the in. the in. the. u.s. president donald trump signs legislation and then executive order aimed at holding china to account for their actions in hong kong and the u.k. government advanced the purchase of new 5 g. equipment from chinese state giant huawei a move welcomed by the white house. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching i'll just say we're live from london also coming up on the program the un's highest court rules in catus favor and it's this feud with 4 arab nations that imposed an airplane hate on the country and delaying

maxwell a friend of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges. u.s. president donald trump says he assigned legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for imposing its national security law on hong kong at a rose garden news conference trump said he is ending hong kong preferential treatment he says the people of hong kong if at their freedom taken away to the side legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of hong kong. the hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law

gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kong's freedom we've all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes hong kong in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets. president trump speaking at the white house a little earlier let's cross live now to mike hanna who is in washington d.c. is so very much making a point of that of that executive order basically trying to curtail china and as many ways as he can in the white house also very happy about the news coming out of the u.k. about huawei and 5 g. . indeed yes well president trump has confirmed that he signed legislation that went through congress at the beginning of the month essentially what that legislation does is ask the state department within 3 months

to isolate individuals who are conducting human rights abuses within hong kong itself they are then put on a list for a year they can get off that list in addition as well the state department will be asked to make up a list of financial organizations that give money to these individuals or entities they have 5 months to do that but most importantly perhaps president trump announcing to an executive order that he signed in the course of the day now this makes china exactly the same as hong kong removes all the privileges the special privileges that hong kong had in relation to the united states it makes it being treated now exactly like mainland china president trump has now been speaking for over half an hour the 1st few minutes were spent discussing china since then he's been going on a rambling speech which has essentially turned into

a campaign speech less orating joe biden once again attacking china for exporting the virus as he puts it raising his head ministrations dealing with this ongoing pandemic so certainly this is president rambling through a variety of subjects having spent only probably the 1st 3 minutes discussing what the whole point of this news briefing was i can with the latest from washington d.c. mike thank you. as we mentioned the chinese telecommunications giant way will be banned from the u.k.'s 5 g. network the move which is a major backtrack on the british government's previous position will likely delay the rollout of the network by at least a year the mat ban follows sanctions imposed by the us which claims the company poses a national security threat way denies this the u.k.'s mobile providers will not be

able to buy any new 5 g. equipment after december 31st they have also been given 7 years to remove all our way 5 g. equipment presently in their systems 3 g. and 4 g. equipment can stay where the u.k. now joins the us australia new zealand japan and taiwan in banning products in their 5 g. networks canada is considering a ban more pressure is also being put on germany now the reports. a u. turn by the u.k. government but one it says was driven by practicalities not politics announcing the total ban on huawei kitted britain's planned 5 g. network by 2027 the culture minister said u.s. sanctions blocking quote ways use of american lycra chips would make the company less reliable in future the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected one way to quit and to build the u.k.'s future 5 g.

networks said to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from a while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. the move against way will please washington which has been pressuring the u.k. to act the company had expected it it's warning u.k. mobile users will lose out in a statement it says regrettably our future in the u.k. has become politicized this is about u.s. trade policy and not security over the past 20 years while way has focused on building a better connected u.k. as a responsible business we will continue to support our customers as we always have done. the british government hopes the announcement will convince other suppliers to enter the market and fill the gap meanwhile the china skeptics among boris johnson's conservative party are largely happy they say national security must trump worries about an already damaged relationship and relations with strained

over the whole conflict china has behaved disgracefully so. anyone thinking you know when we're still in a golden era of relations with china is clearly wrong but so be it i think this is the right decision and we should be calm we want to continue trading with continue commercial relations with the chinese but we've got to be firm of the same time it's not clear how quickly or how angrily china will react to britain's decision to get rid of quote way kit but other countries will be watching carefully as they to deliberate on whether to ban the company. al-jazeera london. the international court of justice in the hague 'd has ruled in favor of catherine a dispute with 4 arab countries that imposed a blockade on the gulf state and prevented catherine aircraft from flying over

their air space the court ruled the u.n. civil aviation agency has jurisdiction in this case that this fear began in 2017 when saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt severed ties with qatar and then posed the land the sea and the air blockade they accused catherine government of supporting terrorism allegations that though how has strongly denied a cover called on the international civil aviation organization to declare the air blockade illegal but the book aiding country said the u.n. agency didn't have jurisdiction to handle the dispute in 2018 the agency rejected that claim insisting it did have jurisdiction a move in katherine's favor the book aiding countries then asked the international court of justice to re-examine the issue of jurisdiction and that has now ruled in katter's favor once again it paves the way for doha to possibly sue for compensation or find other ways to end the air blockade step fastened reports now

from the hague it was a complicated case and covert 19 restrictions did not make it any easier only a few representatives of each country were allowed inside the court building known as the peace palace but the ruling read by the president of the international court of justice did not leave any doubt because. one. froth. of. the out of the public of. the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united. the court also ruled that the international civil aviation organization the kerio has jurisdiction in the case filed a complaint at the council in 2017 saying saudi arabia bahrain egypt and the u.a.e. violated the 94 to 40 cargo convention dealing with free passage of passenger planes

through foreign airspace parties now have to go back to the council now that the council decision has been affirmed the go back to the council and continue the case and that's when we get to the real heart of the matter the real issues about have the. services been interrupted. not only did the 4 countries impose an air blockade on cathay 3 years ago but they also stopped all traffic over sea and over land this left qatari aircraft having to make detours to fly in and out of the last year the i.c.j. also ruled in favor of kata saying the u.a.e. was guilty of racial discrimination by expelling qatari citizens and separating families there are certain sanctions that the council me grant the state of qatar for example not allowing the member states to vote in the general council or even to certain extent participate in certain important meetings and that will have its

own. harsh side effect on those states a clear decision by the international court of justice and a clear victory for qatar but this by this win in the long legal battle this still no reason to celebrate just yet this is another step in the 3 year long dispute with blockading nations although a significant one representatives of the 4 blockading nations left court without making any statements with the backing of the unanimous i.c.j. ruling gattaca now asked their governments to compensate it for the financial losses it endured because of the blockade step class and al-jazeera the hague. saudi arabia is still trying to force through a takeover of english premier league club newcastle united but it's just cancelled one of the league's biggest broadcast partners it's permanently ending the license of cattle be in sport in the kingdom b.n. is the main rights holder in the region but has been barred from broadcasting in

saudi arabia since the blockade on catheter was imposed in 2017 saudi arabia has also backed the pirate broadcaster b. out q which has been stealing copyrighted content from b. in sports the premier league is yet to decide whether to allow the saudi backed takeover of new castle still to come here on al-jazeera england makes face masks mandatory in shops as it tries to avoid a 2nd wave of corona virus cases and the trial of a mali and man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments in book 2 starts at the international criminal court. hello the winter has arrived to some portions of the southeast of australia it's

generally clear those you can see for the last year as this massive cloud here is tied to a system bringing the rain across towards the north island of new zealand look at this it was a foggy start to adelaide on tuesday morning in fact a grounded the airplanes for a while it made for a very nice morning walk though as you can see there elsewhere upper to the story mount is about the snow $45.00 centimeters have come down already and this lady using her siberian husky to take her along to collect the mail now that could be some more snow in the fall cause that really is the fairly clear picture we could you see want to the eastern side of new south wales and that is the rain beginning to push in wednesday and thursday into western australia 21 in perth on thursday despite the fact we've got that rain pushing in it could be heavy at times. and the winds fairly brisk and still those showers lingering along these coastal areas more rain across into the north island and on up into asia radius here of course about the rain and it's not just japan and china also korea a korean peninsula the south korean particular has had some very heavy downpours exotic and we have got flooding here as well now one to 2 more rain showers on

wednesday that scattered across japan heavier through the central areas of china and really just staying in the 4 calls as we go through thursday and some areas again could have some heavy downpours. in the next episode of techno the team travels to the heart of the amazon. where we are now should be rain for you to investigate illegal gold mining mercury has a very unique characteristic of binding the goal for a miner it's almost like magic and the technology being used to expose its devastating impact and so what we end up doing is imaging of course the very high fidelity 3. techno on all just 0 on. the

on. a comeback is a reminder of the top stories on our jazeera u.s. president donald trump says he signed legislation and an executive order aimed at holding china accountable for what he calls oppressive actions against hong kong he said he's ending hong kong's preferential treatment as punishment for china taking away the freedom of the people of hong kong. meanwhile chinese telecommunications giant walk away will be banned from the u. case 5 g. network the move which is a major backtrack on the british government's previous position will likely delay the rollout of the network by at least a year and the international court of justice in the hague has ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with 4 arab countries that imposed the blockade on the state and prevented

caffrey aircraft from flying over their air space. well after months of mixed messages the u.k. is making facemasks compulsory in shops next week those who fail to comply could be fined up to $125.00 the government hopes the decision will inspire confidence among shoppers to get out and start spending again these barker reports from london. keys phone mosque face coverings have already become a part of daily life during the pandemic and now we're about to see much more of them from july the 24th they'll be compulsory in shops those who fail to comply will face a fine of up to $125.00 the move brings in england in line with scotland and other major european nations including spain and italy. it's been mandatory to wear masks on public transport for some time but there's been little consistency elsewhere we

want to give people more confidence to shop safe and enhanced protections for those who work in shops both of these can be done by the use of face coverings. ministers have been sending mixed messages on masks for months the prime minister boris johnson started regularly wearing one only a few days ago while the home secretary pretty patel met her french counterpart wearing one but was later seen inside without one. meanwhile elusive street artist banksy who spent his career hiding behind a very different mask had his own coronavirus statement to make stenciling a london underground train with a message to cover up complete with sneezing rodents. there were early concerns coverings could lead to a build up of the virus inside the masks all the people would be more inclined to ignore social distancing rules or hygiene standards we know no coverings greatly

reduce the risk of people with the virus from spreading it the government also hopes wearing masks will inspire confidence among shoppers to be out spending again for some retailers there's a silver lining in making masks mandatory they were quick to spot a gap in the market and they run with it very good news because i think the good things. of this were done our business is going to be. in force mint will be largely down to the police but shop workers and even other shoppers are expected to encourage the policy by extension questions are already being asked about mosques in schools and workplaces the government says its plans are evolving opposition m.p.'s fear the government's making up its rules on mosques as it goes along these barker al jazeera. off al said there is a professor of the p.d. milegi and medicine at columbia university she's also the director of the global health initiative at the university's mailman school of public health she joins us

now from new york via skype madame thank you for joining us here on al-jazeera we can see in the u.k. for example it's taken the government a long time to make masks mandatory at least in certain places like shops now and we see that in many other parts of the world it has become a political issue why is that and let's guess start from where you're talking to us from which is the united states. yes and 1st of all i applaud the u.k. in taking this important step forward and it's a wise decision and maybe a bit overdue but tom i think in the u.s. on fortunately the issue of wearing mask has become a political issue it seems to me that the u.s. population is now divided into one group that is consistently wearing masks and understands and appreciates the importance of wearing a mask at the time when we are the country with the largest numbers of cases

reported currently and at the same time there are others on the other side of the political spectrum who feel that wearing a mask is an infringement on their rights as individuals and unfortunately many of these individuals are inadvertently and unknowingly fueling a further spread of the sars virus it's funny though because in other parts of the world we see that there often is a culture of wearing masks especially in parts of asia but not just there what else do you think comes into play when some nations some cultures actually embrace the idea of being able to protect themselves and others even if it is just with a mask. well in this context i believe that wearing a mask in the context of the cold in 1000 condemning is a sign of of respect it's a sign of it's a sign of appreciation of one's own health as well as the health of our community

members and what we're seeing is in some countries there's a longer history and tradition of wearing masks for a variety of different reasons for example in many asian countries it's considered a sign of of of healthy behavior meaning that if you have a cold or you're symptomatic in any way you are you need to protect others from catching whatever you have and it's also as well often used because of pollution high pollution in some asian large cities in asia. at the same time of course many of these countries also suffered from the 1st sars epidemic several years ago and they learned the hard way the importance of working now so i think because of these reasons the long tradition of wearing masks as well as the experience of having gone through the 1st sars epidemic is i think masks have have become more

accepted and are part of the norm in many of these countries this isn't contradistinction to the u.s. where wearing masks is not part of the culture here in this country and unfortunately at a time of this pandemic it's been taken on as a political statement wearing a mask for not wearing a mask is now a political statement in the u.s. i mean in the u.k. that perhaps not quite in the same way but even here it will be made mandatory in a couple of days as if to give the population time to to get used to the new rules when it comes to the scientific advisor is that advise whichever government on what move it has to take do you think that the psychology of particular nations and people comes into play that there are some governments that know that imposing a mask will be harder to do on their population does that play a part the psychology. it probably does but i do believe that in the context of a pandemic what one needs is to always be anchored in the science and the evidence

and to have a consistent message from a trusted messenger somebody who is consistently sharing the scientific information and supporting the population to do what needs to be done and willing in mass has been shown repeatedly to protect others from getting the infection as well as to protect the individual who's wearing the mask so we have enough evidence not to say that at this point in the 10 demick that wearing a mask as well as some of the other measures as well like for example the physical distancing and the good hand hygiene and so on that it's a combination of all these measures that need to be taken very seriously and need to be and here to consistently so that hopefully we can get over this condemning together was that a professor of the mall of g. and medicine at columbia university madame thank you so much thank you thank you

for the opportunity while the world health organization's latin america branch says there's been a significant increase in corona virus cases in haiti they also say the number of infections are expected to continue to rise over the coming days restrictions are continuing to be eased there with worshipers now allowed to gather at churches more than 140 people have been killed by covert 1000 in haiti with the number of cases exceeding 6 and a half 1000. the pan american health organization has also expressed concern about the high coronavirus death toll throughout the americas the organization says that saw rising particularly in brazil mexico and the us latin america's best all from cope at 19 has exceeded that of the u.s. for the 1st time and on sunday mexico overtook italy becoming the country with the 4th highest death toll. a man accused of torturing women in the straw in

ancient monuments in la least in book 2 is standing trial at the international criminal court in the hague prosecutors say our last son. was part of an al qaeda linked armed group nicholas hock reports. if you don't tell me not his real name was sent to prison to do what i was in 12 by al qaeda is religious police in timbuktu accused of stealing he was beaten he has since fled the city and while they are no longer in control of timbuktu he still fears for his life. and i know those who did this will there was a lot of violence i was tortured like many people and we were forced to kill or to be killed this is what justice looked like during that time this is the man accused of being behind matal these torture of his son the religious police chief in timbuktu during his occupation of the city is now on trial at the international criminal court accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes i witnessed say he

not only tortured and raped women he forced young girls into sexual slavery for al qaeda linked fighters. when asked by the judge whether he pleads guilty or not all doesn't reply is that i cannot answer the question yet in this 2012 footage secretly filmed by al-jazeera her son in a green turban is seen ordering muslim men and women to be publicly flogged. he explained that he's applying islamic law in defending. his men were also ordered to desecrate and destroy 700 year old shrines of st his religious police burnt $4000.00 ancient manuscripts dating from the 13th century in the ancient town of timbuktu. french and u.n. peacekeeping troops have been deployed with a unique mandate to not only protect civilians but also protect islamic world heritage sites but al qaeda affiliates and the greatest continue to

wage war against the government a recent u.n. investigation accused troops and our militias of torturing and killing civilians they are meant to protect this trial does not operate in a vacuum as we embark on this trial mr president this is a wish and in the center of mass but also the rising tensions and instability violent incidents in. my office at least 11 were killed and scores injured when my counterterrorism force meant to fight groups were deployed against peaceful protesters demonstrating against president. this trial is being closely watched if found guilty. could face life in prison because hawke al-jazeera the former girlfriend of jeffrey epstein has been denying bail on charges of facilitating the

abuse of minors british socialite glenn maxwell is accused of helping epstein recruit girls for abuse from 199-4997 and pleaded not guilty during a virtual hearing in the u.s. she's also accused of perjury the judge agreed with prosecutors that she poses a flight risk. to stand trial next year and faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted. gabrielle is on though is outside the court in new york where the hearing took place she says the prosecutor has cited maxwell's wells and multiple citizenships as reasons to deny her bail the judge has denied the request for bail for delaying maxwell so she will not be leaving the jail she is currently being held and held for the over a week now in the metropolitan detention center in brooklyn about 3 or 4 kilometers of where i'm at right now outside this federal court her defense lawyers had already knew that she should be released on bail arguing that she is not

a flight risk and also that she potentially is a health risk in jail because of covert 19 however the prosecution had argued during this court hearing. that she is very much a flight risk that she has access to tens of millions of dollars and more than a dozen bank accounts linked to her name and that with 3 passports from france the u.k. and the united states that she could there was no guarantee that if she was to be granted bail that she would come back for a potential trial or court proceedings alternately the judge heard both sides of the argument as i mentioned for more than 2 hours and just ruled that bail will be denied for the late max well. at least 12 people were injured when a ruptured oil pipeline exploded in egypt the social media video showed fierce

flames and huge clouds of dense black smoke they billowed over the desert road that stretches from cairo to the city. on the suez canal the injured people suffered burns and smoke inhalation it's not yet clear how the pipeline was fractured. i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president barack trump says he signed legislation and an executive order aimed at holding china accountable for what he calls or press of actions against hong kong he said he's ending hong kong's preferential treatment as punishment for china taking away the freedom of the people of hong kong well meanwhile chinese telecommunications giant weiwei will be banned from the u.k.'s 5 g. network the move which is a major backtrack on the british government's previous position well likely delay

the rollout of the network by at least a year the ban follows sanctions imposed by the us which claim their claims the company poses a national security threat an accusation strongly denied by huawei. the international court of justice in the hague has ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with 4 arab countries that imposed a blockade on the gulf state and prevented catherine aircraft from flying over their airspace decor one. you know. rejected the other deal brought by the kingdom of bahrain the art of the above link of egypt the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. to. buy 51. called the consul of the international civil aviation organization has jurisdiction to enter

a. submitted to it by the government of the state of other wanted to october 27th the and see in this admissible. the former girlfriend of jeffrey epstein has been denied bail on charges of facilitating the abuse of minors british socialite delaine maxwell appeared by video for her hearing accused of helping epstein recruit girls for abuse the judge agreed with prosecutors that maxwell was a flight risk she's pleaded not guilty and this is due to stand trial within a year those are the headlines techno is next with an episode called gold at any cost my colleagues and the how we'll have more news in half an hour thanks for watching i'll see you soon. trade tensions could cut global economic growth by in $700000000000.00 we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in the government has

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forests of peru these illegal mining operations except for miles and miles away from the main highway to uncover a gold rush that's turning lush jungle into utter devastation high pressure water hoses and blasted out and it's not just the lamed people are stepping into my carry on filled tour as i'm an entomologist i've conducted extensive research in this rain forest so this story is personal really pains me to see this breed today vicinities a biologist specializing in ecology and evolution now she shows us the high tech tools that are exposing what even the i can't see so where it's blood red that's where the mercury pollution is most intense we will share our findings with lindsay moran she's an ex cia analyst.