Patents taking matters into their own hands bolivians bring all sit in cylinders for covert hit family members as hospitals run out of supplies. Ok lets begin with the escalating tension between the United States and china beijing has ordered the u. S. To shut down its consulate in the southwestern chinese city of chengdu the Chinese ForeignMinistry Says its had to head back and what its calling an unjustified act on tuesday washington gave beijing 72 hours to leave its consulate in Houston Texas china has called the move a violation of International Law but the u. S. Says its necessary to protect American Intellectual property the u. S. Secretary of state mike pump aoe has now doubled down on the allegations describing chinas houston. And so thats a hub of spying or katrina use joining us live from katrina this wasnt entirely unexpected but why did they choose the consulate in chengdu. We havent heard specifically a response from the Chinese Government as to why its chosen turn do there are a number of consulates it could choose from there 5 here on the mainland aside from the embassy in beijing where we suspected it might have been the who hung on to that but that hasnt been in operation much since the beginning of the pandemic so wouldnt have made a very strong response i think beijing really wants to send a message to the u. S. That its not going to back down its not going to flinch and thats why theyve chosen to do which is a much more significant consulate it was founded in 1985 at about a stop of about 35 and today theyre about su 100 stuff working at the consulate in time do including 50 from the u. S. Itself now according to chinas Foreign Ministry that closing this because its this is in direct response to the u. S. Decision to close at the chinese consulate in Texas Houston which was announced on july 21st what they said has been a violation of International Law but also a violation of the consul agreement between beijing and washington theyve also said that any charges that the administration have said against this consulate that its an intellectual property that the as well as a spying they really did not like this and say that they dont want to be in this situation they didnt want to have to respond in this way and to bring the situation to this more than so to this very low points but theyve put that solely at the foot of washington saying that this is the responsibility of the Trump Administration urging them to pull back from this is the decision to close the consulate in texas and to also take responsibility and put bilateral relations back on track but sadly were likely to see that Going Forward and yet exactly it sounds as though the u. S. Is not deter is determined not to back down on this and one wonders what the next reaction is going to be to beijing particularly to these allegations by. The houston consulate was as he put it for spying and intellectual property theft. Thats right now weve had stronger language coming out of chinas Foreign Ministry on this of watching a spokesperson has accused mike conte with being a cold war mentality a us secretary of state he said in a tweet that he has launched a new crusade against china in a globalized world which he says is as futile as an ant shake an attorney and weve also had extra response from Chinese State media newspaper the global times saying that china was provoked to take this step that china will not flinch and if the u. S. Does indeed respond to this varies by closing another chinese consulate then china will simply do the same here in china not because it wants to but simply because it cannot appear weak and it cannot back down its said that mike pump a 0 has been what its called dismantling 50 years of ties between china and the u. S. With a bulldozer by his feet and by taking these actions that weve seen over the past months as katrina live for us in hong kong to you thank you very much indeed for a number of recent developments have put a strain on relations between china and the u. S. The white house has blamed china for the global coronavirus pandemic but beijing says president is trying to deflect attention from his own mishandling of the crisis donald trump on chinese president xi jinping have imposed steep tower of sin a series of tit for tat measures the 2 have since managed to move ahead with the socalled phase one trade deal but negotiations on bought on a stalled and then those hallways the chinese tech giant has been severely restricted in the key u. S. Market and the u. S. Has convinced other countries to bomb it to the United States also wants to extradite one of hallways top executives from canada. Im italian advises the Chinese Government on political and Economic Affairs and hes joining us now from beijing i know as always its good to have you on the program thank you very much indeed china would say that it is responding in a measured manner and proportionately to actions by the United States is there a point of which china is going to essentially lose patience and have to start stop reacting and start acting. You would think so at this point if there is this how cool is going on in peoples mind that donald trump has about 3 more months as an active president 3 months away and hopefully he will step down from the presidency knowns really sure about that from the chinese perspective understand that this is all about reelection and donald trump is trying to push their buttons trying to manufacture an incident so that he can then claim that if you dont vote for him patriotic this would require him to get some sort of you know boat rams into an American VoterSomething Like that but it seems like hes really pushing that in addition to all of these things between what pompei it was saying between the actions which blindsided everybody i dont think anybody said that they were about to close the houston consulate there is this issue of more boats sailing into the waters of the South China Seas more navigation at the scene calculate in order to create an incident which donald trump thinks would be to key to his reelection does china have a responsibility in this to take a more broader approach essentially on a more forward looking approach and actually try to deescalate this in the hopes that there is a new administration in the u. S. After november. Well you know if i think they think that they are in fact being fairly measured in their response i mean this closing of the houston consulate as i keep saying it took everybody by surprise i dont think you can say find anybody who said this this this is all planned and everybody knew about it it was coming down the road so i mean its a shocking thing in essence though its clear that donald trump will continue with these types of actions he wants a prize he wants to get a reaction its also a very good way of taking attention away from the coast that 19 deaths and infections and he has heart in it so you know china thinks theyre being very measured the problem is that whatever china does it is always cast as aggressive that china somehow is the one who was instigating this you know theres there are so many things going back and forth there are all of these allegations. Have no proof behind them but you know its as if they dont trump has 47000 plates junie air rotating around so its very hard to pinpoint or Pay Attention to any particular one and lets talk about chinas belief that its taking a measured response of this on a global scale and given the fact that it has taken action significant actions of course in hong kong there are there is action also in the South China Sea how much to those undermine that chinas stands globally in. A proportionate and measured player in a situation like this. Well i think your question has some assumptions in it and one that china did have no right to impose a security law if you look under section 2. Number because 23 says that the under this terms this basic was that a security law against the 4 issues that beijing addressed shall be put in it i mean in theory its been these things have not been done as a lawyer i can tell you you have. 2 options you can rescind the whole thing could say look you didnt follow through on your side this is a contract and you didnt were going to basically nullify the hong kong im sorry but you since you didnt have to put your side of it there is no agreement they didnt do that what they did is they stopped to find a narrow remedy. Pass a law that would allow them some security calm hong is not being used as a 5th column against china and if you were strongly that that whole year lost to these you know and credible bylane acts and things like this that is let me interrupt here and i dont but forgive me but there is some of the there is some i dont want to get too far into the discussion about the law itself and the legality of that my point is really that the global perception if you like amongst the public of the way that the law has been introduced whatever the legitimacy or otherwise of the law coming in the global perception of that law the global perception of chinas actions in say the South China Sea and around the airlie days of the covert 1000 has not being positive and my question really is under what to what extent does that undermine chinas belief that it is seen to be acting in a measured fashion when it comes to its responses to the United States. Well thats what im trying to explain for chinas perspective there are acting reasonably and legally from the perspective of most press groups and also countries they are not so you cant really he cant really address that this is the same issue when it comes to human rights human rights in the west is all about political expression its about having a vote a ballot box about democracy unfortunately it is not the same one used talking about the east and in the east its more about economic opportunity. Its about safety in the streets its about having access to health care and a lot of the social service that so this is the problem you have go off between these entities and its not improving and i agree with you this china is having a very difficult time getting its point across there are lousy p. R. You know i dont think anyones going to dispute that but it doesnt mean that they dont have a position all right and that they cant legitimize what theyre doing they see themselves as acting defensively everyone else outside sees them acting aggressively by when theyre acting defensive so its just its a very very difficult situation hopefully this is only for the next 3 to 6 months and by that time there will be dealt in the oval office who can at least address these things on some sort of even keel instead of demanding some sort of regime change through their secretary of state as always its really good to get your view on this i will tell you and we appreciate your joining us and our desire thank you very much indeed thank you. The pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted an iranian passenger plane over syria it says the f. 15 conducted a visual inspection of the mahaan airplane from a safe distance to ensure it wasnt a hostile aircraft several passengers were injured when the commercial plane pilots abruptly changed altitude the air bus landed safely in beirut or just one is a Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy he says this incident could worsen already strained ties between washington and tehran. Yess accusations that. Aircraft from that airline used to ferry the juicy support for running back forces in the region so that may well have been one of the reasons why the u. S. So take a close look at the aircraft to check out where they were passengers on board well its interesting we have to see you know what pentagon hasnt said why they sent up near craft. To look at this passenger plane where as our little blow that other passenger planes fly this route and have been intercept lou in the past but there is a kind of heightened. Tension in a relationship that is always a bit fraught an explosion at Natanz Nuclear facility or a range of fires at industrial plants some of which are explained by accidents others of which appear to be a bit more mysterious so theres a sense that that something is perhaps in by a that hasnt been before that additional pressure is being put on iran im not sure that these 2 are linked but the problem always is when theres a heightened. Series of tensions and actions that Something Like this gets just adds to a somewhat volatile mix still ahead on aljazeera a 1500 year old unesco World Heritage site and former d museum once again opens for friday prayers were live in istanbul at the iconic sofia plus. Is back a former heavyweight World Champion mike tyson is climbing back into the ring for an exhibition about against another all time great boxer. I know the pensive crowd across areas of europe some thunderstorms further to the south on the east than why is quite a blanket of cloud across areas in the northwest thats where the rain will be but there is rain elsewhere as in some rain showers and some thunderstorms through western russia so people sheltering from the rain in moscow but sunny skies down into the south of france and also sunny skies across into the valley eriks now that is where the sunshine should continue but as you can see elsewhere not quite to the same story plenty of rain working its way through scandinavia trading back into hours a germany the low countries france not about day friday across the u. K. Quite cloudy tom it is not fairing too badly and the rain again gathering across the sections of northern italy on towards the balkans then on saturday that system works its way eastward so it does clear across Northern Areas but some very heavy amounts of rain really impacting romania pushing on the towards hungry cloudy skies behind and a very unsettled day across the u. K. And northern france and the winds also fairly strong at the same time so when it comes weather conditions in london over the next few days expect some rather heavy rain showers on saturday the system calls coming in with the strong winds and then you should care certainly for the 2nd part of the weekend but by monday there was a very much back in the forecast but of course south of france it is warm and sunny temperatures typically in the low thirtys with sunshine. Frank assessment what are you seeing back in yeah. Theres a. Whole. Lot of i mean look this is an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many calls or the only region are actually under a de facto state of the sea critical debate after the use of proxy he does not represent the interest of the libyan people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. Or. Youre watching our visitor a reminder of our top stories this hour chinas foreign minister has ordered the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu it comes in response to washingtons order to shocks the chinese consulate in houston. The pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted on a rainy and passenger plane over syria to ensure it wasnt a hostile aircraft and several passengers were injured when the commercial plane changed altitude joining the incident. Staggering impact of covert 1000 on the United States shows no sign of easing the number of infections across the country has crossed 4000000 more than 144000 people have died President Trump has called off the main Republican Convention events in florida because of coronavirus fears i did jocasta reports the worlds richest nation has now surpassed its 4000000 known case of coping 19 and its feared the number will only soar whats important about that is the steamroller that it is. The acceleration that this had the rate of new cases is trending upward in 39 states with a Record Number of deaths reported in florida thats where President Trump had planned to speak before a massive crowd at the Republican National convention in august an important moment for his Reelection Campaign but now those events are canceled i care deeply about the people of florida and everywhere else frankly in this country and even in the world. Would be coming into the state and i dont want to do anything to upset it 143000 people have died of the corona virus in the United States and medical experts warn many more deaths are to come those numbers tend to rise about a month after an uptick in cases the president trying to try to downplay the threat saying that problems and hot spots will all work out your sissie a lot of the country is has has no problem whatsoever trump also claims states have all the emergency supplies they could possibly need despite pleas from some doctors that lifesaving equipment is running out we have no. Gods we are not anybody to be got a season of who should lead or who should die however when you have what hes call a mass casualty situation there are guidelines to be followed all of that makes you war you know a more efficient manner and to save their mosque not a bed of people meanwhile the u. S. Economy nears another precipice with expanded Unemployment Benefits expiring at the end of the month and the vixens resuming at the end of the Week Congress will debate yet another rescue measure in coming days. Aljazeera washington. Well the coronavirus pandemic has dealt a fresh blow to bolivias plans to restore political stability general elections are being postponed for the 2nd time this year while the virus continues to spread hospitals are being overwhelmed there is a boat reports. One by one vehicles enter the Central Cemetery last the cars and vans are carrying victims of covert 19 relatives are not allowed inside the cemetery. In the sandia nation coronavirus cases have soared in recent days collapse in many hospitals and Funeral Services in bolivias capital of the most remote of all the folks in the last few weeks things have collapsed we dont have coffins and the only help were getting is with cremations families dont want to deal with the fact this is exploded were doing what we can outside this hospital relatives of the victims have been forced to bring their own oxygen for family members or thought he say they have no oxygen or supplies sylvana brought her father in law to the hospital in a van the 56 year old man died in the vehicle while awaiting treatment. We were at another hospital and he turned blue and started throwing up we asked a nurse to take him out and Pay Attention to us then we came here with him in the car nobody is allowing us inside he just died he died in the car he was a half human he was sporty and now he is dead. A similar situation is ongoing in other cities like. Bolivia was expected to hold president ial elections in september. Last year the countrys 1st indigenous president it will model is resigned from office after weeks of protests over an election that International Observers said was marred by irregularities since then interim president any 9 years has been leading the country 2 weeks ago she tested positive took over 19 on thursday Election Officials postponed the election until oct 18th the pick of the pandemic is expected to happen later this month. This electoral tribunal is asking citizens state powers Political ForcesCivil Society and the media to accompany this decision to show their respect for institutions and their commitment to democracy and the sense of common good former president evo morales said on twitter postponing the elections is a mistake and an excuse by the interim administration to hold on to power elections are crucial in bolivia to bring down the Political Tension that exists in the country since moralist up down from office but the dramatic situation caused by the pandemic has changed priorities at least for now. Ill just see. Schools of africa will be closed for the next 4 weeks because of a surge in coronavirus cases president said. Its important that schools dont become sites of virus transmission the countries covered 1000 infections are rising and one of the fastest rates in the world as has the 5th highest number of infections globally coronavirus storm has indeed arrived as we said it would with the provinces of the is and how doing and was a do not experiencing a rep it dries in infractions. Even as the country braces for the difficult weeks ahead it is significant that more than half of those people who we know to have been infected have now recovered. A mass grave where the bodies of 28 sudanese soldiers has been found in on their man after a 3 week search prosecutors say the officers were involved in a failed coup against former president Omar Al Bashir in 1990 they were executed in mysterious circumstances after a quick military trial earlier this month another mass grave of trainees soldiers was uncovered its believed theyve been trying to flee a camp in 1998 officials have been looking into Human Rights Violations under bashir is rule. Friday prayers are set to take place in turkeys hodgy as a fear for the 1st time in 86 years dozens of people are already lining up to join the occasion last week president bush of Tayyip Erdogan controversially declared the sophia a mosque after top courts ruled that its conversion into a museum in the 1930 s. Was illegal it was built 1500 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral and converted to a mosque and then a Museum Center across the others joining us live now from istanbul cinemas give us an idea of what the preparations have been like this morning. While theyre up its so very big day in a stumble it with a city of 18000000 population the hard core of the city historical penicillin is still to lockdown since last night its its close to the traffic because hundreds of thousands of turkish citizens are expected to the aviator front of bias of fear blue mosque area and to fray and inside the mosque they present the will be praying with around 1000. 00 a people very high profile people from turkey from politics broke or sea culture world and then there are words theres also coming over politics former forum for the to politicians are coming over to join president s are gone and has prayer inside. A soviet union and other words last night they changed at the name of the building it was i guess Sophia Museum but they they they hang a new label thats called sophia the great mosque in turkish and i read big and around 20000 security personnel is on duty today rob because security measures are very high as so many people are coming here also because of course on the fire is the security measures are high too and there are and now us mens from the minarets of the building. Making a call to citizens to maintain social distance way or mask and. Pay attention to. Cleaning actually using sanitizers like how an hour ago from inside the building across a koran recite taishan begin again and right now we can hear that and it is going to be very crowded today president our don is expected to have a short speech after the freyer which is in a couple of hours but this is a very historical moment for turkey especially for the conservative and pro islamist electorate who have been actually craving to pray inside believing that turning sophia mosque to a museum back in 1034 was something not good and they have some challenges with the modernization process of the country but lets see im in the preparations are believed to take at least 6 months according to present that are done and other officers and as initial preparations they covered the floor with carpets for prayers and they are bringing down some power to material that used to be on the walls of our guests will be out when it was a mosque wants to open a time after today spray or everybody is going to be let inside to see inside and we are hearing that there will be some celebrations in front of i guess of fia rob. Reporting for us outside hargus affair in istanbul thanks very much. Protesters in bulgaria are calling for their Prime Minister to quit accusing him of turning a blind eye to corruption. Michael bodey saw for reshuffled his cabinet on thursday to climb down an Anti Corruption protests that continued for more than 2 weeks but demonstrating bug ariens also want him to step down president truman heidi whos a vocal critic of but itself has encouraged protesters to keep up their rallies. Former heavyweight boxing champion mike tyson is coming out of retirement. The 54 year old has been in training for weeks and hes teased fans with clips on social media is afraid to fight why jones jr in an 8th round exhibition bout in September Tyson hasnt fought since 2005. Human being than i meant to be. And im going to be the one. And. Part. Of the proof for. These dominate. Is leave this battle. On for. They could he. Be risky yes. Shola ball. This is al jazeera these are the top stories chinas Foreign Ministers ordered the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu it comes in response to washingtons order to shut the chinese consulate in houston katrina you is in washington with more on chinas decision. We expected that they were going to close a u. S. Consulate we just werent sure which one it was going to be there was some mumbles that it could have been rouhani where we are which is a smaller consulate but theyve gone with the consulate in which is in the southwest of china which is a more important consulate with services a few provinces in that region in china theyve released quite a lengthy statement saying that this move to close this consulate the u. S. Consulate there is in direct response to washingtons decision to close the chinese consulate in texas in houston on july the 21st they say that this move was in violation of International Relations and. Principles of International Law the pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted in a rainy and passenger plane over syria and says the f. 15 conducted a visual inspection of the mahanta airplane from a safe distance to ensure it wasnt a hostile aircraft several passengers were injured when the commercial plane pilots abruptly changed altitude their bus landed safely in beirut. U. S. President donald trump has canceled the Republican Party convention jus to be held in florida next month because of the coronavirus threat the states been one of the worst affected by the pandemic on thursday the number of infections nationwide passed 4000000 friday prayers are said to take place in turkey is high because sophia for the 1st time in 86 years dozens of people are already lining up to join the occasion last week president. Controversially declared the highest sophia a mosque after a top court ruled that its conversion into a museum in the 1930 s. Was illegal. And those are the headlines the news continues here on. Inside story goodbye. As protests rage over Police Brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u. S. Elections on a just. Have relations between the u. S. And china soured to the point of no return chinese need is threatening retaliation for the closure of its consulate in texas from trade to security and human rights will the superpowers find room for compromise this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program on imran khan its being described by some as a new cold war relations between the u. S. And china unraveling quickly in the latest spat chinese diplomats have been given 72 hours to shut down