the us is interested not just in the mainstream use but also the more hidden stories from parts of the world that often go under the course of. the end . think. she's. actually succeeded a lot of arrests in hong kong under the new national security law and our forty's disqualified 12 opposition candidates from the next general election. the s. this is al jazeera live from doha i'm fully back to war also ahead the u.s. records more than 150000 deaths from coronavirus while florida and california report their highest single day told more restrictions in the australian state of victoria as kovi 1000 cases heads of record high and a dream shattered

a family still seeking answers about how their teenage son died while training with the time military. the end thank you for joining us we begin in hong kong where for the 1st time police have used a new national security law to crackdown on pro-democracy activists online 4 students have been arrest said they're accused of posting content that cost to hong kong's independence beijing imposes controversial law $4.00 weeks ago it makes a version and secession criminal offenses and grants police new powers to arrest suspects without a warrant and in a new developments 12 hong kong opposition politicians have been disqualified from running in september's legislative election pro-democracy activists joshua wang is one of them electoral authorities had asked the candidates about their views on the

national security law and u.s. sanctions their requests was denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt let's bring indigo pollen in hong kong for as divya that's out with the arrests 1st. tell us about the group that's been arrested. well the police did not actually name the group but what we know from their social media pages announcing that member members have been arrested and also from local media is that the group was one that was formed a few years ago led by mostly students and they were advocating for hong kong's independence they gained popularity over just over the past few months particularly during the hong kong protests last year and then onward says hong kong hong kong's political situation became more distraught and more uncertain but they disbanded just before the national security law was enacted on july 1st in fact just hours

before a june 30th the group said that they were no longer going to be in effect in hong kong but instead will be focusing on activities overseas calling on other independent groups overseas who want to advocated promote hong kong's independence to come under an umbrella and in fact their facebook page they still have a us facebook page calling for more support for hong kong's independence now the police say that the post that they are referring to the reason that they arrested these people is due to the fact that they had started posting comments about secession and independence after that national security law was enacted on july 1st the national security law has no boundaries it doesn't matter whether you're in hong kong or overseas it still is deemed any calls for hong kong's independent to be punitive and would allow for anyone calling for it to be punished regardless of

where they are one of the main concerns of this is the fact that the police use that provision under the law to search their homes without a warrant go and arrest them and also collect all their 'd communication material including devices and computers the other concern is the fact that the. the 1st time such a move has been made particularly in the online sphere for comments and opinions being made online or in cyberspace which many people here see as an invasion of privacy restricting freedom of expression and perhaps the next step in silencing dissent here and in a new development this happened in just a laugh last hour day via a number of opposition candidates disqualified from the upcoming legislative council election why and what have been the reactions. that's right now those legislative council elections were expected to take place in

early september and all indications so far show that the democracy camp had been gaining a lot of support for this in fact they held primaries a few weeks ago to consolidate their support base and turnout was rather impressive and so many of these candidates that were disqualified were all the ones that were seen as being able to run in these elections being a having a good ground support and possibly being even successful in these elections so the opposition says that this is definitely politically motivated although the government says this has nothing to do with politics it's according to the election officers and it's because they did not support the national security lawfully thank you for that digger palin live for us there in hong kong well more now on that national security law in beijing impose this national security legislation in hong kong on june 30th let's take a look at why it's been so controversial a law criminalizes loosely defined

a version secession terrorism and foreign collusion this means it allows for the prosecution of among other things split a whole speech online it gives police and national security agency the power to conduct searches surveillance and arrests without a warrant and it applies extra territorial 'd levy which means people can be prosecuted for acts committed anywhere in the world the law also allows for trial speak conducted under closed doors and for prisoners to be transferred to mainland china joseph chang is a political scientists and pro-democracy campaigner he says it's very alarming to see the law being used to crack down on online communications we are very concerned we are very worried because the whole piece of legislation is designed exactly to create a deterrence you fact the definitions are very very and the formulation is followed to the chinese legal for much. rather than the traditional hong kong common doll

formit de distinguish and all that difficult to make that distinction between freedom of speech freedom of articulation and chill action is very frightening at the moment this law is seen to be of serious threat against those from the pro-democracy camp who intends to run in the coming necessary council he lections against those who would like to organize the eco protester to the trees and the gangs tolls who would like to engage in lobbying afters in search of support from the international community especially from the western governments they're very nervous of the of the legislation is seriously seen to be a threat because we have yet to see how this is going to be implemented and at the moment certainly the legislation has said chief that deterrents you for

imposing a lot of fear and self-censorship on the part of the activists the coronavirus crisis now in the u.s. now has the highest number of covered 1900 cals he's of any nation by far more than 150000 people have died that's nearly a quarter of the entire global tally and 3 most populous states california texas and florida have recorded their largest single day death toll mike hanna reports from washington with more than 150000 deaths in the country the wearing of masks is finally made mandatory in the house of representatives members and staff will be required to wear masks at all times and the whole of the house on tuesday texas representative louie gohmert had arrived at the attorney general for a house hearing without a mask. he was then admonish for not keeping his makeshift mosque on during the

hearing early wednesday he tested positive on arrival at the white house he'd been due to accompany president trump on the crypt to his home state but is now in self quarantine president trump appeared with no mosque during a number of the events in texas seen here in close proximity to his former secretary of energy rick perry also masculist and he continued to hyper vaccine that he is the claims has entered final clinical trials this is the fastest a vaccine has ever been developed together we will end the plague from john we will defeat the virus the president also continued to defend the video he had retreated earlier in the week from a controversial doctors who claimed there is a fork over 1000 and that face masks are necessary for protection. thank god we are. once again he was publicly

contradicted by a member of his coronavirus task force citing multiple studies that the cumulative data on on trials clinical trials that were valid namely clinical trials that were randomized and controlled in the proper way all of those trials show consistently that hydroxy chloroquine is not effective in the treatment of coronavirus disease or cold 19 and in congress republicans and democrats so no way near agreement on a new coronavirus relief bill. while millions of american families continue to struggle with the physical and economic effects of the virus a leading medical organization has issued an urgent warning the american association of medical colleges says and i quote decisive coordinated action is urgently needed to save lives it continues if the nation does not change its course

and soon deaths in the united states could be well into the multiple hundreds of thousands. michaela al-jazeera washington. in australia authorities in the say to victoria tightening lockdown measures after a record day of infections and deaths have reported 723 new covered 1000 cases and 13 deaths that's the state's the epicenter of australia's 2nd wave of the virus nearly 10000 people have tests a positive with more than 300 treated in hospital masks and non-mandatory we have now been in this look down now for some weeks and we're not getting the results we would hope for and as a result the further measures that the tighten the certainly necessary will come at an impact to the economy we understand that the but equally not containing these outbreaks will have that effect also and so it's important we continue to work

together to get on top of this and type whatever actions are necessary. still ahead on al-jazeera trouble on the horizon for the world's biggest spray makeup posts a net loss of $2200000000.00 in the 1st of this year and the u.s. retreat from nato adlai $12000.00 american soldiers ordered out of germany and their european headquarters is to be more. out of the south china sea is full of clout of the moment from appearing to stretch quite a long way that's because it's clouds being formed and dragged into a circulation which is going to make some significant difference around the course a sudden china and vietnam it means much of the energy the north she's taken away

the ability to produce that many showers so borneo is fairly dry sumatran jobber a fairly dry or a few showers iran. might produce some on the west coast and there would be a few around sort of ways to be otherwise you have to look north for the heavy rain and if you jump in the side of the equator midwinter has turned quite quiet as well the most frustrating not necessarily for new zealand but for australia as a breeze running up new south wales coast rain is likely here and moving up towards queensland the last front really just cold the edge of western australia did nothing else and it's diving down towards tasmania so the tasman sea is hosting these proper stormy systems picture of a land that is a fairly dry one new zealand is the one that catches the edge of this circulation out 1st it's a normally breeze says 60 degrees in oakland and fairly dry but there is rain and i was always that right is on the northern coast of the south and.

beyond going fight between donald trump and the golden state because of drones philosophy he's indelibly going to conflict with california exposes contrasting ideologies on immigration the environment economic and cultural issues trump is calling attention to the failure of the blue state model the battle grounds for the 2020 an action people in power reports on trumped les's california on al-jazeera. the end. of the back our top stories on al-jazeera police in hong kong have used

a not new national security law to crackdown on social media posed by pro-democracy activists foursomes have been detained accused of supporting independence from china and to all opposition politicians have been disqualified from running in september's legislative election. the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the us is now more than 150000 the highest number of fatalities in any nation by far it accounts for nearly a quarter of the deaths around the world and nearest frictions are being imposed in australia's victoria state after a wreck of daily buys in coffee 1000 cases and deaths prime minister scott morrison warns a new measures will have an impact on the economy. meanwhile the world food programme is warning that at least 14000000 people in latin america risk of starvation as a region wails from the impact of covered 19 and a number of countries are being forced to extend knockdowns in an effort to stop the virus spreading on a rapido reports. the world food programme estimates the number of people in latin

america experiencing severe food insecurity could more than quadruple in 2020 in brazil which ranks 2nd in the world number of code 19 infections a federal stopgap welfare program has made significant progress in curbing extreme poverty during the pandemic. but experts warn such measures have only temporary benefits and latin american countries need to step up efforts to prevent more people from going into poverty. kovan a pandemic has just been devastating in latin america i mean we are already dealing with economic deterioration in many different issues but covert has come on top of it just in the areas where p. in this region alone we've seen a substantial increase in overall 11000000 people that are marching toward the brink of starvation so it's devastating and it's why we must act and we must act now so that we can bring some hope to people of the larger political

destabilization mass migration economic deterioration a supply chain disruption that many people starve in addition to covered itself the world food program says many of those who will go hungry are workers from latin america's informal sector. in mexico where cope with 1000 cases have surpassed 400000 informal sector employees make up roughly half the nation's work force. in. this implies that many mexicans will cross the poverty line those who previously managed to cross into the spectrum of the middle classes will return to poverty and these are not small numbers the national institute that measures poverty calculates this will amount to 10000000 mexicans. countries across latin america are struggling to strike a balance between public health and the health of their economies but with the loosening of restrictions and the reopening of businesses comes more contagion and

calls for renewed lockdowns. after surpassing 9000 confirmed deaths on wednesday colombia became the latest country to announce an extension to their containment measures economists expect. preventative mandatory isolation as a general criteria is to be extended until august 30th. latin america is now the region of the world with the highest number of infections with more than 4 and a half 1000000 confirmed cases since the start of the code 1000 pandemic. al-jazeera. the united states has announced plans to pull nearly a 3rd of its military personnel out of germany in a growing dispute over defense spending nearly half of the $12000.00 soldiers will be moved to other locations in europe including italy and belgium a white house correspondent kimberly hocket reports. making good on its threat the u.s. announced a withdrawal of almost 12000 u.s.

soldiers from germany it's a move the defense secretary insists will improve the military partnership between north american and european allies i think we are we are excited about where we're going and what it will mean in terms of our ability to enhance to turn strengthen our straight to the alliance in the process the cuts will reduce u.s. forces unsurety by about a 3rd about 25000 will remain some soldiers will be repositioned within nato countries including belgium and italy the rest will return to the united states the u.s. european command will also move to belgium but speaking to reporters on wednesday outside the white house u.s. president trump offered a different explanation for the move he said it was to punish germany for not i contributed 2 percent of its g.d.p. as required for members of the north atlantic treaty organization.

but. well germany's military spending is up it's still smaller relative to other nato allies as a driver of europe's economy republicans and democrats in the u.s. congress have long held germany should be paying more for share defense but most oppose removing u.s. troops from germany fearing it will weaken regional stability and nato is capacity to push back against russia. the plan to withdraw u.s. troops from germany is expected to cost billions and could take years to execute and could be reversed if president does not win reelection in november can't really help it al-jazeera the white house. russia's ambassador to bellow says has been summoned to the foreign ministry in a sign of escalating tensions between the 2 neighbors as soft as security forces

detained more than 30 suspected russian mess neris the in minsk state media reporting that authorities had been told 200 privately contracted fighters had entered the country to destabilize it out of its presidential election in august russia has denied using mess neris in the past. that thousands of refugees trying to reach the mediterranean are facing extreme rights abuses including torture a sexual assault an even death and the united nations is warning nearly half of the violence is perpetrated by those supposed to enforce the law alexia brime reports. the harrowing journey through the desert to libya and across the sea to europe can take weeks or even months. migrants and refugees fleeing war poverty and persecution face not only scorching temperatures but what the u.n. describes as unspeakable brutality and inhumanity i'm not getting used to reduce

cheating to steal monies on those dark study sticks that are in the report disease unacceptable a un investigation based on thousands of interviews outlined stories of sexual violence and torture even death and if found half of the violence was perpetrated by security forces immigration officers or border guards. past we we believe that it was mainly smugglers on traffickers yet yes they are keep it be traitors or violence but the primary preparatory to violence are people who are soo pushed to protect. the u.n. found that in 201819 at least 1750 people died before reaching the mediterranean making it one of the most deadly routes for refugees and migrants in the world and the things that number is just the tip of the iceberg. it says the abuses experienced on these are the land routes have remained largely invisible with more

attention on the ocean where hundreds of people drown every year. this week alone hundreds have been brought ashore in europe rescued from sinking and overcrowded boats they are the lucky ones others a saint back to war torn libya to be held in detention centers often the u.n. says in the polling conditions. on monday 3 sudanese migrants were shot dead on their return to libya when they tried to escape you have to understand that countries like libya who is in conflict civil war people are going there is use displacement is not see for the u.n. report calls for accountability and for the international community to show that it care is with the people like this live or die and brian al jazeera the treatment of military cadets in thailand is under scrutiny as sals and state pontin. drive the armed forces have been accused of allowing abusive initiation

rituals and some families of dead cadets speaking out. has a story from bangkok. ever since he was a schoolboy pick up on the tanya kahn wanted to become an army officer at 18 he was well on his way to that dream when he suddenly died at an army training school after his death 3 years ago community children made a book of drawings for his family army officials said talk upon died of a sudden cardiac arrest his parents skeptical ordered a 2nd autopsy it revealed that his major organs were removed further examination showed evidence consistent with physical abuse how. the royal thai forces have to take responsibility because stay on in charge of all of the military they have to answer to why my brother is dead. accusations of a military cover ups world entire media after pack of punks case became public again raising attention to the tradition of abuse of initiation or hazing rituals

in thailand's armed forces a police investigation is ongoing amnesty international recently conducted an investigation on abuse in thailand's military we interviewed 19 new recruits between november 2016 and july 2019 spread across about 9 different provinces. different training cycles and yet we found consistent patterns very creepy patterns of the school to call mental infection a days since the 1950 s. thailand has held a lottery for its draft in which around 100000 young men are conscripted into military service for up to 2 years this takes place every year usually in april because of code 19 this year it's been pushed back. after the young men are given a basic physical check up and a review of their paperwork the rest is up to chance whether they will be called up to serve the move forward party says they are the only political party truly pushing for reform in the recruitment process. that sick guy in order to stop the

violence who introduced a military service bill they still want to system we want to make sure that those who want to see who suffer as a professional offices not as a 7th flossy offices. 2 years ago a memo was circulated at the top levels of the military calling for closer examination of cadet abuse claims but no major changes have been made al-jazeera has interview requests for military response on cadet abuse went unanswered and if the military continues to ignore voices of concern there's a chance more mothers will only have photos to remind them of their son's scott hodler al-jazeera bangkok. the world's biggest sprain maker has posted a net loss of $2200000000.00 in the 1st half of this year seen a fall in demand because of the global pandemic it says it's cut production of its

most popular jet the a $350.00 to $5.00 a month rival bowling alley a poll city $2400000000.00 quarterly loss and announced significant job cuts opposition leaders in mali threatening a 2nd phase of civil disobedience if the president doesn't step down they say they'll be more protests after the muslim festival of eads presently brain will be a car kate is accused of corruption mismanaging the economy and failing to contain hoops the opposition has rejected several attempts by west african leaders to resolve the dispute. it's a pick grape harvesting season in gaza but farmers say they're barely covering their expenses this year has been particularly difficult because of the pandemic and the economic hardship caused by the years long case by israel a day by reports. this year offered good rainfall and a fertile soil but grieved farmers in the gaza strip are feeling the heat more than a decade of an israeli egyptian blockade has limited people's ability to buy one of

gaza's most famous crops farmers hope to sell 7000 tonnes of grapes during the season from july until september but the supply is higher than demand also been out of a lot of evidence it's a great season in terms of the output of grapes but not many people are buying them so we try to bring the prices down and you can also see the nominee people are sowing great cyr when they mill bad you'll never garzon grapes have a special taste but i can't buy as much as i used to still i'm one of the lucky ones many people and girls are poor which means they can't afford to buy grapes and opt for more essential purchases instead like chicken before the blockade gaza's economy florist on exporting fruit vegetables and flowers the siege has made exports rare israel's 3 wars on gaza has devastated its economy and them ridged hundreds of hectares of agricultural land. farmers say they will continue to work

even if their revenues are low the current prices in the market are way below the cost of production. we hope that. the quality the quality of our grapes and the the cost of all grapes can at least make make up for the loss or the loss of prices and the grape market this bargain is not guaranteed grapes imported to gaza from egypt and the occupied west bank are often cheaper than the local produce this is why gaza's agriculture ministry says it's trying to help the farmers by banning the import of grapes during the harvest season. the whole of the israeli occupation restricts our ability to source the needed materials for example we can't import pesticides and fertilizers and israel prevents us from exporting our producer outside of gaza which limits the sectors

development. in addition to all of these challenges this year added another burden many sectors have had to shut down for months because of coronavirus restrictions the closures have stifled an already fundable economy and made these groups a look sharee many can't afford media abrahim al-jazeera. get i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera police in hong kong have used a new national security law to crackdown on social media posts by pro-democracy activists 4 students have been detained accusing of supporting independence from china meanwhile 12 opposition politicians have been disqualified from running in september's legislative council election day gov palin has more from hong kong. this is the 1st time the national security law has been used pacifically for this

for this accusation that this group was trying to advocate an independent hong kong now this group is are all students there very young ages between $16.21 the leader is said to be 19 years old and was arrested and according to a video that was going viral and social media and being shown on local media a police officer plans quotes police officer went into this young man's home and said that he was a new officer from the national security team and arrested him the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is now more than 150000 in the united states that's the highest number of fatalities in any nation by far it accounts for nearly a quarter of virus related deaths around the world. being imposed in australia is victoria state after record daily rise in corbett cases and deaths from minnesota scott morrison warns a new measures will have an impact on the economy the world's biggest plane maker

s. posted a net loss of $2200000000.00 in the 1st half of this year airbus has seen a fall in demand because of the pandemic it's got production of its most popular jet the a $350.00 to $5.00 a month the united states is killing back its military presence in germany in what the pentagon calls sister t.j. creek positioning nearly $12000.00 troops are to be withdrawn half will be relocated to other european cities the german government says the decision doesn't make geopolitical sense and russia's ambassador to better rule says has been summoned to the foreign ministry state media reporting that authorities had been told 200 privately contracted fight is entered the country to destabilize it ahead of its presidential election in august. those are the headlines coming up next people in power say with this. talk to old is there a school is the government not to take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that at travel is the safest mode

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