in english and mandarin and both versions really had searing words attacking secretary of state mike pompei oh in particular they called him a liar saying that he quote is engaging in filthy behavior to mislead the public and that he's lost his moral compass they've also accused michael pompei of really only being interested in getting donald trump reelected in the next elections in november and in store king and the chinese hatred in order to do this now this is in response to the comments we had earlier of my compare saying that there's significant evidence that corba 1000 origin aged in a chinese lab in the history of roller g.e. and beijing has flat out denied this it's also denied that it's engaging in any cover up or dissed information campaign and this editorial is really demanding that mike pompei and his colleagues really produce this evidence that they say they say that they have and they suggest said look he's really just engaging according to state media in a bluff in a big bluff and really just continuing this anti china's smear campaign in order to divert attention from washin

has condemned china over its proposed security law for hong kong lee secretary of state mike pompei it is cold it's a disastrous proposal saying it ignores the will of the people let's go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly home kimberly good afternoon good morning your time was mr pumping saying yeah you're right condemning calling this proposed national security legislation arbitrary disastrous releasing a statement let's look at it together the statement from the u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe the decision to bypass hong kong's well established legislative processes and ignore the will of the people of hong kong would be the death knell for the high degree of autonomy beijing promised for hong kong under the sino british joint declaration a un failed agreement now this is interesting peter because this statement goes much further even than the position of the what of the white house in the top administration just 24 hours ago national security advisor robert o'brien had also been talking about this is essential in the position of the trampas administration is

secretary of state has just arrived in israel for top level talks the visit by mike pompei it comes as the u.s. signals its support for israel's planned the next 30 percent of the occupied west bank. now the f.b.i. is has mistakenly revealed the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks it's information so sensitive the u.s. government has been trying to keep it secret for months the official was named during the u.s. federal lawsuit filed by families of the victims of the attacks on september the 11th 2001 they accuse the saudi government of complicity the declaration was filed by an f.b.i. official a senior u.s. government official says that this was done in error while a spokesman for the victims' families says they believe they've uncovered a link between 911 hijackers and the saudi embassy in washington 15 of the 19911 hijackers were citizens of saudi arabia saudi government denies any connection. michael isikoff is chief investigative correspondent in yahoo news he says the official f.b.i. account of saudi arabia's links to 911 differs from what was re

so there mike pompei are questioning the hong kong's autonomy and whether hong kong should still receive special treatment from the u.s. that allows it to function as an international financial center well china's foreign ministry responded with a statement early on thursday morning saying that the u.s. is blackmailing the hong kong government and interfering in china's domestic affairs it also said that china does not fear these words from the u.s. and it will continue to do whatever it takes to safeguard the security and the sovereignty of china now this is really the same kind of language we hear time and time again when it comes to any comments around hong kong or taiwan and from china's perspective any pro-democracy lawmaker pro-democracy activists is really in their opinion heavily influenced by the u.s. when it comes to to wanting to to break away or really push for any independence away from china in china's opinion it's really doing its best to uphold the one country 2 systems policy but of course these democratic pro-democracy protesters have said that since 1997 china has real

trump has fired a top government watchdog who is reportedly investigating a secretary of state mike pompei o says the state department inspector general steven it no longer has his confidence is the latest in a series of moves against independent launched dogs investigating the white house and it will be replaced by stephen a carbon ally of vice president mike pence. still ahead on al-jazeera barely half a 1000000 people have been left homeless this bud's devastated parts of east africa . and find out what cash strapped lebanon is doing to stop smuggling across its borders. we have the prospects of record breaking may heat in the southeastern corner of year a probably got some very high temperatures into greece and into the further north behind this weather system here this weather fronts we have some much cooler air actually pushed up into scandinavia and in fame winds we have seen some very light snow this is the same in southern finland and we've had some snow all the way from the southwest right across into helsinki by day we are seeing temperatures getting up into double figures so wi

in english and mandarin and both versions really had searing words attacking secretary of state mike pompei oh in particular they called him a liar saying that he quote is engaging in filthy behavior to mislead the public and that he's lost his moral compass they've also accused michael pompei of really only being interested in getting donald trump reelected in the next elections in november and in store king and the chinese hatred in order to do this now this is in response to the comments we had earlier of mike pompei are saying that there's significant evidence that corba $1000.00 region 8 in a chinese lad in the history of roller g.e. and they doing has flat out denied this it's also denied that it's engaging in any cover up would just information campaign and this editorial is really demanding that mike pompei and his colleagues really produce this evidence that they say they say that they have and there's just said look he's really just engaging according to state media in a bluff in a big bluff and really just continuing this anti china's smear campaign in order to divert attention f

secretary of state mike pompei o notified congress that the trump administration no longer considers hong kong to be autonomy from mainland china the announcement could end the asian financial hub special trade status with the u.s. china said the move was interfering in what it calls a domestic matter here's what pompei o had to say hong kong does not continue to warn treatment on the united states laws in the same manner as u.s. laws were applied to hong kong before july 997 no reasonable person can assert today that hong kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given facts on the ground. let's get more now from all of our salat who's in washington all over what does this notification from the secretary of state actually mean. well you know what mike pump aoa saying here essentially is that if beijing puts this so-called national security law in place then hong kong would no longer be a free territory in the u.s. could then move ahead and there are special trade and economic relations that they're currently having with hong kong now and the trump administration went on an

democrats say his removal was politically motivated because linnik was investigating secretary of state mike pompei o for abuse of office workers they want to be. now the bundesliga became the 1st major european football league to resume play this weekend after a 2 month break due to the coronavirus pandemic all eyes were on the revered. dormant thumb at home without any funds in the stadium this doesn't look or sound like you usual been deceived again but what's your daughter been playing shaka in front of an empty stadium due to the corona virus pandemic players who didn't start had to wear masks and keep their distance. but what's not unusual is one of each machine erling holland scoring goals and 1900 groped a deadlock in the 26th minute for his 10th each goal of the season and it was immediate celebration with play as unable to embrace one and not bow but there was no stopping to outland just before the break they made it to nil thanks to laugh i am sure. and it all started with this nifty pass from you and. the 1st half was one to forget. and so was the 2nd. one picked up exactly where they l

secretary of state mike pompey has blasted china for its handling of the grown up virus outbreak he repeated allegations the virus escaped from a laboratory in the city of han and he accused china of initially covering up the outbreak beijing has denied the allegation and says the trump administration is diverting attention from its own fadia and fighting the pen demick. area i spoke to our washington correspondent out of a salad and i asked him about claim well that lee has been quite a contradictory claim simply because the state department did not produce any evidence on that and in contrast president trump's very own experts repeatedly said that it's highly unlikely the virus comes from a chinese leverage tory now what we do know is that president trump strategy has been in recent days and weeks to distract from his own failing if you will that was that he didn't take the crisis seriously in the beginning he dealt played the risks . the coronavirus poses and now he's trying to blame china he's been calling the bars the china virus very often so this all looks to some extent like a politi

what it calls subversion and separatism in the territory but the united states secretary of state mike pompei on has called it a death knell for the city's autonomy. brazil's supreme court has released a video that shows a president sure both are now expressing frustration over his inability to get information from police he also vows to change cabinet ministers to protect his family if needed recording was released as part of a probe into allegations that both in our own tried to interfere in federal police investigations. car giant hertz has fallen victim to the coronavirus rental agency filed for bankruptcy protection in the united states and canada the group says covert 19 has had a dramatic impact on its bookings the company has already cut 10000 jobs to save cash. millions across india and bangladesh are assessing the damage inflicted by syke loan. at least 95 people are known to have been killed the death toll is expected to rise as help reaches villages cut off by floodwaters. to screech stricken mother has lost her son he left in the middle of the night to help others after the cyclo

secretary of state mike pompei i was in israel meeting prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his new governing partners many dogs could head of the talks on paper said they'd be discussing the current of a virus pandemic talks are also expected to include israel's plans to annex parts of the west bank israel's new unity government is said to be sworn in tomorrow a month on officials in yemen say at least 12 people died fierce clashes in the southern province of on tuesday fighting broke out between saudi backed government troops and separatists backed by the united arab emirates the 2 sides were allies until the separatist declared rule last month. and new violence in afghanistan threatens to further undermine the peace process there which began in february between washington and the taliban that is authorities struggle to contain the pandemic the latest attacks were on a funeral for a police commander and on a maternity ward where infants and mothers were among the dead we'd like to advise you some of the images in a report are distressing. another day of deadly violence in afghanis

secretary of state mike pompei o is in israel meeting prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his new governing partner pentagons ahead of the talks pompei all said they would discuss the pandemic the talks are also expected to include israel's plans to annex parts of the west bank israel's new unity government will be sworn in tomorrow about the. officials in yemen say at least 12 people died in fierce clashes in the southern province of on tuesday fighting broke out between saudi backed government troops and separatists backed by the united arab emirates the 2 sides were allies i'm told by separatists declared self rule last month. fresh violence in afghanistan is threatening to further undermine the peace process that started in february between washington and the taliban the latest attacks have been on a funeral for a police commander and on a maternity ward where infants and mothers were among the dead a warning now to our viewers some of the images in this report are distressing. another day of deadly violence in afghanistan in the capital kabul gunmen disguised as police stormed a matern

secretary of state mike pompei attacking him really calling him a liar saying that he's engaging in filthy behavior to mislead the public and saying that he has lost his moral compass and that's in response to the comments we just heard of the secretary of state saying this significant evidence that carbon 1000 originated in a chinese lab in the wall in situ to roll a g. and beijing has a flat out denied this it says that washington is really spreading political virus by spreading this what it calls a rumor and that there is no evidence it's also denied any accusations that it's engaging in a just information campaign or a cover up campaign and in this editorial that's really demanding that mike pompei you produce the evidence that he's speaking about it's also accusing him and his colleagues of being interested and nothing more than making sure donald trump is reelected in the november elections and stalking chinese stent sentiment in order to do that and saying that really this is all part of a larger and china's smear campaign that is really about diverting attention away from donald tr

secretary of state mike pompei or and he has hinted at reviewing hong kong special trading status with the u.s. what are we hearing from beijing. that's right well the u.s. and china that bilateral relationship has get it has gotten worse and worse in the last few months they've been leveling blame at each other or of the virus and other issues and that language has gotten more harsh and more hostile of the weeks as the weeks have gone on so the u.s. has complained about china's a handling of the pandemic as i've mentioned also unfair trade practices security issues to do with technology and most recently as you mentioned he's bringing up his u.s. secretary of state my pump is bringing up ton his relationship with hong kong let's take a listen in hong kong or decision on whether or not to identify hong kong as having a high degree of autonomy from china still pending closely watching what's going on there this week pro-democracy legislators were manhandled while trying to stop or procedural irregularity by pro shit pro beijing legislators leaving hong kong activists like martin lee and

secretary of state mike pompei o has notified congress that the trump administration no longer regards hong kong as autonomous from china this could spell an end to the special trade and economic relations hong kong enjoys with the u.s. . european commission president or self funded lion has unveiled a pandemic rescue plan worth 750000000000 euros the fund aims to help members stay .

secretary of state mike pompei are loud and bitter from beijing after he congratulated the taiwanese president on inauguration a condemning what is what he said it was interference in that china is condemning what china said was his interference in domestic affairs beijing of course claims sovereignty of the island which is governed itself since the communist came to power on mainland china in 1949 this is the latest in a catalogue of disagreements on trade and technology amongst other things and more recently of course the u.s. president blaming beijing for what he calls the mass worldwide killing of the coronavirus pandemic president she claimed this week the chinese acted with openness transparency responsibility i wish it were so it's been 142 days since doctors that were on central hospital 1st started sharing information about a sars like virus and yet today we also hear this morning beijing continues to deny investigators access to relevant facilities to withhold live virus samples to censor discussion of the pandemic within china and much much more so. i want to stress that a

secretary of state mike pompei of said in an interview sunday with a.b.c. news that's the scientific consensus was not manmade or genetically modified that's right i agree with that i've said i've seen their analysis i've seen the summary that you saw that was released publicly i have no reason to doubt that that is accurate that ok so just to be clear to you did not think it was manmade or genetically modified i've seen what the intelligence committee has said i have no reason to believe that they've got it robert. the contradictions in the double speak of the top administration is not helping the u.s. president's popularity the latest polls show that 53 percent of americans do not approve of how the administration is handling the crisis while trump repeats his muncher that america wants to go back to work he often forgets to mention the more than 56000 lives that have been lost in just the past 3 months in fact trump is reportedly expecting the death toll to double between now and the end of june well that brings us to the voice we heard over the weekend

indeed cavity of business without all the latest that thanks againwe move on n now to-- the visit of mike pompey- to- israel his- visit hailed by benjamin netanyahu as a testament to the strength of our alliance that's the us israel alliance the two men discuss the corona virus pandemic is rescue coalition government iran. and the trump administration's controversial middle east peace plan this report by alison sergeant. it's a rare face to face diplomacy in the time of corona virus. u. s. secretary of state mike pompeii- got to skip israel's two week quarantine for arrivals heading straight to meet benjamin netanyahu and bond over common enemies. we'd like to talk about. strengthening our cooperation our partnerships in the battling the corona virus placement or something else plaguing our region. which is a- on the unremitting iranian aggression a and terror. the two men a ao s said t they wouldld discuss the conontroversial u. . peace plan which would annex parts of the west bank including a legal settlements and the jordan valley. tension in the west bank has flared in recent days just hours

the us state secretary mike pompei it was taken a whistle stop trip to israel on his 1st internationalvisit during the pandemic and wednesday he touched down in the country meeting with both prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his new ruling coalition partner benny gantz a compose trip gained much more attention than usual due to an almost complete lack of protective equipment and the fact that it seemed the trip itself non-essential i guess the have reports a pair of gloves cost $50.00 said a mask is about a dollar but getting in the plane in the middle of the pandemic and flying halfway across the world just so you can stand there and smile that your good friend tell him what a great guy he has and look at the his eyes smile some more. it's priceless and kind of cheesy you're a great partner you share information from other countries to train up your skin and hide that information now i know what you're thinking could we have just who would have saved millions of dollars and potentially even lives but here's the counter question would netanyahu specific area have felt quite as keas

for the world and to receive share but and on wednesday we heard a full denial from mike pompei oh hesays the united states was not in on the plot however he's now making threats unless the 2 detained u.s. citizens are released as no u.s. government direct involvement in this operation. would have been a ball that would have gone differently if the majority regime decides to hold them will use every tool that we have available to try and get them back the president material maintains he knows exactly who is responsible for the raid that we were able to uncover these terrorists encouraging of which we have been victims we know the united states government assigned the drug enforcement agency to plan b. section and the signs of drug company silver corps for the operational planning the government of the united states of america is fully and completely involved in these are greatly defeated by the soul and civic military police union of venezuela balsall silvercorp is an american corporation headed by jordan gondor there is now video of him confirming the botched operation silvercorp has

. >>> secretary of state mike pompei was very critical today of china's role in the coronavirus pandemic. he said quote china has a history of infecting the world. pompeo said china has been responsible for the spread of disease in the past and that they have to be held accountable for the pandemic that originated in their country. he cited for safety and security at chinese labs including the city of wuhan. he also stressed that he had no reason to think that the virus was spread deliberately, but he said that there is significant evidence that the virus did in fact come from a laboratory in wuhan. >>> governor andrew cuomo said today that new york and other states plan to create a regional supply chain for ppe, ventilators and testing supplies. for the past couple months, states have been working separately which has been totally inefficient and ineffective. joining with new jersey, massachusetts, connect, and salina, rhode island and delaware that will give the state stronger purchasing power and improve their clout suppliers. >>> cities all across the bay area are increasingly decidi

s medina in denver 1st mike pompei oh the u.s. secretary of state says we were not involved if the states wasn't involved who was . very interesting and thank you very much peter and thanks to our just here for its continued interest in the men as well and cost in my opinion the u.s. was not involved and i will give you 3 evidence that i have found in that would explain that for example 1st cleaver a collab was indicted by the u.s. and he himself in social media talked about this contract in april 26th before surrendering he self to the da he confess one month prior to these acts of failed action of the existence of the signed contract 2nd that same day colombia seized its weapons that were on route to rio ocho where this operation was concentrated i would believe at this point that the american and colombian message it was very loud and clear not to pursue they all their evidence for sure would be that this cia has met several times would silvercorp in jamaica aspart connecting vets' dot com and had told them not to pursue this a

secretary of state mike pompei o has arrived in israel on his 1st foreign trip since march and holding meetings with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his new governing partner benny gantz talks are expected to include israel's plans to annex parts of the west bank a move likely to lead to tensions with bells than ian's and international. pompei as visit comes a day before israel's new unity government is scheduled to be sworn in the challenge of tackling the coronavirus has played a part in ending the country's extended political deadlock. 3 times they ran against each other as fierce political rivals benyamin netanyahu for the conservatively could party and many guns from the centrist blue and white party but 3 inconclusive elections couldn't solve the curve on a crisis now has the leaders agreed to form a national emergency government to deal with the pandemic and to slim small honey you who don't market there's cautious optimism about the end of the political deadlock it was recently reopened after several weeks of lockdown because of the corona pandemic. a quarter of the v

secretary of state mike pompei always said that there was evidence that the virus came from a chinese lab now he didn't present any evidence but traders reacted selling off the asian currency and stocks shares in hong kong lost 4 percent markets in japan and singapore are down by about 3 percent and the president has repeatedly blamed china for the corona virus outbreak. for it so not a very encouraging start to this month of may on the markets in asia let's check in with our financial correspondent conrad bosun he's at the frankfurt stock exchange and exchange for us conrad what effect has that had on the markets there this morning. well the german share market has to deal with significance lumpier this morning as well the german chantix dax is down around 3 percent after the 1st few minutes of trading here of course so it may go away this old saying is on everyone's minds right now in particular as the month of april was such a strong one for the stock market the german dax for example managed to gained nearly 10 percent over the month of april of course now the willingness among in

secretary of state mike pompei a was introduced him last week where he met with the israeli leadership and he told them that the whole option of an exaggeration was a decision for the israelis to make there was however going to be ongoing consultation in private but tween the 2 sides the the whole question of annexation is part and parcel of the peace plan that was announced earlier this year by the us president donald trump now it in visaged conditional independence for the palestinian state but it has been severely criticized by both the arab world and european leaders the european union issued the following statement. we strongly urged israel to refrain from any unilateral decision that would lead to the annexation of any occupied palestinian territory and would be as such contrary to international law. now the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has accused israel of being an occupied part now he says that the united states is a partner in this and that he holds the united states fully responsible for the occupation of the palestinian people so to put it mildly no love lost between

in a statement secretary of state mike pompei i quote the united states strongly urges beijing to reconsider its disastrous proposal abide by its international obligations and respect hong kong's high degree of autonomy democratic institutions and civil liberties which are key to preserving the special status under u.s. law the travel ministration has been unwavering in the support for the protest in hong kong even at times when the clashes became violent some protesters were even seen waving american flags and calling for the u.s. to liberate hong kong the trump of ministration responded by signing the hong kong human rights and democracy act in the law which gives the state department the power to assess whether the territory is maintaining enough autonomy to continue its trade relationship with the u.s. beijing is also expected to announce legislation that would increase china's military budget amid creasing increasing tensions with the united states and addition to public disputes over trade and the origin of the coronavirus the u.s. has continued to increase relations with taiwan and u.

secretary of state mike pompei o is in israel for talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu that meeting was expected to focus on shared concerns about iran the battle against the coronavirus and israel's incoming government well those are the headlines rob matheson will have more news here off to the stream stay with us on out of there. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own home and that cold means a lot to the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are going to be changing the world we live in get breaks it down but it was a slogan that whatever the prime minister pours jokes and counting the cost on al-jazeera. after the air can you know what she did she just. got down to decisions and. along with. the truth on this. is a nurse practitioner and she. my biggest concern is the quality of the prenatal care the army will receive in this pregnancy especially with a lot of my appointments being cancelled or switched to tell medicine which is very limited and even if there weren't more urgent appointment it is filled with a desire to because our s

secretary of state mike pompei o claims he knows something that they don't have in you saying anything that gives you high confidence that it originated in that will help in the lab where there's enormous effort us that that's where the spigot turn has a history of infecting the world now the world health organization is running out of patients they want evidence to back up these fantastic claims we haven't received and he did are specific evidence from the us government releasing to the port of origin of where. or. from our perspective this remains speculative chinese media is calling my campaign you insane while top intelligence sources are saying these claims just don't add up without presenting any evidence u.s. officials are sticking to their story even though it's a pretty wild one trump has completely totally blown the response to a coronavirus us cases are shooting through the roof i. guess lotus bricks projected to double over the next few months the government has shown itself to be absolutely helpless. and raining and that this pandemic and trump is facing serious problems w

secretary of state is expected to arrive in israel within the next hour the visit by mike pompei it comes as the u.s. signals that support for israel's plan to annex 30 percent of the occupied west bank. in brazil local and state governments are pressing ahead with mandatory lockdowns against the will of president. he's repeatedly dismissed the credible as a little flu and says job losses will be more damaging protesters him central bolivia say the divine government is not meeting the needs of the most vulnerable by c. standing covert 19 lockdowns police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who threw stones and other objects many who've lost their jobs say they haven't received any support those are the headlines about with more news now do stay with us the stream is next. what impact will called it 19 and the drop in oil prices have on the race to the white. can donald trump survive these historic setbacks and does the job only have what it takes to beat. the special coverage on just. after the edge you know watching the mushroom edition that is certainly under lock

disagree with them it's mike pompei because my company who now says remarkably miraculously united states never left iran's nuclear deal the united states is still a signatory to it what is going on here it seems to be a damn gambit about having. both things at the same time and again this clownish figure is being laughed at unfortunately he's secretary of state you know what i'm getting here go ahead alex and an exactly what it is i mean if this is a device this is a procedural device a calming plan if you will whereby the united states says that even despite the threat we've actually called ounce of. j.c. that the iran deal of nuclear weapons even though we've pulled out of it we are actually still with me so we both can't add again it at the same. because we're still in it we are in a position to say iran is in breach of this and they're full that must mean the security council the un security council has across the whole sanctions on iraq now i think this is absolutely ridiculous a lot are giving anybody sees the launch this whole approximately. i think this kind of juvenile diplomacy

or terria state mike pompei of notified congress that the trumpet ministration no longer considers hong kong to be autonomous from mainland china the announcement could and the asian financial hub special trade status with the u.s. china has said the move was interfering with in what it calls a domestic matter here's what pompei i've had to say hong kong does not continue to warn treatment on the united states laws in the same manner as u.s. laws were applied to hong kong before july 997 no reasonable person can assert today that hong kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given facts on the ground. told what would it mean for hong kong if the u.s. for a vote of the territory special trading status. well at the moment hong kong is considered separate when it comes to trade policies regarding the u.s. but we don't know the details yet the top official in asia from us is that this is the one to action they will make the declaration as they have done and then they will see how to act they couldn't hold sanctions against officials which some of the pro-democracy crowd or new vi