Brutal colonial rule but stops short of an apology. The thank you for joining us there has been Swift International condemnation of chinas introduction of a new security law in hong kong the u. S. U. K. E. U. And nato have all expressed the grave concern and the anger over the legislation it gives beijing sweeping powers over the territory and critics say it will curb Political Freedoms and Civil Liberties under the law anything that beijing defines as acts of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign powers is punishable by up to life in prison those suspected of endangering National Security and home call will be put under surveillance and be wiretapped by a sora tease the law says the management of foreign n. G. O. S News Agencies schools and social groups will be strengthened and anyone convicted of violating the security legislation will be barred from standing in any hong kong elections the prodemocracy organization there was this so spearheaded by activists joshua one has already announced its disbanding brown reports. It normally takes a year for Chinas Parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time just 40 days the new security law completed its passage after a vote by the countrys most powerful political body the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress in Hong Kong China supporters were also celebrating before the news that even being confirmed. A contentious measure the busy divided the city was once more defended by its chief executive the legislation oppose imposing legal principles such as presumption of innocence and protection of the rights of the sox that it will have no race respectively fact the critics here say the new law now threatens to stifle even small displays of dissent like this one in a local Shopping Mall on tuesday china is just causing passing a law without without even asking. Police and not going to the proper procedures the laws passing had an immediate political impact democracy activist joshua long announced he was resigning from the Political Party he helped found before the party itself was dissolved also desponding 2 other smaller political groups that advocated independence. For hong kong this is the most Dramatic Development since its return from british to chinese rule since then chinas had thousands of troops garrisoned in the city now its secret agents will be able to legally operate here as well a body to gather intelligence will also be set up the timing of this new law is no coincidence wednesday marks the 23rd anniversary of hong kongs handover from britain to china police have sealed off the area around a Convention Center where locals and mainland dignitaries commemorate the event each year before the handover china promised that hong kongs freedoms including an independent legal system would continue for 50 more years to many people here now it seems that promise has been broken in july the 1st is traditionally a symbolic day marked by a large march but police have denied an application for another this year citing the coronavirus and the potential for violence several groups though are vowing to test the ban adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. Martin lee is the founding chairman of the united democrats which became the Democratic Party of hong kong he explains how hong kongs power is being eroded. My party will stay on and i will stay in hong kong of course we realize that the prospects of our being put into prison would be very high but the passage of this law what this piece of legislation in fact for me means one. Is that when the British Government returned. To the peoples republic of china 23 years ago it was on the promise of dumb show pink the then paramount head of china that hong kong will be run by hong kong people with a high degree of autonomy which means that apart from defense and Foreign Affairs we the people of hong kong will be masters of our own house in terms of the executive power educated power and judicial power now that a person who does not everything is cheap instead of hong kong people born in hong kong is now the communist. Instead of being enjoy a high degree of autonomy now the communist party will be ruling with comprehensive power of control now this is what this war is all about that they are now actually defining the new position. Which is just another chinese city we have no degree of economy and all that is this is a problem they have complete control of even our courts this is what they would do not with every case but this code has already there in relation to some small number of cases china may actually it is art. U. S. Democrats say that the spice of briefing from the white house they still havent received the information they need on russias alleged bounties on american soldiers in afghanistan theyre calling for a full briefing from the Intelligence Community the president called this a hoax publicly nothing in the briefing that we have just received led me to believe it is a hoax. There may be 2 different judgments as to the level of credibility but there was no assertion that the information we had was a hoax. When mike hanna is in washington d. C. Following developments for us im mike help Party Political is this becoming or is there genuine concern about what the president may or may not have done based on this information. Well to answer your 1st question 1st there is bipartisan concern but there is political problems here as well the white house invited republican lawmakers to be briefed on monday and then democratic lawmakers today already people are questioning why this partisan display of passing on what should be by Little Information to the house and to the senate now at least 2 of those republican lawmakers were briefed monday say they still have berry great concerns the democrats who were briefed today repeating that as well asking for more information as have some of the republicans so this is rapidly emerging as a bipartisan issue on as many questions to be answered the white house is continuing to push back about whether or not President Trumps all this initial intelligence briefing or was aware of the intelligence now the white house continues to say and this is what the press secretary says that he has not been personally briefed on the matter she refuses to be drawn on whether he read the president ial Daily Briefing which is given to him at least once a week more most of the time now the a. P. Is reporting that this information was 1st in included in a president ial daily brief back in march 2009 thats a year earlier than the initial reports that weve seen in recent days particularly from the New York Times had placed the personal rip president ial briefing so certainly the questions to be honest here about whether President Trump was aware of that and when President Trump was aware of it otherwise as many critics are pointed out the only assumption is is that President Trump has not been reading his president ial daily briefs i can now with the latest on that story from washington d. C. Mike thank you. Saying in the u. S. The United States top experts on Infectious Diseases warns that the number of corona virus cases across the country is likely to get much worse if people do not follow health for commendations dr anthony found she is also said that theres no guarantee the u. S. Will have an effective vaccine california texas and many other states of all reimposed some restrictions after reporting a record increases a record increase in infections more than 126000 americans have died and millions of lost their jobs as businesses and schools shut to contain the virus to spread. It is going to be very disturbing i will guarantee you that because when you have an outbreak in one part of the country even though in other parts of the country theyre doing well they are vulnerable i made that point very clearly we are now having plus 1000 new cases a day i would not be surprised if we go up to 100000. 00 a day if this does not turn around. Town seems in washington d. C. Is she had any indication that the administration will follow or act on doctor file shes advice which seems to be that people really need to follow the health of recommendations. I suppose it depends on what we mean by administration the people who are testifying today in congress are the administrations main Health Advisors doctor of outreach from the the head of the c. D. C. The centers for Disease Control the assistant secretary of health and everything they were saying was incredibly almost i mean theres another. Thing that i was going to say it was going to mention that he said he said were going in the wrong direction were not in total control right now on the day that the e. U. Has just given its initial list saying look were going to let americans in you can sort of indicates that decision this is very old when this is projections about the number of cases and the various reasons he was given why everything is there almost right now that the u. S. Is still is still bagging in mosques and social distancing and Contact Tracing and as long as thats the case then theres no hope really for the u. S. To try and get out of this 1st wave even before the reputed 2nd wave 2nd wave hits us that we also have the flu which might be coming soon so theyre very very concerned there were specific specific themes that young people particularly theres a great deal of concern as talked about you said that they feel theyre invincible they dont reason to realize that even if they are asymptomatic that they may be giving it to older members of the population that file. These and so on im a constant theme also was the lack of belief in science itself about some portions of American Society even if there is a vaccine whether americans would even would even take the vaccine but ultimately the main concern we were hearing from some of the senators even though it was unspoken perhaps in what the white house advisers were saying was the president leadership when you have a president who refuses to wear a mosque who doesnt seem to be encouraging the opening up of society even now hes going to be out a 4th of july 3rd of july in fact fireworks display at Mount Rushmore in south dakota were being told theres no social distancing going to be imposed on the summit off 1000 people who will attend their mandatory mosque wearing the house apparently the council did a rally a pound rally in alabama where theres a spike on the way to but in the end some of the members of congress and were all getting this from both republicans and democrats now are getting more and more concerned about the president s leadership the fact that he isnt seemed to be wearing a mask himself and what this will mean for the future as one senator said look i mean the 4 scientific experts here of a few 1000000 a few 1000000 twitter followers but the president has 80000000 twitter followers so what hope is that and about message is actually going to get through that seem to be the major worry she pretends he with the latest on that from washington d. C. Thank you at least 13 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a Medical Clinic in the capital of irans state t. V. Said firefighters are battling the blaze in north tehran online videos appear to show more that more than one explosion and think black smoke rising from the flames the blasts appeared to be from oxygen tanks and there are concerns that more tanks in the building could explode nearby buildings are being evacuated. Still to come in this half hour a sudanese protest there is a stage a 1000000 man march demanding security agencies reform and the back into lockdown the coronavirus surge forces an english city to be isolated from the rest of the country will. Right all the excess if hes been swept out of Northern Europe by this were double scented area of low pressure spreading its wind and its tiredness rain eastwards the training frontal bits he have been producing some pretty big thunderstorms in for example poland where theres been flooding and this was warsaw just yesterday thats almost overnight the wettest weather recently is in the Baltic States is going up towards finland so wednesdays picture is still one where the blue represents the rain skidding across germany but no longer slow moving thunderstorms temperature wise were not that disappointing really were still in the twentys for the most part but the real summer heat is still pressed further south through italy securely southern italy and spain in portugal we could still temperatures above normal in for example and lithia in the southwest the picture for warsaw is still a potentially sunday one even on thursday but the sun is out after that the temperatures have come down from the thirtys and not bad at all its probably in a few very pleasant north africa the breeze isnt particularly strong although it is picking up the dust in egypt and that runs further south as well into sudan there are further big showers forecast and probably likely to happen in for example monrovia and sierra leone. From imprisoned dissident to inspirational leader. From founding the independent state to fiercely defending his people from ethnic cleansing in the conclusion of a 2 part documentary soonest i just see a world expose the rise to power of the 1st luger of an independent bosnia herzegovina. Is a bag of bridge. From prisoner to president on a jazzier. Who are born. The way. Of the back is a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera the International Community has condemned the china for introducing a National Security law in hong kong that critics say undermines the territory Civil Liberties and Political Freedoms us that were cracked say that despite a briefing from the white house they still havent received enough information about allegations that russia paid to the taliban to target u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan theyre calling for a full briefing from the Intelligence Community and the United States top expert of on Infectious Diseases warns the number of coronavirus cases across the country is likely to get much worse people dont follow health recommendations. The European Union is lifting its external border restrictions for more than a dozen countries from one state but there have been some notable exclusions stedfast saying is that amsterdams a sheeple International Airport she says the airports been basically empty for the past 4 months and the rush of travelers is not expected right away. These 14 countries are very diverse we have poor guy on the on the list serbia is on the list of canadas on the list but very absent from this list are the United States russia and brazil which are very important and big countries and especially americans millions of americans travel to the European Union every year so they will be missed here. In council has said that they use a criteria looking at the number of infections per 100000 citizens in the country thats the criteria they say they have fused and its around 16 infections 4100000 people in a country thats not the United States which has a new outbreak of 19 as we speak russia also doesnt have it under control but again it doesnt mean that theres going to be a huge influx of tourists now and of course its a very economic important factor to have to resume back on track and this is the Summer Season is starting now and a lot of business here and in the netherlands but also we are just very much relying on it and with this policy the e. U. Is now showing some kind of unity because they havent shown any unity during this whole covert 900 from the start every country has done its own thing it has had its own policy with border internal borders also being closed they now been gradually lifted us while so it is important to have a common policy a common border policy as they. Say its call because the internal borders are all open and people can travel freely so there is a huge risk that if one country does about a thing as the other that of course the pandemic here in europe could start again. Business owners in leicester say that theyre depressed after the u. K. City became the 1st to implement a local lockdown after a spike in corona virus cases more than 4000. 00 businesses have been affected Health Secretary matt hancock says the measures will be reviewed in 2 weeks but as john howell reports thats no rest for those who were open hoping to open up on saturday. I care. Less these lockdown is a blow to an already battered local economy its sad for last year this is going to happen ive met lots of other Business Owners if come in for coffee today very sad that its not going away and for their restaurants and pubs that thought theyd be reopening on saturday now cant nonessential shops and schools that had reopened must now close to 10 percent of all new infections nationally are happening here in a city of 350000 people thats now a test case for the containment of localized outbreaks and it appears theres a lot to learn and certainly if we knew about their ethnicity and if we knew in great detail and had known in great detail about where they lived we might have been able to make some inferences about whether they were associated with just just those places we havent had it and therefore we dont know it there is a sense that things are being made up a little on the hoof both by local authorities and Central Government and not helped by big holes in the available testing data being drip fed by Central Government and even then not allowing for new cases of the virus to be sourced to local workplaces local addresses or ethnicities. Making it hard to contain an outbreak that seems to be prevalent in lesters large asian communities i think its been very highly irresponsible of our government Central Government not to give that information to the local authority here i think less the city council should have been given that information as soon as it was available so that they could prepare and plan for how to meet this growing number of those who are being affected by it in force mint is also an issue just ask people in villages outside the lockdown zone power on earth do you police the people leave that area or do you have a Police Person on every street corner. Do. Well and elsewhere have to do some kind of check as people walk through the door how on earth is a local ice locked down in forcible and if its not enforceable. Is it worth having in the 1st place i put that to the landlord of the red lion in barwell who will be reopening his pub on saturday all we do with a guy who has registered 9 their address and thats all replies to the literature. Of last on the. Well of us because thats the silicosis absolute chaos and havoc it may not be long before local knock down the require else were the lessons of leicester will have to be learnt from last jonah how aljazeera leicester the king of belgium has for the 1st time in the countrys history expressed what he calls his deepest regrets for colonial rule in Africa King Felipe acknowledged that acts of violence and cruelty were committed and the wounds are still being felt in what is now the democratic republic of congo the reports. But for covered 19 belgiums king philip would be in the democratic republic of congo hes apologized he cant be in the capital kinshasa for the marking the 60th anniversary of independence and hes become the 1st reigning belgian wanted to express regret for the countrys colonial past in a letter to fed ex she said katie the president of the d. L. C. King felipe conveys his deepest regrets for the acts of violence and cruelty of the suffering and humiliation inflicted on congo there was no apology from him or from belgiums Prime Minister sophie vilmas seen here in brussels unveiling a plaque commemorating the d. L. C. 60th anniversary vilma stressed the importance of recognizing the suffering caused by colonialism want to be kept out of the. Belgians she is a common history with congo in 2020 remains be able to look quickly city and discernment at the state past the past marked by inequality and violence towards the congolese king leopold the 2nd an ancestor of belgiums current king ruled over parts of congo from 885. 00 to 98. 00 with a private army he secured vast personal wealth in slaving the population and exploiting their rich Natural Resources experts believe he was responsible for the deaths of 10000000 congolese people his reign was eventually judged so cruel by fellow european leaders that he handed over the vast territory to the belgian states which ruled it as a colony until 961 legacy of that role is the thousands of people who suffered like these 5 women did known as mittys or bi racial they were kidnapped in 3945 in 1950 when they were very young and placed in catholic institutions theyve now filed a lawsuit for crimes against humanity targeting the belgian state how can this yeah yeah there is no consideration there is nothing nothing we were dumped like that after theyre broken our entire life we had no childhood theres nothing what do we have to give to our children yet another legacy is a campaign for belgium to fully can for. Its past atrocities as anti racism protests spread worldwide recently statues of figures including leopold the 2nd was hobbled or splashed with red paint this one in game 2 is one of just a few that have been removed officially but campaigners say a long overdue reckoning is on the way. African diaspora all the belgian. Congo is all regions all congolese People Living in that particular space. Found a way to challenge that never. About collaboration and also challenge the rest of the experience in belgium. Can felipes lettuces the wounds of the past a quote rekindled by the discrimination all too present in our society belgiums National Parliament has already set up a truth and Reconciliation Commission on the countrys colonial history for many its a small step in the right direction nadine barber aljazeera. At least 8 people have been killed than 80 others injured in the ethiopian town of following the killing of a popular singer thousands of fans of followed at shiloh 100 cascaded at this about with protests over his shooting taking place in several Cities Police are investigating what happened to the musician whos known for political songs about the rights of the overall more people they are all more ethiopias Largest Ethnic Group but theyve often complained about the scrim a nation. One person has been killed those protesters in sudan attempt to pile the pressure on the countrys transitional government. Security forces were placed on high alert after activists called for a 1000000 man march there demanding reform of security agencies and the publication of an investigation into the violent the spur soul of a city in it last year supporters of former president Omar Al Bashir have also called for a rival rally him organising had to for us where she says that was a large military presence. People coming out and taking to the streets ahead of the scheduled time of 1 pm local time which is around 11 g. People have taken to the streets 2 or 3 hours before that and that is not just in khartoum weve seen people in the western parts of the country such as temporal and western pondar for weve seen people in the southern part of the country the northern and eastern parts so it is indeed an nationwide Movement Just like the the sudanese for of professional association has called for as well as the resistance committees the bodies that are basically in every neighborhood calling for those. Protesters or of illusionary as they turned to put pressure on the government to achieve the goals of the revolution and the clauses of the of the power sharing agreement which include appointment of civilian governors and forming a legislative transitional Transitional Legislative Council so huge turnout tens of thousands across the country just like people have been organizing for the past few days weve seen the arrest of the acting head of the former ruling party abraham one dude whos also the former minister for Foreign Affairs during bush years there he was arrested last night with Security Forces accusing him of planning to sabotage and vandalize todays marches now weve seen security ramping up 2 days before todays protests weve seen bridges that connect the 3 parts of the states of term sudan and undermanned being blocked nobodys allowed to access weve seen heavy military presence around the roads leading up to the Army Headquarters to try to prevent protesters from getting to to the headquarters to start to to stage is that in just like the one that was staged when former president im going to she was overthrown. The philippines is facing criticism at the un over its human rights record a report to the Human Rights Council has pointed to growing violence stemming from president of this campaign against the drug trade thousands of died at the hands of police and the extrajudicial Killings Police in bangladesh have filed charges against 7 people after a deadly ferry accident at least 33. 00 were killed on monday when 2 ferries collided in a river in the capital dhaka one vessel capsized when it was struck by a larger boat which then left the scene the owner of the boat is among those charged. Authorities in india have deployed to drones to help combat crop destroying locusts in i get out of the drones were being used to spray insecticides on the locusts experts warned of extensive crop losses if the government fails to curb fast spreading swarms india is battling its worst that desert local locust outbreak in decades more on the web site aljazeera dot com. The watching aljazeera is a reminder of our top stories the International Community has condemned the china for introducing a National Security law in hong kong that critics say undermines the territory Civil Liberties and Political Freedoms under the law anything the beijing defines as acts of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign powers is punishable by up to life in prison u. S. Democrats say that despite a briefing from the white house they still havent received enough information about allegations that russia paid the taliban to target u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan theyre calling for a full briefing from the Intelligence CommunityPresident Donald Trump has repeatedly denied any knowledge of the alleged russian teas. The president called this a hoax publicly nothing in the briefing that weve just received led me to believe it is a hoax there may be 2 different judgments as to the level of credibility but there was no assertion that the information. Was a hoax the European Union is lifting its external border restrictions for more than a dozen countries from wednesday the United States which is the country worst affected by covert 19 is not included on the approved list more than 126000 americans have died from the corona virus on tuesday cases rose there by more than 40000 at least 13 people have been killed in a gas explosion at a Medical Clinic in the capital of iran state t. V. Said firefighters are battling the blaze in north terror on online videos appear to show more than one explosion and thick black smoke rising from the flames the blasts appeared to be from oxygen tanks at least 8 people have been killed and 80 others injured in the ethiopian town of adam our following mondays killing of a popular singer thousands of fans of followed had shiloh who best as casket in at this abba with protests staged in cities across the country those are the headlines stay with us the stream is coming up next looking at Police Brutality against black women for news of half an hour thanks for watching but i. I am for me ok you are watching the stream today we are going to take into the black lives matter and the men and talk about way women fit into it but if you know youll be l m history you know that when we started the movement so what are we talking about today ill show you this tweet we very often ask how Online Community what are the stories youll following what would you like us to talk about on the stream to mena says the lack of focus and justice for black women and trans womens lines with a