Donald trumps demand that schools reopened in september as coronavirus cases saw in several u. S. States. Were not going to put our children in a place with their health is in danger. And the u. K. Has long relationship with chinese tech giant huawei may soon be over. Now china is accusing the United States of trying to stir up trouble in the South China Sea thats after secretary of state mike pompei are said beijings claims to the region are completely unlawful now china claims almost the entire area but thats just future by several other Southeast Asian countries when he reports from bangkok. In several areas of the South China Sea islands at ols and reefs have been transformed china claims almost the entire area and for years has been militarizing the islands constructing remote outposts taiwan also claims parts of the South China Sea along with several Southeast Asian countries including vietnam which is mounted the strongest challenge to beijing last month a vietnamese Prime Minister opened the latest Southeast AsianLeaders Summit with a strong statement on the issue without mentioning china. While the entire world is mobilizing its full force to fight against the pandemic responsible acts and violations of International Laws are still taking place affecting the environment of security and stability in several regions including ours a statement from u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o came a year after the Permanent Court of arbitration in the hague ruled that chinas claims were invalid the case was taken by the philippines but the verdict did nothing to slow chinas assertiveness tensions between china and the United States have been increasing over trade coronavirus taiwan hong kong and now the South China Sea in recent weeks both militaries conducted exercises in the area with the us saying repeatedly it wants to ensure freedom of navigation beijing suspects otherwise leave. The us statement neglects the history and facts about the issues about the South China Sea it breaches the us governments open commitment to not take any position on the sovereignty of the South China Sea it violates an distorts International Law it is stirring up territorial disputes in the South China Sea which is very irresponsible. Not only is there Strategic Value in the South China Sea but its one of the worlds busiest shipping lanes and is believed to hold large exploitable Natural Resources china has continued to develop parts of the region largely unopposed militarily while the us state. That doesnt necessarily signal a change in that regard it does signal a stronger stance against beijing and will increase tension during these unstable times when hey al jazeera bangkok well lets have more on this now with our correspondents a trainee you whos in the Chinese Capital katrina china has always been very sensitive about this and the Foreign Ministry there sounding most unhappy how much does this raise tensions. Well the relationship between the u. S. And china has already seemed to be in a downward spiral and this and this is definitely taking it up another notch chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson jolly gena addressed the press this afternoon on tuesday saying that it was in fact the u. S. Behaving as a troublemaker stirring up the tensions and instability in the region he went on to say that china has no goal of maritime expansion and that china has always behaved as a responsible multilateral player unlike the us which has not itself signed the Un Convention on the law of the sea he then also rejected this International Court ruling brought to the hague by the philippines saying that it was not based in fact and that china would continue to work with its neighbors to resolve any differences via dialogue and negotiation he did also mention that beijing had the intention of sanctioning the u. S. Weapons Company Lockheed Martin for doing business with taiwan and that contract theyve signed with taiwan to sell 600000000. 00 worth of surface to air missile so china definitely not happy with the u. S. On this especially as they have been quite active in the South China Sea over the past few months and they say that this is in response the u. S. Increasingly conducting freedom of navigation operations in that territory and katrina do stay with me because i want to ask you about another source of tension that were seeing for beijing at the moment now china is accusing democracy activists in hong kong of trying to launch a revolution its described campaigning for recent primaries there as a serious provocation which may have breached a tough new security law but its imposed on the territory more than 600000 people turned out over the weekend to choose candidates for septembers legislative elections in hong kong now katrina. By this count i mean this is a suggestion that over half a 1000000 people could have broken this new law what could happen to them. Well chinese Authorities Say theyre investigating exactly what happened over the weekend during this election and they say that no tolerance will be paid for anybody caught violating this law but in a strongly worded worded Statement Released yesterday evening on monday they seemed to imply that would be the organizers of the void that would be held responsible now they call this election legal said it was undermining the official vote which was due to take place which is due to take place in hong kong in september theyve also in particular taken aim at any time who is one of the Co Organizers of the vote that took place on the weekend that he ties a law professor very prominent prodemocracy activist and they said that he was basically acting above his station essentially saying how dare he conduct this election against the governments wishes and saying that he was possibly aided or influenced by external forces now benny time himself has denied this he called the election with the turnout of more than 600000 people a success and a miracle and said that this was no time for prodemocracy activists and advocates like him to stand down in the face of this National Security law and that law of course than 6 secession subversion and collusion with the Foreign Forces and also the chinese Authorities Say that theyre also investigating organizers for allegedly breaches in privacy which they also say took place of the weekend katrina you there with all the latest from aging thanks very much katrina. Of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments and is going on trial at the International Criminal court in the hague. Charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity reports from dhaka. In the city of timbuktu. Forces call on crowds to witness the killing of a man this footage secretly shot by aljazeera in 2012 has never been broadcast the man in the green turban is a former villager veterinarian turned a leading figure of the religious police during the occupation of northern mali by an al qaeda affiliate this man was long for stealing food from a shop this woman without any explanation on the orders of all. Hes now at the International Criminal court accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes including the torture rape and sexual slavery of women and girls forcing them into marriage with alqaeda linked fighters in an interview with al jazeera at the time he said that he was only applying islamic law in defending muslims his men were also ordered to desecrate and destroy 700 year old shrines of the saints so he goes black Civilisation Museum director calls the destruction a despicable crime that also needs to be punished. It is more than a crime against humanity it is a crime against faith he destroyed monuments that are important to to move to before or harvard were imagined timbuktu was the center of learning students from europe persia and the middle east would come to listen to lectures from black muslim teachers on subjects such as science chemistry and medicine in this museum are just a few artifacts from that time this room is dedicated to black civilization and religion but look at it. Its almost empty because a proportion of it was stolen during colonial times and can be found in museums in france and in the u. K. France just returned this sward belonging to religious leader omar tall and this quran belonging to his son there is still a substantial part of Islamic Heritage and history that can be found right here in west africa in the ancient city of timbuktu were fewer trying to preserve and protect this important chapter of both islamic and african history. While all her sons religious police bird 4000 ancient manuscripts dating from the 13th century the people of timbuktu many of them women here that are smuggled out over 300000 of these historical manage scripts in a bid to protect the citys history and to defy those who take it over nicholas hawking aljazeera. Well its now been more than 3 years since for arab states and post a land sea and embargo on cata its legal bid to remove the air blockade now hinges on a ruling by the International Court of justice due to be issued later on tuesday explains. Folk ataris this has been a long battle or many friends the International Court of justice is to issue its verdict on a dispute over space riots its begun in june 2017 when sandy arabia u. A. E. And egypt serve their ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and blockade. Qatar took the case to the un calling on the International CivilAviation Authority to declare the blockade illegal as part of the dispute the blockade in countries have barred qatari aircraft from entering their space which qatar says violates the convention on International Civil aviation referred to as the Chicago Convention of locating countries challenge the qatari move saying the u. N. Agency doesnt have jurisdiction to handle the case but into a 1018 the International CivilAviation Authority reject of that claim insisting that it does have jurisdiction the mast own but we are not there yet in terms of qatars progress because while qatar will move a step closer into regaining airspace access that they like the rest of the world are entitled to fly over actually i k i have never dealt with anything quite like this in over their 70 years of existence then you can expect running in parallel to this a separate case that will be seeking compensation this isnt the 1st legal fight between qatar and its neighbors in 2018 the qatari government took legal action against the u. A. E. At the hague based court accusing it of a series of measures targeting qatari nationals those measures broke up families denied qatari students access to universities and medical facilities in the u. A. E. The Court Ordered the u. A. E. To allow families to be reunited and qatari students to be given the chance to complete their education in the emirates but i think thats part of the structure. Or is there a sense to Group Doctors that. You need to have a solid legal basis for saying that the blockade was also a law and the consequences of blockade result in legitimate legal action being taken International Efforts to mend fences between carter and the blockade in countries have so far failed and the International Community has long been concerned that the blockade of qatar has undermined stability in the region. Aljazeera. Still ahead here on aljazeera why the u. K. Can no longer take water for granted and what needs to be done to stop supplies running try. Hello its been raining very heavily in the northern philippines that thing that you could call a tropical depression is sort of falls apart now and then as a massive cloud thats been running through really malays if it symbolised but thats going to have their way now and another tranche of fairly heavy showers existing through the philippines dancer sort of way then tearing off before they reach places like java as a surprise for wet weather and a bit of a gap there so plenty of showers around kuala lumpur as an example all the way through southern taiwan called impulse forecast is no surprise there it should be its not supposed to be thunderstorms every single day at this time here but there they are all the same. In australia has been some pretty vicious weather recently on the coast of New South Wales sydney has had windy weather and rain and its no surprise when you see that circulation which is a giant sink of the scale of australia which stretches from sydney rather way down to the northern shores of due zealand the next frontal system thats where a 3 person will be wind and a bit of rain for that part of australia to sydney itself well the forecast is certainly a windy one for a couple of days yet and the rains to say stretched across to the north on to new zealand so all current is going to rather wet wednesday whereas wanting to and enjoying the cold sunshine. In the us civil war brought slavery to an end date and there is a strong possibility that the very fruits that youre eating could have been brought to your table by in a slave individual right here in the land of the free housing is upon lakas tricked into emigrating and trapped by on scrupulous property and. Became slaves because of slavery and 21st century evil and how does iraq. Root. For. Hello again im the stars here today and thats reminder of our top stories this hour china has called the u. S. A troublemaker undermining peace and stability in the South China Sea a region thats off to a secretary of state might said beijings claims to the area completely under water. And try to also accusing democracy activists in hong kong of trying to launch a revolution it says campaigning for recent primaries that may have reached a new security law its imposed on the territory more than 600000 people turned out over the weekend to vote. And the man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments and timbuktu is going on trial at the International Criminal court in the hague. Charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. To the coronavirus pandemic now and the World Health Organization fears that too many nations are heading in the wrong direction as world wide cases top 13000000. 00 the director general says there will be no return to the old normal in the foreseeable future or the number of covert 19 related deaths in latin america now exceeds those in north america its now the worlds 2nd west hit region nearly 145000 people have died and 3300000 are infected in the United States californias governor is really imposing restrictions on businesses and public spaces hes ordered indoor restaurants bars and cinemas to close the state records a 20 percent rise in infections just in the past 2 weeks Patty Culhane has been. Its the latest fight for a president who is determined to keep america open schools should be opened this kids want to go to school youre losing a lot of lives by keeping things closed. Hes warned states open schools or lose federal money the answer from some states so far just know were not going to use our children. As a litmus test them or not permit going to put our children in a place with their health is endangered its that simple the 2 Largest School systems in california will not reopen the Trump Administration has been trying to convince parents itll be safe but the World Health Organization disagrees our understanding of transmission in children is Still Limited and we know that overall they tend to have more mild disease but in some situations they can have severe disease and we have seen children that have died just like the schools the Trump Administration moved to reopen the economy quickly and the states that did are now seeing the virus seemingly spread out of control officials deny that theres a connection but the nations top Infectious Disease expert disagrees all you needed to do was look at the films on t. V. Of people in some states who went from shutdown to complete throwing caution to the winds bars that were crowded people without masks and some states are reversing course california closing bars and indoor restaurants and in many places churches and gyms as well a sign that while some might want to see the countrys economy reopen the virus has the final say political hay al jazeera america. Its been 5 years since the Iran Nuclear Agreement was signed in vienna but its uncertain after President Trump decided to withdraw from the deal and 28. 00 team. Has now. July 25th and these are the signatories of the Iran Nuclear Deal 5 years on of the 8 top officials only the Foreign Ministers of iran russia and china are still in their posts but the real survivor some would say against the odds is the deal itself it was the culmination of years of negotiation and the final round of talks in the july heat wave in vienna was intense and difficult the key participants only glimpse briefly between meetings are you confident you can get a deal this bizzare. I have to be hopeful were his words before returning to the talks in which according to a number of accounts the french took the toughest line with iran their chief negotiator at the time was ambassador Nicholas Riviere ambassador if you look at it now do you think you could have got a better deal. I just happen point 80. 00 it is so its like that. You have the shooting at us reach an agreement and if you dont you have a choice ive got to get remount our. Fate and i think we decide that all of us to the degree that i think it rich respectively it is a good thing that it is a rather stick remount if you were to ask me 5 years later what was my set of mine in those days i was still a little skeptic going 2015 dry 2015 that day every month it would work for one man has made no secret of his view of the deal the iran deal was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the United States has ever entered into President Trump finally pulled the u. S. Out of the deal in 2018 it survived even though iran is not now fully complying with all its conditions the biggest test though is still to come here at the u. N. Security council. U. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Kelly craft wants the Security Council to extend the arms embargo on iran that expires later this year if she doesnt get her way she is threatening to use the Nuclear Deals most draconian clause whats known as snap back triggering the return of all International Sanctions on iran former french negotiator nicol our delivery air is now his countrys ambassador to the u. N. What happens if the u. S. Try to trigger snapback. This is sticky nation we see the treasury i think trying to read sri sure thats you. And germany. Is. This you cant scream working place its thought the Us Democratic president ial candidate joe biden would likely seek to rejoin the nuclear deal if hes elected in november but diplomats fear if snapback has been triggered by the trumpet ministration there may be no deal left to rejoin james aljazeera at the United Nations. When our correspondent us a bag is an iranian capital tehran with more on just when the deal stands now. On the 5th anniversary of the 2015. The Foreign Ministry spokesman. Has told us that this lightly United States. And imposing sanctions against iran and the europeans not living up to their side of the deal but iran is still very much. We still believe the kind of benefits for both us and other parties that deal has this winter peace and security after the u. S. Pullout and one year deadline for Diplomatic Solutions we decided to balance our rights and commitments we had kind of the nuclear deal we took 5 major steps that rollback or not commitments and the. Current circumstances is still beneficial to all sides and at the same time its a balance be different some point in the future we feel that theyre deprived of the least benefits then well make another decision an important part of that deal for iran is the lifting of an arms embargo to be lifted in october but the United States has the they want to put forward a resolution to the United Nations to have the arms embargo extended irans Foreign Ministry says that they are confident that china and russia. Now a 2 decade Long Partnership between the u. K. And its biggest my about operation could soon be over Prime Minister johnson is set to ban chinese fan qual way from involvement in britains 5 g. Network and reports from london. Its part of britains telecoms landscape but the involvement of huawei in the countrys 3 g. And 4 g. Mobile networks has already proved controversial in a Virtual Meeting with members of the u. K. Parliament the chinese firm recently stressed that it poses no threat we are the most probably the most inspected. Company in the world in the u. K. And there is no nations. Doors in in our products despite years or true. But in the west way is widely seen as being compliant with the Chinese Government and for this expert weighs involvement in 5 g. Was always going to be problematic in 10 years time the changes that having that back to access would pose once were driving Autonomous Car to the top to traffic lights once weve got people who are experts in their field on the other side of the the world doing remote controlled surgery because of the lower latency in the connection. Those are when were going to have problems britains rethink follows political pressure from the u. S. And american sanctions which have locked out walk away from key components but some u. K. Telecoms firms have warned that replacing quote way equipment could cost huge sums and delay the full 5 g. Rollout by several years the British Government like others in europe and beyond has faced a dilemma for years now how to make the most of emerging technologies without compromising National Security and that dilemma remains. I dont think that actually the bite is quite as bad as the park charly part and spent many years representing the u. K. In china and hes not overly concerned about beijings warning that theyll be consequences for him trade will continue regardless and he advocates a Firm Approach we wish to make maximize good relations with china theres many things that we we want to get on well with china with trade with investment whether its its health you know private problems. Pollution Climate Change their development there are many areas where we should be cooperating fully with china and but there are certain areas where we must prioritize our own National Security interests and values the chinese response and how tough it will be hard to predict but many countries are doubtless watching carefully as they to weigh up the future of Chinese Technology in their vital infrastructure nadine barber al jazeera london. Well british warning the u. K. Could face serious water shortages in 20 years if no action is taken to combat. Theres a 1000000000. Every day. Its something too many of us take for granted clean water on demand. But in the u. K. Famed for its downpours and frequent floods the seemingly plentiful substance could soon be in short supply according to a damning new report by m. P. s tasked with scrutinizing Government Spending parts of the country could run dry within 20 years what we were really shocked at is that some of these but he made 20 years ago. Progress in dealing with some of these issues particularly around leakage the government has some responsibility for making sure that consumers understand about the need to conserve water and we make sure we supply goods that use less water to. Climate change means hotter drier summers that could reduce supplies by 15 percent the population is growing and with a greater demand for the way we handle is leading to shortfalls with the report blaming the Water Companies for failing to reduce leaks and when m. P. s talk about leaks they dont mean the occasional dripping tap they mean the loss of 3000000000 liters of treated water every single day thats a 5th of the entire countrys daily consumption loss because of creaking pipes and aging infrastructure thats 2 and a half times the amount of water that see in this reservoir in North East London providing parts of the capital with Drinking Water the same as almost a 1000 olympic sized swimming pools m. P. s now want a list of worst offending Water Companies to pressure them into plugging the problem the organization representing the companies responded to the report saying that leakage is a top priority and the progress has been made with leakage down 7 percent since records began the Water Companies do have or knowledge that more needs to be done and plan to hold leakage by 2050. One of the worlds leading experts on Water Conservation says the soil london and surrounding areas sits on make stopping leaks near impossible. Britain especially in london where weve got to. Put it down which is the most difficult environment to have because its shifting. In the pipes so i suppose the. M. P. Say saving water isnt just a job for the suppliers they want manufacturers to put efficiency labels on appliances and experts warn that we need to reduce consumption so short a show is going to top off when brushing your teeth and not using the dishwasher until its full the hope is that one day over using water it will be socially unacceptable for securing the nation supplies starts with a stop to water wastage leave barca aljazeera london. Is there and these are the headlines china has called the us a trouble maker undermining peace and stability in the South China Sea a region thats off as secretary of state mike pompei are said beijings claims to the area are completely unlawful. Brings us more on what chinas Foreign Ministry has had to say he then went on to say that china had no intention of conducting a maritime expansion that its always behaved as a responsible more sea lateral player unlike the us which has not even itself signed the Un Convention on the law of the sea he then went on to accuse washington of being being the bully that it as a referred to china as in the region inciting confrontations undermining stability and so on discord between china and its neighbors. What china is also accusing democracy activists in hong kong of trying to launch a revolution its described campaigning for recent primaries as a serious provocation which may have breached a tough new security law that its imposed on the territory more than 600000 people turned out over the weekend to vote the man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments in timbuktu is going on trial at the International Criminal court in the hague. Abilities is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity the World Health Organization is warning that too many nations are heading in the wrong direction as well the wide cases of coronavirus topped 13000000. 00 and says theyll be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future and face coverings will become compulsory for shoppers in england from july 24th those courts not wearing one could be fined as much as 125 dollars former british socialite and the long time friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will face her 1st hearing in a new york court on tuesday and maxwell has been charged for her involvement in an alleged sex trafficking operation she is expected to appear via video link. Well those are the headlines next stop it slavery a 21st century evil. We know whats happening in our region we know how to get the plague is that others and all i was just but only. By to put people on purpose the fires and then im going im going to give you. The teeth. You know. The way that you cal death story isnt what can make it to friends. 300 years the most powerful nations on earth group richer and strong go on the profits of the slave trade over 12000000 men women and children will also be transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south America Today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is alive it is thriving and it is bigger than ever