hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera there's been a dramatic escalation in the tension between the united states and china the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in houston texas saying it's to protect american intellectual property a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry has denied media reports that staff had been burning documents inside the building and accuse the u.s. of violating international law china's threatening to close the american consulate in response it's also warned the chinese students in the u.s. to be on guard for what it calls arbitrary interrogations rosalyn jordan has been following the situation from virginia she says the consulate closure will only worsen relations. the decision to close this consulate which happens to be the 1st consulate that the chinese government opened in the u.s. after it removed diplomatic ties with the united states back in 1979 the u.s. has also been imposing sanctions on chinese government officials on students on businesspeople it's trying to bring to the united states for t

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera coronavirus cases across the u.s. have now topped 4000000 waves on average 2600 people testing positive every hour and that's infections a surge the staggering impact on the economy isn't easing either more than 1400000 people claim that employment benefits in just the past week economists estimated that 25000000 people are now out of a job and the gallery is in miami with more from florida which has recorded more than 10000 cases a day for over a week here in miami dade county which is accounted for the most coronavirus cases in this state the measure of miami's put a curfew back in place from 10 pm till 6 am and has put a mandatory mask order in place there is a 40 man squad of police officers now enforcing that they've handed out over 100 tickets already but that is something that rhonda scientists the governor of the state will not monday a saying it's people's personal preference whether they want to wear masks or not and then of course you go all the issues with the testing here the lines are getting longer

i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president barack trump says he signed legislation and an executive order aimed at holding china accountable for what he calls or press of actions against hong kong he said he's ending hong kong's preferential treatment as punishment for china taking away the freedom of the people of hong kong well meanwhile chinese telecommunications giant weiwei will be banned from the u.k.'s 5 g. network the move which is a major backtrack on the british government's previous position well likely delay the rollout of the network by at least a year the ban follows sanctions imposed by the us which claim their claims the company poses a national security threat an accusation strongly denied by huawei. the international court of justice in the hague has ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with 4 arab countries that imposed a blockade on the gulf state and prevented catherine aircraft from flying over their airspace decor one. you know. rejected the other deal brought by the kingdom of bahrain the art

cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr has more. barbara?orter: don, today the two top leaders at the pentagon made clear there is still a lot to learn about that walk through the lafayette square park on the way to st. john's church so president trump could have his photo op in front of the church. the defense secretary mark esper and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley told congress today they still do not know for certain who ordered protesters to be cleared out of the park before the president approached. have a listen to what they had to say. >> we've had that discussion a few times. we had it the other day with secretary mccarthy and major general walker, and it's still unclear to me who gave the direction to clear the park at that moment in time. >> i know attorney general barr spoke to that publicly, and i know that it's been mentioned by park police captain, et cetera. i do not have personal knowledge who gave that actual order to clear the park. >> general milley again strongly emphasizing that there were

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the united states has toughened its stance on china's disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the south china sea calling them completely unlawful secretary of state might pompei also has beijing has no legal grounds to unilaterally impose its will on the region the move is likely to further increase tensions between the nations our hours earlier china sanctions u.s. officials for supporting measures against the treatment of chinese weekers by compose statements says the us champions what he calls a free and open indo-pacific he says the u.s. wants to make it clear that beijing's claims to offshore resources across most of the south china sea are completely unlawful as is its campaign of bullying to control them the south china sea claims by china include ownership of the spratly islands which are also claimed by the philippines vietnam and others the scarboro reef is claimed by china and the philippines of that dispute began 8 years ago when the philippine navy a pretend that 8 mainland chinese fishing ves

hello i'm barbara starr in london with the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has described the supreme court's ruling on his tax returns and financial records as a political witch hunt the judges ruled that a subpoena issued for documents relating to a criminal investigation in new york can be enforced but the court trajectory the house of representatives attempts to see that tax records well who is basically starting all over again sending everything back down to the work working the story again so for the 2nd point to satisfy the point of the senate. that this is a political witch fights that will not be there it will disappear with certain stocks just like the mall and the securities our folks that i want and this is the folks this is purely political that libya's u.n. recognize government says it's found a prison used by forces loyal to warlord police to have tried to kill and torture opponents the chamber is in the city of town hall now and contains several tiny cells in which prisoners were held soldiers of the government of nation

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera chinese telecommunications giant twa way will be banned from the u.k. 5 g. network the move which is a major backtrack on the british government's previous position were likely delayed the rollout of the network by at least a year the ban follows sanctions imposed by the u.s. which claims the company poses a national security threat an accusation strongly denied by huawei that the reports from london. a u. turn by the u.k. government but one it says was driven by practicalities not politics. announcing the total ban on huawei kitted britain's planned 5 g. network by 2027 the culture minister said u.s. sanctions blocking quote ways use of american lycra chips would make the company less reliable in future the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei to quit and to build the u.k.'s future 5 g. networks said to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from a while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be ille

. >> let's bring in cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr.ecretary pompeo will often attack the reporters with questions and not so much answer the question there, but it's your reporting that this was taken seriously enough that it was passed on to soldiers on the ground. is there still a question as to how serious this intelligence is? >> well, i think there will always be a question, right? and you would expect, you know this as well as i do, better than me. you expect commanders and top intelligence officials to pursue every single lead when there is any information that u.s. lives and u.s. trap lives may oop liv risk. earlier today he thought the intelligence community handled it well by not briefing it to president trump because it was uncorroborated and unverified even as you just pointed out, jim, that information was passed along on the ground in afghanistan so measures could be taken to protect troops. listen to a little bit more of what o'brien had to say about all of this. >> it may now become impossible to get to the truth of the

let's begin with cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr.t's key about this, it speaks to the details, right, about the intelligence here if they have identified a middle man. of course the president has said this is uncorroborated, maybe a hoax. what do we know? >> well, jim, this reporting coming from "the new york times," of course cnn has not been able to independently able to verify it. what "the new york times" is reporting that a middle man, an afghan contractor has been identified, someone "the times" said brought money in to afghanistan and at some point a raid on one of the person's homes in kabul yielded thousands of dollars, tens of thousands of dollars in cash. officials "the times" spoke to said they believe this middle man was representing that russian bounty effort to try and target u.s. and coalition service members serving in afghanistan and there may have been something like $100,000 bounty on any service member that they could target. this according to "the new york times." the trump administration is sticking to the line

let's go to barbara starr at the pentagon. it was striking when i was looking at the broad overall number, but i guess it makes sense because the military members are so engaged in the communities where they are stationed. >> that appears to be what is happening indeed. as you say, a 60% increase already during the month of july, 1,700 positive cases just since last week. so the total of the military force of how many positive cases according to the latest data over 10,000 positive races right now in the force. and what is happening now is some bases are going back and reinstituting stronger restrictions. at least five air force bases in the south have done this. these are in the areas where we are seeing the uptick in civilian society. florida, texas, california, arizona. it is of course they believe because so many military people live in america's communities. their families live there. they go back and forth between the base and town. and this is becoming, you know, not an insignificant concern for the military. not a risk

barbara starr, what's happening?his week defense secretary mark esper is expected to issue a new policy aimed at barring racially, culturally sdw divisive symbols. the big question, will he mention the confederate flag, very well aware what the president thinks or set a broad policy and allow his senior commanders to implement it? either way, top commanders are already well down the road of banning the confederate flag in public spaces on military installations. we have now already seen the commandant of the marine corps do it. head of korean forces, extremely respected four-star generals and head of u.s. forces in japan also issued a memo banning the confederate flag on u.s. military installations in japan. lieutenant general kevin snyder, i want to read a bit of the memo he put out similar to what other commanders have done. he talks about the fact many may see it as a cultural symbol. he's aware of that and goes on and says many others in our force foresee it and a painful reminder of hate, bigotry and devaluation

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera e.u. leaders have met for a certain day in brussels to discuss the blocks long term budget members are divided over a multi-billion dollar coronavirus recovery fund designed to pull europe out of its deepest recession in decades move back or reports. how to share $857000000000.00 the questions confounded e.u. leaders for days and deepened all divisions within the bloc in one camp nations known as the frugal for austria denmark sweden and the netherlands the wealthy northern states pay the most per capita into the e.u. shared reserves they want strict controls on how the recovery fund is shared prefer into loan countries money the positions at odds with some of the biggest recipients of e.u. funds spain and italy both economies were hit hard by the pandemic they want generous grants from the bloc that don't need to be repaid the german chancellor angela merkel and french president to manual mccrone have been trying to broker a compromise by offering e.u. countries a combination of loans and

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching a live from london also coming up on knowing a civil rights leader john lewis lies in staying in the u.s. capitol. threats over returned to tough restrictions of spain cannot reverse its coronavirus spike. drivers are stopped and questioned bird zimbabwe's leaders than i could.

hello i'm barbara starr this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. the department of justice will immediately surge federal law enforcement to the city of chicago.

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching out is there a lot from london also coming up. too many countries are headed in the wrong direction the world health organization.

barbara starr is going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories including the news that the u.k. has banned the purchase of all new 5 g. equipment from the chinese from the hall way from december 31st by mr balls johnson has been under pressure from his own party and from the u.s. it was securely problems and obama says her boy. jumped into the stream and julian on global community this generation will have to create its own partner sleep with social media on and on line be part of the debate let me put some you keep coming steve you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic islands that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we all banks need to transform lives the way the kids human it business if we're going to adapt to climate breakout this street on out is there on the deserted streets of they've become familiar figures couriers on bicycles delivering food or medicine to lock down colombians most of them here are venezuelan migrants they might go amiss a mother of 4 says contagion is always on her mind none of them re

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera investigators from the international criminal court are in libya's capital tripoli to examine whether forces loyal to warlord telephone have thought to have committed war crimes the 3 member team is expected to visit mass graves found in 60 kilometers south of the city last months that also investigate booby traps set to during a retreat by half times fighters in residential areas south of tripoli the i.c.c. team says it's received credible information regarding 11 mass graves containing men.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera a political witch hunt that's how president trump has described the u.s. supreme court's ruling on his tax returns and financial records they came out be made available to new york prosecutors but not yet to congress the manhattan district attorney wants the documents as part of a criminal investigation into hush money payments made to women the trump allegedly had affairs with the other ruling concerned committees in the house of representatives who have been investigating potential foreign influence and russian money laundering the judge just said that that would need to be decided by a lower court ruling basically starting all over again so they get everybody back down to the work working to sort of you know so what was the point that is going to satisfy me that this is a political witch a life that would not be there if you will disappear which it's just like the most . votes that i want and this is this is political. where u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has applauded the supreme court's decision and says con

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera spain has reacted with outrage at the travel advice of the u.k. and germany they're recommending people avoid spain's islands and beaches during the height of the summer tourist season because of an increase in coronavirus cases tourism accounts for 12.3 percent of spain's g.d.p. the country already lost 1000000 jobs between april and june a 2 week quarantine a new case citizens returning from spain could cost the tourism sector another $11700000000.00 in lost revenue spain reports of more than 9.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned as paula it is quote playing with fire he's accuse the lebanese armed group of launching an infiltration attempt in the border region of shaper farms hezbollah denies that its fighters tried to penetrate the border or engaged in any confrontation the united nations is urging both sides to show restraint have a force that is following developments from west to slim and sent this this update . into context we have to remember the fact that israel has been awaited some kind .

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the united states has toughened its stance on china's disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the south china sea calling them completely unlawful secretary of state might composes beijing has no legal grounds to unilaterally impose its will on the region the move is likely to further increase tensions between the nations our hours earlier china sanctions u.s. officials for supporting measures against the treatment of chinese weekers by compose statements says the us champions what he calls a free and open.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these of the top stories on al-jazeera e.u. leaders have met for a sir today in brussels to discuss the blocks long term budget members are divided over a multi-billion dollar coronavirus recovery fund designed to pull europe out of its deepest recession in decades neve barker reports. out to $857000000000.00 the questions confounded e.u. leaders for days and deepened all divisions within the plonk it won't help nations notice the frugal for austria denmark sweden and another lin's the wealthy in.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera there's been a dramatic escalation in the tension between the united states and china the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in houston texas saying it's to protect american intellectual property a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry has denied media reports that staff had been burning documents inside the building and accuse the u.s. of violate.

hello i'm barbara starr in london these that the top stories on al-jazeera coronavirus cases across the u.s. have now topped 4000000 with on average 2600 people testing positive every hour and as infections a surge the staggering impact on the economy isn't easing either more than 1400000 people claim that employment benefits in just the past week economists estimated that 25000000 people are now out of a job and the gallery is in miami with more from florida which has recorded more than 10000 cases a day for over a week here in miami dade county which is accounted for the most coronavirus cases in this state the mer of miami's put a curfew back in place from 10 pm till 6 am and has put a mandatory mask order in place there is a 40 man squad of police officers now enforcing that they've handed out over 100 tickets already but that is something that ron dissenters the governor of this state will not mandate he's saying it's people's personal preference whether they want to wear masks or not and then of course you've got all the issues with the testing here the lines are getting longer bu

below our barbara starr this is our just there live from london also coming up. the department of justice will immediately. law enforcement to the city of chicago president trump says is the point hundreds of federal agents after a recent upturn in violence in chicago plus. it's not too late if we can acknowledge new fears of famine in yemen where the u.n. says it's seeing alarming levels of food insecurity. and protesters keep up the pressure on israel's prime minister to quit over corruption and his handling of the coronavirus. hello welcome to the program there's been a dramatic escalation in tension between the united states and china the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its called soulish in houston texas saying it's to protect american intellectual property a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry has denied media reports that staff had been burning documents inside the building and accuse the u.s. of violating international law china's threatening to close the american consulate in one in response it's also warned the chinese students in th

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching out as they are live from london also coming up malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is found guilty on corruption charges but stays out of jail for now livelihoods washed away in bangladesh where a 3rd of the entire country is now submerged by monsoon flooding and u.s. attorney william barr faces questions of the trumpet ministrations response to recent anti racism protests. that welcome to the program spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has reacted with outrage after the u.k. and germany warned their citizens to think twice before travelling to spain in the coming weeks because of an increase in coronavirus cases tourism accounts for a little over 12 percent of spain's g.d.p. and is seen as crucial to rebuilding its economy after months of lock down restrictions but the u.k. is concerned that europe is entering a 2nd wave in the pandemic it's warned citizens against all but essential travel to spain and imposed a 2 week quarantine on their return a move which could cost spain's tourism sector $11700000000.00 in lost revenue the german gov

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program the standoff between the u.s. and china intensifies of a beijing's claims in the south china sea the un's highest court rules in qatar is favoring its dispute with 4 arab nations that imposed an air blockade on the country and to guilin maxwell friend of convicted sex offender geoffrey epstein pleads and not guilty to sex trafficking charges. welcome to the program chinese telecommunications giant twa way will be banned from the u.k.'s 5 g. network the move which is a major backtrack on the british government's previous position will likely delay the rollout of the network by at least a year the band follows sanctions imposed by the us which claims the company poses a national security threat qua way denies this the u.k.'s mobile providers will not be able to buy any new huawei 5 g. equipment after the same verse 31st they have also been given 7 years to remove all huawei 5 g. equipment presently in their systems 3 g. and 4 g. equipment can state well the u.k. joins the us australia new z

lower barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. coronavirus cases climb in colombia is the capital but without enters the peak of its outbreak doctors call for a strict lockdown to be reimposed mali's opposition dismisses the latest offering from international mediators calling for demonstrators to return to the streets challenged on his claims on crime and the coronavirus the fox news interview that didn't go as planned for the us president. start the program in brussels where negotiations over the european union's long term budget and coronavirus recovery fund are continuing but hopes of an agreement appears to be faltering after 3 full days of talks leaders are at loggerheads over the unprecedented spending proposal which is aimed at holding europe out of it's the past recession since world war 2 on the table is a budget of $2.00 trillion dollars to be spread out over the next 7 years it includes an $800.00. 57000000000 dollar fund to help countries recover from the pandemic but members cannot agree on how the money should be di

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching out 0 live from london also coming up. too many countries are heated in the wrong direction the world health organization warns that if nations don't take basic health care precautions the pandemic will get far worse as the u.s. the struggles with the worst corona virus outbreak in the world the white house is accused of trying to discredit the man known as america's top doctor. we'll look at how the new ban on the sale of alcohol is going down in south africa . there with another 5 years as poland's president with a narrow victory that is likely to deepen the rift with the e.u. . hello welcome to the program the united states has toughened its stance on china's disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the south china sea calling them completely unlawful secretary of state might pompei or has released a statement saying beijing has no legal grounds to unilaterally impose its will on the region the move is likely to further increase tensions between the 2 nations and it comes hours after china sanctioned u.s. offici

blower barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up a new west african proposal to end the months of violent unrest in mali mediators recommend the formation of a unity government. challenged on his claims on crime and the coronavirus the fox news interview that didn't go as planned for the u.s. president and the. and the feminist battle cry that went to a local now the chilean women behind it are being accused of inciting violence against $46.00. welcome to the program we begin in brussels where negotiations over the european union's long term budget and coronavirus recovery fund are continuing but hopes of an agreement appears to be faltering after 3 full days of talks leaders are at loggerheads over the unprecedented spending proposal which is aimed at holding europe out of its deepest recession since world war 2 on the table is a budget of $2.00 trillion dollars to be spread out over the next 7 years it includes an $857000000000.00 fund to help countries recover from the pandemic but members can't agree on how the money should be distributed. leaders are tryi

alone barbara starr you're watching out to 0 life from london also coming up inside the libya prison where its alleged detainees were tortured by forces loyal to police the hostile calls grow for the u.n. to investigate the government appointment that sparked the angry protests in the democratic republic of congo and chillis desperate citizens we visit a town famous for its pottery now because of the coronavirus people can't afford to fill the pots they made it. back into the program a political witch hunt that's how president donald trump has the scribed the u.s. supreme court's ruling on his tax returns and financial records they can now be made available to new york prosecutors but not yet to congress the manhattan district attorney wants the documents as part of a criminal investigation into hush money payments made to women that trump allegedly had affairs with the other ruling concerned committees in the house of representatives who've been investigating potential foreign influence and russian money laundering the judge just said that would need to be decided by a lower court r

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up a question of numbers in south africa coronavirus tests are rising bata are they being reported accurately as i'm arrests continues in mali west african leaders trying to broker a deal between the president and all position plus the race to the red planet gathers momentum china becomes the latest nation to launch a mission to mars. the thank you for joining us the staggering impact of covert 19 in the united states shows no sign of easing new numbers released on thursday highlight the twin tragedies of the corona virus infections across the u.s. have now topped 4000000 on average that's 2600 people testing positive every hour and the economic cost there is just this huge more than 1400000 people claimed unemployment benefits in just the past week it's the 18th week in a row that number has topped a 1000000 economists estimate 25000000 people are now out of a job or one of the worst hit states in the u.s. is florida for more on this let's go on the gallagher who joins us now from miami so andy when it comes

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching out as they are live from london also coming up on the program as the u.s. marks new record coronavirus numbers it says the world is looking to it for leadership. of course the u.s. remains the world's leading to. the united nations warning on the libyan conflict foreign interference has reached on precedented levels and the building relations of while building a war mexico's president meets donald trump at the white house. thank you for joining us we begin the program with some breaking news the prime minister of ivory coast amadou gone coulibaly has died at the age of 61 the president says the nation is in mourning bally was taken to hospital after he fainted during a cabinet meeting he had to return to ivory coast last week after a prolonged stay in france for a heart exam let's speak to nicholas talk to now who is in senegal a force as some of us 1st of all what else do we know of around what happened. well the death was just announced moments ago but it happened around midday today he was just before he went into the company bidding he went

alone barbara starr and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up threats of a return to tougher strict sions if spain cannot reverse its coronavirus spike on nearing a civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u.s. capital. and the driver is a stopped and questioned but zimbabwe's leader is the nih claims the lockdown is to prevent antigovernment protests. hello welcome to the program we begin in israel where prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned hezbollah it is quote playing with fire he's accuse the lebanese armed group of launching an infiltration attempt in the border region of show about farms hezbollah denies that its fighters tried to penetrate the border or engaged in any confrontation the united nations is urging both sides to show restraint al-jazeera is harry force it has more. smoke plumes over southern lebanon after what the israeli military referred to as a security incident it said a cell of hezbollah fighters trying to infiltrate israeli controlled territory israeli soldiers tracked them and repelled them with machine gun tank and artillery fire

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera life from london also coming up 25000000 people infected millions more at risk iran's president warns his country's find with coronavirus is far from over the not dayshift show of strength drug cartel fighters flex their muscles as the mexican president it's down. and the u.s. congress loses a man described as its conscience john lewis the civil rights hero shared a dream with martin luther king dies at the age of 80. 3 e.u. nations are threaten to use sanctions against countries that continue to violate a united nations arms embargo on libya a u.n. resolution calling for the embargo to be enforced was passed in february but it has been routinely flouted the leaders of france germany and italy say we urge all foreign actors to end their increasing interference and to fully respect the arms of bargo established by the united nations security council we are ready to consider the possible use of sanctions should breaches to the embargo at sea on land or in the air continue. meanwhile investigators from the international criminal court are in l

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera chinese telecommunications giant twa way will be banned from the u.k. 5 g. network the move which is a major backtrack on the british government's previous position will likely delay the rollout of the network by at least a year the ban follows sanctions imposed by the u.s. which claims the company poses a national security threat and accusations strongly denied by one.

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up . too many countries are headed in the wrong direction the world health organization warns that if nations don't take basic health care precautions the pandemic will get far worse we look at how the new ban on the sale of alcohol is going down in south africa and thousands in that the r.c. protest against the nomination of a new election chief considered to close the former president joseph kabila down. low welcome to the program the united states has toughened its stance on china's disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the south china sea calling them completely under full secretary of state might pompei or has released a statement saying beijing is no legal grounds to unilaterally impose its will on the region the move is likely to further increase tensions between the nations earlier china sanctioned 2 prominent u.s. senators for supporting measures against the treatment of chinese weekers our white house correspondent kimberly how it has more. well i think what's so prono

hello i'm barbara starr and you're watching out is there live from london also coming up malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is found guilty on corruption charges but stays out of jail for now u.s. attorney general william barr defends the trumpet ministrations response to recent the anti racism protests and livelihoods washed away in bangladesh where a 3rd of the entire country is now submerged by monsoon flooding. back into the program spain's prime minister has reacted with outrage at british and german travel advice that their citizens of void it's islands and beaches during the height of the summer tourist season because of an increase in coronavirus cases tourism is seen as crucial to rebuilding spain's economy after months of restrictions but there are reports now from one of the worst hit areas barcelona. jungen relaxed a little has a change for the youth of barking on isis economides crisis despite 3 months of strict lockdown in c.t. they feel mediately return to the old social habits. is 19 years old she's refusing to follow the government's social distancing measures or

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera life from london also coming up on ring a civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u.s. capital. threats over a return to tough restrictions of spain cannot reverse its coronavirus spike. drivers a stopped and questioned bug zimbabwe's leader as the ny claims the lockdown is to prevent antigovernment protests. we begin the program in israel where prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned it is quote playing with fire he's accuse the lebanese armed group of launching an infiltration attempt in the border region of shed our farms hizbollah denies that its fighters tried to penetrate the border or engage in any confrontation the united nations is origen both sides to show restraint is going out to harry for citizens of west jerusalem for a so harry there are very different accounts are in there coming from israel and hezbollah about will presumably happened or didn't happen. indeed there are in for context we have to remember the fact that israel has been awaiting some kind of response from hezbollah for a week now ever since a

alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. too late if we can act no new fears of famine in yemen where the u.n. says it's seeing alarming levels of food insecurity. protesters keep up the pressure on israel's prime minister to quit over corruption and his handling of the coronavirus plus the bizarre intervention by ukraine's president that helped end the 12 hour hostage standoff. in the welcome to the program we begin with a dramatic escalation in the growing tensions between the united states and china the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in houston texas saying it's to protect american intellectual property a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry has the night media reports that staff had been burning documents inside the bill. thing and accuse the u.s. of violating international law travis threatening to close the american consulate in rouhani in response it's also warned the chinese students in the u.s. to be on guard for what it calls arbitrary interrogations we're going. surely on july 21s

alone barbara starr at the says al jazeera live from london also coming up a question of numbers in south africa coronavirus stats are rising but are they being reported accurately as unrest continues in mali west african leaders try to broker a deal between the president and the opposition and the race to the red planet gathers momentum china becomes the latest nation to launch a mischance to mars. for the welcome to the program the us president donald trump has abandoned plans to hold the republican party's national convention that convention was to be held in jacksonville florida after being moved from charlotte north carolina but has been canceled because of a spike in corona virus infections in the state i looked at my team and i said the timing for this event is not right just not right with what's happened recently the flare up in florida to have a big convention is not the right term. it's really something that for me i have to protect the american people that's what i've always done that's what i always will do that's what i'm about they said sir we can make this work very easily

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching out as they are live from london also coming up as the u.s. marks new record coronavirus numbers it says the world is looking to it for leadership. of course the u.s. remains the world leader in the pandemic. the united nations warning on the libyan conflict foreign interference has reached on precedented levels and building relations while building war us president tales what he describes as a tremendous relationship between his country and mexico. and the thank you for joining us the prime minister of ivory coast am a dual gone coulibaly has died at the age of 61 the president says the nation is in mourning bally was taken to hospital after he fainted during a cabinet meeting he had returned to ivory coast last week after a prolonged stay in france for a heart exam because more now from dakar in senegal. this is a big blow for the president because with this comes a political crisis a political void the question is now who will replace coulibaly who was the chosen successor to want to or are expected to run in the next upcoming presidential

hello i'm barbara starr in london with the top stories on al-jazeera the prime minister of ivory coast amadou gone quib ali has died at the age of 61 the president says the nation is in mourning could he badly was taken to hospital after he fainted a during a cabinet meeting he had returned to ivory coast last week after a prolonged stay in france for a heart exam he was chosen in march to be the governing party candidate for the october presidential election. the number of current confirmed coronavirus cases in the united states has now passed 3000000 a record 60000 new infections have been registered in a single day more than 130000 people across the us have now died the highest test toll of any nation the spite that secretary of state might compel says the world is looking to the u.s. for guidance of course the u.s. remains the world leader in the pandemic. goes without saying and there are multiple dimensions that i've talked about each of them certainly the vice president task force talks about them as well but whether that is the technical scientific solutions. both to how to sto

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera spain has reacted with outrage at the travel advice of the u.k. and germany that recommending people avoid spain's islands and beaches during the height of the summer tourist season because of an increase in coronavirus cases their tourism accounts for 12.3 percent of spain's g.d.p. the country already lost 1000000 jobs between april and june a 2 week quarantine on u.k. citizens returning from spain could cost the tourism sector another $11700000000.00 in lost revenue spain reported more than $900.00 new cases on tuesday and in madrid face masks are now compulsory in public spain's prime minister better sanchez is calling for exemptions in regions where the infection rate is low. or some of the time of the good we are at this moment talking to the british authorities to try to make them reconsider a measure that in our view is unsuitable particularly if we keep the epidemiological data of the spanish territory and in particular certain tourist destinations like for example the canary in the balearic islands the vil

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera investigators from the international criminal court are in libya's capital tripoli to examine whether forces loyal to warlord telephone have thought to have committed war crimes the 3 member team is expected to visit mass graves found in 60 kilometers south of the city last months that also investigate booby traps set to during a retreat by have terrorist fighters in residential areas south of tripoli the i.c.c. team says it's received credible information regarding 11 mass graves containing men women and children mom or that their lawyer hate is in tripoli with more on the investigation. the government so far seems to be reluctant in revealing the details about the team's. details exactly but we know from sources with the government of national accord nearly $225.00 bodies have been recovered from the mass graves around the city of warner and also loss of the secret notorious prisons as you know that we reported that in the past few weeks about the secret prisons where half the opponents including civilians in women wer

hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on our iraq israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned as paula it is quote playing with fire he's accuse the lebanese armed group of launching an infiltration attempt in the border region of shaper farms hezbollah denies that its fighters tried to penetrate the border or engaged in any confrontation the united nations is urging both sides to show restraint have a force it is following developments from west to slim and sent this this update. i mean for context we have to remember the fact that israel has been awaiting some kind of response from hezbollah for a week now ever since an air strike inside syria killed has been a fighter there's been a long standing promise from hezbollah that any such event would lead to a response from lebanon against israel and so these are the military's been on a heightened state of alert along the israel lebanon border inside the golan heights as well and in the occupied golan heights instead of farms there was this security incident as israeli military initially called it has ball o

cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us now.o an a awful story. >> reporter: a very disturbing, story, and over the weekend we saw vigils and protests in several locations across texas in memory of of this 20-year-old soldier vanessa guillen who had been stationed at ft. hood and went missing back in april. she's been miss mc since april, and just a few days ago her remains were found in a shallow grave in texas not far from ft. hood where she had been serving. her family's attorney spoke about the difficulties now in even trying to identify her remains. >> they couldn't identify with their dental examination. they couldn't confirm her, whether it was her with the dental because vanessa's face was bashed in so badly there were no teeth to identify. >> reporter: but, you know, it just gets worse and worse if that's even possible. she was apparently bludgeoned to death on ft. hood and it was two months later that her remains have been found so the army has an awful lot of questions to answer, and it was reported that she was going

let's go to cnn's barbara starr at the pentagon. do we expect this to get formal approval?r quite a while and now it does appear to be coming to some final decision. for the last week, since early last week, a draft policy to ban the confederate flag at military bases has been circulating at the highest levels of the pentagon. what it would do is there could be no confederate flags, bumper stickers, depictions of the confederate flags brought by people onto a military base. if it's some part of historical painting that's part of a display, that might be something different. but you cannot bring the confederate flag into public spaces at military installations. the services were working on it but it got put on hold when defense secretary esper wanted to have a broader look at racial equality issues. now we know that this policy to ban the flag has been circulating for the last several days. what we don't know is whether the president is going to step in and have anything to say about it. this is brewing of course, brooke, as we are seeing the white house not able to make a p

let's bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr. it is not just okinawa.. >> reporter: it is not. it is growing, john. the military thought for some months that it would be somewhat protected from my spike with a relatively young, relatively healthy population inside the ranks but right now they are seeing a spike. so far, just halfway into july there's about a 60% increase in the ranks in positive covid cases, a 1,700 additional positive cases just since july 8th. right now 10,554 positive cases inside the u.s. military. good news if there is is that hospitalization still remains very low. why is this happening? they are seeing some spiking in the same places as civilian society across these southern hotspots, florida, texas, california, louisiana, arizona. these are the places where it's spiking in communities and, of course, u.s. military lives and works in communities across the country. the air force now has had to reinstitute in five bases largely across the south stricter health precaution regulations. they had eased up somewhat. now they see the sp