where treatment by the police is still a contentious issue. carries a divided city on al-jazeera. when thought to be u.s. federal agents make their way into the chinese consulate in from stern office ordered to close. a one piece of you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. military says it has proof that russia is violating the u.n. arms embargoed in libya. and other nights of protest and unrest on the streets of portland oregon in the u.s. where demonstrators have been challenging federal agents sent in by donald trump.

also this hour we'll look at how farmers and fishermen may have been affected by ethiopia's when a song stabbed. my . top story staff at the u.s. consulate in chengdu china a packing up and getting ready to leave after beijing ordered its closure in a worsening diplomatic standoff it's in response to the u.s. ordering the closure of china's consulate in houston texas al jazeera has katrina you know reports. in chengdu work has begun dismantling the u.s. consulate 1st found it in the southwestern chinese city in 1985 chinese state media says have until monday morning to vacate the premises beijing blames the u.s. for the escalating tensions and has accused the trumpet ministration of stirring up trouble and anti china sentiment around the world. 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 of the last few days indicating that they were for talks rather than to this kind of unilateral action remember they're doing this because they need to look like they are willing to defend themselves on the other side of the globe a group of men reportedly federal agents fullest open a back door of the chinese consulate in houston workers left the building on friday after appearing to been documents earlier in the week there vixen ordered by american officials who say the consulate was a hub of chinese espionage and accusation beijing denies china ripped off our prize intellectual property and trey zwicker is causing millions of jobs all across america from washington the list of issues is long the u.s. has arrested for chinese scientists accusing them of working secretly for the chinese military. compound special trade status with the u.s.

has been revoked after china imposed a new security rule and washington has imposed sanctions on chinese officials over the elected persecution of ethnic muslims as the coronavirus president trump has increasingly pointed to china as being responsible a tactic seen as shifting blame away from what critics say has been his own failed response to the pandemic and finally quali the chinese telecoms giant accused of posing security threats now beyond the u.s. and person we are slipping it appears into a new cold war and it's this strange combination that we have right now in our american politics which is a domestic political pressure combined with longstanding grievances and concerns between the united states and china once the u.s. consulate here in tel do closes there will be for maining on china's lane lag but beijing says it won't hesitate to shut down another to bush. retaliate against

chinese mission in the us continue al-jazeera television. australia has added to the arguments over the south china sea saying china has no legal claims to the area canberra made the declaration to the united nations bringing it further into line with washington the us has long opposed beijing's claims but avoided calling them illegal up until last week china claims about 90 percent of the south china sea including ownership of the spratly islands which is disputed by the philippines yet nom and others the scarboro shoulders claimed by china in the philippines that disagreement escalated 8 years ago when the philippines navy apprehended 8 mainland chinese fishing boats a singapore and man has pleaded guilty in the u.s. to working for china's intelligence agency and 4 chinese scientists are under arrest because of suspected ties to the chinese military the 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. immigrations as all 4 lied on their visa applications about belonging to the chinese people's liberation army. the u.s. military has now released what it says is proof that russia is violating the 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 air defense systems and armored vehicles the u.s. says russia is boosting support for warlord after malik trainer joins us live now from misrata malik what's your reading of these satellite images what do we make off them. well peter i mean the janay military has been saying all along that mercenaries belonging to the russian wagon group are in the front lines in sirte so these american this statement by the u.s. africa command sort of come from what they've been saying that you know in may the

u.s. africa command said that 14 fighter jets were moved to which is sort of south central libya south of sirte so and of course you know many many international stakeholders have been calling for peace negotiations on monday president donald trump and president. how to phone call where they agreed they would deescalate the situation in libya but at the same time the egyptian parliament unanimously approved to deploying troops abroad this move is likely not for for for. you consider deploying troops into egypt into libya and that's to further escalate the libyan conflict and destabilize the country more and as far as we know the forces loyal to the government in tripoli the u.n. recognized government in tripoli are they still ready to try to get into some properly yeah yeah they are they say they are they

say they're awaiting orders i mean last week we saw a large convoys of vehicles heading towards western from western libya from tripoli in western libya heading towards syria they passed by here misrata and headed east they say janay military say they are waiting for their command which is a. government of national chord internationally recognized government national court to order their advance and says. ok we'll leave it there many thinks manic because sochi manik train our correspondent there reporting live for us this. misrata. thousands of people have gathered for another night of protest in the u.s. city of portland oregon last to show you the latest live pictures demonstrations have been ongoing for more than 50 days now the city has recently seen a crackdown by federal agents but state officials have opposed that months of protests that began over the death of george floyd had been losing steam

accusations of heavy handed tactics by federal offices reigniting the unrest the top u.s. health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools and supply even as coronavirus infections rise in many areas the centers for disease control is insisting it is safe for children to return to class as it's unlikely they'll contracts or transmit the virus reynolds has more. 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 there is transmission and plater 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 thoughts 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 they either spread or not efficiently to adults has happened either fauji 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. al-jazeera. in while in donald

trump's presumptive white house rival joe biden says the president is unwilling to crosspost is really required to get children back into the classroom 1st 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 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 going hurt his reelection chances ross not about his re-election it's about the safety and security of our children and our teachers in our neighborhoods course in zimbabwe has denied bail to a prominent journalist and an opposition leader who'd been speaking out against government corruption hope. and jacob if you me being accused of inciting public violence reports from harare. state prosecutors opposed to bail they say that if

hope watching one of the felines journalists 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 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 to mexico company called the 7 before west for the 1st reporting one of the organizers of the 31st deadline protested c n n and so this is really journalism is being criminalized 105. and look at the facts of crime truckler the list corruption should continue people should not stop should kill one 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 people's rights and freedoms are protected in accordance with zimbabwe's you months of negotiations will include the responsibility in state gandhi 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 still to come here on al-jazeera was. speaking out against the silencing of the media in hungary functions accuse the government of crushing a popular news website. and on lockdown and i see 2 russian scientists want to

retrieve a newly well preserved skeleton hopefully moment. hello there plenty of thunderstorms throughout much of indonesia the philippines also saying a few in the last few as skies a little bit kara across areas to the north of that very heavy downpours in bangkok so really slowing down the traffic this is best to direct the traffic even though he's tied deep in water a few thunderstorms across much of the area to the north heavy downfalls through the malay peninsula northern and western as a somalia and again borneo particularly on monday that's when the very heavy rain will be again across much of the country but also some heavy downpours through northern areas of the all the while job is staying fine and dry much will story is fine and dry but the rain will continue to gather along the east coast of new south

wales quite a few those rain showers. but really these coastal areas this is where the winds will be strong and the rain will also be heavy so not helping of course we do asian along those coastal areas sunday knows about across western australia but there's a front on its way so by monday gets closer to the coast the winds will pick up the showers will begin to push in but it's a warm day in perth ahead of the system 23 degrees celsius with most to kiss sunny skies still the rain across the southeast pushing it a bit further south would say victoria could pick up a few shows but is fine and. it is in christ church. counter because this week rich countries are cornering the market for covert 19 vaccines but what does that mean for the coronavirus. and check out the real price the developing. countries the cost.

there is no channel that covers world news like we do we revisit the state there are 3 invests in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from doha your 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 in response beijing has ordered the shutting down of the u.s. consulate in the city of chengdu. the american military has released what it says is proof the brusha is violating the u.n. arms in particular on libya the pentagon claims the satellite pictures show

military equipment supplied by russian mercenaries the u.s. says russia is boosting support for the war half time. the top u.s. health agency has a c. guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as corona virus infections rise in many areas the c.d.c. the centers for disease control says it's safe for children to return. israel has launched airstrikes on syrian military targets the army says it's retaliation for mortars being fired towards the israeli occupied golan heights tensions have been high after hezbollah fighter was killed in an israeli air strike in damascus on monday the lebanese group is backed by iran and us forces deployed in syria to support president bashar al assad. the 2nd of the editor of a leading news website in hungary house provoked a mass march by antigovernment protesters followed the mass walkout of journalists in support of the editor who warned the government interference is in danger in

media freedom is carola. 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 telephone for you to do this telephone on the a list we call them 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 that the same they also resigned and i ending their work at index. index has long been regarded as hungary's key independent media outlet but it is 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 on how a newsroom can be destroyed how even the strongest and most read news portals can be ruined in hungary. one popular columnist reminded the crowds of the 2800 quote in defense of free speech from mr orban himself me sean and i would never have the adult. city to silence those who don't agree with us here. across central europe it's not only hungry that seen the steady decline of independent news outlets and steer toward autocratic rule

a major sticking point in the debate over the e.u. 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 leda car a leg al-jazeera countries across asia are enduring some of the heaviest monsoon rainfall in years in bangladesh flood waters breach sandburg walls built to protect local villages one 3rd of the country is now under water weeks of torrential rain have also led to flooding and landslides in india and nepal. now to a lake in africa which is a lifeline for tens of thousands of fisherman farmers and their families in sudan it's known as lake newby up in neighboring egypt like forms the manmade reservoir for the as one but water levels for that and another even bigger one in ethiopia

but many worried for their livelihoods ever morgan has their story. just after sunrise every day hussein jaffer and his crew start their boats engine and their day's work fishing has been his livelihood for nearly 20 years catching tiger fish and wiring to be from lake new pia helps feed his family of 7 but the fish have been increasingly difficult to find for the past 3 years. several have this like is what feeds us me and hundreds of other fisherman when the water rises it becomes very hard to catch fish because they're not concentrated in the like there's more water for them and the like has been increasing the gates of the high dam haven't been opened league will be a was manmade 50 years ago by filling the reservoir of egypt's high dam on the river nile 80 percent of the water is in egypt and it's known there as lake nasr named after the former president 20 percent of the lake is in sudan's territory and thousands of family rely on it they're concerned about the lakes future and also

what's happening in neighboring ethiopia where africa's largest hydroelectric dam is nearing completion. the lake here relies on 2 sources the water flowing in from them in the south and the amount of water released by the egyptian swan hide them in the north there is a for everything has the capacity to hold more than the water of the blue nile the main contributor to the nile now and if the o.p.'s thoughts feeling it's them what the levels downstream will reduce and when egypt opens the gates of its high dam the size of this lake will diminish significantly so the nice people here say the gates of the high dam haven't been opened for 3 years that's aimed at preserving as much water as possible in the league while negotiations over how if you will operates continue while fishermen say less water is better for them those relying on the lake for other reasons such as farming have a different view. before we used to need 3 or 4 electric water pumps to be able to get water from the light to our farms and we use only one i have lenses that have been flooded by water but we keep expanding our farms so an increase means more

water for us in a retreat in the like means more fertile land becomes available but we may face challenges in getting it irrigated the lake is also facing another threat climate change. we've seen changes in the lake and areas around it already some parts of dried up due to climate change and there are now fertile lands for farming but there are parts where the water from the reservoir floods farm lands that already exist and destroys the crops of farmers so there needs to be an understanding between farmers on the southern part of the reservoir and the authorities controlling the dam so that it ends up a win win situation for all a situation that can guarantee that the livelihoods of those relying on the lake isn't disrupted both in sudan and neighboring egypt morgan on jazeera northern sudan. chile's president has signed a law allowing people to withdraw up to 10 percent of their pension savings to help them get by during the coronavirus pandemic around 11000000 people are eligible to

vote for up to 5000 $400.00 the go ahead expected to give a short term boost the economy but some analysts warn it could cause long term damage to pension funds. facebook and twitter have removed accounts belonging to high profile supporters of the brazilian president. the tech giants were complying with the ruling from brazil's supreme court a judge ordered dozens of accounts taken as part of an investigation into the funding and spreading of just information by his. the us president donald trump 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 much price is seen elsewhere around the world. u.s. aviation authorities have ordered emergency inspections for some boeing aircraft they're worried about corrosion and planes that have been sitting idle for months because of the pandemic he's need. as passengers tentatively take to the skies again and line still reeling from the 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 and dozens of fleets worldwide it's going to cause a bit of french you can't seriously i imagine i mean shit lee this trailer down in the aviation 'd hell the rest of it 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 struggle to regain trust after the grounding of its 737 max and craft following 2 fatal end crashes within 5 months these latest concerns to not apply to the 737 max the aviation industry's been badly bruised by covert 19 him a u.s. airline 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 of a covert 19 isn't a word. lower is a dedicated mom a year ago doctors found she had saved 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 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 like heart attacks or strokes where you're seeing the effects quite so immediately that with camp 7 that delay. 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 sadly haven't recovered sabbat can't suggested that in the way that happens in 2 or 3 years time medical staff delivering can think care on 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 no recently found a swelling in her abdomen and is hoping she'll never get to see someone quickly but the reassurance will help she might need and they would al-jazeera reindeer herders in russia have made a rare discovery of the well preserved skeleton of

a woman woolly mammoth scientists say the find on the edge of a lake in siberia is unique because some ligaments was still attached to the bones forensic experts will examine the remains to better understand why the giant animals became extinct extinction took place roughly around 10000 years ago the headlines are next. updating your top stories so far this half hour a group of men thought to be u.s. officials event the chinese consulate in houston after it was forced to close on friday now in response beijing has ordered the shutdown of the u.s. consulate in the city of chengdu katrina uis in chengdu she says the consulate closure was seen as a big loss to u.s. intelligence. they deal 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 take. blame the u.s. completely. australia says china's claims in the disputed south china sea have no legal basis it made its declaration to the un after the us accused of bullying neighboring countries to control the waters protesters are again fighting with police in the u.s. city of portland oregon these are live pictures demonstrations have been ongoing for more than 50 days now the city has recently seen a crackdown by federal agents with states officials have opposed months of protests that began over the death of george forward have been losing steam but of heavy

handed tactics by a federal officer reigniting them. the u.s. military has released what it says is proof that russia is violating a united nations arms embargo in libya the pentagon and washington is claiming 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 for us as russia is boosting support for the warlords . the top u.s. health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as coronavirus infections rise in many areas the senses for disease control says it's safe for children to return the c.d.c. had earlier urged caution until president asked it to revisit the issue up next counting the cost of. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of

a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. at the cost of al-jazeera a look at the world of economics this week as rich nations cornered the market for covert $19.00 vaccines and treatments what does that mean for the world's poor we find out about the real cost of developing drugs. i'm joined now in scotland's east kilbride where the world's largest trial of possible coated 19th treatments has produced results that are already being used to save lives. and a hack.