and. this is europe on al-jazeera. china hits out of the u.s. after congress votes to sanction banks from doing business with chinese officials going to hong kong as new security low. down in jordan this isn't a 0 naive from joe also coming up 20 saudi nationals have to face trial in absentia in a turkish court over the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. donald trump celebrates u.s. jobs figures but the number of black americans out of work rises and corona virus infections reached another high plus.

celebrations on chile's easter island this children return to school but residents expect life to change after the pandemic. 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 counter measures well sarah clarke is in hong kong she has more on china's response to the sanctions. has been swift to respond it's of these sanctions or move 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's affairs 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 on 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 i think . 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 term 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 lorna nathan law he 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 of other disbanded or those political members who fled as a result now joshua one and agnes 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. but trial of 20 saudi arabian nationals accused of killing jon alicia ashaji is due to start in the coming hours in turkey and december a saudi court sentenced 5 people to death and 3 to jail for the murder of shock she

was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018 his body has never been found 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 say security camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving in istanbul 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 sorrow delco attorney of instigating murder with monstrous intent the 18 other defendants include this man who 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 he formally being close 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 sentenced 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 officially named last may who showed his sons said they forgave the murderers rights groups said the pardon had been forced to 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 can some on for sure he's feeling see 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 trying to seize 4 iranian oil tankers headed for venezuela they say profits are being collected by iran's revolutionary guard which the u.s. has designated as 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. alexa's 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 were unemployed has declined less than the overall rates all this comes as the u.s. registers another daily record in 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 1000 pandemic new government statistics say nearly 5000000 people

started working again in june is the largest monthly jobs gain in the history of our country today's announcement proves that our economy is roaring back trumps democratic rival for the fight house said the president was celebrating too soon to daisy for his positive news and i'm thankful for rio and make no mistake. we're still in deep deep job hole because dollars trump has so badly bungled the response to coronavirus 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 mount rushmore in south dakota on friday to set off 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. mexico's president is promising action after $26.00 people were killed in drug rehabilitation center it's the latest gruesome example of the challenges facing the government's plan to reduce violence reports from mexico city . police in egypt 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. i have a sunday and they don't give me any information he thought he was being treated the police come after things happen. and the truth is never discovered my son was getting out this week. when it went to has become the epicenter of violence in mexico between january and the register of 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. we will continue to support the state government we have been in touch with local leaders yesterday was difficult when one is between 10 to 12 percent of the nation's one size. the attack if you took place as he 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. administration that i think is pretty situation is getting worse. experts believe that we're seeing 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 covert 900 pandemic. below al-jazeera mexico city. also to come here and i was there including investigating the mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants in botswana. a famous football team in the u.s. is coming under pressure to change its name find out why london's famous. head of the mostly hall 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 it 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. from imprisoned dissidents to inspirational leader. from founding the independent state to fiercely defending his people from ethnic cleansing in the conclusion of a 2 part documentary series i just see a world explores the rise to power of the 1st luger of an independent bosnia herzegovina. is a bag of bridge. from prisoner to president on a jazzier. order. to.

welcome back a quick amount of the top stories this hour china has accused washington of interfering in its internal affairs after the u.s. congress approves sanctions on beijing over its new security nor in hong kong the bill would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials who are not to the new legislation. the trial in absentia of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing generation al sharpton 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 charges body has never been. in 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 context of been restored. now

the former partner of the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein has been arrested and charged but says so selegiline 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. has more from new york she has 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 closest associates and helped him exploit girls who were as young as 14 years old and that's what played a critical role in helping epstein to identify the friend and groom minor victims for abuse it some cases maxwell participated in the abuse herself like

epstein maxwell chose to blatantly disregard the law and her responsibility as an adult. using whatever means she had at her disposal to laure vulnerable youth into behavior that should never have been exposed and which creates lasting harm that disgraced epstein a wealthy financer 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 2 for conspiracy 2 others for perjury for lying to investigators and 2 more charges for entice ing and transporting under age women for sex if convicted she faces up to 35 years in prison gabriel's on al-jazeera new york a landslide of the jade bond in may and mosque killed at least 162 people upon of waste collapsed into a lake burying mine isn't a wave of muddy water the disaster in the mineral rich region follows days of heavy

rains. venezuela's government has condemned the u.k. court ruling denying it permission to withdraw gold worth a $1000000000.00 from the bank of england president nicolas maduro said the funds would help pay for the fight against coronavirus venezuela's vice president says the ruling is an attempt to steal the country's gold flake the moderator this decision is so barbaric they're trying to apply imperial rules in venezuela as if venezuela has new constitution new territory new rules new sovereignty as if for a british colony again. but a judge ruled the u.k. only recognizes one leader and that's one why go some of the ego has more. the bank of england whose volts contained $31.00 tons of venezuela's gold president government wanted the goal to help pay for vitally needed relief opposition leader

why those representatives said the money would only go to repress the venezuelan people who might go mad. 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 had 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 by those 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 so nic i go out to 0 london. the united nations says one in 4 people who contract the coronavirus and yet. dives that's a fatality rate 5 times the global average it's feared covered 19 is spreading at a faster rate than previously thought $325.00 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 diphtheria the u.n. held in a conference a month ago but donors only offered a half of what's needed chile has the world's 7th highest corona virus infection rates there more than 280000 cases and almost 6000 people have died but there's one part of the country far from the rest that celebrating a return to normal latin america editor let's hear newman has that story. this is where friendly 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 piece of coronavirus and the way that they're celebrating is not by reopening hotels restaurants or tourism on which the island depends but rather it's cool i asked the marrow why we invaded us 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 korean teens instead curfews secondary school students are the 1st going back to class. is anxious to finally be able to rejoin his classmate 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 is 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 scores 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 use 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 they're saying and 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 the norm is 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. at least 27 people have been killed

in an attack in central mali it happened in 3 farming villages in the region the area's been hit by widespread ethnic violence over the past few years. hundreds of elephants have been found dead in botswana until now nobody even knows why a national park rescue charity says more than 400 have died with the carcasses found in the okavango delta shot police reports. aerial photos reveal alison's collapsed on the sides face down in the. butts one his government says they started dying mysteriously in march they've counted 275 carcasses so far the national park risk you see is the actual number of did elephants could be moved in 400 whenever they went out there were they would see more and more elephants dead and also. ones that were you know. walking around. about to appear. and it seemed they were even

dying you know very suddenly and some of the cases carcasses were. edibles fallen down walking with the tusks intact botswana's government says there is no evidence of poaching the conservationists warn against ruling anything out including covered one thing we haven't ruled out that it was poisoned late so they're certainly not being shot. but it's also better see that is there some form there's also a possibility that it talks in something occurring in the soil 'd or that it's a disease or some form until the results come back with otherwise. botswana's conservation ministry says it has seen some pause from the elephants to never trees in zimbabwe south africa and canada and since field is near eons will also cease clinically ill and did elephants critics want to know why it is taking so long to get out says reports are coming in. 2 or 3 months ago when this 1st started so

something's happening and actually it's clearly needed africa's overrule alison population is declining jews are poaching but imports wanna numbers have been growing particularly in the arc of van gogh dosa it is bad news for farmers whose crops are increasingly destroyed by herds and lead to the reintroduction of big game hunting courses this year hunting was suspended due to corona virus but then the mysterious deaths begin as one 3rd of all we have. the potential for this having a truly catastrophic impact on the population is very real conservationists say they have recorded did elephants or who edges and sixes they say many more appear confused. and appear. who the death toll may still rise shallot ballasts which is near. now 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 eating sports banned nike has removed all redskins merchandise from its website and the korea company fedex which paid the team $205000000.00 for stadium naming rights as also joined calls for a name change ellen fisher reports. the calls for change are getting louder 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 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 boyd's killing prompted many companies into a rethink of names brands and imagery sports organizations issued statements of support but have been slow to follow words with actions speaking on a 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 he 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 washington team 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. part of 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 were active at the new legislation so a club 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 day a record high in a number of new cases u.s. federal prosecutors are trying to seize 4 iranian oil tankers headed for venezuela they say are profits are being collected by iran's revolutionary guard which the u.s. has designated a terrorist group the trial in absentia of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing jamal khashoggi is due to start in in turkey in december saudi court sentenced 5 people to death and 3 to jail for the murder shelby was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. on the former partner of the convicted paedophile geoffrey epstein has been arrested and charged shane maxwell is accused of recruiting young girls to be sexually abused in any circles max will face up to 35 years in prison those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the bottom line station time so much about fell. asleep at the plant group with the only thing to do. when an elite white fraternity build

a house next door community spirit is tested to its limits. we were exactly welcomed with open arms into the neighborhood hard to just bury the history of hate the south witness documentary on al-jazeera. in their bias against coded 19 malaysian authorities are targeting migrant workers . if this is the protective bars control discrimination. hi i'm steve clements and i have a question what is racism and is there really any way to get rid of it in any society let's get to the bottom line. we have a special guest with us today at a young age he's turned black american academic studies on their head arguing that racism is about bad policies not about bad people not about bad ideas he says that

the only way to beat racism is for each and every one of us whether white black or brown to look into our hearts and confess our personal bigotry and prejudice and actively become anti racist he is even x. can be one of the nation's foremost scholars on racism and he's just been tasked with building the center for anti-racist research that boston university here in thank you so much for joining us i know you have a new book coming out and it is called anti-racist baby i'd love to understand based on you know what you've done and how to be an anti-racist you're reaching further what are you trying to do with this new book that you're releasing think it's a tool for parents and guardians and caretakers and teachers to begin nurturing and raising the youngest of people to to to be anti-racist to record. human equality to see conditions as problems not necessarily.