with the trace of the virus returning. from around the world organized crime is now beginning to try to play the role of robin hood by giving away to win over the loyalty of people in desperate. the punishing china for its actions in hong kong u.s. president donald trump imposes a new sanctions and ends of territory special status. hanging up the u.k. blocks the chinese tech giants evolvement its new fight geno. this is out from a world headquarters in doha also coming up the program. at the killing

of a top soldier the fallout in azerbaijan for the battles with. and foreign student relief in the us the government backed tracks on plans to force them out of classes of talks online. anyway and you mean and i fear the trends most of us have paid. so then china is vowing retaliation after moves by the governments of the u.s. and the u.k. on 2 different fronts president donald trump has announced sanctions against chinese officials over the new national security law imposed on hong kong signing an executive order to hold beijing accountable hong kong is being stripped of its special trade and economic status and bangs the deal with some chinese officials will also face sanctions. 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 whether it goes in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets when earlier the u.k. announced it was banning chinese tech giant well way from being involved in the development of its new high speed mobile network citing concerns about security while he says the decision was politicized from london is nothing but. 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 the future the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei 3 quick meant to build the u.k.'s future fight networks so to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from huawei 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 a strained over hong kong where 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. again a difficult problem is standing by in hong kong but 1st let's go to katrina you in beijing katrina the 1st up this talk about donald trump's maneuvering how is the

administration responding. well thomas foreign ministry have released a strongly worded statement this morning on wednesday saying that this move by the u.s. militias leased land as the national security law in hong kong where they condemned the move they say that give us is again meddling in china's internal affairs and then it goes on to repeat basically what we've heard as as as the justification from beijing for imposing this national security law that this is crucial for the perspire a-c. and for the future of hong kong that it's what the hong kong people want it's what the chinese people want and that beijing will not be intimidated by any of these moves then ends with saying that beijing is considering counter measures now it doesn't provide much details of exactly what they that maybe we expect to hear more about that later this afternoon or wednesday but so far we do know that they involve sanctions against certain u.s.

officials and personnel as we've just been hearing at katrina from that he was reported as being a big reversal in the united kingdom a way tell us more about that and how china is responding there. that's right so so far we haven't had any official response from beijing or huawei without a statement from bali overnight saying that they're extremely disappointed by this move and this move will only put the u.k. in the digital slow lane increase the digital divide and instead of levelling up the u.k. is levelling down when it comes to its technology and depriving its citizens of the fastest and the best 5 g. network possible now beijing has always opposed the use the us is moves or any criticism that while they is connected to the government there is of course many suspicions including from the u.k. government that way is there is a backdoor where dasa is provided from chua way to beijing both the beijing

government and huawei have strongly denied this but yet we see very strong reaction from the chinese government every time there was a move against sua which only raises that skepticism and of course we had in canada executive mung one joshi was arrested there and we had a strong response from beijing and also consequently 2 canadians were also detained here in beijing so that also raises questions about the independence of huawei the chinese government and while they continue to deny this and say that really this is part of a larger ploy by the u.s. and its allies to contain china and the really reacting from feeling insecure about china chinese advances when it comes to 5 g. technology and the like katrina thanks very much indeed for that circuitry to you there in beijing with that story of that side of the story let's sprint over to hong kong would be a good part of this to anybody. what does this honestly mean trump removing hong kong's special trade status because it actually means for the people.

1st and foremost nic it is the u.s. saying hong kong is no longer separate from the rest of china not since they handed over $997.00 hong kong has remained as an autonomous region having its own rights and freedoms that we can we don't see in the rest of china even having its own pos port and this now sends a message saying that the u.s. just not consider that status anymore for hong kong people it also means that they could potentially lose u.s. businesses or lose confit business confidence maybe not necessarily in monetary terms but business confidence in hong kong but the hong kong government has said that this was likely to hurt hong kong more than it would sorry the u.s. more than it would hurt hong kong in the sense that if you look at the numbers the u.s. has a bigger trade surplus with hong kong then the other way around but the reality is hong kong there are many hong kong businesses that rely on this special status with

the u.s. hong kong as are we export to europe which means that goods and services come through hong kong into the u.s. to avoid those trade sanctions and other sanctions that may be or restrictions that china may have been dealing with trade in the u.s. . those rights and freedoms that you referred to a we've seen there's actually the you know the diminishing of those rights is that manifesting itself really for the people on the street. what we're seeing is a very rapid change in the way hong kong operates since that national security law was imposed on the city on july 1st by beijing without any consultation from hong kong what we're seeing is for instance today yet another democracy activist was arrested for taking part in protests last year it may or may not have to do with the national security law we will find out we're also seeing that many companies here are not concerned about their status the american chamber of commerce did a survey and said 70 percent of the u.s. companies are now considering contingency plans should that laura for there come

into effect and further erode hong kong but also media companies aren't affected for instance the new york times today announced that they're moving their major operation operations from hong kong into seoul and there is concern that many other media companies will follow suit and on top of that hong kong's local broadcaster r t h k which is based on the b.b.c. and impartiality and independence is not coming under review starting from today and there is concern that off to that 6 month review it will just become another propaganda must be so there is a lot of concern on the ground that the effects of this national security law are coming hard and fast or a degree thanks very much and if that's a picture from hong kong to the cupola reporting. 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from armenia have been killed as fighting escalates of the border tensions between the former soviet republics has been escalating for several years as a battle over a disputed region open for us to walk as this report.

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 armenia 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. or wal-mart 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 red whereas the very area. by. well i just are like and it's right next to going on to a train or between that and was extremely important because it enough are the 1st one to suffer from that all korean. military activity. the region is situated north of the disputed territory of the goanna kyra 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 reaching out. stability as a by john's 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.

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 0. still ahead here not 0 a minor victory for cutter but the blockade by neighboring countries why the 5 saw 5. case is a growing crowds the risks and potential consequences of mexico's new normal. and that change is still making issues across more eastern areas of the united states you can see here also a line of thunderstorms working their way across the northern and central plains but as i say some pretty good strong winds so it has still mavis and good waves just off the coast of maryland and just have

a look at this what happens all of this captured on the camera outside this person's house lucky of course he just managed to miss that to track that tree as it came down there's been some very strong storms in wisconsin more rain as they go through wednesday and you can see quite a developing system here with the potential for severe storms really across the central areas all of that will work its way east as throughout thursday is a clearing picture behind it's a warm picture as well 30 celsius in minneapolis and still across the south it really is about the heat we're ready dealing with a heat wave a texas have several cities beat their all time record high temperatures there is a warm day as well into our zone a 43 is a high there on thursday then down into central america and the caribbean it's going to be florida where we see the very heavy rain away. say you can see it develops later in the day some heavy downpours as well for cuba the bahamas elsewhere mostly showers some heaviest spells of rain into costa rica panama as well as we go on into thursday and there is a say it brings about the palmers in the cube where we see the heavy rain.

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again you're watching out there are a mind of our top stories this hour and u.s. president donald trump has signed legislation to put sanctions on china over the national security lorad imposed on hong kong he also signed an executive order and being a hong kong's preferential treatment in response beijing says it will impose sanctions on american individuals and entities. of trouble so praise the u.k. brand of war way the chinese tech giant will not be allowed to develop a new high speed mobile network the u.k. government says it cannot ensure the security for away equipment. 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from media have been killed as fighting escalates at the border to former soviet republics have been in conflict over an enclave inside azerbaijan controlled by ethnic armenians. or at the un's a top court has ruled in favor of cuts in their disputes with for our countries they imposed a blockade on the gulf states and prevented country aircraft from flying through

the airspace the international court of justice said the u.n. civil aviation agency has jurisdiction in this case that brought some reports now from the hague and then. 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. rejected the other deal brought by the king of bahrain they are 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 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 caught the 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. saudi arabia. still trying to force through a takeover of english football club newcastle united but it's just cancelled one of the premier league's biggest broadcast partners it's probably ending the license of

cutters be in sports in the kingdom be in is the main rights holder in the region but has been barred from broadcasting in saudi arabia since the 2017 blockade saudi arabia has also backs the pirates broadcaster b. out q which is being stealing copyrighted content from the sports well beyond sports is released this statement in response which says the decision was reached through legal proceedings that violated be ins to process rights in sports also questions how saudi citizens can watch premier league matches legally in saudi arabia with this ban on the premier league's license broadcast. about the trouble ministration has reversed its policy to revoke visas from international students if the school's hold classes exclusively online because of coronavirus 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 and there are

a significant source of revenue and if any i mean any i mean an unfair because most of those have question we resign or at least we early for classes late to do anything at this point the timing of that memo was really anxious center and humane i had to go to like emergency mental health services because i was you know very very anxious about i was going to happen. so yeah but and. her dad thought it harbored too often and that the government's response was not. well let's take this and we can speak now to richard hey daryn who is a political scientist and author of a new book called the pacific trump china and the new struggle for global masry he joins us now from manila richard welcome to the program this is a spectacular u. turn isn't it by the white house and it's being enthusiastic received as we've just heard by students from across the world but why this but track do you think well i

think we have to keep in mind what has been happening in the u.s. supreme court over the past few months or so i mean this is supposed to be a conservative dominate the supreme court but the trump administration has been suffering one defeat after your other whether on the gender discrimination issue whether on the dock a issue and even on and in terms of trying to keep his you know transactions financial transactions secret he got some kind of a setback there in the u.s. supreme court so i think there was a calculation with the trump administration that they were not going to do well if this really goes to the court and let's keep in mind that the decision to reverse you know the u. turn came just before if a judge in boston was supposed to look into this case and we're looking at 20 different states where you can't even universities in the u.s. like mit and harvard have been pushing for this case and let's not forget we are talking about a 1000000 foreign students in the united states and more than $40000000000.00 in revenues respeto that so i think it has been quite a difficult argument for trying but in the station to make nonetheless i think

there's a debate whether this is a cynical election lawyer for president there is saying america 1st let's keep the foreigners out as much as possible to rather this is a continuation of trump you know tough immigration policy i think it's really a combination of the 2 elements right because the lawsuits that the universities brought so that the purpose of the policy from their point of view was to force to force schools and universities to reopen which keys in to what trump wants to do in the states right now. well under normal conditions of course if you're going to have a student visa you're supposed to meet certain requirements in terms of in person attendance but with the imposition of lockdowns and emergency measures in the united states that's close to impossible and you have any extreme to be troubling phenomenon whereby some of the students were considering to transfer to other places where they could have attendance in order to meet the basic requirements even though that without meant to reset their life and then potentially spreading the disease thought or people so i think even on the question of public health it was going to be a very difficult argument for

a trauma administration to make and you know the thing is this over the past years we've been friends and colleagues of mine coming from muslim majority countries not in the meetings but like indonesia for instance they're worried that if they get out of the us for a visit to family they couldn't come back and we saw more and more restrictions on students come from china from iran but you know if you look at the foreign students you have more than 2 100000 of them coming from india more than 50000 coming from south korea more than 30000 coming from saudi arabia these are students from country star very close at united states and training to feature to either side of this country also means a lot for american super power and its social linkages with this country's so all of those could be just going to just sort of jump in i just want to dissolve one more questions we're just running out of time you mentioned the numbers students 350000 come from china right now we have the head to head situation with china the united states how do you think it's going to play out this current tit for tat with c. well i think for students from certain countries whether it's iran and probably

russia but especially from china is going to look bad in china has the largest amount of foreign students more than 300000 in the united states and we see that there are more and more restrictions on chinese students particularly in certain fields in certain scientific fields that could contribute to military capabilities of china or in terms of china's age in you know telecommunication and artificial intelligence and water so i think that trend will continue regardless of this u. turn because the u.s. china competition that think that the new cold war between the 2 superpowers is not going to go away and it's just going to get worse but i think the regardless of this u. turn by the trump administration this is really creating a lot of concerns about people around the world whether america is really a safe place to study is really the leader of the world so it's going to put a lot of pressure also if ever you're going to have a different administration after november to reverse these very negative blow to american soft power and position in the world which is just great to hear your perspective on this do appreciate it richard daryn speaking to us from manila.

but mexico's 7 taken its need to become a country with the 4th highest coronavirus death toll well why'd infections have tripled since it began easing restrictions in june but as many republican reports the government is pressing ahead with its exit from not done. for the 1st time in months public spaces in mexico's capital are starting 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 lockdown to some public policy experts warn that with coby cases climbing the government has failed to implement a consistent containment strategy and the economy may be reopening too soon and he did a important questions regarding the data i mean because i mean he's painting a full picture of what we are going to kill but the 1910 contagion and dates as devices significant and these generates a lot of uncertainty over whether or not it is 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 rose to the 4th highest in the world behind the united kingdom brazil and the united states bundled up

a little al-jazeera mexico city france's bastille day ceremony in paris has taken place in the course of the coronavirus crisis they've been was scaled back and there were special tributes to health workers as for. all the pomp and ceremony of france's traditional bastille day celebrations but on a much smaller scale the french president inspected troops on paris's elegant plaster like concord but for the 1st time in more than 4 decades it was no military parade on the famous shoals in say a pair back event because the coronavirus crisis and to make room for a homage to the bravery and dedication to france's health workers. towards the end of the ceremony an unexpected moment a banner floated in full view accusing macro a failing to invest in france's hospitals opponents say the president mishandled

the health crisis in a red television interview and macro admitted he had made some mistakes at the start but that france was now ready for a possible 2nd wave of what could only push instrumental although i hope in the following weeks mass will be mandatory in all enclosed spaces it's already the case in public transport but it's been a bit erratic indoors at this stage. later in the city health workers gathered but this time for a protest coronavirus price is highlighting the plight of his medical workers and the government to respond. pay rise and well the extra money and the july 14th deal they are is not. they say it's not enough to save the country's hospitals. we want a government to stop reducing the number of beds in hospitals and stop closing smaller hospitals and cutting services it's a catastrophe it's a real test of the sort of the most oppressed the pay rises are in what we asked

for there are too many hospital cuts doctors and nurses are quitting the job because we have the salaries for many workers in europe michael will hope that his choice to own a health workers all such an important day for france will foster a sense of national unity. and rally people behind him the protest reveals the challenges he faces critics say his reforms are hurting the poor he's promised to reinvent himself and be closer to the people with less than 2 years until the presidential election it's clear he's aiming to convince voters as he projects into the future with al-jazeera powers. so this is 0 these are the top stories and us president donald trump and signed legislation to put sanctions on china over the national security law it imposed on hong kong but also he also signed an executive order ending hong kong's

preferential treatment in response beijing says it will impose sanctions on american individuals and entities katrina you has this reaction from beijing donna's foreign ministry have released a strongly worded statement this morning on wednesday saying that this move by the u.s. militias links land as the national security law in hong kong they condemned the move they say that u.s. is again meddling in china's internal affairs and then it goes on to repeat basically what we've heard as as as the justification from beijing for imposing this national security law that this is crucial for the perspire a-c. and for the future of hong kong that it's what the hong kong people want it's what the chinese people want and that beijing will not be intimidated by any of these. or trump also praised the u.k. ban on what way the chinese tech giant will not be allowed to develop new high speed mobile network the u.k. government says it cannot ensure the security of all the equipment. 11 soldiers

from azerbaijan and 2 from our media have been killed as fighting escalates at the border to former soviet republics have been in conflict over and played inside us by john controlled by ethnic armenians. the international court of justice in the hague has ruled in favor of cutter in a dispute with 4 arab countries that imposed a blockade on the gulf state and prevented country across from flying over the airspace called the un civil aviation or agency has jurisdiction in the case. the trauma ministration has reversed its policy to revoke visas from international students if their schools hold classes exclusively online because of coronavirus the decision follows 8 federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities those headlines got more news here and i was there right after slavery 21st century evil. as a protest rage over police brutality and coronavirus grips the nation campaigning

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