Coronavirus infection rates again. Host china is planning to impose tough National Security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the central government. The draft law is expected to be rubberstamped at chinas biggest political gathering in beijing. Activists fear it will be used to correct to crackdown on Political Freedoms and will likely make relations with the u. S. Even worse. Senators will introduce legislation to place sanctions on chinese officials for violating hong kongs autonomy. We report from beijing. Correspondent on the eve of chinas National Peoples congress, the announcement of a proposed National Security law which criminalizes secession, foreign interference, and a subversion of state power in hong kong. Hong kong is an inseparable part of the peoples republic of china. Of mpc is the highest organ state power. It is exercising the power enshrined in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a Legal Framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding National Security in hong kong. Correspondent the new law would bypass Hong Kongs Legislative Council and is beijings response to months of dissent and sometimes violent protests in hong kong. The draft legislation will be discussed when chinese leaders meet over the next week in beijing. It is likely to further isolate president xi jinping. He already faces a tide of criticism because of the Chinese Governments handling because of the coronavirus pandemic. Led by its biggest trading partner, the u. S. Donald trump accuses china of covering up the outbreak. Beijing denies this, but the argument is pushing the two countries closer to confrontation. And phase one of the deal to end the trade war hangs in the balance. Economics,xing politics, and National Security issues. A very dangerous mixture. Any kind of this calculation could result in a real tragedy. Correspondent another thorn in chinas side, u. S. Support for taiwan. The inauguration of the president has pushed beijings goal of reunification further away. As chinas npc needs over the next week, surging antichina sentiment abroad isnt its only challenge. At home, leaders must tackle a slowing economy, low unemployment, and new cases of coronavirus. Outbreaks in wuhan in the northeast stoked fears of a new wave of infections. Millions wait for an end to their life in poverty. Deadlinehe government to create what it calls a moderately welloff society. No previously npc has ever had to bear these conflicts and difficulties like the ones this year. It is mission impossible. Correspondent but when the National Congress opens, problems will make way for pageantry, as 1. 4 billion chinese look to president xi to pave the path through what many see as an increasingly precarious future. Al jazeera, beijing. Host opposition lawmakers in hong kong are warning china is betraying its promise to maintain the citys special status. I want to say to the International Community that this is the end of hong kong. This is the end of one country, two systems. The central peoples government has completely breached its promise to the hong kong people, a promise enshrined in the declaration and basic law. They are now completely walking back on their obligation owed to the hong kong people. This is it. Make no mistake about it. I foresee that the International Status of hong kong as an International Study will be city will be gone soon. Host more on what this announcement is likely to trigger new protests. It is hard to see the major protests flaring up again because social distancing rules are rigorously enforced in hong kong by the police. For that reason, this announcement from beijing may not be a coincidence. The timing is interesting indeed, to say the least. We have been getting reaction from prodemocracy figures in hong kong. Dennis says the news from beijing has left him speechless. He believes the hong kong and Chinese Government are using the covid19 outbreak as cover to further clamp down on hong kong. The mood in hong kong began to change earlier this year in january when beijing appointed a new head of their Central Liaison Office and hong kong account office. Those are the two beijing bodies that handles chinas affairs in hong kong. Since then we have had the roundup of 15 veteran prodemocracy politicians. We had the Police Commissioner warning hong kong is facing a serious terrorism threat, in his words. Now we have mike pompeo, the u. S. Secretary of state, this kongsrning that hong special trading status with the u. S. May not be able to continue if he feels hong kongs autonomy continues to be threatened. Host at least 84 people have been killed by the most powerful cyclone to hit eastern india and bangladesh in more than a decade. It made landfall on wednesday, uprooting thousands of trees and destroying powerlines. There are fears coronavirus will spread in shelters housing evacuees. This man is a father in morning. His daughter in mourning. His daughter died when part of their house collapsed on her in the cyclone. She was in a good school. She told me, dad, i want to study. Dont send me awaway. She was so good at her school work and loved to draw. Correspondent she was one of many killed in this statee where the cyclone made landfall wind speeds of 165. The cyclone tore through the state, uprooting trees and destroying homes and much else in its path. In the city of calcutta, people assess the damage after the storm passed. The cyclone brought heavy rain, flooding neighborhoods. Ththousands of homes were also flattened in bangladesh. When the storm started, we managed to reach the cyclone center. Now our home is going. We are going back to see what we can salvage. Correspondent millions remain without power in bangladesh. People in the densely populated lowlying areas around the bay of bengal are used to cyclones, but emergency workers say the aftermath of the cyclone will be hard to manage they as they try to stop the spread of coronavirus. Thousands were evacuated to emergency centers. Two million in bangladesh. It is impossible to maintain social distancing. I am very concerned. We couldnt stayathome because of the concern of the s torm, and here i am trying to dodge corona. Correspondent there are concerns about the extent of the damage in hardtoreach areas, including an economically a ecologically fragile mangrove region, home to bengal tigers. Around 5 Million People have been left without power in the bangladesh capital. Hundreds of thousands of houses on the delta plain have been destroyed or washed away. Oxfam reported the same. Houses were washed away by the tidal wave. We know about 5 Million People are out of power. This area of southwestern bangladesh which took the biggest hit is where there is large aquatic farming and regular farming. A lot of people are going to suffer from this destruction of the farmland. We know the country is fighting the covid19 pandemic. Due to the shutdown, there is an economic loss, so there is a major challenge ahead. This is a monsoon season. Rehabilitation work will take time. We have efforts to see what comes up. The damage is severe. This is one of the hardest cyclones since 2007. We will no farther down the road. Host at least three women have been killed in a stampede in sri lanka as people rush to collect an eight dollar cash handout. Queued1000 people have for an annual handout during ramadan. Nine others were injured. The area has a large Muslim Population and the residents were unable to do their normal work during the pandemic. The men handing out the money have been arrested for ignoring the lockdown. When the news got around, people gathered in numbers and then people fell down. He took about 10 people to the hospital. Host a Security Source tells al jazeera palestine informed israel it is ending all security cooperation. President Mahmoud Abbas declared an end to security relations with the u. S. And israel on tuesday. Palestine has also stopped sharing intelligence with the cia. The Palestinian Authority is withdrawing Security Forces from some places where it had to operate with israeli approval. The u. S. Is pulling out of a treaty with 34 other countries, accusing russia of violating the deal. The open skies treaty allows unarmed surveillance flights over signatory nations and is supposed to foster transparency on military activity. The white house accused russia of breaking its terms and contributing to military threats against the u. S. And its allies. It is not the first time the Trump Administration pulled out of an agreement and blamed russia. It pulled out of a packed that banned intermediate range Nuclear Missiles. There are fears he may pull out of an arms treaty with russia that allows both countries only 1550 Nuclear Missiles deployed each. It expires weeks after the president ial inauguration. President trump russia and us have developed a very good relationship. We worked on the oil problem together. Russia didnt adhere to the treaty, so until they adhere, we will pull out. There is a good chance we will make a new agreement. Dc. more from washington correspondent there is part of an ongoing process from the trump and ministrations to disentangle themselves from international agreements. This is the third arms agreement the Trump Administration pulled themselves out now. There have been immediate reactions in congress. The chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee points out that President Trump is unable to do this without giving congress 120 days notice, which he has not done. President trump signed this in 2019. There is already criticism from democrats in congress. It is yet another move by trump to diminish relationships with the International Community. Nato allies will be incensed by this decision. What happens next is once the u. S. Announces this formally, there are 60 days during which all signatories to the agreement must meet. There is speculation a new deal could be a great to could be agreed to, but that is unlikely at this point. Host coronavirus rips through the only dedicated clinic in the yemen region. Workers prepare to be given a malaria drug to see if it works against the coronavirus. After having been stormy and cold in the southeast of australia, we have still got thunderstorms around. There is a circulation developing off the coast of new south wales. There is a light onshore breeze. Not very warm in melbourne. The wet weather has been significant. That is a strong wind on its way out. Disappearing slowly eastward. The significant rain in quee nsland, mostly tropical queensland, but nothing in perth. Make it asht well far as canberra sunday. Temperatures around the 14 mark. Significant rain in china, southern china. Thunderstorms showing up here. Not so much in japan. Japan remains relatively quiet. Cloudy, a little bit of rain. But flooding seems likely from hong kong east through taiwan. The bulk of Mainland China is looking fairly fine by friday and saturday. Rain is returning to beijing. Temperature still up around the 24 mark. Warmer, but sound. Host a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. China says it will impose a new National Purity law on hong kong after months of often violent demonstrations. The planned legislation would strengthen the states enforcement power. At least 84 people have been killed by the most powerful cyclone to hit eastern india and bangladesh in a decade. Millions are without power. And President Trump is pulling the u. S. Out of the open skies treaty, whichchina says it willw National Purity law on hong kong after months lets governments fly surveillance flights over member countries. The white house says pressure repeatedly violated the terms of the deal. Says russia repeatedly violated the terms of the deal. An unprecedented 38. 6 Million People in the u. S. Lost their jobs since lockdown restrictions were imposed in march. Economists say the most recent layoffs are the most concerning, as they are happening at a time when states are beginning to reopen. Some Small Businesses in america are having to find new ways to survive the Economic Conditions described as the worst since the great depression. We report from montclair, new jersey. Correspondent at montclair book center, rows of every book imaginable. From the newly published title to the dusty and obscure old book. If you look hard enough, he will probably find it here. What you wont find is customers browsing the aisles. In march, all nonessential businesses were closed because of coronavirus. The bookstore staff faced hard decisions. Close down after 35 years in business or find a way to keep selling. Nobody wanted to close. We had to find the best way to keep everyone safe and healthy while continuing to serve our customer base. Correspondent they ramped up taking orders by phone and also online sales. Business has been so good, nobody has been laid off. Everybody in fact is busy. In a normal week when we were onlinee may be had 10 orders a day, but now we come in and have at least 50. If we have anything under 50, that is a light day for us at this point. [laughter] correspondent by the front door, stacks of books waiting to be shipped out to customers. A small sign of a Success Story in an economy where there are few. When many think about business in america, they think of Big Companies such as general motors, apple, or walmart. But truth be told, more than 95 of americans work at Small Businesses like this, defined as those with less than 500 employees. It is Small Business that is the backbone of the american economy. And it has been devastated by coronavirus. Montclair bookstore sits in the middle of two other stores going through much harder times. On one side, a pair salon that remains closed. On the others, a gift shop, also shuttered. In between, one store that has made it, writing its own story of success. Al jazeera, montclair, new jersey. Host the u. S. Air force delivered medical aid to russia to fight its rising number of coronavirus infections. 50 ventilators were delivered to moscow with another 150 due next week. Russia recorded the worlds second highest number of infections at more that 317,000, but is death toll is comparatively low at over 3000. The government says it is down to its extensive testing program. The outbreak is beginning to stabilize. Russian media is reporting a chechen leader has been flown to a moscow hospital with suspected coronavirus. Doctors without borders is warning about an unfolding catastrophe at its hospital in southern yemen. The age group is calling for urgent help from the United Nations after the deaths of more than one third of covid19 patients admitted in its port city. It is the e only dedicated virus treatment clinic in the south of the country. Doctors say they are short of personal protective equipment and virus tests. Doctors without borders say the total number of deaths is likely to be higher than the 34 officially reported. The city of sam the ways was the first in brazil san luis was the first in brazil to go under lockdown. Local Television Images show hospitals freeing up space in their coronavirus wards over the past two weeks. This a day after another 20,000 new infections were reported in brazil. Public Health Officials feared 100,000 could die in total. The antimalaria drug touted by the u. S. President is tested to see if it is effective on coronavirus. Hydroxychloroquine will be given around the world, including the u. K. Many countries in europe are adapting to a new way of life. Correspondent donald trump told the world he has been taking it as a preventative measure. Now a new study aims to establish whether hydroxychloroquine can prevent covid19. Over the next three months, Health Workers that come into contact with the virus will be given the drug or a placebo. The u. K. Reached a deal for an Antibody Test rolled out to frontline hospital staff. These will tell you if you have the virus and developed antibodies that might help you fight the virus in the future. We are not yet in a position to say that those who test positive in the Antibody Test are immune from coronavirus. As our understanding improves, these tests will be crucial. Correspondent spain has brought in tighter rules on wearing face masks. Wearing one is no compulsory for everyone over the age of one is now compulsory for everyone over the age of five. Spain reported 28,000 deaths since the outbreak began. It is necessary because i go to closed spaces like supermarkets and there are still people not wearing them. Unless you obligate people, they will not do it. Correspondent as the daily death toll dipped below 50 for the first time in months, the schools in the basque region will reopen. Sometimes you need help with social distancing. One restaurant takes manikins inside to attract people to dine and make sure they stay two meters apart. We have them sitting in their places. Vibe in a much better the restaurant. That was the main goal of the whole project. It is working. Correspondent social distancing