the usa is always a vent for the people all over the world people pay attention to walk on here and our desire is very good at bringing the news to the world from here. i've. spying claims and a mysterious fire china is ordered to shut its consular office in the u.s. city of houston as the diplomatic war intensifies. i've. been watching all deserve a lot of my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes the ek settles on a way to turn millions of hong kong residents into british citizens if they want to escape china's new security law. was thousands of protesters call on the israeli prime minister to resign over corruption charges

and his handling of the pandemic. and the steroids with a lifesaving boost the drug being tested in britain has been held as a breakthrough treatment for covert 1000 patients. welcome to the program they've exchanged threats and criticism over covert 19 trade and the south china sea now the diplomatic war between china and the us has a new front china has been given 72 hours to shut its cultural or office in the city of houston the u.s. says the move is to protect american intellectual property and it comes after firefighters in the city were denied entry to the office following reports that staff were burning documents that china's foreign ministry denies that accusing the u.s. of violating international law and its war chinese students in the u.s.

to be on guard for what it calls arbitrary interrogations this was u.s. secretary of state might pump a is speaking in denmark. we're not going to allow this to continue to happen where they have seen the remarks that nashiri advisor brian gave that f.b.i. director ray gave him that attorney general barr has given we are setting out clear expert taishan for how the chinese communist party is going to behave and when they don't we're going to take actions that protect the american people protect our security our national security and also protect our economy and jobs china has threatened to close the u.s. consular office in retaliation katrina you has the latest from. certainly beijing is furious about this china's foreign ministry spokesperson one when been spoke on wednesday afternoon calling this outrageous unjustified and said it was an unprecedented relation even lifted a number of actions he said the u.s. government had taken against chinese people in the u.s.

in recent months he said that chinese diplomats there had been subjected to intimidation harassment in some cases detention he also said that chinese students were increasingly being interrogated that personal electronic devices were being confiscated and he also said that there were a few incidents at least where chinese diplomatic stop had extra restrictions imposed on them that diplomatic pouches was searched without permission that chinese official items were also confiscated both of these would be violations of the vienna convention on diplomatic relations one woman also said that the chinese embassy in the u.s. had received a number of bomb threats and death threats and he accused the administration of fanning the flames of hatred against china only in the u.s. but overseas as well and certainly this is just the next escalation the newest escalation what has to be a diplomatic fall in terms of relations between u.s. and china various fronts. national security law technology and brave and beijing

says if u.s. does not pull back from this decision it will take what it has called legitimate and necessary countermeasures. the british government says it will open a special pathway to citizenship for 3000000 hong kong residents starting in january but those eligible won't need a job before going to the u.k. it applies to those with a british national overseas passport and their immediate families the new rules are in response to a national security law china is imposing on the whole goal which critics say curbs freedoms route challenge says in london with more on the immigration law. what we now have is the detail or at least some of the detail about how british nationals overseas in hong kong these $3000000.00 or so hong kong hours are going to go about getting a british citizenship when the system opens in january 2021 and the path

as outlined by proceed to tell the home secretary is this that with no jobs lined up or any other particular criteria they can come to the u.k. for 5 years of limited leave to remain they have to be financially secure and independence while they are here they're not going to get government handouts etc after those 5 years are up they can apply for what's called settled status and after a year settle status then they can apply for british citizenship they can also bring over their dependents who are classed as normal british nationals overseas this is going to amplify i think the that the showdown between the british government and the chinese government's way in britain suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong yesterday. the chinese government said that this

was again. something of a hostile act and that the british would be having to bear the consequence of it so yes this is an amplification of the showdown with with china. now the british government has denied ignoring warnings that russia was attempting to meddle in its elections prime minister told parliament the u.k. was more vigilant than any other country against threats from russia a report on tuesday concluded authorities actively avoided looking into evidence the kremlin tried to interfere in several votes including the brics it referendum. the people of these took this country didn't vote to leave the e.u. because of pressure from russia the russian they voted because they wanted to take back control of my money and my trade policy of our north. a vote is expected in the coming hours that will give israel's government increased powers to impose

coronavirus restrictions across the country the move comes as protests grow louder against prime minister benjamin netanyahu is handling of the pandemic dozens of demonstrators have been arrested after chaining themselves together and blocking people from entering parliament in west jerusalem ari force it possible. benjamin netanyahu has weathered protest before so called black flag activists have waged a years long campaign against what they call his anti democratic rule but in the last 2 weeks the protests have changed and grown as israelis buckling under a 2nd wave of coronavirus turn their anger on the government. netanyahu has admitted to reopening the economy too quickly allowing gatherings of too many people others point to the government's failure to expand the system of testing and tracing as the 1st wave airbed leaving it ill equipped to stop the 2nd author and journalist roden bergman has investigated that decision making he says the health ministry went against expert advice you need to know as soon as possible if that

person is not you need this person immediately after he is a good fight is so the suspect so even if you do not been sharing of infection it goes on and on if you are not able to cut it the government itself said it needed a 48 hour turnaround from suspected case to test results even now it's taking $6.00 to $8.00 days the concern now is that it's simply too late in terms of testing to catch up with the sheer scale of this 2nd wave israel's missed opportunity on testing and tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure to tackle the pandemic under pressure the prime minister has been announcing measures only to announce them from a one point $75000000000.00 package of cash handouts 1st universal now means tested too in order to close restaurants postponed with. in hours to we can closures of beaches and pools reversed within days the one constant is insistence on avoiding

a 2nd full lockdown because. i have requested each ministries plan for a safe exit from the current virus restrictions meaning that if we straighten the coven reach the goals that we see it for the determined number of cases per day that we can work with over time in the coronavirus routing. but the head spinning policy shifts have undermined belief in a prime minister also on trial in 3 separate corruption cases one survey this month put public trust in him at just 29 percent and the problem that. there's really this back and that it's not creating trust and trust is groucho. in order to move ahead because it's a long term situation where the talking about trust is both thrust of the public and trust of experts just weeks ago netanyahu had squashed the 1st wave of coded 19 and neutralized his most serious political rival benny gantz inside an emergency coalition now he's fighting to beat down

a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing political capital are a force at al-jazeera television david carroll has the director of the democracy program at the carter center he explains how some countries are using the pandemic to curtail democratic freedoms. this is a situation that's happening all around the world in many different countries settings where a globe that has been struggling with having good elections and good democratic processes. for the last 10 years anyway now is confronted with the situation of the pandemic so that there are easy excuses for governments and other actors who are not really interested necessarily and ensuring the core freedoms now have extra excuses and if they're not following. clear scientific evidence to base their policy decisions on their there's many ways for them to try to evade keeping

democracy on track in elections on time but i would say that the main things are on theme of expression and freedom of assembly and then possibly shifting. electoral timelines for postponing elections and keep processes connected to elections again we see a number of these examples around the world and without listing any particular country as an example there is widespread examples. now the u.s. state of oregon has gone to court requesting a restraining order against federal agents who were sent in to end protests against racism. the state's attorney general says the troops deployed by president donald trump of arrested protesters and fairly taken people away in unmarked vans unused excessive force the demonstrations began in may after the killing of the black man george floyd at the hands of police . canada's federal court has ruled a deal with the u.s.

that manages the flow of refugees is unconstitutional the agreement bans people entering the country at official border crossings from requesting asylum because it deals both nations to be safe however the canadian court now says refugees are unsafe in the u.s. because of the risks of imprisonment. still ahead here on al-jazeera a final farewell it's the end of an era for one of australian aviation's longest serving. and they can't waste a drop we look at why water so vital to ethiopians as a controversial negative fills up. hello with a change of wind direction there's been something of a dust storm or sounds to wherever the usa in the last day or so you don't pick it

up on the satellite picture you pick up the edge of the monsoon that's really the prompting the change in weather type so with that science easterlies more humid in the forecast and now then qatar and bahrain east and saudi in this orange is dust is coming out from the empty quarter and to some degree coming down from iraq it's typical for this time of the year otherwise it's a dry looking picture occasional sun sounds possible in western yemen all the southwest of saudi arabia and subtle storms in clumps all the things to watch for at the moment in the highlands and they drift west through africa in immediate future we've got a few thunderstorms developing and a few showers there but nothing significant the biggest ones appear to be in syria or monrovia for example they have been as far north as the gambia but in the forecast for friday says they probably won't be that far north south of all this just coming into the edge of your screens heading forward towards madagascar the circulation might want to turn into something may generate some significant rave

the eastern side of madagascar has had to form showers in mozambique which just touch the eastern side of zimbabwe otherwise it's dry. frank assessments tourism income stream is dead in the water what's been the result in poaching quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal in israeli society in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines it's time for new policy say the country really cannot all be seen to grading what he's written in this the really deep we all continue inside story on al-jazeera.

i. welcome back you're watching our deserve me so ho run the reminder of our top stories the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its consular office in houston texas saying it's to protect american intellectual property the spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry has denied reports that staff had been burning documents inside the building. britain has offered a path to citizenship for 3000000 home kong residents and their immediate families starting in january the new rules are in response to a national security or china is imposing on the city. and a vote is expected in the coming hours that will give israel's government increased powers to impose coronavirus restrictions more than 30 people were arrested after protests scalding on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign.

turkey and russia have agreed to work together towards a lasting cease fire in libya turkey supports even recognize government in tripoli while russia about its rival the wall of cleaver have to use based in the east delegations from turkey and russia met in ankara with more talks planned in moscow now they say that dialogue remains the only solution to the conflict of the one is a former special envoy to libya he says russia and turkey will lead to work together to bring stability to the region. well they both have good in thousands of mercenaries into libya to fight the war and if turkey and russia decide to stop the fighting and have their mercenaries no longer fight or withdraw from the church or leave the country well that's going to be a good thing for libya libyans do need to get together and negotiate a sustainable way forward with the u.n. process before have decided to tripoli in april 2019 there was about to be a national conference which would have involved a lot of libyans for

a lot of different places to find it out for it fought by the u.n. and that was about to make sure real progress after initial military mission if this effort to conquer the country become a dictator stopped all that it's going to be hard to put it back together again but there's no alternative they will ultimately need to have a fight national force some kind of military council if you're civilian role those are the kinds of things libyan should be negotiating in the foreign country should be supporting what the russia and turkey potentially dose is reduce the risk of a proxy war and by reducing the risk of a proxy war it is creating a. reduced threat to the country and to the region and that's a great thing can't always has lost a multibillion dollar lawsuit against 4 arab countries that have imposed a blockade on the gulf state funding qatar riyadh craft from that as space council my ways is seeking $5000000000.00 in compensation from egypt saudi arabia bahrain

and the united arab emirates the countries imposed a land sea and blockade in 2017 the un's top cool ruled last week in favor of qatar approving jurisdiction of the international civil aviation organization to hear the case. kuwait's amir is set to travel to the us for medical care on thursday after undergoing surgery of the weekend 91 year old shake sub sub or was admitted to hospital on saturday for unspecified medical treatment crown prince shaken off emmerdale subba has temporarily taken over some of his responsibilities the us president donald trump person warned the corona virus outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better it's a departure from the optimistic picture he projected so far even as cases continue to rise in many u.s. states mike hanna has more from the capital washington d.c. . in the past president cost him self as america's cheerleader making rosy

predictions about the course of the pandemic that were often at odds with the facts but this was a more subdued president than on previous occasions it will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better something i don't like saying about things but that's the way it is and a complete reversal on the use of mosques something that in the 1st few months of the pandemic the president often derided at one stage even expressing support for anti mosque protests in a number of states this to it seems a thing of the past i have no problem with the masks i view it this way anything that potentially can help and that certainly can potentially help is a good thing i have no problem i carry it i wear it you saw me wearing it a number of times and i'll continue if there were some familiar claims that the u.s. is leading the world in testing and that it's mortality rate is lower than anywhere

both assertions declared false by most health experts and little comment about a startling report from the centers for disease control it says the official figure of some $3600000.00 cases of corona virus in the u.s. is dramatically less than what it now estimates could be as many as $38000000.00 cases it's not clear whether the president's new embrace of reality rests in recognition not because such as these or whether he's seeking to reverse what are politically damaging polling figures about the public's view of the way he's handled the crisis mike hanna al-jazeera washington. it india the government has ordered a lockdown in all but one of the districts of kashmir areas were declared red zones because of the pandemic the week long lockdown will come into effect on wednesday evening all schools colleges and recreational activity areas will remain closed the valley reported more than $500.00 new cases in the past $24.00 ounce the world

health organization is warning that a vaccine won't be ready until at least the beginning of next year so scientists in the u.k. are conducting a major drug trial to see which existing medications might fight the virus in the 2nd of our series inside scottish clinics journal meets the medical staff attires hospital in east kilbride who've been on the forefront of british trials. this is the intensive care unit. this is a 10 bed intensity and where we had all our covert patients with envy at the height of the pandemic the place would be in fill of medical staff not the staff as you are with their purse the covert 1000 pandemic in the u.k. may have subsided for now but it's accelerating in many parts of the world so the search for treatments alongside a vaccine remains as urgent as ever and the drug trial has revealed the steroid dexamethasone to be effective in reducing deaths by up to a 3rd

a lot of patients and he commented intensive care unit they have a hyper immune response so they're going system goes into overdrive because if the hyper immune spawns actually causes a lot of the illness the damage to the lungs so dex a mess one hopes it is going to dampen all day 56 year old eddie hughes believes dexamethasone saved his life or body was the functional actions machines were basically for faster seem to keep me alive in the way for with. little to nothing else is what we've lost and to lose let's try it faster he had to dismiss all these options and started to still don't get started to get at least. for the 1st time it was the end of started to be talk of we need to offer the team 3 times and that was just we just couldn't even believe that any was given deck's of methadone here at hairmyres hospital in scotland one of a large number taking part in the u.k. wide randomised drug trial being run by scientists at oxford university the aim to

test a number of widely available off the shelf drugs with the hope of finding one or a combination that might work to ease some of the worst symptoms of covert 98 hughes return from the brink of death contributed to data that has seen dexamethasone approved as a breakthrough treatment for some of the worst cases of covered 19 states methicillin has been. result and. plainly common they're being treated or are not scraped up and have been able to be for the recovery trial has also been successful in ruling out the malaria drug hydroxy chloroquine once hailed as a game changer by president donald trump but found instead to be useless in treating covert 19 as the world waits for a safe and effective vaccine that may yet be a long way off recovery continues to look for treatments that will help us live

with the virus possibly for years to come join a whole al-jazeera scotland series on surviving krenov virus continues on stage now the plane which made international travel possible for millions of australians has been retired early because of the pandemic the last boeing 707 has taken off from sydney and in 50 years of aviation history nicholas cage reports from city. jumbos are coming the arrival of the world's 1st jumbo jet a 970 heralded a new dawn for a travel receiving huge fanfare on its 1st commercial flight from new york to london half a century later stuff bid farewell to the last quantas boeing 747. before it flew out of a strike for the final time. because of the same time. with their range their economics for decades the 7 for

7 was the flagship aircraft of quantas and the mainstay of other main commercial airlines it was synonymous with the long haul trips and exotic holidays remaining the world's largest aircraft until 2007 when the a 380 was introduced it still flies the us president around on air force one the boeing 747. many people making international travel affordable at the time it could hold double the number of passengers than many commercial aircraft but now it's nowhere near as fuel efficient. twin engine aircraft that can fly further. quantas had planned to retire at $74.00 seventh's by the end of $22019.00 brought it in for would pretty fair ways has made the same decision while many u.s. airlines have already faced them out we will have fewer.

but they won't disappear completely and they won't disappear overnight since the pandemic began quantas has cut $6000.00 jobs and canceled most international flights until march next year with the asia pacific region alone predicted by the international transport association to post losses of up to 29000000000 dollars this year airlines are in survival mode. much. that would have collapsed if i'd been privatized and there are others that will just disappear for now the last $1.00 to $7.00 for 7 will be stored in the mojave desert in california before being sold most likely full freight routes marking the end of a significant era in pointis is history you can gauge al-jazeera deeply. but a few pieces heavy rains have begun selling parts of its controversial down on the blue nile which will be starting to generate power by next year the government says

the dam is crucial for its economic growth but egypt and sudan both line downstream and they fear it could reduce their access to water how many reports from the source of the blue nile in northern ethiopia. it's called the water tower of africa that's because each open mountains are the 1st african highland to be drenched by the annual rains from the indian ocean. even after several drought sits streams rivers and lakes lake is one of the world's largest and the main source of the blue nile in the past each open didn't seem to need all the water it has lifestyles here were simple large bodies of water where even fewer. where always are you see i where or what is deep in water is if you go to the. marsh if you go to the area

that if you go to the lake some didn't get it wrong. in the history of. most of. our our tradition preferred the highlights living in highland because it's associated with the sea with this stupidity. but it's europeans say they've had to abandon that mentality a steady decrease in and the rainfall has damaged i get a culture rapid increase in population every year means millions more to feed a wiser use of water has become a necessity priority over the years has been given to hydro power with 18 dams either completed or about to be the largest in africa is the ground each oprah name on the blue nile the 5000000000 dollar project is designed to produce $6000.00 megawatts of electricity actually it's been a while since it began to harness the power of the blue nile the famous nile for such you see behind me receive only 25 percent of water's coming from lake tana

that he may need $75.00 diverted to hydro power dams which produce a total of $84.00 megawatts. leaked on a catchment or blue nile solar system is made up of about 40 tributaries they include the sacred gift of beit believed to be the real source of the blue nile a by each open name locals believe by runs through leaked on our without mixing with it and that it has healing powers wholly a bite is being required to play a more practical road now with old system when use of water source. we know is this ice water ice we. benefit from them if we get him in that. 100000 hectare. 100000 pick that irrigated. that. but this city percent of it and use the strides in hydro power investments

haven't been matched with similar progress in agriculture and leaped on a rocky terrain is to blame but local authorities say they'll do the impossible to harness both water and land for the benefit of the nation. by lake tana. your geologist with me several raman a reminder of our top stories the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its consular office in houston texas saying it's to protect american intellectual property a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry has denied reports that staff had been burning documents and accuses the u.s. of violating international law. on july 21st the u.s. abruptly demanded we close our consulate general this was unilaterally initiated by

the u.s. side we demand the u.s. withdraw this decision or we will respond the british government will open a special pathway to citizenship for up to $3000000.00 hong kong residents starting in january the new rules are in response to a national security law china is imposing on hong kong which critics say curbs freedoms. the british government has denied ignoring warnings that russia was attempting to meddle in its elections prime minister boris johnson told parliament the u.k. was more vigilant than any other country about threats from russia a report on tuesday concluded or thought he actively avoided looking at evidence the kremlin tried to interfere in several votes a vote is expected in the coming hours that will give israel's government increased powers to impose coronavirus restrictions more than 30 people were arrested during protests calling on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign. canada's federal court has ruled a deal with the u.s.

that manages the flow of refugees as unconstitutional the agreement bans people entering the country at official border crossings and from requesting asylum because it deems both nations to be safe however the canadian court now says refugees are unsafe in the u.s. because of the risks of imprisonment. turkey and russia have agreed to work together towards a lasting cease fire in libya turkey supports the u.n. recognize government in tripoli well russia banks its rival the ward cleaver hafter who's based in the east delegations from turkey and russia met in ankara with more talks planned in moscow you can follow those stories of course on our website at al-jazeera dot com i'm back with the al-jazeera news hour in 30 minutes but next it's inside story do stay with us.

under the long shadow of russia a person's government is accused of ignoring moscow's attempts to undermine its security and the most who say so how should the u.k. respond to these threats this is inside story. hello welcome to the program on iran come on the u.k. is considering tighter security laws off to an intelligence report on russian interference a parliamentary.