and hong kong chief executive kerry lam intent on the chinese officials a sanctioned by the us of a controversial security little. the u.s. state department has called for most top former top saudi intelligence officials sydell jobbery a value partner it comes a day off or it was revealed brief filed a lawsuit in washington accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin selman of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him the state department says it's concerned by al job reason allegations and says any persecution of his family members back in saudi arabia is unacceptable it's also being reported that interpol rejected a request to extradite him back to saudi arabia because they said it was politically motivated well the u.s. state department comments were made in a letter to democratic senator patrick leahy who had requested a full update on the case in the letter the department says dr responded around the clock to threats against the u.s. mission in personnel it adds the department of state is concerned by the alleged activities that led to dr algebras exile in canada and says it repeatedly r

and hong kong officials we know one of the names so far it includes the hong kong chief executive kerry lam so that's one high profile person on that list of 12 individuals who are being sanctioned such a negative relationship at the moment between the economic superpower that is china and the u.s. as a superpower off the back of that of course we've been reporting just in the past few hours about the u.s. decision to ban in effect take talk and tell microsoft you've got to buy that that's one facet of this relationship let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly how to get us right up to speed on that developing story kimberly what else do we know. well i just caught the the top line as you were reporting it there so what we have been hearing this morning at least from my hand reaching out to white house officials is that in fact there was something in the works to sanction chinese officials and now i understand that has happened so what we know is that as you mentioned that the concern has been for a very long time these political freedoms in hong kong and how they have been cur

kong's legislative elections scheduled for september have been for spillane 4 year chief executive kerry lam says the delay is necessary due to a surge in coronavirus cases but opposition lawmakers accuse the government of using the pandemic as a pretext to thwart the pro-democracy movement. that violence has again erupted in portland oregon protesters and police clash at the local courthouse which has become a focal point of the rest earlier president trump tweeted that federal agents will remain in the city until local police and finish what he called a cleanup of quote and and. hurricane. is churning through the caribbean bringing strong wings and flooding in puerto rico and some islands of the bahamas a hurricane warning has been issued for parts of florida where the storm is expected to hit later on. muslims around the world or celebrating. one of the most important holidays in the islamic calendar this year the 4 day holiday is taking place under the shadow of the pandemic social distancing measures are making it difficult for families to celebrate together but worshipers are making do

on kong's legislative elections federal said temba have been postponed for a year chief executive kerry lam says the delay is necessary due to a surge in coronavirus cases but opposition lawmakers convinced they accuse the government of using the pen demick as a probe pretext to thwart the pro-democracy movement germany has responded by suspending its extradition treaty with the territory. hong kong's election 4 years ago it should happen again in september instead the poll has been pushed back by a full year not how sailing at the well off but it was a very very difficult decision to postpone the legislative council election which takes place every 4 years but it's necessary to fight off the coronavirus to protect people's health and up hold public safety we also have to ensure the election process is fair and open. high p. so. ironically to curb the pro-democracy protests on const chief executive has activated a rarely used nearly century old emergency power dating from the british colonial times. that allows for short term only delays to elections. the decision to postpone the trainee tr

kong's legislative elections show jewel for september have famed host fine for a year chief executive kerry lam says the delay is necessary due to a surge in coronavirus cases but opposition lawmakers accuse the government of using the pandemic as a pretext to thwart the pro-democracy movement. violence has again erupted in portland oregon protesters and police clashed at the local courthouse which has become a focal point of the unrest earlier president trump tweeted that federal agents will remain in the city until local police have finished what he called a cleanup of quote anika ists an agitated. hurricane is 10 is churning through the caribbean bringing strong winds and flooding in puerto rico and someone's of the bahamas hurricane warning has been issued for parts of florida where the storm is expected to hit places today. and we stay in the u.s. where president tunnel trump says he plans to ban the chinese are in video take talk because of security concerns u.s. officials are currently looking into the potential for to talk to be used by the chinese government as a tool for gathering int

assets held by chief executive kerry lam are being frozen similarly for police chiefs and other officials afghanistan's highest consultative body the loya jirga has recommended the government to release $400.00 taliban prisoners but it says they should only be freed if they promise not to return to fighting it's now up to president musharraf gunny to make the final decision which could come as early as sunday and flight data recorders have been recovered from the wreckage of an airliner which crash landed in india 18 people were killed and 150 injured when the air india express plowed off the runway during a storm on friday. those are the headlines and i will have much more news for you here on al-jazeera after inside story stay with us. is the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia falling apart the state department shows support for a former saudi intelligence agent says the crown prince wants him dead will president donald trump be forced to stop supporting 100 in selma this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian said again what's reported to be a 4 year old m

sanctions against 11 officials from both mainland china and hong kong including the territories leader kerry lam trump signed an executive order last month seeking to punish china of a sweeping national security law that it's imposed in hong kong now beijing insists the law is needed to criminalize acts of secession subversion and terrorism but critics say it's being used to silence dissent white house correspondent can be how it has more from washington d.c. . this is part of an executive order that was signed by the u.s. president last month so even though he is out of town. implementing this in now it is being rolled out what this means is that kerry lamb the chief executive along with the others who have been named in these latest sanctions by the united states against some chinese officials is that their assets here in the united states will essentially be frozen now the treasury secretary in announcing this released a statement saying that this is being done because the united states stands with the people of hong kong will use all tools and authority to target those who he believes and th

on the united states has imposed sanctions on hong kong's chief executive it says kerry lam is directly responsible for implementing a controversial chinese security law which it called a policy of suppression a range of other officials including the territories police chief of also been targeted. well those the headlines this hour the news continues after counting the cost that for myself and the team here in london obey a full round of the day's top stories from doha a bit later. a global pandemic massive protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical 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 i'm daryn jordan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week russia seizes control of libya's biggest oil field despite losing ground moscow flounce libya with warplanes and russian. currency crisis default hyperinflation lebanon's economic paralysis devastating exp

the decision to postpone next month's legislative election in hong kong for a year chief executive kerry lam says the rise in coronavirus cases forced her to invoke emergency laws pro-democracy activists in hong kong and the u.s. have condemned the movement germany is suspending its extradition agreement with the territory that it will pollen reports. the legislative council election has been held every 4 years since hong kong's handover from british to chinese rule in 1907 this is the 1st time voting has been postponed to such an extent. the decision to postpone the trainee trente electrical election has nothing to do with politics has nothing to do with the likely outcome of this round of elections it is purely on the basis of protecting the health and safety of the hong kong people land said the delay was necessary because of the rising numbers of coronavirus infections the areas of emergency powers raises legal and administrative issues delay would mean that china's parliament would have to step in to approve any issues that could contravene hong kong's basic law its many constitution. w

sanctions are barbarous and ridiculous chief executive kerry lam of the territories current and former police chiefs are among 11 officials targeted sarah clarke is in hong kong has more on china's response beijing's top representative office in hong kong has released this statement strongly opposing and condemning the u.s. treasury sanctions on hong kong and this is that this reveals the unscrupulous intentions of the u.s. politicians to support anti china color chaos in hong kong that's a quote from that particular statement and that he said these particular actions are really ridiculous again another quote it's now we have had some comment as well from members of the hong kong government we've had no official statement from carol-ann as yet lebanese president michel aoun has launched an investigation into tuesday's devastating explosion in beirut at least 157 people were killed he says the blast could have been caused either by negligence or external interference 17 people have died in a plane crash in india the air india express jet broke into when it overshot the runway at an airp

assets held by chief executive kerry lam are being frozen similarly for police chiefs and other officials search and rescue efforts are still underway in beirut but hope of finding any survivors is fading 157 people have been confirmed dead and at least $6000.00 injured anger is growing about accusations that authorities ignored warnings about explosives being stored at the port and flight data recorders have been recovered from the wreckage of an air india express jet which crash landed both pilots are amongst the 18 dead in the city of port around $150.00 passengers were injured in the aircraft as it plunged off the runway during a monsoon storm. the u.s. state department has voiced its support for a former top saudi intelligence agent who was reportedly targeted in a foil distaso nation attempt is described saddam japery as a valued partner or job filed a lawsuit in washington on thursday accusing the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salon of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him like hannah explains why patrick leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house

imposing sanctions on its leaders calling the decision despicable and shameless chief executive kerry lam and the current and former police chiefs are among 11 officials whose u.s. assets will be frozen sarah clarke reports from hong kong. the united states went directly to the top singling out hong kong chief executive kerry land and imposing sanctions on any american assets she has also targeted is hong kong's police chief chris tang his predecessor and other officials americans and u.s. businesses a banned from dealing with them the u.s. secretary of state said the sanctions target individuals responsible for imposing a national security law in hong kong my compiler says the sweeping legislation is unacceptable and cartels political freedom in the city pro-democracy activist joshua wall was quick to applaud the decision to fight for the world to realize that they need to reassess their foreign policy toehold call and try to otherwise the situation in hong kong to escalate is high for the world because that would cause the sanctions were prompted by president donald trump's executive or

is imposing sanctions against hong kong's chief executive kerry lam in the territories current and former police chiefs are among 11 officials targeted sanctions imposed on the president trumps executive order last month seeking to punish china a very sweeping national security lower imposed on hong kong china says the law is needed to criminalize acts of secession subversion and terrorism but critics say it's being used to silence dissent. well another source of tension between the u.s. and china is a president transfer funds to band popular social media apps including video based tic talk about china are saying that the u.s. is using national security as an excuse to suppress foreign firms katrina reports from beijing. some. job news videos have 1400000 followers on video sharing. the chinese version of talks. the 25 year old uses the app every day and isn't surprised it's become so popular in the u.s. . we're very proud of anything that originated in china is not just a video sharing platform as an example of chinese in january. she's a loved by dog executive order to bad tick tocks us

law legislation i should also state that the judges overseeing this case they've been appointed by kerry lam to oversee anything or any crimes involved with the national security law so advice on the fact this is an unproven precedented legal challenge and we do expect this to take some time and again this is the 1st person he's been charged under the national security law so certainly we do expect him to be made example of by beijing as well as the hong kong government and all right thanks so much sarah clarke. peru's government ministers have been forced to resign after congress voted to reject the president's cabinet the no confidence vote was held on tuesday after representatives criticized the government's handling of the pandemic flu as one of the worst hit countries in latin america with nearly 20000 deaths president martin this car has 3 days to present a new cabinet the number of people who have died from coronavirus around the world is now past 700000 that's being reported as the astray in the state of victoria announces 725 new cases officials in melbourne of imposed a nighttime c

congress in beijing which is the most important political body in china now what happened is that when kerry lam decided to postpone elections here in hong kong for another year citing co that 19 that meant there was potentially going to be a political vacuum here in hong kong in other words what was going to happen to the current parliament so what happened is that the committee basically decided on choose day to extend the current of the hong kong parliament for another year what is less clear is whether a number of incumbent opposition legislators who were disqualified by election officials because of this new national security law will indeed be able to continue in the extended parliament it seems that the national people's congress may well have left it to hong kong government to decide what to do with these that is slater's that means they might have to sort of issue some new form of both of allegiance to the hong kong government so it's not totally clear but what is clear in a sense is that you know the the national people's congress could have said you know these legislators will remain

imposes sanctions on 11 officials including kerry lam as hope fades of finding survivors after the explosion in beirut president external interference. punishments are handed out to violators of venezuela's coronavirus rules but many say they have to take the risk. the u.s. state department has spoken out in support of a former top saudi intelligence agent who was allegedly targeted for all the sasa nation attempts it describes as a valued partner of jumper a filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing the saudi crown prince of sending a hit squad to calendar to kill him michaela has more. patrick leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month in the letter the senators expressed their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia of saddle jobbery son and daughter. in his court filing our job research his children now aged 20 and 21 were being held as what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senator's concerns in a letter to senator leahy it describes jobbery as a valued partner to

the united states imposed sanctions on hong kong's chief executive says kerry lam is directly responsible for implementing a controversial chinese national security law which it called a policy of suppression of a range of other officials including the territories use chief of also been targeted the relationship between the u.s. and china already strained has been steadily deteriorating over hong kong's autonomy the corona virus and 2 recent executive orders against the popular apps to talk and we chat. because ruling party has secured a landslide win in parliamentary elections mending the power of the rajapaksa brothers the sri lanka people's front is led by gotta buy and mahinda rajapaksa is his president and prime minister along with their allies that secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution head to head is coming up next with mehdi hasan and then more news after that in about 25 minutes time i will see that do stay with al-jazeera by for now. the. news. hello i'm at the house and welcome to this special edition of head to

for another 12 months which is when the election's a jew to take place they were perspire owned by kerry lam several weeks ago citing covert 19 well once more china's national people's congress the standing in the of the national people's congress has one small ruled on the future the political future of hong kong and they have said that the current session of hong kong's parliament can now be extended now what happens is when hong kong's government you know meets a political roadblock its default position is to go to beijing and seek clarification and when karen am announced that she was you know postponing the elections for 12 months then everyone here said what's going to happen you know who's going to rule hong kong for the next 12 months what will happen you know in terms of governance so the hong kong government had to seek clarification they've now got that clarification but what we don't have tariff occasion on is the fate of 4 incumbent opposition legislators who were sparked by election officials because they the century called for the united states to impose sanctions on hong kong

including today kerri lam she is the administrator of hong kong.lly a puppet of china. think it's fair to say sanctions against her, those hurting china as well? >> they go after these individuals hold them accountable. she and ten other o chinese officials of any investments whatsoever tied up in the united states.th we are going to freeze those investments. so yes, it gets their attention. and they don't like the notoriety of it. they don't like the fact that it is reported all around the world in the media. so those sanctions, they do have their place. by themselves, they are not going to change china's behavior completely. but i applied this administration for doing, using the china pandemic so to speak and crushing hong kong's atomic, the administration is stitching together a broad coalition and pushing back, very comprehensively and strategically on the chinese communist party while they have intended to do that from the outset, the focus was initially on trade imbalance and intellectual property. now it is a very comprehensive all of govern

rubio and ted cruz in response to the us freezing the american assets of hong kong's chief executive kerry lam along with 10 other senior chinese officials washington says beijing's crackdown of pro-democracy opposition voices in hong kong is containing political freedoms but china is accusing us of interfering in its affairs the opposition in belarus is disputing early election results saying that president alexander lukashenko has a landslide victory was rigged protesters have taken to the streets demanding a change of power or than a dozen people have been detained with more than 80 percent of the vote it looks set to win a 6th term extending his 26 years in power the opposition candidates that are on the ticket off sky it says she is gathering proof that the poll was raked. loosely is that we don't agree with the election results we have absolutely opposite information we have official protocols from many polls the sions were a number of votes in my favor are many more times than for other candidates who are devil ring proofs of falsifications we have people who are officially ready to go

imposing sanctions on its top leaders calling the decision despicable and shameless chief executive kerry lam and the current and former police chiefs are among 11 officials whose u.s. assets will now be frozen sarah clarke reports from hong kong. the united states went directly to the top singling out hong kong chief executive kerry land and imposing sanctions on any american assets she has also targeted is hong kong's police chief chris tang his predecessor and other officials americans and u.s. businesses are banned from dealing with them the u.s. secretary of state said the sanctions target individuals responsible for imposing a national security law in hong kong might palm pilots is the sweeping legislation is unacceptable and cartels political freedom in the city pro-democracy activist joshua wall was quick to applaud the decision if tried for the world to realize that they need to reassess their foreign policy toehold call and try to. the situation in hong kong with the escalate is high for the world those that were caught the sanctions were prompted by president donald trump's executi

congress in beijing which is the most important political body in china now what happened is that when kerry lam decided to postpone elections here in hong kong for another year citing co that 19 that meant there was potentially going to be a political vacuum here in hong kong in other words what was going to happen to the current parliament so what happened is that the committee basically decided on choose day to extend the current of the hong kong parliament for another year what is less clear is whether a number of incumbent opposition legislators who were disqualified by election officials because of this new national security law will indeed be able to continue in the extended parliament it seems that the national people's congress may well have left it to hong kong government to decide what to do with these that is late is that means they might have to sort of issue some new form of oath of allegiance to the hong kong government so it's not totally clear but what is clear in a sense is that you know the the national people's congress could have said you know these legislators will remain d

assets held by the chief executive kerry lam are now being frozen similarly for police chiefs and other officials as well flight data recorders have been recovered from the wreckage of an aircraft which crash landed in india 18 people were killed and 150 passengers were injured when the air india express plowed off the table top runway during a monsoon storm on friday night monsoon floods cover a 3rd of bangladesh media is reporting 161 deaths in the past 4 weeks millions have been forced from their homes a district close to the capital dhaka is among many submerged by rivers bursting their banks the agriculture ministry says they are the longest lasting floods for more than 20 years a suicide bomber in somalia has killed at least 8 soldiers outside a military base 14 others were injured by the blast in the capital city mogadishu. the american state department has praised a former saudi intelligence chief who's filed a lawsuit against the crown prince mohammed bin selman in washington subtle jobbery says the crown prince sent a hit squad to canada to kill him in 28. the riches has decla

as the white house have also condemned the chief executive kerry lamb's decision to postpone september's legislative election for one year lam says the rise in coronavirus cases forced her to invoke emergency laws now after that announcement germany became the latest western country to suspend its extradition agreement with the territory has the story. the legislative council election has been held every 4 years since hong kong's handover from british to chinese rule in 1997 this is the 1st time voting has been postponed to such an extent. the decision to postpone the trainee trained election has nothing to do with politics has nothing to do with the likely outcome of this round of elections it is purely on the basis of protecting the health and safety of the hong kong people lam so the delay was necessary because of the rising numbers of corona virus infections but her use of emergency powers raises legal and administrative issues delay would mean that china's parliament would have to step in to approve any issues that could contravene hong kong's basic law its many constitution. we are inviting beijing to interfere again b