That now has extra meaning these are live pictures from you. Taking aim at boko haram nigerias military says its killed several leaders of the armed group. And waiting to be reunited a father whos one of thousands of palestinians separated from his family because of the coronavirus. Now canadian Prime Minister just introduced says hes disappointed that china has charged 2 of his citizens with spying the business men and a former diplomats were detained in late 2018 and what its being seen as retaliation for canadas arrest of a chinese businesswoman but beijing is rejecting accusations of hostage diplomacy alexia bryan reports. These are the men at the center of a case thats left relations between china and canada at their lowest in decades. Michael spader a businessman promoting links to north korea who helped set up a high profile visit to pyongyang by former basketball star dennis rodman. Has something at stake and michael covert a former diplomat who works for the ngo the International Crisis group a role that saw him appear on this Channels Program inside story the i. C. J. Says cobra is an unfortunate porn and a larger struggle because more than 550. 00 days after their wrists both men have been charged with espionage. The indictment charged michael coverage of secretively gathering state secrets and intelligence for overseas organizations with particularly serious circumstances the facts are clear and the evidence solid and sufficient details of the evidence against either men were not revealed but theyve both been called victims of hostage diplomacy because their detention and 2018 came just 9 days after the arrest of mung in canada. Shes a Top Executive a chinese telco giant weiwei and wanted by u. S. Authorities over alleged violations of sanctions against iran just last month the Canadian Court ruled the extradition case can proceed analysts say theres little doubt the 2 cases are connected. And would be sent to the United States to face trial then it will canadians who simply be punished for the ex over canadian culture among us out on bail and living under house arrest in one of him mentions in vancouver that supporters of the socalled to michael say they havent been allowed visits by lawyers no loved ones and meetings with consular officials have been put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic canadas repeatedly appealed for the men to be freed continue to. Ask attorneys. Pressure. To. Arbitrary detention of. Reason and they are. Disappointed with independent. We will continue to stand in for. The return of the 2 michaels the 2 michaels face life in prison if convicted brian aljazeera. Well lets get more now from david massa who is in calgary for us david weve just been hearing there from Prime Minister just entered our just in the last hour and he does appear to be holding family. Yeah thats right i mean trudeau saying that he was disappointed very disappointed that the chinese have decided to go ahead and formally charge the 2 michaels as theyre known here in canada this businessman and former diplomat but you know he also said and while he said that he offered his sympathies and support for the family members some of the reporters were asking him whether canada has taken too soft of an approach on the chinese and whether they are kind of the should use more more than their tools and what theyre using right now trudeau answered that and said that in fact that the measures that are being taken by the canadian government are are in fact appropriate tactics now there was also a couple of questions that came out from the press about whether the 2 michaels should be considered as hostages being held by china now trudeau did not respond to those questions obviously not wanting to make matters worse and worse in this diplomatic spat with china that has some pretty serious economic consequences in addition to Everything Else thats going on he did say that the canadians that the canadians cases were in fact linked to the charges or the extradition hearing going on against among one joe but he said that canada would not interfere in the independent judicial process against the way executive saying that that needed to take place on its own and that he would not get involved in it maybe trying to show the different approach that he is taking than what people here in canada are accusing the Chinese Government of doing so a lot of uncertainty Going Forward with both the cases against the chinese and the case the extradition case against the chinese way executive more to be seen here indeed and its a story well continue watching very closely indeed David Meserve our 4th in calgary calgary all right thank you dave. Now strangely as intelligence agencies believe the country is facing unprecedented Cyber Attacks from an unnamed government Prime MinisterScott Morrison wouldnt be drawn on whether theyre part of a straight is increasingly hostile dispute with china and beijing has denied being involved the gates has gone from canberra. After a warning from its jolly spy agencies Prime MinisterScott Morrison addressed the nation based on advice provided to me by now cyber experts astray and organizations are currently being targeted by sophisticated state by state sought after sophisticated continuing and widespread targeting everything from all levels of government and political organizations to Health Education and Critical Infrastructure the government says cyber experts identified it as a state by stop because of the technique and scale of the. You could describe it as malicious and that is why now. When its leaders need to be right but morrison reassured saying they didnt appear to be any large scale breaches of peoples posts no information its a form of ice maciek warfare. Information wolf and the. Scouts ran the usual declarations of hostilities in the a dedication of whos doing the attack and a lot of it is about denials Cyber Attacks but the government says they are increasing in frequency and scale it wont say which state it believes was behind the attack but it comes at a time of heightened tensions between its trailer and beijing. Since is generally a cold for an independent inquiry into the current of ours pandemic china has imposed tariffs on bali hole to be thin imports and also warns Chinese Students against studying in a stroller. Well the government has been careful not to point the finger at beijing publicly its the country most widely speculated by Intelligence Experts to be behind the cyber attack and one of the few states along with russia iran and north korea which would be capable of carrying out such an attack but whoever is to blame the government is urging businesses to strengthen their technical defenses as the attacks increase nicola gage 0 camera. Now the u. S. Is marking the end of slavery a day known as juneteenth and its taken on added significance this year with the recent protests against racism and Police Brutality youre watching live pictures now of some gatherings that are taking place in Harlem New York as part of the observance of juneteenth today on june the 1865 an order was issued to free thousands of slaves in the state of texas that slavery had already been abolished for more than 2 years but there werent enough soldiers to enforce the new law and so many whites in the confederate south kept the news from there and now there are growing calls in the u. S. To make juneteenth a National Holiday well lets not bring in cable as at a protest in new york for us as weve been saying this is a day usually mounted by africanamericans but this to it does seem to be being observed by an unprecedented number of americans is just a turning point for the country. It really is so without a doubt june was always celebrated here in the United States primarily by the Africanamerican Community by others as well but this year it has taken on added significance because the plaque lives. Matter movement that is swept over the United States and also the Police Reform those calls for Police Reform are being rope right brought right to the steps are being employed people headquarters thats where were at right now were at this protest is taking place and they just tell it in 8 minutes the moment of silence that was new dedication today we have made it so that george floyd our lady of the ground in minneapolis with the Police Officer with his knee on his neck before he tragically passed away now is chanting no peace no p. C. Again this is right outside of the n. Y. P. D. Police headquarters p. D. Is going through some made. Reforms. Governor and the mayor have both called for reforms of the n. Y. P. D. Many of the protesters calling for as much as one bill with the 8000000000. 00 annual budget for n. Y. P. D. To be dedicated to social projects because of this search but really what youre seeing here is just one more than all the different protest vigils and gatherings that are scheduled new york city and the surrounding metropolitan area over the course of this you know what youre. Calling all these developments thank you get. A President Trump who is planning to have his 1st Campaign Rally and months on june 18th today but postponed it to saturday after a backlash and hes tweeted a warning ahead of that rally saying any protesters on his words lowlifes who are going to oklahoma should understand hell be treated differently to those in new york seattle and minneapolis while the Un Human Rights Council is now launching an inquiry into systemic racism against black people following the Police Killing of george floyd last month the Member States unanimously adopted that resolution put forward by a group of african countries the uns rights chief michel basher lay now has one year to report back on her findings an initial draft of the resolution called for an investigation specifically in the United States but thats been taken out following closed door negotiations well a u. S. Court is hearing President Trumps last ditch attempt to stop the release of a tell all book by his former National Security advisor the Justice Department says john boltons memoir contains classified material and has called for a temporary restraining order but many Media Outlets of already obtained advance copies of the book and bolton has asked the court to dismiss the case against him well alan fishes in washington d. C. With more on just what that court will be hearing. The trumpet ministration through the department of justice is going to argue that the book has a number of classified paragraphs which contain information which should not be out in the public the problem that they have got is that the president didnt see that what he said is the book is full of lies the other problem theyve got is the book is out there the media have it extracts have been published people have copies of i have a digital copy of copies circulating here and many many many thousands of copies have hit the bookstores in the u. S. And beyond ready for the publication date on tuesday so it is very difficult for the court to argue. That theyve ministration to argue to the court that this book needs to be stopped john bolton well hes opposing it obviously its the actions against him rather than against the publisher john bolton says donald trump doesnt want to stop foreign governments leaving his boots the problem hes got such is the American People reading this. Still ahead of you here on aljazeera mass testing and rapid action china says it plans. To stamp out the 1000 outbreak in beijing and piling up the pressure on the president protests in mali the 2nd time. How the weathers looking lossie dry across much of japan over the next couple of days cloud in the process of pulling out of the way follow that cloud the seasonal rise right down into the central areas of china will see some very heavy rainfall once again pulsing away here possibility of flooding rains as a result of that this system is a little further north which is rico on through sunday with some very heavy rainfall coming through but to the north of that with that clear dry sunny and warm 31. 00 celsius in sol woman still for beijing at 35. 00 degrees 25. 00 in tokyo not too bad little here inside but it should be dry by the end of the weekend sunshine and shows meanwhile across a good part of Southeast Asia the heaviest of which likely to be around the philippines Northern Areas of the philippines into lose all could see some lovely shower some heavy showers it says some areas of vietnam into thailand joining up with the heavy rain that we have in myanmar lots of cloud and right pushing across the by of being goal to that western side of me and ma pushing up into the fall northeast of india the possibility of some a localized flooding bangladesh seeing some very heavy rainfall as well as we go through the next couple of days tending increasingly wet just around behind. The brazilian journalist investigating a politically stacks and grab all the farmers how to get those who are not really liked and hes repave them thats empowering everyday people to profit from the destruction of the rain forest people are almost willing to give their life away to guarantee the occupation of the land is journalism the last home in the fight to see the amazon this is not only a land conflict but a conflict of narrative presume the age of both n. R. O. Whose truth is it anyway on aljazeera. The and. Hello again i missed all of your tender heart lets remind you of our top stories this hour the canadian Prime Minister says hes disappointed that china has charged 2 of his citizens with spying michael coverage and michael spot who have been held since 2018 and see him as a retaliatory move by beijing after canada detained while way executive monk show. A strategy as Prime Minister says the country is being targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack on all levels of government including Critical InfrastructureScott Morrison wont say who is behind it but there are suspicions its part of a growing rift with china. And commemorations are being held across the United States marking the end of slavery the day known as juneteenth has gained significance this year after nationwide protests for Racial Justice. Now the Nigerian Military says its killed several high ranking boko haram datas in a series of airstrikes on a village in the northeast the settlement was reportedly being used as a Training Ground to fight his. More from a breach or. The strikes were carried out over the course of 2 days after days of surveillance according to the general military and they were sure that some of them leaders of boko haram fighters who were there at the compound when it was struck as well as several fighters were also using the surroundings Training Ground the community or the villages on the fringes of the somebody so for us to know whats interesting by the way this information was released by the Nigerian Military on the day the nigerian president met with all heads of security agencies from the Army Navy Air force the police and the intelligence agencies where he was quoted as saying he was not happy with the way the Security Operations in the country were going to remember the not only the bottom fight in the northeast of the country but also the banditry attacks in the northwest of the country where in the last 2 months hundreds of people have been killed now the military said they were sure that they have gotten very value very high value target as they put it in that compound and that the information they got after the attacks were completely completed was that several of such leaders have been killed. Former allies in yemens war battle to control an island off the horn of africa southern separatists have stormed the Security Department building in the city of how do you on the island of socalled the Southern Transitional council is backed by the United Arab Emirates and is fighting Government Forces supported by saudi arabia now the s. T. C. Had originally supported the saudi u. A. E. Coalition against the rebels but now wants to break away from northern yemen yemeni minister has called on the coalition to end the fighting and restore order on the island where earlier i spoke to catherine checked and she is the director of the yemen unit at the next Century Foundation thats a think tank that operates in confl