But businesses are reopening across the country. And an unusual discovery outside mexicos capital archaeologists dig up one of the most famous mammals of the ice age. Now a security crackdown by china is set to cost hong kong some of the privileges that have helped cement it has a Global Financial and trade hub u. S. Secretary of state mike compare has told congress it is no longer autonomous and its longstanding special status with the United States should end china has rejected a request from an emergency meeting of the u. N. Security council its u. N. Ambassador called the u. S. The trouble maker of the wild while the Hong Kong Security bell is set to be voted through on thursday thats the final day of the National Peoples congress in the chinese capital. How does a castro reports from washington d. C. The United States special economic relationship with hong kong dates back to the territorys time under british rule since then and even after hong kongs return to china in 1907 the us has granted Hong Kong Special trade protections helping it become a global commercial hub where International Companies operate freely and u. S. Tariffs and visa requirements imposed on Mainland China dont touch but now that could change u. S. Secretary of state mike pump ailes report to congress on wednesday means President Trump is now free to revoke Hong Kong Special status and treat it like the rest of china seems to be quite frustrated and angry with china about the spread of 19 around the world and blames the chinese. So he may be willing to go ahead and do this he seems. Just to be less interested in making progress with china trump has been less vocal about the Aggressive Police response to prodemocracy protests in hong kong but the state Department Says with a new National Security law set to be imposed by Mainland China the territory of hong kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy and thus no longer deserves special treatment well my guess is that the trumpet administration would like to deter china from going ahead with with passing this law sanctions on hong kong would be harmful to Mainland China but suffering the most would be the people of hong kong themselves after months of Brutal Police crackdowns and a pandemic thats put its economy on thin ice the island is now squeezed between beijings promise of even harsher security crackdowns and washingtons threat to undermine its prosperity. Castro aljazeera Washington Well katrina you has more from beijing beijing seems determined to go ahead with this National Security law despite of International Criticism right now 3000 of Chinas Communist Party members are meeting in beijing for the last day of the National Peoples congress and this afternoon local time theyre going to vote to pass a variety of laws including the National Security law and its certainly going to go through the last few days weve had the same line from beijing that it is a job of the Central Government to enforce National Security and that this will be good for hong kong stability which is really emphasize this huge disconnect between beijing and what the people hong kong want in the thiele but beijing has shown simply no interest in the sending to prodemocracy activists prodemocracy politicians all the u. S. On this issue and in regard to the u. S. Request to convene a u. N. Security Council Meeting well chinas ambassador to the u. N. Has bonded to this request saying that it rejects this that is this is an internal affair has nothing to do with the u. N. Security council and as i asked the u. S. To stop what it calls bullying practices well youre wrong as the Vice President and Senior Research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies in beijing he believes that china has every right to pass the National Security bill. China certainly hope that United States would understand the reasons and the purposes. Of. Adopting formulate the decision and left as the legal system sure National Security. Come and the china also has a very clear Central Government. That it is aimed at improving National Security like you know. And so we only hope that you understand when i watch another. Channel with all the necessary come to me to respond. I sing about that with undermine chinas National Security while there have also been developments on another issue thats been causing us china tension a Canadian Court has ruled an extradition case against while way a chief Financial Officer men longer can go ahead she is wanted in the u. S. On charges of misleading a major bank on dealings with iran well roisin is a Program Associate at the Wilson Center as Kissinger Institute which looks at us china relations she says its likely that washington is using men as leverage and its ongoing trade war with beijing. This ruling has been something that i think canada has through diplomatic channels communicated to china to expect. The ruling is as indicated set that for her lawyers and within china this is definitely a much more than just a case of a one Business Executive acting in appropriately to subvert sanctions this is seen as a piece of a larger scale. U. S. China competition and technologies that while a is producing and selling and the political ramifications of those products in the United States this is also been something that leadership has lute into broader policy at and policy interests in china i believe President Trump has brought. Joe as a possible collateral in some of his negotiations with china so i think at this point this is only emboldened you know chinas perception that this isnt just a sort of. Conventional white collar prosecution case. Now anger is spreading in the United States over the death of an unarmed black man who was pinned to the ground by police in minneapolis in the past few hours protesters demanding justice for george floyd have come out in their hundreds and Downtown Los Angeles they brought parts of a freeway and surrounded Highway Patrol cars and in minneapolis a large crowds are out there again for Police Officers have been fired but for its family on the citys men calling for criminal charges protesters have surrounded the Police Precinct where the forward based and theres also been the looting of a nearby store all the protests are now into this 2nd day and as new video imagines the lawyer for george fords family has spoken of a pandemic of racism john hendren reports. The Minneapolis Police marched on demonstrators firing rubber bullets and chemical gas leaving them in govt in searing flames the protesters gathered by the hundreds despite a state wide coronavirus lockdown to mark the death of another unarmed black man in Police Custody at the british. Believe the about george floyd accused of forgery cries out in pain a policemans knee on his neck. Even during. Bystanders plead with the officers. Floyd later dies in Police Custody on it would really help them yes maybe youll get me on the road police say he had been resisting arrest but in this newly released Surveillance Video taken before floyd was forced to the ground hes shown handcuffed and apparently cooperative this was not a nice thing this is part of an ingrained systemic cycle of injustice is still exists which cuts at the very heart more sacred least of all americans are equal rights. The 4 officers on the scene were fired on tuesday but floyds family says thats not enough. For those officers to be charged with murder. Because thats exactly what they did they murdered. Minneapolis is mayor joined in the demand for criminal charges and offense took place that you or i or many other people through our city would have been behind bars if they did yet this particular individual this officer was it could be months before its clear whether charges will be filed the f. B. I. Is investigating the incident as a possible civil rights violation murder convictions of on duty Police Officers are very rare but they do happen. Demonstrators note a contrast when armed white protesters occupy Michigan State house to oppose the coronavirus Lockdown Police offer little resistance. In minneapolis this largely black crowd is met with gas canisters and rubber bullets but some vowed to remain in the streets to insist that no other unarmed africanamerican in the u. S. Is killed by police John Hendren Al Jazeera chicago and rob reynolds has more from. There were several 100 protesters they converged on the downtown area and marched around the civic center in los angeles and several. Group of the protesters then broke away and entered a freeway a large highway that courses through the center of the city block both sides of that highway and were then confronted by police a patrol car attempted to drive through the crowd and from the video that weve seen from the from the scene it appears that the one of those police cars analyzed by the protesters during the confrontation one protester who had climbed onto the Police Vehicle was injured after he fell off at the vehicle away that both that protester then received some medical attention eventually the marchers left the freeway but continued to protest in the downtown area the Los Angeles Police chief Michael Moore issued a statement earlier calling the video of george. Apprehension by minnesota Minneapolis Police department disturbing so whether this continues that all. d is a matter of conjecture but it certainly seems that it has struck a nerve not only in minnesota not only minneapolis but across the country. Well still ahead on aljazeera a new set they suggest that brazils president may have misjudged the public mood on social distancing. And Mission Delayed faster launch of astronauts by a private company is put on hold. I know that the heat wave is all across northern sections of the middle east because of course the last few hours we have got this is larry watching here to the fall south just sitting off the coast of oman and yemen that could bring some rain showers maybe some thunderstorms in the next couple of days it tends to stay offshore but it could bring shadows to coastal areas but look at these conditions across seasonal the areas in particular baghdad down across into we have got sandwiches in the high fortys even hotter as we go into friday in baghdad 48. 00 degrees celsius now the average this time of year is 36. 00 degrees so this really is unusual to be this hot as so early in the summer weve also got more showers across areas of turkey is a touch is quite low there in anchorage is 15 degrees celsius little niches elsewhere beginning to climb 42 is the high in doha on friday and the center 42 across into dubai Central Africa potential rains particularly around the gulf of guinea some heavy rain in the 4 calls that youll thursday into gabble and appealing to southern areas of nigeria but also weve got a fair amount of central role that i was mozambique and again to the east coast of the towns and here and across into kenya now the scene is ever low pressure to the south of south africa for the last few days its still around and slightly the rain is back in the forecast on friday and sunday feeling cooler as well just 17 in cape town. The story of blackmail. I have strength. The story of courage. The fear. Passion. And you. Just. Are you watching aljazeera lets remind you of our top stories this hour the u. S. Secretary of state has told congress that Hong Kong Special status with america should end since the territory is no longer autonomous from china it comes as beijing prepares to impose a new security law on hong kong which has sparked more protests. A Canadian Court has ruled an extradition case against twal wage chief Financial Officer mungo can go ahead shes wanted in the u. S. On charges of misleading a major bank on hallways dealings with iran. And growing anger over the death of an unarmed black man in u. S. Police custody has spread to los angeles hundreds of protesters have been on the streets there meanwhile in minneapolis where george floyd diet police have used tear gas to disperse demonstrations. Well the United States has become the fast country in the wild to record 100000 deaths from the corona virus and the total number of infections in the u. S. Is now just shy of 1700000 but it is still are saying restrictions aimed at stopping the pandemic Kristensen Amy reports the beginning of summer in the u. S. And a cautious reopening of beaches along the popular new jersey shore in new York City Parks sun seekers are kept apart with circles on the grass while outside San Francisco city hall the homeless are space to abide by social distancing guidelines all part of a new normal as the country emerges from lockdown but amid the slow reopening a grim milestone the death toll from coated 19 has now claimed more than 100000 american lives a far cry from the confident statements just a few months ago from the u. S. President will see what happens but we have a great doctor in the world we have a very bad just to grow very aggressively weve got the u. S. Accounts for almost a 3rd of the worlds coded 19 deaths a damning statistic some say for the worlds richest country it says a lot about our Public Health system it says a lot about how seriously we took this unique. It says a lot about what we need to improve for the future this is really a wait and a time to be even to realize how important Public Health by comparison coded 19 has proven to be worse than other recent virus outbreaks the 2003 sars epidemic did not claim a single life in the u. S. In 2009 to each one n one pandemic claimed the lives of 12469 americans with covert 19 no one can say for certain what the final u. S. Death toll will be. Since march citizens have had to endure weeks of restrictions and lots of distress trying to stay safe from the virus but a new Columbia University study found that imposing the lockdown even a week earlier could have saved tens of thousands more lives based on the overall premise that lives could have been saved had social distancing been in place earlier yes in theory we waited too long to implement those social distancing measures hindsight is always 2020 so of course we know that now i think at the time there was it wasnt clear how widespread the virus was with the vaccine still a long way from being available its clear the threat from covert 19 would linger over a summer shaping up to be unlike any other in living memory christian salumi euro well the European Commission is calling for a Recovery Fund of some 825000000000 dollars to help you nations tackle the pandemic president us live on the land wants to transform the uk central finances to allow it to raise money from Capital Markets and would then hand out grants and loans from Member States but some countries including austria the netherlands denmark and sweden opposed to taking on debt for other countries while she has said this crisis forces Member States to make an important choice in front of us once again is that same binary choice we either all go it alone leaving countries regions and people behind and accepting a union of haves and have those not have not all we want that road to gether we take that leap forward we pave a strong past for our people and for the next generation and for me the choice is simple i want us to take a new bold step to get the. 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