A call for Justice George floyds brother appeals to the u. N. To act to protect black people in america. And targeting assads pockets the u. S. Brings in new sanctions to squeeze further the Syrian Governments funds. Under the un has called on india and china to act with restraint and welcomed moves by both sides to deescalate the situation along the shared border china and india have agreed to restart talks to resolve a longstanding border dispute thats intensified in recent weeks it culminated on monday with the deaths of 20 indian soldiers the worst fighting in the disputed himalayan region for decades it centers on the girl one valley region near indian administered kashmir catching up as her day on has more. In the remote western himalayas there is little evidence of what indian and chinese soldiers to the worst of violence in decades both sides gave different versions of the violence and how it unfolded. Amid a call for deescalation the body of a soldier is laid to rest indias army said there were casualties on both sides with no shots fired according to media reports most soldiers drowned allegedly punched and shoved on to rocks and eventually falling into a river with severe head injuries. Chinese military drills like this one have become more common both sides have increased their military presence in recent months with tension rising over who owns what land. The border has been disputed since india and china went to war in 1062. 00 the line in yellow is the socalled line of actual control but there are several disputed areas on either side one of the main was is excited chain its claimed by india that administered by china. China says their shared interests are stronger than their conflicts cud it also has a warning which we once again ask india to act on our consensus and strictly disciplined us troops not to cross the lawn to provide it and not to take unilateral action that might complicate the situation. Prime minister Narendra Modi says india wants peace but is ready to defend itself. I want to assure the nation that the sec refined our soldiers have made will not stories a waste for us the integrity of india and our sovereignty is the most important thing and nobody can stop us from protecting them. For families its a time of mourning this father says he cant leave his son a colonel is dead now dont you feel under deep shock after hearing about my sons misfortune i never expected this. Not much that Indian Officials have rejected accusations they calls this escalation furious protesters say china must be punished the debate over this border isnt new but beijing strained relationship with the u. S. May have fueled mistrust and its true that india has to do several steps in recent times. To have a closer military relationship with the United States a political divide now raising the stakes for beijing and new delhi over where their vast frontier begins and ends. Up a simple yawn aljazeera. Elizabeth is in new delhi with more reaction from indias government. Both foreign ministries have released statements saying that theyre going to deescalate the situation on the border as soon as possible that follows a phone conversation between the Foreign Ministers but whats really interesting is that they continue to blame each other for what happened for the violence in the strongest possible terms both sides maintaining that it was the other that trespassed on their territory started the violence and also that it was the other that broke the june 6th agreement to deescalate here and the of the government is under pressure to both explain how 20 soldiers were killed along the border for the 1st time in 45 years and also to take action against what happened because the past 10 days the government had been assuring people that any border disputes could be solved through dialogue and wall many defense experts who accuse in china of encroaching on and the u. S. Territory the government said that the situation was under control now we are seeing those protests will be a small and many cities around and deal with the burning of chinese flags but weve also got reports of Residents Welfare associations asking people to throw out their chinese products and weve seen videos of people doing so as well as that we also have a hyphen nationalist media and who are blaming china for what happened and theyve also joined the chorus here of us and the and government what its going to do to retaliate to respond to the deaths of the 20 soldiers. Katrina uses in beijing where Authorities Say efforts are underway to defuse tensions with india. China says its in close communication with india via both diplomatic and military channels Foreign Ministry spokesperson jolly gen spoke to the media today on wednesday and said that both sides were intent on resolving this dispute through peaceful dialogue and that china did not want to see any further clashes at the same time jolly gen laid the blame for the deadly brawl on monday so we at the feet of india according to beijing the truce lives actually reached a consensus on the border dispute on june 6th but indian troops violated this consensus and he said they provoked and attacked chinese personnel he also went on to urge the Indian Military to discipline its troops he went on to say further that the location where this altercation took place the Golden Valley he said that this was and has always been chinese territory something thats heavily disputed by india and he said that clearly it was clear about who was on the right in the wrong side of this clash that resulted in the deaths of those soldiers on monday now according to indian media there were chinese casualties as well but the Chinese Government is yet to release any numbers and there is some speculation that they may never release these numbers a state media here are saying that this is in fact a sign of goodwill from beijing an example of beijing wanting to pursue peace with india and not wanting to spark any confrontational sentiment that nail lead to all out conflict north korea has warned it will redeploy troops near to the south korean border and resume military exercises as tensions between the 2 rise the south says it will no longer tolerate from north spin a view of a broad reports from purdue on the Southern Side of the border. Making its message clear and unequivocal the destruction of the joint Liaison Office has been widely broadcast by north korean state run media accompanied by warnings that it will increase its military presence along the border separating the 2 koreas. Guard posts that had been removed to deescalate tensions will now be restored while military exercises on the northern side of the border will be resumed bringing this unusually strong response from the south. Such moves thought to the efforts and achievements made by the 2 koreas to maintain peace and the north will surely pay if these measures are put into action the north has blamed the south for allowing defectors to release propaganda balloons into its territory but north Korean Leader kim jong un is also frustrated at his failure to get more concessions in summits with the south korean president moon j. N. And with u. S. President donald trump the north seeming to conclude the current path of diplomacy has run its course just doesnt its just not that interested anymore and moon is very constrained by sanctions i mean thats why this thing is sort of been frozen for year now im just not sure that much can change in the next 6 months or 8 months jus on the Southern Side of the border relatives of people abducted during the korean war hold a simple ceremony. Many events are being staged with the coming 70th anniversary of the start of the conflict least sango was a baby when his father was abducted to the north. For him and others still living with the wars consequences this latest attempt at reconciliation has achieved little condone kim jong un wouldnt recognize this issue even uses and the sauce korean order ministration couldnt put the issue on the table green the summit in any case this section of the border is where rail and road links were meant to be connected if the Current Initiative had been a success it was planned that you would become one of the main crossing points between north and south in what would be a new era of peaceful coexistence on the peninsula they are hopes that for the time being at least seen dashed once more Robert Bright aljazeera pardieu south korea. The brother of george floyd has urged the Un Human Rights Council to work for justice for black people in the u. S. A rare urgent debate on racism and Police Brutality called by a group of 54 african nations began with a minutes silence a draft resolution was tabled that would set up a high level investigation into Police Violence against people of african descent in the u. S. This was dropped after opposition from the u. S. Placed with a call to establish the facts of racism in the country and diplomatic editor james bases at the United Nations in new york and says the u. S. Will be willing to accept criticism. The subject of the meeting the current racially inspired Human Rights Violations systematic Racism Police brutality and the violence against peaceful protest youll notice there is no mention in the title of this urgent session that was only decided upon in the last few days of the United States but its clear what theyre talking about theyre talking about the protests that have followed the death of george floyd in minneapolis in fact one of the keynote speakers was the brother of george floyd the way the barber brother tony abbott m. R. That all caliber is the way black people are truly about police and america you watch my brother that there could have been me i hear about bread the people who i mean that in a says are your brother the 1st the people of america and you have the power to help earth get there through rabab rather their eyes lowered. You know their help you know. You there help me i think you help but that people in america session of the Human Rights Council continues in geneva but lots of it is taking place by virtue of contribution in fact i mean mohammed whos the deputy secretary general of the United Nations joined here from where i am from u. N. Headquarters in new york she described this as the process taking place as todays sacred battle before she was the deputy secretary general she was in one jury and politician and its certainly the african countries that have been pushing this but where it goes next and we expect the debate to continue into thursday in geneva is with some form of declaration this is the controversial bit you know how the trump of ministration doesnt like other countries intervene fearing in its affairs you just look at some of its recent comments on the International Criminal court you look at the fact the trumpet ministration pulled out of the Human Rights Council its. Self now some of these african countries want a commission of inquiry set up by the Human Rights Council to examine all the claims in this issue im told american diplomats and some of their allies are working very hard behind the scenes to try and drop that idea of a commission of inquiry. Still to come on now to syria outrage in front of the van and treatment for the protest demonstration in paris to beijing increases its alert level of her new coronavirus outbreak flights to and from the Chinese Capital accounts. Had a very unsubtle cross central and southeastern areas of europe kind of cloudy can see but very amongst this kind of had some particularly heavy downpours hungry yes again just several days after flooding in one part of the country here we are again you can see just how deep it is these really a flash flood some very trying to pose the cause the flooding very dramatically meanwhile across areas of the u. K. The midlands to the north there have been some dramatic thunderstorms in the last few hours but the best weather is if you had down into spain something cross the east into about it on people back out on the beach another decent spains to go through thursday and it really is very unsettled some heavy rain pushing into western Northern Areas of france again fairly widespread across much of the u. K. With germany picking up some heavy downpours and again pushing towards the east so again hungry and east which is where we could see some heavy amounts of rain not by friday is perhaps not quite as widespread is pretty good across the east how much is are on the high side but still some very heavy rain particularly affecting poland on friday and also a fair amount of cloud around with a few more showers across the u. K. And really much lighter across areas of france when it comes to time which is of course it has been very warm up in scandinavia for the last couple of weeks it will stay warm for the next couple days and then eventually getting closer to the average for jude. The plight of the Syrian People and the violence they enjoy is plain for all to see. But behind closed doors lurks an unspeakable brutality inflicted on the women. From the brave few who survived a massive loss in dignity and dad to tell the tale. Silent war a witness documentary on aljazeera. Among the top stories here now to syria china and india have agreed to restart talks to ease tensions out of fighting broke out over a longstanding border dispute in the himalayas 20 indian soldiers were killed. North korea warns it will redeploy troops to the border with south korea and resume military exercises has threatened to cut ties with seoul after north korean defectors from south sent propaganda leaflets into the north. The brother of george floyd is urged the Un Human Rights Council to investigate Police Brutality and Racial Discrimination in the United States the urgent debate on systemic racism was called by a group of 54 african nations. Beijing has raised its Emergency Alert level after a new outbreak of corona virus left 137 people infected hundreds of flights in and out of chinas capital have been cancelled schools and universities are closed Priyanka Gupta has more. Most flights in and out of beijing are counseled but these travelers are trying to leave while they can the Chinese Capital is in the middle of its most serious outbreak of cornell far as since february can vary from you know it was maybe im leaving now because the outbreak is a bit serious and im afraid of being infected so i want to escape back to home soon on wednesday the government raised to submerge is your response level to tackle the spread of new factions linked to beijings largest wholesale food market schools and universities have been shot and people have been urged to leave the city infections in 4 other provinces have already been linked to the operating budget in in some areas quarantine measures up and introduced for those coming from the capital. Jemmett you got all kinds of medical and Health Institutions schools institutions for the elderly subway and public transport have been raised to a high level in terms of Epidemic Prevention and control and measures will be fully implemented to prevent keep personnel from leaving beijing we will resolutely curb the spread of the virus in and outside the City Health Workers have been dispatched from across the city to beijing stays on hospital designated as a cold 90 Treatment Center you badly you were then dropped all but 100 transferred medical staff consists of 24 doctors 62 nurses 8 people from a Clinical Laboratory and 6 from radiology to enhance the treatment capacity of severe cases jangly a doctor who played an Important Role in the expert group for treating critical patients in will hand also join the Treatment Team for severe cases in the town hospital the government is allegedly testing hundreds of thousands of people on the spot and not both residential compounds under complete lockdown food markets i think restaurants in the city of 20000000 people being disappointed officials seem determined not to let beijing turn into another woman harm even as Health Experts warn the virus detected in these new cases seems more contagious product of. Brazil has recorded the highest single day jump in new coronavirus cases nearly 35000 new infections were reported on tuesday is the worst affected country in south america and is on course to pass a 1000000 confirmed cases in the coming days as the 2nd highest number infections globally after the United States 45000 people have died of corona virus in brazil. Overeem fears about the rapid spread of creating virus in latin americas overcrowded prisons in mexico the government launched an amnesty plan to release low risk prisoners in the effort to curb the outbreak but Rights Groups say its not enough John Heilemann has more from mexico city. A new feel good out of a mexican prison this a prove jus