Actions caused the death of george floyd. Spacexrmy Weather Forces to postpone the launch that would make it the first private company to send astronauts into orbit. The number of deaths from the coronavirus in the United States has just passed the tragic milestone of 100,000. Quick the beginning of summer and a cautious reopening of beaches along the popular new jersey shore. Parks, sun city seekers are kept apart with circles on the grass while outside San Francisco city hall, abide by social distancing guidelines. All part of a new normal as the country emerges from lockdown. Amid the slow reopening, a grim milestone. The death from covid19 has one must point out, too. The first confirmed case of the the first confirmed case of the virus came on the 20th of january u. S. , that took weeks before these measures were put into place. Guidance forederal contact tracing, an essential factor for continuing to track the virus. One must note, in the last month alone, more than 50,000 lives have been lost. That is within the last 50 days as the number of states are beginning to open up and drop the mitigating measures. The death toll is continuing to climb. Trump went to launch spacex watch the spacex launch, which was postponed. To be expect the president to comment on this. One would hope the leader of the United States would have comment on a grim statistic. President trump has been constantly projecting incorrect figures in terms of deaths from the virus. He was saying a number of months ago it would disappear by april. Putting a rosy complexion on what is a dire situation. President trump has led to a large number of lives that have not been should not have been lost. We heard in the package that Columbia University produced a report saying if mitigating measures have been introduced one week earlier, as many as 36,000 lives could be saved. That is hindsight. It is not as though there were enough people around morning President Trump of the crisis and insisting for a number of weeks that measures should immediately be attributed should be introduced. President trump delayed. Interesting to see what reaction if any President Trump will have to the latest numbers. For the moment, the latest from washington. Thank you. The u. S. Secretary of state has delivered a withering statement on china saying it is abandoning its commitment to preserve hong kongs autonomy. Mike pompeo says the National Security legislation for hong kong is a disastrous decision and means the city no longer warrants special economic treatment. That is the move that puts at risk billions of dollars in trade. Pompeo said no reasonable person can assert today that hong kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given facts on the ground. It is clearsaying china is modeling hong kong after itself. Pompeo finished with the promise that the United States stands with the people of hong kong as they struggle against the Chinese Communist party, increasing denial of the autonomy they were promised. The report now from hong kong. Reporter lunchtime in hong kongs Central Business district. Police firing pepper pellets to disperse protesters. Bringing traffic in one of the worlds busiest thoroughfares to a standstill. Police say this was an illegal assembly. As crowds shouted prodemocracy slogans and insults at them. Not everyone is against them. I am from china and i support the police, screams this woman, from the mainland. Intended target was hong kongs legislative assembly, but heavy security prevented their attempts to reach the building. Inside, legislators were debating a bill that would punish those who disrespect the national assembly. This is what supporters want to stop. The booing that drowned out the march of the volunteers before a recent football march match. Those convicted under the planned law would face a fine of more than six and a half thousand dollars and more than three years in jail. There were many arrests wednesday with at least one as young as 14 years old. The tensions that could risk universally university and career prospects. Another blow for hong kongs freedom ahead of a move by Chinas Parliament to impose a new National Security law on this city. Chinas rubberstamp parliament, the National Peoples congress, is expected to approve draft legislation on thursday with more details of the proposed security law. Hong kong government officials are trying to ease fears. Be conducive to longterm stability and prosperity of hong kong and also helpful to safeguarding the legitimate rights of hong kong people. Reporter many hong kong people are not reassured and they know the risk for daring to demonstrate their opposition. Adrian brown, al jazeera, hong kong. Urged canada to release an official after a u. S. Court ruled to extradition case can proceed. The judge said it met the standard of double criminality, meaning the u. S. Charges are crimes in canada. ,t is a huge blow to huawei which had hoped to drop the case and bring her back to china. She was arrested in vancouver in 2018 at washingtons request area the u. S. Wants to extradite her on bank fraud and misleading a major bank on huaweis dealings with iran. A Program Associate at Wilson Center which looks at u. S. China relations says this feud goes far beyond her. This ruling has been something canada has, through diplomatic channels, communicated to china to expect. Is as indicated, a lawyersfor mung enter and her lawyers. In china this is more than just a case of one Business Executive acting inappropriately to subvert sanctions. This is seen as a piece of a larger scale u. S. China technologiesn the that huawei is producing and selling. And the political ramifications of those. Ending some of the last u. S. Sanctions waivers provided under the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, meaning russian, chinese, and european firms cannot continue work at sensitive nuclear sites. The secretary of state released a statement saying companies have 60 days to stop their activities. Businesses from russia, china, and europe were allowed to operate at a handful of sites to make it more difficult for iran to produce nuclear weapons. President trump unilaterally withdrew from the multilateral Iran Nuclear Deal two years ago. The mayor of minneapolis has called for criminal charges to be filed against the white Police Officer caught on camera kneeling on the neck of a black man who later died. Gas atfired tear protesters rally against the death of george floyd. Reporter Minneapolis Police marched on demonstrators, firing rubber bullets and chemical gas. Protesters gathered by the hundreds despite a statewide coronavirus lockdown to mark the death of another unarmed black man in police custody. I cannot breathe. Reporter george floyd, accused of forgery, cries out in pain. I cant breathe. Reporter bystanders plead with the officers. Get off them. What is wrong with you . Reporter floyd later dies in police custody. You really killed that man. Reporter police say he had been resisting arrest. In newly released Surveillance Video taken before floyd was forced to the ground, he is shown handcuffed and apparently cooperative. This was not an isolated incident, but part of an ingrained systemic cycle of injustice that still exists in this country. It cuts at the heart of our police that all americans are people with rights. Reporter the four officers on the scene were fired. Floyds family says that is not enough. I would like those officers to be charged with murder. That is exactly what they did. They murdered my brother. Reporter minneapolis mayor joined in the calls for criminal charges. An offense took place that you and i or many other people through our city would have been behind bars if they did. Yet this particular individual, this officer, was not. Reporter it could be months before it is clear whether charges will be filed. The fbi is investigating the incident as a possible civil rights violation. Murder convictions of ongoing onduty Police Officers are rare, but they happen. A contrastrs noted when armed white protesters occupied the statehouse to protest the coronavirus restriction. Gas crowd is met with canisters and rubber bullets. Some vowed to remain in the streets to ensure no other unarmed africanamerican in the u. S. Is killed by police. You are watching al jazeera live from london. Still ahead, a french Court Refuses bail to a rwandan genocide suspect arrested after more than two decades. Plus, midnight burials and media banned from hospitals. Opposition leaders accused a president of covering up a coronavirus crisis. A cloudy picture across the southeast of australia. Just affecting coastal areas. We could just see one or two showers along the coast. Generally into New South Wales on thursday. They are back in the forecast, then again as we had through friday. Working their way up from sydney toward brisbane. Cooler in sydney with a high of 19 degrees. Friday is the day we could see more showers into north island of new zealand. It is going to stay unsettled west of australia as we go through the next few days. Heavy rain back in the forecast for perth with a high of 20. By then, the end of that rain, which is affecting britain and north of their. Feeling pretty human as well. 31 in hong kong. Rain across much of taiwan. Heavy at times. Across most of the Korean Peninsula toward japan it is dry. Scattered showers. By friday, that is when you have this next system developed into central china. It will work its way is route the day. This will bring with it heavy amounts of rain and the chance of localized flooding. Reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. Deathsber of coronavirus across the u. S. Has passed 100,000. According to the Johns Hopkins university, the total number is 100,047 with almost 1,700,000 infections. States are beginning to reopen their economies. 360 people have been arrested in hong kong as anger grows over new security laws proposed by china. Mike pompeo says hong kong is no longer autonomous. Jeopardizing billions of dollars in trade. The mayor of minneapolis says calls for charges to be filed against the white Police Officer who knelt on the neck of a black man who later died. Police fired tear gas at protesters rallying against the death of george floyd. A new survey has found 60 of brazilians support stricter social distancing measures to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. That is in contrast to their president , who has consistently attacked state and city lockdown measures. Bolsonaro has called the shelter in place policies a poison which could kill more through unemployment and hunger than the outbreak itself. Brazil is the worst affected country in latin america with deaths and4,500 391,000 confirmed infections. Hospitalry coronavirus in the city of to treat the indigenous population. The hospital is the first of its kind in brazil, mixing standard medicine with traditional customs for the regions tribes. The virus has been spreading through indigenous communities which are illprepared for the pandemic. The citys mayor has accused bolsonaro of impeding efforts to stop the spread of the virus. Im not going to stop saying the president did not interfere. Of course he did. Flu. G it was just a at the same time sending people to the streets. Reporter president bolsonaro is facing more pressure every day. He is at the center of this political controversy in brazil. He continues to downplay the severity of the outbreak in his country and he is continuing to make more enemies every day with state governors. Tuesday evening, we heard about the police raids against two of the residents of the governor of the state of rio de janeiro. We are hearing more took place on wednesday against some of the president s critics. This is the response we are seeing in terms of the backlash against a dwindling support base within bolsonaros government. Bolsonaro has cycled through two Different Health ministers. One resigned, the other quit. The president is downplaying the severity of this crisis. That couldscenario play our bolsonaro is ousted from office before he is able to finish his term in office if these allegations that he is a threat to Public Safety turn into charges, we could potentially see impeachment against bolsonaro. The European Commission has unveiled an ambitious economic plan to help members recover from the pandemic. Borrow 825roval to billion from the Financial Markets to be distributed to hardhit countries. Europes moment. That is what the proposal put forward by the eu is being called. The boldk at investment today, i say tomorrow the cost of inaction will be more extensive. This is about the foundations of our future together. At the same time, to react appropriately to clearly defined extraordinary crisis situation. Through no fault of our own. Inthis proposal will be addition to an earlier 592 billion package, bringing the entire effort to an estimated 2 trillion. Financial stimulus that it is hoped will kickstart economies. The 27s to be agreed by member states, but germany and france have already backed the plan. Economies have suffered under lockdowns, but it is the human. Ost politicians and family members observed a moment of silence for have lost their lives. As europe begins to slowly move on from the crisis and look to solutions, the u. K. Prime minister is under fire over his special advisors alleged circumvention of lockdown lose rules. Controversy dogged him for five days. You have a choice between protecting Dominic Cummings and putting the National Interest first. My choice is the choice of the british people. I want us all to make. As far as we can, to lay aside party and political calling and put the National Interest first. Reporter other parts of europe are opening up. A camping facility, one of the first to reopen. We came through the border without problems. The book to the camping lot. Generally we traveled well and we like it. There could be a few more people. Of over 1000. Croatias economy like others is heavily dependent on tourism. It is still a long way to go before europe recovers from this pandemic. The white house has announced President Trump will sign an executive order regarding social media companies. Earlier, he threatened big action against twitter after it fact checked a statement he made. Post isdescribed the misleading after he said postal votes would lead to fraud. It is the first time such a qualification has been added to a president ial suite. Thep hit back saying company was stifling free speech, threatening to shut it and other platforms down. Anyone who values Free Expression should be concerned the u. S. President is threatening to close down social media for questioning false claims. Object tomats authoritarian states like china who restrict access to social media. A french court has refused to grant bail to eire one genocide rwandan genocide suspect over fears he will abscond. He is accused of bankrolling and arming ethnic armed groups who tutsi andund 800,000 moderate hutus. He was arrested after more than two decades on the wrong. To transfer him to the decide whether to transfer him to the tribunal. Armed with machetes, a Group Launched an attack on monday night. The attackers stole food and other valuables. At least 627 civilians have been killed by adf forces in the region since october, often in response to drc military. Universities and sporting events are expected to restart in tanzania next week as it lifts coronavirus restrictions. The president has repeatedly played down the outbreak. Opposition politicians accuse the government of covering up a crisis. It is almost a month since the last official data was released, saying there were 480 confirmed cases and 16 deaths. Malcolm webb reports. Salaambeaches in dar es are getting busy. Tanzania did not have Strict Lockdown measures like some of its neighbors. Now it is lifting them. The president encouraged people together and pray in churches and mosques. Crowds came out to eid celebrations on saturday. Corona exists and we need to protect ourselves, watching our hand washing our hands. Reporter the government has not released much data. It says the numbers of new cases are going down. The opposition says the government cannot be trusted. Activists have shared videos like this one on social media showing burials at night. They say the government is hiding coronavirus deaths. The ministry of health has since said the night burials should stop. We do not track the government figures. The government response was very disappointing, very underwhelming. The lives ofd tanzanians will be lost. Reporter this is one of the main hospitals for covid19 patients in dar es salaam. No one is allowed to. Fill many of them. Film any of them. Activists have been arrested for challenging the governments account. Prevention measures are in place, but for the large part, it is business as usual business as usual. Has the embassy pandemic is growing in the city. If you lock someone up in a out, the day you let him his immunity will have reduced by 30 . Allowing continued interaction helps us build immunity and this will help us build diseases. Freedoms to pray and trade are popular among many tanzanians. Lockdowns have been devastating for the poor and neighboring countries. Here it is still not clear what the cost of those freedoms will be. Narrator on this episode of earth focus, Climate Change is forcing traditional Dairy Producers to look for more sustainable methods. In central california, farmers have found wayays to reduce and evenen reue methane gas, while in eastern africa, drought is creating a market for an unexpected source market for an unexpected source of milk