countersteering. i knew security law in hong kong does little to stop protesters from rallying for political freedom. from sam is a band this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up it's the last day for russians to vote on whether to extend lot of a putin's presidency but some of his former supporters say it's a step too far rescue operations underway after a boat capsizes on a lake in southern turkey dozens of people were on board. delaying israel's plan to

begin the annexation of parts of the occupied west bank. police in hong kong have detained dozens of people as demonstrators protest the strict new security law imposed by china demonstrators were met by heavy police presence as they gathered to protest the war the legislation targets crimes of secession terrorism subversion and collusion with foreign forces it came into force just hours before the city marked the anniversary of its return to chinese rule. some food for home on the one thing the central authorities are determined to see an end to the chaos and riots over the past year and secondly the central authorities are determined to protect the majority of law abiding citizens in hong kong they should be protected from a handful of people who are causing harm and damage. or get the very latest on the

new law and the protests from our correspondents in hong kong and beijing shortly but 1st a dream brown begins our coverage. 23 years after hong kong returned to chinese rule the mainland government has moved swiftly to tighten its control over the city . hours after a sweeping new security law was enacted hong kong and chinese dignitaries attended a ceremony marking the handover anniversary hording exhorting the new law providing the backdrop the chief executive who was sidelined during the drafting of this law said it was timely and necessary yet see a lot for that the enactment of the national law is regarded as the most significant development in the relationship between the central authorities and hong kong since its return to the motherland out to test the new law a small group of protesters who try to march on the venue but were blocked by

police. after they called for an end to one party rule one of them said he was aware their actions could now amount to a violation of the law they law enforcement in hong kong what they always do this you are allowed to protest and make their arrest later so i today i come in and out and one party dictatorship knowing full well that probably out get arrested and charged the scope of the legislation is far reaching article 38 says it can essentially target anyone anywhere another stipulates that the maximum penalty for breaking the new law is a life sentence well this is it hong kong's new security law the english version runs to 39 pages it's very detailed in parts and also very vaguely worded in others and what worries some legal experts here is that this new law could be very broadly applied just as similar laws are on the main. and in beijing senior government

officials were doing their best to counter critics who say china's actions marked the end of hong kong special autonomy. the law will safeguard national sovereignty security and development and ensure hong kong's enduring social order long term prosperity and stability will carry lam says he wants to rebuild hong kong's battered image a strategy that includes hiring an international public relations agency at a cost of almost $6000000.00 it could be a tough sell adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. so to talk joins us now from a protest march in hong kong so the last time we spoke it looks like police are trying to push those crowds back how are things looking now. well that's still the case where we are which is in course i by this is a starting point of wednesday's rally this is where the march was meant to begin and we got to behind we've got

a number of police they've basically they're checking the identity of the people who are here gathering in this area and they've also made a number of arrests we can confirm about 70 arrests so far and this of course is for a legal assembly we've also got 2 people we can confirm have been arrested under these new national security laws and these are the 1st people to be arrested under these laws so far and those laws were invoked implemented on july 1st now at the moment we've got on one side on my left we've got a very busy thoroughfare from around quarter by 3 to one child and we can confirm the tear gas has been fired pepper bullets have been fired and a number of arrests as i mentioned but we've got these people blocked in the streets not she what we can only assume is the place we're trying to space these crowds and to try and move them out we can also confirm that tear gas has been fired at this stage but clearly the level of anger is representative here of the number of people who came out and attended this rally so far on wednesday on the grounds of the civil human rights front which requested permission to go ahead with this march the police rejected that permission and therefore these people have to

come out anyway to find that police stand so that shows the level of opposition to the national security laws which have come into play in hong kong on wednesday july 1st and how about the people who are not on the streets doing can you give us an idea do we know how much support there is for the protesters for those who are on doubtfully exist who are pro beijing but. what's hard to determine how many people were attending were attending this rally on wednesday but if you look at the comparison certainly on july 1st in 2019 we had half a 1000000 people gather in victoria park which. not far behind me cause i buy and that was in opposition to the extradition a bill that was going to be introduced by the government of course it was dumped in september but when you look at the number of people gathering he said obviously it's a lot smaller because clearly these national security laws are deterrent and they incur heavy fines and life sentences for some of those crimes which are underlined or defined under these national security laws that are good basically the laws of

granting more power to china and some cases that can be heard will they will be heard in hong kong but those judges will be appointed by hong kong's chief executive some of the other crimes those people who are arrested and charged under these national security laws they can be extradited to china for trial so clearly there's a there's a fear in hong kong that this will be a major deterrent for these people marching from july 1st but at the end of the day while hong kong will be implementing these laws it will be beijing will return we're tired of the full say and how these laws are played out in this city right sara thanks so much let's continue this with katrina you she joins us now from beijing katrina how far as he's there viewing the developments and how things are heating up in hong kong right now. well beijing certainly expected purchase today in hong kong they're watching closely they're watching to see how the hong kong police act and how many people are arrested we know that so

far at least 2 people have been arrested under this national security law less than 24 hours after it's been acted in hong kong and now china's foreign ministry spokesperson jen just came out this afternoon again defending this lord justifying it as being good for hong kong stability and its prosperity demonstrating again a vast disconnect between what beijing believe and what we're seeing today on the streets of hong kong on wednesday now this law gives beijing new sweeping powers in hong kong in the main message is that the central government the chinese central government is in charge in hong kong and we really see this manifest in the war itself as sara mentioned we've got the hong kong police in very visible today out on the streets sort of surrounding the protesters today but behind the scenes. intelligence agents who are b. who will be behind the scenes pulling strings surveilling those suspected of violating the small carry law and will be able to select judges as these cases are

tried in hong kong but the most severe cases will be heard in mainland china in beijing behind closed doors so this law is really designed to be a deterrent going forward many of these crimes are described in a very very big broad way in many of the punishments are very severe up to life imprisonment and this is really intended by china to reflect many of the laws that already are in operation in the mainland and no this message is not just for the people of hong kong the message is for the international community as well of from beijing we've had many leaders states come out in criticism of this national security law from the u.k. to the u.s. japan taiwan the e.u. asking the agent to pull back expressing their grave concerns of the erosion of of rights and freedoms in hong kong well today on july 1st beijing is putting its foot down and sending its are in message to those leaders that it has no intention of

being intimidated and no intention of backing down from this national security law at this point. well leaving that country me you know russians have begun the final day of voting on constitutional changes that could cuba to be uprooted in power for years the amendments would allow president putin to run for another 2 terms in office tensioning keeping him in the role until 2036 the most sweeping constitutional changes since the end of the soviet union it's widely expected the vote will pass jolly under the report's. brewing disobedience alexander can overload 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

me and 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 would 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 there even the text is permission for president putin to rule until 2036 if you continue to win the vote you're still nervous 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. with entire package. on wednesday putin made an unprecedented plea. so we're

not just voting for amendments 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 in 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. where we see a drop in support from 79 to 59 percent in north or a theory in 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 amendment will pass granting putin the opportunity to rule russia until he's 83 years old charlie angela al-jazeera recovery operations are underway in turkey after a boat capsized in a lake in the south of the country it's believed around 60 people were on board the vessel which was crossing lake than a number of bodies have been recovered so far go live now to. she joins us from istanbul so what about the rest of the passengers has everyone been accounted for so no. not yet some a because the rescue teams haven't been able to reach the boat yet according to what we have learned from the official sources that's why the rest of the

passengers on board their bodies haven't been able to reach. by the rescue teams well the incident happened on saturday night and. there is a witness of the incidents according to the local sources who have been speaking to us since the morning one of the. one of the witnesses is the hooman trafficker who rented the boat for those migrants according to his testimony in the police he says he was in the boat and after the boat capsized which was around 8 kilometers far from the coastline he was able to swim to the coast and his cousin who was also organizing this operation hooman trafficking operation he wasn't able to swim and he got drowned in the boat and he said that the boat capacity was about $25.00 people but they overloaded the boards around with only $55.00 to $60.00

people and those people were locked in the rooms of the boat that's why some of the some of the teams who are after who are going to rescue work believe that that's why those people weren't able to get out of the boat but of course the rescue teams have been working since such a day night they were able to go 100 meters deep in the lake but the deepest point of the lake is for 450 meters but what we are hearing is that they are hoping to reach the boats in lake van is a critical place. because the city van is a border town with iran and always from afghanistan pakistan bangladesh in iran there are irregular migrants who are crossing the border regularly try to reach out to europe through turkey. that's why every year thousands of irregular migrants caught by the turkish police or petrols are deported to their own countries and

again last year in december a similar incident took place 6 people died in 64 passengers were were rescued after being capsized again in a similar boat but this time the migrants do not seem to be very lucky and the testimony of the witness who is the hooman trafficker is qatar is conflict according to the officers that we have spoken to from one sami all right thanks so much sin and cos all. still ahead on al-jazeera demanding information u.s. democrats say they're not being briefed properly over of course russia paid the taliban to kill american soldiers. and mourning in the streets. of hillary theo in singing known for his presence or songs shot dead.

it is officially the dry season in the easier. to drive sponsored orcas but you don't expect to see many shows around but they have come back in sulawesi and in sumatra recently the concentration is definitely further north admitted li but you've got blue spots which are addictive shows with orange tops occasionally every once in borneo and down towards the western side of java as well so i'd say a good scattering of shows in a month where there shouldn't be that many that far sighted and that's represented by the forecast for jakarta showers on friday on saturday and on sunday should we see that many rainfall in jakarta july 65 millimeters you probably get that out of one thunderstorm. active weather is just blowing through south australia at the moment it's this cold front windy weather now in adelaide a move through the victoria potentially damaging but probably not as vicious as it was in the southwest it's going to bring pretty strong winds to the bass strait in tasmania on its way out is

a couple of fronts on their way through here the result is introducing proper cold weather this is again this is the coldest months now for australia and that's reflecting cambers for cross yes it's fine by day apart from a few showers maybe on friday but look at the nighttime temperatures down to 0 or even minus one. route. back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now protesters in hong kong have been defying a new security law imposed by china just hours after it came into effect at least

70 people have been arrested so far those violating the law could face up to life in prison. russians are voting for a final day on sweeping constitutional changes if approved it could keep president vladimir putin in power until 2036 recovery operations are underway in turkey after a boat capsized in a lake in the south of the country it's believed around 60 people were on board the vessel which was crossing like a number of bodies have been recovered so far. there's uncertainty over when israel will begin its planned annexation of the occupied west bank debate on the issue was due to begin on july the 1st prime minister binyamin netanyahu now says talks with the us about the plans are still ongoing coalition partner suggested it should be put on hold while the government deals with coronavirus with r.v. berkowitz ambassador friedman and members of the delegation i spoke about the

question of sovereignty which we are working on now and over the coming days. we have 2 correspondents on this story. in the uk i'd west bank 1st let's go over to west jerusalem and hurry forsett so harry does it sound like everything is kind of on hold now pending the u.s. position. that seems to be the indication coming from benjamin netanyahu you heard him just then saying that the work would continue in the coming days not this day therefore one would expect any major announcement this of course is the 1st day under which from which the the agreement the coalition agreement that he has with benny gantz his former rival allows him to make a proper move towards annexation either through the cabinets and getting approval from the israeli government or through the israeli parliament the knesset or indeed both but given what he's just said that the work will continue that seems very

unlikely the foreign minister from benny gantz is blue and white party gabi ashkenazi he was asked during the course of a radio interview this morning what would happen pretty extraordinary the foreign minister of israel saying that he didn't know need have to ask himself but again suggesting that there would be a delay and also suggesting that the issue was trying to get the full agreement from the united states that still was not forthcoming there is a report that the u.s. wants to see some kind of consider tree gesture towards the palestinians and concession for any an exception that is announced there or the according to this report on israeli television that would potentially entail re defining an area of the occupied west bank from area c. under full israeli military control to area b. and allowing more building unrestricted building for palestinians within that area

that of course is just one report but it does suggest that the united states does want to see some kind of nod towards the full extent of the trump plan which of course provides for a palestinian state no matter one that is smaller and much more constricted than the palestinians themselves want hence their rejection of that plan but even so any real a virtual of a support for a palestinian state makes it more difficult for netanyahu to sell an exception to his supporters to the further right of him in the israeli political spectrum so there are still some bridges to be crossed it seems before he can make a significant move. all right thanks so much for so let's take this now to brahim she's live for us from the west bank from ramallah. how are palestinians saying this apparent delays are giving them any concern for hope or comfort at all . for them and excision is still on the table

whether it happens gradually or whether it's delayed for a couple of months or weeks even for them this is really schemes on the ground have had on the ground have been ongoing we've been seeing over the years the israeli illegal israeli settlements mushrooming all over the occupied west bank just last week palestinians have said to the new illegal outposts where reacted in the south and the north of your west bank which means that this red flags are still ongoing and an execution would be just cementing the current situation of course before officials confirm and they say again and again that an explosion is an explosion whether you want to supplement in the west bank or in the joy that we've spoken so that you once across 3 story the p.l.o. secretary general saw it apart then this is what you have to tell us. if he annex

is any part of that was back but surely comprehensibly whatever it is i believe the person would be destroyed and it and i would be responsible and sure that is what responsibility is in accordance with the 4th geneva conventions and i think for tonight meaning he would look at the garbage in nablus jerusalem or a frontline units drinking etc we will not sit on a table where the american israeli plan is on the table this is not a peace plan. is not a peace plan it's and the next edition apartheid dictation plan and we will not sit on any table. so uncertain it it doesn't seem to be only related to the timing of an exaggeration but also what's going to be happening to the people in the west bank we've heard israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu say that palestinians. that are expected to be annexed want to be receiving israeli citizenship the palestinian president has decided in may to cut all security

coordination with israel as well as consider all agreements that the p.l.o. has signed with israel and the u.s. . envoy. it brought him there from ramallah. the british prime minister is calling on israel to return to the negotiating table rather move forward with an extension plans boris johnson told an israeli newspaper the only way to achieve peace in the region is through solution that allows security and justice for both sides and he warned israel's annexation plans would be a violation of international law. the united states top expert on infectious diseases is warning there could be 100000 coronavirus cases across the country a day if people don't follow health recommendations dr anthony fauci is comments come as the u.s. registered another 46000 new cases that's its biggest daily jump since the start of

the pandemic 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. u.s. democrats say a white house briefing didn't provide the information they needed on rushes the legit bounties on american soldiers in afghanistan trump has repeatedly denied he was informed saying the information was not verified the latest report from the new york times alleges received a written briefing in february democrats are calling for a full account from the intelligence community the president called there's 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. at least 8 people have been killed in 80 others injured in protests in the ethiopian town of adama followed the killing of a popular singer police are investigating what happened to the musician is known for songs about the rights of vero people laura bowden langley reports. i just described as a musical i can only think you have channel b. days a supporter the struggle the ethical normal people. his music became the melody of protest movement that led to the downfall of the government in 28.

years not just ethnic group but they had no complaint about discrimination. thousands of fans followed him just as cotton to the capital for protesting his care he was shot dead while driving this car in the suburbs i just happened he is somebody that is seen as i can buy a good 50 pass 1000000 almost surely should be the whole of africa. of how he really want to go years. my duties power had the rhetorical facility in beijing the quit expression with which he you know fairly ably weighted in height 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. about it different this button an interview to a media network owned by government critic who doesn't last week criticize his leadership to felicitate in a network is owned by the wall mohamad the t.v. station says he was detained after his bodyguards faced off with federal police but the spokesman for the federal police the 9th the 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 unconstitutionally had the parliament and the upper house approved. extension of his time in office because of covered. 34 year old who does a spoke out about receiving death threats before his life was abruptly ended now

many ethiopian say he'll be remembered as a revolutionary figure. about a man the al-jazeera. let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera now protesters in hong kong have been defying a new security law imposed by china just hours after it came into effect at least 70 people have been arrested so far those violating the law could face up to life in prison carol lam has defended the legislation saying it aims to protect citizens . some for a home on the one thing the central authorities are determined to see an end to the chaos and riots over the past year and secondly the central authorities are determined to protect the majority of law abiding citizens in hong kong they should be protected from a handful of people who are causing harm and damage russians have begun their final

day of voting on constitutional changes that could keep putin in power until 2036 where the most sweeping constitutional changes since the end of the soviet union it's widely expected the vote will pass recovery operations are underway in turkey after a boat capsized in a lake in the south of the country it's believed around 60 people were on board the vessel which was crossing legs than the number of bodies have been recovered so far there's uncertainty over when israel will begin its planned an explosion in the occupied west bank debate on the issue was due to begin on july the 1st or prime minister binyamin netanyahu says talks with the us about the plans are ongoing coalition partner bennett dances suggested it should be put on hold while the government deals with coronavirus. u.s. democrats say a white house briefing didn't provide the information they need on rush's the legit

bounties on american soldiers in afghanistan trampas repeatedly denied he was informed saying the information wasn't verified 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 community the u.s. top expert on infectious diseases dr anthony found she is warning the number of coronavirus cases across the country could start reaching 100000 a day if people don't follow recommendations it comes as the u.s. registered another 46000 new infections that's the biggest daily jump since the start of the pandemic those are your headlines the news continues after tech.

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