0. what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they're going through here and i just we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. punishing china for its actions in hong kong u.s. president donald trump imposes new sanctions and the territories special status. the whole roman you want to al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up hanging up on war way the u.k. blocks the chinese tech giant from involvement in its 5 g. network. a legal win for catalan over the banning of its planes from neighboring airspace the un's highest court rules against 4 arab countries and fears of

a major flare up between armenia and azerbaijan as fighting intensifies over a disputed region. welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is putting new pressure on china this time over its treatment of whole call he signed an executive order to hold china accountable over a new national security law it's imposed on the territory hong kong's preferential status with the u.s. will end and banks that deal with some chinese officials will face sanctions to their side legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of hong kong. or tanami act which i assigned the serve to noon 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 hand in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets michaela joins me now from washington d.c. and like you was really another rambling press conference i mean and he did suppose he was supposed to speak on china and the president did but he also touched quite a few other bases as well. indeed yes when he spoke on china specifically announcing the signing of the act and the executive order for the 1st 3 minutes then he went into a meandering campaign speech sensually along the way as well he continued to bash china accusing it at one stage of in his words unleashing the virus on the world

repeating his assertion too that the pandemic could have been stopped at source in china then he went into his political opponents basically. various political figures in particular the previous administration of barack obama and joe biden so it was very much a rambling meandering campaign speech in a venue that was supposed to be the announcement of new legislation with regard to china but of course with an election not too far away and you talk about sort of him giving that persona of a campaign rally he really did focus on his potential opponent joe biden. indeed years he spent a large part of his speech. at joe biden at one stage actually saying complete false woods he said at one stage that joe biden is intent on defunding the military

that was president trump's words now joe biden has said never at any stage given any indication of such a thought so he was letting on that biden accusing him of being irresponsible and then linking it to the wider theme saying that joe biden was responsible for pushing china to join the world trade organization president trump then contending that that was the beginning of the end as far as the u.s. was concerned so once again it was a list of grievances the way in which is administration has successfully as president transported dealt with the pandemic but what was lacking from this entire meandering campaign speech was any sort of solace to the more than 130000 u.s. citizens who have lost their lives no mention of them by president trump so certainly it was a very strange event the press briefing was called to announce this new legislation on china this new executive order the venue was

a road garden which is used for such political statements however what it became was as i said nothing more than a campaign rally in a very strange venue in the white house's rose garden like color here washington d.c. thank you. trump also praised the ban on chinese tech giant wall way it won't be allowed any involvement in the development of a new high speed mobile network the u.k. government says that it can't ensure the security of weiwei equipment the company says the decision was politicized barba reports are from london. 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 microchips would make the company less reliable in future the best way to secure our networks is for operators to

stop using new affected huawei to equipment 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 become pretty had expected it its 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 or relations with strained over hong kong where china has behaved disgracefully so. anyone thinking here with the 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 them to new commercial relations with the chinese but we've got to be firm 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. 0 london the un's top court has ruled in favor of qatar in the dispute with 4 arab countries they imposed a blockade on the gulf state and prevented qatari aircraft from flying over their own space the international court of justice the un's civil aviation agency has

jurisdiction in the case stepped 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 of one. unanimous. thank jeff does the deal brought by the kingdom of bahrain. of egypt 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 in 1944 cheap 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. services been dropped. not only did the 4 countries impose an air blockade on katha 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.s. was killed 3 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 despite 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 are their governments to compensated for the financial losses it endured because of the blockade step class and al-jazeera the hague. 11 soldiers and media have been killed as fighting escalates of the border tension between the former soviet republics has been escalating for several years as they battle over a disputed region well been forced to walk or reports. in

the is very capital crowds demanded vengeance for a major general the most senior servicemen to have died in clashes on azerbaijan's border with media only just. unlike the enemy our generals and officers do not hide behind the backs of soldiers they adequately carry out their combat missions unfortunately battles are not without losses. both sides accuse each other of starting the latest hostilities. both sides releasing videos of their high tech weaponry as ery missile strikes on armenian positions. armenians shooting down azeri drones. 'd the fighting which began on sunday has so far claimed more than a dozen lives including at least one civilian what i think many many you know with

the whole story of them going precious in right ways the very area. by significance religious are like and it's right next to the military trains or between that and was extremely important because it enough are the 1st one to supper from that all korean. military activity. the region is situated north of the disputed territory of the go in a car back internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan it's controlled by armenian forces how to go to think in the armenian prime minister has accused as a by johns the danger in regional stability as a bike. younes president says international peace talks have led nowhere. there is a risk of a wider conflict if the fighting continues turkey says it stands with barcoo russia which brokered

a cease fire in the past may be needed once again to bring the 2 sides back from the brink of adversity a walkout al-jazeera. stuff in a story an associate professor in the history department at the university of california berkeley is also director of its armenian studies program and joins us via skype from just outside of san francisco could have you with us on the program so i mean what seems to start to the antagonism this time around it's been simmering it's been a simmering cauldron for decades. we cannot be. the immediate cause. we cannot start but not so start because there are several interpretations. the like we want our way of our ears that might be a. little big force. basically is our long term doctors. being stylish are not monitoring you by

a long line of. there is a military web site russian military website also about our. beijing stuff but the whole thing. the foreign nerve the ambassador of a zombie john moore who made a statement saying he thought them up or who started it and so on so my inclination . reaction earth we cannot be up to the sort of ok. the main thing is scully ok normally we tend to him clashes in the going to cut a box which is an angle a used within. by john but the focus this time is into bush which is up in the north why this particular area. visionary are worried variant being crushed before the season nothing new for that area.

a few years ago and there you remember being told by the sort of young star care for years there are snipers and so on. this is not the new egypt the main thing is that now the crash. between of the big jump and so quickly probably. between. d.c. is. very significant. but there are regional circuits not being ok while the fighting itself has got the united states the e.u. on the red cross very concerned especially when it comes to the civilian population of to just give us an idea about the area and how populated or important it is in terms of the way and where people were in the industrialized nation of the community itself. area. not me and.

i easily essentially. inhabit that by remote use. it is made up of small and medium size. has and some stencil part of that area overlooks. that. it's. thought that's what the eurasia needs in the india we would potentially seeing the culpability of across the sea wall supported by russia and came in both already heavily involved in syria and libya in conflicts do you think that's a possibility or is it at the moment something that they would possibly stand back from and try and find a peaceful way to resolve this current inflammation of tensions between armenia and azerbaijan. i personally you know i don't think that.

this case discussions are going to degenerate to the point of an international conflict. for an international conflict that requires. a lot of chromosomes. various peace the willingness of turkey to get in holding the gulf leak before a ship can get involved 'd in the cold bleak then there is you only nearby and if things go poorly for us there will be just that we are meeting the end of president you have my. team and i believe in this current clash that beat these that can be observed and that can be. there it seems to be complete that the level of crime and ruling the country. should they grow the

bites if there are one century needs so that seems to be something growing grown there and the secure chemise works by the. rest of chrome but also but by what has been happening in the already markets you know a substantial part of the i was there a little bit johns the revenue is made up of exports so there's a great deal of this creates jobs indeed it does or there's many factors to consider before you have run out of time as to for the story that's joining us just outside of san francisco thank you sir it's you're welcome still ahead here on out as ever the pretty socialite challenge with trafficking girls geoffrey abstain makes her 1st court appearance on surveillance operation in colombia that journalists say is a threat to democracy. hello

there more heavy rain in the 4 calls across all central areas of china have had a bit of a break across japan and also areas of the korean peninsula but even so you look at the flooding this is in the southeast of korea this a bus as you say is down there in the flood waters and on the southeast coast again you can really barely tell where i should be dry land where the stream should actually and but there is some already the for cause as we go through wednesday not as heavy as it has been some heavy downpours at times into most central areas of japan but nothing like we've seen of late but instead it is really all about central and eastern china particularly these areas in yellow the doc blue that is where the rain will be heavy as they continue through thursday all the way from on it toward shanghai to the north of there want to scout a child's likely across into harbin and on into hong kong should be mostly fine and dry with a high of 32 degrees and then the monsoon rains in india making very good progress and here again of course we have seen flooding particularly into

a salmon just look at this you can see again the scale of the flooding and also the depth of the foad waters there is some all right in the forecast not as heavy as it has been the case through wednesday and on into thursday you can see where the yellow the dog blue areas all and it really means that maharashtra is going to see some of the heaviest rain and it does also mean mumbai once again could see some flooding. the ultranationalist marks connected with one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. in my grad joining with the military to impose a deadly political agenda we have to protect our nation what has happened to the region one of the biggest stains on the country as a whole. not religion this is a politics. an unholy alliance on al-jazeera.

looks like you're watching on his own with me so run a reminder of our top stories u.s. president donald trump has signed legislation to put sanctions on china over the national security lowered imposed on hong kong trump also signed an executive order and in hong kong preferential treatment trump also praised the u.k.'s ban on weiwei the chinese tech giant won't be allowed to develop new high speed mobile networks the u.k. government says that it can't ensure the security of while away equipment. and 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from armenia have been killed as fighting escalates of the border the 2 former soviet republics have been in conflict over an enclave

inside us about are controlled by ethnic armenians. now the former girlfriend an alleged accomplice of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein has been denied bail by a judge in new york british socialite lane maxwell appeared by video for her hearing accused of helping epstein recruit girls for abuse that she is also accused of perjury maxwells lawyers say she's protected by a plea agreement that epstein signed in 2007 covering any potential coconspirators prosecutors argued against her bel requests a maxwell posed a flight risk due to her financial status while gabriel elizondo is outside the court in new york where the hearing took place and he says prosecutors cited maxwell's wealth and multiple passports 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 argued that she should be released on bail arguing that she is not a flight risk and also that she potentially has had health risk at 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 lane maxwell. weeks ago has overtaken his lead to become the country with the full highest credible death toll worldwide infections of triples since it began easing restrictions in june 1st bubble repeller reports the government is pressing ahead with its exit from locked up. for the 1st time in months public spaces in mexico's capital are storing to fill back up government officials call it a return to the new normal as businesses reopen their doors from shopping malls to restaurants many non essential services have returned from lock in to some public policy experts warn that with coby cases climbing the government has failed to implement be consistent containment strategy and the economy may be reopening too soon i did. important questions regarding the data and the goldman is painting a full picture of what we are going to kill but the 1910 contagion and daves as devices significant and these generates

a lot of uncertainty over whether or not it is the appropriate time to reopen the moocher i juz mexico's president has been widely criticized for taking a relaxed response to the health crisis though it's an attitude that many in the country seem to share preventive measures like self quarantine and social distancing are not mandatory in mexico in fact initiatives like wearing a mask in public have been led by businesses and private citizens. who will farah the painter responsible for this mural of mexican artist frida kahlo in a face mask says people need a reminder that the outbreak in mexico is still not under control when i clearly the idea is that given the popularity of frida kahlo she's will love across society that with her using a face mask we can raise awareness on its usefulness in preventing covert 19. mexico's president recently said the national health crisis is improving the contagion curve however tells

a different story. in recent days the death toll in mexico to the 4th highest in the world behind the united kingdom brazil and the united states. al-jazeera mexico city the troubled ministration has reversed its policy to revoke visas from international students if the school's health classes exclusively online because of the current virus the decision follows 8 federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities thousands of foreign students travel to the u.s. every year to study a significant source of revenue through what was seen as part of trump's efforts to pressure schools and colleges to reopen this fall even as infections rise. a judge in colombia has ordered the defense minister to reveal the full list of journalists politicians and judges who are illegally monitored by military intelligence the scandal has forced the retirement of the army commander and the firing of 11 seen the offices but the reports investigations of the extent of the

spying have since stalled. the word winning independent journalist. plays a recorded phone conversation of accused drug trafficker. is part of a treasure trove of recordings that helped him uncover is related scoop the possible use of illegal funds for the election of president. yet who says as an investigative reporter as come with a price. on june 10th the director of colombia's freedom or depressed foundation called me to say they found out that the military had to follow me last january the weekly semana revealed the army intelligence had been illegally intercepting the communications of dozens of foreign and colombian journalists supreme court justices in opposition politicians. it reminded many of the legal surveillance a decade ago during the presidency of his perceived enemies that led the government

to dismantle the das colombia's intelligence service. the same journalist that was spied on diana being spied on now this time by the army with the same tactics of department of security so i think this is a fright to democracy because they are spying on us frighten us following us listen into our conversations reading our chats then tell agents units involved in the scandal are also accused that they us intended to fight cocaine trafficking from colombia to illegally collecting information on journalists and others during the government promised investigation against those they describe it. bad apples in the military but have so far rejected calls for reform the military feels tackled by the current government in power which has really sought to uphold some of the least reformist generals. which has promoted some of the less reformist

officials there really has been not enough rethinking of military doctrine. the government assigned martine is a bodyguard after you received death threats despite mainstream media in the country not offering him a job he sold his car and uses crowd funding to continue his work better you could ok but. we need to continue because society has changed it's not as willing to look the other way when governments commit crimes difficult if you can't find a money order for it to continue we might be forced to stop and that something martinez says can only harm colombian society as a whole i list in the room and just. flash flooding all indonesia's island a silly way z. has killed at least 15 people heavy rain in northern new triggered landslides roads and buildings of the mud thousands of homes are being destroyed dozens of people

are missing around 2000 a stay in temperature shelters more than a 1000000 people in bangladesh have also been stranded or forced from their homes by the heaviest rains in a decade or so levels at major rivers are rising in the northwest and central districts the flooding started late last month devastating crops forecasters say there's little sign of any relief. i want you all to 0 with me still run a reminder of our top stories u.s. president donald trump has signed legislation to put sanctions on china over the national security or it imposed on hong kong trump also signed an executive order ending home calls preferential status michaela has more from washington d.c. at the top of the speech president trump then went into a meandering to put it kindly as possible campaign speech in effect he went

on about how well his administration has done in terms of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic he used the term for example in relation to china that it and leashed the virus on the world holding china he says completely responsible for the spread of this pandemic president troubles also praise the u.k. ban on chinese tech giant weiwei they won't be allowed to develop a new high speed mobile network the u.k. government says that it can't ensure the security of weiwei equipment 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from armenia have been killed as fighting escalates the border the 2 former soviet republics have been in conflict over an enclave inside azerbaijan controlled by ethnic armenians the international court of justice in the hague has ruled in favor of cattle in a dispute with 4 arab countries that imposed a blockade on the gulf states and prevented qatari aircraft from flying over their airspace the court rules of the e.u. and civil aviation agency has jurisdiction in the case. maxwell the alleged

accomplice of convicted sex offender geoffrey epstein has been denied bail by a judge in new york the british socialite pleaded not guilty to charges that she helped epstein recruit girls for abuse. the top administration has reversed its policy to revoke visas from international students in schools held classes exclusively online because of the coronavirus the decision follows 8 federal suits in all positions from hundreds of universities flash flooding all indonesia's island a silly way z. has killed at least 15 people heavy rain in lieu triggered landslides burying roads and buildings and mud thousands of homes have been destroyed those with the headlines about. next it's inside story to stay with us.

the fun's of journalists and activists but he's writing an essay has just won a legal battle to stop selling your products to some government so who's responsible when surveillance technology is misused this is its story. hello and welcome to the program. activist journalists even the world's richest man .