Space the Uns Highest Court rules against 4 arab countries and fears of a major flare up between armenia and azerbaijan as fighting intensifies over a disputed region. Back into the Program China is feeling the pressure on 2 fronts from the u. S. And from the United Kingdom just hours ago President Donald Trump signed an executive order to hold beijing accountable for a new National Security lowered imposed on the territory as part of the new legislation the president s canceled all special trade and economic privileges that whole kong enjoys with the United States and banks that deal with some the chinese officials also face sanctions. The hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes hand in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets trump also praised britains decision to ban war way because of because security concerns the chinese tech giant will be allowed to develop a new high Speed Mobile Network michaela is in washington d. C. Its got more details all those new measures. Well he spoke on china specifically announcing the signing of the act and the executive order for the 1st 3 minutes then he went into a meandering Campaign Speeches sensually along the way as well he continued to bash china accusing it at one stage of in his words unleashing the virus on the world repeating his assertion too that the pandemic could have been stopped at source in china then he went into his political opponents basically lashing out ted various political figures in particular the Previous Administration of barack obama and joe biden so it was very much a rambling meandering Campaign Speech in a venue that was supposed to be the announcement of new legislation with regard to china so once again it was a list of grievances the way in which is administration has successfully as president transported dealt with the pandemic but what was lacking from this entire meandering Campaign Speech was any sort of solace to the more than 130000 u. S. Citizens who have lost their lives no mention of them by President Trump so certainly it was a very strange event at the press briefing was called to announce this new legislation on china this new executive order the venue was a road garden which is used for such political statements however what it became was as i said nothing more than a Campaign Rally in a very strange venue in the white houses rose garden. Do you hala joins me now live from hong kong and so removing Hong Kong Special status means what in real terms in terms of the relationship between hong kong and the u. S. Well what it basically means is that the u. S. Does not see hong kong separate from the rest of china anymore it had special special trade status both for immigration exports extradition treaties all of that they had a separate agreement with hong kong then from china we must remember that hong kong has its own passport its seen as its own entity autonomy as region which is very separate from the rest of Mainland China the u. S. Is now saying that that no longer exists it is now seen as the rest of china and it will treated as such now this work had been in this legislation rather had been in the works in the past few weeks and months and all it needed was for President Trump to sign it and ratify it and now that its done it essentially officially gives the u. S. Position on hong kong but beijing had commented on this prior to the signing saying that it wont affect hong kong that much and to a certain extent if you look at the numbers the u. S. Has a bigger trade surplus with hong kong than the other way around the china says beijing says that it will hurt beijing more story the u. S. More than it would hurt hong kong and hong kong chief Financial Officer also said that hong kong should not feel the effects so much but American Companies are drawing up contingent plans and hong kong is expected to lose business due to the fact that it was used as a port as a hub for we export for. Object services from china to go through to avoid that trade that trade deal those trade sanctions so there will be some kind of an impact on consequent to me i mean there was always debate and concern that the rights and freedoms. Experienced in the whole cold would deteriorate to deteriorate quickly i mean what signs if any of that is actually happening. Well surveil everyone knew that 2 words 2047 hong kong would lose a lot of its privileges and its special status but nobody expected it to lose it this quickly now on july 1st trying to impose that National Security law on hong kong without any consultation with hong kong and Many Companies in hong kong many businesses many rights activists and almost every sector of hong kong see said asked affecting hong kong status rights and freedoms in fact the New York Times just today announced that it is pulling out from hong its major offices from hong kong and had a major hub in hong kong for asia it is now moving most of its stuff to seoul and many other Media InternationalMedia Companies are expected to follow suit but also we have seen the limiting of rights and freedoms of democracy activists already in fact just today another so more prosy figure has been arrested for taking part in protests last year and later on today theres a court case with another 15 prodemocracy activists do also to do with the protests of last year or so hell before the thank you did you get hold of this or is it home. The United Kingdom government says its decided to ban war way because it cant ensure the security of the tech giants equipment the company says the decision was politicized from london barber reports. A u. Turn by the u. K. Government but one it says was driven by practicalities not politics. Announcing the total ban on huawei kitted britains planned 5 g. Network by 2027 the culture minister said u. S. Sanctions blocking quote ways use of american microchips would make the company less reliable in future the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei to equipment to build the u. K. s future 5 g. Networks said to be clear from the end of this year Telecoms Operators must not buy any 5 g. Equipment from a while away and once the Telecom Security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. The move against way will please washington which has been pressuring the u. K. To act the company had expected it its warning u. K. Mobile users will lose out in a statement it says regrettably our future in the u. K. Has become politicized this is about u. S. Trade policy and not security over the past 20 years while way has focused on building a better connected u. K. As a responsible business we will continue to support our customers as we always have done. The British Government hopes the announcement will convince other suppliers to enter the market and fill the gap meanwhile the china skeptics among Boris Johnsons conservative party are largely happy they say National Security must trump worries about an already damaged relationship and relations will have strained over home conway china has behaved disgracefully so. Anyone taking it with the still in a golden era of relations with china is clearly wrong but so be it i think this is the right decision and we should be calm we want to continue trading with continue commercial relations with the chinese but weve got to be firm of the same time its not clear how quickly or how angrily china will react to britains decision to get rid of quote way kit but other countries will be watching carefully as they to deliberate on whether to ban the company. Aljazeera london. Is a Senior Advisor at the International Institute for strategic studies and a former director of operations at British Intelligence agency m i 6 he explains the concerns around chinese espionage. The United Kingdom government has had a cell operating in their coffers several years now looking at all components and software that go into the u. K. Mobile networks and by the way i think its worth reminding your viewers that while its not a monopoly supplier to 2 u. K. Mobile networks all of them use equipment from a rural variety of suppliers precisely in order to avoid being overly dependent on one. When it comes to. Us we are just regular espionage well you know that that is a real and present threat already a china is doing a lot of industrial Cyber Espionage and they dont state espionage and it does so very effectively without having to rely on our equipment. But there are broader longer term issues here about the extent to which quite away dominance in this sector would potentially give china access to large sophisticated data sets which taken together with other data sets and put through ai programs might to potentially reveal things about ourselves that we ourselves dont know but would certainly not want another power to find out by the uns top court has ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with 4 arab countries they imposed a blockade on the gulf state and preventive qatari aircraft from flying through that space the International Court of justice the u. N. Civil Aviation Agency has jurisdiction in the case step bason reports from the hague in the netherlands it was a complicated case and call that 19 with frictions did not make it any easier only a few representatives of each country were allowed inside the Court Building known as the peace palace but the ruling read by the president of the International Court of justice did not leave any doubt. Dick call one. Uniting more. Project is the other deal for all by the kingdom of bahrain that up above egypt the kingdom of so did avian and the united. The court also ruled that the International CivilAviation Organization the kerio has jurisdiction in the case filed a complaint at the council in 2017 saying saudi arabia bahrain egypt and the u. A. E. Violated the 94 to 40 cargo convention dealing with free passage of passenger planes through foreign airspace parties now have to go back to the council now that the Council Decision has been affirmed the go back to the council and continue the case and thats when we get to the real heart of the matter the real issues about. The air services been interrupted. Not only did the 4 countries impose an air blockade on katha 3 years ago but they also stopped all traffic over sea and over land this left qatari aircraft having to make detours to fly in and out of the last year the i. C. J. Also ruled in favor of kata saying the u. S. Was killed 3 of Racial Discrimination by expelling Qatari Citizens and separating families there are certain sanctions that the council me grant the state of qatar for example not allowing the Member States to vote in the General Council or even to certain extent participate in certain important meetings and that will have its own. Harsh side effect on those states a clear decision by the International Court of justice and a clear victory for qatar but despite this win in the long legal battle this still no reason to celebrate just yet this is another step in the 3 year long dispute with blockading nations although a significant one representatives of the 4 blockading nations left Court Without making any statements with the backing of the unanimous i. C. J. Ruling gattaca now asked their governments to compensate it for the financial losses it endured because of the blockade step class and aljazeera the hague. Well still ahead here on out the british social are charged with trafficking girls for jeffrey hopes to make her 1st Court Appearance and structuring indias High School Syllabus why some are questioning the governments motives. Hello there more heavy rain in the 4 calls across all central areas of china without a bit of a break across japan and also areas of the Korean Peninsula but even so you look at the flooding this is in the southeast of korea this a bus as you see is down there in the flood waters and on the southeast coast again you can really barely tell where i should be dry land where the stream should actually and but there is some more rain in the forecast as we go through wednesday not as heavy as it has been some heavy downpours at times into most central areas of japan but nothing like weve seen of late but instead it is really all about central and eastern china particularly these areas in yellow the doc blue that is where the rain will be heavy as we continue through thursday all the way from on it towards shanghai to the north of there want to scout a childs likely across into harbin and on into hong kong who should be mostly fine and dry with a high of 32 degrees and then the monsoon rains in india making very Good Progress and here again of course we have seen flooding particularly into a salmon just look at this you can see again the scale of the flooding also the depth of the photo waters there is some all right in the forecast not as heavy as it has been as we go through wednesday and on into thursday you can see where the yellow the dark blue areas all and it really means that maharashtra is going to see some of the heaviest rain and it does also mean mumbai once again could see some flooding. In the next episode of techno the team travels to the heart of the amazon. Where we are now should be a great course to investigate illegal gold mining mercury has a very unique characteristic of finding the goal for a miner its almost like magic and the technology being used to expose its devastating impact and so what we end up doing is imaging the 1st and very high fidelity street techno on aljazeera. Route. Oh. Man. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera with me said robin remind our top stories u. S. President donald trump has signed legislation to put sanctions on china over the National Security over to post a whole call it he also signed an executive order and a whole called preferential treatment in response beijing says it will impose sanctions on american individuals and entities. Trouble so praise the u. K. Ill walk away the chinese tech giant wont be allowed to develop new high Speed Mobile Networks the u. K. Government says they cant ensure the security of wall where. The International Court of justice in the netherlands has ruled in favor of qatar the disputes with 4 arab countries that opposed a blockade on the gulf states and prevented qatari aircraft from flying over there at speeds. 11 soldiers from the us of a jon and a tooth media have been killed as fighting escalates at the border tension between the former soviet republics has been escalating for several years as they battle over a disputed region robin forest a walker explains. In these airy capital crowds demanded vengeance for a Major General the most senior servicemen to have died in clashes on azerbaijans border with armenia only just very. Unlike the enemy our generals and officers do not hide behind the backs of soldiers they adequately carry out their combat missions unfortunately battles are not without losses. Both sides accuse each other of starting the latest hostilities. Both sides releasing videos of their high tech weaponry as ery missile strikes on armenian positions. Armenians shooting down azeri drones. d the fighting which began on sunday has so far claimed more than a dozen lives and clued in at least one civilian what i think many many say with the whole story of them going precious in red whereas the very area in stands fully printed by significance well edges are like marks to bring on to a train or between them and this is extremely important because it enough are the 1st one to supper from that all korean. Military activity. The region is situated north of the disputed territory of the go in a car back internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan its controlled by Armenian Forces how to go to think in the armenian Prime Minister has accused as a by johns the danger in regional. Stability as a by jones president says International Peace talks have led nowhere. There is a risk of a wider conflict if the fighting continues to turkey says it stands with. Russia which brokered a ceasefire in the past may be needed once again to bring the 2 sides back from the brink robin 1st year warka aljazeera. Steffen a story in this direct of the Armenian Studies Program at the university of california in berkeley where he thinks its unlikely the clashes will escalate into a more serious conflict i personally you know dont think that. This case discussions are going to generate and reach the point of any International Conflict. For any International Conflict not require a. Lot of cross sensis on the pocketbook various parties the willingness of turkey to getting hauled in the crossly before a shop and get involved in the probably then you run your bite and if things look forward for observation that we mean the end of president you. Seem and are you willing to carry on. That be the that can be or. Can be. Seen will be conflict at the level of crime and that can. Grow by and there was a century. So there it seems to be something growing grown there and the situation is worse than by the. Virus of chrome but also but by what has been happening in the oil markets you know a substantial part of i was there as a baby john revenue is made up of x 4 so all of these create tensions the former girlfriend of convicted sex offender jeffrey upstream has been denied bail by judge in new york clinics all pleaded not guilty to charges that she recruited underage girls for epstein came free and is on the has more from new york. Its official this is the federal prison they will be home to get a maxwell for the forseeable future a judge ruled against her lawyers request to release her on a 5000000. 00 bail the Court Proceedings were held via video link including maxwell herself who pleaded not guilty to 6 counts including sex trafficking prosecutors for the u. S. Government argued maxwells Wealth International connections and the seriousness of the charges when she was a flight risk and alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein one of maxwells long Time Associates gave a statement be a video link calling maxwell a sexual predator who abused her her defense lawyer argued that maxwell posed no risk of flight but after more than 2 hours of proceedings the judge eventually sided with the prosecution legal observers believe that in exchange for a lighter sentence the prosecutors would push maxwell to review all she knows about epsteins alleged crimes and that could include more details on britains Prince Andrew a friend to both maxwell and epstein for years and who visited epstein several times in new york palm beach florida and the Virgin Islands the princes denied any wrongdoing and so far refused to cooperate with prosecutors angering lawyers for the victims because he is a member of the royal family he has something that is called sovereign immunity even in his own country from prosecution so its unlikely he would ever be prosecuted individually but if he had any moral character whatsoever he would at the very least step forward to give evidence about what he has seen over the years that he had been and the times he had been at mr epsteins property so. Its really about moral character at this point. Sadly. Is moral character is lacking the Legal Process is far from over in fact in many ways its just beginning the judge set a preliminary trial date to begin on july 12th of next year gabriels sandow aljazeera new york frances bust eld a ceremony in paris has taken place in the shadow of the Coronavirus Crisis the event was scaled back and there were special tributes to Health Workers but some of them say their inclusion in the festivities is not enough to save the countrys overstretch top spittles the. All the pomp and ceremony of frances traditional bastille Day Celebrations but on a much smaller scale the french president inspected troops on pariss elegant plastic court but for the 1st time in more than 4 decades there was no military parade on the famous shoals in say a pair back events because the Coronavirus Crisis and to make room for a homage to the bravery and dedication the frances Health Workers. Towards the end of the ceremony an unexpected moment a banner floated in full view accusing macro a failing to invest in frances hospitals opponents say the president mishandled the Health Crisis in a Rare Television interview and macro admitted he had made some mistakes at the start but that france was now ready for a possible 2nd wave of what could only push instrumental although i hope in the following weeks mass will be mandatory in all enclosed spaces its already the case in public transport but its been a bit erratic indoors at this stage. Later in the city Health Workers gathered at this time for a protest the coronavirus price is highlighting the plight of the phone says medical workers and the government to respond. Pay rise and all the extra money and the july 14th deal day or is not. They say its not enough to save the countrys hospitals. We want a government to stop reducing the number of beds in hospitals and stop closing smaller hospitals and Cutting Services its a catastrophe is over the city over to most of us the pay rises are in what we asked for there are too many hospital cuts doctors and nurses are quitting the job because we have the salaries for medical workers here in Europe Michael will hope that his choice to hold a Health Workers all such an important day for france will foster a sense of national unity. And rally people behind him the protest reveals the challenges he faces critics say his reforms are hurting the poor hes promised to reinvent himself and be closer to the people with less than 2 years until the president ial election its clear hes aiming to convince voters he projects into the future with aljazeera powers. Thousands of israelis have rallied outside the Prime Ministers residence calling for him to step down there were scuffles with police as the demonstration was ending dozens of protesters were arrested and even the yahoo is facing a corruption trial and growing discontent over his handling of the corona virus pandemic critics say he reopened the economy too soon causing a sharp rise in infections which has prompted a 2nd lockdown. On the troubled ministration has reversed its policy to revoke visas from International Students of their schools hold classes exclusively online because of the coronavirus the decision follows 8 federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities thousands of foreign students travel to the u. S. Every year to study a significant source of revenue. The Global Pandemic the Academic Year for schools and universities around the world and in india the government has taken action to reduce course load by asking high schools to cut the syllabus by 30 percent but many are questioning its motives. Peralta reports from new delhi. Will give out your other vitamin family sitting together and discussing ideas is important especially during his last year of high school but some of the topics they debate at home are no longer part of the high school fit a bit. The Indian Government cut the curriculum by 30 percent because of the class time lost during coronavirus restrictions so you know it isnt federalism and those are very important because 1st of all they are literally mentioned in the preamble that there is a secular. And there and it shows no discrimination between any religion and stuff or some of the other topics which are being dropped a democracy and diversity popular struggles and indias relationship with its neighbors as well as being a mother. Also trains teachers and doesnt agree with the changes as a citizen of india as a democratic and we are staying in a democratic country so if we remove these chapters if we delete these chapters so there is no point of education you know. The government says the changes were made by independent experts and only for one year but they have been criticized by some of indias prominent politicians and thats partly because of the governing hindu nationalists but of the partys history of changing High School Textbooks since it came to power 6 years ago some of the changes to the curriculum include taking indias staunch 1st Prime Minister. Out of history books and removing references to the man who killed Mahatma Gandhi the hero of indias independence struggle was a hindu nationalist and a member of the parent organization. Its the context as well as the governments crackdown on dissent which has people questioning the motion of the changes so that is one. Which makes all of us already suspicious that you know. That you know all kinds of all kinds of talk about democracy all kinds of understanding all of. That is being discarded. For the young minds interested in those ideas have to be fostered at home but now elizabeth aljazeera. Is there with me as a whole robin to remind all top stories u. S. President donald trump has signed legislation to put sanctions on china over the National Security though it imposed on the whole call is also and the whole calls preferential status the hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom. Weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes on in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets trump also praised the u. K. Ban on chinese tech giant huawei it wont be allowed to develop a new high Speed Mobile Network the u. K. Government says it cant ensure the security of weiwei equipment the International Court of justice in the netherlands has ruled in favor of cancer in a dispute with 4 arab countries that imposed a blockade on the gulf state and prevented qatari aircraft from flying over its airspace the court ruled the u. N. Civil Aviation Agency does have jurisdiction in the case. Maxwell the alleged accomplice of convicted sex offender Geoffrey Epstein has been denied bail by a judge in new york the british so slight pleaded not guilty to charges that she helped epstein recruit girls for abuse. And the trumpet ministration has reversed its policy to revoke visas from International Students if their Schools Health classes exclusively online because of the coronavirus. Rewind is next to stay with us here on aljazeera. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Richelle carey and welcome again to rewind back in 2006 when