A jade mine in myanmar killing at least 162. 00 people plus. Todays announcement proves that are we trying to me is rare in brackets coming back extremely strong as u. S. Coronavirus cases continue to soar President Trump takes a victory lap over the Unemployment Rate dropping to 11 point one percent last month. And hundreds arrested to cross europe on to dutch and French Police crack an encrypted chapped network used by organized crime gangs. Tensions are growing again between the worlds 2 largest economies this time over hong kong the u. S. Senate has followed the house in approving new sanctions over chinas decision to impose a harsh security law on the city ability to penalize banks doing business with chinese officials who have implemented the new legislation on army sent to President Donald Trump for approval chinas government has faced worldwide criticism over the security law which critics say dismantles hong kongs special freedoms. Lets get more from actually have a tansey whos on capitol hill so tell us more about the bill and its implications. Unanimous consent for this bill in both the house and the senate it says that within 90 days of the enactment an act of the bill the treasury and the state department has to come up with names of individuals who are deemed to be to be eroding the basic law of hong kong that was agreed upon in 1970 during the handover and Financial Institutions the do significant business with those individuals and then the administration has a year to enact sanctions upon both the individuals and those foreign financial and those Financial Institutions so it isnt i mean clearly this is the enormous line in the sand unanimous for in both houses but you do get the sense that it is on the outer edge of what was possible ahead this certainly isnt ending financial flows to hong kong or anything like that which would have a huge amount of blowback on the United States economy there are already many sanctions underway on chinese officials who are deemed to be part of any crackdown in hong kong there are also measures underway to change the special status of hong kong so that means it no longer is able to import defense equipment use high tech equipment and so on and we also have the sanctions which are being being formulated now against china because of allegations of human rights abuses against the we go in sion jang province but theres always this question well will donald trump actually sign this latest this latest law because as he himself admitted he delayed signing the law in sanctioning china for its happening in jan because he was in the midst of trade negotiations that those trade negotiations have ended phase one of the trade deal has been signed but china has warned the u. S. There are redlines said dont meddle too much in our affairs meaning hong kong taiwan jiang sort of is taken to be but this does seem to be really only out. Edge of the sanctions sir and we all sing people like mike compare the secretary of state mike pence the Vice President being very outspoken about whats happening in hong kong we did ask the white us there is there any doubt that the president trouble signing this and we just got after about an hour or 2 that its not policy to discuss pending signing so its not clear whether whether the old frump will sign this bill into law and the white house isnt confirming that she ever tells you thank you very much one of hong kongs most prominent democracy activists has fled the city they say lord says hes going overseas because of chinas tough new National Security legislation is vowed to continue his work abroad but hasnt revealed his Current Location thousands of people protested against the security law which could jail people for life on charges of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces. Prodemocracy activists in hong kong are considering creating a parliament in exile as criticism grows of chinas news National Security law simon chiang who previously worked in the british consulate in hong kong says it would send a message that freedom cannot be crushed chain was granted asylum here in the u. K. After he was allegedly tortured by chinese secret police. The show apartment is 0. 10 to ferry clear signals to beijing and hong kong thought a status actually did him ocracy need not to be based on the mercy of beijing and the not to be complied with the constitution or or or order system because the people are losing hope that the beijing or the authorities can live up to promise to lots of people if they can get 11 person one folks to run to to to to elect representatives and even their leader so now we wanted to set up the official civic groups that truly reflects the force of hands on people. Meanwhile china has warned the u. K. And others to stay out of its affairs following criticism of the new security you know but in hong kong where its already been used to arrest protesters there are concerns the way it was written into it open to abuse debate upon reports from hong kong. Then uli enacted National Security law has already been used against some of the thousands of protesters who defied warnings and took to the streets on july the 1st the 23rd anniversary of the handover from British Colonial rule many are questioning the legislations reach and how its going to be enforced. Chinese president xi jinping passed the law after it was drafted in record time in beijing hong kongs Legislative Councilors legal experts and academics who would normally be involved in writing the law saw the text for the 1st time after it was an acted Legislative Council and barrister tanya chan is concerned that the law could be open to interpretation by police and prosecutors based on the chinese National Security law National Security covers a very wide range of activities including something related to economy religion. Education Media Internet all these things will be included the law targets crimes defined as subversion sedition terrorism and collusion with foreign powers with the maximum penalty of life in prison but being young all bunkum needs National Security law to suppress those troublemakers those traitors i believe we need the National Security law to stay prosperous hong kong and the Chinese Government say the law is necessary to restore order in the special Administrative Region where antigovernment street protests made the headlines worldwide the government and parts of the business sector have been trying to rally support for the new law saying it will bring stability to the city in fact the floating banner behind me celebrates the enactment of the law but there are concerns that it could put the city status as an International Financial center at risk at least 27. 00 countries have echoed concerns that hong kongs freedoms and rule of law are at risk britains Prime Minister says the legislation is a serious breach of the 1997 handover agreement which guaranteed freedom and autonomy for 50 years and chinas warning of consequences if the British Government changes overseas passport rules to offer a path to citizenship for nearly half of hong kongs population. We reiterate that Hong Kong Affairs of chinas internal affairs and Foreign Countries have no right to interfere for many in hong kong its a new era one which brings the way theyre governed and the legal system closer to the rest of china the bigger pollen aljazeera hong kong. Tensions are still high an ethiopian where the murder of a popular singer has sent shock waves through the country 2 people have been shot dead after soldiers opened fire on a crowd trying to attend the funeral of her childhood is music gave a voice to ethiopias Largest Ethnic Group there roma promised to abuja red theres a roma himself as appealed for calm after her death as killing on monday set off violent protests all 80 people have been killed and Internet Service is a cut above it at a report from nairobi. The funeral for european singer john whom this was held in his native town as under arrest of his death spread from the region where he was seen as a hero. The crowds of more were not as big as and dissipated many say they had been turned away by police and is in the funeral procession could turn into one of the protest. That the single was shot in the capital of the suburb on monday the motive for his killing remains unclear the musician and activist boarded those partitions with u. P. S. Largest ethnic group the overall more songs focused on the rights of all more people and became one from in a series of protests that led to the downfall of the previous Prime Minister in 2000 he was out and is that we would not have the kind of what a vision that we had between 250 and 28 you know yet without the bottom where you quarters we would not have hired. The political change that happened when he brought the current Prime Minister to power dozens of being killed in protests in or on me this is such a loose killing 3 days ago along with others who had recently become critical of Prime Minister of the government to rule the musician had been imprisoned for 5 years when he was 17 for taking part in protests many like him fled into exile fearing persecution but he remained at home encouraging young people to speak out about the plight of with your present Largest Ethnic Group. Have long complained of being sidelined Prime Minister be himself on or on was released Political Prisoners allowed greater freedom of speech and lifted a ban on several position groups but many would almost say they continue to be marginalized over the governments handling of this situation has really exasperated the situation instead of giving people the space to mourn. A b. One last years Nobel Peace Prize for his 14 brokering and to a decades long standoff with neighboring arab trade domestic conflicts of proved harder for the Prime Minister to smooth over the millions of ethiopians have been forced out of their homes and theyre now concerns that hostilities in the little more region could lead to bloodshed if current efforts by the Prime Minister to come under fail then he appears 1st attempt at really democracy could be developed before the next elections are held how about the well jazeera arabic and. A landslide at the heart of the worlds jade Mining Industry has killed at least 162 people miners were buried by a wave of muddy water when a pile of waste collapsed interlaken or the 1000000 mom legacy workers had to push their way through heavy mud to recover bodies in the mineral rich pak and region Priyanka Gupta reports. A torrent of mining waste collapsed into a lake. The landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rain creating a wave of mud and water hundreds of jet miners had no time to skip. Dozens were swept away as rescue workers started piling up body bags to identify the dead skin of the disaster became more clear especially during the rainy season when heavy rains. And then. Were seeing more and more landslides every year fortunately landslides and cuts in state are common ordered 15 miners were killed in the same region of northern man man last year. And another mound of mining waste collapsed 5 years ago killing 120. 00 workers the worlds most valuable j despond here officially worth around 750000000. 00 between 20162017 but the value of the trade is expected to be much higher because of the huge demand in china which it is needed to to agree on of and. Workers tried to escape poverty come here often as dearly to look for the precious mineral in 26 immigrant actually suspended the issuance of new licenses and expanding your speculations and try to begin a process of reforming and regulating the industry unfortunately despite the new law and the policy that theyre developing. The governments inability to regulate the environmental and social impacts of Mining Sector remains controlled by our whole armed groups the military itself and Crony Companies which are operating outside of the control of the government. The miners who died have braved the bad weather. This aster again struck the secretive critter trade. To head this off our british socialite accused of cricket airing underage girls for disgraced financier Geoffrey Epstein is arrested and charged in the u. S. And mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants in botswana that have left experts from battles. Hello the rather unsettled picture still across much of the northwest of europe plaintive cry really streaming through many Northern Areas and also across areas towards the east discussion of thunderstorms into more southern areas of us and slightly warmer air in place there and some very nice the sunny skies in through says a look at this so that they have a cat above or they have been a few showers as for rain that is the warm and sunny so people really do what they can it to cool off now having said that the challenge is still fairly high throughout much of central italy but there is the rain developing through friday Northern Areas pushing down towards the central areas as well and then the next line of rain really moving very very slowly eastward so this is where through friday we could see some rather heavy rain particularly caring out of batteries but really across into western as ukraine and down into remain here but all the while very unsettled cross the northwest to scandinavia really keeping things a feeling a little bit cool not really like july temperatures and suffered a similar scenario the winds are pretty strong as well coming in from the west in across much of the u. K. Sunny warm across the southwest generally fine throughout the mediterranean again once you shows through will southern areas of italy but this is what i mean about things feeling cool also on saturday just 15 degrees the average in july is 22 degrees it stays well below average for the next few days meanwhile in the southeast book arrest gets up to 37 on monday. Donald presence on Donald Trump Jr was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton an obligation to seek an investigation see the troops did the Trump Campaign committee with russia did you at any time of the urge the former f. B. I. Director james call me in any way shape or form to close sort of back down the investigation into Michael Flynn and also as you will know. Next question bottle field washington on aljazeera. The on. The amount of the top stories here now jazeera the u. S. Senate has followed the house in approving new sanctions over chinas decision to impose a harsh security law on hong kong the billings to penalize banks doing business with chinese officials who implemented the new legislation. A popular if european singer whose murder sparked days of violence has been buried in his hometown of ambrose at least 2 people were killed after Ethiopian Security forces opened fire on a crowd trying to attend a child to desist from. And a landslide at a jade mine has killed at least 162 people in northern when mark miners were buried by a wave of muddy water when a pile of waste collapsed into a lake. The day after the u. S. Registered its biggest rise yet in the number of corona virus cases thats positive news for the economy 4800000 people went back to work last month taking the Unemployment Rate to 11 point one percent but while President Trump celebrated those figures he neglected to point out that only 7 and a half 1000000 of the 22000000 people whove lost their jobs since the pandemic hit a back in work and as businesses reopen the countrys outbreak is picking up pace wednesday saw more than 50700 new infections in the u. S. A new daily high as the virus spreads in many southern and western states this is not just luck whats happening this is a lot of talent. All of this incredible news is the result of historic actions my administration has taken working with our partners in congress to rescue the u. S. Economy from a horrible event that was formed took place in china and came here and they could have stopped it they could have stopped it nobody likes to write that but they could have stopped it they know it and i know that a White House Correspondent can be how could joins us live it can be an upbeat assessment but it seems a mixed picture on the top numbers. The u. S. President calling a hasty press conference early this morning and also as sounding out praise for what he believes is a Job Well Done by his team in order to try and get some americans back to work but the reality isnt joe biden his opponent in the upcoming president ial election pointing out that tens of millions of Americans Still remain off the job and also criticizing the u. S. President saying that in fact many of these jobs would have been lost at all if donald trump and handled the Coronavirus Crisis here in the United States better doing more early on to prevent the jobs from being lost at all so its clear the battle lines once again being drawn over this issue still 2 it is at least a moment of optimism for some americans who are happy to see certain sectors of the u. S. Economy like retail as well as restaurants the Hospitality Service industry bouncing back a little bit the only problem with these numbers lauren is that they were based on data that was taken in the middle of june before coronavirus started to peak back up a little bit me United States and so while this is giving cause for optimism it really should be cautious optimism because it appears the trend could already be going in the wrong direction for this president is really counting on a Strong Economy to win reelection but has experience of decimating of it as a result of covert 19 and as you mentioned the help to can create of our system a major issue in some parts of the u. S. How what are they doing about it. Yeah well its a big problem especially heading into this Holiday Weekend the july 4th Independence Day celebration is a time when Many Americans like to get together with families they like to have parties big barbecues and usually that involves large groups of people they watch fireworks that sort of thing well in some counties or counseling a lot of those events because theyre really concerned about these events becoming sort of super spreader events if you will and there are already some states that are really seeing some serious spikes theres georgia theres florida texas arizona and so the concern is trying to turn this trend around so what weve seen is a number of localities like for example miami beach put in place a curfew to discourage the partying this weekend there weve also seen in new york city kind of a scaling back of some of the restaurant openings theyre hoping this will turn that spike around but the problem is that Many Americans are either not heeding this warning or theyre just tired of being in the house and are sort of yielding to some of the president sort of cheerleading this to taking place wanting to take advantage of a feeling that things are returning back to normal when in fact the medical experts are saying thats not the case can be how could thank you very much indeed. A former partner of the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested and charged with your socialite Keeton Maxwell is accused of recruiting and grooming young girls who were abused by epstein new york prosecutors say she played a Critical Role in finding victims and sometimes participate in a near buz Jeffrey Epstein is reported to have committed suicide on awaiting trial last august prosecutors said they would welcome the chance to speak to britains Prince Andrew is also alleged to have been involved maxwell faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted. Maxwell was among epsteins closest associates and helped him exploit girls who were as young as 14 years old maxwell played a Critical Role in helping epstein to identify friend and groom might have been times for abuse in some cases matts war participated in the abuse herself its good to give her a zonder in new york it took a while to to find her to be arrested and. It sure did it took nearly a year or so and thats because jane maxwell has pretty much been in hiding and nobody knew where she was at there are all sorts of rumors that she might be back in the u. K. Maybe in france maybe somewhere on the west coast the United States know in the end what it turned prosecutors said as they arrested her in the state of New Hampshire about 2 hours north of boston massachusetts at a sprawling home there that she apparently paid cash for in a very rural part of that area so she was pretty much in hiding and secluded but prosecutors say the f. B. I. Had been quietly tracking her for many months and took her into custody without incident you know shes been saying for many years now that she is just a friend and business associate of Jeffrey Epstein but prosecutors laid out the case at this press conference earlier in new york that her relationship with best epstein was much more sinister in nature and that she would recruit young women as young as 14 years old and then transport them to various eppstein locations our lure of them there to have illegal sex with epstein now she faces 6 federal charges 2 for perjury for lying to investigators previously when the interviewed her 2 conspiracy charges and then 2 federal charges for enticing minors to travel and transporting minors to travel and engage in sex if convicted she faces 35 years in prison what could this mean for Prince Andrew. A lot quite frankly. Prince andrew and the royal family at large have been drug into this whole deal because there is photographs of parents sandra from 2001 with maxwell and with a young woman that young woman has come out and said that she was trafficked to Prince Andrew at the behest of Julian MaxwellPrince Andrew via them it lee denies any wrongdoing but he did step down for many of his royal duties nevertheless in a prosecutors were asked at the press press briefing today what role andrew could play in all this they would not elaborate but they did say they do hope that andrew Prince Andrew will cooperate with investigators so far they say he has not gabriel is under thank you very much indeed global outrage against Police Brutality has also gained traction in india where 4 officers have been arrested over the deaths of a father and son the family of change and Bendix Emmanuelle say they died after being tortured in Police Custody they were detained for keeping their shop open during a coronavirus knock down in the Southern State of tamil nadu the death spot across india and a social Media Campaign calling for justice. Election Officials Say voters in russia have overwhelmingly approved changes which clear the way for Vladimir Putin to hold power until 2036 results show most 78 percent of people back to the package of changes to the constitution which included raising pensions and the minimum wage will allow the president to serve 2 more terms in office after his current one expires government critics say the bit was Great Britain has been in office for 20 years could now rule until hes 83 years old. The shooters im going to choose because i would like to express my gratitude to the people of russia look at i would like to say thank you very much for your support and trust the system but you might i also understand those who voted against its true we still have a lot of unsolved problems people frequently come across injustice callousness and indifference many people live in hardship we the government often think that were doing Everything Possible but life shows that were not live shows that we often dont see things through we should act more quickly precisely more organized and effectively hundreds of elephants have been found dead in botswana and nobody knows why a carcasses were photographed lying on their sides while others had collapsed face down in the arc of ngo delta poaching has been ruled out because their tasks are still intact and i shall park rescue charity says more 400 have died calling it one of the biggest disasters to affect elephants this century but one is government has any confirmed 275 deaths so far the country has the Worlds Largest elephant population conservation biologist Keith Lindsay says locals began stumbling across the dead animals 2 to 3 months ago whenever they went out there were they would see more and more elephants dead and also. Ones that were you know ill. Walking around. About to appear. And it seemed they were even dying you know very suddenly and some of the carcasses were animals that had fallen down walking. Police across europe have arrested hundreds of members of crime gangs after hacking into an encrypted network more than 750 people were arrested by offices in britain alone the countrys National Crime agency calling the operation its biggest ever hundreds more people were detained with millions of dollars weapons and drugs seized in the netherlands france norway and sweden the french and dutch authorities cracked the encrypted encroach at platform 2 months ago that you were listening in on criminals as they planned Drug Trafficking arms sales and executions but it always looks like the police with this investigation the place managed to read more than 20000000 check messages from criminals in real time what he was stunning to see how easily and unscrupulously serious crimes were discussed prepared as a result the place to be one step ahead of many criminals in recent weeks so far weve arrested over 100 suspects very serious crimes almost 20000000 euros in cash was seized we confiscated 8000 kilos of cocaine and over 1200 kilos of crystal meth and dozens of far arms 19 synthetic drug labs have been dismantled the uncovered multiple brutal kidnappings and racketeering of criminals and even more important we have managed to follow them. Top stories on al jazeera tensions are growing again between the worlds 2 largest economies this time over hong kong the u. S. Senate has followed the house in approving new sanctions over chinas decision to impose a harsh security law on the city the bill aims to penalize banks to any business with chinese officials who have implemented the new legislation will now be sent to President Donald Trump for approval chinas government has faced world wide criticism over the security law which critics say dismantles hong kongs special freedoms. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has condemned the arrests of protesters in hong kong theres a real tragedy and its so sad but in the congress in the house and in the senate in a very unified way we have all worked together it has been a for me a joy to be bonding with my colleagues on both sides the both sides of capitol on this very important issue and the republicans have been there every step of the way i hope the president will be. And his 2 people have been killed off Ethiopian Security forces opened fire on a crowd trying to attend a popular singers funeral a child who was buried in his hometown ambo days after his murder by unknown gunman sparked waves of armrest 80 people were killed in the violence that followed him this is assassination in addis ababa the singers music gave voice to the overall mood if he appears Largest Ethnic Group. A landslide at the heart of the worlds jade Mining Industry has killed at least 162 people miners were buried by a wave of muddy water when a pile of waste collapsed into a lake in northern me and ma emergency workers had to push their way through heavy mound to recover bodies in the mineral rich account region at least 54 others were injured. The former partner of the convicted paedophile Geoffrey Epstein has been arrested and charged british socialite get on maxwell is accused of recruiting and grooming young girls who were abused by epstein your prosecutors say she played a Critical Role in finding victims and sometimes participated in the abuse Jeffrey Epstein is reported to have committed suicide while awaiting trial last August Maxwell faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted theres that on stay stay with us the stream is up next more news after that by for now. In watching this stream ellen for the past few months the stream is taking the round the world looking at the Global Pandemic and the impact its having a very citizens around the world today we stop at the pacific nations and ask if their isolation is actually helping them tackle covert 19 and what issues and challenges they may well have if youre on you tube we would love to hear from you jump into the chat and he can be part of the conversation im going to start the conversation introduce in the guests and theyre going to say hello to you so ambassador it is wonderful to have you here on the strain tell everybody could you well. Our