Countries are headed in the wrong direction. The virus remains public enemy number one. Anger at what they see as political bias protests in the democratic republic of congo on the appointment of a new Electoral Commission chief. We look at steps being taken to protect a british socialite in jail and a Court Appearance on sex trafficking charges. So then a strategic a stretch of water is a new source of tension between the United States and china your set your state might pump air says that beijings claims to the South China Sea are completely unlawful and it will not be allowed to treat it as its maritime empire its rich in oil gas and fishing resources and china is Building Military bases on several assholes but 5 Southeast Asian nations also claim parts of the sea and last week the u. S. Navy held military exercises. So lets take a close look at china claims about 90 percent of the South China Sea including ownership of the Spratly Islands which are disputed by the philippines by vietnam and by others this cooperation is claimed by china and the philippines and that battle began 8 years ago when the Philippine Navy apprehended 8 mainland chinese Fishing Vessels in the area and lets get more on this with katrina you whos standing by for us in beijing in katrina say i try to clearly not happy with what might compare to say. No not at all for china any issues of territory are a red line in the furious about this statement theyve released their own statement from the Chinese Embassy in the us saying that the us is completely disregarding any efforts from china to maintain peace and stability in the region including by engaging in negotiations and dialogues with various countries it says that the us is exaggerating the situation and deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors the statement then goes on to accuse the us itself of flexing its muscles in the region under that what it says is the pretext of freedom of navigation exercises and inciting confrontation now its true that the freedom of navigation exercises by the u. S. Has increased in recent months just last month we had 3 u. S. Aircraft carriers circling the region and its rats have that many at one time and that was seen as a provocation by beijing but the u. S. Said its hand was being forced because the Chinese Government have been ramping up its activity building these artificial islands have also been various run ins with malaysian vessels chinese boat swarming future which is a philippine island and recently also china named 2 regions in the spratly and the Paracel Islands as administrative regions calling them the. Islands run through theres been this going to do for months. Trying to put in searches on u. S. Politicians to experience. I think i think that will be inevitable if you look at the pattern theres been a tit for tat in various areas in that and this bilateral relationship appears to be in freefall just on monday Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson watching you said china was slapping sanctions on 4 u. S. Officials including ted cruz and marco rubio who are senators and that was in response for the u. S. Earlier putting sanctions on chinese officials including chen 20 war who is the number one official in province because of diligent human rights abuses there and change is a very important person in the Chinese Communist party is a member of the 25 strong pull it bureau and earlier and that wed be us said it was also putting sanctions on any chinese officials involved in disrupting travel to tibet for which china said it would also respond in kind so this is just another front on which the 2 sides are disagreeing adding to all lengthening a list of areas. From the South China Sea true human rights abuses and should john hong kongs National Security law or the Media Technology and trade really nic on the face of it seems that there are very little there is very little that these 2 countries agree on right now absolutely or i could you know leave there for the moment to katrina. But its enough for gordon chang whos a china analyst based in the United States and he says that beijing is provoking tension in the region. I do believe we have a Tipping Point because the United States and indeed a lot of other countries are deciding that they are not going to ignore unacceptable behavior on beijings part we have seen especially since february of this year china act in ways which are expression of a dangerous and its pushing against india 6 South China Sea and East China Sea nations the threats of invasion of taiwan the increased tempo of dangerous intercepts of the u. S. Navy and the Global Commons so beijing is driving this now theres a lot of disagreement over why china is doing this but the point is china is doing this well the next step is really going to be up to china. I think that the issue is going to be driven in part by chinas purchases under the phase one trade deal that was signed january 15th china has made it clear that its not going to be meeting its schedule of purchase goods and services so that is part of the underlying tension but its also you know chinas geo political moves to try to grab territory and try to grab the global comments so i think this is largely in chinas court because countries including the United States are really reacting to what beijing is doing. Golden china now a warning from the World Health Organization that too many nations are heading in the wrong direction as coronavirus cases top 13000000. 00 director general tend to get reassess says there will be no return to the old normal in the foreseeable future california governor has just ordered indoor restaurants bars and movie theaters to close again for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic latin america has seen the number of code related deaths exceed those in north america and face coverings will become compulsory for shoppers in england from july the 24th well the u. S. Accounts for more than a quarter of the worlds coronavirus cases thats 3300000 recorded infections theres been a spike in cases in several states yet the trumpet ministration is continuing to push for schools to reopen i think ill hate as this its the latest fight for a president who is determined to keep america open schools should be up and this kids want to go to school youre losing a lot of lives by keeping things slow. 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 a litmus test and were not going to going to put our children in a place where their health is endangered if that sample the 2 Largest School systems in california will not reopen the travel ministration has been trying to convince parents itll be safe but the World Health Organization disagree. 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 disagrees 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. Al jazeera america. Well brazils president says hes feeling well and will return to work if you test negative for coronavirus jaya both sonora was seen feeding birds outside his official residence where hes been quarantined since testing positive for covert 19 last week is due to be tested again on tuesday also now has repeatedly dismissed the dangers of the virus and supplant i mean began criticising containment measures ordered by state governments well ali monk that is chief Strategy Officer in Population Health and the university of washington he says infections will only slow down if people follow social distancing rules. What has happened people early on when we lifted mandates they were more careful they were wearing their masks and they were staying away from each other than letting the guard know theyre letting their guard down and you see this as an infection we also all the places like bars where the infection is most likely this is that much faster especially among the young generation so it takes the whole package and dozens of putting your mask pain away from each other washing your hands in order to prevent discipline of the virus in need to remind each other that this is a virus that we have over half a 1000000 does so far in the war and also in my each other that our physicians wear masks and thats why we dont see a lot of infections and hospitals in fact my hospital is safer than my city and a hospital less likely to get over 19 than if i am in the state of seattle and the message as we move forward is to wait and mass there with on each other thats why people are beating living in mass but also the people and the virus and you may have we may have to go into another not down for 2 weeks or 6 weeks but we have to be ready for it for thousands of demonstrators who defied a ban on protests in the democratic republic of congos capital that angry at the choice of a new Electoral Commission chief opposition politicians accuse ron saddam along with being complicit in the rigging of past elections they say milan that is biased towards former president Joseph Kabila who formed a Coalition Government with president bush kitty. Well it could be a step down last year off to nearly 2 decades in office and his allies hold a parliamentary majority and control most cabinet ministries just last month could be his allies proposed judicial reforms and also sparked protests reforms would have given the Justice Minister more powers if he judges and prosecutors present a few days to see can he rejects them and the Justice Minister was briefly arrested deepening the rift within the governing Coalition Catherine sawyer has been watching developments from the kenyan capital nairobi. Right now is called police managed to disperse the thousands of protesters who. Holds with the police all afternoon. This test really were organized by an opposition qualification called and in the capital kinshasa we so. Very influential politician with a huge following so he let he was leading this of thousands of his supporters they were heading to palm meant. By police using tear gas and they say that they are angry with this nomination of this the president of the Electoral Commission but they also say that beyond that theyre unhappy with the leadership of president needs to security and the coalition he has formed with former president Joseph Kabila they say that this has plunged the country in a political and economic crisis and the president needs to act i gently to solve the situation. Are still ahead here in kosovo as president arrives in the hague ready to be grilled by. Giving in to pressure washington c n f l team drops its controversial. Weve had some rather nasty storms into central parts of canada as bailing out of alberta across scotch one heading towards the Northern Plains of the us a little further south as well weve seen some rather lobby down pull some bacon thunder a showers with some large hail had just around oklahoma thats all making its way further east was that west of weather through central kind of out of the prairie is going to run across nebraska illinois pushing up across the lakes as we go on through the next couple days and it really will be quite heavy at times the big story does remain the hate for many ticks down towards the southwest that record breaking heat will continue phoenix still getting up into the low to mid fortys over the next couple days the west coast of the u. S. Is generally fine and friday western parts of canada will see some bits and pieces of rain from time to time and talking of rhyme about wes the weather that we have around the lakes that will continue to slide a little further south was at a swiss watch the showers down towards the fos out the eastern coal a little trot for a little on the human side just around the east coast over the next couple of days a lot of dry by the main well into the caribbean there are always going to be water to showers it has to be said but plenty of beautiful sunshine coming through the heaviest showers are going to be into the western side of the region and affecting a good part central america. Capturing a moment in time. Lapse shots of all the lives. Other stories and why people are critical. And providing a glimpse into someone else is what you are pursuing in the dream of your life inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. Witness on aljazeera. The. And again youre watching out of your mind of our top stories and the United States is tough and it starts on chinas disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea calling them completely unlawful the Chinese Embassy in washington is accused the u. S. Are trying to stir up trouble in the region. Thousands of protested in the democratic republic of congo against the platelets with new Electoral Commission chief opposition politicians accuse runs of london being complicit in rigging past election. Restrictions are being reimposed in the u. S. State of california to combat a surge in corona virus infections businesses including james bars and movie theaters been told to close all south africa is the worst hit country in africa with that more than a quarter 1000000 people infected the government has reached using lock down restrictions there to combat the story numbers media miller reports from johannesburg. President still ramapo says flames 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 trauma. And use. 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 absolute hear us i have had 3 days 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 means through this the bridge replaces hackers who are crazy 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 have 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 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 lockdown 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. Now mollys Prime Minister says 11 people have died in 3 days of protests demanding the president s resignation are unhappy with. His handling of a long running conflict and economic crisis in disputed elections to ease tensions several detained opposition figures have been freed his son resigned as chairman of Parliament Defense committee on the trial of a modern man involved in the 2 war crimes is set to begin the International Criminal court in the hague prosecutors accuse. The hunt mood of orchestrating war crimes including torture rape and the desecration of ancient and islamic more swim reports now from neighboring dhaka in senegal. In the