just rearranged documentary the struggle continues from back to. these districts revisiting our fridge free press. and the money they did it on we know from the public of what's happening in the aggressor side they have been some changes of work over the years you know rewind on al-jazeera. federal agents forced their way into the chinese consulate building in texas moments after it was forced to close. them given l. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up under pressure from the white house the top u.s. health agency urges schools to reopen to students. protesters and hungry accuse the

government of clamping down on media freedom that mass resignations and the country's most popular websites. and unlocked from its icy tomb russian scientists want to retrieve the skeleton of a woolly mammoth. political and economic tensions between the u.s. and china are escalating china is demanding the u.s. close its consulate in the city of chengdu while the chinese consulate in houston ended its operation on friday just moments after the deadline to close a group of men thought to be federal agents forced their way into the building and were seen prying open several doors but did not respond when challenged u.s. government accuses staff at the chinese consulate hell of espionage and dasa theft targeting facilities including medical centers in texas i think all the allegations

malicious slander for more let's cross live to see you who is in chengdu katrina why has china chosen chain do as the consulate it wants closed. i can won't tom has been given any very very detailed response but it has said that beijing says that there are some people working in the u.s. going to here in chengdu who have been engaged in activities which are inconsistent with that capacity and we are located here right now in the street where the u.s. consulate is based is just about 300 meters in that direction but the street has been completely blocked off by police there are dozens of police officers monitoring the area and controlling some crowds of people who come to take a look and it's really seem defensive and to us nationalistic sentiment here in china people really taking the message of one need times top diplomat to heart saying that the deterioration in ties is entirely the folds of the trump

administration that been a lot of support here in trying to pull beijing's decision to close the u.s. consulate here inch from doing actually yesterday off to nude on friday we had a man come and settle firecrackers is quite a cheeky move firecrackers a seen as a festive a symbol here in china he was given a warning but online in chinese social media he's been hailed a somewhat of a hero now i said that they said that some people here were working and engaged in activities that they weren't supposed to be engaged in but it is also true that because of the location here in chengdu it's in the south west of the country this country that access quite a listening post for the u.s. mint comes to any issues on happenings in regard to tibet and young that's also partly the reason why it was chosen according to chinese state media but of course beijing says it simply it's a reciprocal move they have been furious at the decision to shut chinese consulate in texas they say that this is a justified and rejected that measure on beijing's part they've continued to deny any accusations that the chinese consulate in texas is involved. or any test of

intellectual property here with us for a moment katrina would not bring our viewers up to date with another development involving china. and australia says chinese planes in the disputed sell china sea have no legal basis the declaration was made to the united nations and comes after the u.s. accused china of bullying neighboring countries to control the strategic waters washington has long opposed beijing's claims but never called them illegal. let's bring back in katrina you could every had any reaction from beijing on a stranger's declaration. not so fuck him it is saturday morning here in china and the weekend we know it's over going to hear any response and time soon but we know that this is not going to make beijing happy any issues of territory for china all red line the very sensitive china and china has

long claimed much of this territory in the south china sea as a historical pot of china they have what's called the so-called 9 dash line which gives a lot of that disputed territory to time but of course that is claimed also by many of china's neighbors including the lady in the philippines that was also mentioned in that submission by the australian government to the un now maries in this trillion foreign minister released that statement to the un ahead of her already meeting with us the crew of state like next week a. us our close allies in the us is the biggest source of foreign direct investment in australia and china is likely to say that a strategy is simply acting as a kind of lapdog to the us following in its lay that these are statements that they have made in the pos they're not going to be happy of course the relationship between china and australia is also suffering it's also at a low point because earlier this year. a prime minister scott morrison was repeating calls for an international inquiry into the origin of the core of the

virus pandemic sort of inadvertently putting the blame on china and this obviously also made beijing very angry and resulted in the blocking of some imports of the string in fees and volleyed to china we could make a treaty you there live for us in trying to do. in other developments a singaporean man has pleaded guilty to working for china's intelligence agency and for chinese scientists have been arrested of at its ties to china's military the last to be detained tung when is expected to appear in court on monday the u.s. accused the chinese consulate in san francisco of harboring her u.s. officials have accused all 4 of lying about their status as members of china's people's liberation army on their visa applications the white house is loosening restrictions to allow u.s. defense contractors to sell more drones to foreign countries it's doing this by reinterpreting a cold war era arms treaty signed by 34 nations this will allow the u.s.

to sell drones that fly under 800 kilometers an hour to countries that it considers to be allies previously these drones were classified as cruise missiles and subject to strict export restrictions. united states and russia will conduct their 1st formal bilateral talks on space security since 2013 next week the meeting follows allegations by the u.s. and u.k. that russia tested a space based anti satellite weapon this month while sco denies accusations that have fired a projectile on july 15th and says it complied with international norms britain warned the move posed a threat to satellites the world depends on. the u.s. military has released what it says is proof that russia is violating a u.n. arms embargo in libya the pentagon claims these satellite pictures show military equipment supplied by russian mercenaries being used on the front lines of the conflict these include fighter jets defense systems and armored vehicles the u.s.

says russia is boosting support for war highly for half thought its forces have been pushed back from western libya over the past few months by the un recognized government. the top u.s. health agency want schools to reopen in september even as corona virus infections spike in large parts of the country the centers for disease control insists it's safe for children to return to class saying it's unlikely you will contract or transmit the virus state and local governments are under growing pressure from the white house to reopen schools with president donald trump threatening to withhold federal funds from districts that don't. it is our firm belief that the that our schools are essential places of business if you will that our teachers are essential personnel you all here are considered essential workers which is why you were coming into the briefing room every day during the pandemic are meatpackers where meat packing because they were essential workers our doctors were out there treating their essential workers and we believe our teachers are essential but i

just guidelines from the centers for disease control our shop departure from the leaks document about reopening schools they will commit to classify before reopening of schools as the highest risk something that many americans have had to agree with a recent poll conducted by the associated press shows nearly 80 percent don't think school should reopen without major adjustments the democratic presidential rival has weighed in on the issue costing delft on the president's call commitment. first of all i believe high you know i want to open schools and the question is will the president do the work to make it safe you know just ordered schools to open like trump has done isn't good enough we've got to do the hard work getting the virus under control now and over the next 2 months and we you're open to now in many cases but trump doesn't want to do that hard he just wants to order schools open because he's afraid to be dozens can hurt his reelection chances was not about his

reelection it's about the safety and security of our children and our teachers in the neighborhoods. the u.s. president has signed for executive orders to try to lower the cost of prescription drugs despite failing to get backing from congress donald trump says the move will lead to cheaper imports and match prices with those paid in other countries it comes as the u.s. leader faces growing criticism over his handling of the crown of our pandemic ahead of november's election. meanwhile a surge of crowd a virus cases in florida has prompted officials to start using covert 19 isolation centers the idea is to stop the spread of the virus among the most vulnerable but there are warnings that the strategy comes with risks and gallacher reports from miami. the coronavirus pandemic has taken a heavy toll on florida's elderly residents a staggering majority of the fatalities here are those 65 and older and with an expansive network of assisted living facilities and nursing homes the danger for

seniors is serious like other states around the nation florida is turning to isolation centers for the elderly the state now has more than 2 dozen of them that is and to prevent the spread of coated 19 give patients the attention they need and free up space in the state's already strained hospitals covert nursing homes are places where a hospital could discharge safely are long term care resident who's covered positive also has a place where if there is infections inside a long term care facility a long term care facility consent of the coven only facility in a state ravaged by the pandemic the bay oaks retirement home in miami is an exception there would be no coronavirus cases here but if any resident falls ill stassi isolation is a good option i think it's a great idea so if somebody has it they should be in a place where they can be monitored by professionals who are experienced whatever limited or experienced people now is

a terrible disease for the past 2 weeks in florida the number of new daily cases has hovered around 10. 1000 miami has now mandated the wearing of masks but in other parts of the state those who can easily spread the virus are ignoring medical advice the number of cases among those who work with the elderly has also risen sharply but some experts say isolating elderly patients who can track over at 19 may not be the best thing one of the things not often talked about during this pandemic is the mental health aspect of living through these difficult times many elderly residents aren't allowed to see relatives social interaction is in many places not allowed and moving those who are infected with covert 19 may be detrimental to all involved those who specialize in geriatric care say isolation and patient transfers has its drawbacks many residents are very confused by the situation and with perhaps alzheimer's or dementia may not understand fully what's

going on and why are they no longer being visited every day by by relatives around 20 percent of florida's population is over the age of $65.00 but even in communities like the villages where people are $55.00 and older cases have quadrupled since the beginning of the month while isolation units for those who fall ill as seen as a good strategy risks remain for this state's older population whether they live in care facilities or not and a gala crowd is here or miami florida still ahead on al-jazeera potentially my life expectancy is shortening every day this this and carries on warnings millions of missing out on important cancer screenings because of the coronavirus and them and .

hello temperatures have been tempered in the east coast of the u.s. as this mess isn't so represents a cow trying to zone its way through then you've got the southwest monsoon so showers and actually a bit of flooding into song arizona but maybe that's the most obvious feature this is a tropical storm due to make landfall saturday morning on the texas coast and then disappear inland is mostly a story of a large amount of writing i think between $150.25 millimeters more than you'll get from most of the showers as shown here odds are in kansas or nebraska up towards the midwest another slow moving frontal system so also a named storm this one here disappears in the gulf of mexico i want to briefly have a look at what's happening in the caribbean behind me you've got hanna has tropical storm then just coming in probably over the top of grenada is he's coming gonzales will be hurrican probably a category one hurricane moving fairly quickly to go top of the island most likely

sometime during saturday maybe early sunday potential damage obviously from that subtle this is largely quiet until you get down to probably the river plate where again your frontal system which is change the temperatures is taking rain now back up into the south of brazil. a team of chinese scientists embark on a daring deep sea mission searching for rare is also a new space one a one east produced china's underwater on al-jazeera. for the 1st time in recent history saudi arabia prohibits overseas visitors from performing the hutch government. as cook at 19 continues to disrupt people's lives we look at this decision and big impact on the saudi economy hodge 2020 on al-jazeera.

georgiadis there are a reminder of our top stories this hour a group of men thought to be u.s. officials have forced their way into the chinese consulate in houston moments after a deadline to shut the office expired washington accuses chinese agents of unacceptable levels of intellectual property theft china's retaliated by ordering the closure of the u.s. consulate in trying to. australia says china's claims in the disputed south china sea have no legal basis it made its declaration to the united nations after the u.s. accused beijing of bullied neighboring countries to control the strategic waters. and the top u.s.

health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as corona virus infection spike in large parts of the country the centers for disease control says it's safe for children to return to class as it's unlikely they'll contract or transmit the virus. let's get more now on the u.s. china tensions tangan is a political and economic affairs commentator he joins us now on skype from beijing thank you for your time mr tangan how significant an escalation is this that the tit for tat closures of concepts. it's extremely bothersome i mean this is a time when the world isn't local and damage which is not only car causing immense health concerns but obviously there are financial fallout which really threatens entire global economic order so at this time to be pushing this kind of politics this is kind of very odd it's not helpful i know that donald trump believes that

this is the only path to get to a reelection but given that only 21 percent of americans believe that the china threat is their top issue they're more concerned about code 19 health and economics and also that desertion even of his own staff on peo seems to be preparing himself for 2024 presidential run and then you have you know the. more conservative wing of the republican party actually putting up opponents against donald trump's people in tennessee this is about rubio i cetera so you know there are things that are happening here which are not really going trump's way but he still persists in this and we'll have to see what happens but there are 2 other things to keep in mind there are a lot of china hawks believe that x. essential in china is the threats militarily economically and culturally i mean

ideology ideologically there's also this issue about how culturally asian outlook and also western outlooks are not compatible especially when it comes things like what does it mean for human rights for the u.s. it's more about the ballot box about freedom of speech but in asia if you talk to people it's more about safety in the streets it's about economic opportunity social safety net the such things. as of a reporting china is demanding that the u.s. close its consulate in the city of chengdu china says this is really on a equal retaliation. is there any strategy or any other strategy or reasoning behind this move for beijing or is it simply an effort to make not feel like. well they've waited 2 days in order to do this they're trying to appear very measured and they've also extended a number all branches over the last few days indicating that they would prefer

talks rather than to this kind of unilateral action remember it's they're doing this because they need to look like they are willing to defend themselves the closure of the houston facility council has been accompanied by armed what appears to be armed federal marshals and local police breaking into the consulate when the deadline has passed this is highly unusual it's it goes against diplomatic protocol and it's going to be one of those things there's concerns now that perhaps that this is a trojan horse situation will go in and quote try to find a criminal documents they'll use as part of this kind of political campaign a bit of wising china or that's how china views. thank you for your analysis on a tag and there are a political and economic affairs commentator from beijing. thank you.

around 2000000 people in the u.k. have waited for cancer screenings the treatment of the last 4 months because health services have had to prioritize the treatment of the coronavirus pandemic cancer research u.k. is concerned they'll be thousands of unnecessary deaths as patients are undiagnosed and i read reports. lower is a dedicated mom a year ago doctors found she had stage 3 wound cancer and she had surgery and aggressive radiation treatment in late january she was told the cancer had gone but there's a one in 3 chance of it coming back and she'll need a physical examination every 3 months she's still waiting though for that to happen i just think if it could be caught early then i have more chance of having a longer longer with my children and and i feel that by the. these now phone appointments with my oncologist there's no absolutely no chance that the cancer is ever going to be detected at an early stage and therefore potentially my life

expectancy is shortening every day that this carries on coronavirus has put a huge strain on cancer services many treatments tests and screening for poor sister were diverted to deal with it and because of safety concerns cancer research estimate there have been about 38000 fewer cancer treatments in the u.k. since the end of march most clinical trials which can help extend life were halted a many people who would normally have visited a doctor with worries about cancer stayed away scientists at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine estimate that could be around 3 and a half 1000 potentially avoidable deaths in england from the 4 main cancers by 2025 because of the pandemics impact while the institute of cancer research warns delays to diagnosis and treatment for as little as 2 months during lockdown could lead to some cancers going from being curable to being more advanced it's not heart attacks or strokes where you're seeing the effects quite so immediately that with cancer in

the delay that they'll still come along now still have their surgery but rather than being cured and having 30 years of life expectancy there will be a proportion of people here really haven't recovered so that becomes a judge of that in the way that happen. in 2 or 3 years time medical staff delivering cancer care own trying to clear the backlog of patients that are operating in unprecedented circumstances it's really important that as we focused on covert that we must of that cancer become the forgotten see. we want to see prouty given to catching up with cancer services making sure that delays don't impact on patients outcome and that we minimize the impact on treatment delays the full impact of this pandemic on diseases such as cancer won't be known is a recently found a swelling in her abdomen and is hoping she'll never get to see someone quickly but

the reassurance or hope she might need and they would. chinese president has signed into law a plan to allow citizens to withdraw up to 10 percent of their pension savings for economic relief during the coronavirus pandemic it appears to be a popular idea with large numbers queuing up around $11000000.00 people are eligible to withdraw up to $5400.00 the plan was passed by congress despite opposition from the president it's expected to give a short term boost to the economy but some analysts warn that it could cause long term damage to pension funds. facebook and twitter have removed accounts belonging to high profile supporters of brazilian president jaya boss not all the tech giants were complying with a ruling by brazil's supreme court judge ordered around 2 dozen accounts taken down as part of an investigation into the funding and spreading of dissent from a ship by his allies conservative activists say the ruling violates freedom of speach. israel has launched

a series of airstrikes on syrian military targets he says it's retaliation for mortar fire directed toward the israeli occupied golan heights tension has been high following the death of a hezbollah fighter in another israeli airstrike near damascus on monday the lebanese group is backed by iran and has forces deployed in syria to support president bashar assad. protests have been held in budapest against restrictions on media freedom in hungary the demonstrations follow a mass walkout of journalists from the country's most read website of a government interference critics say is the latest efforts to bring independent media outlets in the country under government control correlate has more. they came out in their thousands to voice their anger at what they say is the latest silencing of hungry suppress more than 80 journalists from the country's most read news site called index have resigned from their jobs after the editor in chief was sacked last month he publicly raised the alarm over political

interference in the outlets operations for many the dismissal was seen as a government directive and the last straw. for you to prove. we called him on the phone and said we would like to initiate the end that we no longer want to work in dix after this about 60 members of the 90 people on the staff at the scene they also resigned ending their work at index. index is long been regarded as hungary's key independent media outlet but it has also been a target of this man hungary's prime minister viktor orban who once branded a fake news factory one of his allies recently took charge of its sales are perhaps a sign of things to come. critics say the government is trying to bring as many independent media outlets under its control. we are of the editorial staff which today probably made one of the biggest sacrifices and risks

to shine a spotlight on what's happening and how a newsroom can be destroyed even the strongest and most read news portals can be ruined and on greed. one popular columnist reminded the crowd of a 2018 quote in defense of free speech from mr alben himself real good is that we would never have the audacity to silence those who don't agree with us across central europe it's not only hungary that seen the steady decline of independent news outlets and a steer toward autocratic rule a major sticking point in the debate over the use pandemic recovery fund last week was whether poland and hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and victorian claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungarian leader karl leg al-jazeera. accordions and bar boy has denied

bell to a prominent journalist and an opposition leader who'd been speaking out against government corruption. or no handshake. sorry for may have been accused of inciting public violence and calling for people to join anti-government protests next week how much faster has more from her. state prosecutors opposed to bail they say that if hope watching all of the felines journalist was allowed to go home he could use the opportunity to go back on a social media pages and encourage people to demonstrate in next week's planned anti-government demonstrations they also fear that he could also use your opportunity to leave the country when hope wasn't going to was leaving the magistrate's court in the capital harare he said he feels he's been persecuted for only doing his job. right now to whom it's a question comical the 7 before the 1st with the french reporting one of the organizers of the 31st cologne protested c n n so this is really journalism has been criminalized for 100 well if. you can look

at the facts of crime regardless corruption should continue people should not stop who should kill him with the. critics of the government say officials are using this as an opportunity as an excuse to suppress media freedom and to stop people from gathering there saying these uncovered 900000 denecke as an excuse and human rights organizations are concerned we encourage the government to engage with civil society and other stakeholders to find sustainable solutions to grievances while ensuring the rights and freedoms are protected in accordance with zimbabwe's you months of negotiations will include the responsibility and state guarantee economic social and cultural rights the government of zimbabwe denies the allegations it says it's only doing this to protect people it's discouraging people from gathering next week if the planned protest go ahead and they say they feel the people organizing this protest are doing it to undermine the authority. of the state. the

scars in the of a mammoth being excavated from a lake in northwestern russia a fisherman discovered the remains of the ancient mammal in a lake on the young model peninsula that scientists are now working to recover all the bones they can they said the discovery is unique the skeleton has almost all its fragments and plagues such as well preserved mammoth remains have not been discovered in that part of the arctic for more than a decade. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories a group of men to be u.s. officials have forced their way into the chinese consulate in houston moments after a deadline to shut the office expired washington accuses chinese agents of unacceptable levels of intellectual property theft china's retaliated by ordering the closure of the u.s. consulate and trying to contribute has the latest from chengdu. china hasn't given

any very very detailed response but it has said that beijing says that there are some people working in the u.s. here in who have engaged in activities which are inconsistent with their capacity and we are located here right now in the street where the u.s. consulate is base is just about 300 meters in that direction but the street has been blocked off by police there are dozens of police officers monitoring the area and controlling crowds of people to take a look and it's really. us nationalistic sentiment here in china australia says chime his claims in the disputed south china sea you have no legal basis the declaration was made to the united nations. further in line with washington the u.s. has accused china of bullying neighboring countries to control the strategic. the top u.s. health agency has issued guidelines calling for the for reopening schools in september even as corona virus infections spiked in large parts of the country the

centers for disease control says it's safe for children to return to classes it's unlikely they'll contract or transmit the virus. chile's president has signed into law a plan to allow citizens to withdraw up to 10 percent of their pension savings for economic relief during the coronavirus pandemic and it appears to be a popular idea with large numbers queuing up the plan was passed by congress despite opposition from the president is expected to give a short term boost to the economy but some analysts warn it could cause long term damage to pension funds israel has launched a series of airstrikes on syrian military targets the army says it's retaliation for mortar fire directed toward the israeli occupied golan heights tension has been high following the death of a hezbollah fighter and another israeli airstrike net damascus on monday those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right after what i want to east

so with us. talk to old to 0. is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that at travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on which is 0. a team of chinese scientists traveling to places no human is it would be. embarking on a daring deep sea mission in the hunt for rare resistance and new spaces. on this episode of 1018 we go on board some of china's top engineers and scientists as they explore the depths of the indian ocean.