Republic of congo for oil fields anger against u. N. Peacekeepers accused of failing to provide protection and a grim task for flood survivors in kenya digging to find the remains of missing loved ones. I am. Thank you very much for joining us u. S. President donald trump assigned to bills into law that back hong kongs for Democracy Movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and on kong special trade status will be reviewed every year the territorys leaders say it will damage relations with the u. S. While china has expressed extreme regret on the move saying it will respond with firm count and measures will get more reaction from beijing with Andrew Thomas very shortly for a sabbatical hane in washington d. C. Patty president toms team had voiced reservations about these bills why did he sign them. Because he had no choice congress forced his hand this vote was near unanimous there was just one voting no so that was plenty of people that could override a president ial veto so the president aware that you was sort of forced into this not wanting to see china react sending out a fairly unusual statement saying that he signed these bills out of respect for president g. China and the people of hong kong they also put in their announcement that he had signed these 2 bills that he believes some provisions interfere with the president s Constitutional Authority and they would be treating the bill if with that or in mind what exactly does that mean well they didnt spell out what provisions or how that could come to force but this could be a powerful tool if the president chose to use it its not at all clear hes going to not only does the let him sanction people in hong kong and china but if that special trade status that could be so critical if the secretary of state was to come back and say no china is not going along with the policy hong kong doesnt have enough independence they could basically take that status away that would have a huge impact on trade but bigger than that it could send a signal to a Financial Markets to investors that hong kong is not a safe place to park your money so that is the big concern it does seem unlikely that theyre going to take these steps the other bill that the president signed more concretely it stops American Companies from giving or selling any thing to hong kong authorities that could be used against crowds such as tear gas canisters or rubber bullets so what the president is going to do its not clear congress has given him this authority has sent the signal that he doesnt want to use it so well wait to see what the secretary of state says but for this president the big concern is the trade war he needs Rural America to get reelected and right now theyre really hurting because of this trade war so it seems unlikely that the president would reject that special status but congress has forced his hand and it is now the law of the land you can do it if you wants to thank you for that for us in washington now over to thomas in beijing andrew as patty said this could complicate trade negotiations whats the reaction in beijing. Well its been very swift has been very firm we normally have to wait until mid afternoon beijing time for the Foreign Ministry to talk about International Affairs like this we werent expecting a statement 1st thing in the morning or 1st aired in the last 25 minutes one has come out on a regular bit of it because it is very strong youve got to remember beijing was pushing back against this u. S. Legislation all week they knew it was due to be part of the u. S. Senate then when it was passed each moment they brought in diplomats here in beijing they brought in the u. S. Ambassador to china just on tuesday to warn him not to allow the president passed legislation has passed and this is the reaction its a very violates International Law as the Foreign Ministry statement says it brazenly supports violence with the ultimate goal to destroy hong kongs prosperity and stability and hinder chinas great course of rejuvenation so what the chinese Foreign Ministry is saying is that this is not just about hong kong this is about the u. S. Meddling in internal Chinese Affairs and the same goes on to say that china will retaliate and say how but it says that china will tell you they are absolutely furious about this furious that the United States and indeed other countries but in this instance the United States involving itself in what they see as a purely domestic chinese issue and the fact that the u. S. Has gone ahead despite very very Strong Language all week warning donald trump to ignore essentially the u. S. Senate vote and veto this bill while they are absolutely furious about it we advise the u. S. It still says not to persist otherwise china will definitely retaliate these efforts their intentions it says are doomed. Thank you for that Andrew Thomas bringing us reaction there from beijing. A not in a dramatic escalation of iraqs antigovernment protests crowds have towards c. E. Raney and consulates in the holy city of najaf they accused tehran affronting up iraqs government which theyve been writing against for 2 months now they to be Everything Else was hundreds of antigovernment protesters stormed the compound that the iranian consulate in the jaffa 55. 00 to tie a 1000 blankets and replacing the iranian flag with an iraqi one was analysts say the symbolic importance of the attack in a shia majority city cannot be understated of this is the city where the Ayatollah Khomeini used to live its considered to be you know the heart of the shia muslim world and iran thought that it had the population the iraqi shia population on its side in terms of its you know regional policies clearly thats not the case. Protesters say rand is exerting to much power in iraq they will directly government to take action to limit it was its the 2nd time this month that in a rainy and consulate has been targeted by iraqi protest as 3 weeks ago Security Forces killed to demonstrate is in the city of kabul and. Both attacks feed into the wide Anti Government protest movement that the gulf direct since october so its unclear you know what options the government in iran has in response to these protests i dont think they have very good options and as i i suspect right now there is deep panic and paranoia in terror on over what happened today in niger. The challenge for iran is how to respond without alienating the Shia Community upon which its provide to expand its reach. Victoria gay to be out. At least 1000 people have been killed during another rebel attack in the east of the democratic republic of congo this is a volatile region where un peacekeepers have been targeted by angry locals who say theyre failing to protect them fighters from a group called the allied Democratic Forces are suspected of being behind the attack on a village near the city of or each or they are suspected of a string of recent massacres around benny which sparks the violent protests against the un and the Congolese Army aljazeera is Catherine Sawyer reports from the prevention capital goma. Another tense day in. A protest shot dead by a policeman on saturday. The policeman was later killed by an angry mob. They marched through the city with his body in. The area where he was shot in the head. The bodies one of 6 people who have been killed. Over the weekend people here are not and their anger is directed to the u. N. Peacekeeping mission called one school they blame the peacekeepers for failing to protect them from a tox from an armed group in the area called allied Democratic Forces or. The un mission in benny has also been accused of using Excessive Force of protest as one of our peacekeepers showed that a protester was. Then the peacekeepers so we are still in the process so very fine old socks and Fact Checking the ripples we have received in the midst of all this another tragedy happened in our you morning attack by a. T. F. On a village about 30 kilometers from benny more than a dozen people hopped to death with machetes some of them the copy tainted. On the streets of benny is also being felt many kilometers south and north. Was protesters here have expressed their Frustration Police have been deployed to keep them from getting too important says this is just a small group of people who have. Fired a protest of the all the blood libel thats in the add to the fact that this one here this is the feeling much more all of what is going on in benny they fear the killings but he also said the United Nations me called one move must leave the country. Then message was clear and they told us no matter what force is used to remove them from the streets theyll keep coming back until the demands of the people of matt lets get it done nobodys money we are tired i come from op people are being slaughtered. The u. N. And our soldiers are out there and doing nothing why then are all this forces there not to protect our people. The they finished their part of a police station. Where they paid their last tribute to heat or battle. And back in bed he was buried by Family Friends and hundreds of other protestants determined to keep the pressure on until the violence stops cathy zoi al jazeera. And the former Vice PresidentJohn Pierre Bemba has lost his appeal against a one year sentence at the International Criminal court bemba was convicted of bribing witnesses during his war trial walk rhymes trial he was accused of commanding troops to commit atrocities in neighboring Central African republic member was ultimately acquitted in that trial and even though he lost the appeal this latest one he wont go to jail as a court deemed hed already spent enough time in custody. To kenya now where government Recovery Efforts have been stretched beyond their limits by devastating flooding and landslides so people have been left to dig in the mud themselves searching for the remains of missing loved ones monitor door reports from the village of tom karl in storm ravaged west county. The people of time called village in kenya west book called county. Mission days after floods and landslides swept away the homes there such and for the bodies of the missing relatives william domi killer is looking for the body of his 5 year old daughter much somebodys gonna i found the body of my son who also died not far from here so ive asked my neighbors to help with the search for my daughter had body is under this rubble the flood some landslide in college followed days of torrential rain entire families were wiped out when a vast side of water broke some mud swept across the village the land that once held their homes is now covered by mud and rocks but if i lost his entire family to live that down by the millions of them its hard to bear the loss of my sister who had just finished school that day as well as my mother and 2 brothers im all alone in the world in all 21 people died in com live in bodies have been recovered the rest are still missing. William capello is yet to find the bodies of 7 of his 9 children who died began you know with my appeal to the government is to help me raise and educate my only remaining son life will never be the same for us we also need machinery to move these rocks to check if there might be anybodys underneath. But government rescue workers are yet to reach this far flung village theyve been hampered by the torrential rain and floods which also swept away bridges and roads in was the court that tried to do that took place here as part of a grim picture affecting many parts of west county and with continued rainfall theres a possibility of water repeats government officials have been appealing to people to move to say fun grounds but the people of this village say they conned do that until they find the bodies of their loved ones locals say told the last disaster that but witnessed and they dread and if for the loss of life. We need the government to carry out some conservation work deforestation over farming has made the soil prone to sliding. Most survivors in some shelter in the local charge others have chosen to live in the open not sure when if ever their lives come to a time to any sense of normality mohammed on the wall just some call in North Western kenya. 20 more ahead on this news hour including mexico head south the u. S. President s plan to designate drug cartels as terrorists calls plus out of the running give maybe sounds president loses in the 1st round of an election he says was great and in sport there is plenty of drama and the latest round of Champions League matches be here to tell us who advanced. Rescue workers in albania cell hoping to find people alive beneath the rubble after tuesdays powerful earthquake and they and those who escaped are also dealing with aftershocks johnson reports from duress one of the worst hit cities. The day after albanias most powerful earthquake in decades rescue teams are still digging in search of survivors but their relatives are worried this mans daughter and granddaughter are under the rubble of this Apartment Building he spoke to them by mobile phone in the 1st few hours after the building collapsed but has since lost touch he is too distraught to talk to us the state machinery is our phones are still geared towards rescue of those people still trapped under the rubble and in this once 5 story apartment block behind me 2 families are said still to be trapped and rescue crews are trying to pull them out but one and a half days after the earthquake that leveled this building there is now only a hangover of hope that they may still be alive this womans son and her family were lucky to be pulled alive from the rubble of their Apartment Building soon after the earthquake but they are now homeless and so is she pushing me to give up and in these a very busy mission i have been on the street for 2 days i slept on the beach the 1st night im still out in the streets i dont want charity i want food oh clothing i just want to know whats going to happen with my home the army has set up this tent city in a football field and organize. His Food Distribution but capacity is limited after the break through and her neighbor would turned away like that like a navy thief we went to the camp in the soccer field and we gave them our names they told us there was no room and that we should go away and register with the municipality instead and we have no way to go. The scale of the problem is enormous all over do this a coastal city of 200000 people there are cracked and broken buildings whose residents dare not enter them until engineers declare them safe some homeowners and Business Owners are risking their safety to salvage what they can like the owners of this heating and cooling business who pulled files of dollars worth of machinery from the basement albanias president says there must be a reckoning for the human suffering wrought here. Do you think there are going to theres going to be an investigation about that for sure sure. Its clear that some of this constructions were probably out of the standards of security but it will take time the people of duress are still nervous a 5 point aftershock on the Richter Scale sends them running out into the streets fearing the collapse of already damaged buildings saving lives is what matters now and sheltering the homeless but this earthquake will likely leave economic and political scars as questions are raised about why so much of albanias prosperity was apparently built on sand jumps out awful us aljazeera us. Mexico has accused donald trump of interventionism after he announced plans to designate drug cartels as stereoscopes its designed to disrupt cartel finances and impose travel bans on cartel leaders but they are warnings they will end up backfiring alan fischer reports from mexico city. The death of 9 americans in a Cartel Ambush earlier this month sparked widespread outrage the victims 3 women 6 children were traveling through a remote area in northern mexico when they were attacked jewel u. S. Mexican citizens the family the labatt ins demanded the white house days ignorant mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations youre going to do a telephone interview with a right wing talk host President Donald Trump said that process is underway ive been working on that for the last 90 days you know designation is that that is you know i dont go through a process of mexicos drug cartels or huge operations they control large chunks of the country and theyre involved in Drug Trafficking assassinations kidnapping and political corruption being designated a terrorist organization by america means it becomes illegal for anyone to knowingly support the groups if banks realize they handle any cartel funds they must block the money under and form the government a new members are banned from entering the u. S. And so taking this move while it might benefit the president in the United States it might make people feel righteous and justified in satisfied here that were taking stronger steps ultimately may make it harder to do business with the mexicans and we need to