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how much longer. poses a. from spain. across the. welcome to the program u.s. marines have lowered the american flag and u.s. diplomatic staff have left their consulates in the southwestern chinese city of chengdu beijing ordered the closure. of the chinese consulate in houston u.s. secretary of state. told a facility a center for spying. hundreds of other to watch the. evacuation of the u.s.

consulate in chengdu china though many took selfies and waved chinese flags large numbers of police officers put a quick stop to any provokers of gestures. so . the closure has stoked nationalist sentiment in china. but it is. high improve the us close star consulate i think we should shut theirs too it has been said many times if we are to have a trade war something should have been done long time ago china rarely got aggressive i support china closing all of the u.s. consulates and embassy. have the foresight fear most is that the u.s. won't just stop now and might get uglier. with just hours to

go before the departure deadline shipping containers were loaded up while signs were stripped from the building. the departure follows the closure of china's consulates in houston texas last week and made allegations of espionage and intellectual property theft. the tit for tat diplomatic route marks an escalation in the tensions between the 2 superpowers over a range of issues including trade the coronavirus. correspondent material standing by for us. materials how was disclosure been received where you are. here i am in front of this consulate over there next to the black gate you can see this sign that said consulate of the

united states covered by by wouldn't handles and a lot of people are here they came out today as they have done in the past 2 days to have a look at this historic moment some people where i outright triumph and are joyous they said they were happy for the u.s. to go others were sad that it had come to the datapoint and many just with curious they sat at something historical it was happening in their city and they wanted to have a look at it matures a whole important was the trying to consulate to the united states is diplomatic presence in china. the u.s. consulate was probably one in there somewhere in the middle of the importance of the u.s. have 5 consulates in mainland china and one from hong kong and macau and do is not where most of the business is the u.s.

businesses are it is not as important as shanghai or quango but it is quite important because it covers a wide area of china it covers the whole southwest of china and it also covers t. bed which has a distinct political meaning so it was an imp. it was a step that china taking that is about reciprocal towards the u.s. had done it the importance should be about the same level as the use and consulate was to china as you mentioned this was indeed did for turkey response but where does this leave the relationship between the 2 countries. their relationship is as bad as it has ever been this this is really a low point during the past few months we have already seen deteriorating this this relationship. and this closure of use and consulates

such off another deterioration we will see now what will happen next there is little chance that the relationship will get better before the elections in the us and then of course it will also depend on the outcome of the elections whether the 2 countries can move on and maybe take these panels down again and restart on a more positive note but here's bill in your reporting from outside the former u.s. consulate in thank you so much and in the u.s. the body of civil rights campaigner john lewis is due to lie in state in the u.s. capitol in washington today and on tuesday before his film will later this week there was started 10 days ago at the age of 80 in the 1960 s. he was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement alongside martin luther king jr he later became

a congressman and was widely admired for his championing of civil rights for everyone. has been finding out how some african-americans in washington will remember him. culture of coffee is a 100 percent black owned business its mission is to bring all kinds of people to gather as tributes to john lewis coming from across the country customers here share their thoughts about how the civil rights activist has affected their lives john lewis. knows the conscience of congress knowing that he existed and made me a better man a better better. how been able to impart that to my daughters in part how it's important to stand for something. to be committed. whatever it might be in his case it was for the people civil rights. people for all

people the recent killing of george lloyd has brought the fight for equal rights back to the streets like lives matter has become a cuts cry for protests which often turn white to death by the war and it's not something that people have trying to peacefully end its war for years now. and they now now are fighting. the lincoln memorial the site of many historic events. right here at this very spot john lewis spoke in 1963 next to a civil rights icon martin luther king he dedicated his entire life to fight social and racial inequality in a non violent way his death comes at a time when many americans think that this is not the right response anymore to the ongoing discrimination especially younger protesters have the feeling that they have to take more forceful actions. but congressman lewis always advocated

getting into what he called good trouble a political tactic which continues to resonate with many african-americans to me he means the world as a african-american as someone who believes in our thing that he stood for being nonviolent and just the things that he accomplished on his life time that enables me to do what i would do right now everyone is going in the social injustices so i think this is the right approach peaceful marches and protests this was needed we don't need to be violent persistent. just keep it. john lewis himself remained persistent until the end of his life talking to die to believe 4 years ago he expressed hope that his vision would extend beyond the united states i believe if we can get it right here in america maybe because the model for the rest of the

world. is on the other stories making news around the world hundreds of protesters have massed in the philippines capital manila against a new anti terror law ahead of president rodney could deter it is an old state of the nation speech public gatherings of more than 10 people a band under about us destructions protesters said the government was using the health crisis to mute widespread criticism. in central portugal more than $600.00 firefighters are battling wildfires with strong winds hampering efforts to tackle the blaze the wide fire began in the municipality of rolls and spread to 2 neighboring municipalities several people had to be evacuated. and at least 174 migrant workers have become infected with the coronavirus on a farm in southern germany nearly 500 people are under quarantine and i'm not allowed to leave the farm. the spanish government says the country is

safe to visit despite a surgeon coronavirus case is the statement comes after the u.k. reimposed a quarantine on travelers returning from spain with a cluster of new outbreaks in barcelona residents the fia tighter destructions. it's not much of a lockdown barcelona's regional government recommends that people only leave their homes if it's urgent but few people are paying heed. is having a drink an urgent enough reason to go out. alex ahead works at one of partial on as many beach bars he sympathizes with the young people of the city who are tired of staying home after weeks of lockdown. you are losing live your life the friends the community 3 important for every people young people and old people here in your opening specially in barcelona life is very open it's very active and

the people who get our house just across the road from the beach is one of barcelona's biggest hospitals dozens of coronavirus patients have been admitted the past few days dr one of flores is worried when she looks at the crowded beach just a few meters away medical authorities have plans in place should the situation worsen. the scenario goes from just not changing their regular day of the hospital and to the worst case scenario which would be when we have to stop all the activity that is not urgent in order to for all the professionals to assist patients which is what happened at the end of march another area of concern is staffing public health facilities around 1000 extra staff are needed in the region to accurately track chains of infection. right now doug fernand these and his 20

colleagues are responsible for more than a 1000000 residents. we are not enough people to do the contact tracing properly not only the contact tracing that more or less we can test you know the contents of the person that in that case that has confirm but also to the proper money touring of the cases and to see if these outbreak even though it's a small if it's expanding despite repeated promises from the cuttle on regional government that more people will be hired to work in public health not much has happened yet experts agree that tracing contacts is crucial for slowing the spread of the virus especially with young people who may have no symptoms just a few weeks ago buffalo and us regional authorities heavily criticized the poor crisis management in the capital and moderates now they find themselves in this sense of attention and more and more critics say that the crisis management here is anything but idea. barkeeper alex and others in the industry have one major

worry that infection rates will rise so much that the region will have to be placed under total lockdown again that could mean not just the end of this year's summer season but the closure of their business for good. you're watching the news still to come they tried to escape a collapsed economy but the prime different is forcing venezuelans to return home to find out what life is like in the shanty towns on the border with colombia. but before that egypt ethiopia and saddam have agreed to resume talks over the disputed hydroelectric dam that ethiopia is feeling on the revenue negotiations of the ground from a song have gone on for almost a decade so why is it so difficult to settle disputes over the waters of the hills mall. this is the ethiopian grande renee sounds down or great for short.

erected on the river niles main tributary the blue nile it took almost a decade to build and cement to be part of ethiopia's transformation. roughly 65 percent of the country is not connected to the power grid energy from the dam could more than double ethiopia's current output fulfilling its needs and making it an exporter. but the dems also highly controversial due to its location. denial its main source the blue nile starts in ethiopia tundra the river flows toward sudan and joins the rivers other tributary that sudan's capital has done before heading downstream to egypt. just being built here on the border with sudan near the blue nile source the demo catch water in its massive reservoir whose surface area is larger than that of

greater london this will inevitably have an effect on how much water flows to downstream countries egypt and sudan. egypt is home to almost 100000000 people who depend on the nile for 90 percent of their fresh water supply some fear that ethiopia would leave too much water in its reservoirs during periods of drought in danger and the flow downstream. that could leave egypt's farmers unable to irrigate their lands causing major food losses. and all this as the effects of a workman clime meant have already strained egyptian agriculture. in. the effects for sudan sea mixed one fear here is that the gerd could jeopardize the operations of sudan's own dams on the nile however said that also sees an opportunity to get cheap energy from ethiopia thanks to gird and it could regulate water flows that sometimes cost flooding these competing interests are among the

reasons why negotiations over the dems operations have been difficult no comprehensive final deal has been reached but even with an agreement cooperation between egypt and sedan will be needed for the years to come. there are more projects planned along the nile and the effects of climate change and growing populations mean water could be an increasingly scarce resource. for more let's bring in william davidson he's a c m list for the. international crisis group he joins us now from. mr davis and what is the main the sticking point at the moment. well there isn't one sticking point but there is a sort of her category of legal issues which are proving hard to overcome and that also related to outstanding disagreements over some hydrological issues and to give

an idea of what i'm referring to there as mentioned in your report there is a debate over how to manage droughts how to rene sums than would operate in the event of a drought so how much water will be released from the girth reservoir during certain categories of drought and then there are a number of legal disputes notably on the issue of arbitration so if there is a future dispute will there be 3rd party arbitration and to resolve it ethiopia rejects that that egypt and sudan insist on it and then a major issue which really connects to all the others is if there are any future developments upstream of the on the blue nile how will that be factored into any good agreement because it will impact the amount of water flowing into the good they're pulled it might be a need to adjust the agreement but a part isn't they do not agree about how to factor that in to the agreement at the moment considering these sticking points which country

needs to be more flexible out of the 3 i mean considering that this dam has been built on these european side of the border is it ethiopia that is to be more flexible. i think everyone needs to be a little bit more flexible just make whatever concessions they find acceptable and will help to get to an agreement listen quite tricky disputes this issue of arbitration that i mention that's a kind of binary disagreement so looks like maybe by improving a 3rd party needy ation process and other trust building mechanisms maybe the focus can be taken all that is over arbitration with regards to drought management. has said that it wants it done in egypt to also use their reservoirs to combat drought so you know our sudan egypt had to do that can ethiopia come out some proposals for how that will work and maybe also egypt could soften some of its demands about the

amount of water it once ethiopia to release from the good reservoir during times of drought ultimately everyone has to play their part on this william davidson from the international crisis group thank you so much for breaking that down for us thank you not to some other stories making news around the world some honest politician has often prime minister haasan and you have andre in a no confidence vote and internet blackout followed legislators accuse of failing to move the country towards democratic elections the e.u. sees his for moving undermine somalia's constitutional foundations. cease fire has gone into effect in eastern ukraine moscow and kiev agreed to implement a full ceasefire between government forces and pro russian separatists this month more than $13000.00 people have died in 6 years of conflict. thousands of an

israeli migrants who had sought a better life in neighboring colombia are being forced to leave because of the koran and make. its economy many venezuelans living lost their jobs in this next report unemployed been trying to bhutan. hundreds of thousands of venezuelans are leaving colombia and returning home here they live in makeshift camps on the street in book or among they have 185 kilometers to go adrien francisco yet has built his shelter out of plastic sheets he used to work in a mine north of bogota but lost his job after injuring his leg in an accident then the coronavirus pandemic made it impossible for him to find a new job. i had to stop working so i couldn't pay the rent anymore and had to leave the house where i was living i had to come here i had nowhere else to go. back in venezuela adrien had

a small vegetable shop it went bankrupt because of the economic crisis now he has no prospects in either country but he still believes he can make a fresh start without me government but i want to go back home to my family. i hope that a doctor will treat me there and that i'll finally find a real job again. 1.8000000 venezuelans moved to colombia because of the economic crisis 80000 of them have returned to venezuela since the pandemic began the border crossing at kuta was once a place of hope for many now there are crowds of dissolution 3 czerny's due to the pandemic the venezuelan government of nicolas maduro allows just a few 100 citizens to enter the country each week the corona virus spreads easily in these improvised camps so the colombian government is advising against returning to venezuela. in these difficult times they should

try to stay in colombia until the pandemic situation improves until we learn tonight. after weeks of waiting in the border camps many venezuelans have given up all hope of returning home they're turning back and want to stay in colombia but they don't have the prospect of a better life in either country after weeks of waiting at the border joe on one yours has had enough so she decided to return to bogota. what he needed and they have found out everything i tell the other immigrants don't go to kuta it takes 30 days or longer you have to get your own food and your children will be alone and unprotected but made the meaning of the law they have for all. adrien francisco yet this has made it to the border he was able to travel the last leg of the route by bus he might cross the border today his time in colombia has left him disillusioned . oh and the only thing i'm taking out of here is

a broken leg. all i want now is to get back home to my family and i want this whole situation with the virus to be over. no matter what adrian expects to happen after he crosses the border his biggest wish will come true he will be heading home again . sport now and the 2nd race of the season's motor g.p. so francis fabio go of yamaha win the under to sea and a growing free this extends his lead in the world standings with defending champion mark marquez missing the race off to breaking his arm last week. in beaking temperatures at the track and yet as spain. took the lead from the outset and held on throughout the race perhaps more interesting was the battle for 2nd for a while it looked like francesco bugg ny of team promise to cut this would get on the podium for the 1st time ever he got past yamaha teammates valentino rossi and maverick knowledges only to see his bike start trailing smoke forcing him to retire

then it was up to the 2 yamaha drivers to battle it out for 2nd italian rushy was impressive here but his spanish teammate banal has passed him on the penultimate lap to take 2nd and hand the italian 3rd winner court tomorrow said the heat played havoc on the track sort of because you know to make 25 laps in front of these temperature i think was the hardest. race of my life honestly it was so hot. in the air or so in my head and my feet was so hot so really difficult but honestly i felt relieved when the by toronto now claims his 2nd successive win and this current a virus steal a championship after taking the spanish g.p. at the same yet as track last weekend.

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the protests have been silenced there is now fear and uncertainty on the streets. in hama china's new security log has shut down freedom of expression. teachers are threatened with dismissal activists are being arrested for fleeing the country

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