let's go to barbara starr at the pentagon and barbara, so you have the senate armed services committee that's notable. tell us what's happening inside the pentagon here because on this issue are there pentagon officials, leaders, who want to move forward with renaming the bases in contradiction to the president? >> well, absolutely. and look, this republican-led vote, it could still be stripped out in further action in the senate, of course. but right now, it is a key message to the president telling him to listen and perhaps to listen to the military because defense secretary mark es kerr, they had all lined up behind the proposition that it was time for a national conversation, bipartisan, on trying to talk about this issue. trying to deal with how, if, when to strip those confederate generals' names off of about ten u.s. army bases in the country. the president yesterday -- no other way to say it, a smackdown to his own pentagon leadership in a series of tweeting saying he wouldn't even consider a conversation on it, wouldn't even consider renaming it. and talked about respect our m

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up cos of us president pulls out of a meeting at the white house after he's indicted for war crimes well for nearly 100 murders the world health organization says half the world's confirmed covert 1000 cases are now in the americas. in the in and russia's president overseas moscow's delayed victory day parade on the eve of a vote that could extend his rule until 2036. hello thank you for joining us a watershed moment that will cause

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera there has been widespread criticism of u.s. president donald trump for allowing tear gas and force to be used to clear away protesters so he could take a photo opportunity at a local church and that was further condemnation on tuesday after trump and the 1st lady visited a shrine in the capital on during the late roman catholic pope john paul the 2nd the catholic archbishop of washington d.c. criticize the move saying it's reprehensible that places of worship would allow themselves to be misused the in such a way white house correspondent kimberly healthcare has more. well there's been widespread condemnation of the president's actions essentially using heavy force and tear gas to clear protesters for what we later learned would be a photo opportunity and not only is it a condemnation of that action but also of what we saw earlier just the last few hours you read there the condemnation by the washington archbishop the as you pointed out found it baffling and reprehensible and not in the sense period of pope john paul th

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera george floyd's brother has urged u.s. politicians to pass reforms on police protect and quote stop the pain philonous floyd testified before the house judiciary committee on capitol hill he told members of congress to make sure that his brother's death will not be in vain george floyd died in police custody in may sparking weeks of protests across the u.s. and around the world the committee said it was answering protesters calls for a fundamental change in the culture of law enforcement it comes a day after the 46 year old was laid to rest in houston i'm here to ax you to make it stop stop the pain stop us being tired join us call for help and he was ignored please listen to the couch i'm making to you now to the cause of our family and the calls ringing out the streets across the world people of all backgrounds genders in races have come together to demand change i wanted him on a joint and make the necessary changes there make law enforcement the solution and not the problem. castro has more now on those hear

joining me is barbara starr and i michael isikoff, author of "russian roulette: the inside story of putin'sd the election of donald trump." barbara, you reported over the weekend that in response to these intelligence assessments that u.s. forces in afghan tan took steps to increase force protection. would they do that if the intelligence was not considered credible? >> it was credible on the ground, credible enough they wanted to do something about it. that's the difference about what's going on here. troops on the ground, on the front line in combat are going to do, their commanders will do everything to protect them if there is the slightest hint someone is coming after them, and those decision points are made pretty much regardless of what the politicians are doing back in washington. this intelligence did begin to emerge we now know in the february time frame that there were russians trying to pay off taliban related militias to go after u.s. and coalition troops. "the post" saying it's believed some u.s. troops were killed. that perhaps goes to a very central question now today. whate

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera supporters are arriving in tulsa oklahoma where u.s. president donald trump will hold his 1st public rally since the coronavirus crisis began the rally follows weeks of anti racism protests across the u.s. and is being held in the same city as the 1921 race massacre there are also concerns that indoor event could contribute towards a surge of infections in the state jay gray is in tolson for the rally where there has already been a health scare. 6 members of the president's advance team did test positive the campaign says that's out of more than 100 tests given to those who are working this a bent they were immediately quarantined according to the campaign and contacts right so those that were around them have been removed from the mix as well non will be in the arena tonight when the event takes place take a look behind me this is the be ok center where the events going to take place in lines already gathering where more than 5 hours away from the president being on the stage here and already you've got people

barbara starr, thanks. jeremy diamond, we showed the president's clip at the top where he says he stands with every peaceful protestor. as he was saying that, peaceful protestors were being shoved and pushed and tear gas was being used against them a few feet away from his house. >> reporter: it was an incredibly powerful split screen moment, john, and one that really exposed what the president is all about here when he talks about being a law and order president. the president, in his remarks, has tried to distinguish between the violent rioters and the looters in the streets versus the peaceful protestors, even declaring himself an ally to peaceful protestors. it became very clear that the president, when it comes to actually enforcing that kind of law and order stance, sees no distinction, because that is exactly what we saw yesterday when federal law enforcement officers, park police as well as the national guard, which was called up by the federal government, were firing tear gas and rubber bullets at

. >> let's go straight to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. also joining us for analysis is retired rear admiral john kirby. barbara, the words from general milley i should not have been there. so significant and so strikingly different than the president's stance. >> reporter: it is, and here's the reason general mark milley is saying this, because as chairman of the joint chiefs, he really is the guardian of ensuring that the united states military remains apolitical, non-partisan, regardless of who is the president of the united states and that the u.s. military fundamentally has a good relationship with the american people, that the u.s. military does not take to the streets against american citizens peacefully protesting. that's the undercurrent here. that's why this is happening. general milley has pre-recorded a video message to graduating military students. the message was embargoed. the "new york times" went ahead with that in advance of the embargo, so now we want to bring the same information, of course, to all of our viewers, and in

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera more than 10000000 people are now known to have been infected with corona virus across the world the number was. passed as infections keep rising across the americas almost half a 1000000 people have died 6 months after it was 1st detected in china and a quarter of those infections are in the united states which has become the world's worst hit country with 2 and a half 1000000 cases the number of new cases was more than 40000 for the 3rd day in a row on saturday there are concerning upticks in the number of infections in southern and western states the window is closing we have to act and people as individuals have to act responsibly we need to social distance we need to wear for our face coverings if we're in settings where we can't social distance particularly in these hot zones the centers for disease control has recommended the use of mass but not the demand required it because they don't want to send the president and that their president should be example you know real men wear a mask be an example to the c

. >>> cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us with more. a, you have lenders that u.s. intelligence received this report about this russian plot months ago? >> that's right, ana, u.s. intelligence -- the u.s. military began to receive reports as far back as the february/march time that an elite russian mill tan intelligence unit was trying to pay off militia tied to the taliban, and paid them bounty --r. what is not clear is how long this activity had been going on prior to that. some of the first indicators were that the u.s. saw money transfers happening. of course, the question is, where did that money come from? it's a tough problem. can they really tie any of this activity specifically to the death of any u.s. or coalition troops in afghanistan? and who exactly were these people on the taliban end? officially the taliban leadership has denied it. it is possible that the russians were working in areas of the country where they knew there were coalition troops and they were basically working with taliban-affiliated operatives in the field

we have jeremy diamond and barbara starr. barbara, i want to start with you.know there was some bad blood, but for a four-star to use these words at this moment is startling. >> reporter: especially for jim mattis, john, because mattis, of course, a decades-long career that was absolutely devoted to loyalty to a commander in chief, whoever that might be, and now mattis is saying the country can unite without the president, and it should. he put this message out unexpectedly because everyone knew mattis had been thinking about what was going on in the country but did not want to say anything so as not to send mixed messages to the troop, not to make life harder for the current serving defense secretary. current secretary mark esper yesterday taking pains to say he did not support putting active duty on the streets of america, he did not support invoking the insurrection act, putting distance between him and the president. but mat sis said this is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, does not even attempt to try. inst

. >> our barbara starr is with us now. barbara, this is action, the kind of action being threatened that has not been used in this country since 1992, after the four white police officers were acquitted in rodney king's beating. what do we need to know this morning about all that has transpired since the president's threat? >> i think what you are seeing now are some very influential military officers quietly expressing their dismay about this because, look, already the national guard is on the streets of this country. and as one official said, we want law enforcement to take the lead in this. they always want civilian law enforcement to be the prime authority on the streets. and another national guard official saying, you know, the guard, they're the friends and neighbors of the people out there protesting, national guard is drawing from america's communities. so they don't want to be -- they want to support local police, they want to bring law and order, help bring law and order to the streets, but they do not want to be

officials speaking to my colleague barbara starr in washington. opean official o said there were casualties as a result of payments that have gone through. it was unclear if there were death or injury of the casualties. the u.s. officials seemed to be slightly more skeptical about verifying this intelligence as well. we've subsequently heard the washington post report that in fact these coalition casualties were u.s. deaths which now brings us to the white house's position on this. you said, president donald trump calling the so-called scams -- sorry, so called payments and downplaying both the severity of the confirmed level of the intelligence and whether or not it resulted in deaths. frankly, if there were any possible u.s. fatalities that may have resulted in a plot like this, it's impossible to imagine it would not have been put on the desk of the u.s. president. the white house when the story first came out seems to suggest they weren't willing to dismiss the intelligence themselves, more take "the new york times" task on their suggestion th

barbara starr, jeremy diamond, they're with us now. there was a remarkable few hours yesterday because before mattis' public statement, you had the sitting defense secretary also disagree with the president on the deployment of uniformed soldiers in u.s. streets to respond to these protests. that division, in all your years of covering the pentagon, have you seen that before? >> well, you know, esper is -- defense secretary mark esper really sought to put some distance, if not a full break, between himself and president trump. what he said yesterday is he doesn't see a need right now to put active duty forces on the streets. national guard is out there, and he believes that's enough for now. he does not want to see the insurrection action vote. a few hours later we had former secretary jim mattis say partially in that message about trump, we are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberative effort. we are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. we can unite without him, drawing on the stre

joint chief chairman public apology barbara starr jeong us. how significant is it for the joint chiefs chairman to break publicly with the president in an apology like this? >> look, wolf, milley fashioned this statement very carefully. he made it a very narrowly focused statement he should not have been there in the walk across the park. of course he did not appear in the actual photo-op once they all got to st. johns episcopal church, defense secretary esper did. even esper has said he regrets actually being there. he didn't want to be involved in politics. he's making the fine point he shouldn't be there, it could be perceived as him, a mifrlt officer, in a political environment. milley full well knows this story he made today is viral across the world as the united states chairman of the joint chiefs, his words carry significant weight. right now the entire joint chiefs, the heads of all the military services are all issuing statements, social media videos, statements to the troops about racial equality and lack of tolerance in the militar

cnn's barbara starr is live at the pentagon. what is he saying, barbara? >> good morning.to start with this very briefly, late last night the pentagon announced a number of active duty units on stand by in the washington area, one of them is an infantry battalion, on standby in washington to go on to the streets if commanders feel it is needed. what happened overnight is the chairman of the defense advisory board has resigned from that position. james miller was an obama administration official but served currently on this important board and in his letter he blasts defense secretary mark esper for his apparent complicity, if you will, in the clearing of that park by law enforcement. he says you may not have been able to stop president trump for directing this appalling use of force, but you could have chosen to oppose it. instead, you visibly supported it. now, defense official telling me that neither esper nor millie knew that walk into the park, in which millie was in the battle uniform, would result in the photo-op at st. johns church and did not know this violent disp

with me now, cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr and cnn senior congressional correspondent manu raju. barbara, beginning with you. why is the general speaking out now? >> reporter: i think looking for the right opportunity and found it. this was a graduation address to a military class he retaped and it was the right venue. he wanted to make the point to other military personnel, don't accidentally even inadvertently get involved in what turns out to be a political event. milley important to say did not stand in front of the church a few minutes later and have his photo taken. even the defense secretary, mark esper, pulled into the photo op expressed some regret, if you will, saying he, too, wants to stay out of politics. milley is talking about that image of walking across lafayette park in his uniform, and the perception that went around the world this was drawing the u.s. military into acting against u.s. peaceful protesters. from milley's point of view, nothing is further from the truth because he led an effort along with esper to try to convince the president not to activat

these are remarkable words from the retired marine general, cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr, following us now, you're inside that building. i wonder what the reception is there to see mattis come out so publicly and so blisteringly critical of a sitting president. >> well, i think almost every one in the u.s. military who knows jim mattis either during his long career as a marine or his defense secretary knows he's very plain spoken. he had not come out in this way, however, against president trump because he had often said he didn't think that he needed to be the one to send any contrary messages to the troops, clearly he has changed his mind. even saying that the country could unite without president trump, without the commander in chief. perhaps that is the most remarkable from a man who was a marine for so many decades and lived a life of loyalty to the commander in chief. part of what mattis said and let me quote from this, he says we are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort, we're witnessing the consequences of three years without mature

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. u.k. e.u. and nato have all condemned to china's introduction of a new security law in hong kong under the law anything the beijing defines as acts of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign powers is punishable with life in prison and those suspected of endangering national security will be put under surveillance adrian brown reports it normally takes a year for china's parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time just 40 days the new security law completed its passage after a vote by the country's most powerful political body the standing committee of the national people's congress in hong kong china supporters were also celebrating before the news had even been confirmed. a contentious measure that spitzer he divided the city was once more defended by its chief executive the legislation oppose imported legal principles such as presumption of innocence and protection of the rights of the sox but it will have no race respective effect. the critics here

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cnn's barbara starr live at the pentagon with the latest on this. good morning, barbara. >> reporter: good morning, john. two u.s. officials now telling cnn that that information about the russian bounty indeed was included in the president's daily intelligence brief earlier this year. the white house claiming that the president was not briefed on it because it was not verified or corroborated, but we now know it was taken seriously enough that the national security council staff had a meeting to discuss potential response options to the russian plot, if it came to that. some of the intelligence coming through -- communications intercepts, interrogation of detainees, a lot of information that underscored that this activity was going on. fully verified, no. but also, another indicator of how serious it was on the ground, measures were taken to protect u.s. and coalition forces, we are told. and finally, days into this, the pentagon finally putting out a statement just hinting at that, that troops were going to be protected. and let me read the stateme

i want to go to barbara starr at the pentagon. you tell us what it is. this might surprise some folks. >> it just might. you know, you might remember that video the night brett crozier walked off the deck of the "uss theodore roosevelt" to the cheer of hundreds of persons on his crew who applauded him wildly. well, now today we are learning from congressional member who is have just been briefed on the final report from the navy that the navy will announce that it is firing captain crozier permanently. this time from command of the teddy roosevelt, of that carrier that was docked in guam for so many weeks while hundreds of crew members tried to recover from exposure to coronavirus. initially the navy said crozier should be reinstated. but now congressional sources -- congressional officials are getting briefings that he will be permanently relieved of duty. he will be reassigned. he will not be fired from the navy outright. this may essentially end his career. he will not get a promotion effectively to admiral at any point now. he is going to be held res

barbara starr is out front. >> call in the national guard, call me.so many people, more people, you have to dominate the streets. >> a possible threat to the washington, d.c. mayor muriel bowser that wants less national guard on the streets. the president tweeting in part if she doesn't treat these men and women well, then we'll bring in a different group of men and women. trump's threats of military force and that photo op walk to saint john's church accompanied by defense secretary mark esper and general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, still being blasted. former white house chief of staff retired general john kelly. >> i would argue that the end result of that was predictable. i would have argued against it, recommended against it. >> coming two days after his close friend, former defense secretary james mattis ripped into trump. donald trump is the first president of my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, does not even pretend to try. from those currently serving, the president's threat this week to use acti

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera there's been an increase in that this toll from fighting on the border between india and china the indian army now says at least 20 of its soldiers were killed by chinese troops the armies clashed in the disputed galah one valley territory in the himalayas india's foreign ministry described the fighting as a violent faceoff and said it was the result of an attempt by beijing to unilaterally change the status quo there the nuclear armed neighbors have been locked in a standoff on the border for several weeks we have reached a situation where we were standing eyeball to eyeball and besides altered in those couple of you know lost. this is very sad and that we want government to immediately step in and take some diplomatic action so that it does not happen like 62 that small incident got speared up to the bigger level and we may have to go for a bigger action than my colleagues or hell rahman who has reported extensively from the region has more. now the context of this has state despite the fact that these skirmis

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera and also commissioned by the family of george floyd has found that he died of a 6 year due to neck and back compression protests erupted across the country in the wake of his death and police custody video footage emerged of a police officer kneeling on his neck for almost 9 minutes preliminary findings from an official report found underlying health issues contributed to his that the evidence is consistent with mechanical is fixed as the cause of death and homicide as the manner of death 2nd autopsies in certain cases can be very important to confirm and or dispute the original diagnosis to answer those unanswered questions to collect and document evidence and most importantly to determine the cause and the manner of death a little earlier floyd's brother called for calm at a makeshift memorial set up in minneapolis flowers and posters now cover the ground where floyd was arrested before his this. don't. have you. here. over here while i know. the farm not over. one of. the come out on we're not from the market

officials speaking to my colleague barbara starr seem to believe transfer of money had occurred but u.sofficial while agreeing in most it seems what i heard from a european intelligence official stressed some of this intelligence was still being verified. so a lot of questions here about the precise details. what seems to not be in doubt is the belief from intelligence circles in the u.s. and europe there was a russian military plot to pay taliban to kill american coalition soldiers. that did result in harm to coalition soldiers. not clear the nature of the nationality or the timing of that. the u.s. official familiar with the intelligence speaking to barbara starr did make the point that this occurred in about february or march of last year. there was discussion around what to do with this war intelligence, further verification occurring and as we know since march or so most u.s. forces have been at base because of the coronavirus pandemic. the official i spoke to called this russian military plot shocking, reprehensible and asked why, what is the russian motivation here? are they tryi

cnn's barbara starr is live for us at the pentagon with more. barbara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. two u.s. officials now telling cnn, indeed, that this intelligence was included in the president's daily intelligence book earlier this year. the white house making the case, still, that the president was never briefed on it. and in fact, representative mike mccall talked to my colleague. he was at the white house briefing yesterday. congressman mccall says he was told it wasn't included in part because in was dissent in the intelligence community that it wasn't briefed to the president because there was dissent in the intelligence community about what the intelligence really meant. but consider this, there couldn't have been that much dissent, because the national security council staff had a meeting to discuss options, response options to the russians, if it came to that. the intelligence included communications intercepts, interrogations of detainees, and they did continue to develop it. not everybody agreed, but measures were

hello i'm barbara starr this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes a judge rejects a bid by u.s. president donald trump to block a tell all book by his former national security adviser. the stage is set in oklahoma for donald trump's 1st campaign rally in months and events mired in controversy and concerns over the coronavirus egypt's president puts his military on standby for operations in war torn libya and on world refugee day we consider the plight of the millions of people displaced by violence in the democratic republic of congo. i'm legal means with the sports news including an update on the motor sport and power alex so noddy he's in a serious but stable condition following surgery on a severe head injury suffered in a crush on thursday we'll hear from one of the doctors treating him in history. a tell all memoir by the former u.s. national security advisor john bolton will be released next week after a district court declined a request by the white house to block its publication the trumpet ministration had argued t

let's bring in our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. that was a remarkable event in which the defense secretary was clearly trying to create some distance from what happened but also being careful not to offend the boss. >> yeah. you know, he caveated it just enough. saying that he did not support at this time the use of active duty troops, invoking ininsurrection act, just as you pointed out, the president was talking about the fact that he would solve it and solve it fast, very quickly, let me say it is worth noting there are multiple active duty military units on standby in the washington area if that decision were to be made, including an infantry battalion from ft. bragg, and one can only wonder what they think they're going do with an infantry battalion on the streets of washington, d.c. in any circumstances. i think we have a little bit more now of sound from the secretary of defense. >> i did know we were going to the church. i was not aware of a photo op happening. of course, the president drags a large press pool along with hi

hello i'm barbara starr this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thanks for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes. we could be forgiven for believing the president's words. tower the difference the. democratic presidential hopeful joe biden condemns donald trump's handling of the nationwide police brutality protests. president trump visits a catholic shrine despite growing criticism that he's using religion as a political tool the 1st confirmed covert 1000 best is reported at the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh and we look at how the coronavirus following on from years of drought is crippling profits from a vital cash crop in zimbabwe. us them across it presidential candidate joe biden has slammed donald trump's response to nationwide protests over racism and police brutality accusing the president of fanning the flames of hate it's been a week since rallies erupted over the police killing of unarmed black man george floyd in minneapolis by then has criticized trump's visit to a church near the white house on monday when i saw as he's tear gas protesters to cl

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming out . we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court the u.s. threatens the international criminal court with sanctions over an investigation into alleged war.

joining me now is cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. know, the essential administration argument now and the president repeating this via twitter is, well, there may be was some intel but it wasn't that reliable. you've reported that in fact the military on the ground in afghanistan took it very seriously. >> reporter: they did, and, you know, clearly moved to try and make sure that u.s. and coalition forces were well-protected. it's a combat zone. it's the front line and any intelligence about a threat to forces is going to be met with those kinds of force protection measures, and, of course, a lot of concern about british partners on the ground, close, close coalition partners with the u.s. the intelligence emerging back in the february time frame, but it may well have been that some of this activity was going on for months before then, and what they are trying to do clearly in military and intelligence circles is go back and verify everything they are, verify what they know and try to come to some conclusions about whether or not the

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching our live from london also coming up on the program u.s. them a crowd say they're not being briefed properly over reports that russia paid the taliban to kill american soldiers european union lifts coronavirus flight bags on 14 nations but the u.s. doesn't make the list and the belgium's king fully express.

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hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera an autopsy commissioned by the family of george floyd has found that he died of a 6 year due to neck and back compression protests erupted across the country in the wake of his death in police custody video footage emerged of a police officer kneeling on his neck for almost 9 minutes preliminary findings from an official report found underlying health issues contributed to his death the evidence is consistent with mechanical this pyxia.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera there's been an increase in that this toll from fighting on the border between india and china the indian army now says at least 20 of its soldiers were killed by chinese troops the army's clash then did this fugitive gala one valley territory in the himalayas india's foreign ministry described the fighting as a violent faceoff and said it was the result of an attempt by beijing to unilaterally change the status quo there the nuclear armed neighbors have been locked in a standoff on the ball.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera supporters are arriving in tulsa oklahoma where u.s. president donald trump will hold his 1st public rally since the coronavirus crisis began the rally follows weeks of anti racism protests across the u.s. and is being held in the same city as the 1921 race massacre there are also concerns that indoor event could contribute towards a surge of infections in the state jay gray is in toss up for the rally where there has already been a health scare.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in africa infections have doubled to 200000 in less than 3 weeks and the u.n. says a shortage of testing kits remains a big problem al-jazeera and they did. it took 90 days for africa to reach 100000 corona virus infections and only 1000 to pass the 200000 block the world health organization.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al jazeera there has been widespread criticism of u.s. president donald trump for allowing tear gas and force to be used to clear away protesters so he could take a photo opportunity at a local church and that was further condemnation on tuesday after trump and the 1st lady visited a shrine in the capital on nearing the late roman catholic pope john paul the 2nd the catholic archbishop of washington d.c. criticised the move saying it's reprehensible but places of worship would allow themselves to be misused in such a way white house correspondent kimberly health has more well there's been widespread condemnation of the president's actions essentially using heavy force and tear gas to clear protestors for what we later learned would be a photo opportunity and not only is it a condemnation of that action but also of what we saw earlier just the last few hours you read there the condemnation by the washington archbishop the as you pointed out found it baffling and reprehensible and not in the spirit of pope john paul the 2nd who was

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera more than 10000000 people are now known to have been infected with corona virus across the world the number was. passed as infections keep rising across the americas almost half a 1000000 people have died 6 months after it was 1st detected in china and a quarter of those infections are in the united states which has become the world's worst hit country with 2 and a half 1000000 cases.

the law hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up kosovo's president calls out of a meeting at the white house after being indicted for war crimes warnings that parts of the u.s. could soon be overwhelmed by every serjeant's of covert 90 and a mother grieves for stolen baby the starving videos highlight who reflect practices in thailand elephant training school it's. the at. the end. un secretary-general and 20 good ted asia's urged israel to abandon its plans to an expired it's of the occupied west bank calling it a watershed moment and the most serious violation of international law members of the un security council and the arab league have been meeting to discuss israel's move which could be put in motion as early as next week or diplomatic editor james bays reports. with the clock ticking towards a july deadline for an accession the u.n. secretary general made his position to the security council extremely clear if implemented and accession constituted of serious violation of international law or grievously harmed the prospect of a 2 state solutio

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up . we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by caring group court the u.s. threatens the international criminal court with sanctions over an investigation into alleged war crimes in afghanistan the mass graves are found in a libyan city that was the stronghold of warlord khalifa haftar. and playing in perfect harmony isolated musicians around the world come together for the performance of a lifetime. the welcome to the program coronaviruses racing through the african continent infections have doubled to 200000 in less than 3 weeks and the outbreak is now spreading from urban centers into the hinterlands with medical services already stretched the world health organization is warning that cases will continue to rise until a vaccine is found. dead risk reports. it took 90 days for africa to reach 100000 corona virus infections and only 19 to pass the 200000 mark the world health organization says infections in africa and i was spreading fast from urban to rural communiti

alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. in the little town through the family here the family of ray shard brooks the latest black man killed by police in the u.s. call for justice and for car. and a russian court sentences a former american marine to 16 years for spying after a trial the u.s. branded a mockery of justice. the world health organization is the liver it fresh warnings about a possible 2nd wave of the corona virus with 100000 new infections now being reported almost every day the w.h.o. said the outbreak in beijing is a concern more than 100 infections have been confirmed in the city after 50 days without a new case and in india around 50000000 people will be locked down again in the city of chennai from friday after a surge of infections there. it took more than 2 months for the 1st 100000 cases to be reported for the past 2 weeks more than 100000 new cases have been reported almost every single day almost 75 persons of recent cases come from 10 countries mostly in the americas and sews asia countries must st

barbara starr you're watching out is there a life like that also coming up 20 indian soldiers are killed in clashes with chinese forces along various shared border beijing is accused of trying to change the status quo the u.s. president orders policing reform and will it be enough to address any racism what we've been going for school and the coronavirus rates and the simple steroids treatment that is slashing the rate confidantes. low welcome to the program in the past few minutes north korea's military has announced it would resume exercises near the border with south korea and send soldiers into the industrial zone of the border town of case song and follows pyongyang's blowing up of a liaison office in case all the u.n. secretary general says north and south korea must resume dialogue south korea says it will respond strongly if the north does not dial down its actions and rhetoric in a moment we'll be speaking live with a fright in seoul 1st though this is his report on the escalating situation the complete destruction of a building created at the height of improving into korean rel

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. u.k. e.u. and nato have all condemned to china's introduction of a new security law in hong kong under the low anything the beijing defines as acts of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign powers is punishable with life in prison and those suspected of endangering national security will be put under surveillance adrian brown reports. it normally takes a year for china's parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time just 40 days the new security law completed its passage after a vote by the country's most powerful political body the standing committee of the national people's congress in hong kong china supporters were also celebrating before the news that even being confirmed. a contentious measure the busy divided the city was once more defended by its chief executive the legislation oppose imposing legal principles such as presumption of innocence and protection of the rights of the sox that it will have no race respectively fact her critics here say

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching out just they were like from london also coming out of the state just set in oklahoma for trump's 1st major campaign rally in months an event mired in controversy and concerns over the coronavirus egypt's president puts his military on standby for operations in war torn libya and decision time in hong kong territory votes whether to strike against that construct a controversial new chinese that. the thank you for joining us a tell all memoir by the former u.s. national security advisor john bolton will be released next week after a court refused a request by the white house to block its publication more than 200000 copies have already been distributed and while the judge was highly critical of bolton he ruled the government had not provided enough evidence to prove its case i can't have reports now from washington d.c. . john bolton was president transferred to national security advisor and had a front row seat to some of the administration's most sensitive then perhaps controversial decisions now he set to release a book about what he witnessed an

hello i'm barbara starr and along then these are the top stories on al-jazeera pressure is mounting on u.s. president donald trump over allegations that russia paid to the taliban to target u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. the white house says invited 8 members of congress for a briefing on the intelligence reports from says the intelligence briefings revealed by the new york times never reached him because the agencies that didn't think that they were credible house speaker nancy pelosi says strong's that aisle shows he wants to ignore any allegation against russia and its president vladimir putin the washington post has reported that several american soldiers are believed to have died because of the russia program the white house press secretary has reiterated that trump was not briefed on the alleged russian bounties there is no consensus within the intelligence community on these allegations and. in effect there are dissenting opinions from some in the intelligence community with regards to the veracity of what's being reported in the veracity of the underlying allegations continue to

alone barbara starr you're watching our jazeera live from london also coming up. real men wear mask president trump is urged to set an example amid growing calls for masks to become mandatory after spikes across southern states plus. the way. the law was opposition leader pledges to fight from malawi and says he's sworn in as president during story collection victory. and president across party faces a drubbing but it's a good night for the greens after local elections in france. it began as an unknown virus among a few dozen patients in china at the end of last year and now 6 months later the coronavirus pandemic has hit another tragic milestone more than half a 1000000 people are known to have died and the virus is still spreading across the planet more than $10000000.00 people are now confirmed to have been infected that's a 900 percent increase in less than 3 months a quarter of all those infections and deaths are in the united states which is by far the worst hit country with over 2 and a half 1000000 cases and the 125000 fatalities but the true toll is likel

hello i'm barbara starr and you're watching out as they are live from london also coming up. we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by kangaroo court the u.s. threatens the international criminal court with sanctions over an investigation into alleged war crimes in afghanistan the mass graves are found in a libyan city that was a stronghold of warlord khalifa haftar and we go inside an intensive care units battling coronavirus in mexico where exhausted medical workers are getting infected at record rates. close think you for joining us a crew of virus is of racing through the african continent infections have doubled to 200000 in less than 3 weeks and the outbreak is now spreading from urban centers into the hinterlands where medical services already stretched the world health organization is warning that cases will continue to rise until a vaccine is filed the agency says 75 percent of the continent's infections have been recorded in just 10 days a quarter of those infections are in south africa but the western cape region including cape town the hardest

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up a leading british health expert says bringing in the lock down a week earlier would have halved the u.k.'s number of covert 19 day. and swedish prosecutors name a graphic designer who died 2 decades ago as the killer of prime minister of all of parliament 34 years. we begin in the us where george floyd's brother has urged politicians to pass reforms on police brutality and quote stop the pain felonies floyd testified before the house judiciary committee on capitol hill he told members of congress to make sure that his brother's death will not be in vain george floyd died in police custody in may sparking weeks of protests across the u.s. and the around the world the committee said it was answering protesters calls for a fundamental change in the culture of law enforcement this comes a day after the 46 year old was laid to rest in houston. to exhume to make it stop. stop the pain stop us being tired george called for help and he was ignored please listen to the cowed i'm making to you now to the cause o