Killing of a top soldier the fallout in azerbaijan after a new border battles with. Surging coronavirus cases growing crowns the risks and potential consequences of mexicos new normal. In china is vying retaliation after moves by the governments of the u. S. And the u. K. On 2 different fronts President Donald Trump has announced sanctions against chinese officials over the new National Security law imposed on hong kong signing an executive order to hold beijing accountable hong kong is being stripped of its special trade and economic status and banks that deal with some chinese officials they would 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 whether it goes in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets well earlier the u. K. Announced say it was banning chinese tech giant wall way from being involved in the development of its new high Speed Mobile Network citing concerns about security while way says the decision was politicized from london is not in baba. A u. Turn by the u. K. Government but one it says was driven by practicalities not politics announcing the total ban on quo way 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 the future the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei to quit meant to build the u. K. s future fight networks so to be clear from the end of this year Telecoms Operators must not buy any 5 g. Equipment from huawei 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 become pretty 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 where he 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 or relations with strained over hong kong where china has behaved disgracefully so. Anyone thinking yet 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 to 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 well the Debate Department is standing by in hong kong the 1st lets go to beijing at katrina you is right there and katrina lets start with the story about what way a big reversal in the u. K. Whats china saying about that how is it responding. We had to hear an official response from beijing but we had heard a response from chinas ambassador to the u. K. Leo shalmi and he said in a tweet that he was disappointed that this was the wrong decision and he also raised questions about the u. K. s ability to now provide a fair and nondiscriminatory environment for foreign businesses Going Forward now this largely echoed statement from a itself overnight on tuesday evening saying that they were disappointed by this move that this move only serves to put the u. K. On the technology slow lane that it will increase the Digital Divide and really deprive u. K. Consumers of the best and latest technology so far unsurprisingly the strongest response weve had has been from state media in particular from the global times which is quite a strongly worded newspaper theres an editorial here saying that this is a blow but china should worry too much because the u. K. Is a weak link when you consider all the other 5 eyes allied countries and that clearly london here has caved in to pressure from washington and then strongly encourages the Chinese Government to retaliate saying its only right that beijing should retaliate in response to this otherwise it sends the wrong message that china is true easy to bully so were yet to see if beijing is going to put in place any Counter Measures yet but certainly were expecting that later this afternoon from the from the Foreign Ministry yes a lot of maneuvering by President Trump especially on hong kong and no joy in a buying retaliation that city. Thats right sir chinas Foreign Ministry have also released a statement this morning on wednesday quite a strongly worded statement saying that the u. S. Through this move is maliciously slandering who kongs National Security law they say they condemn the action urged the u. S. To pull back from this then it goes on to justify the reasons again why beijing has put this National Security law in place saying that its crucial for the region stability its security moving forward and that largely the people of china and hong kong agree with them accept this law which again is demonstrating this boss disconnect between what they think thinks and what the sentiment is in hong kong but then the statement went on to say that beijing has no intention whatsoever from wavering on the floor this law is here to stay and they will put in Counter Measures now we dont know exactly what form that will take but we do know that that is most likely to take the form of some sort of sanctions against u. S. Personnel or officials to leave it alone thanks for that update to the u. N. Beijing that spread across to hong kong where well find to be the pollen and donald trump removing the hong kongs special trade status what does it actually mean. You know nic now that people here have had time to digest the news that we all knew was coming most people in hong kong knew was coming it was in the works it just needed to be signed by donald trump there is almost a growing sense here from the people and analysts say that hong kong is being used as a pawn between these 2 big economic giants basically what the u. S. Is now saying is that the china or beijing has not held its agreement to keep on calling autonomy isnt separate from the rest of china and therefore does not consider hong kong separate from the rest of chinas to now all those deals that it had that hong kong especially like extradition deals trade deals and other type of economic deals that are no longer valid and so there is a just a sense that hong kong is in the middle of 2 very big economies that seem to feel that hong kong is the pawn that they can use in order to send their message to each other but what it does what does it mean you say in a monetary sense if you ask hong kong chief chief secretary financial secretary he says not very much the u. S. Has more to lose than if you look at the numbers yes hong kong was big the u. S. Is biggest trade surplus partner bilateral sir so it was partner in the past year so yes many us will lose that trade surplus but on top of that hong kong acts as a hub for Mainland China a lot of goods and Services Pass through here that will not to be imposed will not be subject to the restrictions of the u. S. Trade sanctions against china and many other restrictions that other countries put hong kong will lose that kind of a business and also theres a lot of riding on Business Confidence once again if that doesnt translate monetarily it does translate eventually as to confidence in hong kongs Business Environment so the people of hong kong are seeing this the seismic change on the way to their existence to what degree all of their rights the rights and freedoms of the individual already being whittled down. We havent seen the concrete effects of that National Security law which was imposed on hong kong on july 1st yet we have seen moves to restrict freedoms and freedoms of expression these moves have worried Companies IncludingMedia Companies that are used to hong kong being treated as a separate entity to the rest of china for instance the New York Times has announced that theyre moving at least 30 percent of their staff just so not because theyre worried about their position here particularly because that new National Security law opens a path for those that they see as violating it to be tried in Mainland China and that is a huge worry not just for Media Companies but companies all around other American Companies have said theyre putting contingency plans in place but also on top of that weve seen increased pressure on the prodemocracy Movement Many things that once were seen as possible possible not an issue to hong kong like protests are suddenly coming under the spotlight and its being said that they are violating the National Security law so many what were seeing is moves to restrict a lot of freedoms as far as that coming into effect just yet we havent seen but there is concern that that will happen very soon and the National Security law will come down very hard on any kind of dissent or any a proposition to enhance government or beijing are different thanks for the difficult part of reporting from hong kong. The uns top court has ruled in favor of qatar and the disputes with 4 arab countries they impose a blockade on the gulf states and prevented country across through flying through the space now the International Court of justice has said that the u. N. And Civil Aviation agency has jurisdiction in this case Service Reports now from the hague in the netherlands. It was a complicated case and covert 19 restrictions 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. To call one. United 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 arab emirates. The court also ruled that the international Civil Aviation 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 in 1944 cheap 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. Services been dropped. Not only did the 4 countries impose an air blockade on qatar 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. So the arabia is still trying to force through a takeover of English Football ClubNewcastle United but its just cancelled one of the premier league because broadcast partners is permanently ending the license of cuts as b. In sports in the kingdom b. N. Is the main rights holder in the region but it has been barred from broadcasting in saudi arabia since the 2017 blockade. Has the pirate broadcast to be out q which has been stealing copyrighted content from b. In sports open sports has released this statement in response saying the decision was reached through sham Legal Proceedings that violated b. In stuporous s. Rights in sports also questions how saudi citizens can watch premier League Matches legally in saudi arabia with this ban on the premier leagues license broadcasters. So they hear another 0 we look at the harsh reality for tens of thousands of ethiopian migrants stranded in yemen the dangers they face and why they cant return. The details on maxwells 1st Court Appearance as the british socialite faces charges of sex trafficking. Hello that mostly homeless and dry throughout much of the middle east the winds being fairly strong as well so some blowing sand and dust quite like you but also quite a bit of cloud across areas of yemen this might just produce want to show is over the next couple of days the exact the blowing sand and dust and of these High Temperatures 47 in baghdad 49 in kuwait on a warm day wednesday and oregon the High Temperature there 47 degrees slightly lower on thursday the winds not as strong but also feeling a little bit more humid quite a bit of sand and dust as we go through the day those winds a fairly strong driving southwards across much of iraq and then down into Southern Africa the usual Central Regions and its an improving picture indicate time quite a bit of clouds along that fall south and east coast but have a look at what it did this storm as it came on shore this is a bit further out to sea and then those waves just came crashing on shore this just looks like a massive milkshake is actually a wave mixed in with lots of sea foam and air is the sea foam just covering the shore as you can see if the cyclist doing his best to cycle on within it but its a carrying pictures that he wednesday into cape town we will see want to see more eastern areas unfair amounts of rain certainly through central areas of mozambique and wednesday and thursday those showers with a very scattered through mozambique tanzania on up towards somalia. Stories of life. And inspiration. And series of short documentaries from around the world. That celebrate the human spirit against the odds. Against al qaeda. Al jazeera selects changemaker this. The war. Welcome back to reminder our top story is this and u. S. President donald trump has signed legislation to put sanctions on china over the National Security lowered imposed on hong kong he also signed an executive order ending hong kongs preferential treatment in response beijing says it will impose sanctions on american individuals and entities. The troubles they praise u. K. Ban on what way the chinese tech giant will not be allowed to develop a new high Speed Mobile Network u. K. Government says it cannot ensure the security of the way. This National Court of justice in the netherlands has ruled in favor of cutter in a dispute with 4 arab countries that impose a blockade on the gulf state and prevented cattery across from flying over the airspace. 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from media have been killed as fighting escalates at the border tensions between the former soviet republics have been has been escalating for several years as they battle over a disputed region robert frosts a walker has this. In the is a very capital crowds demanded vengeance for a Major General the most senior servicemen to have died in clashes on azerbaijans border with media only just. 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. Medians shooting down azeri drones. d well mark 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 meets with whole story of them going precious in weird ways the very area thats philippa created by the significance religious are like it its right next to the military train or between that and this is extremely important because cigarettes are the 1st one to suffer from that all glory in our 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 azerbaijans of in danger in regional stability as a by johns president says International Peace talks have led nowhere. There is a risk of a wider conflict if the fighting continues turkey says it stands with barcoo russia which brokered a cease fire in the past may be needed once again to bring the 2 sides back from the brink of adversity a walker aljazeera. The United Nations is warning that tens of thousands of migrants mostly ethiopians stranded in war torn yemen at least 14 and a half thousands have been rounded up forcibly moved around the country and some detained out of fear spreading type of 90 so hard as. Trapped in yemen one of the most dangerous countries in the world theres little these ethiopian migrants can do except pray to the hot sun most were headed to saudi arabia for work hoping it could pull them out of poverty about the pandemic stopped them in their tracks now theyre among tens of thousands of migrant stuck in the country and its 6th year of war cope with 19 has made the situation worse i think youre scapegoated just carriers of the virus and as a result suffer exclusion and violence. In addition to the forced removals fears about 19 have left departments in yemen experience verbal physical harassment increased tension and Movement Restrictions the majority of migrants in yemen are. Now used to been forced to sleep rough or even shelter in abandoned buildings my. Marty and i dont have a place to stay no sleep no food theres nothing were all tired very tired theres no food or water or anything to sleep we use cardboard and sleep at the traffic lights im tired the International Organization for migration says more than 14000 migrants have been forcibly transferred to cities like ive done and vulnerable and stigmatized many are being held in extremely on hygienic Detention Centers with little food or water. Last week the World Food Program warned of a potential famine across yemen with around 10000000 people facing acute Food Shortages its Health System has collapsed and the u. N. Believes the number of cave 19 cases is much higher than reported. All adding to the concern for the migrants now trapped in the worlds worst humanitarian crisis of modern times. So. I just you know. Thousands of israelis have rallied outside the Prime Ministers residence calling on him to step down there were scuffles with police as the demonstration was ending dozens of protesters were arrested Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a corruption trial and growing discontent over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic critics say he reopened the economy too soon causing a sharp rise in infections which has prompted a 2nd. Mexico has overtaken its need to become the country with the 4th highest coronavirus death toll well life infractions have tripled since it began easing restrictions in june those men will repel reports the government is pressing ahead with its exit from locked up. For the 1st time in months public spaces in mexicos capital are starting to fill back up government officials call it a return to the new normal as businesses reopen their doors from shopping malls to restaurants many Non Essential Services have returned from lockdown to some Public Policy experts warn that with coby cases climbing the government has failed to implement a consistent containment strategy and the economy may be reopening too soon and he did a important questions regarding the data i mean because i mean hes painting a full picture of what we are going to kill but the 1910 contagion and daves as devices significantly and these generates a lot of uncertainty over whether or not it is appropriate time to reopen the moocher i juz mexicos president has been widely criticized for taking a relaxed response to the Health Crisis though its an attitude that many in the country seem to share preventive measures like self quarantine and social distancing are not mandatory in mexico in fact initiatives like wearing a mask in public have been led by businesses and private citizens. Who will farah the painter responsible for this mural of mexican artist frida kahlo in a face mask says people need a reminder that the outbreak in mexico is still not under control when i clearly the idea is that given the popularity of frida kahlo shes will love across society that with her using a face mask we can raise awareness on its usefulness in preventing covert 19. Mexicos president recently said the national Health Crisis is improving the contagion curve however tells a different story. In recent days the death toll in mexico to the 4th highest in the world behind the United Kingdom brazil and the United States. Aljazeera mexico city. The trauma administration has reversed its policy to revoke visas from International Students if the schools hold classes exclusively online because of coronavirus the decision follows aid to federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities thousands of foreign students travel to the u. S. Every year to study and are a significant source of revenue. As any i mean any i mean an unfair because most of those have repeat false question we are a sign it releases we early rush it for class and still be too late to do anything at this point the timing of that memo was really anxious center and humane i had to go to like Emergency Mental Health services because i was you know very very anxious about was going to happen so yeah but and you heard that you saw that the harvard case was talking and that the governments response was not lets hear now from richard hadari and whos a political scientist and author of a new book called the indopacific trump china and the new struggle for global mastery and he says the visa rule would have imposed significant home on Public Health. Under normal conditions of course if youre going to have a student visa youre supposed to meet certain requirements in terms of in person attendance but with the imposition of lockdowns and emergency measures in the United States thats close to impossible and you have an extremely troubling phenomenon whereby some of the students were considering to transfer to other places where they could have in class attendance in order to meet the basic requirements even though that without meant to reset their life and then potentially spreading the disease thought or people so i think even on the question of Public Health it was going to be a very difficult argument for a trauma administration to make and you know the thing is this over the past years even friends and colleagues of mine coming from muslim majority countries nothing i mean is but like indonesia for instance theyre worried that if they get out of the u. S. For a visit to family they couldnt come back and we saw more and more restrictions on students come from china from iran but you know if you look at the foreign students you have more than 2 100000 of them coming from india more 250000 coming from south korea more than 30000 coming from saudi arabia these are students from countries are very close to the United States and training the future to either side of this country also means a lot for american super soft power and its social linkages with this countrys former girlfriend of the convicted sex offender Geoffrey Epstein has been denied bail by junjun new york l. A. Maxwell pleaded not guilty to charges that she recruited underage girls for epstein carol and is on the reports now 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 d 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 gabriel sandow al jazeera new york you can always check out our website aljazeera dot com is the address all the News Coverage and lots of comment analysis too. Far lets have a quick recap of the top stories here on aljazeera and the u. S. President donald trump has signed legislation to put sanctions on china over the National Security law it imposed on hong kong he also signed an executive order and hong kong is preferential treatment in response beijing says it will impose sanctions on american individuals and entities through you has reaction from beijing. As Foreign Ministry have released a strongly worded statement this morning on wednesday saying that this move by the u. S. Militias links land as the National Security law in hong kong will be condemned the move they say that u. S. Is again meddling in chinas internal affairs and then it goes on to repeat basically what weve heard as as the justification from beijing for imposing this National Security law that this is crucial for the perspire ac. And for the future of hong kong that its what the hong kong people want its what the tinies people want and that beijing will not be intimidated by any of these. Donald trump also praised the u. K. Plan on what way the chinese tech giants will not be allowed to develop new high speed the new high speed Metal Network the u. K. Government says it cannot ensure the security of well weigh equipment. InterNational Court of justice in the hague has ruled in favor of cutter in a dispute with 4 arab countries that impose a blockade on the gulf states and prevented country across from flying over the airspace core rule the u. N. Civil Aviation Agency has jurisdiction in the case. 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from media have been killed as feisty escalates in the border to former soviet republics have been in conflict over and clave inside azerbaijan controlled by Ethnic Armenians thousands of israelis have rallied outside Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has residents calling on him to step down but yahoo is facing a corruption trial and growing discontent over his handling of the current of us im panicked critics say he reopened the economy to see. Trouble ministration has reversed its policy to revoke visas from International Students if their schools hold classes exclusively online because of coronavirus the decision follows 8 federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds all the university. Today the headlines got more news coming up here right after the street life and. Tens of thousands if you know saving american lives during the cold 19. They came to the u. S. By a better life but at what cost. 101 east investigate im just. Saying welcome to the stream home edition i am josh rushing and you are in my home edition today. With the owner might you run up the top this is out going out on you tube live and im hoping youre going to join us in that discussion box over there and im going to get some of your comments into the show or try my best listen. Would you believe me if i told you i had an inside source with a trumpet ministration and theyre planning to arrest Hillary Clinton bill gates tom hanks because theyre all part of a cannibalistic pedophile rake in who doesnt believe it would do it who does believe that Michael Flynn former National Security of the