that celebrate the human spirit against the odds. al-jazeera selects changemaker. the u.s. accuses china of bullying saying claims to the south china sea are completely unlawful. i mean this is out 0 from well headquarters in doha coming up strong resistance to donald trump's to mom schools reopen as coronavirus cases soar in several u.s. states and we're not going to going to put our children in a place with their health is endangered.

bangar what they see as political bias protests in the democratic republic of congo over the appointment of a new electoral commission change. and washington's n.f.l. team drops the redskins name and logo off to criticism or offensive to native americans. so then a strategic stretch of water is a new source of tensions between the u.s. and china u.s. extra state might pump poses that beijing's claims to the south china sea are completely unlawful and it will not be allowed to treat it as its maritime empire it's rich in oil and gas and fishing resources and china is building military bases on several assholes the 5 southeast asian nations also claim parts of the sea and last week the us navy held military exercises. take

a close look at it you can see that china claims about 90 percent of the south china sea including going to ship the spratly islands and that's disputed by the philippines and vietnam and others discover a reef that's claimed by china and the philippines and that particular battle began 8 years ago when the philippine navy apprehended 8 mainland chinese fishing vessels in that area let's get more on this with katrina you started by 1st in beijing katrina so china as long as for this region that's not likely to let up now what do the authorities make of the section of state's remarks. well they're furious about the statement that's been made by washington and at the same time they're not surprised they've been talking about the sell chinese you for a few weeks now government think tank a few weeks ago came out and said that there is an increased chance of conflict in the south china sea because of the u.s. now about this statement made by the u.s.

secretary of state nor official response from beijing as yet but the chinese embassy in the u.s. has released a statement firmly opposing it saying that the u.s. is completely disregarding all the efforts that china has been making to maintain peace in the region by engaging in dialogue and negotiation with all the different parties it says the u.s. is exaggerating the problem as well as deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors and it goes on to accuse the u.s. itself of being aggressive of flexing its muscles and the so-called pretense of freedom of navigation exercise and inciting confrontation now it is true that the u.s. has been increasing its freedom of navigation operations in recent months just last month in june we had 3 u.s. aircraft carriers circling the region and it's quite rare to have that many at one time and they doing said that this was a serious provocation the u.s. for its part is saying it's only responding to increased activity by beijing in the

region that beijing has been undertaking this under the court cover of the corvette $1000.00 pandemic we have seen beijing being more aggressive incidents with malaysian boards swarming close to philippine claimed islands and on the paracel and spratly islands disputed territory china has also named its own administrative regions in recent months brought and of course the concern is where all this is heading isn't it really seeing this or going back and forth of diplomatic reprisals . that's right the bilateral relationship seems to be in freefall just yesterday we had china's foreign ministry spokesperson watchin yang say that beijing was signing sanctions on 4 u.s. officials including senators ted cruz and marco rubio and that was a reciprocal move in response to sanctions placed earlier by washington on 4 chinese officials including chen 20 or who is one of the most powerful or dominant figures in the chinese communist party he's the number one person in shin john and

washington put those sanctions in place because of alleged human rights abuses there and earlier in the week we had washington and also mention sanctions on chinese officials because of travel disruptions to tibet which beijing said that they would respond to in kind as well so we've had this increasing frequency of disagreements and tit for tat on a variety of fronts south china sea shin john human rights to hong kong in the national security law media technology trade really going forward it seems there is very little that these 2 countries agree on at the moment certainly not a story that's going away any time soon a katrina thanks look to you there in beijing. let's get the latest on the pandemic now and a warning from the world health organization that too many nations are heading in the wrong directions direction as credible as cases top the 13000000 the director general says there will be no return to the old normal in the foreseeable future

california's governor has just ordered indoor restaurants bars and movie theaters to close again and for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic latin america has seen the number of code related deaths exceed those in north america and face coverings will become compulsory for shoppers in england from july the 24th well the u.s. accounts for more than a quarter of the world's coronavirus cases that 3300000 recalled infections and there's been a spike in several states yet the trauma administration is continuing to push for schools to reopen. as this report it's the latest fight for a president who is determined to keep america open the school should be up and the kids want to go to school you're losing a lot of lives by keeping things closed. he's warned states open schools or lose federal money the answer from some states so far just know we're not going to

use our children. as the litmus test them we're not going to going to put our children in a place with their health is endangered it's that simple the 2 largest school systems in california will not reopen the trump administration has been trying to convince parents it'll be safe but the world health organization disagree our understanding of transmission in children is still limited and we know that overall they tend to have more mild disease but in some situations they can have severe disease and we have seen children that have died just like the schools the trump administration moved to reopen the economy quickly and the states that did are now seeing the virus seemingly spread out of control officials deny that there's a connection but the nation's top infectious disease expert disagrees all you needed to do was look at the films on t.v. of people in some states who went from shutdown to complete throwing caution to the

winds bars that were crowded people without masks and some states are reversing course california closing bars and indoor restaurants and in many places churches and gyms as well a sign that while some might want to see the country's economy reopen the virus has the final say. al jazeera america well brazil's president says he's feeling well and to will return to work if he test negative for the coronavirus jaya both sonar was seen feeding birds outside his official residence where he's been in quarantine since testing positive for cave at 19 last week he's due to be tested again on tuesday both sonora has repeatedly dismissed the dangers of the virus since a pandemic began criticizing containment measures ordered by the state government as well ali but that is chief strategy officer and population health at the university of washington he says infections will only slow down if people follow

social distancing rules. what has happened people early on when we lifted mandates they were more careful they were wearing their masks and they were staying away from each other that letting the. other letting their guard down and you see this as an infection we also open places like bars where the infection is most likely this that much faster especially among the young generation so it takes the whole baggage and dozens of putting your mask pain away from each other washing your hands in order to prevent the circulation of the bias in need to remind each other that this is a virus that we have over half a 1000000 deaths so far in the war and also in my each other that our physicians wear masks and that's why we don't see a lot of infections and hospitals in fact my hospital is safer than my city and a hospital and less likely to get go over 19 than if i am in the state of seattle and the message as we move forward is to wait and mass there with from each other

that's why people are pleading with in mass but also the people and the virus and you may have we may have to go on to another not done for 2 weeks or 6 weeks but we have to be ready for it. thousands of demonstrators have defied a ban on protests in the democratic republic of congo's couple that angry at the choice of a new electoral commission chief opposition politicians accused. of being complicit in the reeky of past elections they say them under his bias towards former president joseph kabila he formed a coalition government with the president feelings. last year after nearly 2 decades in office but his allies hold a parliamentary majority and control most cabinet ministries just last month computers allies proposed judicial reforms and also sparked protests reforms would have given the justice minister more powers of judges and prosecutions a president if he can he rejects them and the justice minister was briefly arrested deepening the rift within the governing coalition catherine sawyer has been

watching developments from the kenyan capital of nairobi. right now is called police managed to disperse the thousands of protesters who won running battles with the police all afternoon. protests really were organized by an opposition qualification called and in the capital kinshasa we so. very influential politician with a huge following so he let he was leading this of thousands of his supporters they were heading to parliament they were dispatched by police using tear gas and they say that they are angry with this nomination of this of president of the electoral commission but they also say that beyond that they're unhappy with the leadership of president kennedy and the coalition he has formed with former president joseph kabila they say that this has plunged the country in a political and economic crisis and the president needs to act gently to solve the

situation. still ahead here on al-jazeera south africa reintroduces tough restrictions after a surge in the number of coronavirus cases by the president says alcohol is to blame. and we look at steps being taken to protect a british socialite in jail ahead of her court appearance on sex trafficking charges. how the weather's looking pretty quiet across the middle east at the moment not too much in the way of wind not too much in the way of lift it doesn't the sat so lost the fight in fright we had got a few showers up towards georgia i mean. sliding down towards the far north of iraq maybe into iran as well but elsewhere as you can see last a hot and sunny 44 celsius here in doha

a tad warmer to go on where to stay could touch $46.00 sources than that in kuwait we're approaching the 50 degree mark here meanwhile we've got hot sunshine across northern parts of africa central areas seeing plenty of showers around with ethiopia and highlands well the prosecution you will see some showers once again you can see showers rolling across south sudan towards cameroon towards a good parts of nigeria by showers a step in a little further south with sarah she can see i do extend down into a good part of the democratic republic of congo might even see one or 2 showers into kenya and also for a time at least making their way into coastal areas of somalia southern parts of south africa could also see some wet weather over the next day or so blustery winds rattling through here we do have warnings in force whether that windy weather that cool weather will make its way further east was attending a little warmer behind. on

counting the cost of war games in the south china sea washington sends an aircraft carrier is beijing flexes its military and economic muscle by jiri a gets ready to export gas as big oil prepares for a post prove it world plus global remittances plus counting the cost on al-jazeera business context these are the things in storytelling around the biggest issues done but had to do you should do it again. but again you're watching out there a reminder our top stories this hour and the united states is tough and it starts in china's disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the south china sea

calling them completely unlawful chinese embassy in washington as accusing us of trying to stir up trouble in the region. thousands have protested in the democratic republic of congo against the appointment of a new electoral commission chief opposition politicians accused of also in london being complicit in rigging past elections. restrictions are being reimposed in the u.s. state of california after a search in corona virus infections businesses including gyms bollards and movie theaters they've been told to close. south africa is the worst hit country in africa with more than a quarter of a 1000000 people infected the government is reintroducing got the restrictions to combat soaring numbers for me to reports now from johannesburg. president still ramapo says claimed gatherings like this and what he calls drinking sprees for a surge in covert 1000 infections with more than 270000 cases south africa

has one of the highest rates of infection in the world the government has again banned the sale of alcohol after allowing its sale to resume just weeks ago there is now clear evidence that the resumption of alcohol sales has resulted in substantial pressure being put on hospitals including trauma and i.c.u. units due to motor vehicle accidents violence. as well as related trauma. injuries. family visits and other social activities have also been banned but people can meet at restaurants malls and other public areas and parks have been reopened for exercise while wearing a mask is mandatory the government says people are not following the rules and there's concern that health facilities can't cope some health workers

a using social media to speak out it's an absolute hear us i have had 3 deers in this race all is than 2 hours birth period was the most shocking i just find out that the family has remained. always for recreation or is . he really sure this is a brit replaces hacks who agrees the we don't even have any oxygen cords to put patients on additional facilities and quarantine areas have been set up across the country the government's allocated 37000 beds for quarantine and securing thousands of into later is an oxygen for those who need them while more than 4000 people have died here africa does of one of the lowest death rates compared to other countries but it might not stay that way a quarter of those deaths were recorded in the last week alone estimates indicate they could be between 40 and 50000 deaths in the months to come. yet the government

says it's reluctant to return to full lockdown millions of dollars and thousands of jobs were lost when it did that in march the government insists it's trying to revive the economy while at the same time protecting lives but with 500 new infections every hour the speed with which the virus is spreading may make that more difficult for me to al-jazeera johannesburg. the youngest daughter of south africa's 1st black president nelson mandela has died at the age of 59. was serving as south africa's ambassador to denmark the cause of her death has not been revealed she gained global attention in 1905 when she read her father's letter rejecting the white minority governments offer to release him from prison mandela was asked to denounce his movement struggle against the apartheid regime.

mollies prime minister says 11 people have died in 3 days of protests demanding the president's resignation are unhappy with cases handling the long running conflict and economic crisis in disputed elections in an effort to ease tensions several detained opposition figures have been freed and kate his son resigned as chairman of parliament defense committee. mali a man accused of torturing women in destroying ancient monuments in timbuktu is going on trial at the international criminal court in the hague only his son is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity reports now from dakar in senegal. in the city of timbuktu al-qaeda linked forces call on crowds to witness the killing of a man this footage secretly shot by al-jazeera in 2012 has never been broadcast demand the green turban is a former villager veterinarian turned to a leading figure of the religious police during the occupation of northern mali by an al qaeda affiliate. this man was along for stealing food from

a shop this woman without any explanation on the orders of. he's now at the international criminal court accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes including the torture rape and sexual slavery of women and girls forcing them into marriage with al qaeda linked fighters in an interview with al jazeera at the time he said that he was only applying islamic law in defending muslims his men were also ordered to desecrate and destroy 700 year old shrines of the saints so he goes black civilization museum director calls the destruction despicable crimes that also needs to be punished. it is more than a crime against humanity it is a crime against faith he destroyed monuments that are important to timbuktu before our harvard were imagined timbuktu was the center of learning students from europe persia and the middle east would come to listen to lectures from black muslim

teachers on subjects such as science chemistry and medicine in this museum are just a few artifacts from that time this room is dedicated to black civilization and religion but look at it it's almost empty because a proportion of it was stolen during colonial times and can be found in museums in france and in the u.k. france just returned this sward belonging to religious leader omar tall and this qur'an belonging to his son there is still a substantial part of islamic heritage and history that can be found right here in west africa in the ancient city of timbuktu were fewer trying to preserve and protect. this important chapter of both islamic and african history. while al has sons religious police bird 4000 agent manuscripts dating from the 13th century the people of timbuktu many of them women here that are smuggled out over

300000 of these historical manuscripts in a bid to protect the city's history and to defy those who take it over nicholas hockey al-jazeera it's been 5 years since the iran nuclear agreement was signed in vienna but its future is uncertain after u.s. president donald trump withdrew from the deal in 2018 and that's led to increasing tensions between washington and tehran and the other signatories let's hear now from our diplomatic editor james pace. july 2015 these are the signatories of the iran nuclear deal 5 years on of the 8 top officials only the foreign ministers of iran russia and china are still in their posts but the real survivor some would say against the odds is the deal itself it was the culmination of years of negotiation and the final round of talks in the july heat wave in vienna was intense and difficult the key participants only glimpse briefly between

meetings are you confident you can get a deal this bizzare. i have to be hopeful were his words before returning to the talks in which according to a number of accounts the french took the toughest line with iran their chief negotiator at the time was ambassador nicholas. if you look at it now do you think you could have got a better deal. i just said in part you know it's always like that. you're out there shooting at us reach an agreement and if you don't you have a choice i got it get me man it's our. fate and i think we decided all of. that i think it rich respectively it is a good thing that it is a rather stick remount if you were to ask me 5 years. what was my set of mining those days i was still skeptical and 2015 that tried to shoot every minute

it would work but one man has made no secret of his view of the deal the iran deal was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the united states has ever entered into president trump finally pulled the u.s. out of the deal in 2018 it survived even though iran is not now fully complying with all its conditions the biggest test though is still to come here at the u.n. security council u.s. ambassador to the u.n. kelly craft wants the security council to extend the arms embargo on iran that expires later this year if she doesn't get her way she's threatening to use the nuclear deals most draconian clause what's known as snap back triggering the return of all international sanctions on iran former french negotiator nick allowed the riviere is now his country's ambassador to the u.n. what happens if the u.s.

try to trigger snap back because this is sticky nation we see my priority i think trying to read to you the issue we sure that's the u.k. and germany. is to keep this you catherine working place it's thought the u.s. democratic presidential candidate joe biden would likely seek to rejoin the nuclear deal if he's elected in november but diplomats fear if snapback has been triggered by the trumpet ministration there may be no deal left to rejoin jamesburg al-jazeera at the united nations. hundreds of the same as in california a bustling a file on a u.s. warship for a 2nd day crew have been trying to keep the flames away from nearly 4000000 liters of oil on board the u.s.s. bonhomme richard a fuss oppressions system was notat when the blaze began on sunday while the ship docked in san diego. a former british socialite and longtime friend of jeffrey

epstein will face a judge in new york on tuesday claim maxwell has been charged for her politan in the alleged sex trafficking operation the defense is expected to try to get her out of the jail where she's on suicide watch carol as all the reports from the metropolitan detention center in brooklyn has a troubled history last year the entire prison was without power for more than a week leaving inmates without heat during winter last month the detainee died after being pepper sprayed by a guard now several inmates have tested positive for corona virus this jail is now home for good lorraine maxwell the british socialite arrested earlier this month on charges she lured girls as young as 14 into sex with her longtime associate and boyfriend jeffrey epstein epstein was arrested last year while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges he was found dead in his jail cell in another new york

prison it was ruled a suicide prison officials don't want the same to happen to maxwell they've reportedly taken away her bed sheets or anything else that she could use to harm herself or that could be used by other inmates that want to harm her according to a lawyer that represents 6 of maxwell and epstein's alleged victims such precautions are necessary there are a number reasons why i don't think miss knox will leave prison alive 1st and foremost because of the information that she knows but secondly. i think that. when forced to reflect on her life's activities and what she has done in the past it may catch up with her and whether she decides to take her own life or whether and i guess only set this way you know prisoners are not friendly to child abusers

at maxwell's arraignment and bail hearing on tuesday prosecutors will point to the $1000000.00 home she was living in at the time of her arrest as proof she has access to funds and is a flight risk if she's granted bail it's expected prosecutors will push maxwell to reveal all she knows in exchange for avoiding a trial possibly getting a lighter sentence but for this to happen she has to remain alive. how does it brooklyn. the pressure is growing on other top u.s. sports teams to change their names all 3 moved by the washington redskins the american football team is dropping the redskins reference and its logo which have long been considered racially insensitive to native americans it's been in place for 87 years but it has come under more scrutiny during the black lives matter movement and protests against clinton ism and racism case sponsors wanted the name changed and knight stopped selling the teams that much in the eyes i reject astra

is in washington. for generations fans of the redskins have cheered for this team with its 87 year old name even though it is defined as a racial slur in the dictionary well the fact that this name is going away now is evidence that the cultural transformation we've been seeing across the united states with attempts to address historical wrongs calling out race and racism well it's not just a blip but rather something to stay this team has been under pressure for years to change its name but the team owner in 2013 said that this name would never go away telling a newspaper to print the quote in caps well 2020 years here and it's a very different time a black lives matter protests happening across the country and monuments to historic figures with racist pats toppled across the country as well and in recent days we saw the sponsors for this team including fed ex and pepsi with their name

still employees and on the home stadium threatening to withdraw support all apparently money talks leading to the statement that came out today that this dame is going away what it will be replaced with that is still the open question a leading and popular contender on social media is the red tails which would commemorate the tuskegee airman the nation's 1st black military pilots. so it's a recover the headlines here 1st up out of the united states is tough and china has disputed claims to offshore resources to the south china sea calling them completely the chinese embassy in washington is accuse the u.s. of trying to stir up trouble in the region to try to you. china all issues of territory are a red line and they they've become farias at this statement now we haven't heard

from beijing as yet but we have had a statement from the chinese embassy in the us quite a lengthy statement saying that they firmly oppose the u.s. secretary of state's comments saying that he's trying to stir up trouble in the region that he's intentionally sowing discord between china and its neighbors and that is also exaggerating the problems in the region through all health organizations as they create a virus pandemic will worsen countries fail to adhere to basic health care cautions it says too many nations are heading in the wrong direction as a number of infections worldwide passes $30000000.00 well restrictions are being reimposed in the u.s. state of california to combat a surge in corona virus infections businesses including gyms bars and movie theaters are being told to close one of several u.s. states which have seen a spike in cases brazil's president says he's feeling well will return to work if you test negative for corona virus. it was seen feeding birds outside his official

residence where he's been in quarantine since testing positive because 90 last week he's due to be tested again on tuesday thousands of protested in the democratic republic of congo you can see the point of a new electoral commission chief opposition politicians accused of being complicit in rigging past elections i'm biased towards for president just being. in mali's prime minister says 11 people have died in 3 days of protests calling for the president. cater to resign they are unhappy with his handling of a long running armed conflict an economic crisis and disputed elections in an effort to ease tensions several detained opposition figures have not been freed kate his son has resigned as chairman of the parliament's defense committee. all right you got state with headlines we've got more coming up right after counting the costs. for thousands of years farmers and shepherds have lived.

but the traditional way of life has been for generations. as israel plans into the occupied west bank. goes to the jordan valley where illegal settlements have already expanded and asks what the future holds for these palestinian farmers shepherds of the jordan valley on a. hello i'm adrian forgive and this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a look at the world of business and economics this week war games in the south china sea washington sends an aircraft carrier is as beijing use its economic might to expand its territorial ambitions. big oil gets ready for

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