haven't been provided with any details as to what shape those will take as yet katrina you there in the chinese capital beijing for us thank you very much katrina well speaking of divergent views let's now get the view from hong kong devika poland joins us from there i want to talk about this special status talk us through what the removal of that actually means and we're already starting to see an exodus of businesses. indeed but much of the that accidents that we have seen so far has to do with that national security law that was imposed by beijing on july 1st without any consultation with hong kong government or hong kong people but i need to say that the main reason that this current move was made by the us is because of that national security law again i have to catch me at it by saying that this move by the us for the human rights and democracy act and true strip hong kong of that special status was the law before and spearheaded by hong kong's protesters including joshua long and many of the pro-democracy camp so this is seen as a result of a hong kong's pro-democracy camp calling for more accountabilit

officials or personnel catrina you that with all the reaction from the chinese capital beijing thank you very much katrina well you had about a disconnect between beijing and hong kong let's get the view from hong kong with devika part and she joins us from there. now that the u.s. is removing hong kong special status can you talk us through what that actually means we're already seeing a start of a potential exodus of businesses. that's right i just spoke to an analyst just a few minutes ago and they told me that many companies had already had contingency plans for this particularly because this has been had been weeks in the making in the u.s. congress and just needed president trump to sign off which he finally did but also he said that it eventually will affect parts of hong kong's economy although that is not the entire story if you speak to hong kong's chief financial secretary he says that it's the u.s. that has more to lose than hong kong does economically given that hong kong is the u.s. biggest single bilateral trading partner partner with surplus rather so which means that the u.s. gains more f

order ending hong kong's preferential treatment in response beijing says it will impose sanctions on american individuals and entities katrina you has this reaction from beijing donna's foreign ministry have released a strongly worded statement this morning on wednesday saying that this move by the u.s. militias links land as the national security law in hong kong they condemned the move they say that u.s. is again meddling in china's internal affairs and then it goes on to repeat basically what we've heard as as as the justification from beijing for imposing this national security law that this is crucial for the perspire a-c. and for the future of hong kong that it's what the hong kong people want it's what the chinese people want and that beijing will not be intimidated by any of these. or trump also praised the u.k. ban on what way the chinese tech giant will not be allowed to develop new high speed mobile network the u.k. government says it cannot ensure the security of all the equipment. 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from our media have been killed as fighting escalates at the border to former soviet republics have

but she says that would only apply to a handful of cases let's bring in katrina you live from beijing katrina so what more has carol i'm had to say because she seemed to be saying that this was a national security law that was a clickable national across all of china and therefore it wasn't just a political need to hong kong. now that's right caroline seems to be reflecting a lot of these comments we heard earlier today on wednesday from officials from the communist party here. in beijing that this would be an extension of the national security law already applied in the mainland it would apply to hong kong residents and also nonresident seen as a threat so threatening the central government's authority and it would be applied also not just in hong kong it could be applied extraterrestrial e as well now we've just had a major update here in hong kong we've heard that the 1st person has been arrested less than 24 hours after this national security law was put into place arrested in hong kong i was still getting some details but he was reportedly arrested for waving a hong kong independence fla

that's adrian brown giving us the latest from the hong kong i want to bring in katrina you from beijing katrina if i understand it correctly hong kong's basic law it had ensured the hong kong would retain its legislative system and people's rights and freedoms for 50 years when it was part of the of the of china that china basically lose patience with hong kong. i think that's exactly what's happened rob and if you look especially at the speed of this law was delivered in about 40 days a really shows beijing's determination to stamp out the pro-democracy movement simply because it says saw it as too much of a threat to its foreign power now beijing has been complaining and furious about these pro-democracy protests that we've seen taking place since june it's been a source of frustration in paris mint and also according to beijing they say that these protests have been bad for the stability and the prosperity of the region you have to remember contextually how hong kong functions for mainland china it's still important in itself because it's kind of a gateway city it's an important global finan

chinese fishing vessels in that area let's get more on this with katrina you started by 1st in beijing katrina so china as long as for this region that's not likely to let up now what do the authorities make of the section of state's remarks. well they're furious about the statement that's been made by washington and at the same time they're not surprised they've been talking about the sell chinese you for a few weeks now government think tank a few weeks ago came out and said that there is an increased chance of conflict in the south china sea because of the u.s. now about this statement made by the u.s. secretary of state nor official response from beijing as yet but the chinese embassy in the u.s. has released a statement firmly opposing it saying that the u.s. is completely disregarding all the efforts that china has been making to maintain peace in the region by engaging in dialogue and negotiation with all the different parties it says the u.s. is exaggerating the problem as well as deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors and it goes on to accuse the u.s. itself of be

manipulation from the united states well it's now speech on the katrina you she joins us live from beijing katrina just picking up there with this whole hallway issue it's quite the reversal for the u.k. what's china been saying about it today. that's right china is quite angry with this we've heard just a short time ago from china's foreign ministry spokesperson what union and she said that the u.k. was colluding with the u.s. to oppress chinese companies she said that this was an unfair act of discrimination against chinese companies in the u.k. that the u.k. was violating its agreement with china and with huawei and this would only serve to damage the relationship between london and beijing she said that the u.k. was politicizing this issue and that the u.k. government would do better to listen to what he says from the business community in britain who are morse likely to be affected by this move she then went on to say that china would do its best to protect its own companies and now she was also asked whether the chinese government reflects quite a strong editorial piece that was released tod

after secretary of state said beijing's claims to the area were completely under lawful from beijing katrina you has more on a briefing from china's foreign ministry he then went on to say that china had no intention of conducting a maritime expansion that it's always behaved as a responsible multilateral player unlike the u.s. which has not even itself signed the un convention on the law of the sea he then went on to accuse washington of being being the bully that it as a referred to china as the region inciting confrontations of undermining stability and so on discord between china and its neighbors when china says it will sanction u.s. weapons manufacturer lockheed lawson over its latest on sale to taiwan a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry made that announcement on tuesday but didn't give more details on what measures will be imposed lockheed martin is the main contractor for a $620000000.00 upgrade for taiwan surface to air missiles china opposes all sales to taiwan and accuses the us of meddling with its internal offense a man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient

you she joins us now from beijing katrina how far as he's there viewing the developments and how things are heating up in hong kong right now. well beijing certainly expected purchase today in hong kong they're watching closely they're watching to see how the hong kong police act and how many people are arrested we know that so far at least 2 people have been arrested under this national security law less than 24 hours after it's been acted in hong kong and now china's foreign ministry spokesperson jen just came out this afternoon again defending this lord justifying it as being good for hong kong stability and its prosperity demonstrating again a vast disconnect between what beijing believe and what we're seeing today on the streets of hong kong on wednesday now this law gives beijing new sweeping powers in hong kong in the main message is that the central government the chinese central government is in charge in hong kong and we really see this manifest in the war itself as sara mentioned we've got the hong kong police in v

as peru tries to boost its damaged economy official data out of beijing shows that china is bouncing back let's go straightaway to katrina you in beijing and katrina the latest economic performance in china has beaten expectations. that's right 3.2 percent which is higher than what many and analysts and economists predicted of about 2.5 percent and it's really quite a sharp rebound from the previous quarter where we saw a contraction of 6.8 percent year on year and that's of course when china was in the thick of the pandemic now china was the 1st country to be affected by the coronavirus and state media here are hailing this 3.2 percent as a as a celebration some very positive thing to be held as a beacon of hope for the rest of the world although we do have to take this figure with a grain of salt this is a government figure it's very hard to verify but if you do go walk around in major cities in beijing for example it does it is true that it does appear to be like business is back to normal restaurants and shops are open people are travelling again people don't have to do the tour we quarantine period anymore and tour

can see that clearly these national security laws have been a deterrent from hong kong we go to beijing katrina you who's been monitoring the reaction from china. china's foreign ministry came out on wednesday afternoon justifying and defending this law explaining that this was crucial to host ability it's crucial for its future prosperity and early a beijing government officials said that the west often misconstrues this idea of one country 2 systems it's not about the central government having a hands off approach in hong kong it's actually about the central government taking control when it needs to especially when it comes to issues so important as national security going forward beijing's message to the people in hong kong is that the buck stops with beijing the highest authority in hong kong is the chinese government and we see this manifest in the way this national mall security law is written hong kong police are very much the public face of this they're enforcing this law on the ground but behind the scenes it's chinese intelligence security agents who are pulling strings perhaps what

allowed to adjudicate hong kong's national security cases let's bring in katrina new now from beijing katrina so what more have officials there been saying about this new hong kong security or. right now taking place is a press conference given by the legislative commission for the n.p.c. standing committee in the office for hong kong mccalla fez uses a q. bodies responsible for formulating this law here in china and officials have been broadly expectedly full of praise for the small saying that it's crucial to hong kong's stability and prosperity that the mainland is really responsible for bringing a lot of development to hong kong and this will allow hong kong to continue on track with that development and that residents should be relieved by this law because it will bring back some tranquility that was lost during the protests that have been taking place over the past year and you really do fishel said that the main point of this law is to prevent hong kong from becoming a springboard for subversion against china and then officials really went on the defensive especially when it comes to t

network from beijing katrina new has more on the latest comments from the foreign ministry spokesman. she said that the u.k. was colluding with the u.s. to oppress chinese companies she also said that this was an act of discrimination against chinese companies that the u.k. is failing to. to uphold its commitment to china and to huawei and also said that this is in effect destroying or damaging the relationship between london and ageing and the u.k. government should listen to the voices in the u.k. business community who are against this move because it will be british businesses and the british people ultimately who will suffer from this kind it is who won in hong kong's recent primaries are calling for greater unity within the pro-democracy camp and september's legislative council election they say there's no room for division in the face of china's crackdown on cities freedoms in libya a prisoner exchange is taking place between the government of national accord and forces loyal to khalifa hof tossed aside swept prisoners each on wednesday morning in the strata this photograph sho

well as tries to boost its damaged economy official data out of beijing shows that china is bouncing back let's get more from katrina are you in beijing and katrina these figures just released 2 and a half percent was for cause actual growth i think 3.2 percent so that's good news at least for. yes that's right that's higher than what was expected as you mentioned most analysts were predicting somewhere between 2 to one half the sense that we've got 3.2 percent and that's quite a shop rebound if we look at the 1st quarter where we saw a 6.8 percent contraction and that was the 1st contraction that china's g.d.p. rate has seen since for decades actually so the government is very happy with this people also will be very happy to see that things are recovering after the pandemic slowdown of course as with all figures in china we do have to take this with a grain of salt but it's true if you walk around the city of beijing it does look like things are back to normal morse businesses are open now restaurants are back. people are back to work generally and travel restrictions have also ease you no longer have to due to we

mainland chinese fishing vessels in the area and let's get more on this with katrina you who's standing by for us in beijing in katrina say i try to clearly not happy with what might compare to say. no not at all for china any issues of territory are a red line in the furious about this statement they've released their own statement from the chinese embassy in the us saying that the us is completely disregarding any efforts from china to maintain peace and stability in the region including by engaging in negotiations and dialogues with various countries it says that the us is exaggerating the situation and deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors the statement then goes on to accuse the us itself of flexing its muscles in the region under that what it says is the pretext of freedom of navigation exercises and inciting confrontation now it's true that the freedom of navigation exercises by the u.s. has increased in recent months just last month we had 3 u.s. aircraft carriers circling the region and its rats have that many at one time and that was seen as a provocation by beijing but the u

thanks so much has keep this going though we can join now katrina you should joins us live from beijing so katrina. how is beijing viewing what's happening right now we're looking at those live pictures from hong kong lots of people gathering is that causing some concern in beijing. certainly raising a watching what's happening in hong kong very closely i think they would have expected these protests to happen and they're watching to see how the hong kong police handle them and how many people are arrested as sara said at least 2 people have already been arrested less than a day after this national security law was announced and these rules of course give beijing sweeping new powers in hong kong and the main messages from beijing to the people who call that is now mainland china that in charge and look at the law itself and see how this is manifested yes it is hong kong police who are on the ground publicly enforcing this lol but behind the scenes it's beijing intelligence security officials who are perhaps pulling strings working and surveilling blowers who are accused or suspected of

chinese fishing vessels in the area or let's get more on this with our china correspondent katrina you she's in beijing for us katrina china has had long long had aspirations for this region how is beijing taking comments. well the aging is very sensitive about any issues touching on territory so they've been furious with the statements were expect to hear from china's foreign ministry spokesperson shortly but we've already had a statement from the chinese embassy in the u.s. saying that it firmly oppose the opposes this that the u.s. is not taking into account any of the efforts that beijing has made to maintain peace and stability in the region including by reaching out to all the people involved for dialogue and negotiation it says that the u.s. has been exaggerating the problems and deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors it also accuses the u.s. itself of flexing its muscles and inciting confrontation in the south china sea now it is true that u.s. freedom of navigation exercises have increased in recent months and actually in june we had 3 u.s. aircraft carriers sent to the re

let's speak now to katrina you she's joining us from beijing katrina this has been a big u. turn for the u.k. on holway let's talk about that 1st of all what's the reaction in beijing to that. well the aging definitely is unhappy we heard earlier from quaternion who's the foreign ministry spokesperson she had quite strong words for the u.k. she said that it was colluding with the u.s. to oppress chinese companies she said that this was an unfair discriminatory move it violated a commitment by the u.k. to fall away and china and also it damage relations between london and they doing she said that the u.k. would do better to listen to the business community in britain who are opposed to this move because it was the business community there as well as the citizens of the u.k. who would suffer because of it now watching was also asked if she agreed with this very strong editorial which was posted in the global times to state media newspaper and government mouthpiece which essentially attacked the u.k. government saying that this was a borzoi huawei but at the same time china sho

growth target for the entire 2020 s katrina you live for us in beijing between this thank you very much for once president has warts on your life our military exercises to demonstrate the island's ability to fight in vision so in one said she wants the world to see determination and efforts to protect our country china considers taiwan as its territory that's been displaying its military strength nearby recently. we want the world to see our determination efforts to protect our country national security has never relied on buying down or bending the knees to the enemy but relying on the most solid that national defense and all our military officers and soldiers are the core of the national defense robert bryant's following developments from seoul these exercises are meant to test the readiness of taiwan to defend itself against obviously it's much more powerful neighbor they've been held since the 980 s. but also they are intended to send a very strong signal to cross the straits to the mainland and we have seen in recent months there have been incursions by chinese military aircraft in

let's get reaction now from china katrina year joins me now from beijing so katrina what has the reaction from china been so far. well as we heard there earlier kim beijing is furious with this move quite strong language from china's foreign ministry spokesperson jolly generally or today on thursday basically saying that beijing would not take this lying down he was reflecting some of the strong language used earlier from the chinese embassy in australia calling these measures and accusations groundless he then went on to say as we heard earlier that china will hit back we don't know exactly what they might do but he did mention if you pressure points that china could target he followed that up by saying that chinese students to a stray leo should be wary now this is a big deal for australia chinese students are responsible for about a 3rd of the revenue for straight is education sector and jolly jen mentioned that chinese students should think twice before going to australia because they might risk racist attacks and they should undertake some risk assessments he also mentioned in austra

officials or personnel or a katrina that's the view in beijing pressure that thank you let's get the view in hong kong if we could palm is standing by removing hong kong special trade in economic status what does it actually mean. well people in hong kong have not had time to digest this it was in the works for many weeks but since trump signed that deal it has become reality and there's a general sense that hong kong is being caught between these 2 economic giants and analysts have backed that sentiment saying hong kong is often being used as a pawn and then trysts of u.s. and china instead of it's true well being really being considered here but it is worth noting that the move this human rights and democracy act along with these latest economic moves were spearheaded by the hong kong protesters who had gone to the u.s. to ask for some kind of accountability from beijing in the how hong kong's autonomy and freedoms were being eroded so this was something that many of the protesters had actually called for now if you look at the impact in economic terms if you ask hong kong's chief

growth target for 20 twentieth's together thank you very much katrina you live there in beijing. the corner of. one of india's forests is a native region to go into a number of covered 9000 infections across the country approaches 1000000 more than 600 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours and the red cross is warning the virus is spreading at an alarming rate throughout south asia and is a correspondent in you delhi she joins us now live so a number of local lock downs coming into effect snow is bihar was already struggling to deal with floods and not has to go into lockdown to get. the latest region to go into lockdown and it's also really significant because it's one of the most impoverished states in india but it's also one of the most populous that has a population of nearly 130000000 people and they're going into a full lockdown for 2 weeks you know last weekend we saw the most populous state going into a lockdown but that was just for the weekend behind is going into it for 2 weeks it's also significant because bihar has some of the worst public health care infrastruct

apprehended 8 mainland chinese fishing vessels in the area but let's get more on this with katrina you in beijing relations are reaching new katrina in china not at all happy with what has been saying. no not at all and for china anything to do with territory is a red line for the furious about this statement we haven't heard from beijing as yet but we have had a statement by the chinese embassy in the us now it says that it firmly opposes what the u.s. secretary of state has been saying that the u.s. is completely dismissing all the efforts that china has been making to maintain peace and stability in the region including buying gaging various parties in negotiations ending dialogue it also says the u.s. is stocking up tensions exaggerating the issue and deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors then beijing goes on to accuse the u.s. itself of being aggressive in the region of a flexing its own muscles under what it calls the pretext of freedom of navigation exercises and it says the u.s. is actually inciting confrontation in the region now it is true that the u.s. freedom of

the pressures of stabilizing and surprises and safeguarding residential employment a huge katrina you is in beijing for us joins us now live some unexpected numbers katrina growth much better compared to the rest of the world in china what is driving this. well the authorities here say that this is because the government has been able to get the coronavirus out very largely under control and we had a new cluster in beijing that was concerning at the end of may beginning of june but the government moved quickly put some local neighborhoods into lockdown and now we have had more than 10 days of 0 local transmissions and local transmissions nationwide have remained in the single digits for some time now on top of that the government has also tried to kick start the economy by putting to put into place some targeted fiscal measures so they wanted a blanketed stimulus but they have done things like ramping up infrastructure investment building a lot of subways and train stations around the country as well as cutting bank loan rates for different businesses and because of that we have seen this 3.2 perce

for an update from there katrina. beijing seems to still speak saying and certainly through carry land in hong kong that this war change anything that actually hong kong's autonomy from the mainland is still fine how do they justify that because everything seems to point in the opposite direction. that's very much the message we've been hearing from the government since this law was enacted in the last 24 hours china's foreign ministry came out on wednesday afternoon justifying and defending this law explaining that this was crucial for the stability it's crucial for its future prosperity and early a beijing government officials said that the west often misconstrues this idea of one country 2 systems it's not about the central government having a hands off approach in hong kong it's actually about the central government taking control when it needs to especially when it comes to an issue so important as national security going forward beijing's message to the people in hong kong is that the buck stops with beijing the highest

al-jazeera london well the debate department is standing by in hong kong the 1st let's go to beijing at katrina you is right there and katrina let's start with the story about what way a big reversal in the u.k. what's china saying about that how is it responding. we had to hear an official response from beijing but we had heard a response from china's ambassador to the u.k. leo shalmi and he said in a tweet that he was disappointed that this was the wrong decision and he also raised questions about the u.k.'s ability to now provide a fair and nondiscriminatory environment for foreign businesses going forward now this largely echoed statement from a itself overnight on tuesday evening saying that they were disappointed by this move that this move only serves to put the u.k. on the technology slow lane that it will increase the digital divide and really deprive u.k. consumers of the best and latest technology so far unsurprisingly the strongest response we've had has been from state media in particular from the global times which is quite a strongly worded newspaper there's an editorial here say

you who's in the chinese capital katrina china's always been very sensitive about this how is beijing taking compares comments. well they're not happy about it we heard in that package chinese foreign ministry spokesperson jen addressed the statement saying it was a distortion of facts he then went on to say that china had no intention of conducting a maritime expansion that its always behaved as a responsible multilateral player unlike the u.s. which has not even itself signed the un convention on the law of the sea he then went on to accuse washington of being being the bully that it as a referred to china as in the region inciting confrontations undermining stability and so on discord between china and its neighbors he also brought up the ruling that was bought by the philippines to the hague in the international court saying that this ruling was not based on facts and that china has and will always reject this ruling and so that china will continue to try to build peace and stability among its neighbors mind gauging in negotiations and dialogue to resolve disagreements he then enc

beijing large scale gatherings and classes have been indefinitely to start for everyone living here the return to normality is far from straightforward and the fear of infection remains a part of everyday life katrina al-jazeera beijing. more protests have been held in serbia over the government's handling of the current virus pandemic demonstrators defied a 10 person limit on gatherings restrictions were announced after 2 nights of fighting between police and protesters over lock down measures president alexander has accused some protesters of trying to inflict serious damage all of this happening as the leaders of kosovo and serbia hold their 1st talks in 18 months to ease tensions between the 2 sides it's being done by video link set to be followed by further talks in brussels on sunday kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 that serbia doesn't recognize it as a country australia is harboring that amber of citizens allowed to arrive from overseas since march only citizens and permanent residents have been allowed in and now the prime minister says the decision follows a surge of coronavirus cases in the state of victoria at a time when victoria was able to take flights again then obvio

beijing large scale gatherings and classes have been indefinitely postponed for everyone living here to return to normality is far from straightforward and the fear of infection remains a part of everyday life katrina new al-jazeera beijing. all schools in hong kong are being closed to stem the daily increase in coded 19 infections 42 new cases were reported on thursday the majority of them locally transmitted in the schools haven't shopped since february because of the outbreak. now 2 more latin american politicians have been infected with covert 19 bolivia's interim president in the 9 years was diagnosed she's now in quarantine the head of venezuela's national constituent assembly the belo also tested positive earlier this week of course brazil's president went into isolation after he was confirmed to have been infected some changes in england they might be seeing an influx of international passenger arrivals in fact with people traveling from 59 countries no longer needing to go into court and seen 2 weeks of compulsory self isolations been scrapped for people from countries considered reduced risk that includes spain italy australia and japan united states not on that list scotland says it'll s

have correspondents covering the story from hong kong and beijing in a moment we'll get reaction from adrian brown in hong kong but 1st to katrina you're in beijing where chinese officials are briefing the media about the new security law catrina so what more have officials there been saying about the reaction to this news new security law. so jam we're hearing from the legislative commission of the n.p.c. standing committee and the hong kong mccalla fez office here in beijing and those of the bodies were sponsible formulating this national security law here in china so we've had mainly from a junk shell mean who is the vice director that his press conferences mainly focused on 2 things praising this law and defending it 1st of praise he said that this bill was crucial for maintaining hong kong's prosperity and stability this is been a consistent line from beijing on the stool it's said that the mainland has given a lot to hong kong that hong kong was allowed to thrive mainly in the ninety's in the thousands after it was handed back over to china he says that this war was it is a turning point for hong kong and puts hong kong ba

beijing large scale gatherings and classes have been indefinitely postponed for everyone living here to return to normality is far from straightforward and the fear of infection remains a part of everyday life katrina new al-jazeera beijing. to serbia now where hundreds of people have staged a sit in protest outside parliament. it's in defiance of the 10 person limit on gatherings the pandemic restrictions were announced on the 2 nights of fighting between police and protesters at the lockdown measures as president is accusing some protesters looking to do serious damage. regularly over to his home i'm urging all our people in belgrade and novi sad and all other cities not to confront the hooligans themselves we will do that as a state we will work and we will win we will preserve peace for our country surrender was never an option. greek police have used tear gas to disperse people protesting against a new bill and aimed to regulate street demonstrations they've gathered outside the parliament in athens the government says the bill seeks to end frequent disruptions to businesses and threats to public safety it would also hold open eyes accountable for hommel damage caused by protests. singaporeans

beijing large scale gatherings and classes have been indefinitely to start for everyone living here the return to normality is far from straightforward and the fear of infection remains a part of everyday life katrina new al-jazeera beijing. greek police have used tear gas to disperse people protesting against a new bill aiming to regulate street demonstrations crowds have gathered outside the parliament in athens the government says the bill seeks to stop businesses being disrupted and threats to public safety but also hold organizers accountable for the harm or damage caused by protesters. talks to me as tensions between kosovo and serbia to resume in brussels on sunday the e.u. brokered talks on restoring diplomatic ties stopped in 2018 and cost of a foot high tariffs on goods courts. what started as kosovo's bid for independence from serbia escalated into open conflict. and was brought to an end by nato airstrikes in 1909. soon after hundreds of thousands of course of our albanian refugees poort into neighboring countries telling of massacres both sides were accused of war crimes 6 serbian officials were found guilty and last month the course of those president. was indicted on ball crimes char

stabilizing enterprises and safeguarding residential employment a huge our let's bring in katrina you in beijing for is so good trina growth slightly better in china much better compared to the rest of the world what is it been driven by that's right so we had 3.2 percent g.d.p. growth that's much more than analysts predicted they were predicting more along the 2 in 2 and a half percent mark and really i think it seems to be consumer generally people are confident that the corona virus outbreak does seem to be in hand and we had this last cluster in beijing where we had a number of cases at the end of may beginning of june and that was a big cause of concern a few late neighborhoods are put into lockdown and 11000000 people in the city were tested but the government measures seem to have worked and now we're seeing 0 local transmissions in the last few days and because of that that perhaps that has contributed to this worth in g.d.p. certainly a chinese state media hailing it as a salute sell a time to celebrate as a sign of hope for other economies but we do also have to take this figure with a

pressures of stabilizing enterprises and safeguarding residential employment a huge katrina you has more from beijing on how the government explains its economic turnaround. well the chinese government has attributed it to being able to control the corona virus outbreak now we did have a new cluster in beijing at the end of may beginning of june that was very concerning so many neighborhoods put back into lockdown but since then some draconian measures put in place by the government seem to worked and now we're back to single digits in terms of no local transmissions in the last few weeks also the government has been ramping up their spending of infrastructure as well we've seen new rail projects of the building projects subway stations built in beijing and other major cities and the government has also been making it easier for businesses to borrow money from banks to invest in their businesses so these a the reasons that the government is stating that we've seen this 3.2 percent increase in g.d.p. growth which is quite a sharp turn around from the previous quarter where we saw 6.8 percent in terms

ending hong kong's preferential treatment and response beijing says it will impose sanctions on american individuals and entities our correspondent katrina has the reaction from beijing. donna's foreign ministry have released a strongly worded statement this morning on wednesday saying that this move by the us maliciously slanders the national security law in hong kong will they condemn the move they say that the u.s. is again meddling in china's internal affairs then it goes on to repeat basically what we've heard as as the justification from beijing for imposing this national security law that this is crucial for the perspire a-c. and for the future of hong kong that it's what the hong kong people want it's what the tinies people want and that beijing will not be intimidated by any of these moves or president trump has also praised the u.k. ban on huawei the chinese tech giant won't be allowed to develop a new high speed mobile network the british government says it can't ensure the security of huawei equipment chinese telecommunications giant while way is now banned from the u.k.'s 5 g. network the united nations is warning that tens

leader has previously blamed or accused beijing of meddling in its own politics well china saying that it's doing the same right now right thanks so much . katrina you she joins us now live from beijing beijing not very happy about the moves being made by australia will the strong will the reaction go beyond strong words though it can quite possibly sammo we know that as a developed country australia is the more of the more strong alliance on china economically and certainly beijing is angry enough to pursue actions as niccolo mentioned we had very strong words from china's foreign ministry earlier essential you saying that china will not take this lying down they also reflected some of the strong language used earlier from a statement by the chinese embassy in australia saying that these accusations and these measures were groundless let's take a listen to what. the spokesperson at china's foreign ministry had to say about this earlier. yeah don't wait for. the comments images from the australian side constitute grave violations of international law and basic international relations as well as gross interference in chinese domestic affairs will

katrina u. is standing by for us in beijing for more on china's reaction but 1st let's go over to nicola gage she's live for us in sydney in the color this is a significant and potentially costly souring of relations between the 2 countries right. yet this is quite a significant announcement and it was always going to be met with absolute. by beijing is surely has essentially told its biggest trading partner that it does not believe its red is safe in hong kong now this also is about the extradition order says that it decided because of these new security rules that it had no option but to act because if we were to extradite someone from australia to your hong kong that person would end up in mainland china of course this comes on the back of houghton tensions already there have been claims that china has been a behind some of the sauber attacks in a strike at this bank claims of political meddling in interference in astray by beijing and since a strategy a push for a an inquiry into the origins of coronavirus we have seen beijing act with the agricultural sector we've had massive tower of so on ba

countries to control the strategic waters washington has long opposed beijing's claims but never called them illegal. let's bring back in katrina you could every had any reaction from beijing on a stranger's declaration. not so fuck him it is saturday morning here in china and the weekend we know it's over going to hear any response and time soon but we know that this is not going to make beijing happy any issues of territory for china all red line the very sensitive china and china has long claimed much of this territory in the south china sea as a historical pot of china they have what's called the so-called 9 dash line which gives a lot of that disputed territory to time but of course that is claimed also by many of china's neighbors including the lady in the philippines that was also mentioned in that submission by the australian government to the un now maries in this trillion foreign minister released that statement to the un ahead of her already meeting with us the crew of state like next week a. us our close allies in the us is the biggest source of foreign direct investment in australia and china is likely to say that

further make statements on this later today these will keep abreast of what happens with you katrina in beijing thank you. now a warning from the world health organization that too many nations are heading in the wrong direction coronavirus cases top $13000000.00 to the general tundra scope or a of source says that there will be no return to the old normal in the forseeable future california's governor has just ordered indoor restaurants bars and movie theaters to close again for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic last in america has seen the number of covert related deaths exceed those in north america and face coverings are to become compulsory for shoppers in england from july the 24th well the u.s. accounts for more than a quarter of the world's current virus cases with more than 3200000 recorded infections but despite several states now seeing a spike in cases the trumpet ministration is continuing to push for schools to reopen particle he reports it's the latest fight for a president who is determined to keep america open the school should be up and the kids want to go to school

kong right let's thank sara there in hong kong let's continue this now and take it to beijing where we've got katrina you standing by from us so katrina how is paging viewing the events of day one of the implementation of this new security law. well some of the certainly watching very very closely they expected these protests to happen and they're watching to see exactly how this law is going to be tested today the 1st day on wednesday already we've seen one person arrested for having possession of this hong kong independence flag and really this law has transformed the way beijing relates to hong kong has given beijing sweeping new powers and really the main message of the central government is that to remind the people of who is in charge in hong kong and that is beijing so in a sense they've given hong kong police the right to enforce this law but beijing will have their own security agents functioning in hong kong given powers to surveil those suspected of violating the law yes kerry land will be allowed to choose judges to preside over national security cases but it's mainland china that will de

beijing large scale gatherings and classes have been indefinitely to start for everyone living here to return to normality is far from straightforward and the fear of infection remains a part of everyday life katrina new al-jazeera beijing i least 140 people are dead or missing in southern and central china where heavy rain has caused some of the worst flooding in decades the downpours of inundated homes swept away buildings and triggered landslides at least one and a half 1000000 people have evacuated their homes. people in ivory coast have paid tribute to their prime minister who died during a cabinet meeting on wednesday many fear amadou gong clearly bally's death will create political instability nicholas holds. a sense of uncertainty of what is to come the front pages of newspapers reflecting the mood of a country in shock a cruel loss reached this front page prime minister coulibaly leaving this stage headlines another so it's a shock for all ivorians africa has lost one of its best and it's all of africa that's in morning said. it's the nation that has lost a loyal son i think i mean he was in a good place for the upcoming presidential elections now the ruling party will be in turmoil the 6

uphill diplomatic battle in a world filled with increasing tension and fewer friends katrina you al-jazeera beijing 140 people are dead or missing during the worst floods for decades in many parts of china thousands of soldiers have joined the cleanup operation millions have been evacuated from their homes the flood damage is disrupting factories including exports of medical equipment to fight coronavirus. monsoon rains all across south asia of course flooding and landslides they're being blamed for the deaths of $221.00 people in the last month more than a 1000000 people are stranded in the power and also in india also this hour on the indonesian island of silhouette of sea rescue workers are looking for survivors from flash flooding and landslides there at least 30 deaths have been reported so far hundreds are homeless with thousands more affected floods are common in the area but a rise in deforestation is being blamed for making them much worse. if you were ok my talking flooding in europe jenny but not nearly as well we've had flooding in europe. just a sweet innocent rental downpours and in p

katrina thanks very much this could surely you in beijing. protesters have returned to the streets of guinea's capital after 3 months of relative calm because of coronavirus restrictions they fought with police in conakry on monday they're angry about a potential reelection bid by 82 year old president offer condé a 2nd 5 year term and tobar made changes to the constitution this year and opposition groups are concerned here one for the 3rd term. for both i think that we achieved the goal to show that in gainey they are people who suffer injustice and that the people of guinea do not support this 3rd mandate of president alpha condé more protests by opponents of mali's president are expected in the coming hours they're insisting ibrahim brokaw case that steps down the opposition has already rejected a proposal from a regional bloc calling for a unity government and international mediators a heading back to mali later this week to try to find an end to the political crisis nicholas hock has more. they call it operation ghost town opposition pro

you she joins us live from katrina a tit for tat trade off a tit for tat diplomatic war it really seems quite the die lemma for beijing having to respond while risking even more global isolation at this stage. that's right but the way beijing saw it it had to respond to what it's called an unjustified act from the u.s. they've made no qualms about this this is in direct response to the u.s. decision to close the chinese consulate in houston texas on july the 21st a move which the foreign ministry here has repeatedly called a violation of international law international principles a violation of the agreement the consular agreement between china and the us and move which severely damages the bilateral relationship china has also said that it does not want to see this current situation but it puts the entire responsibility at the foot of washington saying it's also up to washington to now act to either withdraw its move to close the chinese consulate in texas or to create conditions from which this bilateral relationship can improve now we were waiting to hear which consulate would close there are 5 consulates located i

to hit china in decades weather experts say global warming is partly to blame as katrina new reports in the capital beijing. villages submerged and thousands of homes destroyed as floodwaters inundate 24 chinese provinces emergency teams have been sent to rule areas to help trapped a delicious many people have died or are missing and more than 2000000 have been evacuated from their homes in mountainous areas landslides are an added danger by all of those people afraid of living in their house there's a landslide near the back of the house which is also flooded. urban areas have also been battered in her face an adequate province roads became rivers dams along waterways connected to the young sea river have been blown up to reduce high water levels the 3 gorges dam opened its flood gates last week after levels were above 15 meters to wrench all rain which has lashed the region since the beginning of june has seen more than 400 rivers breach flood control limits 33 had broken record levels flooding occurs in the south east every year but experts say climate change is making it worse thousands are trying to a