washington rejects beijing's claims in the south china sea china in turn accuses the us of undermining regional peace and stability. there i missed on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a mali and man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments and

timbuktu goes on trial at the international criminal court a. strong resistance to donald trump's demand that schools reopened in september coronavirus cases soar in several u.s. states. we're not going to put our children in a place with their health is in danger. and the british government is expected to ban huawei from its 5 g. network and another setback for the chinese tech giant. now china is accusing the united states of trying to stir up trouble in the south china sea that's secretary of state mike pompei are said beijing's claims to the region are completely unlawful and china claims nearly the entire area but that's just future by several other southeast asian countries waiting. reports from

bangkok. in several areas of the south china sea islands at ols and reefs have been transformed china claims almost the entire area and for years has been militarizing the islands constructing remote outposts taiwan also claims parts of the south china sea along with several southeast asian countries including vietnam which is mounted the strongest challenge to beijing last month a vietnamese prime minister opened the latest southeast asian leaders summit with a strong statement on the issue without mentioning china. while the entire world is mobilizing its full force to fight against the pandemic responsible and violations of international laws are still taking place affecting the environment of security and stability in several regions including ours the statement from u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o came a year after the permanent court of arbitration in the hague ruled that china's claims were invalid the case was taken by the philippines but the verdict did nothing to slow china's assertiveness tensions between china and the united states

have been increasing over trade coronavirus taiwan hong kong and now the south china sea they have. the u.s. statement neglects the history and facts about the issues about the south china sea it breaches the u.s. government's open commitment to not take any position on the sovereignty of the south china sea it violates an distorts international law it is stirring up territorial disputes in the south china sea which is very irresponsible. in recent weeks both militaries conducted exercises in the area with the us saying repeatedly it wants to ensure freedom of navigation beijing suspects otherwise not only is their strategic value in the south china sea but it's one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and is believed to hold large exploitable natural resources china has continued to develop parts of the region largely unopposed militarily while the

us statement doesn't necessarily signal a change in that regard it does signal a stronger stance against beijing and will increase tension during these unstable times when hey al-jazeera bangkok. well as tensions mount between the u.s. and china japan's government is warning of aggressive tactics from beijing japan's new defense report says china is pushing harder to make territorial gains and claims in regional season is using the pandemic as an opportunity to expand its influence it also highlights the government's defense priorities and says china is posing a greater threat to japan in the region japan's also backed the american rejection of most of china's claims in the south china sea. we understand that the announcement by the united states this time shows the unwavering commitment by the united states to the region's peace and stability amid the increasing severity of the region's security environment we want to support such a commitment by the united states and now

a spokesman for the philippines president says china and the u.s. must abide by the rule of law and paris as they escalate their rivalry. yes into their side we will. be sure that we will advance our national interest and meanwhile we want parties involved we had very little particularly with the un convention and they don't have the sea and a malaysian government report says chinese coast guard and navy ships intruded into its waters in the south china sea 89 times between 20162019 also says the chinese ships often remained in the area even after being turned away by the malaysian navy. well let's remind you of the geopolitics han china claims about 90 percent of the south china sea including ownership of the spratly islands which is disputed by the philippines and vietnam and upis. is claimed by china and the

philippines that disagreement escalation 18 years ago when the philippine navy apprehended 8 mainland chinese fishing vessels in the area well richard hadrian is a political scientist and author of asia's new battlefield u.s. china and the struggle for the western pacific he says this is more than just an empty statement from the u.s. i think if you really look at the statement and compare it to previous statements not only from trump administration but from the obama and other american administration i think this is a major departure in terms of american policy in the south china sea and also has some very important not only legal but operation other i mean if you look at the language of the statement it does not only reject as unlawful trying to aggressive activities and its historic rights to much of the south china sea and beyond all the way to north and to in the sea waters off the coast of indonesia but what it also does is that indirectly almost you know defacto affirms the territorial claim

or maritime claims of other countries so for instance it mentions that china has no right to claim the scar borash role which is claimed by the philippines or diminish you free for this so i can tell muscle which it says is part of the philippine continental shelf so effectively it's saying that those features belong to the philippines and the ramification is important for instance the u.s. has a mutual defense treaty with the philippines so if it's a said this line features do not belong to china and if some of these 9 features are already occupied by the philippines and if china the something aggressive or provocative against the philippines in those line features then if so facto it will put pressure on the pentagon to make interventions in behalf of the philippines oprah racial around the geishas not just empty rhetoric we're talking about here. well now china also says it will sanction u.s. weapons manufacturing most in over its latest sales to taiwan a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry made the announcement on tuesday if it

did not give more details on what measures will be imposed lockheed martin is the main contractor for a $620000000.00 upgrade to taiwan service to end the silence china all sales to taiwan and accuses the us of meddling with its internal affairs. a man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments and mollie's to dr a standing trial at the international criminal court in the hague. has charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity because hacker points. 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 on the green turban is a former villager veterinarian turned a leading figure of the religious police during the occupation of northern mali al qaeda affiliate this man was logged for stealing food from

a shop this woman without any explanation of the orders of all. 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 it interview with al jazeera at the time he said that he was only applying islamic law and defending muslims his men were also ordered to desecrate and destroy 700 year old shrines of soupy scenes so he goes black civilization museum director calls the destruction a despicable crime 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 koran 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 all his sons religious police burned 4000 ancient manuscripts dating from the 13th century the people of timbuktu many of them women here that are smuggled out

over 300000 of these historical manuscript in a bid to protect the city's history and to defy those who take it over nicholas hall al-jazeera. correspondent steadfast and has all the latest from the trial at the hague. soon after a summary of the charges was scrapped the court went into a closed session because of the confidentiality of some of the details of this case and in that sense this case is seen as a long landmark case because it's for the 1st time that the international criminal court has decided that sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war so i'll have a son has been accused of rape but also forced marriages and off putting women to sexual slavery so these charges are all very sensitive of course and in the later stages here in the hague probably in august also victims will come forward and it's not clear in how will this be true video link or impressive they will come forward

and tell about their horrific experiences during this period in 2012 in timbuktu when al-hassan was seen as a leader of the religious police of a group linked to al qaeda. and molly's prime minister says at least 11 people have been killed and more than 100 injured since anti-government protests started there on friday demonstrators are demanding the resignation of president abraham back acacia reports. in the aftermath of some of mali's worst civil unrest in years since friday several people have been killed and dozens injured heavily armed security forces are now patrolling much of the capital bamako but not this street. it's being manned by anti-government protesters they've set up barricades vent security forces from arresting mahmoud saeco out of the opposition coalition after his home he's been leading the protests that started on friday

calling for president cater to resign so. what i wish is that we can calm the situation after all mali belongs to us all we shouldn't destroy our country because we're angry i truly believe people must return to reason we must talk even if we don't agree with one another by doing so we might even come to an agreement. d. cohen his supporters insist on the need for big reforms there on how to the president's handling of a long running on conflict anaemic anomic crisis they've rejected present cases concessions of this year's disputed parliamentary election really trying to make him look we want profound change our fight is not just about the dissolution of the assembly but our fight is for president kate his departure once and for all and for a new market we are determined to go all the way if he wants to use tear gas i'm ready to take my share of bullets to join my creator but molly has to be what we

wanted to be. mohamed says this is where security forces 3 to gas the protesters and fired lawyers bullets he adds he was almost killed as a bullet grazed his arm. i said we've been here for 4 days now. but the police are making arbitrary arrests they've arrested members of the m 5 movement and those from the moral authority is under him and vehicle present kato who's been in power since 2013 has already made several attempts to calm the tensions including a promise to dissolve the constitutional court involved in this year's disputed parliamentary election and free several detained opposition figures and if i did what you think. i wasn't arrested or was kidnapped you see they came here to my house at 11 pm bang on the door and disguised themselves as part of the family they came and they dragged me out of my living room almost naked and took me away so for 2 days i stepped in and on so that you washroom with no food no contact with total

isolation so for me it was an assassination attempt i made all this video of the president's son carrying policy on a yacht went viral on social media he's now resigned from his parliamentary role. it's not clear whether kate's a can appease the protesters but the united nations european union and african union are all calling for talks and have condemned the use of lethal force by security forces. so to quote al-jazeera. hostile ahead here on al-jazeera up in the air castles legal bid to remove an air blockade now hinges on a ruling by the international court of justice. and wartime measures are being brought in to tackle china's west floods in decades.

how the rain is persistent still over the yangtze and that same system goes back through japan kills back sometimes back into the korean prince of the south korea in the immediate future so when stages the yangtze gets more of the heavy rain japan gets a few showers the northern shores on shore breeze means us where you're most proud of otherwise it's rather a day help for fuel. but that rain is building once again and it's like it's going through catching season q should then maybe it will stay offshore to the reaches take here later on thursday and it's helped a bit further north and will hon but still over the yangtze forecast for kardashian which is in in japan is rain for the next 3 days is very little wind but further north as you see its rise of the dry we see some pretty heavy rain recently in the northeast of india and around the pole and you can see from the satellite it looks as it should be ready during the monsoon season there is more heavy rain to come

but is easing off a little bit maybe a bit more focused further west mumbai and science was the next couple of days it looks right to be dry in new delhi or a few showers around here and in northern pakistan in the middle east just catching the edge of that cloud is likely to be drizzly of course in salalah. but. al-jazeera meets paul remarkable both meaning surviving this after those closest to them were taken away never to return. some of the 8000 muslim men and boys killed in the strip needs a massacre 25 years ago heartfelt accounts from those left behind trying to move on from the pain of the past women who refused to die on al-jazeera. woof. or were.

hello again i understand here today and let's remind you of our top stories this hour china has called the u.s. a troublemaker undermining peace and stability in the south china sea region that's after secretary of state might compare said beijing's claims to the area went completely on north for. a man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments in mali's timbuktu is on trial at the international criminal court in the hague us and our abilities as charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. also in the hague the international court of justice is usual on counsel's legal bed to remove the air blockade imposed by 4 arab states it's now been more than 3

years since saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt imposed a land sea and air embargo on cata. explains. folk atari's this has been a long battle for many friends in the international court of justice is the issue its verdict on a dispute over a space riots it's begun in june 2017 when saudi arabia u.a.e. and egypt serve their ties with qatar and imposed a sea blockade. qatar took the case to the un calling on the international civil aviation authority to declare the blockade illegal as part of the dispute the blockade in countries have barred qatari aircraft from entering their airspace which qatar says violates the convention on international civil aviation referred to as the chicago convention the blockade in countries

challenge the qatari move saying the u.n. agency doesn't have jurisdiction to handle the case but into a 1018 the international civil aviation authority rejected that claim insisting that it does have jurisdiction to mars stone but we are not there yet in terms of qatar's progress because while qatar will move a step closer into regaining airspace access that they like the rest of the world are entitled to fly over actually i k i have never dealt with anything quite like this in over their 70 years of existence then you can expect running in parallel to this a separate case that will be seeking compensation this isn't the 1st legal fight between qatar and its neighbors in 2018 the qatari government took legal action against the u.a.e. at the hague based court accusing it of

a series of measures targeting qatari nationals those measures broke up families denied qatari students access to universities and medical facilities in the u.a.e. the court ordered the u.a.e. to allow families to be reunited and qatari students to be given the chance to complete their education in the emirates but i think that's part of the structure. or is there a sense to group doctors that. you need to hurry salute. wars also. results in. legal action. international to mend fences between parts of the blockade in countries have so far failed and the international community has long been

concerned that the blockade of part has undermined stability in the region. all turning to the coronavirus pandemic now and the world health organization fears too many nations are heading in the wrong direction as a global cases top 13000000 its director general says there will be no return to the old normal in the foreseeable future of the number of covert 1000 related deaths in latin america now exceeds those in the united states and canada combined and is now the world's 2nd west hit region nearly 145000 people have died and 3300000 are infected and face coverings will become compulsory for shoppers in england from july 24th those courts not wearing one could be fined as much as 100 $25.00 in the united states california's governor is really imposing restrictions on businesses and public spaces he's ordered indoor restaurants bars and cinemas to

close as the state records a 20 percent rise in infections just in the past 2 weeks while singapore's economy has slipped into a recession because of this global pandemic its g.d.p. shrank by 41.2 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year and the biggest contraction on record saying it was a commie has been battered by a local lock down as well as the global shutdown affecting trade. now a chinese professor who strongly criticized president xi jinping is handling of the pandemic has reportedly been fired by his university. says he's been dismissed from all of his duties that's one of china's top universities after being suspended over a year ago chinese police charged shooter last week with felicity in prostitution he was released on sunday after 6 days in custody the law professor has published many essays critical of the chinese leadership and accuses sheet of pursuing a cult of personality well now a 2 decade long partnership between the u.k.

and its biggest move out operation could soon be over prime minister barak johnson is set to ban chinese from qual way from involvement in britain's 5 g. network he's been under pressure from the us which says the company is a security risk the d.m. bubble reports from london. it's part of britain's telecoms landscape but the involvement of huawei in the country's 3 g. and 4 g. mobile networks has already proved controversial in a virtual meeting with members of the u.k. parliament the chinese firm recently stressed that it poses no threat we are the most probably the most inspected. company in the world in the u.k. . and there is no missions. doors in. products despite years or true. but in the west way is widely seen as being compliant with the chinese government

and for these experts who are always involvement in 5 g. was always going to be problematic in 10 years time the changes that having that back to access would pose once we're driving autonomous car to the top to traffic lights once we've got people who are experts in their fields on the other side of the world the world doing remote controlled surgery because of the lower latency in the connection those are when we're going to have problems britain's rethink follows political pressure from the u.s. and american sanctions which have locked out walk away from key components but some u.k. telecoms firms have warned that replacing quote way equipment could cost huge sums and delay the full 5 g. rollout by several years the british government like others in europe and beyond has faced a dilemma for years now how to make the most of emerging technologies without compromising national security and that dilemma remains. i don't think that

actually the the bite is quite as bad as the park charlie part and spent many years representing the u.k. in china and he's not overly concerned about beijing's warning that they'll be consequences for him trade will continue regardless and he advocates a firm approach we wish to make maximize good relations with china there's many things that we we want to get on well with china with trade with investment whether it's its health you know problems. pollution climate change their development there are many areas where we should be cooperating fully with china and but there are certain areas where we must prioritize our own national security interests and values the chinese response and how tough it will be hard to predict but many countries are doubtless watching carefully as they to weigh up the future of chinese technology in their vital infrastructure nadine barber al jazeera london . well china has ramped up flood relief efforts in eastern province home to more

than 46000000 people continuous rainfall along its biggest freshwater lake has flooded farmland and forced thousands to leave their homes they try getting reports . rescuers help people pack their belongings the water level around their homes has reached dangerously high levels and is still rising they've been told they must leave quickly but nobody knows how long they'll be gone for or what will be left of their homes when they return to the. local emergency departments across china's eastern province of jan she being up their response in preparation for an influx of people staff are taking delivery of thousands of tents beds blankets and towels fortunately i have received 50 folding beds and 50 blankets so far people from 10 villages have been relocated once the supplies arrive at our town we distribute them to villages immediately and many of those whose homes have been evacuated live

near pole yang lake the largest freshwater lake in china to rent your brain has caused water levels to rise rapidly and the authorities say they're expecting severe flooding in the coming days will know the high water level of 4 yang lake is expected to remain for another 20 days the current priority for flood control work is to enhance patrol sluices for round the clock monitoring against risks along the embankment and be prepared with contingency plans in case of any emergency or. there's been too ritual rain and flooding in central china to neighboring province towns are submerged metres of polluted floodwater across china the extent of the damage the economic loss and the number of lives lost is still being counted the chinese government allocated $85000000.00 of relief funds to 4 provinces and one municipality battling against floods victoria gate and be al jazeera now

a former british socialite and long time friend of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein will face a judge in new york on tuesday helaine maxwell has appeared to is expected i'm sorry to appear via video link she's been charged for her involvement in an alleged sex trafficking operation her defense is expected to try to get her out of jail where she is on suicide watch the u.s. supreme court has cleared the way for the 1st federal execution in 17 years to go ahead daniel levy had been said tool to be put to death by lethal injection on monday at a prison in indiana but a local judge blocked it after victims' families wishing to witness these executions sued for a delay over coronavirus fears he was convicted for murdering a gun dealer and his family last year president donald trump announced plans to resume federal executions now former police chief and opposition leader chun some talkie has been elected as president by syrian arms parliament some talk his party

ended the 10 year long tenure of crew leader turned elected president dessie protests and elections in may earlier this year protests he was convicted on murder charges from his time in office as military leader in the 1980 s. some talkie is due to be sworn into office on thursday to serve a 5 year term. a red rember has been spotted in finland a fisherman recorded the rare sighting last out on the lake about 160 kilometers away from the capital health now read raymer is a form when the sun is low and the blue and green lights of regular rainbows are scattered leaving only the reds and yellows. so that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines china has called the us a trouble maker undermining peace and stability in the south china sea region

that's after secretary of state said beijing's claims to the area were completely under lawful from beijing katrina you has more on a briefing from china's foreign ministry he then went on to say that china had no intention of conducting a maritime expansion that it's always behaved as a responsible multilateral player unlike the u.s. which has not even itself signed the un convention on the law of the sea he then went on to accuse washington of being being the bully that it as a referred to china as the region inciting confrontations of undermining stability and so on discord between china and its neighbors when china says it will sanction u.s. weapons manufacturer lockheed lawson over its latest on sale to taiwan a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry made that announcement on tuesday but didn't give more details on what measures will be imposed lockheed martin is the main contractor for a $620000000.00 upgrade for taiwan surface to air missiles china opposes all sales

to taiwan and accuses the us of meddling with its internal offense a man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments in mali's timbuktu is on trial at the international criminal court in the hague. says charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. the world health organization fears too many nations are heading in the wrong direction of the global coronavirus cases top that $100000000.00 its director general says there will be no return to the old normal in the foreseeable future british prime minister bars johnson is expected to ban chinese from qual way from the country's 5 g. network he's been under pressure from the us which says the company is a security risk and a former british socialist and long time friend of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein will face a judge in new york maxwell has been charged for an alleged sex trafficking operation and those are the headlines next stuff that's inside story.

about all for libya's oil the government in tripoli accuses the united arab emirates of ordering warlords. to block her trouble in exports but what's behind the dispute and could it scuttle attempts to end libya's civil war this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on oil has played a.