young men living under the constant threat of imprisonment it took me to the keep going full time for them to regain control of their lives is when the boys returned . on al-jazeera. today i'm announcing a surge of federal law enforcement into american communities plagued by violent crime. donald trump says he'll deploy federal forces to chicago and albuquerque said combat violent crime democrats say it's a political stunt to boost a flagging reelection campaign. and are there i'm the tail and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up

spying claims on a mysterious fire china is ordered to shut its consulates in the u.s. city of houston as the diplomatic war intensifies. gratian risk of abuse during the pandemic indonesia's politicians are accused of failing to protect society's most vulnerable. and how a coronavirus cast you in zimbabwe has led to accusations of rights violations by the government. now he's billing himself as the no an order president and 3 months out from the election donald trump 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 this is a political stunt like our reports. the concern about federal involvement

was sparked by scenes like this from portland oregon to weeks of anti racism protests federal troops in unmarked uniforms moved in confronting demonstrators and detaining them in unmarked vehicles much to the anger of the state's governor this is a democracy not a dictatorship and 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 now the president has announced his intention of sending federal offices to several other cities today i'm announcing a surge of federal law enforcement into american communities plagued by violent crime who will work every single day to restore public safety protect our nation's children and bring violent perpetrators to justice for months president

trump has regularly tweeted law and order in capitals and this decision is regarded by many as a campaign ploy in an election year the mayors of several major cities have sent this letter to the attorney general blasting the proposed deployment the letter reads in part these are tactics we expect from authoritarian regimes not our democracy that has been an especially violent summer atlanta has seen a 300 percent spike in shooting victims compared to the same week in july last year in new york city over the past week shooting victims are up more than 200 percent. mounting frustration during this pandemic and widespread anger at police has led to what many view as a perfect storm of increased violence that federal involvement could intensify rather than fickle mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well philadelphia's top

prosecutor has warned that federal agents will face criminal charges if they are lawfully assault or arrest anyone in the city if they choose to follow the law then we'll all get along famously and if they choose not to follow the law then they will discover that there are laws in the commonwealth of pennsylvania that can be used to prosecute them. it is certainly my hope that their behavior will be entirely legal but based on what i saw in portland it is my opinion that some of that behavior looks like criminal conduct. as a democratic strategist who served in the obama administration he says trying the strategy is likely to harm his chances of re-election. i would have to argue that what we're seeing right now and law and order strategy is really nothing but a lection year ploy to directed at democratic cities to try and demonstrate it is they said he is the. law and order president if you recall 4 years ago he said i

alone fix the problems plaguing america and what we've seen out of this president is higher unemployment we've seen pandemic and many other western countries have been able to handle a completely go off the rails we've seen now watching $20000.00 americans die as a result of the pain and it was seeing economic calamity we're seeing unrest in the streets and we're also seeing a president that has absolutely no clue as to what's happening in cities and has absolutely no plan no order to 16 incisions the number of holes that are shown that . is actually losing on this cortical longer strategy so a.b.c. news washington post poll recently. has a 9 point lead over trump when it comes to issues of safety and security and law and order kaiser family foundation has a tim point lead by over truck one percent to 44 percent when it comes down to the issues of safety and crime so poll after poll showing that actually does not have

a winning hand when it comes to this and give i think what people are seeing is that the emperor has no clothes to get though your leadership on crime and safety issues they are leadership economic issues though your leadership on the public see the public health issues are very clear and as we get closer to the elections i think that's just going to really exacerbating it for the president. well the u.s. and china have traded threats and criticism of the covered pandemic hong kong and the south china sea now the diplomatic war between the 2 global powers has a new focus beijing has been given 72 hours to shut down its consulate in the u.s. city of houston this is the latest in a series of actions meant to punish china for what the trumpet ministration calls on diplomatic behavior and chinese officials threatening to retaliate in jordan has . it's a scene 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 don't you do you. 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 called to light prolong time the chinese have gone after.

internet related technology space technology much of which is texas is a sensible step from. 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. now the united nations has warned the economic consequences of the krajina virus pandemic will be deep and long. lasting in the arab world and a new report says the region's economy is expected to contract by more than 5 and a half percent with some countries economy is shrinking by more than double that figure it says the number of people living in poverty will rise by more than 14000000 and the u.n. chief says that could bring more political instability in the region is blessed with tremendous diversity and put them. yet all arab countries where the oil rich

me the income or least developed face difficulties in responding to the global pandemic is exposed in their big challenges the regional economy has suffered multiple shocks from the virus as well as the sharp drop in oil prices remittances and tourism and economic forecasts than that. you know region already rife with tensions and inequalities these will have profound consequences on political and social stability meanwhile the u.n. is also warning up to 3200000 people in southern yemen are expected to face acute food insecurity over the next 6 months more than $2000000.00 people already suffer from severe food shortages ongoing fighting there but the u.n. says the situation will get less due to the coronavirus pandemic and the global economic downturn the war in yemen has already left more than 100000 people dead leading to the wild west humanitarian disaster. child rights activists in indonesia have condemned lawmakers for failing to stand up for victims of sexual abuse

a bill to tackle sexual violence was dropped as the government dealt with the pandemic and experts say it's left vulnerable children an even greater risk just to washington reports from the capital jakarta. in the city of deployed. this is where children can come together to play seeing and to be safe it's a place for children who would otherwise spend all day on the street. it sure is a volunteer at the shelter she spent her youth on the streets and she knows firsthand how perpetrators of sexual abuse target these children. living on the streets or sleeping in front of shops is a nice but if someone suddenly offered you access to an apartment facilities who would refuse there's no concept of social distancing here for these children food and a safe place to rest or more pressing concerns than covert 19 the volunteers who run the show to say sexual predators use accommodation and food to target children hang

up a. little. street children are very much at risk of sexual violence that's why we have to be patient embrace them and protect them but in many parts of the country children have been left to fend for themselves this is just one of many shelters across indonesia which has closed its doors because of covered 19 precautions alone on the streets and with nowhere to go child rights activists say children are now at even greater risk of becoming victims of abuse. this month a number of child abuse cases have sparked calls for change including the case of a 65 year old french national who was arrested late last month accused of abusing more than $300.00 children in jakarta the accused committed suicide in his jail cell most of his victims were children on the street he lured them to hotels by pretending to be a photographer. before the corona virus outbreak the number of cases of abuse of children was already high the situation's only got worse now because there are more

opportunities for the abuse to happen. despite this legislators have dropped a sexual violence eradication bill from their agenda. it's not that we don't think the bill is important it's just a technical consideration we're finishing a bill about handling covert 19 we don't have time to finish the other bills activists say sexual abuse should be a priority and laws need to be strengthened. if they refuse to discuss the bill it means they fail to understand the need for protection for women and children against sexual violence. life has always been dangerous for children on the streets but the pandemic has highlighted just how vulnerable they are just washington al-jazeera jakarta. still ahead here on al-jazeera a dramatic rescue from a dining apartment in front of show you what happened to us. this is

a member of the foster because we could not to prepare we're going to be games as we are used to taking the plunge with one years ago the countdown is on to the delayed take your game. and still very hot and quite dusty across areas of the middle east now also as well as that we say want to see rain showers across into areas of yemen even the fall southwest of saudi but have a look at these pictures coming out of dubai there was a huge dust storm that just really of a lesser rated most of the buildings visibility really was significantly reduced and we could see more blowing sand and dust as we go through thursday these areas here showing the winds and showing of course where we'll see more of that sand and dust the winds of change direction is fading very humid but she crawls into kat's

op into bahrain and of course away from that that all the time which is typically in the high forty's celsius much of the same on friday and more though in the way of rain across the southwest assaad in down into the southern areas of yemen so more rain in santa and that could of course causes some localized flooding bunch of rains into central areas of southern africa and we're also watching this very closely this massive cloud you can see here possibly becoming a tropical cyclone in the next few days probably notice in the next couple of days there's plenty of rain through eastern and southern sections of madagascan already coming from this storm system but it is getting a little bit closer meanwhile across south africa it's fine and dry 19 celsius important as both on thursday by friday warming up considerably sunny skies and a high of 25. jump into the stream and julian on global community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on hand will online be part of the

debate let me put some you tube comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic darlings that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way he treats human equating business if we're going to adapt to climate breakout this stream on al-jazeera. to her holding. hello again i'm the stars here today here and are a reminder of our top stories this hour. the u.s. president says he's going to send hundreds of federal law enforcement officers to the cities of chicago and albuquerque donald trump says it's to combat rising crime

the officers are already and portland oregon they have been accused of detaining anti-racism protesters without justification let's take you to some live pictures that we're getting in just about as you can see protests have kicked off again today and people are gathering there on the streets hearing from portman's men we'll be bringing you more on that as it happens. the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its concert in houston saying it is to protect american intellectual property china denies reports that stuff are burning documents inside the building and is threatening to retaliate. and the u.n. has warned of deep and long long lasting economic consequences for the arab world as a result of the write a virus pandemic that says the region's economy is expected to contract by more than 5 percent pushing millions into poverty. now a nighttime curfew aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus has come into effect in zimbabwe opposition leaders say the new step selling to anti-government

protests planned for next week they accuse the government of using health restrictions to infringe on people's rights our correspondent has more from the capital harare. off to tonight's in police custody freelance journalist hopeless in gone and opposition leader jacob got me a ride for the magistrate's court to apply for bail they were arrested on monday and accused of inciting people to protest over the economy and corruption in zimbabwe he's been through this before it would be over for a few but the case was adjourned they are spending another night in jail there's no question that this is basic who he was there is no law that's they can't. there most states you can protest section 59 is rated citizens rights to their own states and pretty soon. the government to meet said to know of their expectations. lawyers say police have raided the homes of the 2 main looking for

evidence the opposition believes the state is trying to stop anti-government protests planned for next week defectors to document since it was imposed which imposes a curfew 66 pm curfew i'm here in this country after the liberation war so we have returned. to the street with a dangerous regime instead of the change the norm is safe. the government imposed a curfew saying it's only trying to tackle rising coronavirus interactions we know is in no position we should mention this in 2 respects causing violence. in also spreading. to spread because the voters living so that will does. that to loot. we will not allow it into blues send that message loud and clear to the

opposition we will not allow it human rights activists worry they could be more arrests people who don't work have to stay at home they can only come out to buy through x. rays medical facilities and public gatherings are bad girls who do have jobs i'm not trying to get home. here but there isn't enough public transport for now only chance but operators approved by the state are allowed to work many here fear they might not make it home in time. well brazil has reported a wreck or daily increase in crime virus cases and nearly 68000 it has the world's 2nd west outbreak after the us with more than 2000000 infections and 82000 deaths the pandemic was initially focused on cities but and recent weeks has surged in the country's vast hinterland while those new cases in brazil pushed the total number

of reported infections across latin america to more than $4000000.00 several countries are seeing increasing rates of covert 1000 including bolivia where police say they have recovered hundreds of bodies from streets and from homes on your palo reports. 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 code 19 it's a sign the health crisis in the country is accelerating more total 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 but the 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 during 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 40. 1000 coronavirus deaths it's the 2nd highest death toll in latin america just behind brazil. people need to know the epidemic is still active you know we have to stay home engage in social distancing and cetera 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 law downs as cases surge. 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 story of the pandemic. al-jazeera. the us states and territories have reported more than 1100 new deaths from the corona virus that's the highest daily toll since may the most populous state california now has the highest number of infections in the country surpassing new york a spike has been attributed to the state opening up most of its economy since may there are now nearly 415000 cases in california but more people have died in new york california has had to reimpose restrictions on businesses now the british government has unveiled 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 and all that beijing is imposing on hong kong which critics say cubs freedoms china's embassy in london says the new policy violates international . well away from the pro-democracy protests in hong kong and china's growing influence there a more traditional part of the territories history is coming under threat for decades small family run businesses have set up shop so the bottom of presidential buildings and these tiny stores help to make up the city's distinct landscape but more and more of them are being forced to close our correspondents erica has a story. mr mrs chow have been running the shop for almost 60 years it's a tiny sit up around 30 square feet selling basic household items to the local

community bank i still remember on the 1st day we only earn around 2 u.s. dollars after a while our neighbors became our regular customers and business was getting better i race for 3rd or you further to graduate thanks to this business. he's still a shop is common across hong kong they were promised in the fifty's and supported families who are able 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 return history they say is fast disappearing their community is going to be smashed by party by the planning and what we're trying to do is reduce the foreign waiting to come sorry 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 change at one end we have these newly built presidential blocks and trendy cafes but there are still a few of these understand stores which should be open for decades and i run by the same plant. so my home is one of the last. homes. she learned the techniques of hand carving from his father who once ran 3 stores now only one remains in business she's worried that traditional skills like hers are also being lost as local stores struggle to stay open thing at all but. 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 so a clock al-jazeera hong kong. there is now officially one year to go until the

delayed olympics tokyo 2020 was postponed because of the pandemic but with the virus far from contained the games are still very much in doubt david strikes reports. back in the pool for the 1st time in months like so many olympic athletes brazilian swimmer. has been unable to train properly because of the pandemic but with the reopening of facilities in rio she can now refocus on getting ready for the perspiring games in tokyo a year from now. it's a good time for us to go back looking forward to the 2021 lympics the feeling of starting over to fill a dream. brazil is the world's 2nd most infected country with more than 80000 deaths so athletes at the olympic training center must follow strict biosecurity rules but it beats training at home. yeah you don't present i came back from

denmark with a knee problem in june and was in quarantine training at home is not the same as training here i'm very motivated to recover quickly and return 100 percent in preparation for tokyo a year to go but doubts and uncertainty remain about what the olympics will look like or if they'll even go ahead at all with a world wide containment of the coronavirus seemingly some way off. it will be a huge challenge to stage qualifying events and then bring $11000.00 athletes to tokyo not to mention spectators and broadcasters this is a member of the task because we cannot prepare or games as we are used to infect there we have to prepare for multiple scenarios of the games we have to take all these seem to work out what could happen what may happen the international olympic committee estimates the delay will set them back $800000000.00 but what's less clear is the size of the bill facing japanese taxpayers before the perspire at the

games were already set to cost more than $12000000000.00 all $42.00 venues have been secured for next year but if it is stage without fans the loss of ticket revenue will hit hard despite the grim economic landscape though organizers remain hopeful they can keep hold of existing sponsors and maybe even attract new ones to think is that if the businesses are in dire circumstances because of coronavirus but still there are companies who are coming forward to say they want to sponsor the games which we appreciate very much it's a bright piece of news. tokyo last hosted the games in 164 if they do return in 2021 that unlikely to be such a grand affair with organizers already scaling back their original plan but given the global situation with 365 days to go getting the frame later told would be a victory in itself providing some light at the end of a very dark tunnel david stokes al-jazeera. now 2 children in southeast france have

had a dramatic rescue as fire and thick black smoke and golfed their tower block apartment take a look at this. crowd urge the brothers aged just 3 and 10 years old just as they hung in the winter in the city where the boys were taken to hospital along with more than a dozen other people suffering from smoke inhalation. i know that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the u.s. president is sending hundreds of federal law enforcement officers to the cities of chicago and albuquerque donald trump says it's to combat rising crime officers are already in portland oregon they have been accused of detaining anti-racism protesters without justification let's take you to some live pictures now as you

can see protests have kicked off again today with people gathering there on the streets with democratic mayor ted wheeler currently addressing them. and the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in houston saying it's to protect american intellectual property china denies reports that stuff were burning documents inside the building and this threatening to retaliate. the u.n. has warned of deep and long lasting economic consequences for the arab world as a result of the coronavirus pandemic it says the region's economy is expected to contract by more than 5 and a half percent pushing millions into poverty the region is blessed with tremendous diversity and. yet countries with oil reach be the incredible least developed 1st difficulties in responding. the global pandemic is exposed in the big challenges the regional economy has suffered multiple shocks from the violence as well as the sharp drop in oil prices remittances and tourism and economic forecasts than that.

in a region already rife with tensions and inequalities these will have profound consequences on political and social stability the number of corona virus cases reported across latin america has passed 4000000 more than half of those infections are in brazil which reported another record daily increase in cases on wednesday and follows a warning from the pan american health organization that the pandemic in the region is far from over the british government has unveiled the conditions for 3000000 hong kong residents to apply for citizenship starting in january those eligible will not to need a job before going to the u.k. it applies to those with british national overseas passports and their immediate families these new rules are in response to a national security law that beijing is imposing on hong kong well those are the headlines to join me for more news here on al-jazeera after the stream stay with us . from 0 to 0 we are this is the government will

call for the sorry optional to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter is their own. they're welcome to the stream home edition i'm josh rushing sitting in for me ok and you are joining me from my home in fairfax virginia while we're still under quarantine here today we're talking about you it's been a huge story duchess and us but across the world black lives matter and mini countries e.u. countries offer support for that and so that they stood in solidarity with it but were asking about what about the black life that their southern border the ones that are risking their lives to try to get across the bed to enter the e.u.

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