Arms embargo in libya. Was it was just far rees protests show a rare public challenge to president Vladimir Putin. Signs of the increasingly fraught relationship between the u. S. And china have been playing out in the chinese city of chengdu staff at the u. S. Consulate there have been leaving with their bags packed after it was ordered to be closed by chinas government it was in response to washington closing the chinese consulate in Houston Texas live update from the u. S. Shortly but 1st this report marches there was katrina you. In chengdu work has begun dismantling the u. S. Consulate 1st founded in the southwestern chinese city in 1985 Chinese State media says stop have until monday morning today kate the premises beijing blames the u. S. For the escalating tensions and has accused the trumpet ministration of stirring up trouble and anti China Sentiment around the world theyve waited 2 days to do this theyre trying to appear very measured and theyve also extended a number all branches of the last few days indicating that they were for talks rather than to this kind of unilateral action remember theyre doing this because they need to look like they are willing to defend themselves on the other side of the globe a group of men reportedly federal agents forced open a back door of the chinese consulate in houston workers left the building on friday after appearing to been documents earlier in the week their victualling ordered by american officials who say the consulate was a hub of chinese espionage an accusation beijing denies china ripped off our prized intellectual property and trey zwicker is causing millions of jobs all across america from washington the list of issues is long the u. S. Has arrested for chinese scientists accusing them of working secretly for the chinese military. Special trade status with the u. S. Has been revoked after china imposed a new security rule and washington has imposed sanctions on chinese officials over the alleged persecution of ethnic muslims as the coronavirus President Trump has increasingly pointed to china as being responsible a tactic seen as shifting blame away from what critics say has been his own failed response to the pandemic and finally while way the chinese telecoms giant accused of posing security threats now banned in the u. S. And person. We are slipping it appears into a new cold war and its this strange combination that we have right now in our american politics which is a domestic political pressure combined with longstanding grievances and concerns between the United States and china once the u. S. Consulate here in town do closes there will be for maining on chinas mainland but beijing says it wont hesitate to shutdown another should washington to retaliate further against Chinese Mission in the u. S. Between e. U. Aljazeera. Lets get the latest reaction off while correspondent joins us now from miami and he hurried activity weve seen now in chengdu also theres a great deal of focus on the Consular Office in houston just bring us up to speed on what we know is going on. Well the deadline given by the u. S. To close that consulate came and went on friday afternoon and 40 minutes after that deadline passed state Department Officials were seen moving in prising open locks to get inside but before all that happened there were reports that chinese consulate staff were burning documents in the courtyard of that building placing other shredded bags of documents in bins outside before 3 consulate vans were seen leaving now if we look at this in a wider context its really about a few issues its about the theft of intellectual property human rights trade and chinas various claims to places in the South China Sea and also its crackdown on democratic protesters in hong kong in a wide ranging speech might pompei or the secretary of state talked to gather dignitaries at the Richard Nixon library and really framed this all in very cold war terms language talking about the naive if he of past administrations and their hopes that the Chinese Government would eventually change perhaps even becoming a democratic country he now says that president chavez will not stand for any of this so what were seeing here is a new low in a u. S. China relations perhaps as low as its been in the past 40 years and it certainly seems that this will become an issue in the president ial election youve already heard president something if you go back to 2016 when he was running for president china was perhaps the single most used word coming out of President Trumps mouth despite the fact that he always says he has a great relationship with the chinese premier so i think these escalations are going to get worse if you look at july alone all the arrests of people the accusations of the false of occasions of visas and now the closure of these consulates this seems to be spiraling at a pretty rapid rate and how do you rate this story being sort of play down to the American Media considering there are black lives months of protests going on in portland in oregon and the coronavirus pandemic of these sweeping the whole of the United States. Yeah i think most people in the us are very preoccupied with the domestic situation here in this country of course we have just said pat weve just gone past the 4000000 mark in terms of coronavirus cases globally the us is the worst hit at the moment so i think for the average member of the public that is at the forefront of their minds but i think if youre in the Business Community in this country this is a very worrying situation because there are many critics saying look what the president is trying to tackle here are real issues but do they have the diplomatic skills to get back to some kind of normalcy and tackle these issues in a more diplomatic way but i certainly think those in the Business Community will be worried that between the u. S. And china about 40 percent of all products around the world are produced so these 2 countries in many ways in certainly in business terms need each other the question is whether they trumpet ministration will make this a forefront of their president ial campaign for donald trump or whether they will tackle this diplomatically and try and come up with some issues of course in the South China Sea there is a great deal of tension there the u. S. Moving to military ships over there saying that the chinese have no stake of claim in the South China Sea and then of course hong kong as well President Trump saying if you come down on democratic. Voters and protesters we will retaliate so it seems the situation isnt going to get any better and may in fact get worse in the coming months and the elica in miami thank you. It has added to the arguments over the South China Seas saying that china has no legal claims to the area camera made the declaration to the United Nations bringing it further into line with washington the u. S. Has long opposed beijings claims but avoided calling them illegal until last week. Well china claims about 90 percent of the South China Sea including in a ship of the Spratly Islands which is disputed by the philippines vietnam and of those the Scarborough Shoal is claimed by china and the philippines the disagreement escalated 8 years ago when the Philippine Navy apprehended 8 mainland chinese fishing vessels. Not us federal agents sent sent to portland by President Trump of a gun fired tear gas a protest as and made arrests demonstrators have rallied every night for 8 weeks demanding racial equality and Police Reforms we just in oregon state say the agents in riot gear are only making things worse harding reports. Federal agents again firing tear gas at black lives matter demonstrators in downtown portland. The protesters have spent weeks demanding racial equality in america while others are calling for Police Reforms and an end to brutality by officers the City Center Court house is the focus of the anger in portland. That anger increased when President Donald Trump ordered federal agents to be sent to the city to protect the port 18 arrests have been made this week fireworks were aimed at the building and several fires lit the federal agents responded with tear gas was like i was it was organ state officials opposed federal Law Enforcement in portland they say federal agents in riot gear only making the situation worse. Than weve heard. From the protests across the u. S. Began in may after the Police Killing an unarmed black american george floyd. Trump has promised to back the police and stop the protests in a speech this week he said he will be sending hundreds of federal troops to cities all across america americans was told their city leaders accountable they must insist that Community Officials fully support fully back and fully fund their local Police Departments there is simply no substitute for a Police Department that has the strong backing of city leaders. As well as the tear gas fired during the latest unrest in portland Peaceful Protesters released balloons and bubbles. Serve. More protests are expected the a hearty al jazeera. The u. S. Military has released what it says is proof that russia is violating the u. N. Arms and bargo in libya the pentagon claims the satellite pictures show Russian Military equipment being used on the front lines of the conflict now these include fighter jets Defense Systems an obvious holes the u. S. Says russia was boosting support for ward cleaver have to train or has more from misrata. The janay military has been saying all along that mercenaries belonging to the russian wagon group are in the front lines in sirte so these american this statement by the u. S. Africa command sort of come from and what theyve been saying that you know in may the u. S. Africa command said that 14 fighter jets were moved to a front which is sort of South Central libya south of sirte so and of course you know many Many International stakeholders have been calling for peace negotiations on monday President Donald Trump and president out of c. C. How to phone call where they agreed they would deescalate the situation in libya but at the same time the Egyptian Parliament unanimously approved to deploying troops abroad this move is likely not for for for the fatah has ceased it to consider deploying troops into egypt into libya and thats thought to further escalate the libyan conflict and destabilize the country morn. Well some of the largest protest years in russia well into the 3rd week the arrest of the governor of above all School Region in the far east sparked protest anger which shows no sign of subsiding. Was these protests are a problem for president Vladimir Putin demonstrators in the city of combat ups have marched every day for more than 2 weeks to mending the governor of the region serger for go his release from prison the businessman turned politician was arrested on july the 9th and flown to moscow he is accused in the murder of business rivals 15 years ago charges he denies was. This city in russias far here the border with china is more than 6000 kilometers from moscow but now its turned into an unexpected hub of antigovernment protests was because people often i think people are marching out on the streets because they vote to elect the governor in the 2018 election has been taken away for gold supporters say the accusations are politically motivated out of a yellow russia weve had enough we elected the governor we want to be heard and decide a selves what to do with him bring him here for a fat and open trial and well decide whether to convict him or not sure which. Putin officially fired for gall on monday and appointed over placement fueling further mistrust in the region the president s United Russia Party isnt popular here the protests reflect anger of what many see as out of touch politicians imposing policies from moscow. The timing of the arrest is also raising questions earlier this month president putin oversaw a controversial vote potentially allowing him to remain in power for another 16 years critics say putin waited until hed won the vote before sacking they got. In or from the opposing liberal democratic party. Protests are relatively rare imprudence tightly controlled russia and the corona virus pandemic is further complicating the kremlins response its not the type of attention put in is looking for the protesters in the city of 600000 people say the marches will continue until the governor is released patio hope is so the young just hear. The 1st hurricane of the atlantic season is bearing down on texas hanna has now strengthened to a category one hurricane its spec did to make landfall later along the southern texas coast near Corpus Christi the National Hurricane center says it could strengthen before it hits itll be the 1st storm of this strength to hit texas in july since 2008. Well still ahead here on aljazeera to barbara officials are in court to defend the arrest and imprisonment of a popular journalist who have the latest and. Potentially my Life Expectancy shortening every day this carries on warnings of the millions who are missing out on important Cancer Screenings because of the coronavirus pandemic their stories after the break. Hello there more heavy rain through all central areas of china and plenty of cloud bringing the same across into japan and still the lingering across the Korean Peninsula but the rain has been such a ranch in china we have seen many many images like this and heres another coming out of Shanxi Province you can see this massive rock slide it all took place of course it was triggered by those very heavy rains that cut off the main road for quite a while now sunday unfortunately more very heavy rain back in the 4 calls through Central Eastern as a china a little bit of a break across the Korean Peninsula there is some rain but not as heavy as weve seen but q should pick up some very heavy downpours as we go through the day and not really any break on monday that is when the heavy rain that beginning to push across into south korean particular and still those widespread shonen thunderstorms across much of japan but it will be a little bit lighter across the central and eastern areas of china and then into and dusun a bit of a break here as well in the last 2 hours across the northeast you can see clear skies here on the satellite and as we go through sunday there will be some showers across the region but nothing like the heavy downpours we have seen over the last week still some heavy downpours across into nepal but really the rains are heaviest out towards the west up into rock just dropped all the way down into kara and all the while to the north will see areas of brain scan to thunderstorms will see some of those certainly to new delhi with a high of 33. 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. Play an Important Role protecting you and. Ringback your face. Book about what you want is there with me celeron the reminder of our top stories staff at the u. S. Consulate in chengdu china packing up and getting ready to leave after beijing ordered its closure its in response to the u. S. Ordering the closure of the chinese consulate in Houston Texas. The u. S. Military has released what it says is proof that russia is violating a u. N. Arms embargo in libya the pentagon claims the satellite pictures show military equipment supplied by russian mercenaries. And u. S. Federal agents sent to poland by President Donald Trump of a gun fired tear gas of protesters and made arrests demonstrators have rallied every night for 8 weeks demanding rigid equality and Police Reforms. Somalias parliament has approved Prime Minister has an elephant in a vote of no confidence the speaker of the house says its because he failed to establish National Forces to tighten security for the federal and state governments its also follows a dispute with regional leaders about when to hold a National Election the president now has 30 days to appoint a new Prime Minister. Authorities in malaysia say theyre planning to deport a man who was critical of the government in an aljazeera documentary the bangladeshi Migrant Worker was detained on saturday night he spoke about malaysias treatment of undocumented immigrants during the Coronavirus Crisis in a 101 east documentary entitled locked up in malaysias lockdown aljazeera says muhammad i and the rest is disturbing and reaffirms its support of freedom of expression as a fundamental human right without the fear of being criminalized. The psyching of an editor of a leading news website and hungry has provoked a mass march by and to government protesters that followed the mass walked out of journalism support of their editor who warned that government interference is in danger in Media Freedom carload has more. Clout. They came out in their thousands to voice their anger at what they say is the latest silencing of hungry suppress more than 80 journalists from the countrys most read news site called index have resigned from their jobs after their editor in chief was sacked last month he publicly raised the alarm over political interference in the uk its operations for many the dismissal was seen as a government directive and the last rule me telephone for you to talk to the telephone on the a list we called him on the phone and said we would like to initiate the end that we no longer want to work at index after this about 60 members of the 90 people on the staff at the same they also resigned ending their work at index. Index has long been regarded as hungarys key independent media outlet but it is also been a target of this man hungarys Prime Minister viktor orban who once branded a fake news factory one of his allies recently took charge of its sales are perhaps a sign of things to come. Critics say the government is trying to bring as many independent Media Outlets under its control. And we are of the Editorial Staff which today probably made one of the biggest sacrifices and risks to shine a spotlight on whats happening and how a newsroom can be destroyed how even the strongest and most read news portals can be ruined in hungary. One popular columnist who reminded the crowd of the 2800 quote in defense of free speech from mr orban himself nishant we would never have the adults or 2 personas those who dont agree with us and yet. Across Central Europe its not only hungry that seen the steady decline of independent news outlets and to steer toward autocratic rule a major Sticking Point in the debate over the e. U. s Pandemic Recovery fund last week was whether poland and hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leader curry leg aljazeera zimbabwes government has denied accusations of persecuting its critics ahead of planned protests over the economy and corruption a court has denied bail for journalist hope poaching and Opposition Leader jacob may they were arrested and charged with inciting public violence probably tasa has more from her either. A day after the United Nations urges the barbi government not to use the current of last pandemic as an excuse to clamp down and freedom of expression and the right to Peaceful Assembly officials here responded with the op wigans of doubt what will she want to once not have doctored he was lawfully are arrested by this invalid republic full leaf and he was not arrested for exposing corruption he was arrested for using his social media accounts to in fights and bargains to violently overthrow the government. Given law portugal or no write up on corruption hes not unique in this regard all the newspapers in zimbabwe including independent publications if lytton extensively about corruption in government and private sector none of the journalists really rich are not going to subject of corruption theyve been arrested for publishing the same government officials also say some individuals are working with western embassies mainly the United States to try and destabilize the country lawyers representing freelance journalist whole fortune war and an Opposition Leader jake wood out of may say theyre going to go to the high court to apply for a bail there they insist their clients are being persecuted for speaking out against corruption the government says the planned act to government protest meant for next week are to violently remove prison emerson and other from power and they say Security Forces will not let that happen. Turkeys Foreign Ministry is condemning greece for what it calls hostility towards islam and turkey the countries are at loggerheads over the conversion of huggins a few from museum into a mosque voters will hold outside a cathedral in earthen zones the 1st friday prayers in 8 decades were held in famous landmarks. Maybe 40 countries are reported record daily numbers of infections in the past week australia belgium in israel nations seeing what they say is a 2nd wave of the coronavirus unprecedented daily increases were seen in 37 countries from 20 last week and 13 the week before the us has confirmed the highest number of cases more than 4000000 infections and 145000 deaths nightclubs discos and event tolls are being closed down again in barcelona and elsewhere across the spanish regions of catalonia there have been more than 280 new breaks across the country with infections tripling in the past 2 weeks a midnight curfew is being imposed on catalonians bars restaurants and casinos to newco hugo is in london she says the braves are beginning to restrict freedom of movement between spain and other european countries. And belgium banning. Travelers from going belgian travelers from going to westgate out i go on and yea that the city that was primarily the 1st eruption of the of of the reemergence of cove it in the region alongside with that you have norway also now imposing a 10 day quarantine on people whove traveled back from spain and also france now urging people not to travel there and has requested the Spanish Government which drastically reduce the amount of traffic going between it orders course france there are many tourists from france who do travel to spain and where they also are slightly rising uptick in cases. In france as well the worry is of course thats going to be more brutal waves of kobe that could follow if its not contained and if its not really kept down with that in mind of course the its the Summer Season in spain and really the lockdowns have come down people have resumed practically normal activities that in terms of socialising one of the major causes of concern is what is the way in which people have done the informal sort of policies and gatherings that are allowed that many young people have got the with drinks that they bought and congregate that and thats also sort of a cause of consent trying to clamp down on that. Around 2000000 britons are on the waiting list for Cancer Screening or treatment now the list has lengthened as the National Health service concentrates on treating covert 900 patients im ok with reforms. Lower is a dedicated mom a year ago doctors found she has saved 3 wound cancer and she had surgery and aggressive radiation treatment in late january she was told the cancer had gone but theres a one in 3 chance of it coming back and shell need a physical examination every 3 months she still waiting though for that to happen i just think if it could be caught early then i have more chance of having a longer longer with my children and and i feel that by the. These now phone appointments with my oncologist theres no absolutely no chance that the cancer is ever going to be detected at an early stage and therefore potentially my Life Expectancy is shortening every day this carries on coronavirus has put a huge strain on Cancer Services many treatments tests and screening for poor sister were diverted to deal with it and because of safety concerns Cancer Research estimate there have been about 38000 fewer cancer treatments in the u. K. Since the end of march most Clinical Trials which can help extend life were halted and many people who would normally have visited a doctor with worries about cancer stayed away scientists at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine estimate that could be around 3 and a half 1000 potentially avoidable deaths in england from the 4 main cancers by 2025 because of the pandemics impact while the institute of Cancer Research warns delays to diagnosis and treatment for as little as 2 months during lockdown could lead to some cancers going from being curable to being more advanced its not like heart attacks or strokes where youre seeing the effects quite so immediately that with cancer in the delay that theyll still come along. Still have their surgery but rather than being cured and having 30 years of Life Expectancy there will be a proportion of people who sadly havent recovered so that cant suggest that that in the way that happens in 2 or 3 years time medical staff delivering cancer care trying to clear the backlog of patients that are operating in unprecedented circumstances its really important that as we focused on covert that we must of that cancer become the forgotten say. We want to see priority given to catching up with Cancer Services and making sure that delays dont impact on patients outcome and that we minimize the impact on treatment delays the full impact of this pandemic on diseases such as cancer wont be know the year is recently found a swelling in her abdomen and is hoping shell never get to see someone quickly but the reassurance will help she might need and they would aljazeera the French Air Force academy has a female commander for the 1st time and the handover to dominic a while ago was marked with a ceremony at an air base in Southern France shes a graduate of the air force military school and has worked for the french intelligence service. Your jobs are with me so horribly reminder of our top stories signs of the increasingly fraught relationship between the u. S. And china have been playing out in the chinese city of chengdu staff at the u. S. Consulate have been leaving with their banks packed after it was ordered to be closed by trying as government both sides accuse each other of in danger of national security. It was in response to washington closing the chinese consulate in Houston Texas and has an update. Well the deadline given by the u. S. To close that consulate came and went on friday afternoon and 40 minutes after that deadline passed state Department Officials were seen moving in prising open locks to get inside but before all that happened there were reports that chinese consulate staff were burning documents in the courtyard of that building placing other shredded bags of documents in bins outside before 3 consulate vans were seen leaving u. S. Federal agents sent to portland by President Donald Trump again fired tear gas the protesters and made arrests demonstrators have rallied every night 8 weeks demanding racial equality and Police Force Reforms city leaders say the agents in riot gear are inflaming anger the u. S. Military has released what it says is proof that russia is violating a u. N. Arms embargo in libya the pentagon claims these satellite pictures show military equipment supplied by russian mercenaries being used on the frontlines of the conflict the u. S. Says russia is boosting support for the ward cleaver huffed and somalis parliament has removed the Prime Minister. In a vote of no confidence the speaker of the house says its because he failed to establish National Forces to tighten security for the federal and state governments the president now has 30 days to appoint a new Prime Minister. The 1st hurricane of the atlantic season is bearing down on texas storm hanna has now strengthened to a category one hurricane is expected to make landfall later along the southern texas coast near Corpus Christi the National Hurricane center says it could strengthen before it hits those were the headlines. Next program is the bottom line to stay with us. For the 1st time in recent history saudi arabia prohibits overseas visitors from performing the hajj pilgrimage. As curve at 19 continues to disrupt peoples lives we look at this decision and big impact on the saudi economy hydes 2020 on aljazeera. Hi im Steve Clemons i have a question what will it take to get the United States back on line and back to normal lets get to the bottom line. American just like everyone else around the world are wondering about the months ahead should we let our kids go back to school face to face what are the risks how many more will lose their jobs or worse their lives will the stock market crash or most folks going to go back to their offices or their businesses or their colleges in other words well liked