A delay in israels plan to begin the process of annexing parts of the occupied west bank. Its 23 years to the day since rule over hong kong was handed back to china it appears the rule is now tighter than its ever been police in hong kong have detained dozens of people whose demonstrators protest the strict new security law imposed by beijing the legislation targets crimes of secession terrorism subversion and collusion with Foreign Forces however those opposed a it effectively marks the end of the one country 2 systems structure. That structure has allowed hong kong ptolemy from the chinese mainland demonstrates been met by heavy Police Presence throughout the day as they gathered to protest the war which came into effect on wednesday. Some food for her home although one thing the central authorities are determined to see an end to the chaos and riots over the past year and secondly the central authorities a determined to protect the majority of law abiding citizens in hong kong they should be protected from a handful of people who are causing harm and damage. Ill speak to our correspondent sara clark shortly but 1st a very brown begins our coverage. 23 years after hong kong returned to chinese rule the mainland government has moved swiftly to tighten its control over the city. Hours after a sweeping new security law was enacted hong kong and chinese dignitaries attended a ceremony marking the handover anniversary hording exhorting the new law providing the backdrop the chief executive who was sidelined during the drafting of this law said it was timely and necessary yet see a lot for that the enactment of the national law is regarded as the most Significant Development in the relationship between the central authorities and hong kong since its return to the motherland out to test the new law a small group of protesters who tried to march on the venue but were blocked by police well 6. They called for an end to one party rule one of them said he was aware their actions could now amount to a violation of the law they Law Enforcement in hong kong what they always of this do allow you to protest and make their arrest later so i today i come out and can out and one Party Dictatorship knowing full well that probably out get arrested or charged the scope of the legislation is far reaching article 38 says it can essentially target anyone anywhere another stipulates that the maximum penalty for breaking the new law is a life sentence well this is it hong kongs new security law the English Version runs to 39 pages its very detailed in parts and also very vaguely worded in others and what worries some legal experts here is that this new law could be very broadly applied just as similar laws are on the mainland in beijing senior government officials were doing their. Best to counter critics who say chinas actions mark the end of Hong Kong Special autonomy. As the law will safeguard National Sovereignty security and development and ensure hong kongs enduring social order long term prosperity and stability will carry lam says he wants to rebuild hong kongs battered image a strategy that includes hiring an International PublicRelations Agency at a cost of almost 6000000. 00 it could be a tough sell adrian brown aljazeera hong kong. Sarah clarke is live for us from Hong Kong Sara how when we last time we spoke there were demonstrations kicking off it looks like judging by whats going on behind you the police may be more in control of the situation what is it like there now. But certainly 7 pm hong kong time at the moment of the does appear that most of the protesters have dispersed across a huge area around where we are which is where the march was meant to go ahead from course into central starts between one try at times square and course right by also Victoria Park now we still have a huge Police Presence on the street so much as you can see behind me but theyve pretty much cordoned off this whole area almost penina some of these protesters and and doing identification checks and arrest so we can confirm so far that weve had a 180 arrests made on wednesday july 1st and those people were arrested for being part of taking part in an Illegal Assembly and that being because this rally wasnt given the go ahead by place we can also confirm that 7 people have now been arrested under these new National Security laws clearly the police found that they were violating this legislation and one example was one man who was arrested he had perfectly or certainly an item suggesting hong kong independence another person had a flag in a bag so when these people were arrested they were checked and they found these items that those particular people that will incur a large fine as a result of potentially acted to version can get a life sentence but as i mentioned this gathering on wednesday was danger legal therefore anyone attending by city could be charged as a result but we did see a sizable number of people of course these people defied the ban it was put in place by the place and that show is always an indication of how angry some of these people are about the introduction of cross traffic the introduction of these National Security laws by china in hong kong. Or i will leave it there thanks so much sarah clarke lets take this to beijing katrina use been monitoring comments coming out of the chinese capital. Chinas Foreign Ministry came out on wednesday afternoon justifying and defending this law explaining that this was crucial to host ability its crucial for its future prosperity and earlier beijing government officials said that the west often misconstrues this idea of one country 2 systems its not about the Central Government having a hands off approach in hong kong its actually about the Central Government taking control when it needs to especially when it comes to issues so important as National SecurityGoing Forward beijings message to the people in hong kong is that the buck stops with beijing the highest authority in hong kong is the Chinese Government and you see this manifest in the way this National Security law is written Hong Kong Police are very much the public face of this theyre enforcing this law on the ground but behind the scenes its chinese Intelligence Security agents who are pulling strings perhaps what him behind the scenes surveilling those suspected of violating the rules again kerry lamb when it comes to courts and cases presided over in hong kong she will select the judges but it is the mainland that has the last say when it comes to the more severe cases these cases will be heard by beijing behind closed doors and the effect of this is very clear beijing wants to send a strong message that this law is a deterrent and theyre going to be looking to Hong Kong Police to ruthlessly apply this law in order to set an example to the people of hong kong Going Forward recovery operations are underway in turkey after a boat capsized in a lake in the south of the country its believed around 60 people were on board the vessel which was crossing legs a number of bodies have been recovered so far all correspondence and in course all news in the stumble she says police have spoken to a witness to the incident. The rescue teams are still trying to reach the boat and the rest of the bodies that are believed to be that who have who are who are who are believed to have droned on the night of such a day this is this is not the 1st incident on lake one because a van is a border border city with iran and from afghanistan bangladesh pakistan and iran there are always irregular migrants crossing the sporter regularly and they are there is a ms actually to cross turkey and reach to europe via via agency there is a witness about this incident and 11 people were detained linked to this incident and that witness is actually one of the human traffickers who arranged a boat for those people and according to his statement that he gave to the police he was in the boat and the boat was capsized because its capacity was for 25 people but there were at this 55 to 60 according to his statement and after it was capsized he and his cousin who was in walden this trafficking jumped into water and if they were just 8 kilometers from the course that he was able to swim to the cost what while the cousin was wasnt able to make it but the Police Sources that i have spoken to tell me that his statement is conflict and conflicting and probably those irregular migrants on the boat they were locked in a room and they didnt have any chance to get out russians have begun their final day of voting on constitutional changes that could keep dragging me putin in power for years the amendments would allow president putin to run for another 2 terms in office potentially keeping him in the role until 2036 that the most sweeping constitutional changes since the end of the soviet union its widely expected the vote will pass. 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Democrats say they still havent received enough information about allegations russians russia paid the taliban to target american soldiers in afghanistan calling for a full briefing from intelligence officials the white house maintains President Donald Trump was never briefed on the matter because the information was not verified my counter reports from washington im sure that mr schiff will be following up on this through the Intel Committee it was the turn of democrats to be briefed at the white house with the separate temper taishan for republican lawmakers already a point of dispute but like their fellow house members the democratic representatives returned to capitol hill to demand a proper briefing but the right people to give the briefing really were not in the room we need to hear from the heads of the intelligence agencies about how they assess the allegations that have been very publicly what can they tell us about the truth or falsity of these allegations what can they tell us about steps they are undertaking of undertaken to vet any information that they may have and president ial contender joe biden held his 1st conference in 3 months to lash out at President Trump over the matter the idea that somehow he didnt know. Or isnt being briefed it is a do actually do to your news and if he was briefed and nothing was done about this thats the direction. The White House Press secretary struck the fact that the criticism continuing her argument that Intelligence Departments could not agree on that the rest of the information adding that the reporting on the matter was a National Security issue specifically there are 2 bad scenarios that emerged from this report number one this report makes it more difficult to come to a consensus on this matter to verify intelligence and number 2 this level of controversy and discord plays directly into the her. Of russia in unfortunately serves their interests. President trump has made no secret of his desire to improve relations with russia and its leader Vladimir Putin most recently insisting that he would invite crasher to take part in the g. 7 meeting due to take place in the us later this year a number of News Agencies report that information about russian payment to taliban fighters was included in a number of president ial daily briefs the white house will not be drawn specifically on whether President Trump actually read these intelligence summaries an answer to this question is likely to be demanded when Congress Reconvenes after the 4th of july holiday weekend. Aljazeera washington still ahead on aljazeera. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100000. 00 the day. I die i want from the us is top coronavirus expert is going to get a whole lot worse before things improve. Facebook removes hundreds of accounts ning of the far right movement that stages an armed protest against black lives matter rally. Hello this years seasonal rains plum rains have been doing their stuff in the last few days its a pretty obvious pattern to them theres a wind up here that takes a cold front back to a little hump somewhere in china so this thing just gets waves and it moves through those waves indicate heavy rain now theres currently a flood risk in central hong she wont go out the way by thursday and then you from your eyes back here theres quite a massive potential shower where the right back to your non sichuan which is again weve had flooding recently and will get flooding again for much the same reason the system disappears off into northern india for those it links up with the monsoon trough theres more rain in its way into honshu so i suspect there were new the flood warnings for friday for central honshu that i mentioned the monsoon that affects india monsoon trough is now out of the way in pakistan the distribution of showers has changed a little there are still a few up in the northeast you know beyond in bhutan as well but the concentration is probably down this west coast in maharashtra and further south with a few showers to the east but not necessarily that many weve since a big showers recently in oman ally think thats largely the case again on wednesday and even on thursday. From imprisoned dissident to inspirational and. 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 rich. From prisoner to president on a jazzier. Form. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera time to recap our headlines now protesters in hong kong have been defying a new security law on posed by china just hours after it came into effect at least 180 people have been arrested so far those violating the law could face up to life in prison recovery operations are underway in turkey after a boat capsized in the lake in the south of the country its believed around 60 people were on board. Vessel was crossing late than the number of bodies have been recovered so far. Russians are voting for a final day on sweeping constitutional changes if approved it could keep president Vladimir Putin in power till 2036. Theres uncertainty over when israel will begin its planned an extension of the occupied west bank debate on the issue was due to begin on july the 1st Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu says talks with the us about the plans are still ongoing the Coalition Partner benny gantz suggests it should be put on hold while the government deals with coronavirus. With r. V. Berkowitz ambassador friedman and members of the delegation i spoke about the question of sovereignty which we are working on now and over the coming days harry forsett is in west jerusalem with information on what the Prime Minister might do next. He needs u. S. Coordination as per the Coalition Deal he made with benny gantz and his blue and white party under the terms of that deal this is the 1st day that he can actually physically make advances towards an accession either bring it up for debate and vote in the cabinet in government or and or to the Israeli Parliament the knesset but the talks would be going on with the United States in the coming days and there have been other comments from some of his ministers suggesting it might well be longer than that one minister saying that israelis should hope for an explanation within the next months or weeks another minister saying that he was sure it would take place during the course of this month but there are still significant obstacles i think the main one being exactly what the United States also wants and yahoo to pledge or to do at the same time is making whatever an extension moves he ends up deciding upon there is a report that the United States wants to see some kind of gesture towards the palestinians in the shape of transferring some land in the occupied west bank from an area c. Designation which is under full Israeli Military control to potentially an area be designation which is under palestinian civil control perhaps allowing for more palestinian building in such an area that is one report but it does suggest that the United States is interested in the whole trump plan rather than a limited onix ation kind of ignoring the trump plan which is what netanyahu might have to do to try to satisfy some of those on his right knee that abraham has the reaction now from ramallah. Foretells didnt officials those radius caves on the grounds have been growing over the years for example just over the last week if palestinians say that 2 israeli outposts were built in the south and north of the occupied west bank which means that an extension is just going to be cementing a current reality on the ground weve spoken to the p. L. O. Secretary general. And this is what you have to tell us if he annex is any part of the west bank but surely comprehensibly whatever because i believe the person would be destroyed and that to me i would be responsible and sure that is what responsibilities in accordance with the 4th geneva conventions might be for tonight meaning he would look at the garbage in nablus jerusalem rafah new news during a certain we will not sit on the table where there are many countries that are really is on the table this is not a peace plan from. Is not a peace plan its and the next edition apartheid dictation so uncertainty is not also its not only related to the timing or the areas that are marked for an extension but also the future of palestinians who are living in these areas the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has said that they dont want to give israeli citizenship to these areas of course for palestinian officials that see here as a blow to or the final blow rather to the 2 state solution and thats why theyve been trying to lobby diplomats here and countries abroad to put pressure on israel to cancel its an extension. And the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the p. L. O. Is no longer bound by any agreements signed with israel and the u. S. Including cutting the security coordination with the israelis. The british Prime Minister is calling on israel to return to the negotiating table rather than move forward with an explosion plans Boris Johnson told an israeli newspaper the only way to achieve peace in the region is through a solution that allows security and justice for both sides and hes warning israels annexation plans would be a violation of International Law more than a dozen u. S. Democrats have signed the letter against israels acceleration plans and warned of consequences Alexander Cortez spearheaded the latter which threatens to impose conditions on the 3800000000. 00 of annual military assistance to israel the statement has been endorsed by more than 20 advocacy groups that was denounced by American Israel Public AffairsCommittee Police in italy say theyve seized the Worlds Largest haul of amphetamines produced by ice all in syria 14 tons were found hidden inside machinery in the port of salerno south of naples its valued at about 1100000000. 00 syria has become a major producer of unfetter means during its nearly 10 year war the narcotics have been used by eisel fighters while also sold profit facebook has removed hundreds of accounts linked to the far right Boogaloo Movement which is organized protests against black lives matters rallies in the u. S. 1st book said it was a Dangerous Organization and had violated its policy u. S. Prosecutors recently charged people linked to the movement over a range of Crimes Companies have been pulling ads from facebook over concerns it wasnt doing enough to stop hate speech on the platform jim anderson is a social media expert says facebook has been slower than other platforms to tackle hate speach. I think theres 2 big challenges one is a very difficult problem to solve its hard for anybody to argue against hate speech right its a its a its almost universally easy to condemn hate speech its much more difficult to define hate speech one persons hate speech is another persons free speech and certainly here in the United States thats a huge issue especially in an Election Year and then also facebook is just huge right that the sheer magnitude of the problems theyre trying to solve many people have speculated that the real core of the problem is that just facebook is so big that they cant solve the problem and so those are the 2 things that mainly come to mind as they talk about really trying to make these kinds of changes there has started to be some distance between the companies where twitter notably sort of stopped taking all political advertising probably 6 months or a year ago and facebook didnt do that twitter has made some more aggressive moves if you will to label and in one case actually even put an interface in front of one of President Trumps tweets that they decided were problematic and facebook by and large has not done those things and i think if you see you know other tech platforms not all social networks but reddit made a notable change you tube made some notable 20 changes a twitch which is a Gaming Platform owned by amazon made some notable movements i think youre starting to see some separation from the tech platforms and it really is a Business Strategy as well as sort of a what kind of Corporate Citizen do you want to be and facebook clearly has been sort of at one end of the spectrum compared to what the other companies have been doing mexican prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for 46 officials who are working in the states or whatever when a group of students disappeared in 2014 theyre accused of organized crime and the ducting 43 train the teachers who were attending a protest in the town of equality and initial government report concluded the students were killed by a gang took them from members of a rival group or that reports been described by independent investigations as deeply flawed all. The u. S. Top Infectious Disease is that expert is warning they could be 100000 new coronavirus cases a day people dont follow Health Guidelines dr anthony felt she said the country is not in control of the pandemic the u. S. Registered 46000. 00 new infections in a single day habitat serial ports from Washington County for this was all in this congressional testimony about the spread of covert going to in the u. S. It puts the entire country at risk we are now having 40 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 and so i am very concerned dr foundries suggested several states were reopening too quickly our reserves are california florida and texas are all having to rethink their reopening plans as cases spike the u. S. Still mags and testing Contact Tracing social distancing and mask usage White House Health advisors boomer inverse and their testimony that satisfied with whats going on because were going in the wrong direction if you look at the curves of the new cases so weve really got to do something about that and we need to do would quickly short answer question is that clearly we are not in total control right now. A recurring theme was a lack of concern among sections of the population who refused to take even minimum protections for themselves and others and their suspicion of science in general but said it is also repeatedly criticized a president who refuses to wear a mask and has been urging a return to normality these 2 parallel messaging operations and i just think its worth stipulating that everything were hearing today is responsible is based on evidence but the agencies represented here today have social media following of about 5000000 people the president states as a social media following of 82000000. President romes opponent in the forthcoming elections seized upon similar themes during his speech in his hometown of wilmington delaware the president is no direction and he preaches against one another. We cant continue like this half recovery and have good words we cant continue half worry mass and half rejecting science but in fact there is no consensus among the Republican Leadership that mask wearing should be encouraged something the White House Press secretary said the president has no issue with the president has said he has no problem with mass that he encourages people to make whatever decision is best for their safety and to follow what their local jurisdictions say yet the president is expected at mt rushmore on friday to mark the beginning of the Independence Day weekend officially there will be no attempt at social distancing unmasks will not be mandatory sheriff errancy aljazeera washington. Schools across thailand have reopened as the government case eases more coronavirus restrictions schools have put in place Health Measures like social distancing and masks but despite going 37. 00 days without any new domestic cases the government has extended an emergency decree until the end of july our reporter wayne hay is in bangkok he explains the assurances the government is giving to students and parents. With some 35000. 00 schools reopening right around the country there is going to be a lot of concern among students parents and teachers about the potential dangers involved with this move theres an awful lot of people coming together all at once but the ministry of health the ministry of education are saying that all precautions will be taken to ensure this is a safe this possible that includes of course temperature checks upon entry to the schools the wearing of masks social distancing inside the buildings desks will be kept a part of physical activity will be restricted so the students arent coming into physical contact with one another and in some cases in fact some students will only go to school on alternate days therefore allowing for a situation in those particular schools where there will be be fewer students on particular days and therefore the greater opportunity for social distancing this is all coming about of course after ever decreasing numbers of new coronavirus cases in thailand in fact over the past month we have had no new Community Based cases of covert 19 all of the new cases in that time period have been arrivals from overseas and theyre going straight into quarantine. Britains Prime Minister has announced 6000000000. 00 worth of new Infrastructure Projects to boost the economy after a long frost johnson so britains cant continue to be prisoners of coronavirus hes pledged to improve Education Perfect hospitals and improve road and rail links. And lets take you through some of the headlines here on aljazeera now protesters in hong kong of been defying a new security law imposed by beijing just hours after it came into effect at least 180 people have been arrested so far those violating the law could face up to life in prison. For some football for home on the one thing the central authorities are determined to see an end to the chaos and riots over the past year and secondly the central authorities are determined to protect the majority of law abiding citizens in hong kong they should be protected from a handful of people who are causing harm and Damage Recovery operations are underway in turkey after a boat capsized in a lake in the south of the country its believed around 60 people were on board the vessel which was crossing lake van a number of bodies have been recovered so far russians are voting for a final day on sweeping constitutional changes if approved it could keep president Vladimir Putin in power until 2036 theres uncertainty over when israel will begin its planned annexation of the occupied west bank debate on the issue is due to begin on july the 1st Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu says talks with the us about the plans are ongoing Coalition Partner benny gantz has suggested it should be put on hold while the government deals with coronavirus. Without the berkowitz ambassador friedman and members of the delegation i spoke about the question of sovereignty which we are working on now and over the coming days. More than a dozen u. S. Democrats have signed the letter against israels annexation plans and warning of its consequences alexander. Spearheaded the letter which threatens to impose conditions of a 3800000000. 00 of annual military aid given to israel this statement had been endorsed by more than 20 advocacy groups but was denounced by the American Israel Public Affairs committee. Those i have lines the news continues here on. Inside story so stay with us. While the u. S. Confront russia on alleged bounty killings in afghanistan the kremlin says its fake news and President Trump denies being told about the members of congress are calling for. The control of a c. Shaped efforts to end americas longest war this is a story. Hello welcome to the program on iran russia is denying paying