important of the time. a team of chinese scientists embark on a deep sea machine searching for rare is also. one of many reveals china's underwater on al-jazeera. today i'm announcing a surge of federal law enforcement in 2 american communities plagued by violent crime. says federal forces will be deployed to chicago and albuquerque democrats say it's a political stunt to boost a flagging reelection campaign. this is al jazeera life also coming spying claims in a mysterious fire china is ordered to shut its consulate in the u.s. city of houston as the diplomatic war intensified its. california now has the

largest number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. it's a passing new york. cemeteries are overflowing in the hospitals running out of space desperation in bolivia and the government wants the virus will reach its peak only in august. so then he has been criticized for his response to the worsening coronavirus pandemic and the demands for racial justice following george floyd's death with just over 3 months to go before the presidential election donald trump is taking action and talking tough on 2 other fronts his administration has ordered china's houston consulate to be shut down in the latest move against beijing and in the past couple of hours the president has announced that hundreds of federal law enforcement officers will be sent to the cities of chicago and albuquerque to combat what he calls rising crime state governors and city officials all democrats

say they. it's a political stunt the announcement follows a night of violence in chicago which included a gun battle between gang members at a funeral that wounded 15 people. will work every single day to restore public safety protect our nation's children and bring violent perpetrators to justice we've been doing it and you've been seeing what's happening all around the country we've just started this process and frankly we have no choice but to get involved. federal agents have already been deployed against protesters calling for racial justice in portland that's in oregon of the state government's going to court seeking a restraining order the acting head of the department of home security though says the forces have made lawful arrests he's also said he's ready to pull off if i were stopped but they've been accused of seizing protesters from the streets and on motor vehicles and detaining them without justification democratic methods of 15 cities condemn the of agents in

a letter to the attorney general let me be very clear with oregonians when i spoke with the director of the department of homeland security last week i told him to go home and to take his federal troops with him. this is a debacle see not a dictatorship we cannot have secret police abducting people into and putting them in unmarked vehicles. i cannot believe i have to say that to the president of the united states and it's an hour from john 100 who's in chicago he explains how the move could be seen as the president's way of gaining more political support. at the president's news conference he was talking about something like 200 officers i am told here on the ground as of yesterday the number that federal officials here were told was more like 110 but whatever the number is these are going to be people who are going to be investigating existing crimes they're not going to be boots on the ground to be armed and out on the street and

that is one of the things that has apparently changed the mayor's mind here in chicago what the president is doing here is we just have to say it as it is i mean it's political. he has been very critical of all of these protests in the democratic cities all of the ones resounding people of democratic mayors and he's been particularly pressing this message that defunding the police is a bad idea that's one of the montrose of these protesters but what they want to do is shift money from inside the police department to things like mental health that people who are better equipped to deal with some of the problems that now only police are dealing with and trouble is trying to suggest that what is needed is more money and more policing in these cities these protesters are talking about doing it a different way but that gives him. in his campaign against joe biden in an interview the other night he tried to suggest that biden was for defunding the police something biden has never said so this is it's

a way that trump can try to make some positive progress in the minds of his supporters at a time when he's heavily being criticized for what he's done on the front of the coronavirus. now the u.s. and china have traded threats and criticism over the coded pandemic called in the south china sea now the wall between the 2 global pounce has a new focus beijing has been given 72 hours to shut down its consulates in the city of houston this is the latest in a series of actions meant to punish china for what the child ministration calls on diplomatic behavior and chinese officials are threatening to retaliate most in jordan as more. it's a seed. straight out of the spy film employees at the chinese consulate in houston burned documents before they're forced to leave the u.s. on friday the expulsion of the 60 diplomats and their families is just the latest step taken by the u.s. against a country it considers a national security threat we are setting out clear expert taishan for how the

chinese communist party is going to behave and when they don't who are going to take actions that protect the american people protect our security our national security and also protect our economy and jobs even before the u.s. officially announced the closure on wednesday officials in beijing were condemning the move for you dr daniel. maybe this is intentional sabotage to buy national relations and it's extremely outrageous china strongly condemns it and which is the u.s. side to withdraw its decision otherwise china will definitely take unnecessary and legitimate response the trumpet ministrations decision is the latest in a string of what it calls punishments for china's recent actions imposing tariffs on hong kong goods after beijing revoked its autonomy officially opposing chinese efforts to claim the south china sea as its own imposing sanctions to protest the alleged abuse and imprisonment of weaker muslims and what washington has insisted

was beijing's failure to warn everyone about covert 19 before the virus outbreak turned into a global pandemic later on wednesday senators grilled deputy secretary of state stephen wiig and during a hearing about the administration's china policy i know you argue that this president and the administration has been uniquely successful with china and i know you're good at your job before the hearing devolves into a hearing bashing china and the world health organization for the code pandemic let me assure you blame game politics won't save american lives some analysts say that despite the administration's harsh rhetoric there may well be justification for closing the houston calls a lot for a long time the chinese have gone after. internet related technology space technology much of which is texas is a sensible step from that. the trumpet ministration says by closing the chinese consulate in houston it's punishing beijing for its bad behavior but political

opponents say the white house strategy could backfire by encouraging its chinese counterparts to retaliate in jordan al-jazeera alexandria virginia. and president trump says schools should be fully reopened despite the rapid rise in creative arts infections a new poll conducted by associated press as shows the vast majority of americans are against the idea the president insists he's comfortable with his son and grandchildren returning to class. i would like to see the schools open open 100 percent and we'll do it safely we'll do it carefully but when you look at the statistics the statistics i just read having to do with children and safety they're very impressive they have very strong immune systems so you are seeing the children go to school they go back to home they're with some live with their grandparents there's there's a real risk when you understand. that they don't transmit very easily and

a lot of people are saying they don't transmit and we're looking that was studying john very or that particular subject that they don't bring it home with them now they don't catch it easily they don't bring it home easily and if they do catch it they get better fast looking at that fact that is a factor and we'll look into that very strongly we'll be reporting about that over the next week or california the most populous state in the united states now has the highest number of coronavirus infections in the country supporting new york that's why it has been attributed to the state a.p. up most of its economy since may there are now 415000 cases in california where more people have died in new york california has had to reimpose restrictions on businesses the worst state again size of 21 states combined so it's not surprising now in some respects as we've begun to reopen key sectors of our economy people continue to mix and people continue to come in contact close contact with

others that may have contracted this disease that our numbers would start to go up in total now the highest in the nation not highest per capita not highest in that respect but nonetheless a sober reminder of why we are taking things as seriously as we are. strikes in western afghanistan have killed $45.00 people the district governor in the province of herat says at least 8 civilians died in the attacks which he blamed on afghan forces or members of the taliban were also killed afghanistan's defense ministry has launched an investigation the us has denied involvement. qatar airways has lost a multibillion dollar lawsuit against 4 arab countries that imposed a blockade on the gulf states but in country across from their airspace the un's top court ruled in favor of qatar last week proving the jurisdiction of the international civil aviation organization to hear the case goes jabari has more.

qatar airways once $5000000000.00 in compensation from egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates they imposed a land sea and air blockade in 2017 banning qatari planes from their airspace the blockade in countries cut diplomatic ties with qatar accusing it of maintaining close ties with iran and supporting terrorism. qatar denies all charges and efforts to resolve the crisis have failed. before the blockade this was the route qatar airways flights were taking and this is how they had to change in order to avoid the airspace of the blockading nations making lengthy diversions adding an average of 25 minutes each flight and adding to its fuel costs qatar airways c.e.o. a backer says the air blockade is a clear breach of civil aviation conventions as well as several binding agreements

those countries have signed the lawsuit uses existing treaties to make its case that the blockade violates international law a right now that there are basically all 4 arbitrations that are going before you know the the authorities there and they're going to decide the fate of this and the simple thing is you know that the big the body who's going to decide these arbitrations has to determine if there is a clear breach of civil aviation conventions and out right now it's just too hard to tell how the court will decide are there this month qatar one illegal round when the international court of justice at the hague said the un's civil aviation agency has jurisdiction in this case and can oversee negotiations it marks a victory for qatar in this long drawn out battle with the 4 arab nations and now qatar airways is looking for financial compensation at a time when the global aviation industry has been devastated because of the covert

1000 pandemic. door such a pari al-jazeera. still ahead here no deserve more in britain is offered to the residents of hong kong following china's security crackdown. hello there bit of a break from the heavy rains across japan over the next couple of days not so the korean peninsula plenty of cloud on its way bringing some very heavy downpours but meanwhile back across into china of course more rescue operations underway and this is a particularly huge one as you can see just look at all those rescuers in that boat as many as 10000 people have already been rescued from the buildings but there are still several 1000 trapped inside and see why when you see all the see the the depth and the breadth of those folks waters that 1st has a say this is the day for

a very heavy downpours across the korean peninsula this could also lead to flooding is beginning to push into western as of japan and such it will make more headway on friday very heavy rains in particular across q she and it'll take a while before it pushes into central home she would have much better day really across the central and eastern as a china still some rain but a lot lighter than we have seen of lace me want to cross into south asia very heavy rains here of course bangladesh but also the northeast of india here are pictures coming out of to the states as you can see again of course the fed which is really in some cases several meters deep so people doing what they can to get about now this move very heavy rain here for cars again to the northeast through much of the behind the dash the northeastern states and of course all the while training back into more central and southern regions of india. territorial social and ethnic divisions. france has seen some of the

biggest recent protests over black lives matter. al-jazeera welcomes to some of its least privileged communities. where treatment by the police is still a contentious issue. paris a divided city on al-jazeera. but again welcome back to remind of our top stories this and the u.s. president says he's going to send hundreds of law enforcement officers to the cities of chicago and albuquerque donald trump says it's to combat rising crime

officers are already in portland in oregon to be cute detaining protesters without justification. the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in houston saying it is to protect american intellectual property the chinese foreign ministry has denied reports that staff had been burning documents inside the building. california has surpassed new york to become the u.s. states with the largest number of coronavirus cases a spike in cases has been attributed to the state opening most of its economy since may. now several countries in latin america are reporting increasing rates of covert 19 including bolivia where police say they've recovered hundreds of bodies from streets and homes more hello as more. in bolivia a special police unit is tasked with recovering bodies from people's homes in the cities of la paz and santa cruz authorities say they've recovered $420.00 bodies from homes streets and automobiles over

a span of only 5 days. the vast majority are believed to be deaths from coburg 19 it's a sign the health crisis in the country is accelerating much of the body until 2 of my relatives have died we went to the hospital and they didn't take care of them they told us the hospitals were crowded we went to several hospitals and now my 2 closest relatives have died from medical negligence the government does and nothing . coronavirus cases in bolivia have surpassed 60000 and there are predictions the number of cases could double in the next 2 weeks this exponential rise in corona virus cases is also playing out in several other. countries in the americas with alarming rates of contagion in ecuador colombia and others joined the last week there were on was 900000 new cases a nearly 22000 deaths reported in our region most of there is within brazil

mexico and the united states of america. on tuesday evening mexico surpassed 40000 coronavirus deaths it's the 2nd highest death toll in latin america just behind brazil. people need to know the epidemic is still active that we have to stay home engage in social distancing etc or guarantee some moral commitment from health officials but everyone needs to do their part. despite a reopening of mexico's economy the still worsening outbreak is expected to lead to new lock downs as cases search. latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the start of the pandemic. al-jazeera well let's take this on specific in looking at catherine that medicare is the

director of the energy and information network which is a group that i'm lies is political dynamics and social justice issues joins us on skype from cochabamba in bolivia and katherine welcome to the program so we're seeing areas with a very rapid increase in corona virus cases but this this problem with bodies on the streets and overflowing cemeteries how's it comes up. let me issue is that the year the protocol dictates that bodies should be cremated if they have to persis died of code but the problem is there aren't very many of them to cremate there's a matter are and who are our procedures in terms of identifying who is impacted who is not the cause of death and so what we have built. up last week in cochabamba a one week backlog so people were having to keep their loved ones in their home or

endorsed case and they are going to put them out on the street because the. week is too long to wait to have a body picked up in a can what we've seen and i think that what the segment before showed is that there has been no government response to this that's been affected but we coming by desperate here right it is an awful thing to have to have to do business what about the hospitals and so for the health care provision the of able to cope absolutely not and you know the health system the public health system has collapsed private clinics are full you coach a bomb a city of a 1000000 people there are approximately 50 respirators in intensive care units there's no way that they can meet the demand people who are so desperate scrambling prostitution if they can afford it and many times people who can't record it would have to pay $30000.00 in a in

a private hospital there's just nowhere for people to turn right now and know what solution we're hearing that people are queuing up to buy this bleach like substance chlorine dioxide is that on the recommendation of the government and what people doing the. well i don't think people are doing that out of desperation because there's there's no access that you know there are there's no biden seat left in pharmacies here i think that through the internet the word has spread that this is a potential cure all of that it's not something that's medically supported and we've seen a lot of cases of the people trying to mix their own maybe into a very very serious injury and several deaths and that on the part of the congress which are led by the opposition party in moscow they've started in an issue to regulate the sale of this hopefully the lower dosages that's been something that's

been widely criticized but i think it's very difficult for people to understand the situation that people are placed here in and it's largely a population that's been very very careful about where in math very very careful about distance faction even you know people who are selling oranges on the street and live to day to day are taking those precautions it's not like some of the images we see of the united states where people or our going to party crowd that not being care well it certainly sounds like a very difficult situation we thank you for the praising of of the situation there in bolivia catherine lead but thanks very much for the thank you for having. a brazilian president jibril sonora has tested positive for the coronavirus for a 3rd time he reported a fever on july 7th but the government says he's in good health several of his ministers have also been infected also morris says he's taking the anti and malaria drugs hydroxide chloroquine which many studies have found to be ineffective in

treating covered 90 he's often dismissed the disease it's a little flu a brazil has the 2nd biggest outbreak in the world after the united states if 2000 people have died. now the self-confessed middle man the murder of a maltese journalist has been found with serious knife wounds just hours before a court hearing it's unclear if milton threw try to kill himself the former tyson driver was given a presidential pardon and immunity in exchange for evidence about the case definitely corrina. a multi journalist dying for exposing government corruption was killed by a car bomb near her home 3 years ago russia's judiciary has come under fire for jailing a problem to a story in your read to me to have was convicted of sexually abusing his adopted daughter that's a charge that he denies a human rights group he was jailed over his work on covering massacres during the rule of soviet leader joseph stalin supporters say his focus on stalin's crimes is

seen as incompatible with the state's future of russian history to be true have been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison is expected to be released within months because of time already served some of the measures likely just design i would really like to see my father and hike him i hope that i will see him smart but unfortunately without the possibility of having him however i hope that this will happen very soon in. the united nations is warning up to 3200000 people in southern yemen are expected to face acute food insecurity over the next 6 months well than 2000000 people already suffer from severe food shortages juta ongoing fighting there but the u.n. says the situation will get worse due to the coronavirus pandemic and the global economic downturn the war in yemen has left more than 100000 people dead leading to the world's worst humanitarian disaster kuwait's emir is set to travel to the united states for medical care on thursday after undergoing surgery over the weekend 91 year old is shaken. was admitted to hospital on saturday for unspecified

medical treatment crown prince shaikh now off with his temporarily taking over some of his responsibilities. according canada has struck down a key agreement with the united states on asylum seekers saying it violates their human rights under the pact both countries are recognized as safe places to seek protection that's about canada to turn back asylum seekers coming from the u.s. but a federal judge ruled the u.s. no longer qualifies as a safe country under the trumpet ministration which has been trying to overhaul the asylum system the british government has unveiled the conditions for 3000000 hong kong residents to apply for citizenship starting in january those eligible will not need a job before going to the u.k. it applies to those with british national overseas passports and their immediate families the new rules are in response to a national security law china is imposing on hong kong which critics say curbs

freedoms chinese embassy in london says new policy violates international law or a challenge is in london and has more on the immigration plan. what we don't have is the detail or at least some of the detail about how british nationals overseas in the hong kong these 3000000 or so hong kong was 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 of settled status then they can apply for british citizenship they can also bring 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 and 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. over decades small family run businesses in hong kong have set up shops on the detail residential buildings these tiny stores help make up the city's unique urban landscape but more and more are now being forced to close sarah clarke has this. system this is child

have been running the shop for almost 60 years it's a tiny sit up about 30 square feet selling they seem to have. hold on happens to the local community my god i still remember on the 1st day we only earn around 2 u.s. dollars after our neighbors became our regular customers and business was getting better i race for 3rd and the 1st as a graduate thanks to this business. is still a shop is common across hong kong they were promised in the fifty's and supported families who are unable to pay the high rent for the larger retail spaces but the chance of being forced to close their doors after the government announced plans to redevelop the area we feel sad whenever there are all shops closing and it seems that we can do nothing to stop it an increasing number of stores like this are being forced to my wife urban redevelopment community groups are doing their best to record a chapter of hong kong's wintel history they say is fast disappearing their

community is going to be smashed by party by the planning and want me trying to reduce the friend waiting to come starve to preserve the memory of history here this is one of the oldest districts in hong kong but rapid development has seen the street landscape changed at one end we have these newly built presidential blocks and trendy cafes but there are still a few of these understand stories which will be i predict carries a run on the same path. so my hope is one of the last style tolmach use in homes homes she learned the techniques of hand carving from his father who once ran 3 stools now only one remains in business she's worried that traditional skills like also being lost as local stores struggle to opens. i think there are many cultural heritage is in china worth preserving however people nowadays easily forget the beauty of these cultural treasures for now sam i

hope to continue her work as long as the orders keep coming in sarah clarke al-jazeera. hong kong. time for a quick update of the top stories here on al-jazeera and 1st the u.s. president says he's going to send hundreds of law enforcement officers to the cities of chicago and albuquerque donald trump says it's to combat rising crime offices already in portland in oregon they've been accused of taking protesters without justification john hendren is in chicago he's got more. as about a week ago 373 people had been killed in the city of chicago that's about 100 more than at this same point just a year ago so we're on pace to have 700 deaths that's a very high number in a city that often has high numbers so it is a violent year but i spoke to

a federal law enforcement source and he said this would be very different then what happened in portland in portland you had a bunch of federal officials in cammo gear with helmets and pads they were protecting federal buildings from vandalism but they were also going out and chasing down vandals these federal law enforcement source that i spoke to here in chicago says it will be entirely different that no one will see than the officers here on the street the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in houston saying it is to protect american intellectual property the chinese foreign ministry has denied reports that stuff had been burning documents inside the building california has surpassed new york to become the u.s. state with a large number of coronavirus cases the spike in cases has been attributed to the state putting most of its economy since may a brazilian president gibe also has tested positive for the creative arts for 3rd time he reported a fever on july the 7th but the government says he's currently in good health.

there are strikes in western afghanistan have killed at least $45.00 people a district governor in the province of herat says at least 8 civilians died in the attacks which he blamed on afghan forces members of the taliban were also killed afghanistan's defense ministry has launched an investigation the us has denied involvement the british government has unveiled the conditions for 3000000 hong kong residents to apply for citizenship starting in january those eligible will not need a job before going to the u.k. it applies to those with british national overseas passports and their immediate families the new rules are in response to a national security law that china is imposing on hong kong. stay with headlines more news coming up right after inside story.

under the long shadow of russia britain's government is accused of ignoring moscow's attempts to undermine its security and democracy so how should the u.k. respond to these threats this is inside story. of the program on iran the u.k. is considering tighter security laws after an intelligence report on russian interference a parliamentary committee says no one in government wanted to know about moscow's attempts to interfere in the 2014 scottish independence referendum.