independent the gov. is a bigger bridge. from prisoner to president on. china it's out of the us after congress votes to sanction banks from doing business with chinese officials linked to hong kong's new security law. and jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up 20 saudi officials are to face trial in absentia in a turkish court after the killing of a journalist jamal khashoggi. donald trump celebrates u.s. jobs figures but the number of black americans out of work rise it corona virus infections reached another heart. and the fight for racial justice in america has

more pressure on the washington redskins to change its name. china has reacted angrily after the u.s. congress unanimously approved sanctions against beijing nervous new security law in hong kong the bill would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials behind the new legislation well this was beijing's response this u.s. move has grossly interfered in china's internal affairs and seriously violated international law as well as the basic norms governing international relations if the us side is bent on going down the wrong path china will resolutely respond with all necessary countermeasures when i last spoke to sarah clarke about what beijing has been saying. has been swift to respond it's of these sanctions are moved by the united states to interfere in china's internal affairs that's a move by the united states to contain or restrain china's progress and development

and that's as national security is a basic prerequisite or precondition for existence and the development of a nation and these laws have widespread support not just in china and hong kong this is obviously a statement from the chinese government and it strongly urged washington to pretty much back off and stay out of hong kong and china as a phase that said if the states continues to go down what it's described as the wrong path then obviously china says it will take the necessary response so certainly some threats coming from china and a swift response and condemnation of the of china's introduction of the bicycle the national security laws in hong kong and reports that pro-democracy activist made some law has fled hong kong so do we know his whereabouts and what does all of this mean for the protest movement going forward we've had confirmation from the more he's revealed all released by whatsapp to the media confirmation that he has left hong kong we do not know where he is at the moment to get that to him self but he's

one of the founders of the demo system this is the outspoken or certainly the pro-democracy group which has been pushing against pushing back against china he's one of a number of those founders we've got joshua one agnes child and nathan loren and i think law overnight or yesterday and he's spoken or by video conference to a congressional hearing speaking out of criticizing these national security laws and he said as a result he's acknowledged the risks and could face imprisonment here in hong kong or even in china for speaking out as a result but he's one of a number of political parties that have other disbanded or those political members who fled as a result now joshua one and i guess child we don't know where they are at the moment we do know they must they should still be in hong kong as they still face criminal hearings and aren't allowed to leave the city as a result. the trial of 20 saudi arabian nationals accused of killing the journalist . is due to start in the coming hours in turkey in december saudi court sentenced 5 people to death and 3 to jail for the matter a soldier was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018 his body has

never been found just traffic reports this is the last moment jamal who shows he was seen alive it's october the 2nd 2018 the journalist who wrote for the washington post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding he's to his fiance had e.g. ching is waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remainder never found 20 sound is indicted for murder to be tried in their absence in a court in istanbul police a security camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving to stumble on the day who shows he was killed other video evidence shows them checking into a hotel going to the consulate before returning to the airport and leaving that night you stumble prosecutors accuse former deputy head of saudi general

intelligence offered a one sorry and former royal advisor sorrowed l. qahtani of instigating murder with monstrous intent the 18 other defendants include this man may have moved tribe who frequently traveled with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin soma on the show she's murdered closed widespread revulsion around the world he'd been self-imposed exile for around a year because he was afraid of being arrested if he returned home. it formally been closed to the saudi royal family but in recent years became a vocal critic of the saudi crown prince. some western governments and the cia said they believe muhammad bin solomon ordered the killing the kingdom denies that. last december a saudi called since inst 5 men today since free to jail after a long and secretive trial the un's special rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions agnes' kalama who completed

a 6 month investigation into could show his murder said the saudi trial made a mockery of justice none of the guilty were officially named last may who shows his sons said they forgave the murderers rights groups said the pardon had been forced on sit it was another saudi example of a parody of justice turkey who accuses the saudi government of obstructing the murder investigation the saudis say the istanbul prosecutor didn't comply with requests to share information the saudi crown prince has denied ordering the murder but admitted bearing responsibility is the kingdom's effective leader stand again for aging kings. for shows he's feeling say how teaching is says she hopes the trial will at least shed light on where his body is chance transferred al-jazeera. u.s. federal prosecutors are looking to seize for iranian oil tankers headed to venezuela

a complaint fall in the district of columbia a federal court alleges the sale was arranged by a businessman with ties to iran's revolutionary guard that alleges profits are being collected by the revolutionary guard which the u.s. has designated as a terrorist organization iran says such action would be considered piracy washington as want to iran and venezuela against trading with one another since both nations are under u.s. sanctions. latest u.s. employment figures show that almost 5000000 people went back to work in june but only a 3rd of the 22000000 jobs lost in the pandemic have been restored also the number of black americans who are unemployed has declined less than the overall rate only scholars of the u.s. read just as another day a record of the number of new coronavirus cases rose and jordan reports. and early morning chance to pat himself on the back u.s. president donald trump told reporters at the point house the economy is surviving the covert 19 pandemic new government statistics say nearly 5000000 people start

working again engine this is the largest monthly jobs gain in the history of our country today's announcement proves that our economy is roaring back trump's democratic rival for the flight house said the president was celebrating too soon to daisy ford's positive news and i'm thankful for it for real and make no mistake . we're still in deep deep job hole because dollars trump has so badly bungled the response to corona virus economists say trump's description was not accurate they say the figure is how many people were turned to their old jobs more than 3 months after the u.s. economy when it's a quarantine one way to think about that is we have a 9 inch knife stuck in our back the knife has been pulled out about story inches that doesn't mean that the economy is now healthy really want to thank him for being a friend to the state of florida but that didn't stop the vice president from visiting

florida to praise the governor for his handling of the crisis and the economy i also want to say governor that that we fully support your prudent steps. in in in working to slow the spread and the rising cases that are impacting florida today but more than 10000 floridians fell ill on thursday 50000 people nationwide a new one day record and in this state and in others dependent on holiday makers money beaches bars and restaurants are closed get again thanks to a surge in virus cases this is the livelihood of my father who started with nothing came into this country with nothing and i cannot it just it's too hard to let it go even so the president is adamant to show the world the u.s. crisis is over he heads to mt rushmore in south dakota on friday to set off a holiday fireworks a desire to celebrate the u.s. is national day even as the numbers of the sick and the dead keep rising rosalyn

jordan al-jazeera. hundreds of nurses in california demanding more personal protection equipment and better working conditions they protested outside a hospital in one of the counties hardest hit by the outbreak thursday's rally took place on day 7 of a 10 day strike and say the influx of coronavirus patients means they have to work longer shifts without breaks and they want their union and hospitals to agree better working. mexico's president is promising action after $26.00 people were killed in an attack on a drug rehabilitation center is the latest gruesome example of the challenges facing the government's plan to reduce violence. from mexico city's. police and you don't want to mexico see the death toll following an attack on a rehabilitation facility on wednesday evening has risen to 26 this is the 2nd attack on a rehab center in the past month authorities from the state of one of the gunmen

also wounded 7 people don't go anywhere you know i have a sunday and they don't give me any information he thought he was being treated the police come after things happen the secrecy and the truth is never discovered my son was getting out this week. one of my 2 has become the epicenter of violence in mexico between january and want to register 1405 homicides a 5 fold increase over the same period last year that's more than any other state in the nation. on thursday mexico's president announced a joint investigation between state and federal authorities was underway. we will not abandon the people one of what we have elements of the national guard the support of effort we will continue to support the state government we have been in touch with local leaders yesterday was difficult when what bridges between 10 to 12 percent of the nation's one size. the attack if you took place as

it was giving a national address where he touted the gains he says his government has made in curbing violence a claim that national homicide statistics don't seem to back up. ingenuous on the part of the president to suggest. progress and not respect all the signs of the security environment. of course. for a day. but i think it's pretty clear situation is getting worse. experts believe that worsening violence in one of what the could in part be the result of escalating turf wars between rival organized criminal groups exacerbated by the ongoing coded 1900 pandemic. below al-jazeera mexico city. time for a short break here now to 0 when we come back accused of procuring underage girls for the late convicted paedophile geoffrey epstein a british socialites the arrested and charged in the us plus.

the celebrations on chile's easter island as children return to school but residents expect life to change and succumb to their own. header the most the halls and dusty throughout much of the middle east on the arabian peninsula now the winds have been kicking at the sand in the dust and that she said to increase over the next couple of days that's how much is also already fairly high but again they could be increasing as we go into saturday before friday 4840 celsius in doha now further to the south we have had of course those the thunderstorms into northern areas of oman we could be seeing want to see more showers as we go through friday and sunday by saturday quite a few rain showers defending to develop across more central and southern areas of yemen they could be quite heavy at times but all the while to the north the winds

are increasing blowing through the warm interior 49 is the high and on a cool says winds for the south so that means the temperature in doha set to increase to 45 degrees celsius down into southern africa time which is far more bearable generally in the low twenty's celsius that has been into south africa through friday quite a few showers just working their way through the coasts of mozambique towards the tanzania and again those range really gathering around the gulf of guinea and very heavy off the west coast particularly through liberia sierra leone on into guinea a similar story on saturday going very heavy by then into areas of nigeria all the while it's mostly clear and fine into south africa and warming up into port elizabeth with a high of 21. rewinds continues to care bring your people back to life don't start with updates on the best of all diseases documentaries the struggle continues both from the till now

these districts revisiting this silver fangs we're going back to a poor south african neighborhood where music and tradition come together in an annual competition with the people who. really want on al-jazeera. welcome back or come out of the top stories here this hour china's accused washington of interfering in its internal affairs after the u.s. congress approves sanctions on beijing of its new security law in hong kong the bill would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials were not in the new

legislation. almost 5000000 people in the u.s. went back to work in june bringing the unemployment rate down to 11 percent but only a 3rd of the 22000000 jobs lost in the pandemic have been restored. and the trial in absentia 20 saudi arabia nationals accused of killing the journalist is due to start in the coming hours in turkey in december saudi court sentenced 5 people to death and 3 to jail for the murder of his body has never been found. now the former partner of the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein has been arrested and charged the british socialite julian maxwell is accused of recruiting and grooming young girls who were abused by epstein prosecutors say she played a critical role in finding victims and sometimes participated in the abuse gable is on that has more now from new york she's long claimed to have been a friend in business partner of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein but after the f.b.i. arrested maxwell federal prosecutors said her actions with epstein were far more

sinister maxwell was among epstein's closest associates and helped him exploited girls who were as young as 14 years old and that's what played a critical role in helping epstein to identify friend and groom minor victims for abuse. it some cases maxwell participated in the herself like epstein miss maxwell chose to blatantly disregard the law and her responsibility as an adult using whatever means she had at her disposal to lor vulnerable youth into behavior that should never have been exposed and which creates lasting harm the disgraced epstein a wealthy finance or was arrested last year on federal indictment of sexually exploiting and abusing under-age women while awaiting trial he was found dead in his new york jail cell it was ruled a suicide epstein's victims have long said that maxwell the daughter of

a wealthy british publishing executive helped orchestrate epstein's procurement of underage girls they have said they won't be silent until she faces justice max will have been in hiding for nearly a year her arrest now could bring pressure on britain's royal family a photo of prince andrew with a young woman flanked by maxwell in early 2001 sparked allegations of sexual misconduct the young woman who was a teenager at the time says maxwell trafficked her to andrew for sex he denies the charges but resigned from his royal duties last year on thursday when asked prosecutors said they hoped andrew would cooperate with the investigation something they say so far he has not done we would welcome prince andrew coming in to talk with us we would like to have the benefit of his statement maxwell faces 6 federal

charges too for conspiracy 2 others for perjury for lying to investigators and 2 more charges for entice seeing and transporting under age women for sex if convicted she faces up to 35 years in prison gabriel's on al-jazeera new york. police across europe arrested hundreds of members of. after hacking into an encrypted network or than $750.00 people were arrested by officers in the u.k. hundreds more were detained and millions of dollars weapons and drugs were seized in the netherlands france norway and sweden reports for. her. car king apart criminal networks police across the u.k. have made hundreds of arrests after infiltrating an encrypted phone system used by suspected top 2 criminals they've seized guns drugs and cash amounting to millions of dollars during the course of the operation. by the n.c.a.a.

regional and place for says we have arrested so far 746 individuals we've seized over 77 firearms for hanging aids just under 2 tons of troops which is where 18000000 pounds on the streets and we seized over $54000000.00 pounds of criminal cash so it is a massive law enforcement operation on success. the operation began when french police hacked into a highly encrypted messaging platform found on the spoke encourage that phones the system was used 560000 people worldwide 10000 of them in britain soon it became a massive cross border investigation there was an investigation opened in france. targeting. the system of providing crypted from nation to its criminals there was a criminal investigation started that had direct a lot of international relations so that's the reason why it was formed between

france and the netherlands but your stand your poll. operation of an attic launched in april involved every police force in britain. in some raids offices used stun guns to arrest suspects involved in drugs and arms trafficking the national crime agency says it also prevented the murder of several people who were the targets of rival gangs. these are not petty criminals but the kingpins of organized crime the so-called untouchables often living lavish lifestyles in the proceeds of crime and police say there are more arrests to come. there. united nations says one in 4 people who contract the coronavirus in yemen died as a fatality rate 5 times the global average is feared covered 9000 is spreading at a faster rate than previously thought 325 people have died so far the health system was destroyed by years of war even before the outbreak yemen's also dealing with

outbreaks of cholera and diphtheria the u.n. held an aid conference a month ago but done is on the other half of what's needed. chile has one of the world's highest corona virus infection rates there are more than 280000 cases and almost 6000 people have died but there's one part of the country far from the rest that's celebrating a return to normal american editor the same human as more the this is the weapon we better known as easter island famous for its mysterious stone statues called more lives. at one of the polynesian islands for schools and who is under way a ceremony to mark more than $100.00 days without a single case of coronavirus and the way that they're celebrating is not by reopening hotels restaurants or tourism on which the island depends but rather its schools i ask the merrow why their leader blessed because returning to class sends a powerful message to our entire society of the return to freedom of being able to

stop being locked up that's the most important thing for a human being it gives us all hope. after months of cornering teens instead curfews secondary school students are the 1st going back to class. is anxious to finally be able to rejoin his classmates less than one percent we're excited because it's an opportunity that is being given only to us and we have to know how to take advantage of it because on the constant as you know it's not been possible to return to class because of the pandemic. easter island is in the middle of the pacific ocean it belongs to chile but it's 3500 kilometers from the mainland and here on the mainland schools have been close and sports the 16th and no one can say when if they or anything else will reopen any time soon after 3 and a half months of lockdowns bankruptcy used infections continue unabated and it's

impossible to tell at this point when chile will reach its peak. that's why parents on the mainland are ending their counterparts in chile's most remote province and i mean who massing for me it's important to be able to generate positivity in our mental health in order to repel this virus it's important that the children that our young people return to school and not us and when that. easter island still faces a normas challenges 80 percent of the population is out of work because there's no tourism nor will there be for a long time to come but making do with what they have is nothing new for the people on this remote island they say they'll go back to teaching their children to fish in plant as they had for centuries. another good reason for them to go back to school. you see in human al-jazeera. venezuela's government has condemned the u.k. court ruling denying it permission to withdraw gold worth

a $1000000000.00 in the bank of england nicolas maduro said the funds would help pay for the fight against corona virus as well as vice president says the ruling is an attempt to steal. country's goal but it didn't matter what this decision is so barbaric they're trying to apply imperial rules in venezuela as if venezuela has no constitution no territory no rules no sovereignty as if for a british colony again. but a judge ruled the u.k. only recognizes one leader and that's one guy though. the bank of england whose volts contained $31.00 tons of venezuela's gold president by the government wanted the goal to help pay for vitally needed relief opposition leader hong why those representatives said the money would only go to repress the venezuelan people who might go. with.

violence. or. after winning a contested election more than 2 years ago my daughter had been accused of vote buying and electoral fraud by opposition parties in addition to the political strife and economic crisis sanctions and plummeting oil prices have pushed the oil rich nation to the brink of collapse and on top of all this the coronavirus pandemic has hit the country's ailing health system which have been neglected for years the fact remains even though the u.k. recognizes why though ought to be the constitutional interim president it is still maintaining full diplomatic relations with the government of week last mughal u.k. has representation at the british embassy that ak us last my daughter was appointed ambassador to the u.k. is still here. the court ruled the gold couldn't be released as the u.k.

government along with 50 others doesn't recognize my daughter as the legitimate ruler of venezuela while why door has won his 1st step mother's lawyers have said they will appeal the decision why those lawyers have said for now they would be directing the bank of england to keep hold of the assets increasing the pressure on my daughter and further exacerbating life for the venezuelans sunit i have 00 london. now a landslide at a jade mine in may a dog has killed at least $162.00 people a pile of waste collapsed into a lake burying mine as in a wave of muddy water the disaster in the mineral rich country follows day of heavy rain. the push for racial justice in the u.s. is putting renewed pressure on washington's football team to change its name activists say the term redskins is racist and offensive to native americans leading sports brand nike has removed all redskins merchandise from its website the career

company fedex which paid the team $205000000.00 the stadium naming rights as also joined calls for a name change is on fisher. it calls for change are getting low to religious groups community organizations even mears and president of called the name used by the american football team in washington racist offensive and outdated. the team says it has no plans to change i don't think they can understand. pain it causes us. the feelings that we have when someone uses that term. i think understanding the historical nature of that term and what it meant. is how the closeness they can try and get but i would hope they could try and understand the name came from bone to use placed on native americans in the 1800s money would only be paid out for the bloodied skins of dead men women and children.

across the country in the wake of george lloyd's killing prompted many companies into a rethink of names brands and imagery sports organizations issued statements of support that have been slow to follow words with actions speaking of the sports radio show this week the team's new head coach ron rivera said he wasn't pushing the issue adding i think that's a discussion for another time i think it's all about the moment and the timing this is the stadium where the football team in washington used to play its games there was a statue to the man who brought that into the city but they pulled it down he was a segregationist a man who refused to integrate black players into his team until the last possible moment and critics say by refusing to change the name the team is once again. on the wrong side of history there are willing to say that racism against the americans is ok and that's clearly you know the conversation that we're having right now and it's really about the watch on t.v. it's about sort of cherry picking what kinds of races are going to stand against

and sort of riding the wave of the moment when they are you know endorsing this racist name in these races the team had a twitter blackout recently in support of the ongoing protests the union insists he's not changing the name never is the word he's used in the past week the national football league racism the national football league has acknowledged his change in the year and never might come sooner than he thinks alan fischer al-jazeera washington. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera china has accused washington of interfering in its internal affairs after the u.s. congress approves sanctions on beijing over its new security law in hong kong the bill would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials who acted the new legislation sarah clarke has more from hong kong china in

a statement by the media agencies of the government led media agency says that pretty much that these new national security laws introduced in china have widespread support across china as well as hong kong and says the u.s. move is not about democracy it interferes in china's internal affairs and it grossly tramples on international law i'd also say it's a move or a bid by the u.s. to contain or stop china's progress and development and once again that these laws have widespread support so we did expect china to be swift in its response and certainly we do expect more reaction in the next 24 hours. almost $5000000.00 people in the u.s. went back to work in june bringing the unemployment rate down to 11 percent but only a 3rd of the $22000000.00 jobs lost in the pandemic have been restored it comes as the u.s. registers another daily record in the number of new cases u.s. federal prosecutors are trying to seize for iranian or tankers headed to venezuela they say profits are being collected by iran's revolutionary guard which the u.s.

has designated a terrorist organization iran says such action would be considered piracy washington has warned iran and venezuela against trading with one another since both nations are under u.s. sanctions the trial in absentia of 20 saudi arabian nationals accused of killing journalists is due to start in the coming hours in turkey in december a saudi court sentenced 5 people to death and 3 to jail for the murder charges body has never been found the former partner of the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein has been arrested and charged julian maxwell is accused of recruiting young girls to be sexually abused in elite circles michael faces up to 35 years in prison. well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the strain states and that's what. talk to al-jazeera we heard sort of let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the

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