a rain crosshairs iran's foreign minister mohammad job and zarif spoke at the end of the session this month this status call is needed acceptable nor sustainable the international community in general and do not to mention 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

a debian is about an outlaw bully. in just 2 weeks the iran nuclear deal agreed in vienna in 2015 would be 5 years old many predicted it wouldn't survive when 2 years ago president trump said he was pulling out of the accord 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 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 that could create fresh divisions pitting the u.s. against its main allies james berry's al-jazeera at the united nations. leaders on the g. 5 say hell countries and french president emmanuel macro have met and 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 because of 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 still on the book you know france will be there as long as it is desired and requested by this a whole states themselves 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 all is therefore useful. the new stated objective of the french led operation bar con is to destroy the stomach state in the greater zaha in the border region of malines share in pristina 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 one $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 although he just won't but i do here we're in

a difficult situation we have a state that's bankrupt 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 at video conference for 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 relationships with these leaders who are facing mounting criticism at home. nicholas hawking al jazeera the european union has banned pakistan's national airline for at least 6 months because of safety concerns it's after pakistan's aviation minister revealed a 3rd of airline pilots have fake flying licenses the u.k.

followed suit and vietnam grounded all pakistani pilots working for example and last month the pakistan international airlines crashed in karachi killing 97 people 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 the vote is widely expected to pass even though many russians are unhappy with the proposal is charlie angela. 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 a logical and unfair and this vote to change the constitution is the last straw for 3 years 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 amendment to be 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 varied in the text is permission for president putin to rule until 2036 if you continue to win the votes. still nervous of which there are many things that i like about this amendments to protect our territory to support and restore our culture children education social support animals i'm happy 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 there 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. when 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 and 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. one of australia's best lab animals could become extinct in 30 years politicians say koalas in new south wales are being wiped out because the eucalyptus trees they depend on for food are being cut down the torah definitely has 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 dial warning without urgent government hunter venture in the koala will become extinct in new south wales before 2050 this 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 a 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 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 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 is 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. tough a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera china says of some pro-democracy activists arrested by its security agents in hong kong under a new security law will be tried in court on the mainland and legislation came into force just hours before the city in the 23rd anniversary of the return to chinese rule. protests in hong kong are defying the new law a number of people have already been detained police warned that any demonstrators displaying the independence material will face arrest and prosecution under the

terms of the law chinese officials have been briefing the media catrina us more on that from beijing. junk charming emphasize that this will be demonstrated by the fact that when those who violate this national security will can be extradited to the mainland and be tried in the mainline for crimes he said also that this law would only affect a handful of troublemakers so-called 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 words 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 coronavirus cases across the country could start reaching 100000 a day people don't follow the 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 $100000.00 a day if this does not turn around 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 stand until 2036. the european union has banned pakistan's national airline for at least 6 months because of safety concerns it's off to pakistan's aviation minister revealed a 3rd of airline pilots had fake flying licenses last month the pakistan international airlines flight crashed in karachi filling 97 people those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the listing states in terms of

watching. 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 vote follow the u.s. elections on an. indian prime minister narendra modi says his country's had that dream that i got a say i want to caution because that is one thing that i try to do i should highlight thank you guys i'm out of hospital kashmir region my state 1st at the climax this before the show you did the what you call here trying to stop the funding find. hello i'm richard burton you're watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories we're covering this week china india and the border dispute that turned deadly what is actually happening on the line of actual control advertisers pull the plug on.