chinese consulate in houston. the pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted on a rainy and passenger plane over syria to ensure it wasn't a hostile aircraft and several passengers were injured when the commercial plane changed altitude joining the incident. staggering impact of covert 1000 on the united states shows no sign of easing the number of infections across the country has crossed 4000000 more than 144000 people have died president trump has called off the main republican convention events in florida because of coronavirus fears i did jocasta reports the world's richest nation has now surpassed its 4000000 known case of coping 19 and it's feared the number will only soar what's important about that is the steamroller that it is. the acceleration that this had the rate of new cases is trending upward in 39 states with a record number of deaths reported in florida that's where president trump had planned to speak before a massive crowd at the republican national convention in august an impor

annis consulate in houston u.s. secretary of state mike called it a hub of spying and intellectual property theft. hundreds of onlookers gathered to watch the evacuation of the u.s. consulate in shang do china though many took selfies and waved chinese flags large numbers of police officers put a quick stop to any provocative gestures. that now i go china i'm chinese go china i'm china. it was one of the most shame do residents support the closure. see what i fear most is the us would just stop there it might get uglier are you a lawyer. the us will close our consulate i think we should shut their eyes to what has been said many times if we are 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 though. with just hours to go before the departure deadline shipping containers were loaded up whilst signs were stripped from the building. the departure follows the closure of china's consulate

consulate this building now stands empty. onlookers gathered to catch a glimpse of the americans leaving some celebrating their departure. but long live the chinese people sheilds one man the closure of this consulate in chengdu was no surprise that followed the shattering of the chinese consulate in houston texas by the u.s. government last week washington claimed the consulate had become a hub for spying and attempting to steal coronavirus research the chinese foreign ministry denied this and said beijing was not looking for a fight. the current situation of relations between china and the us is unfortunate the u.s. bears the entire responsibility that we urge the u.s. to immediately correct its mistakes and make it possible for bilateral relations to get back on track. nationalist sentiment is running high on both sides yet some of chengdu is resonating we're disheartened by the sudden end of the diplomatic mission. it's a big deal and it's never happened before the consulate has been here for several decades and i think i

consulate in chengdu a welcome to d.w. does this consulate have any particular significance. it does it's the only american consulate in western china an area that has a population of almost 300000000 people there is significant american commercial interests there china has tried to attract u.s. industry to help develop the region which has traditionally been underdeveloped and this is the u.s. consulate that also covers tibet which is an area of great interest to the united states and american legislators and american people. and what is try to set about a closure is purely in retaliation for for houston or are they saying that they were spies and all sorts of other things going on that. well the chinese statement accuses the u.s. of all kinds of misdeeds but i don't think it takes a lot of looking to realize this is all about houston and this is interesting because this is an escalation of the conflict it's already been going on if china had closed the u.s. consulate in rwanda which is the smallest of the u.s. consulates and is already closed because after coronavirus the c

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 chain do good day to day is how's this closure being received by the people where you are. consulate that's just behind me you can see this this gray area there that's where the sign consulate of the united states of america was and workers are just dismantling it's people are allowed to pass on the positive way on the other side of the road and many people are taking the opportunity to take

of 5 consulates the u.s. has in the chinese mainland and this was expected 2 days ago the u.s. surprised china by ordering the closure of the consulate in houston and this is now the response that china has 2 days later for its part the united states says that that was due to concerns regarding intellectual property that a close that consulate china has promised retaliation since earlier in the week why did to choose the consulate in chengdu specifically. seems to be the most reciprocal move that they can could take chengdu is covering a big vast region in western china it's an important populous part of china however it is not where most u.s. businesses are if so it's pretty much comparable to euston which covers of course an important region of the us but is not as important as new york san francisco. the equivalents would be quoting joe and shanghai for the latter so should do is pretty much a classical tit for tat move as you have already said how serious is this escalation mathias for relations between b

the chinese consulate in houston. another 1400000 people have filed new claims for unemployment benefits in the u.s. just in the last week it's estimated up to 30000000 people could now be out of whack republicans are preparing to reveal a one trillion dollar rescue package which democrats say isn't adequate and as gabriel elizondo reports from new york many have spent months out of work still waiting for official help. before sunrise hundreds of people lined up outside an unemployment office in midwest city oklahoma they've all lost their jobs amid the economic recession caused by coronavirus and are now waiting to get help and be laid unemployment checks dieter blakely used to work at a hotel casino in milwaukee wisconsin she was laid off in march and has yet to receive for unemployment benefits it's been over 3 months with no income i've been really stressed lately. bills are piling up i worried all the time and. sometimes i went it got to be a little bit of a habit too when i woke up in the morning to look at my f

consulates and embassy. what i fear most is that the us won't just stop and that 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. correspondent material standing by for us in trying to materialize how was disclosure being received where you are. here i am in front of this consulate over there next to the black gate you can see this sign that said consulate of the united states covered by by wouldn't handles and a lot of people are here they came out today as they have done in the past 2 days to have a look at this historic moment some people where i outright triumphant are joyous they said they were happy for

consulate closes in china u.s. marines lowering the american flag of the chain to consulate this comes just days after the shutdown of the chinese consulate use of the dod and its allegations of espionage also coming up. after spanish beaches reopened for some hungry terse british travelers to spain are now facing a new 2 week quarantine back home. and across a virus outbreak at another food production facility here in germany it is just the latest cluster of its kind here raising questions about the safety of working and living conditions for migrant laborers. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today u.s. marines have lowered the american flag and u.s. diplomatic staff have left their consulate in the southwestern chinese city of chengdu china ordered the closure in retaliation for washington's shutting down of the chinese consulate and used in texas u.s. secretary of state mark pompei o called facility a center for spying and intellectual property theft. hundreds of onlookers gather to watch the evacuatio

consulate that's just behind me you can see this this gray area there that's where the sign consulate of the united states of america was and workers are just dismantling it's people are allowed to pass on the pile of way on the other side of the road and many people are taking the opportunity to take a look to take a selfie some with victorious poses over all people have been around the here to to witness this event for the whole week and some are happy and have told me that they're happy to see the americans go others are a bit sad. sad about the cheerio ration of the relationship and many come here because they say it's historic event and it's happening in their town and they want to witness it they want to take a picture and to see what's happening in here the u.s. personnel has already left and the chinese side has talk taken over the building materials you touched on the relationship where does this closure leave the relationship between china and the u.s. . the relationship has been in a downward spiral for the last few months already and this is of course another low point the

importance of this consulate in chengdu is about proportionate to the consulate in houston it is not one of the many regions where the main it be can all make a the american economy that is our but it's still very important also because it covers t. bet the the relations between the 2 countries are at an all time low since they have established diplomatic relations in the end of the 1970s this move is probably not going to help them but it is also nothing that comes as a surprise china has not chosen to do something that would further escalate the situation and expect to move but then why specifically the consulate in trying to do what is. the consulate in chengdu is somewhat it's not one of the 2 most important consulates but it is still an important consulate it covers the southwest of china that includes many a big geographical region also a densely populated region people from there american citizens but also chinese citizens who apply for visas will now have to travel much further there is also a political pawn because this consulate was responsible also for covering bet for the

consulate in chengdu. to say last year on impressed because it was of course expected that the chinese will go into tit for tat move here and retaliate against the u.s. as we have seen in the reports 'd there's a deadline pending and it's getting close now for the beijing consulate in euston to close up shop to shutter everything so they're on the clock of the u.s. the administration here as well as department of justice officials as well as from the state department are taking again the action by the chinese government taking on the closure of the trying to consulate u.s. consulate in shanghai to. fairly relaxed again that was expected. to the country that doubling down actually they have made an arrest now of a chinese researcher her name is tang john and she was hiding allegedly in the consulate in san francisco she was arrested today and she will see and have her day in court later today so washington is doubling down you're saying stuff i mean what is the strategy here from the trumpet ministration in

consulate in trying do thank you so much. now to some other stories making news around the world flooding in china has again caused extensive damage in central who were province floodwaters submerged drawls and washed away wiggles in southwestern chongqing heavy rains caused multiple landslides. and hundreds of protesters of lost in the philippines company in manila against a new and deter law on the same day the president brought people to address to congress in his annual state of the nation speech of the gatherings of more than 10 people a band on the corner of august destructions the justice said the government was using the health crisis to mute widespread criticism. invited vietnam is back on high alert after an outbreak of the corona virus was confirmed in the city of donna and that's after weeks of nor new cases being reported the government has reacted quickly and started evacuating thousands of people. this crowded airport lobby is a far cry from the beaches of tonight but for many people summer holidays have now co

consulate in china. i know that i missed as you take on this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up drama in the skies over syria as a u.s. fighter jet into sends in a rainy and passenger plane. to have a big convention is not the right term donald trump scraps a major republican party convention as u.s. coronavirus case of possible media. and returning to the ring mike tyson sets the date for an exhibition fight against him around champions which it's true. now china's foreign ministry has ordered the closure of the u.s. consulate in the southwest and city of chengdu it marks a further escalation in tensions between the 2 while the powers the announcement came just 2 days after washington ordered the shutdown of beijing's consulate in houston texas the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or had described that concert as as a hub of spying and intellectual property theft while we can now speak truck correspondent katrina you she joins us live from katrina a tit for tat trade off a tit for tat diplom

consulate in chengdu. welcome to dw. does this consulate have anyy particular significance?fff: it does. it's the onlnlamerican c consule and western chinana that has a population of almost 300 million people. there is significicant american commercial interests. chinina has tried to attract u.. industry to help develop the region which was traraditionally has s been underdeveloloped. this is the u.s. consulate that covers tibet, which is an area of great interest to the united states and american legislators and american people. phil: what has china said about the closure? is this purely in retaliation for houstonon, or are thehey sag thatat there were spies and all sorts of other thingngs going on therere? jeff: welell, the chinese statement accuses the u.s. of all kinds of mimisdeeds. i don't think it takes a lot of lookoking to realize this is all about houston. this is interesting because this is an escalation of the conflict that has already been going on. if china had cold -- closed the u.s. consusulate in wuhan, the smallest of the u.s. c consulats and is already clo

consulate in chengdu.is in retaliation to the forced closure of the houston consulate in the u.s.. china could consider consulate cuts. anhave also heard expectation of an operating profit this year from daimler. core eps coming in a little bit softer than expected. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ nejra: good morning from london. these are today's top stories. stocks for direction as investors weigh the prospect of more stimulus in the u.s. with political tension. mitch mcconnell could unveil a gop plan today. china is reportedly moving to close the u.s. consulate in chengdu. beijing had found retaliation after the shuttering of its mission in houston. this comes as chinese state tv blacks out the premier league. confirms 2020 guidance with its pharma and diagnostics unit driving growth. we speak to the ceo. a busy morning for breaking news, both on the corporate front and in terms of an escalation in u.s.-china templates. overall, the msci index treading water. japan is closed. we saw the s&p 500 hit a five high y

consulate in used it's an equally. populated area it is one of the major regions of china as. south of the u.s. is one of the major regions of the u.s. but it is not the most important region for foreign businesses. consulates in shanghai and quango that are more important to the u.s. probably than the one engine do still it causes a lot of inconvenience as this covered a big region in the west of china and of course the u.s. citizens living there as well as chinese will need a visa will have to travel a lot further now and so what does this tell us about how serious this is for relations between beijing and washington. well the move to close the consulate by the u.s. was a clear escalation in the relations between the 2 countries and this retaliation was expected any any lesser response by china would have probably seen by many chinese also as a sign of weakness it is also not a further escalation it stays within the range of what the u.s. had done previously so the u.s. china relations are the worst in 4 decades and

consulate. it has so we've just heard from one when bin who's a foreign ministry spokesperson in beijing he front of the press he basically reiterated the the message that was released by the form or not history earlier today on friday but he also then said that some officials working in the chung do consulate have been engaging in activities which do not accord with their identities and that china has raised this several times to the u.s. and the u.s. is aware of this when he was pushed further on exactly what he meant he didn't give any further details but quite a vague statement that we don't know if that accusation is leveled at chinese stoffel 50 or the 50 american u.s. officials who work in the tongue do office but it does give some insight as to why they've targeted that particular consulate at the moment we do know there are about 200 stopped working there and that is have quite a colorful history as well in 2012 the party secretary of of the chanting which is a big reason that both. his

consulate in trying to thank you so much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world hundreds of protesters have marched in the philippines capital manila against a new law on the same day the president. addressed congress in his annual state of the united nations speech public gatherings of more than 10 people. destructions protesters of the government was using the health crisis to mute widespread criticism. as ousted prime minister. in a no confidence vote all internet blackout of an all internet blackout followed legislators accused of failing to move the country towards democratic elections the e.u. says his removal undermined the us constitution foundations. has gone into effect in eastern ukraine. between government forces and pro russian separatists this month more than 30000 people have died in 6 years of conflict. the spanish government says the country is safe to visit despite the coronavirus cases the statement comes after the u.k. reimposed a potent teen returning from spain with a cluster of n

to return if it closed that consulate then one consulate from each side would have been closed now you have the chinese that are effectively closing 2 consulates and there's one consulate in from china you're in the u.s. is closed so there is going to be further retaliation and i think china has made a mistake here already so where is the united states likely to go from here then today closing of the consulate or does it does it take some other action. well it all depends on how the u.s. chooses to react you know trump says all the time that when you hit him he'll hit back twice as hard and he has proven to do that in public so he has 2 options one if you keep this in the diplomatic track then i think another consular closure in the u.s. is indeed possible however there are so many issues now in the u.s. trying to relationship and they are all linked together that it would be very easy for the u.s. to do something in an unrelated area that we can't really predict at this point and so this is this is all coming to a head now this escalation we know that the relationship between that chi

consulate in thank you so much and in the u.s. the body of civil rights campaigner john lewis is due to lie in state in the u.s. capitol in washington today and on tuesday before his film will later this week there was started 10 days ago at the age of 80 in the 1960 s. he was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement alongside martin luther king jr he later became a congressman and was widely admired for his championing of civil rights for everyone. has been finding out how some african-americans in washington will remember him. culture of coffee is a 100 percent black owned business its mission is to bring all kinds of people to gather as tributes to john lewis coming from across the country customers here share their thoughts about how the civil rights activist has affected their lives john lewis. knows the conscience of congress knowing that he existed and made me a better man a better better. how been able to impart that to my daughters in part how it's important to stand for something. to be committed. whatever it migh

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 oh yeah it was. someone. who will go up. the closure has stoked nationalist sentiment in china. who look at a korea. i am groot the us closed our 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 one you won't be having what i fear most is that the us won't just stop and that 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

consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu. china's foreign ministry called the retaliation legitimate and necessary accusing u.s. stuff is of interfering in the country's internal affairs. the current situation in china u.s. relations just not what china wants and the u.s. is completely responsible for all of this. the cold war era style tension between the 2 countries has been rising for some time often sparring over trade technology and more recently the coronavirus. usually very outspoken on china the u.s. president has yet to comment on this latest escalation. joining us now is tyson barker he's a researcher from the truman national security project here in berlin and i'm going to start with the 1st obvious question tyson barker tensions between the u.s. and china over spying accusations are new so why the closure of houston's consulate now. the great question i think there are a couple of reasons some are diplomatic some a political we did hear probably department of justice the unsealing of indictments related to chinese

consulate in the city of chengdu. australia says china's claims of the disputed south china sea have no legal basis it made its declaration to the united nations after the u.s. accused beijing of bullying neighboring countries to control the waters. the top u.s. health agency has as you guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september as corona virus infections rise in many areas the centers for disease control says it's safe for children to return. to israel has launched airstrikes on syrian military targets the army says it's retaliate for mortars being fired towards the israeli occupied golan heights tensions have been high after hezbollah fighter was killed in an israeli airstrike near damascus on monday lebanese group is backed by iran and has forces deployed in syria to support president bashar al assad. the sacking of the leading news website in hungary has provoked a mass march by antigovernment protesters that followed the mass walkout of journalists and supporters the editor who warned that

flag come down from the consulate. and over the weekend most of the stop evacuated the consulate that was seen going in and out of the building removal stopped trucks coming in and out as well now china says the reason this particular concept was targeted is because it's stuff were involved in what they say were activities inconsistent with that capacity but we also know this is quite a significant operation it deals with many american businesses located in nearby chunking it also acts as a significant listening post for any events happening into that and because of its location here here in southwest china of course beijing says that 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 to that country just remind our viewers of why the closure of this consulate is important or does it n

consulate in hong they wouldhomable shut the u.s. consulate in hong kong?there are a couple of options, there is a consulate in wuhan that i have heard chatter about. people are speculating about that. there are any number of options. the trick china will have is to calibrate this response such as it responds in a way that chinese people think it was a serious thing without escalating past the point they want to escalate to. francine: what would escalation look like? derek: that's a good question. the problem is you have a pandora's box of options, and all of them are bad. you see that reflected in the market data and the risk sentiment you are seeing. i hesitate to speculate on where you could go, but a lot of it is on the possible table. you could go for consulates, company restrictions, companies like boeing or apple. the options are really limitless. you have a very large menu. tom: thank you, a quick view. right now in london we are --ned broad international relations including three years ago a wonderful article on the closing of the russian consulate

had ordered the consulate to be closed. it's a political provocation you know that really launched by the us site which seriously violates international law basic norms governing international relations and the bilateral consular agreements between china and the u.s. china strongly condemn such an outrageous move. the. speaking in denmark the u.s. secretary of state said china had stolen intellectual property. we are setting a clear expertise as for how the chinese communist party is going to behave and when they don't we're going to take actions that protect the american people protect our security our national security and also protect our economy and jobs that's the actions that you're saying taken by pressing trump will continue to engage in those the u.s. directive comes a day off to 2 chinese nationals were charged with hacking said to be working as spies they're accused among other things of trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research. campaign targeted intellectual property and confidential business information hel

consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu. china's foreign ministry called the retaliation legitimate and necessary accusing u.s. staff is of interfering in the country's internal affairs committee and the current situation in china u.s. relations is not what china wants and the u.s. is completely responsible for all of this the cold war era style tension between the 2 countries has been rising for some time often sparring over trade technology and more recently the coronavirus. usually very outspoken on china the us president has yet to comment on this latest escalation. thousands of protesters have much through central budapest in support of journalists that hungary's most read news site index dozens of journalists have now resigned over the sacking of its editor in chief earlier this week this dismissal has raised concerns that prime minister viktor orban nationalist government is intensifying its effort to muzzle critical voices. a sea of solidarity lighting up central budapest thousands of hungary and standing up for pres

consulate in trying to. australia says china's claims in the disputed south china sea have no legal basis it made its declaration to the united nations after the u.s. accused beijing of bullied neighboring countries to control the strategic waters. and the top u.s. health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as corona virus infection spike in large parts of the country the centers for disease control says it's safe for children to return to class as it's unlikely they'll contract or transmit the virus. let's get more now on the u.s. china tensions tangan is a political and economic affairs commentator he joins us now on skype from beijing thank you for your time mr tangan how significant an escalation is this that the tit for tat closures of concepts. it's extremely bothersome i mean this is a time when the world isn't local and damage which is not only car causing immense health concerns but obviously there are financial fallout which really threatens enti

the closure of this consulate was no surprise that followed the shuttering of the chinese consulate inn, texas by the was government last week. washington claimed the consulate had become a hub for spying and attempting to steal coronavirus research. the chinese foreign ministry denied this, and said beijing was not looking for a fight. the current situation with relations between china and the u.s. is unfortunate. the u.s. bears the entire responsibility. we urge the u.s. to immediately correct its mistakes and make it possible for bilateral relations to get back on track. national sentiment is running high on both sides, yet some residents were disheartened by the sudden end of the diplomatic mission. it is a big deal and it has never happened before. the consulate has been here for several decades. i think it is a will pity to see the current state of affairs. it is a shame. i hope there is no confrontation. we should have peace. that is the best way to do things. the world doesn't need war. needs peace. -- he needs peace paralyze on washington and beijing to see if they will escala

ordering china's consulate in houston texas to be shot. by clubs discos and event holes being closed down again in catalonia the more than 280 new outbreaks across spain and the number of corona virus infections there tripled in the past 2 weeks and libya's prime minister fires also losses in turkey meeting with the president heard of one such as the leader of the un backed government based tripoli turkey is its main backer its fight against the walls of the front of the. first hurrican of the atlantic season is bearing down on the southern coast of texas hanna a strengthened to a category one hurricane and is expected to make landfall in a few hours there corpus christi it will be the 1st top level storm to hit texas during july in 12 years. u.s. federal agents sent to portland by president donald trump again fired tear gas a protest as a made arrests demonstrations of each night for 8 weeks about a racial equality and police reform leaders in oregon state said the agents are making matters worse reports the. federal agents again firing t

consulate must close in 72 hours. a lot of speculation appearing on stad media as to why chengdu was chosen it looks -- the logic is that it is one of the smaller consulates but still relatively important from the chinese state media perspective, they believe or say that consulate gathers information on tibet and strategic weapons in the area but has less impact on u.s. business so the signal china is sending is that it wants to show the u.s. that it is going to meet it and go tit for tat it wants to manage the possible escalation in this relationship. >> if they were escalating, i suppose they would have closed the main embassy in beijing. >> yes it could be in beijing or the consulate in hong kong, which was rumored quite a bit. chengdu is a bit out of the way in the southwestern part of the country and seen as not as big of a move. >> let's completely switch gears, we are going to flip it completely outside of the world of diplomatic disputes and heightened political tension, it is also a big day for china because

todd: the fbi accusing china of hiding a fugitive at its san francisco consulate as the houston consulateas 24 hours from now to close. gordon chang ways in next. jillian: baseball finally returns was we preview the big return coming up. >> along challenge of the chinese communist party stealing social property, donald trump said enough, we will not allow this to happen. >> this and a clear signal to do beijing we will not tolerate their spying, their espionage, breaking of united states law. we are going to get tough and it is about time. todd: tensions rising between the us and china as the fbi accuses china of harboring a fugitive at its san francisco consulate. >> mike pompeo orders china's consulate to close tomorrow where workers reportedly burned secret documents. asia analyst and senior fellow gordon chang, thank you for being here as always. what does this mean? lay it out for us. >> the united states is not taking it anymore. china has been spying for decades, we've been talking to them, trying to get them to stop. we even had an agreement, president obama and xi jinping in the

diplomats depart their shutdown consulate in chengdu as relations deteriorate. clubs around the what yobs are alive my headquarters here in doha also coming up showdown in portland protesters again challenge federal security forces sent in by donald trump. the u.s. military says it has proof that russia is violating a u.n. arms embargo in libya. was it was just far rees protests show a rare public challenge to president vladimir putin. signs of the increasingly fraught relationship between the u.s. and china have been playing out in the chinese city of chengdu staff at the u.s. consulate there have been leaving with their bags packed after it was ordered to be closed by china's government it was in response to washington closing the chinese consulate in houston texas live update from the u.s. shortly but 1st this report marches there was katrina you. in chengdu work has begun dismantling the u.s. consulate 1st founded in the southwestern chinese city in 1985 chinese state media says stop have until monday morning today kate the premises beijing blames the u.s. f

consulate in the city of chengdu. australia says china's claims in the disputed south china sea have no legal basis it made its declaration to the united nations itself to the u.s. accuse beijing of bullying neighboring countries to control the waters. the top u.s. health agency has a seat guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools and so even as coronavirus infections continue to rise in many areas the centers for disease control says it's safe for children to retire. donald trump's presidential rival has weighed in on that is huge joe biden says mr trump appears unwilling to cross what's really needed to get children back into the classroom. first of all i believe high you know i want to open schools the question is will the president do the work to make it safe you know just ordered schools to open like trump who's done isn't good enough we've got to do the hard work of getting the virus under control now and over the next 2 months and really you're opening now many cases but trump doesn't want to do that

is onengdu consulate option. there is also a consulate in wuhan, where the virus was first discovered, and the editor-in-chief of the global times, a closely watched communist party tablet, he wrote on chinese social media suggesting one option could be for the u.s. -- for china to make the u.s. cut as fast in hong kong. tom: sharon, good morning. tom keene in new york. does the agra fee matter here? chengdu is to the south -- does geography matter here? chengdu is to the south, and of course there was a terrible earthquake where condoleezza rice visited years ago. ,oes geography matter between with chengdu out in the west? sharon: the bigger consulate we visitedu.s. -- the consulate here in chengdu today, and people were telling us that really they haven't been processing visas anyway since the u.s. shut down those services during the pandemic. the impact is really that the people will not be able to go, it will not affect travel in the country. the diplomatic ties with people being able to go there, not just to

consulate in thank you so much. and here in germany almost $500.00 employees on a single farm on the strict lock down off the market because they're tested positive for the corona virus it's the latest in a string of covert 19 outbreaks involving food production facilities in germany. around 3000 people live in the bavarian town of manning and many are now waiting for corona virus tests a farm is under quarantine after 174 migrant workers tested positive for cove and 19 officials are trying to find out how they became infected and if the virus has spread outside the farm there are strict hygiene guidelines for businesses employing seasonal staff but various state premier says they were not followed. officials on the local and regional level say that hygiene inspections were carried out at this farm but there are obviously feeling violations histories and that's why action has to be taken now. he said but varia would tighten its coronavirus rules. even be it businesses will face more frequent hygiene inspections and

out of that consulate after washington told beijing to shut it down the u.s. says it's to protect american intellectual property trying to foreign ministry called it an unjustified act and in retaliation beijing has ordered the american consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu to close and china's most senior diplomat has blamed the u.s. for all of the current tension wangi says he still hopes that china and the u.s. can reach a solution which benefits both countries well with more on these developments. on the chinese story and the research as arrest in. in the u.s. we can join our white house correspondent can we help get kimberly you broke this news what just within the last hour about this arrest how significant is it in relationship to the sort of ongoing arguments that china and the u.s. are having. well the decision by u.s. authorities to make this arrest is a marked escalation in tensions between the 2 sides now the united states alleges that this chinese researcher was concealing her ties to the chinese military in other words she was working all

closure of its consulate in the u.s. city of houston the 2 countries accuse each other of espionage they're also in dispute over trade and the pandemic. being demanding the closure of the u.s. consulate general in china and taking over the premises as china's legitimate and mrs. very response to the unjustified u.s. act of closing china's consul general in houston and breaking into the compound what china has done conforms to international law the basic norms of international relations and customary diplomatic practices the current situation in china u.s. relations is not what china wants to see and the u.s. is responsible for all of this we once again urge the u.s. to immediately retract it's wrong decision and create necessary conditions to bring the bilateral relationship back on track. explains how people are reacting. this is the u.s. consulate here in tunku city or at least it was it's been recently vacated any signal any sign representing the u.s. has been covered or taken down security is still very high but we'v