Cheevers coronavirus cases rise in many parts of the world with easing lockdowns. Also one of englands most diverse cities has been told to continue pandemic restrictions even as the rest of the country is about to relax them and the white house says it will brief democratic politicians on reports that russians funded taliban strikes on u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan. Have you with us its a development that whole cause prodemocracy movement have been fearing for years progovernment told called media are reporting that chinas top legislative body has passed a National Security law for the territory that will crush Political Freedoms the legislation aims to cement beijings control over the semi autonomous territory and reshape the future of one of the walls Major Financial Centers beijing has circumvented hong kong. Only legislature to impose the legislation. Brown is standing by for us with reaction out of hong kong but 1st lets cross over to beijing where katrina you is there for us live katrina good to have you with us this morning we talk us through the process as we know it in terms of what we think has gone on in beijing with regards to this legislation being approved. Good morning well we know that chinas Standing Committee met at 9 am local time today on tuesday that just about 2 hours ago to discuss this bill there are about 162 members in the Standing Committee this is chinas top legislative body and reportedly 15 minutes or so after they met or they passed this law now we know that the Standing Committee has been discussing this National Security bill since sunday and what weve apparently heard is that these 162 members now only one of these 162 people are is from hong kong the rest are from Mainland China but these 162 Senate Committee was split actually into sixteens in the past few days to discuss the bill presumably discussing different parts of the bill that each of these 16 had 2 observers from hong kong who are members of Chinas National Peoples Congress and they were observing this process of discussing this bill which led to this morning the bill being unanimously passed now this is an extraordinarily fast process this bill was only announced about 40 days ago during the opening of Chinas National Peoples Congress in the name Political Assembly that happens once a year was announced during the opening speech which sleeker chant gave and now we are we are here 40 days later with this bill passed still no details we expect to hear more of that later today but usually this person takes you know at least a year in chinese have any kind of law passed so they really tried to fast track this whole process and i think after this there are a few 4 more legal steps to go but essentially they will completely bypass hong kongs only legislative procedure and this will be inserted into hong kongs many considerations or its basic war Going Forward of course the treaty youve actually touched upon the the the law will be seen by different committees has been seen by different committees and lawmakers in beijing it still has yet to be rubber stamped by the president so are there any pitfalls or do we just expect this to be sort of a foregone conclusion that it is just going to happen. We expect that this will pretty much be a foregone conclusion we dont know what the details are of course of course there are many things to be discovered its all very hazy at the moment we dont know exactly what the war entails we do know that it defines various crimes under the law or secession subversion. Of cooperation with Foreign Forces for example we nor the war in itself is going to pass it is going to happen seems like theres no going back from this point but whether what those details could be that those details are being discussed but it seems that the law or the totality of the law is Going Forward and governor also contextually in china many laws are passed away with the details kind of partially in place and Going Forward after the law is passed the nitty gritty of kind of sorted out down the line but we can expect that this law is Going Forward it is pretty much a foregone conclusion china is absolutely determined to pass this law because it really is seeing this as the only way to put its foot down and end these protests which have really been such a source of frustration and embarrassment for the Chinese Government treeview in beijing thank you lets cross over to Hong Kong Brown is standing by for us the. Reaction really can we expect in hong kong for this law apparently has been going to really come as any surprise to the city. You know thats right you know what happened in Tiananmen Square 31 years ago when so many people were killed by chinese troops that came as a shock to people in hong kong this new law really is and theyve been anticipating it and as advertised it is now going to happen weve been hearing on Tuesday Morning from carrie lamb the chief executive of hong kong she didnt want to comment when she was asked what she thought of the fact that this law had now been passed she said that she will only comment once its been confirmed and so far we havent had confirmation from chinas state controlled media which of course doesnt mean it still hasnt happened i think kerry of course is under pressure in so many different ways at the moment because its been reported by state controlled media in china that she will now head a committee which will select judges for trials involving National Security and people say you know she simply isnt qualified to be able to do that and theres been a lot of concern raised by the Bar Association here in hong kong they have expressed very very grave concerns about kerry lam really playing such a controversial role we know that this law is going to mean that Chinese Security agents will now be able to operate legally here in hong kong of course theyve probably been operating here illegally for many many years and of course that china is going to it said be able to establish a Security Bureau here in hong kong to gather intelligence now all of this amounts to really the most Serious Development in hong kong since the handover 23 years ago tomorrow and yes there is unease among some people but there are plenty of people particularly in the business sector who welcome this war they say after more than a year of violent unrest they welcome anything that will bring a measure of stability because remember at the moment hong. Kongs economy really is hurting and the covert Coronavirus Crisis has really compounded all of that so they hope that this will bring much needed stability and thats why were seeing you know Companies Like h. S. B. C. One of the worlds biggest banks throw its support behind this law but that came of course after a long period of silence from h. S. B. C. And a sort of belief that pressure was put on h. B. C. H. S. B. C. To actually qualify its position it didnt of course see it all why you say the law might be welcomed by some in the city itself the International Community has been very critical of perhaps this legislation and others that are being enacted i mean what sort of repercussions can we expect because we do know that the u. S. And the United Kingdom are certainly not happy with whats going on in hong kong right now thats right thats also going to hurt hong kong in another way but what youre going to see so hill is really people voting with their feet you know i remember being here you know more than 30 years ago in the run up to the handover at the start of a brain drain and what youre starting to see now is exactly the same sort of thing happening once more the brightest and best of the city leaving whether for the moment we will see what the reaction is as the day progresses thank you the worst is yet to come thats the warning from the World Health Organization on the current virus pandemic now the w. H. O. Says its far from being under control as the number of cases continue to surge globally its sending a team to china next week to investigate the origins of the disease which is still unknown we are on one this to be over we all want to get on with our lives but the hard reality is this is not even close to being over although many countries have made some progress globally the pandemic is actually speeding up. The United States is top expert all Infectious Diseases is a recent surge in covert 19 cases largely because people are ignoring Health Guidelines to wear masks and keep away from each other down to the felt she call the Community Spread a recipe for disaster many southern and western states which pushed to reopen their economies are now seeing a spike in infections. A lot america is losing the battle against crolla virus but while countries with major outbreaks are imposing tougher lockdowns others are beginning to lift them lets turn to reports from desirous across the continent all are facing heavy economic losses from the pandemic. With the number of people infected by the covered 1000 virus continuing to rise several districts especially densely populated cities are imposing or reimposing tough new lockdown measures. Here in one of cyrus the hardest hit part of argentina the authorities are putting tight travel restrictions back in place the ban on outdoor exercise lifted 3 weeks ago returns on wednesday when the shutters will also come down on all nonessential businesses. Neighboring bolivia approaching 1900 deaths and with some Regional Health systems a breaking point has announced it will extend its quarantine until the end of july. However in mexico city restrictions are being eased with many businesses being allowed to reopen with not all that convinced the coronavirus is retreating. From our own people are not very well informed unfortunately were not at the peak of this virus and i dont think were prepared i think there will be a 2nd wave of infections. And in peru one of the worst affected countries in latin america the government says the end is in sight and his 100 day lockdown will end on tuesday the borders will remain closed and some still struggling regions will keep their quarantines in place. Meanwhile the stock Economic Impact of the pandemic is becoming clearer the authorities in cuba have asked all of those who can to grow their own food for. Ice so all the little bits of land i have flowers are pretty because they provide beauty but flowers dont provide food i removed a few flowers my wife had there and i started to sew food and i urge everyone to make the most of a bit of land a small parcel of home. And in brazil with nearly 58000 deaths and more than one in a quarter 1000000 people infected the government has announced a record 11 percent budget deficit the may a more than a 1000000 jobs lost so far this year as the country enters into recession trading restrictions in some cities are being lifted. President job as the economy is more important the more he calls a little flu. A more frequent protests indicate that increasing numbers of was illions dont agree with him. When osiris. Well still ahead all aljazeera the Un Security Council holds a virtual session on the ethiopian a river nile dam project thats caused a bitter dispute between egypt and sudan. And there quite a mix of conditions across United States plenty of scout authentic selves you can see the showing up. And also want to see thunderstorms in all things you can see this rainbow payers over the skies in brooklyn now as we go through tuesday its mostly dry across the southwest the winds are very strong that a Wind Warnings in place of course the fire danger has been elevated across the 4 corners but to the north of there very heavy rains working their way across western canada and also down across the Northern Plains some heavy rain across much of the north and in fact quite so few showers and some thunderstorms in the as we go through tuesday on into wednesday across the ohio valley and pushing eventually was a coward on this and the southeast meanwhile behind that it is mostly fine and dry still windy across the southwest although the tom ridge is not as high as they have been but want to show the Pacific Northwest 21 is the high in seattle and then down into the caribbean and Central America some fairly strong winds bringing in plenty of shastri much of the caribbean to the Northern Islands that nichols hispaniola and on into cuba i want to show. They have here again across into costa rica and also across into panama mexico also picking up some fairly heavy downpours on shes descent into southern and Western Areas theyll continue on wednesday a little bit lice in nature and still the particular in cuba have on a c 3. A moment in time. The line. Of the story. People are pretty calm and there is. Someone elses. Dream of your life inspiring documentary. Filmmaker. On aljazeera. Welcome back you watch aljazeera with me so rob a reminder of our top stories Hong Kong Media are reporting that chinas top legislative body has begun voting on a National Security door for the territory criminalizing acts of dissent but imposing heavy penalties for offenders is expected to drive another way between china and the us also the World Health Organization has warned that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come the u. S. Is the hardest hit country its top Infectious Disease expert says the recent surge is because people are ignoring the guidelines. But of the english hospitality sector is due to reopen on saturday but pubs and restaurants in walled city will remain closed for an extended period government officials have recommended the current lockdown measures remain in falls in leicester for an extra 2 weeks for surgeon coated 900 cases jonah hill is in leicester and sent this report. Lester in the english midlands the 1st major test of the governments ability to deal with post lockdown outbreaks of coronavirus enhanced testing here has revealed worrying numbers almost 900 new cases in just 2 weeks with clusters detected at recently reopened schools a supermarket and a sandwich factory. There are concerns the disease is spreading through multigenerational households in the citys large Asian Community ive been hearing of entire families being affected by corbett 19 and clearly this requires us to take extra caution back to where we are with regards to proper lockdown see how we can. Prevent the spread of this virus and i hope that the government will take note of such a kind of scenario and give us guidelines with large parts of the economy said to reopen on july the 4th the lockdown in leicester is instead being extended and strengthened with schools and nonessential shops having to close again but local officials have complained that there isnt sufficient data upon which to base an appropriate response the government themselves in this report that acknowledged readily when you do more testing you get more positives the levels of testing are a few 100 per day and in a city that has a population in the whole urban area of the best part of 600000. 00 only a very small proportion of the people in the city are actually being tested and as a result of that its very difficult to draw conclusions about the presence of the virus within the community that may point to an essential flaw in Prime MinisterBoris Johnsons plan to reopen the economy safely. Contact tracing doesnt seem to be happening as well as it should be opening again various reasons although we do need a super tight just trace selection policy well then can we continue such look its the governments test trace and isolate program is supposed to be the ultimate safeguard against localized outbreaks like this one in leicester spreading out of control but while testing numbers have greatly improved there are still big gaps in Contact Tracing and an app designed specifically to help has now been delayed until the autumn thats why accurate data is lacking about exactly where the leicester outbreak may have originated or where its heading next and why scientists have warned that the lockdown in england has been eased too fast too soon jonah Hill Al Jazeera leicester. Medics in scrubs and face must have staged a protest in the spanish capital madrid demanding better working conditions of the some held signs saying im exhausted and we used our skin as shields as they called for greater job security and increased pay Spains Health system has been overwhelmed by the crime the virus in the countryside one of the worst death tolls across the world. The want us to says it will brief democratic politicians on reports that russia paid t