china has retaliated by ordering the us to close its consulates in the southwestern city of chengdu police blocked off the area as workers removed signs it's unclear when staff will have to vacate but a state run newspaper says the u.s. was notified they have until monday raising accuses staff at the u.s. consulate of meddling with its internal affairs concern to you is in chengdu and says there's a heavy police presence around the building. we're on the street the u.s. consulate is located about 300 meters in that direction but we're not able to get very close because it's completely blocked off and there are dozens of police monitoring the area and what china has said is the reason this particular conflict has it is because some of the software that they say had been involved in activities not consistent with capacity when pressed they didn't give and take the pool but also we know that this is a significant mission and terms of its location here in china were in the south west region and it acts as quite an important listening post for any happenings and you taking place and into that n

to close its consulates in the southwestern city of chengdu police blocked off the area as workers remove signs unclear when staff will have to vacate but a state run newspaper says the u.s. was notified they have until monday as you cue the staff at the u.s. consulate of meddling with its internal affairs trying to you has the latest from chengdu. china hasn't given any very very detailed response but it has said that beijing says that there are some people working in the u.s. consulate here in chengdu who have been engaged in activities which are inconsistent with that capacity and we are located here right now in the street where the u.s. consulate is base is just about 300 meters in that direction but the street has been blocked off by police there are dozens of police officers monitoring the area and controlling some crowds of people come to take a look and it's really you seem to fancy and u.s. nationalistic sentiment here in china and other developments a singaporean man has played guilty to working for chime is intelligence agency and for chinese scientists have been arrested over

consulate in southwestern china police have closed off the surrounding area in the city of chengdu as u.s. officials vacate the premises. china ordered the closure of the consulate on friday and retaliation for washington's order to shut down the chinese consulate in houston u.s. secretary of state called it a hub of spying and intellectual property theft. hundreds of onlookers gathered to watch the evacuation of the u.s. consulate in chengdu china though many take selfies and wave chinese flags large numbers of police officers put a quick stop to any provocative gestures that go like go china i'm chinese go china i'm china. right now. it was one of the most charming do residents support the closure. we have what i fear most is the us would just start there it might get uglier are you allowing india. the us to close our consulate i think we should shut their eyes to what has been said many times if we had to have a trade war something should have been done a long time ago china rarely got aggressive i support china closing all of the u.s. consulates and the embassy but i will tell you

meanwhile police in chengdu have blocked off access to the u.s. consulate ahead of its closure it's unclear when the staff will have to leave but a state run newspaper says the u.s. has until monday. let's go live to new al-jazeera correspondent katrina you is there for us katrina why is china chosen chain do as the consulate that it wants to close. i think it will give you a bit of context that that's where we are now this is the street where u.s. consulate is located about 300 meters in that direction is the closest we can get it's been barricaded by police there are dozens of a play place guarding the area preventing people from getting too close now as to why beijing has targeted this particular consulate all they've said is that they found some officials working in the mission to be engaged in activities not consistent with the capacity to quote a vague statement but also we know that this is in. its located in southwest china in this region is quite significant one in the deal directly with many businesses operating from nearby taunting but

what we saw today in chengdu was police enforcing the order to close down the u.s. consulate there.e apparently preparing to leave the building amid chinese media reports they have just 72 hours to get out. it's thought that around 200 employees working there. this appears to be a direct reaction to the closure of that shchinese consulate in houston. president trump ordered that chinese consulate to close late on friday and soon after that deadline a door was forced open by u.s. enforcement officials. the u.s. government said this building was being used for espionage, it's alleged chinese agents were trying to steal medical research in texas. china deny these allegations quite strongly. it says the enforced closure breaks an international agreement but chinese consulate staff were seen to be driving away from that building later on friday. now, relations of course between the u.s. and china have broken down over several issues in recent times, one of those is of course the coronavirus outbreak which began in wuhan in china. president trump has blamed the government in beijing over

police sweeping powers. the u.s. has shot its consulate in the chinese city of chengdu the closure was wanted by china was in retaliation for the americans asking beijing to shop its consulate in the houston 2 sides are at odds of a range of vicious. coronavirus cases across latin america have passed 4300000 more than the u.s. and canada combined infections have surged in brazil mexico proved colombia and argentina experts say the actual tally is much higher than the official one. and europe was once the global epicenter of the virus softer the outbreak in china that took long to recover but now some parts are experiencing surges spain says it's still a safe travel destination that's off the u.k. reintroduced a 2 week quarantine for people returning from holiday the day barber reports from london. london's gatwick airport and plenty of people flying off on holiday but for those traveling to spain it's a confusing time face with 2 weeks in quarantine on their return this teacher and her husband decided to cancel their trip to the countries south where we were going there is no outbreak so why don't some want them to look

consulate in chengdu china though many took selfies and waved chinese flags large numbers of police officers put a quick stop to any provokers of gestures. so . the closure has stoked nationalist sentiment in china. but it acquire i improve the us close star consulate i think we should shut theirs too it has been said many times if we are to have a trade war something should have been done long time ago china rarely got aggressive i support china closing all of the u.s. consulates and embassy. have the foresight fear most is that the us won't just stop now and might get uglier here. with just hours to go before the departure deadline shipping containers were loaded up while signs were stripped from the building. the departure follows the closure of china's consulate in houston texas last week and made allegations of espionage and intellectual property theft. the tit for tat diplomatic route marks an escalation in the tensions between the 2 superpowers over a range of issues including trade the coronavirus. let's get the very latest now did amuse me here's berlinger standing by horace in chai

police sweeping powers. the u.s. is shot it's called to lessen the chinese city of chengdu the closure was ordered by china and was a retaliation for the americans asking beijing to shut down its consulates and houston 2 sides are at odds over a range of issues. global coronavirus cases have surged past 60000000 quarter of those are in latin america as infections rise in brazil colombia and argentina there are concerns the actual number of cases in the region is much higher. i have marched alongside martin luther king jr and campaigned for social justice right up until his death almost 2 weeks ago now a vigil honoring the life and legacy of john lewis has been held in montgomery alabama his body is lying in state at the capitol building where the public can pay their respects martin luther king jr his daughter bernice was among those to speak it is a vigil the city is the final leg of the selma to montgomery voting rights trail and his casket retraced that journey earlier it was driven across the edmund pettus bridge in selma on the way to the memorial service it's 55 years since lewis led hundreds of black demonstr

police custody. jillian: overnight, china seizes control of the u.s. consulate in chengdued to clear the premises. rob: this is an interesting situation happening here. this comes days after the chinese were forced to leave their consulate in houston. trey yingst is live in tel aviv as the tension escalates over diplomacy, trade and also hong kong. trey. >> reporter: rob, jillian, good morning. that's right, new overnight, chinese officials took over the u.s. consulate in chengdu after american officials were seen leaving the premises. now, on sunday morning, there were a number of cars seen leaving this building as well as moving vans. police kept back a crowd of people who gathered to watch. the chinese government did order the closure of the consulate last week, after the americans closed the chinese consulate in houston. the americans have accused china of using the texas facility to spy and steal data. a charge that the chinese have denied. china issued a similar statement through their foreign ministry spokesperson, saying some u.s. officials at the consulate in chen

chengdu — as staff begin to leave. removal vans entered the building this morning and the area has been cordoned off by police.closure of the consulate within 72 hours in what's regarded as a tit—for—tat move in the escalating diplomatic row with the united states. federal officials in the us have repossessed the chinese consulate in houston saying it was a hub for intellectual property theft. the bbc‘s north america correspondent david willis reports. at the huston consulate chinese staff cleared the building of documents and other materials. as anti—communist protesters gathered outside. us officials maintained this had become a leading habit of chinese espionage. the action to direct the closure of the consulate in houston is taken to protect american intellectual property and american's private information. china, and it tit—for—tat move ordered the closure of the us consulate in chengdu. it caused allegations of spying on huston, malicious slander, and i clues deck and accused members of the trump administration of trying to stoke conflict with beijing. translation: their purpose is to smear and suppress

here in downtown chengdu and this is the new as consulate and there are a lot of policemen here that doesn't police officers also are monitoring the crowds in this entire street has been blocked off to cars since the chinese foreign ministry made the announcement that the u.s. consulate here would have to close but the best rooms are allowed to walk behind are quite a few of them passing by taking photos taking selfies it's become quite a tourist destination now china hasn't said exactly why it's targeting this consulate all it said though is that there are some u.s. officials who work here with they say have been engaged in activities that are not consistent with their capacity we also know that it's quite significant operation to the southwest of china deals with us this is nearby acts as an active listening post for events taking place and and tibet now the chinese foreign ministry has said that they do not want to do this it did not want to have to close the consulate here but they were false by the u.s. one year china's top diplomat has laid the blame for the worsening ties between time and u.

leland: new video of chinese police cordoning off the shuttered u.s. consolate in chengduest in the tit-for-tat between the united states and china. where it could go and what u.s. military assets are in the middle, when we come back. kristin: well, many small businesses have successfully reopened in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. it's not quite business as usual for some business owners and to talk about how the coronavirus has impacted their businesses, we have from connecticut, gilson cafe and cinema owner allen niro and we have a salon owner, chad runicheli. chad, i'm going to start with you. on monday, governor gavin newson ordered that all salons cease operations indoors which focused salon owners like yourself to move everything outside and anyone who has ever been to a salon what a tremendous undertaking that must be. how exactly are you pulling this off, an outdoor salon in california in the middle of the summer? >> we have fans outside. we're trying to make it work. it's really hard right now. we had to move the whole salon outside, chairs, everything. k

chengdu with china ordered closed in retaliation the diplomatic feud between the world's largest economies is escalating over several issues including the coronavirus pandemic hong kong and allegations of spying. live pictures from west jerusalem where police have been arresting protesters who are outside the israeli prime minister's residence and they're calling for him to quit for weeks protests have been growing louder against benjamin netanyahu over his handling of the pandemic as well as his upcoming corruption trial does it have lines rewinds is next with one man's mission to deliver news to liberians using a blackboard a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geo political tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. hello and welcome to rewind i'm come on sons of maria over the last 10 or so years here at al-jazeera english we've built up an incredible library all of your winning documentaries and on rewind we're taking another look at some of the best of them and seeing what's happened in the years since they were 1st shown this week we're going b

we're here in downtown chengdu and this is the new as consulate and there are a lot of policemen here that doesn't police officers also are monitoring the crowds this entire street has been blocked off the cars since the chinese foreign ministry made the announcement that the u.s. consulate here would have to close but the best rooms are allowed to walk behind are quite a few of them passing by taking photos taking selfies it's become quite a tourist destination now china hasn't said exactly why it's targeting this consulate all it said though is that there are some u.s. officials who work here with they say have been engaged in activities that are not consistent with their capacity we also know that it's quite a significant operation to the southwest of china deals with us this is nearby acts as an active listening post for events taking place in and tibet now the chinese foreign ministry has said that they do not want to do this they did not want to have to close the consulate here but they were false by the u.s. one you china's top diplomat has laid the blame for the worsening ties between time and us

chengdu after the chinese officials order the closure of the site. china's decision to shut the site was in response to washington's order to beijing to close its consulate in the city of houston. policeman in connection with a major fire that damaged a 15th—century cathedral in nantes last weekend. the man, originally from rwanda, worked as a volunteer warden and was responsible for locking up the building the night before. prosecutors are treating the fire as arson. the russian president has been showing off his country's naval power, announcing that a0 ships are entering service this year. vladimir putin told an annual parade in st petersburg that hypersonic weapons and underwater drones would give the russian navy a unique advantage. the body of late american politicianjohn lewis has made a final crossing over the bridge in selma, alabama, where, more than four decades ago, he led a march to campaign for voting right of african—americans. it was part of a multi—day celebration of the life of the civil rights icon and congressman who died earlier this month at the age of 80. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the final crossing and a symbolic moment. draped in the

police sweeping pose. the u.s. has shot its consulates in the chinese city of chengdu the closure was ordered by china and was a retaliation for the americans asking beijing to shut down its consideration houston the 2 sides are at all of a range of issues trying to you has more from chengdu. china says the reason this particular conflict was targeted is because it's stuff we're told what they say were inconsistent with the real threat is quite significant operation it deals with many american businesses located in nearby charge it also acts as a significant listening post for any events happening in tibet and because of its location here in southwest china of course beijing says this is a completely reciprocal move they were furious about the closure of the chinese consulate in texas they deny any charges that they were there was spying involved or intellectual property theft involved in that concert and they say centrally the closure of this question is payback for that. global coronavirus cases have surged past 16000000 a quarter of those are in latin america as objections rise in brazil colombia and argentina there are

chengdu as american diplomats prepare to close the mission following orders from beijing. china's decision to shut the site was in response to washington's order to beijing to close its consulate in the city of houston. policed a man in connection with a major fire that damaged a 15th—century cathedral in nantes last weekend. the man, originally from rwanda, worked as a volunteer warden and was responsible for locking up the building the night before. prosecutors are treating the fire as arson. the russian president has been showing off his country's naval power, announcing that a0 ships are entering service this year. vladimir putin told an annual parade in st petersburg that hypersonic weapons and underwater drones would give the russian navy a unique advantage. olivia de havilland, one of the last remaining stars from the golden age of hollywood, has died at the age of 104. during a career spanning several decades, she appeared in films including gone with the wind, the adventures of robin hood and the heiress, which led to one of her two oscars. our correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at her life. despite its controversial depiction of race and slavery, gone with the wind is seen as a hollywood classic

chengdu after americans were seen leaving the premises. we did see early sunday there were moving vans leaving the consulate before a number of cars with diplomatic plates left the facility. police crowd of people that gathered to watch. the chinese government did order the consulate last week after the americans closed the chinese consulate in houston, texas. the americans accused china of using the texas facility to spy and steal data, a charge the chinese denied. china issued a similar statement, saying that some u.s. officials at the consulate in chengdu were operating outside of their capacity. the di blo diplomatic tension bn washington and beijing comes amid trade disputes. earlier this summer, president trump cut special trading ties with hong kong and routinely criticized china for their coronavirus outbreak handling in the early days of the pandemic. last month the u.s. state department imposed visa restrictions on chinese tech firms, describing them astro january horses for -- as trojan horses for intelligence. we did see earlier this month the u.s. navy operating in the south china sea, conducting military exercises. the trump administration looking to send a message

chengdu with china ordered closed in retaliation the diplomatic feud between the world's largest economies is escalating over several issues including the coronavirus pandemic hong kong and allegations of spying. live pictures from west jerusalem where police have been arresting protesters who are outside the israeli prime minister's residence and they're calling for him to quit for weeks protests have been growing louder against benjamin netanyahu over his handling of the pandemic as well as his upcoming corruption trial those are the headlines rewinds is next with one man's mission to deliver news to liberians using a blackboard a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geo political tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. hello and welcome to rewind i'm come all sons of maria over the last 10 or so years here at al-jazeera english we've built up an incredible library all of your winning documentaries and on rewind we're taking another look at some of the best of them and seeing what's happened in the years since they were 1st shown this week we're g

police earlier in the week. >>> developing this morning, that continued de-escalation of tensions between u.s. and china now ordering the closure of the u.s. consulate in the city of chengdu. the chinese consulate in houston was forced to shut down, alleging chinese agents have tried to steal data from facilities in texas. the chinese scientist wanted by the fbi is believed to be hiding out at the san francisco chinese consulate. juan tang accused of lying on her visa application about her connections to the chinese military. she had been working as a cancer researcher at uc davis and now she is charged with visa fraud and asked her why she is allegedly hiding out? >> perhaps this woman and others is perceived as a case of political persecution. i do not know but it is a little bit unusual. >> she is not alone. stanford researchers are facing similar charges along with a third from ucsf. >>> china is now making a $1 million loan to latin american and caribbean nations. it is meant to reprove more for a vaccine. the foreign minister made the announcement on thursday during a virtual gathering with his counterparts in that region. the pandemic has been prompting new concern

chengdu after its ordered shut in a worsening diplomatic dispute. demonstrations in the philippines against president . as he says he won't reopen schools until a covert 19 vaccine becomes available. at the police canine school in santiago chile i'll tell you how these dogs may be able to tell you whether or not you're infected the cold at night. and how much with all the sporting event crowned the italian champions a again christian or help the team came this title for a 9th straight season. let's get going to iraq where protesters say they are fed up with corruption unemployment and poor public services in anti government rallies overnight in baghdad at least 2 people were killed. they're the 1st fatalities during demonstrations since the prime minister. was sworn into office iraq has seen months of unrest as it deals with an economic crisis and ongoing political instability simona fulton joins us live from baghdad simona just explain to us the circumstances surrounding these 2 people who have lost their lives. well these anti-government protests started in october last year and there were the largest demonstrations that we have seen in iraq since 2003 but then over the months as the security

chengdu this demand comes after the china it much close its consulate in houston. the shen do consul is one of 6 the u.s. has and china including the u.s. embassy in beijing. >>new this morning policen san bruno are investigating after the discovery of human remains city workers found the remains in a construction bag after responding for roadside cleanup on tuesday. this was near susan and jeffrey drives police say the remains are of a man but could not identify him because of the composition. well a deadly shooting is under investigation in the east bay officials say a driver was shot last night right along vasco road near marsh creek road. the driver ran off the road into a cornfield and died right there on scene. investigators say the shooting appears to have been targeted. >>still ahead this morning after people are infected with the coronavirus their natural immunity to that virus could decline sooner than later. we'll have more on this coming up after the break. and we'll take a live look outside from our embarcadero camera this morning cloudy skies and cool >>welcome back for your health this morning new research suggests that after people are infected with the novel corona

consulate in chengdu, china >> reporter: american diplomats were given 72 hours to clear out of the consulate trucks carried off documents plaques and insignia peeled from walls. chinese policewas payback for the u.s. shutting down the consulate general of china in houston last week what state departments and officials called a hub for chinese intelligence when given the note, chinese staff were burning documents in the courtyard. tensions have heightened in recent months. from everything in the ongoing trade war to accusations over the coronavirus. with mistrust running deep, the consulate closures have pushed relations to an uneasy low crowds of spectators here spent days watching it unfold. as work crews at the former u.s. consulate began covering over any hint that america was here these closures are big diplomatic moves and they're not easy to walk back. the state department says that it's disappointed with china's decision china insists that the u.s. started this and they've given american diplomats in chengdu 30 days to leave the country. >> thank you so much >>> it is 8:05 we need the boost. >> let's get boosted, people you're never too big or old to get a hug from y