Headed in the wrong direction the virus remains enemy number one. Anger at what they see as political bias protests in the democratic republic of congo over the appointment of a new Electoral Commission chief. And in mali an man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments in search of the International Criminal court. So that a strategic stretch of water is a new source of tension between the us and china your sexual state my home poses a babys claims to the South China Sea are completely unlawful and it will not be allowed to treat it as its maritime empire this area is rich in oil and gas and in fishing resources and china is Building Military bases on several atolls 5 Southeast Asian nations also claim parts of the sea and last week the us navy held military exercises. Try to claims about 90 percent of the South China Sea including ownership of the Spratly Islands which is disputed by the philippines vietnam and others discovery facts 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 but lets get more on this with katrina you in beijing relations are reaching new katrina in china not at all happy with what has been saying. No not at all and for china anything to do with territory is a red line for the furious about this statement we havent heard from beijing as yet but we have had a statement by the Chinese Embassy in the us now it says that it firmly opposes what the u. S. Secretary of state has been saying that the u. S. Is completely dismissing all the efforts that china has been making to maintain peace and stability in the region including buying gaging various parties in negotiations ending dialogue it also says the u. S. Is stocking up tensions exaggerating the issue and deliberately sowing discord between china and its neighbors then beijing goes on to accuse the u. S. Itself of being aggressive in the region of a flexing its own muscles under what it calls the pretext of freedom of navigation exercises and it says the u. S. Is actually inciting confrontation in the region now it is true that the u. S. Freedom of navigation exercises have been ramping up especially in recent months and just last month we saw 3 u. S. Aircraft carriers at one point circling the region and its quite right to have that many at one time and beijing saw this as a provocation but the u. S. Says its only responding to increased activity on behalf of beijing in the South China Sea its been ramping up the construction of artificial islands or been run ins with malaysian boards chinese boats swarming uncomfortably close to future which is a philippine island and also china has named 2 administrative cities in the disputed spratly and the Paracel Islands as well and as part of this ongoing dispute joiners put sanctions on some u. S. Politicians that we can expect more of this kind of tit for tat reprisal. I think if you look at the pattern i think theres definitely going to be some sort of response from china the bilateral relationship as you mentioned oh you just seem to be in freefall on monday afternoon Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson what a said that beijing was slapping sanctions on 4 u. S. Officials including senators marco rubio and ted cruz and that was in response to elliott sanctions put on chinese officials for allegedly rights abuses in shin junge and those sanctions included the official chen who is very important here in china a member of chinas 25 strong pull it bureau and earlier that week washington said it was also sanctioning chinese officials because of travel disruptions chair tibet although it didnt name any particular officials there and then china said it would respond in kind so South China Sea shin jiang theres just a growing list of fronts in which these 2 countries disagree the Media Technology trade war really on the face of it seems to be very little left that this you countries might agree on Going Forward in the train or at thanks for that update to katrina you there in beijing ok well a warning from the World Health Organization that too many nations are heading in the wrong direction as coronavirus cases topped 13000000 a dirty general. Says there will be no return to the old normal in the foreseeable 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 latin america has seen the number of cave in relates deaths exceed those in north america and face coverings will become compulsory for shoppers in england and thats from july the 24th well the u. S. Accounts for more than a quarter of the worlds coronavirus cases and thats 3300000 report recorded infections theres been a spike in cases in several states yet the trumpet ministration is continuing to push for schools to reopen critical he has this. Its the latest fight for a president who is determined to keep america open schools should be opened this kids want to go to school youre losing a lot of lives by keeping things losed. 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 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 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 aside that while some might want to see the countrys economy reopen the virus has the final say particle haim aljazeera america. Or brazils president says hes fairly well and will return to work if he tests negative for coronavirus job also nora was seen feeding birds outside his official residence where hes been in quarantine since testing positive for covert 90 last week and hes jude to be tested again on tuesday also in our repeatedly dismissed the dangers of viruses a pandemic began criticizing containment measures ordered by state governments. Thousands of demonstrators have defied a ban on protests in the democratic republic of congos capital and great the choice of a new Electoral Commission chief opposition politicians accused. Of being complicit in the rigging of past elections they say that no longer is bust towards the former president Joseph Kabila he formed a Coalition Government with the president a few days to katie. Last year after nearly 2 decades in office and his allies hold a parliamentary majority majority and control most cabinet ministers just last month could be less allies proposed judicial reforms and also sparked protests reforms would have given the Justice Minister more powers over judges and prosecutors president to she can be rejected them and the Justice Minister was briefly arrested keeping the rift within the governing Coalition Government soil has been watching developments from the kenyan capital of nairobi. Right now is called police managed to disperse the thousands of protesters who won granting battles with the police all afternoon. This 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 parliament they were dispatched by police using tear gas and they say that they are angry with this nomination of this of president of the Electoral Commission but they also say that beyond that theyre unhappy with the leadership of president kennedy 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 gently to solve the situation. Mollies Prime Minister says 11 people have died in 3 days of protests among the president s resignation there are unhappy with abraham who called cases handling of a long running conflict and economic crisis in disputed elections in an effort to ease tensions several detained opposition figures have been freed the son resigned as chairman of Parliament Defense committee. A man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments and tombs going on trial the International Criminal court in the hague is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity nicholas reports from neighboring dhaka senegal. In the city of timbuktu. Forces call on crowds to witness the killing of a man this footage secretly shot by aljazeera in 2012 has never been broadcast the man in the green turban is a former villager veterinarian turned to a leading figure of the religious police during the occupation of northern mali by an al qaeda affiliate this man was along for stealing food from a shop this woman without any explanation on the orders of all his touch. Hes now at the International Criminal court accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes including the torture rape and sexual slavery of women and girls forcing them into marriage with Al Qaeda Linked fighters in an interview with al jazeera at the time he said that he was only applying islamic law and defending muslims his men were also ordered to desecrate and destroy 700 year old shrines of the saints synagogues black Civilization Museum director calls the destruction this big crime that also needs to be punished. It is more than a crime against humanity it is a crime against hate he destroyed monuments that are important to timbuktu. Before oxford or harvard were imagined timbuktu was the center of learning students from europe persia and the middle east would come to listen to lectures from black muslim teachers on subjects such as science chemistry and medicine in this museum are just a few artifacts from that time this room is dedicated to black civilization and religion but look at it its almost empty because a proportion of it was stolen during colonial times and can be found in museums in france and in the u. K. France just returned this sward belonging to religious leader omar tall and this koran belonging to his son there is still a substantial part of Islamic Heritage and history that can be found right here in west africa in the ancient city of timbuktu were fewer trying to preserve and protect this important chapter of both islamic and african history. While all his sons religious police bird 4000 ancient manuscripts dating from the 13th century the people of timbuktu many of them women here that are smuggled out over 300000 of these historical manuscripts in a bid to protect the citys history and to defy those who take it over Nicholas Hall aljazeera. Still ahead here in the desert south africa reintroduces tough restrictions in the number of coronavirus cases why the president says alcohol is to blame. No longer on the same wavelength one of the u. K. s long relationship with the chinese tech giant what way will soon be over. Hello the weathers looking pretty quiet across the middle east at the moment not too much in the way of wind not too much in the way of if it doesnt the say so lost the fight in fright we have got a few showers up towards georgia or i mean. Sliding down towards the far north of iraq maybe into iran as well but elsewhere as you can see last a hot and sunny 44 celsius here in doha a tad warmer to go on into where to stay could touch 46 sources than that in kuwait were approaching the 50 degree mark here meanwhile weve got hot sunshine across northern parts of africa central areas seeing plenty of showers around the theat the open highlands well the prosecution you will see some showers once again uganda seeing showers rolling across south sudan towards cameroon towards a good parts of nigeria by showers a step in a little further southward sarah she can see i do it stand down into a good part of the democratic republic of congo might even see one or 2 showers into kenya and also for a time at least making their way into coastal areas of somalia southern parts of south africa could also see some wet weather over the next day or so blustery winds rattling through here we do have warnings in force whether that windy weather that cool weather will make its way further east was attending a little warmer behind. Jump into the stream and julian on Global Community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on and will online be part of the debate let me put some you tube comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic arlens that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way he keeps human equating it business if were going to adapt to climate breakout this street on aljazeera. Earth. Youre watching out of there are mind about top stories this hour the United States has toughened its stance on chinas disputed claims to offshore resources and most of the South China Sea calling them completely unlawful the Chinese Embassy in washington has accused the u. S. Of trying to stir up trouble in the region. Thousands of protested in the democratic republic of congo against the appointment of a new Electoral Commission chief opposition politicians accuser osama longer being complicit in rigging past elections. Restrictions are being imposed in the u. S. State of california to combat a surge in corona virus infections businesses including gyms bars and movie theaters have been told to close. Well south africa is the worst hit country in africa with more than a quarter of a 1000000 people infected the government is reintroducing to lock down restrictions to combat the soaring numbers made in miller reports now from johannesburg. President still ramapo says flame gatherings like this and what he calls drinking sprees 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 is again banned the sale of alcohol after allowing its sale to resume just 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. Injuries. 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 say using social media to speak out its an absolute hear us i have had 3 days of this race all is than 2 hours birth period where is the most shocking i just find out that the family has remained. Always for recreation or is. He really sure this is a bridge repair releases and hacks who agreed the we dont even have any oxygen cords 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 latest an oxygen for those who need them while more than 4000 people have died here 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 aljazeera johannesburg. Because exxon is extending its 2nd coronavirus lockdown by 2 weeks following a surge in cases of covert 19 a new monia at least 42 medical workers have died since the beginning of the outbreak and Central Asian republic has almost 60000 cases and 375 deaths its Health Care System is struggling to cope with the rise in infections a 2 decade