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And his handling of the pandemic. And the steroids with a lifesaving boost the drug being tested in britain has been held as a breakthrough treatment for covert 1000 patients. Welcome to the program theyve exchanged threats and criticism over covert 19 trade and the South China Sea now the diplomatic war between china and the us has a new front china has been given 72 hours to shut its cultural or office in the city of houston the u. S. Says the move is to protect American Intellectual property and it comes after firefighters in the city were denied entry to the Office Following reports that staff were burning documents that Chinas Foreign Ministry denies that accusing the u. S. Of violating International Law and its war Chinese Students in the u. S. To be on guard for what it calls arbitrary interrogations this was u. S. Secretary of state might pump a is speaking in denmark. Were not going to allow this to continue to happen where they have seen the remarks that nashiri advisor brian gave that f. B. I. Director ray gave him that attorney general barr has given we are setting out clear expert taishan for how the Chinese Communist party is going to behave and when they dont were going to take actions that protect the American People protect our security our National Security and also protect our economy and jobs china has threatened to close the u. S. Consular office in retaliation katrina you has the latest from. Certainly beijing is furious about this Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson one when been spoke on wednesday afternoon calling this outrageous unjustified and said it was an unprecedented relation even lifted a number of actions he said the u. S. Government had taken against Chinese People in the u. S. In recent months he said that chinese diplomats there had been subjected to intimidation harassment in some cases detention he also said that Chinese Students were increasingly being interrogated that personal Electronic Devices were being confiscated and he also said that there were a few incidents at least where chinese diplomatic stop had extra restrictions imposed on them that diplomatic pouches was searched without permission that chinese official items were also confiscated both of these would be violations of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations one woman also said that the Chinese Embassy in the u. S. Had received a number of bomb threats and Death Threats and he accused the administration of fanning the flames of hatred against china only in the u. S. But overseas as well and certainly this is just the next escalation the newest escalation what has to be a diplomatic fall in terms of relations between u. S. And china various fronts. National security Law Technology and brave and beijing says if u. S. Does not pull back from this decision it will take what it has called legitimate and necessary countermeasures. The British Government says it will open a special pathway to citizenship for 3000000 hong kong residents starting in january but those eligible wont need a job before going to the u. K. It applies to those with a British National overseas passport and their immediate families the new rules are in response to a National Security law china is imposing on the whole goal which critics say curbs freedoms route challenge says in london with more on the immigration law. What we now have is the detail or at least some of the detail about how British Nationals overseas in hong kong these 3000000. 00 or so hong kong hours are going to go about getting a british citizenship when the system opens in january 2021 and the path as outlined by proceed to tell the home secretary is this that with no jobs lined up or any other particular criteria they can come to the u. K. For 5 years of limited leave to remain they have to be financially secure and independence while they are here theyre not going to get government handouts etc after those 5 years are up they can apply for whats called settled status and after a year settle status then they can apply for british citizenship they can also bring over their dependents who are classed as normal British Nationals overseas this is going to amplify i think the that the showdown between the British Government and the Chinese Governments way in britain suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong yesterday. The Chinese Government said that this was again. Something of a hostile act and that the british would be having to bear the consequence of it so yes this is an amplification of the showdown with with china. Now the British Government has denied ignoring warnings that russia was attempting to meddle in its elections Prime Minister told parliament the u. K. Was more vigilant than any other country against threats from russia a report on tuesday concluded authorities actively avoided looking into evidence the kremlin tried to interfere in several votes including the brics it referendum. The people of these took this country didnt vote to leave the e. U. Because of pressure from russia the russian they voted because they wanted to take back control of my money and my trade policy of our north. A vote is expected in the coming hours that will give israels government increased powers to impose coronavirus restrictions across the country the move comes as protests grow louder against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is handling of the pandemic dozens of demonstrators have been arrested after chaining themselves together and blocking people from entering parliament in west jerusalem ari force it possible. Benjamin netanyahu has weathered protest before so called black flag activists have waged a years Long Campaign against what they call his anti democratic rule but in the last 2 weeks the protests have changed and grown as israelis buckling under a 2nd wave of coronavirus turn their anger on the government. Netanyahu has admitted to reopening the economy too quickly allowing gatherings of too many people others point to the governments failure to expand the system of testing and tracing as the 1st wave airbed leaving it ill equipped to stop the 2nd author and journalist Roden Bergman has investigated that Decision Making he says the Health Ministry went against expert advice you need to know as soon as possible if that person is not you need this person immediately after he is a good fight is so the suspect so even if you do not been sharing of infection it goes on and on if you are not able to cut it the government itself said it needed a 48 hour turnaround from suspected case to test results even now its taking 6. 00 to 8. 00 days the concern now is that its simply too late in terms of testing to catch up with the sheer scale of this 2nd wave israels missed opportunity on testing and tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure to tackle the pandemic under pressure the Prime Minister has been announcing measures only to announce them from a one point 75000000000. 00 package of cash handouts 1st universal now means tested too in order to close restaurants postponed with. In hours to we can closures of beaches and pools reversed within days the one constant is insistence on avoiding a 2nd full lockdown because. I have requested each ministries plan for a safe exit from the current virus restrictions meaning that if we straighten the coven reach the goals that we see it for the determined number of cases per day that we can work with over time in the coronavirus routing. But the head spinning policy shifts have undermined belief in a Prime Minister also on trial in 3 separate Corruption Cases one survey this month put public trust in him at just 29 percent and the problem that. Theres really this back and that its not creating trust and trust is groucho. In order to move ahead because its a long term situation where the talking about trust is both thrust of the public and trust of experts just weeks ago netanyahu had squashed the 1st wave of coded 19 and neutralized his most serious political rival benny gantz inside an Emergency Coalition now hes fighting to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing Political Capital are a force at Aljazeera Television David Carroll has the director of the Democracy Program at the Carter Center he explains how some countries are using the pandemic to curtail democratic freedoms. This is a situation thats happening all around the world in many Different Countries settings where a globe that has been struggling with having good elections and good democratic processes. For the last 10 years anyway now is confronted with the situation of the pandemic so that there are easy excuses for governments and other actors who are not really interested necessarily and ensuring the core freedoms now have extra excuses and if theyre not following. Clear Scientific Evidence to base their policy decisions on their theres many ways for them to try to evade keeping democracy on track in elections on time but i would say that the main things are on theme of expression and freedom of assembly and then possibly shifting. Electoral timelines for postponing elections and keep processes connected to elections again we see a number of these examples around the world and without listing any particular country as an example there is widespread examples. Now the u. S. State of oregon has gone to court requesting a restraining order against federal agents who were sent in to end protests against racism. The states attorney general says the troops deployed by President Donald Trump of arrested protesters and fairly taken people away in unmarked vans unused Excessive Force the demonstrations began in may after the killing of the black man george floyd at the hands of police. Canadas federal court has ruled a deal with the u. S. That manages the flow of refugees is unconstitutional the agreement bans people entering the country at official border crossings from requesting asylum because it deals both nations to be safe however the Canadian Court now says refugees are unsafe in the u. S. Because of the risks of imprisonment. Still ahead here on aljazeera a final farewell its the end of an era for one of australian aviations longest serving. And they cant waste a drop we look at why water so vital to ethiopians as a controversial negative fills up. Hello with a change of wind direction theres been something of a dust storm or sounds to wherever the usa in the last day or so you dont pick it up on the satellite picture you pick up the edge of the monsoon thats really the prompting the change in weather type so with that science easterlies more humid in the forecast and now then qatar and bahrain east and saudi in this orange is dust is coming out from the Empty Quarter and to some degree coming down from iraq its typical for this time of the year otherwise its a dry looking picture occasional sun sounds possible in western yemen all the southwest of saudi arabia and subtle storms in clumps all the things to watch for at the moment in the highlands and they drift west through africa in immediate future weve got a few thunderstorms developing and a few showers there but nothing significant the biggest ones appear to be in syria or monrovia for example they have been as far north as the gambia but in the forecast for friday says they probably wont be that far north south of all this just coming into the edge of your screens heading forward towards madagascar the circulation might want to turn into something may generate some significant rave the eastern side of madagascar has had to form showers in mozambique which just touch the eastern side of zimbabwe otherwise its dry. Frank assessments tourism income stream is dead in the water whats been the result in poaching quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal in Israeli Society indepth analysis of the dates global headlines its time for new policy say the country really cannot all be seen to grading what hes written in this the really deep we all continue inside story on aljazeera. I. Welcome back youre watching our deserve me so ho run the reminder of our top stories the u. S. Government has ordered beijing to close its Consular Office in Houston Texas saying its to protect American Intellectual property the spokesman for the chinese Foreign Ministry has denied reports that staff had been burning documents inside the building. Britain has offered a path to citizenship for 3000000 home kong residents and their immediate families starting in january the new rules are in response to a National Security or china is imposing on the city. And a vote is expected in the coming hours that will give israels government increased powers to impose coronavirus restrictions more than 30 people were arrested after protests scalding on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign. Turkey and russia have agreed to Work Together towards a lasting cease fire in libya turkey supports even recognize government in tripoli while russia about its rival the wall of cleaver have to use based in the east delegations from turkey and russia met in ankara with more talks planned in moscow now they say that dialogue remains the only solution to the conflict of the one is a former special envoy to libya he says russia and turkey will lead to Work Together to bring stability to the region. Well they both have good in thousands of mercenaries into libya to fight the war and if turkey and russia decide to stop the fighting and have their mercenaries no longer fight or withdraw from the church or leave the country well thats going to be a good thing for libya libyans do need to get together and negotiate a Sustainable Way forward with the u. N. Process before have decided to tripoli in april 2019 there was about to be a National Conference which would have involved a lot of libyans for a lot of different places to find it out for it fought by the u. N. And that was about to make sure Real Progress after initial military mission if this effort to conquer the country become a dictator stopped all that its going to be hard to put it back together again but theres no alternative they will ultimately need to have a fight National Force some kind of military council if youre civilian role those are the kinds of things libyan should be negotiating in the foreign country should be supporting what the russia and turkey potentially dose is reduce the risk of a proxy war and by reducing the risk of a proxy war it is creating a. Reduced threat to the country and to the region and thats a great thing cant always has lost a multibillion dollar lawsuit against 4 arab countries that have imposed a blockade on the gulf state funding qatar riyadh craft from that as Space Council my ways is seeking 5000000000. 00 in compensation from egypt saudi arabia bahrain and the United Arab Emirates the countries imposed a land sea and blockade in 2017 the uns top cool ruled last week in favor of qatar approving jurisdiction of the International Civil Aviation Organization to hear the case. Kuwaits amir is set to travel to the us for medical care on thursday after undergoing surgery of the weekend 91 year old shake sub sub or was admitted to hospital on saturday for unspecified medical treatment crown prince shaken off Emmerdale Subba has temporarily taken over some of his responsibilities the us President Donald Trump person warned the corona Virus Outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better its a departure from the optimistic picture he projected so far even as cases continue to rise in many u. S. States mike hanna has more from the capital washington d. C. In the past president cost him self as americas cheerleader making rosy predictions about the course of the pandemic that