al-jazeera. what's most important to you is talking to people understanding what they're going through here and i just you know we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. hong kong police arrest 370 people protesting against a new security door and the u.s. says it will do all it can to protect the people. now we just another communist run city we're people we subject to the party elites with. said. can but i was just there live from doha also coming up from swarms talking of possible sanctions some withdrawals from a nato mediterranean operation. more of europe's coronavirus border restrictions on

lifting its head that's reopening to travelers from a safe this to 14 countries. more than $370.00 people have been arrested on the streets of hong kong as a contentious new national security law imposed by china's central government took effect people defied to gas and pepper bullets to protest on the end of the story of the former british colonies handover to chinese rule. u.k. was among the 1st to react to the national security law prime minister abbas johnson confirmed that the government is creating a new route from the 3000000 hong kong residents to live and work in the u.k. across the atlantic the u.s. secretary of state has again condemned the law saying china promised 50 years of freedom for hong kong only gave its $23.00 free hong kong was one of the world's

most stable prosperous and dynamic cities now now we've just another communist run city were its people we subject to the party elites wimps said. indeed this is already happening security forces are already granting up on congress for doing to speak and think freely through war has been this or it and as always the chinese communist party fears its own people more than anything else would speak now to our white house correspondent complete how kids can really. pounce on surprising me condemning this move is the us the monkey to take action. yes it promises that it will take action it has already taken a number of serious error a series of steps to essentially punish china for the actions that have come as a result of this broad sweeping national security law that the u.s.

secretary of state is concerned that also could a fact and harm americans that are living in hong kong or is a reminder you know article 38 in terms of what it does it criminalize the subversion terrorism collusion with with foreign powers so that could be very broadly defined if the chinese communist party chooses to do so particularly to target americans and that is the concern of the u.s. secretary of state he went on to elaborate in terms of what has taken place that he's deeply concerned and as we know the united states is already ended the special status for hong kong because of course this could economically benefit china but they're also now issuing a business advisory in other words caution and very strongly american companies but also companies around the world not to do business with any sort of business that might be complicit inside china with violating human rights for example forced

labor that this could have a ripple effect in terms of being very bad for business so this is something that is going out to a number of american agencies to discourage american businesses but also others and then all. it is important to note too that in his very public statements the secretary of state also once again condemned the persecution of weekers the fact that there has been revealed that there has been for sterilization he says that this is. sort of a denial of human rights and basic dignity and the united states once again using this opportunity to call out that behavior promising that more action will come to the united states the united states will take further punitive action but without offering any specifics ok kimberly you mentioned the u.s. taking issue with the we are taking issue with this new national security nor being imposed on hong kong just remind our viewers of the context here the deepening rift between china and the u.s. going back several months now going back several years i mean this is

a president that campaigned in 2016 that china has long taken advantage of the united states in terms of the trade relationship we saw that escalating trade war that was going back and forth it looked like there was a breakthrough in terms of phase one of a trade deal in order to try and benefit american companies more but it's been unclear whether or not that has even been followed so in terms of the relationship things only got worse at that point when of course covert 19 hit this is decimated the united states in terms of its economy millions of americans are out of work in fact almost half of americans now are without a job some are tired they work all the working population but this is a country that's in deep economic dire straits this is something that for a president trying to win reelection he's not happy about so this is another motivation for taking strong action against china thank that white house

correspondent kimberly hope that. hong kong's leader has again defended the new law carolyn says it's the most significant development since the city's handover those who oppose it will have to learn to move all. her some food for her home will know 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 a 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 circle because the latest now from hong kong. we have $370.00 people have now been confirmed to be arrested by police and this is for the illegal assembly today's march wasn't approved by the police therefore anyone taking part in the gathering around hong kong or hong kong island were considered to be taking part in an illegal activity but we had the 1st people to be arrested under these national security laws we had 10 people arrested

so far that's also been confirmed by the police and one was as young as 15 years of age now these were people who were found to be in position of power that's apparent finale are calling for the independence independence of hong kong and they will incur a very heavy penalties as a result now there is a huge police presence there on the streets of hong kong today on wednesday and the key tactic that they're using was they were cordoning off those people at the beginning of the rally there were using the water cannon tear gas pepper balls and pepper spray to try and break up that crowd one police officer i can also confirm was stabbed by the protesters and as a result that involved a large chives by police later on in the evening so it was a sizable crowd but it was a defiant group who say it's their duty distend up to beijing and the crackdown on hong kong's freedom of expression and the freedom of rights that it was guaranteed under the the handover agreement but it was nowhere near the size of the gathering we saw in 29000 and that was the gathering of people against a protesting against the anti extradition laws of the extradition act which was

later suspended or dumped in september now we had about half a 1000000 people gather last year and clearly there's a deterrent in place joosh these national security laws france's foreign minister has called an e.u. meeting to discuss possible sanctions on turkey france's temporarily pulling out of a nato operation in the mediterranean it's demanding nato forces an arms embargo on libya turkey is supporting the un recognized government in tripoli but has about the joins me now live from paris so what else of the foreign minister have to say. well the french or foreign minister was speaking to a parliamentary hearing in the senate and he called for this special exceptional meeting of the e.u. foreign ministers for july 13th now what's showing or said was that foreign ministers should discuss exactly what sort of relationship the e.u. should be having with turkey the inference being that perhaps some of turkey's

actions in the eyes of france are incompatible perhaps with the e.u. use than joyfull adriel said that all discussions should be very open and without food he talked for example about the fact that france believes that turkey is fueling instability in libya by importing if you like fighters from syrian national journal says that the e.u. should be considering whether or not it impose more sanctions on ankara there are already use actions on ankara oil drilling dispute that and what is behind the deterioration of this relationship between these nato allies between paris and ankara. while relations between paris and korea have been pretty fraught for a few years now as the relationship of course between now and president might draw here in france and the war of words has really stepped up over the last few weeks earlier this month france said that a french naval vessel that was patrolling in the mediterranean sea as part of

a nato operation was aggressed is said by a turkish warship of turkey denies these claims nevertheless france has taken its complaint to nato it is asked nato to intervene to get involved investigate this but clearly paris feels that nato wasn't doing enough in terms of this dispute perhaps not coming down hard enough on ankara would be paresis point of view because what france has now donna said to nato that it's simply going to pull out its operational forces its ships and its aircraft from this operation in the mediterranean this joint nato operation to enforce security in the mediterranean thanks for that about there live from paris recovery operations are underway in turkey her boat capsized in a lake in the south 6 bodies have been recovered it's believed around 60 refugee migrants were on board as it was crossing make them across town and city of course

all that was in istanbul and says police have spoken to a witness to the incident. the rescue teams are still trying to reach the boat and the rest of the bodies that are believed to be that who have who are who are who are believed to have droned on the night of such a day this is this is not the 1st incident on lake one because a van is a border border city with iran and from afghanistan bangladesh pakistan and iran there are always irregular migrants crossing the sport of regularly and they are there is a me is actually to cross turkey and reach to europe. via agency there is a witness about this incident and 11 people were detained linked to this incident and that witness is actually one of the human traffickers who range the boat for those people and according to his statement that he gave to the police he was in

the boat and the boat was capsized because its capacity was for $25.00 people but there were at this $55.00 to $60.00 according to his statement and after it was capsized he and his cousin who was in walden this trafficking jumped into water and they were just 8 kilometers from the coast and he was able to swim to the coast while while the cousin was wasn't able to make it but the police sources that i have spoken to tell me that his statement is conflict and conflicting and probably those irregular migrants on the boat they were locked in a room and they didn't have any chance to get out. still ahead on al-jazeera the delay in israel's plan to begin the process of annex and parts of the occupied west bank. and scaling back the aleutian takes a step toward reducing its plastic use.

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on al-jazeera. the order to. your watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour at least 370 people have been arrested on the streets of hong kong as a contentious new national security nor imposed by china central government took effect people to fired tear gas and pepper bullets to protest on the anniversary of the former british colonies handover to chinese rule. the u.s. secretary of state has again condemned the law saying he's concerned about safety of people living in hong kong on one pair added that he'll continue president trump's directive to end hong kong's special status its. france's foreign minister has called to an e.u.

meeting to discuss possible sanctions on turkey follows his country's withdrawal from a nato operation in the mediterranean france is unhappy at turkey's role in the bia . and the european union is reopening its borders to some travelers from outside the bloc this is from 14 countries have been approved for entry these include canada japan south korea thailand algeria and tunisia those not on the list are having serious problems containing covert 19 like the united states turkey and russia europe's tourism sector has been struggling for the pandemic many businesses are hoping that opening the borders will help sell the part of the all important summer season and serious advance and is in the tourist town of mark and in the netherlands from here at the fishing village of markham it's a very traditional village and it's a very popular tourist destination and normally at this time of the year hundreds of tourists visit just village on

a daily basis and as you can see now this hardly anyone here we went to amsterdam earlier and you could see that tourism is picking up a little bit but it's mostly european tourists and dutch tourists who are now here and people here are complaining that they are not buying enough americans are the 2nd largest group of tourists in amsterdam usually and there are none of them there because the americans are still not allowed to enter the e.u. so they are badly missed a lot of business owners have complained to us saying the only 20 percent of their income right now and many are fearing that they will lose their business if this summer is going to be so bad as it is predicted sorry state t.v. says air strikes have targeted who the rebels in yemen's capital there are no reports of damage so far the attacks on sun are following last week's missile and drone attacks targeting the saudi capital riyadh who they said the strikes on the defense ministry and a military base was there knowledge as to military operations yes against the

kingdom. as on 70 of the when israel will begin its planned an exception in the occupied west bank debate on the issue was due to begin on july 3rd asked the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says talks with the us about the plans are ongoing coalition partner benny gantz has suggested it should be put on hold while the government deals with coronavirus with i'll be back with some besuited friedman and members of the delegation i spoke about the question of sovereignty which we are working on now and over the coming days a little bit on syria senior political analyst mullen bashara says netanyahu is still pressing ahead with an exciting tense record you know who really wants to take advantage of the fact that trump is president or for sure to be president until the end of the year and hence exploit that opportunity in order to go through with an exhibition that is long. what's really fascinating and a probably this something should be shocking to our viewers around the world is

that we're all waiting you know for the for the white smoke comes out of the white house as it were a century after another white man in the seat of empire lord balfour in london decided to give parts of by this time to the zionist movement one century 100 years later we have another white man in the seat of empire in washington also. trying to. give the amount of people by this time to the zionist movement so the fact that this continues to go on that a person doesn't got a spine gives it away to someone who doesn't deserve it against the woodwards people is quite outstanding. police in effect say they've seized the world's largest hole of amphetamines produced by eisel in syria 14 tons were found hidden inside machinery in the port of salerno south of naples it's valued at about

1100000000 dollars syria has become a major producer of amphetamines during its nearly 10 year war that our colleagues have been used by ourself ices while also sold for profit iran russia and turkey urging a political solution to the war in syria and the calling for talks between opposing factions following a video conference the joint statement said they agreed that the conflict in its 10th year has no military solution fasting has killed 380000 people and displaced millions. russians are ending the final day of voting on proposed constitutional amendments which would allow president vladimir putin to run for another 2 terms and also if he won both elections he could be in power until at least 2036 the biggest changes to the constitution since the end of the soviet union are widely expected to be approved challenge of a report. 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 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 amendments 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 buried in the text is permission for president putin to rule until 2036 if you continue to win the votes you're still nervous of which 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 i pop 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. if you're his prime minister is accusing foreign forces of being behind the murder of a popular singer and rights activist at least 8 people including a police officer were killed in the ethnic unrest that follows and your schapelle reports. as a former political prisoner and

a romo activist a chuckle one day so was known for more than his lyrics about economic and civil rights his songs became the melody of the protest movement and 20 teams that elevated the new government to power he was shot late on monday. somebody that is. i can buy a good feeling class media and will. do the whole of africa. how do you really want to go to. my duty of power had the rhetorical facility built in beijing the critics question was which he you know very ably committed in fact we don't fight some of the deeply interested and probably knows a lot of the facing that's what used to be. his killing provoked a furious response from his many fans thousands followed his casket through the

capital addis ababa. the room or ethiopia's largest ethnic group which is long complained about discrimination and oppression even with a fellow romel as prime minister nobel peace prize winner matt said what he called an evil act of assassination was orchestrated abroad in order to divide the country he alluded to egypt and sudan which are in dispute with ethiopia over the opening of africa's largest hydroelectric dam. the could be one. as the u.n. security council was meeting to discuss the renesas on stem crisis this is sessa nation crime took place it's a crime which an external force has participated and carried it out using a local force the aim is to prevent us from completing their innocence dam project our enemies will not achieve their objectives even if we pay more prices and offer more sacrifices about it given the chocolate was critical of the prime minister to appearing on a media network owned by a government critic joe or mohammad a few days ago. the 36 year old singer spoke out about receiving death threats

before his life was abruptly ended now many ethiopians will remember him as a larger than life figure in life and in death the center of national intrigue. and or should tell al-jazeera. taiwan will set up a representative also us in somalia to develop relations with the breakaway african region all somali land effectively knowledge in its disputed independence somaliland is a self the 5th state but internationally considered to be an autonomous part of somalia the move designed to escalate tensions between taipei and beijing china considers taiwan its territory with no right to state to state tiny's. at least one person has died and more than 70 people arrested during protests in trinidad and tobago people have been demonstrating against police officers involved in the deaths of 3 men on saturday the men were shot soft are being suspected in the death

of another police officer earlier but they say the events are part of an orchestrated plot to quote destabilize the country and the gang members were planning to use the events to cause destruction. all of the world's biggest contributors to plastic for the ocean indonesia has banned single use plastic bags increased online shopping and takeaway food during the pandemic has added to the mountain of waste and is just a washington reports landfill so no almost full. on the outskirts of the indonesian capital this is where jakarta is rubbish and up a mountain of garbage that never shrinks and there's always more on the way for those who live here it's a danger to their health but for many it's also their livelihood as coppa 19 forced many in this densely populated city to stay inside and out of groceries and meals on line. and her husband were among those sorting through the mess they've worked here for more than 30 he is right about the money but no money because of course on

a virus there's more plastic now we find a lot of water bottles plastic cups and more waste management is a major problem for jakarta with its population of more than 10000000 landfills are overflowing and the city's rivers are among the most polluted in the world local authorities say it's time to change. single use plastic bags and plastic in general is a serious problem for jakarta and the majority of waste in temporary landfills and your culture is plastic starting this month all single use plastic bags of then did markets grocery stores and malls most of the city's plastic waste comes from markets such as this one and sellers say the ban will make their jobs more challenging the sound of the. it's difficult should we wrap our product with banana leaves it's impossible if we wrap a paper it's costly plastic is cheaper but if it's banned i don't know what else i

can do. but environmental activists say the change has been a long time in the making and banning plastic bags is just one small part of improving waste management here we've been pushing for the. past 4 years specifically. this is been our time coming and we're quite excited that it's only happening on the 1st day of the new policy local government inspectors visited shops in indonesia's largest shopping mall explaining the rules to store managers many have already embraced the new policies rejecting plastic in favor of reusable options and plastic activists say the next step is to encourage online stores to do the same just to washington al-jazeera jakarta on certain floods in india have inundating a world heritage site that's home to the world's largest population of one horned rhinos about 70 percent of the national park became submerged and at

least one rhino has rolled flood waters are receding but the fact that about 2000 villages in the northeastern say of us some. this is al jazeera these are the top stories while than 370 people have been arrested on the streets of hong kong as a contentious new national security nor posed by china's central government took effect people to fire tear gas and pepper bullets to protest on the anniversary of the former british colonies handover to chinese rule the u.s. secretary of state has again condemned the law saying china promised 50 years afraid of the hong kong but only gave it $23.00 was one of the world's most stable prosperous and dynamic cities now now we've just another communist run city were its people we subject to the party elites wimps said. indeed

this is already happening security forces are already grounding up on corners for doing to speak and think freely through law has been eviscerated and as always the chinese communist party fears its own people more than anything else france's foreign minister has called an e.u. meeting to discuss possible sanctions on turkey france's temporarily pulling out of a nato operation in the mediterranean it's demanding nato and forces an arms embargo on libya recovery operations are underway in turkey after a book capsized in a lake in the south the 6 bodies have been recovered it's believed around 60 refugee migrants were on board as it was crossing lake van saudi state t.v. says air strikes have targeted who the rebels in the yemen's capital there are no reports of damage so far it tanks on samarra follow last week's missile and drone attacks targeting the saudi capital riyadh. the european union is reopening its

borders to some travelers from outside the block wednesday marks the 1st day border restrictions have been eased for non e.u. residents russians are ending the final day of voting on proposed constitutional amendments which would allow president vladimir putin to run for another 2 terms in office if he won both elections he could be in power until at least 2036 when certain floods in india have inundated a world heritage site that's home to the world's largest population of 100 rhinos about 70 percent of their national park became submerged the least one rhino has drowned flood waters are receding but the affected about 2000 villages in the northeastern state of a some one you saw an al-jazeera after witness. made

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