political impounds here's the conflict are we telling a good story. we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to actually feels that you were there. hundreds of protesters arrested in hong kong the 1st to be taken into custody under a contentious new security no. unarmed taylor this is on his ear a live from london also coming up partial results indicate russian voters have backed changes to the constitution including with possible extension of law to me approaches rain to 2036. 80 people confirmed dead in ethiopia the anger over the murder of a popular singer continues to grow. and the growing list of companies boycotting

facebook pressure on the social media giant to do more to block racism and hate speech. below the u.k. and u.s. have joined a chorus of criticism directed at china after it imposed a sweeping new national security law on hong kong the 1st arrests were made under the legislation earlier on wednesday when thousands of people took to the streets to mark 23 years since a territory was controlled by britain critics say political freedoms and civil liberties guaranteed by a pact made at the time have now been destroyed so cock reports from hong kong. despite the searing heat and defying of police ban thousands of protesters marched to test the new national security the legislation was fast tracked in record time

in beijing and in acted on july the 1st the 23rd anniversary of britain's handover to chinese will as sad as it makes me say so far it is yes china is china it's all going home it's china as of today 1st of july it's a sad day but that's what it is but i'll still take the streets i still say what i think because it's my right as a human being. protesters started marching chanting $300.00 lang at the key demands on. need to be met by a line of riot police but this group of demonstrators say it's they duty to stand up to china day law enforcement in her own home what they always the worst you are allowed to protest and make their arrest later so i today i come out and can out and one audit dictatorship knowing full well that probably i'll get arrested or shot. the scope of the national security is far reaching article 38 says it can

essentially target anyone anywhere extradition to china for trial and a maximum sentence of life in prison faces violators of the legislation people were arrested during wednesday's rally for breaking the new no they were in position of items cooling the hong kong's independence from china police sealed off the area fired the water cannon tear gas and pepper balls to break up the crowd police say one officer was stabbed in the. strategy by police on wednesday it was a cordon off key areas where the practices had gravity one time times where i felt like i know much protests rival to the radical right the police were still able to mike at least $300.00 arrests earlier on wednesday the city's chief executive celebrated the hand of the anniversary of the swift introduction of the new security lul kerry was sidelined in the drafting of the script but said it was necessary to a stool into and rebuild hong kong's reputation as a leading international financial center in asia yet say

a law flat 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 in beijing government leaders were doing their best to counter critics who say china's actions marked the end of hong kong special autonomy the government in beijing says and one that is responsible for the former british territory and they want to prevent it becoming a springboard for subversion against china sir clock al-jazeera hong kong. but his promise to paris johnson has condemned the new law as a serious breach of the u.k. china agreement on the territory is about to honor a pledge to offer citizenship to almost 3000000 hong kong residents that if china continue down this path we would reach introduce a new route for those with british nationals overseas status to enter the u.k. granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the u.k.

and thereafter to apply for citizenship and that is precisely what we will do now. the u.s. is also hit out with the secretary of state mike pompei are saying free speech was at risk free hong kong was one of the world's most stable prosperous and dynamic cities now now we've just another communist run city where its people we subject to the party elites whims it's sad indeed this is already happening security forces are already grounding up on callers for doing to speak and think freely through world war has been eviscerated and as always the chinese communist party fears its own people more than anything else. russia could be on course to pass its most sweeping constitutional changes since

the end of the soviet union and keep that in a putin in power until he's 83 years old partial results suggest an overwhelming number of people have approved the changes in a referendum well there have been reports of widespread irregularities of course. casting a vote to keep himself in power president putin now has the backing of the nation as a result showed his constitutional reforms have been overwhelmingly accepted russians have spent the last week voting on a package of amendments the headlines when you benefits the buried in the text with the mission president putin to rule until 2036. as the election commission reported a landslide victory independent observers accuse the kremlin of cheating i think. i can say this is all for show the majority of violations took place at the preliminary vote among the main violations there was 6 dorchin of the vote scheme of re registering voters a different polling stations and then forced voting at work places or said the

protesters in st petersburg braved arrest to voice their concerns love national but the main thing i am against is putin and his henchmen staying in power in russia forever i'm also angry about this crazy staking place with the amendments to the constitution and violations of international rights and what's happening with the country. putin on wednesday laid out his vision. 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 new rules created for the vote unprecedented exit polls were announced midway and polling stations popped up everywhere from the field to car parks making it impossible to ensure the vote was fair or free from tampering. 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 90 to 59 percent to north or tearing countries it means that support in society is actually much lower because the numbers are distorted we see putin's charisma is eroding ratings are declining but this is not just a company protests so support is weak but there are not so many reasons for the population to rebel. putin says he's yet to decide on his future but now he has the option crucially will be able to say with the result of this vote he has the blessing of the people. al jazeera if the military has been deployed to the capital addis ababa as armed gangs roam the streets a 2nd day of unrest triggered by the murder of a popular singer more than 80 people have been killed during protests following a death on monday the toll doesn't include deaths in at

a suburb or where one policeman has died and an unspecified number of people were killed in 3 blasts on tuesday and they say was a leading voice for ethiopia's biggest ethnic group the aroma local media say another political activist askin the nader was arrested on wednesday. americans fears about the spread of corona virus are at their highest levels in more than a month as the world's worst outbreak shows no sign of ending a reuters ipsos poll says 81 percent of american adults are very or somewhat concerned about the pandemic that includes 7 in 10 republicans up 10 percent from a similar to survey conducted a few weeks earlier and it's not good news for the president overall 56 percent of people disapprove of how donald trump has handled the crisis or california has reimposed restrictions in 19 counties after a spike in corona virus cases including at a prison near san francisco most to california's bars will be closed and indoor

eating at restaurants banned after an increase in hospital admissions and deaths $110.00 people died in the state in the past 24 hours the governor says all cinemas were also shot in areas including our sandra is and the state capital sacramento public health experts have heavily criticized the u.s. for securing a large supply of the only drug licensed so far to treat cope with 19 of her fears that the shortages of the antiviral drug does appear after the u.s. announced this week it bought virtually all the stock for the next 3 months drug is made by a california based company gilliard and has been shown to help people recover faster from corona virus at least 229 people have been killed in indian administered kashmir in the last 6 months a local human rights group says 32 of them were civilians the latest deaths were on wednesday when a civilian and a soldier were killed during

a shoot out in support north of srinagar but it's with reports. caught in a gun battle between indian paramilitaries and kashmiri fighters bashir car is the latest civilian victim of violence in this region. yeah yeah yeah yeah there are. in this incident one soldier was martyred 3 of the soldiers were wounded during the firefight one civilian traveling in his vehicle with a charity jump from his vehicle and ran for safety but he too got hit by bullets and died. the child was mr khan's grandson. lucky to be alive local police took him to his family from the scene of the shooting in support north of srinagar. the death of increases the total of civilians killed in kashmir since the beginning of the year to at least $33.00 also killed says the local coalition of civil society $55.00

armed forces personnel and more than 140 fighters for kashmiri independence. khan's relatives say he was deliberately killed by the security forces. militants but i want the check i said by job. if militants killed him how did the child survive they would have been some bullet marks on the vehicle these are all lies the truth behind this is that security forces killed him in cold blood. allegations denied by the police who say they should be thanked for saving the grandson's life . it's now almost a year since india's prime minister stripped kashmir of rights they gave it widespread autonomy or under modi says the territory needs to better integrate with the rest of india. over the area remaining under military control with one of the

world's longest mobile internet blackouts there doesn't seem to be much in the way of integration the burn it's meant. as there are still to come waving goodbye to coronavirus closures spain and portugal reopen their joint border after 3 months in lockdown. and how the pandemic is affecting the metal that's used to make currency mobile phones and even face masks . hello windy than cold that is a good description of what's happening with this frontal system here it's been through south australia did some damage in the southwest is running through the southeast now 2nd some rain with the winds being quite strong not sure been damaging with a pretty strong they're following it the temperatures will drop you've got 23 in

sydney our no sun so as it would be 14 in melbourne the sydney's forecast has it going down to 16 by saturday thursday being a windy day but it's a windy day probably in the right direction for warms the northern but as you see temperatures do drop after that is a night time frost an ac team probably were to rural areas in new south wales as well more rain to come through victoria on friday the same time post is nice and quiet and sunny at about 20 degrees that rain is going to head down to the island of do you zealand for the start of the weekend directly. you know often rain is seasonal thing and i went mostly wanted sometimes a bit too much of it in fact warnings middle of japan well these landslides was because the amount of rain that's gone away now for certain friday to just be edging through honshu might catch take care the chinese and there is pretty wet once again significant right developing and will probably catch one hand and then skate off east was into the water.

but. chile's infamous dictator may be long gone but inequality fueled by his neo liberal economic reforms still plagues the nation. and dissent is still quashed by a heavy handed state apparatus. the people in power examines whether forging a new constitution can turn the page in the most unequal of the world's 30 wealthiest nations chile in a chaise legacy on a. war oh.

among the top stories here. china has been condemned by several nations after a controversial new security law came to force in hong kong 10 people were arrested under the north of thousands of protesters came out onto the streets. early results are just more than 70 percent of russian voters support a constitutional change which could allow president putin to run for another 16 years in power. police say at least 80 people have been killed in 2 days of protest in ethiopia has been widespread anger after the murder of a popular singer a child of one day so. spain and portugal have reopened their joint border to all travellers after more than 3 months as their coronavirus outbreaks remain under control the spanish prime minister pederast sanchez and his portuguese counterpart and turn your cost are upheld ceremonies on both sides of the border to celebrate local business owners are relieved with the economies of both countries heavily reliant on tourism or other e.u.

travel restrictions were lifted last week. business owners in the netherlands are eagerly waiting to see the benefits of the e.u. reopening to tourists but with some of the nationalities who most visit the country still on the banned list no one expects the numbers to pick up anytime soon steadfast in reports from amsterdam. the traditional dutch fishing village of markan is a popular stop for tourists from all over the world now there are only a few local visitors shop owner or pay no income at all during what was supposed to be his high season in spring but he has mixed feelings about welcoming tourists back also given your broader unsecure feeling opening your shop and having all kinds of people in there. you cannot see if somebody is infected or not. you still have to help them without too much protection on the other hand i'm scared of going bankrupt or so that's that's

another fight with disinfectant hand gel and a joke yeah i like the by the way and on is good good good good good good guides are luring visitors the usual long queues are gone and boats are no longer clogging the canals a perfect atmosphere for a quiet city tour but this eerie piece is not exactly what tourists are looking for in the dutch capital known for its vibrant bars and coffee shops. it is extremely quiet the holiday season has started as all the rest and should be full people should be outside enjoying the sun we missed that we live in a quiet place and we came here to look for some actually. more than 20000000 tourists visited the netherlands last year providing an income to nearly 1000000 people but with americans the 2nd largest group of visitors still banned nobody expects these numbers to pick up soon without the masses of tourist amsterdam feels

like a completely different city some say they even know only now who don't neighbors are but while a group of amsterdam is has made a strong need to keep it this way others say the city is far too depending on too if you're a. tourism expert stephan hodes has complained for many years to make tourism in the netherlands more sustainable. by urging the government to spread attractions to other cities but he says with the current crisis the government wants to go back to business as usual as soon as possible and there are incredible plans to build more hotels 22000 more rooms in amsterdam in the direct environment so the tourist industry wants that but the people of amps are there in creasing numbers don't want it because they are losing where i did to tea with the city the city is no longer their city he predicts that visitors will be back in force in 2 to 3 years while this might not be soon enough for some artist like to enjoy

a quiet moment in the city a bit longer step fasten al-jazeera amsterdam. as daily case numbers drop in the u.k. focus is turning to towns and cities which are bucking the trend new statistics show that $36.00 areas could be forced to go into local knockdowns because of a rise in cases that involve or has more from hounslow in west london which might have to for the city of leicester which brought back restrictions on monday. well this part of london hounslow is one of 36 areas across england which according to some reports in the british press could be in line for a localized lockdown similar to what we've seen in the city of leicester in the midlands but local authorities here and elsewhere of stress that they haven't seen a surge and that they were just put on the list because there was an increase in new cases week on week at the end of june whereas what's perhaps more important is

the statistics on new cases per 100000 of population now public health and parts of the health ministry here in the u.k. have started to release figures for local authorities based not only on what they call pillar one testing which is mainly for people like health workers in care workers but also pillar to testing in the wider community and that showing not surprisingly that leicester was top of the pack with around 140 cases per 100001 the 21st of june now the prime minister boris johnson was asked by the leader of the opposition kids starmer why a full testing information will pillar to date wasn't given to local authorities in leicester well this is what boris johnson replied we did in leicester exactly what we did for instance we speak in kirklees or in bradford or in western superman or other places where very quick to back up those strategies have been put in place

for reasons that i think the house would probably understand there were particular problems in leicester in implementing the advice and getting people to understand what was necessary but why does all this matter it matters because the public have already been told that from saturday look down restrictions are easing which means that they could go to the public and start to go to restaurants to hairdressers and so on in places like this the last thing people want to hear is that we going back to more severe. restrictions so that's why the government really needs to be putting out the message and convincing people that they will be on top of any localized outbreaks so that it doesn't have to be on a city wide or indeed on a bar a wide basis but rather much more localized lockdowns if in fact that is necessary at this time is implementing a 5 day lockdown in the occupied west bank after a surge in corona virus cases and deaths restrictions come into effect on friday

and residents will have to shelter at home at least 11 people have been killed by code 19 in the west bank with more than 3000 confirmed infections all in half a own city of hebron it comes at a volatile time with israel i mean to start axing 30 percent of the occupied west bank this month. the world health organization says the corona virus outbreak is still worsening in chile it's one that the peak is not expected until the middle of this month but as local infections continue to rise the impact is being felt around the world as it hits the production and the price of one of the most in demand metals you see in human reports from santiago. the price of copper has gone up by a startling 26 percent since april and the reason is not just because of china's renewed appetite for it it's because far away in mines like in chile's at the camera desert the spread of coal that 19 is infecting workers of the world's largest copper

producing country this graph shows how infections have shot up in the mining city of calamity in orange in just 4 weeks. as the highest percentage of deaths because the government doesn't want to take the necessary measures because of their impact on the economy such as quarantining the industry except for the minimum services stipulated by the law. the mining industry has in fact sharply reduced refining and halted all smelting and. while the government has ordered flights to calamity to be cut by 2 thirds as a result copper production will drop by at least $200000.00 tonnes this year which impacts prices worldwide it's no exaggeration to say the copper helps make the world go round it conducts electricity it's in our callings in our computers in our mobile phones in every building in every bridge in fact that's even in the face mask what i'm wearing which is made with copper nano particles but because

ironically coppers anti-microbial properties are one of the biggest enemies of viruses in quality over 90. but that hasn't prevented at least 2000 cases or nearly 3 percent of workers from getting sick according to the copper workers federation calamitous hospitals are being pushed over the edge of the federation is now demanding that the state copper company called dell call the largest global copper producer hole to work to a minimum for 2 weeks to control contagion. we need healthy work is we understand that we are the backbone of chile's economy but not at all costs our workers need minimum sanitary conditions to work and to carry out this quarantines and transparent statistics. pradelle put declined al-jazeera is request for comment meanwhile many are pointing the finger at the government for refusing

to declare a total lockdown in the mining community where due to the high altitude respiratory diseases like corona virus tend to have an even more serious prognosis you see in human al-jazeera 70 adol. the city that was once the capital of the pro-slavery american south is taking down its confederate statues the mare richmond has ordered the immediate removal of all statues on city land after weeks of protests against racism and police brutality protesters across the country targeted monuments of confederate officials and leaders with racist pasts as part of nationwide demonstrations over the killing of unarmed black man george floyd. police in seattle have dismantled approach as soon as been the target of donald trump's anger in recent weeks anti-racism demonstrators had taken over the area following floyd's death declaring it free of police officers trump called the protesters domestic

terrorists and wanted them removed seattle's mare finally ordered the area cleared after 2 fatal shootings in less than 2 weeks. adverts for more than $400.00 brands are due to start vanishing from facebook it's all part of a campaign to put pressure on the world's largest social media platform to do more to stop the spread of hate speech and racist content in last minute talks facebook failed to convince advertisers it was doing enough priyanka gupta has more. it was an ominous warning by the u.s. president during mass protests against the police killing of george gillett certainly after donald trump's tweet twitter issued a warning for the 1st time so his message to his flood violence facebook didn't follow suit sparking a report test by some stuff right now facebook is trying to walk or really dangerous line where our really fine line in any case between free speech and haste

hate speech so zakhar has said repeatedly that they don't want to be an arbiter of truth so some things are being taken down particularly when it comes to a lot of inflammatory remarks trump has made. these this is where they kind of fall short now a campaign by wide scoops urging companies to stop advertising on facebook during july is gaining momentum more than $400.00 brands including. coca-cola ford honda on unilever one of the world's largest advertisers of consumer goods are posing their ad campaigns the point call it is aimed at causing enough financial damage to force facebook boss mark zuckerberg into changing his policy what brands are asking now for is for the industry to put in place advertising industry wide policies which are consistent across the board which means setting standards of what's helpful content today definition of a content will depend on the platform are you dealing with it is about finding

common ways of reporting the incidence of harmful content it is about putting in place a thought party verification for the data which is being reported and it's about creating tools which allow brands to be making informed decisions on where they want their ads to be placed with more than 2000000000 users facebook has long been accused of not doing enough to stop misinformation think news propaganda from spreading among its uses we're going to start labeling content last friday zuckerberg announced that facebook would start flooding use with the content the violet's truth and take violent content down among other measures. on tuesday facebook amounts that it is battling a us based violent antigovernment network broadly connected to the book a new movement but stopped short of banning all references to the far right program

network who supporters believe violence could lead to a 2nd u.s. civil war the july boycott seems to have got sucker books attention but it remains to be seen if it will have enough impact on facebook's profits to force more meaningful action. on to see our. top stories on our desire china has been condemned by several nations after a controversial new security law came into force in hong kong 10 people were arrested under the new law on wednesday over 300 of those were also held as thousands of protesters went on to the street to mark the anniversary of britain handing the city back to china territories chief executive carol lam says the law is essential to restoring stability but the u.s. secretary of state said it destroyed hong kong's autonomy. freehand kong was one of

the world's most stable prosperous and dynamic cities now now be 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 rounding up on collars for daring to speak and think freely the world law has been eviscerated and as always the chinese communist party fears its own people more than anything else. russia could be on course to pass its most sweeping constitutional changes since the end of the soviet union and keep that emir putin in power until he's 83 years old early results suggest an overwhelming number of people have approved the changes in a referendum although there have been reports of widespread irregularities. but he said least 80 people have been killed in 2 days of protests in ethiopia has been widespread anger after the murder of a popular singer trying to induce or was

a leading voice for the country's largest ethnic group the aroma. california has reimposed restrictions in 19 counties after a spike in corona virus cases including at a prison near san francisco most bars will be closed and indoor eating at restaurants will be banned after an increase in hospital admissions and deaths in spain and portugal have reopened their shared border 3 months after it closed at the height of the coronavirus outbreak in europe spain's king and portugal's president attended a ceremony in a frontier town comes as the e.u. began to reopen its external borders this was up stories do stay with us on al-jazeera people in power is up next i feel. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of

a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. may 2090 massive protests against inequality chile forced the government promised changes to the constitution to take spec to the finishing of the 978 that process was put on hold as the coronavirus pandemic hit but chile's political divisions have to go the way we've been to find out why.