Are introduced to curb the spread of the virus. And washingtons n. F. L. Team drops the redskins name and logo after criticism theyre offensive to native americans. Welcome to the program one of the worlds most strategic stretches of water could be about to become a new point of tension between the u. S. And china u. S. Extrinsic might pompei or says beijings claims to the South China Sea are completely unlawful and it will not be allowed to treat the area as its maritime empire its rich in oil gas and fishing resources and china is Building Military bases on several atolls but 5 South East Asian nations also claim parts of the sea and last week the us navy held military exercises. China claims about 90 percent of the South China Sea including ownership of the Spratly Islands which are also claimed by the philippines vietnam and others the scarboro reef is claimed by china and the philippines and that dispute began 8 years ago when the Philippine Navy apprehended 8 mainland chinese fishing Fishing Vessels in the area mark a tree in the us our correspondent live for us in beijing and standing by china really not happy with my pompei as comments. No not happy at all for china all issues of territory are a red line and theyve become firas at this statement now we havent heard from beijing as yet but we have had a statement from the chinese and the see in the u. S. Quite a lengthy statement saying that they firmly a porous us secretary of states comments saying that hes trying to stir up trouble in the region that hes intentionally sowing discord between china and its neighbors and that is also exaggerating the problems in the region it goes as he goes the statement goes on to say that the u. S. Is flying against the u. N. Convention on the law of the sea something that it doesnt itself even ratify it doesnt even follow it also says that even though there have been issues china has been working to improve the disagreements that it set up various mechanisms for dialogue that its talking to its neighbors and that the situation overall has remained peaceful and calm recently and now its then it ends with encouraging us to step back to refrain from taking any sides in this territorial dispute of which it has no real stake and also accuses the u. S. Of increasingly flexing its muscles in the region and throwing its weight around and causing further problems of course the statement unsurprisingly doesnt really acknowledge any of the truth in what might pompei are saying certainly in recent months chinas navy its coast guards have been very active and aggressive in this region there have been various run ins with malaysian shipping vessels for example and china has been ramping up its building of artificial islands in the region including naming 2 administrative regions in the islands of shisha and in the South China Sea so the statement doesnt acknowledge that and clearly china will probably hit back and further make statements on this later today these will keep abreast of what happens with you katrina in beijing thank you. Now a warning from the World Health Organization that too many nations are heading in the wrong direction coronavirus cases top 13000000. 00 to the general tundra scope or a of source says that there will be no return to the old normal in the forseeable future californias governor has just ordered indoor restaurants bars and movie theaters to close again for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic last in america has seen the number of covert related deaths exceed those in north america and face coverings are to become compulsory for shoppers in england from july the 24th well the u. S. Accounts for more than a quarter of the worlds current virus cases with more than 3200000 recorded infections but despite several states now seeing a spike in cases the trumpet ministration is continuing to push for schools to reopen particle he reports its the latest fight for a president who is determined to keep america open the school should be up and the kids want to go to school youre losing a lot of lives by keeping things closed. Hes warned states open schools or lose federal money the answer from some states so far just know were not going to use our children. As the litmus test that were not going to going to put our children in a place with their health is endangered its that simple the 2 Largest School systems in california will not reopen the Trump Administration has been trying to convince parents itll be safe but the World Health Organization disagrees our understanding of transmission in children is Still Limited and we know that overall they tend to have more mild disease but in some situations they can have severe disease and we have seen children that have died just like the schools the Trump Administration moved to reopen the economy quickly and the states that did are now seeing the virus seemingly spread out of control officials deny that theres a connection but the nations top Infectious Disease expert disagree all you needed to do was look at the films on t. V. Of people in some states who went from shutdown to complete throwing caution to the winds bars that were crowded people without masks and some states are reversing course california closing bars and indoor restaurants and in many places churches and gyms as well a sign that while some might want to see the countrys economy reopen the virus has the final say particle haim aljazeera america. Kid is an Infectious Disease and Global Health expert on the university of oxford he thinks the pun demick is a test for how well Global Society will adopt to future problems lock down is never a solution lockdown is really a last resort and unfortunately were in a setting now for example in parts of the u. S. Where a lockdown is probably unfortunately going to be necessary to slow things down but we have to get away from this idea that lockdown is going to solve problems its an emergency measure that can buy time to protect your Health System and save lives until you can put in place other measures that can help to control the spread of the virus thats widespread testing thats Contact Tracing and isolation systems we need to do is get the level of transmission down low enough that those kinds of systems can handle it once you reach this exponential growth phase that were seeing in the u. S. And so many other places right now its tremendously difficult to do that and thats why weve made lockdown in some places as a reset its just a tremendously painful measure one thing to know is that if you look at a place like japan or south korea theyve been able to through aggressive and much more targeted measures actually never have to go into a full lockdown and so it is avoidable when this pandemic began and one of the things that i said was that this the corona virus pandemic is a dress rehearsal for 21st century problems like Climate Change that are route really going to require Global Cooperation and coordination because these are problems that know no boundaries unfortunately weve really not risen to the occasion yet we spend a lot of time you know talking about this is like this is the olympics and comparing this country to that country but we really need now is a massive dose of Global Solidarity cooperation and coordination how can we learn from places that have done really well how can we make sure that scarce resources like testing equipment in p. P. Can be distributed to where its needed most and we think about it the one place weve had extraordinary cooperation during this pandemic has been among the scientific community. Well theres just an outstanding amount of work being done now in a race to develop vaccines and treatments but when those vaccines come available and they will how are we going to Work Together to make sure that they get to the places that need it most and arent going to be hoarded by wealthy countries thats going to be the next challenge thousands of demonstrators gathered in the democratic republic of congos capital in defiance of a ban on protests there angry over the choice of a new Electoral Commission chief opposition politicians accuse iran saddam along of being complicit in the rigging of past elections they say malone is biased towards former president just of kabir who formed a Coalition Government with president Felix Tasha Katie mollies the Prime Minister says 11 people have died in 3 days of protests demanding the president s resignation but they are unhappy with the president bring him to book archytas handling of a long running conflict and economic crisis as well as disputed elections in an effort to calm tensions several detained opposition figures have been freed and create a sudden resigned as chair of the Parliamentary Defense Committee a little attack has more from senegal. Both camps the protesters and the president and the government are trenched on their position right now the streets are still being purchased by Security Forces heavily armed Security Forces in the streets of the micro person. That is leading this protest movement well his house is protected by of protesters who want to allow Security Forces to come near we are hearing reports that theyve been throwing molotov cocktails toward Security Forces of the situation in that particular neighborhood still very tense meanwhile president. Made some concessions to the protesters notably dissolving the Constitutional Court that had confirmed the result of the elections of the National Assembly that took place and april of course its unclear whether the president itself according to the constitution can actually. Dissolve the Constitutional Court dont go through the National Assembly before doing so the significant resignation of his son. Who was a member of parliament who was reelected just recently and this comes on the heels just friday on social media where we saw footage of him. Partying on a yacht somewhere in europe while in mali half of the population is living on less than 2. 00 a day and our need of humanitarian assistance. Well still ahead here on aljazeera kosovos president arrives in the hague ready to be grilled over alleged war crimes. Longer on the same wavelength why the u. K. Is a long relationship with chinese tech giant weiwei we seem to have those stories after the break. I once again welcome to another look at the international forecast we still have plenty of rain into central and eastern parts of china you can see my you front which now runs out of the East China Sea towards the Korean Peninsula little area of low pressure typical of a pressure just settles there pushing over toward secu shoot towards honshu the wetter weather will slide further south whats a nice with the least over the next couple of days we will start to gradually see that rain turning on less wet less heavy across a good part of q. C. Dry skies coming back in across the Korean Peninsula staying very wet into central and eastern parts of china anywhere from shanghai to hand and beyond still some rather heavy showers into the southeast but for much of Southern China it does look fine and dry sunshine and showers meanwhile across Southeast Asia little area of Development Just making its way across lose all now so northern parts of the philippines could see some flooding some damaging winds for time but it will move towards the north and west quite quickly and then the usual rash of showers there across a good part of Southeast Asia but the a showers continue into the northeast of india into bangladesh up towards nepal the rain is going to continue to for the west and get. The coronavirus may force us to change the format of head to head for the time being. That would stop me doing robust interviews with challenging direct questions in a u. S. Election year on the sea accountability from both sides of the political spectrum on whos to blame for the horrific coronavirus desktop on how to fix the Us Health Care system and whether the war of words with china is entering a new and dangerous phase join me mad the arsenal for a special series of head to head on aljazeera. World. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera me so ho rom a reminder of our top news stories the United States has toughened its stance on chinas disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea calling them completely unlawful. Also thousands of protesters in the democratic republic of congo against the appointment of a new Electoral Commission chief opposition politicians accuse ron sidemen longer of being complicit in working past elections. And restrictions of being reimposed in california to combat a surge in corona virus infections businesses including gyms bars and movie theaters have been told to close is one of several u. S. States which have seen a spike in cases. Now south africa is the worst hit country in africa with over a quarter of a 1000000 people infected the government is reintroducing lockdown restrictions to try to combat the soaring numbers for me to miller has more from johannesburg. President still ramapo says blame gatherings like this and what he calls drinking sprees for a surge in covert 1000 infections with more than 270000 cases south africa has one of the highest rates of infection in the world the government has again banned the sale of alcohol after allowing its sale to resume just 2 weeks ago there is now clear evidence that the resumption of alcohol sales has resulted in substantial pressure being put on hospitals including trauma and i. C. U. Units due to Motor Vehicle accidents violence as well as related to trauma that alcohol induced. Family visits and other social activities have also been banned but people can meet at restaurants malls and other public areas and parks have been reopened for exercise while wearing a mask is mandatory the government says people are not following the rules and theres concern that Health Facilities cant cope some Health Workers a using social media to speak out its an absolute hear us i have had 3 deers in this race all is than 2 hours birth period was the most shocking i just find out that the family has remained. Always for recreation or is. He minister of this of brit replaces hacks who agrees the we dont even have any oxygen ports to put patients on additional facilities and quarantine areas have been set up across the country the governments allocated 37000 beds for quarantine and securing thousands of into later is an oxygen for those who need them while more than 4000 people have died here south africa does of one of the lowest death rates compared to other countries but it might not stay that way a quarter of those deaths were recorded in the last week alone and estimates indicate they could be between 40 and 50000 deaths in the months to come. Yet the government says its reluctant to return to full lock down millions of dollars and thousands of jobs were lost when it did that in march the government insists its trying to revive the economy while at the same time protecting lives but with 500 new infections every hour the speed with which the virus is spreading may make that more difficult for me to aljazeera johannesburg. Kosovos president has been questioned for war crimes that a special court in the hague actually is facing a 10 point indictment of serious crimes including murder torture and disappearances committed during kosovo independence in the late ninetys steadfast in ripples. Singing k. L. A. Battle songs former kosovo independence fighters arrived at the court in the hague to show support for their former commander of now president touchy i am ready to face with a new challenge and succeeds. My family my people my confidence as a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army or kalay that he is accused of his role in the killings of serbs costs of. Other ethnic groups but she denied the accusations and says it was a clean and just war more than 13000. 00 people died during the war which ended after 70 days of nato airstrikes its rare for a sitting president to face questioning over allegations of war crimes here at the hague. Has been accused of obstructing the special court says that this process is the price he will have to pay for peace a process that brings back memories of a long apnic battle in a bloody and complicated war but there are fears the allegations about events happening decades ago could cost even more problems now the dialogue between crosser and serbia that is restarting with the facilitation of European Union is in trouble because russian thought she was a keen. Representative of course with this dialogue the courts will decide before october 24 if that she will go on trial the course of one president has announced he will resign if