in current fact that mattie. al-jazeera. men thought to be us federal agents make their way into the chinese consulate in houston all threats ordered to close. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up australia further closes ranks with the u.s. over the south china sea declaring beijing's territorial claims all have no legal basis. and other nights of protest and on rest on the streets of portland oregon in the u.s.

where demonstrators have been challenging federal agent sent by donald trump. for. and speaking out against the silencing the hungry and media thousands accuse the government of crushing up popular news website. star for the u.s. consulate in chengdu in china packing up and getting ready to leave off to beijing ordered its closure in a worsening diplomatic standoff that's in response to the u.s. ordering the closure of china's consulate in houston texas and shortly after everyone left that building several men thought to be u.s. federal agents were seen getting in through a back door the u.s. government has accused staff of espionage and data theft beijing describes the allegations as quotes malicious slander. police inching due meanwhile have blocked

off access to the u.s. consulate there head of its closure it's unclear when staff will have to leave but the state run newspaper says the u.s. has until monday to train to use in trying to do with more on that decision to close the consulate. this is the street where u.s. consulate is located about 300 meters in that direction is the closest we can get it's been barricaded by police there dozens of a place guarding the area preventing people from getting too close now as to why beijing has targeted this particular consulate all they've said is that they found some officials working in the mission to be engaged in activities not consistent with their capacity so a lot of vague statement but also we know that this is in and it's located in southwest china and this region is quite significant one consulate deal directly with many businesses operating from nearby taunting but also it acts as a main listening post for any activities or happenings taking place in shinji or

into that and chinese state media said that that's one of the reasons been chosen to be closed down now certainly the incident incident has started anti u.s. sentiment here in china with many supporting beijing's decision to close the mission down and also taking the message of the top diplomat here in china one into hot and he has blamed the u.s. completely pull the deteriorating bilateral relationship and of course this is also directly from beijing for the closure of the chinese consulate in texas which has infuriated them they've said that it's up to washington now to put the bilateral relationship back on track and china has repeatedly denied that the u.s. the chinese consulate in texas was used as a base for espionage and data that. australia has added to the arguments that would serve china seizing china's new legal claims to the declaration to the united nations bring him further into line with washington the u.s. has long opposed beijing's claims of only calling them illegal until last week.

well china claims about 90 percent of the china sea including ownership of the spratly islands which is disputed by the philippines vietnam and other countries to the scarborough shoal is claimed by china and the philippines that disagreement escalated 8 years ago when the philippine navy apprehended 8 mainland chinese fishing vessels a singapore and man has pleaded guilty in the u.s. to working for china's intelligence agency and for chinese scientists are under arrest because of suspected ties to the chinese military last to be detained tango in is expected in court on monday diplomats in the chinese consulate in san francisco are accused of harboring a u.s. immigration says all 4 lied on their visa applications about belonging to china's people's liberation army. thousands of people have gathered for another nights of protest in the u.s. city of portland oregon. asked to share the latest live pictures coming to us there

from the pacific northwest we have recently seen a crackdown by federal agents states officials have opposed that months of protests that began over the death of george choice had been losing steam but accusations of heavy handed tactics by federal offices reigniting on rest. because the nominal all of the people that you're going to be that character voice right the other the other just. the message of. them if you don't keep the pressure on nothing changes nothing changes have been going on now the only 3 decades of 100 years. i'm not sure i've become the country we always bank about so we can't break any more about anything we are we are worse than anything in this. terrible terrible thing for him in my life. 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 the satellite pictures show military equipment supplied by russian mercenaries being used on the front lines of the conflict these include fighter jets air defense systems and ahmed vehicles the u.s. as russia has boosting support for the war lords after. the top u.s. health agency has this huge guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as coronavirus infection spike in many parts of the country the senses for disease control is insisting it is safe for children to santa claus as it's unlikely they'll contract or transmit the virus reynolds has the details. as covert 19 continues to shirt in parts of the u.s. the debate over how and when to send children and teachers back to school has taken center stage. president donald trump wants schools to reopen for in person lessons in the coming weeks even if various transmission inflator studies come out so let's

say we believe that students should be going back to school because the effect on a child we know scientifically they are not affected in the same way as an adult drug not true says dr anthony thought she of the national institutes of health i think we still need to learn a lot about children you know elementary school children getting infected what the percentage of their infection is and whether the either spread or not efficiently to adults has happened either says there's new data indicating older children may be efficient spreaders of covert 19 who could give the disease to their teachers parents grandparents and others were his children 10 to 19 appear to be spreading infection to adults as equally as well as adults spread to adults yet there's still a lot to learn about what the prevalence and incidence of infection is in children

and as a group do they spread do they get any bodies what's the in family spread or not just weeks ago the country's top public health institution the centers for disease control issued a cautious set of guidelines on school reopening those guidelines were criticized by trump who said they were too restrictive. now the c.d.c. has made an abrupt about face with new guidelines saying it is critically important for public health to reopen schools a group of 150 eminent public health experts many of them from the country's top universities published an open letter this week urging political leaders to shut down the country again now and start over. they say all non-essential businesses should close people should stay home and mask wearing should be mandatory. if you

don't take these actions the letter says the consequences will be measured in widespread suffering and death rob reynolds al-jazeera. donald trump's presumptive white house rival joe biden says the president is unwilling to grasp what's really needed to get children back into the classroom. 1st of all i believe the 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 opening now many cases but trump doesn't want to do that hard work he just wants to order schools open because he's afraid to be dozens can hurt his reelection chances ross not about his re-election it's about the safety and security of our children and our teachers our neighborhoods florida is one of the states where infections also. 19 isolation sentences are

being set designed to stop the disease from spreading among the elderly and vulnerable people 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 expensive 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 sentence 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 kovan nursing homes are places where a hospital could discharge safely long term care resident who's covered positive also has a place where if there's 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 stasi isolation is a good option i think it's a great idea so somebody has it they should be in a place where they can be monitored by professionals who are. ariens whatever limited experience people have now is terrible disease for the past 2 weeks in florida the number of new daily cases has hovered around 10000 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 contract covert 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 on to allow 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 but even in communities like the villages where people are 55 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 gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. still to come here on al-jazeera tonight to pay a little problem a journalist in zimbabwe says the struggle against corruption must continue if you

sent back to prison plus. potentially my life expectancy shortening every day this person carries on warnings about those missing out on potentially lifesaving cancer screening because of the corona virus pandemic. hello there very unsettled picture across the southeast of europe as we continue through the weekend in the last few hours and all of this has been steadily thankfully away from northern italy but not before this happened to rivers that banks and many of the streets in milan really under water there are some strong winds too with those storms on the wall some damage in terms of trees coming down but the good news is through saturday as i say the skies will continue to play want

to father to the south or it could be really the bulk of the rains across much of the balkans than the other system as this one had again across the northwest some very strong winds and some heavy amounts of rain to through southern sections of the u.k. northern france is moving quickly so by sunday it should be a slightly better picture plenty of clouds still fairly breezy but the rain as you can see working its way across towards central areas but also very heavy across so certain sections of scandinavia they each is still very much in place and also everywhere of course as we know northern europe it's not too bad the temperatures rashi fairly close to the average but we wanted to show again in london on monday sunny spells either side of that really all slow again we've got that rain pushing in through sunday it'll come back again on tuesday bringing those temperatures back down but if you want the really hot sunny weather you need to head to southern spain 42 in seville on sunday. image can change the way we see the womb if we had not seen this we would be

talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created this longing for a full opportunity that can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story that is correct and that talking points are pretty identical it can forge narratives right through the listening post gives you the full picture on a. welcome back welcome if just joining us you're watching officer live from doha go top stories a group of men thought to be u.s. officials have been to the chinese consulate in houston after it was forced to close on friday and then response beijing has ordered the shutdown of the u.s.

consulate in the city of chengdu. australia says china's claims of the disputed south china sea have no legal basis it made its declaration to the united nations after the u.s. accused beijing of bullying neighboring countries to control the waters. the top u.s. health agency has as you guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september as corona virus infections rise in many areas the centers for disease control says it's safe for children to return. to israel has launched airstrikes on syrian military targets the army says it's retaliate for mortars being fired towards the israeli occupied golan heights tensions have been high after hezbollah fighter was killed in an israeli airstrike near damascus on monday lebanese group is backed by iran and has forces deployed in syria to support president bashar al assad. the sacking of the leading news website in hungary has

provoked a mass march by antigovernment protesters that followed the mass walkout of journalists and supporters the editor who warned that government interference is in danger in need of freedom is car a leg. out. 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 their 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 me fell a full on for you to come from the us we called him on the phone and said we would like to initiate the end that we no longer want to work at index after this about 60 members of the 90 people on the staff at the same they also resigned and are

ending their work at index. index has 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 how even the strongest and most read news portals can be ruined in hungary. one popular columnist who reminded the crowd of the 2800 quote in defense of free speech from mr orban himself me sean and i would never have the adult city personas those who don't agree with us and yet. across

central europe it's not only hungry that seen the steady decline of independent news outlets and to steer toward autocratic rule a major sticking point in the debate over the e.u. is 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 viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leader curry leg al-jazeera. countries across asia are enjoying some of the heaviest monsoon rainfall in years in bangladesh flood waters breach sandbag walls built to protect villages one 3rd of the country is under water weeks of torrential rain of also led to flooding and landslides in india and the power of . a court in zimbabwe has denied bail to

a prominent journalist and an opposition leader who's been speaking out against government corruption they're accused of inciting violence is horrible tasa reports now from harare. state prosecutors opposed to bail they say that if poor fortune one of the feelers 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. for a down turn consideration come on the servant before her for the 1st time reporting one of the organizers of the 31st deadline protested c n n of the sort of basically journalism has been criminalized for 105. in fact of very radical activist corruption should continue people should not stop should kill and with the. critics of the government say officials are using this as an

opportunity as an excuse to suppress the media freedom and to stop people from gathering the same 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 in story county 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 u.s. aviation authorities have ordered emergency inspections for some boeing aircraft they're worried about corrosion on board the crafts that been sitting idle for

months during the pandemic his new book. as passengers tentatively take to the skies again and line still reeling from a coronavirus pandemic face a new challenge america's federal aviation administration has issued an emergency warning ordering all operators of the boeing 737 and g. and 77 classic to inspect a key engine part after 4 reports of sudden engine shutdowns the f.a.a. said it was issuing the urgent directive to address corrosion of the engine bleed air 5th stage check valves for both engines which could result in compressor stalls and jewel engine power loss without the ability to restart which could result in a forced off airport landing the warning applies to any 737 that's been in storage for at least a week and given the number of extra aircraft grounded by the pandemic it's thought to apply to thousands of 70 seven's in dozens of fleets worldwide it's going to

cause a bit of frenzy going here is he i imagine i mean shit lee the straight down aviation 'd. in as much as it is a cross. our thing. and it's not as if he's a major structural aeration issue but engineering stuff like engine bells is something that you wouldn't know about until you had a problem the boeing 737 is one of the most successful commercial jets of all time with a good safety record but the warnings a major setback for a company that struggled to regain trust after the grounding of its 737 max and craft following 2 fatal and crashes within 5 months these latest concerns to not applying to the 737 max the aviation industry's been badly bruised by covert 19 in may u.s. airlines said they were collectively losing more than $10000000000.00 in cash

a month while boeing said sales of its craft were at their lowest in 60 years. is. al-jazeera. in the u.k. about 2000000 people are waiting for cancer screening or treatment lists have been getting longer as the public health service prioritized 19 years i'm a what. lawyer is a dedicated mom a year ago doctors found she had stage 3 when 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 says staff were diverted to deal with covert 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 there 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 like heart attacks or strokes where you're seeing the effects quite so immediately that with

can't 7 that delay. that they'll still come along and still have their surgery but rather than being cured and having 30 years of life expectancy there will be a proportion of people who have a recurrence of that comes a juge that in the way that happens in 2 or 3 years time medical staff delivering cancer care 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 have that cancer become the forgotten say. we want to see priority given to catching up with cancer services and 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 no is a recently found a swelling in her abdomen and is hoping she'll never get to see someone quickly but

the reassurance who helps you might need and they would al-jazeera turkey has condemned protesting greece during which is flag was set on fire it happened as the 1st islamic prayers and 9 decades were held at istanbul's fear it was controversial conversion back into being a mosque so in consumer reports now from istanbul. after serving as a museum for the past 8 to 6 years the newly converted. last welcomed thousands of turks for friday prayers some had travelled from cities across turkey for the big occasion and a stumble. leaders and dignitaries from other countries listened as clerics performed their rituals christian mosaics and frescoes of jesus and mary were traped with curtains. for the reopening of turkey's present treasure tape aired on recited the opening section of the court on. to make

a great people were eager to pray here thousands participated in the prison we came here together to pray the government and the authorities concerned to do the necessary renovations the new hug us a few more school be something great that makes us very proud and will always be open for all citizens visitors and the tourists as well i guess i feel as restoration as a mosque came 2 weeks after turkey's high school which ruled that a $934.00 government decree converting to place so for ship interim museum was illegal after 8 years. the 1st years. was. the real planning. as a mosque again following the 1st prayer hundreds fresh to visit the famous landmark and all the what all of them eulogy was of the lord i can't express my feelings

something is can be expressed but i shut tears of joy i'm very joyful in my own country the mosque that was conquered by men when the conqueror was shot down and i'm very happy that it's now reopened i feel blessed. church bells around grace harang gets mcveigh flags one low over to protest what the head of brick also looks church called the unholy act of defiling the former because you go off the bison to an empire. later say the conversion is an internal matter off national sovereignty that a supporter of the people dance critics say he's pushed through the populist move to consolidate his power in the ruling party and fend off potential rivals to his leadership. look the real opposition is among the conservative community itself that's going to change the balance in power the hagia sophia has a meaning in the conservative historical consciousness that's why when you support the hagia sophia you addressed 65 percent of the turkish electorate saying that i

am defending your calls but this only has an impact on the marginal knowing percent of an opinion poll this month showed 43 percent of turks saw the mosque controversy as a way for adjunct to avoid discussion of turkey's troubled economy some of add ons former allies agree but for both domestic and foreign tourists they're enjoying seeing around the new look architectural treasure for your charge so now because solo al-jazeera stumble. recapping our top stories here on al-jazeera a group of men thought to be u.s. officials event to the chinese consulate in houston after it was forced to close on friday in response beijing has ordered the shutdown of the u.s. consulate in the city of chengdu katrina use in change and she says the consulates closure will be seen as a big loss for u.s. intelligence. this deals directly with many businesses. but also

as a main listening. and. one of the reasons. to be. here in china with many. to close the mission and also taking the. blame the u.s. completely. australia china's claims in the disputed south china sea no legal basis it made its declaration to the un off to the u.s. accused beijing of bullying neighboring countries to control the waters the top u.s. health agency has this huge guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as coronavirus infections rise in many areas the centers for disease control says it's safe for children to return. but people have gathered for another

night of protests in the u.s. city of portland. the city has recently seen a crackdown by federal agents states officials have opposed the protests that began over the death of george florey it has been losing steam but i.q. solutions of heavy handed tactics by federal offices. thousands of protesters in the hungaroring capital of marched on the prime minister's office accusing him of a crackdown on press freedom there is widespread anger after the chief leading news website was sacked he was fired after warning the independence of index 8 she was at risk from political pressure. those are your headlines up next it's the listening post after about 30 minutes of world news i will see you very soon. for the 1st time in recent history saudi arabia prohibits overseas visitors from performing the hunch government. is good at 19 continues to disrupt people's lives

we look at this decision and big impact on the saudi economy hides 2020 on al-jazeera. disturbing evidence that. you know let me ask dr oz. our life. for. the truck anything different destination the stuff that he said. i don't like a. hello i'm richard gaisford and you're watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories we're covering this week since and china's treatment of weaker muslims despite the best efforts of beijing journalists are finding ways to get the story out if you're reporting on the military in pakistan prepare for the worst like getting abducted in broad daylight mammie just a bell and sapphire do they look for.