A growth target as its economy reels from the coronavirus pandemic. A massive cleanup operation in india and bangladesh after cycling sweeps through the region. Also ahead the skys not to the limits the u. S. Pulls out of a longstanding open skies arms control treaty saying russia violated it. And in sport costa rica become the 1st country in the americas to resume their professional football league. The government in hong kong says it will work with beijing to introduce a new National Security law as soon as is possible we are expecting more details later but its believed to criminalize secession foreign interference and subversion of beijings state power news of the plan has already been met with. Protests in hong kong and leading prodemocracy figures called at the end of one country 2 systems the chinese premier li announced the bill at the opening of the annual National Peoples congress its meeting 3 months late because of the pandemic also coming from the parliament for the 1st time in decades 30 years china will not set a growth target premier league said development will be set aside as beijing works to repair an economy badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic we have correspondents on both sides of the story in a moment well go live to hong kong and my colleague adrian brown 1st to beijing and aljazeera correspondent there katrina you katrina whats the logic behind this for the big powers that be in beijing. Well premier league your tongue as you mentioned gave the annual government work report and compared to previous years his tone is very sobering very cautious there was very little of the ideological flourishes that we had come to expect at this kind of event instead it was heavy on pragmatism now he spoke about the coronavirus 1st off and how big of an impact it had on china he said that it was quite an achievement for the communist party to have contained it so quickly that no effort was spared and it was worth paying the price to do this yet he also acknowledged that the economy had taken a very big hit because of this he went on to focus on measures to not boost the economy but to stabilize it so we havent seen any large scale stimulus measure mentioned and also for the 1st time he mentioned because of the pandemic and continuing uncertainties in the Global Market no g. D. P. Target was mentioned for the 1st time since 1988 instead some of the measures that he spoke about were prioritizing employment introducing 9000000 or so jobs he also talked about a continuing the goal to eradicate poverty by the end of this year as well as focusing on domestic consumption because of instabilities when it comes to Foreign Trade he also issued a very telling instruction to the rest of the communist Party Officials to all levels of government saying that it was their duty from here on to tighten their belts so a very somber look at the economy it looks like the government is going to really struggle to revive the economy following the impact of the pandemic and it seems Like Premier League was also possibly ushering in a new period of austerity here in china thanks very much ok lets take a closer look at beijings plan National Security law and points considered controversial by many people in hong kong the territory is governed under the one country 2 systems rule. That defines its relationship with beijing up until 2047 guaranteeing rights and freedoms for the people of hong kong in 2003 an attempt by the Hong Kong Government to enact a National Security law was met by widespread protests and the bill was laid to shelved now beijing has bypassed the Territories Legislature and proposed a National Security bill directly to the National Peoples congress now that bill aims to prevent as weve been hearing subversion foreign interference and whats described as quote terrorism live now to hong kong and our correspondent there adrian brown adrian does this mean that the powers that be in beijing can in effect do a big circular turn around the legislature in hong kong and run the place exactly as they want to. Yeah basically thats the the worry here of many people in hong kong that they can basically as you say now go around the Hong Kong Legislature when they want to get things done in the future now china says the reason its pushing for this new security bill and pushing for it so quickly is that this should have happened years ago but the Hong Kong Government simply didnt do their job so beijing is saying well where do the job for you now this new bill could become law as early as august now a lot of analysts say that one of the reasons why beijing is moving so quickly is that there are elections in hong kong for the Legislative Assembly in september and these analysts say that perhaps beijing wants to use this law against some of the more radical legislators to perhaps hamper their chances of running in the elections even to get them disqualified now the Hong Kong Government as you mentioned earlier had said that it will work to fully implement this legislation it says that its needed to punish people who create violence and also to punish people who push for independence but lets be clear its not just the Chinese Government that is pushing for this bill this is come from president xi jinping and in many ways he has succeeded in making sure that. Weve lost that loan that sewage and brown in hong kong apologise for that we will try and go back to adrian if we can before the end of the program emily lau is the chairwoman of the International Affairs committee of the Democratic Party and former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council she says imposing the law means hong kong will lose its autonomy if they would only sit and talk to the prodemocracy can see what their concerns are. Each side make some compromises i think they can have a consensus but they refused to do it they just want to bhuttos it threw it tried into all of 3 failed and now theyre trying it again and this time they dont even want to take it to the Legislative Council they just want to do it in beijing and then foist it on us and in so doing beijing is declaring the end of one country 2 systems if thats the case its going to be one country one system we have will be just like any other chinese city and even the hong kong people who belongs to the National Peoples congress when they travel to beijing yesterday to attend the meeting they didnt know about it it just beijing just sprang it on everybody oh it was so shocking and disgraceful im sure there will be more protests and and my party will be wood working with at the prodemocracy parties and organizations to plan the protests about of course now we have to buy receipt so people have Health Concerns and also their social distancing groups and so people have to be careful because if we quick break the rules idea could be a rest us and we will be charged and maybe we have to go to jail so everybody has to be aware that this school happened but still i think many people just will not wear it they will come out to protest and we want to be International Community to speak out and particularly we want the British Government to speak up because britain handed millions of people over to communist rule in 97 and if you look at the statement by the British Government yesterday saying they will want to turn the situation it is so real a dream and so weak i think its quite disgraceful. Ok lets talk to your hes the president of the center for china and globalization a think tank based in beijing he has multiple policy advisory roles inside china as a counselor for the state council appointed by premier li in 2015 mr wang good to talk to you here on the news hour on aljazeera you are very very close to president xi jinping article 4 of this legislation is arguably the most controversial it talks about a must improving National Security situation in real terms what does that mean for hong kong. Well. I think that in our form how weve seen that in the last year there is a lot of. Unrest and a lot of a dispute and lot of demonstrations and some of very violent and its really greatly interfere in the media lives around and also actually put on going into really. Is the point about really since the since the handover and actually not receded tourism is information that is its not there anymore because support is not there anymore and the hong kong really losing a lot of appeal to the National Community because their hometown is now basically. Cannot be invested anymore because of the political instability and also the violence so i think what is trying to you know is that what is the situation but also to introduce the law so that there is no you know as uncle independence theres no are no more violence and of course this is really for the for the for the good of im gone i think theres you know we used to be a lot to be discussing and so this is really important after we got too many and of. Ok when you talk mr wang about ending the chaos you surely must understand why those prodemocracy demonstrators and the prodemocracy campaigners that weve spoken to on this program on this channel they say it is an end of one country 2 systems because what youre doing you are imposing a bolt on piece of legislation on hong kong that gives the Central Government in beijing arguably precisely the same powers in hong kong as it already has across the rest of china. Whoa whoa i dont think its the end of a country to a system actually i think one country towards them is very much alive we are has been able to benefit the plant from Mainland China for the last you know 23 years since it is a land where even before that on how is there is a bridge between china and also what is the Financial Center for the Mainland China and hong kong has many ways actually benefited from the this connection to the 2 to Mainland China so for example every year millions of tourists from tehran come to harm our spending on you know these the land everything soso and also lost tons of how to Chinese Students study hong kong and many Chance Company best so its really its all its a lifeblood of hong kong and so i think that you know that count 102 says the work was fine of course but mr lang always come apologies again for interrupting you one more time so this legislations got nothing to do with disneyland or disney world its got nothing to do with Chinese Students studying in hong kong it has to do with what the beijing government is empowering itself to do by handing a decree and thats what it is its not legislation is being voted on its a decree that in itself is controversial and its how that is known to many just let me finish the point so it is how that is implemented on the ground if there are more protests and demonstrations. Yeah because of the for the home coming home of their home home you know i mean we cannot do anything so we want we dont want the story on how it all or our separation are going to pan everything to really sort of im coming home now is a is a is a part of china and so so if its part of china that we really have to really Work Together and really start those difficulties and really a car and a sink the Common Ground but what i think. What weve seen and also there is no Economic Activity is not in me and thats really ok how its going not innocent how much of this is motivated by fear fear of what might happen in the elections showed chilled for september because if the local prodemocracy parties do well in that election in september and you see more protests and more demonstrations beijing has a big problem. What i think you know you know though right now china is doing very well in the economy is one of the Fastest Growing you know or and its has you know quickly counting the mars and now home production is reviving trying to almost 200 so we would like of hosel you know benefit from you know we dont want the whole cant become so political allies and also interference from other countries and also become dependent you know thats the key so we are really coming to an end and nowhere is that the worst prosperity whereas the livelihood of income people that i would like to see more tourists coming from we like the heartland spend what money there and has a more kids go to harlem to study what we ask you know the hunger what Chinese Investment was there what Company Least in hong kong so that ok cant really ban ok 1st time in 30 years we havent had a Growth Prediction from the government in beijing what has to change what has to tilt or pivot in the right direction before we get to that kind of prediction we get them every year and weve had them every year until this year. Well i think you know i think perry has a lever his powers of reporters. Earlier effectively this morning actually even though it is a target of. 2020 because 2020 were already past 5 months now and theyre you know because of that and that is so theyre still in there in the calculation and in the in the planning stage what moreover you know the war is still in the widespread and as they were in deep into so the chinese economy is partly whately travellers who werent so until world economies they were like this how can you predict what exactly grows on chinese our economy the chinese economy is intertwined with the World Economy but under the gun protests give a very clear object if theres a caucus at the exam about 2020 john is going to eliminate all extreme property thats the object of never compromise cheat also china has a government issued one trillion a bomb another trillion of the bills to stimulate the economy and also in turn im going to train the 35000000 workers and the laborers to do up with the skill channel to actually also hired you look to recruit 2000000 of occasion or stay with them to really build up of workforce so theres theres a host of the matters that trans gum is taken to continue to stimulate the economy to stabilize the economy to boost the confidence of china and also the arab world china also turns probably those of us as china continue to open we open them up wider well welcome all the Foreign Company to be a china with their own additive at least so so as a math class we met mr wang good to talk to beijing we appreciate your time and your insight thank you so much thank you. Lots more still to come for you here on the news hour including on the front line of the virus crisis in mexico paramedics when the hospitals are reaching a breaking point. In this was news no fans no problem germanys top division continues the massive showdown in the capital. The indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has gone to areas hardest hit by the regions most powerful cyclon in decades at least 96. 00 people died in india and neighboring bangladesh surveyed the damage done by cycling on pond from the air before meeting rescue teams the authorities are struggling to restore road links and electricity to millions of homes in kolkata streets were flooded trees and power lines were torn down there are concerns that corona virus could spread among people whove gone to emergency shelters in bangladesh people have been able unable to return to their villages after some were left underwater storm searches flooded low lying areas food parcels of being given to those whove been left homeless weve got reporters in both countries Tanveer Choudhry is standing by for us in dhaka in bangladesh 1st lets go to premier in kolkata just take us through what the latest information is there. It is a seedy situation in brisbane drug which is happening on the credit mind going by this and the last song. Off of that of course i caught on fire which has wrecked lot across was our chief minister mum about a jeep accompanied indian Prime Minister not into more the under governor are all across saw you know was not. Armed so it wasnt ideal of you or what the Prime Minister grog and what the devastation is not an ounce of initial ground 0142000000 euros god knows that the state of west bengal and the family of the deceased and those injured he has he has given out about our 2800. 00 euro storm those and 700. 00 us dollars respectively from the Prime Ministers or defund this is found out of course notify me of those what are robbed of the seized and injured and apart from but he said he will stand by listening to what i need to do is best to see back the Communication Services are restored almost in the state and also he understands the situation that the state is grappling under the clinton that i guess you are bound to make as well as the cycling which shows that. Our neck have been western but we must understand as far as you know our ground situation is concerned when it comes to that for example but our trees fadden on the streets which is causing a concern because sentients imus