1st friday prayers in istanbuls iconic of fear after being a museum for nearly 86. 00 nears. I may 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 hit back at what its calling an unjustified act look what you. Chinas measure is a legitimate and necessary response to unjust acts of the u. S. It conforms with International Law basic norms and International Relations and customary diplomatic practices the Current Situation in bilateral relations is not what china wants to see and the u. S. Is responsible for all of this 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 might bump aoe has now double dying on the allegations describing chinas houston consulate as a hub of spying katrina you has more from mohan. Unwin been whos a Foreign Ministry spokesperson in beijing he fronted the press to basically reiterated the the message that was released by the former Foreign Ministry earlier today on friday but he also then said that the some officials working in the chung do consulate had been engaging in activities which do not accord with their identities and that china has raised this several times to the u. S. And the u. S. Is aware of this when he was pushed further on exactly what he meant he didnt give anything the details but quite a vague statement there we dont know if that accusation is leveled at the chinese stop all 50 all the of the 50 american u. S. Officials who work in the time do office but it does give some insight as to why theyve targeted that particular consulate at the moment we do know there are about 200 staff working there and that is have quite a colorful history as well in 2012 the Party Secretary of of the chain which is a big region that both she lived his right hand man one legion actually fled to that consulate in time do to try to seek asylum after he levels of accusations against bush he lied was later found guilty in china that could be one reason that wasnt mentioned by chinas Foreign Ministry but that is what many people think of when they think of the. Also because of its location in the southwest of china its also considered to be quite listening post for the u. S. When it comes to any happening is the issues around tibet ocean junk so thats also possibly why it was targeted. A number of recent developments have put a strain in relations between china and the us the white houses brain china for the global coronavirus pandemic of beijing says President Trump is trying to deflect attention from his own mishandling of the crisis trump on chinese president xi jinping have imposed steep tariffs in a series of tit for tat measures on trade the 2 have since managed to move ahead with a socalled phase one trade deal but negotiations are now stalled and then theres holloway the chinese tech giant has been severely restricted in key u. S. Market and the u. S. Is convinced other countries to band aid to the u. S. Also wants to extradite one of hallways top executives from canada and it sang and viruss the Chinese Government on political and Economic Affairs and he says trump is manufacturing a crisis to boost his chances of reelection. At this point there is a scowl is going on in peoples mind that donald trump has about 3 more months as an act president and then 3 months when hopefully he will step down from the presidency no ones really sure about that from the chinese perspective understand that this is all about reelection and that 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 youre not patriotic this would require him to get some sort of you know if a boat rams into an american boat or Something Like that but it seems like hes really pushing that in addition to all of these things between what pompei i was saying between the actions which blindsided everybody i dont think anybody would accept that they were about to close the houston consulate there is this issue of more boats sailing into disputed waters of the south china seas more navigation acts the scene calculated in order to create an incident which donald trump thinks would be to key to his reelection its clear that donald trump will continue with these types of actions he wants surprise he wants to get a reaction its also very good way of taking attention away from the coast that 19 deaths and infections and he has heart in it 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 modern airplane from a safe distance it wasnt a hostile aircraft several passengers were injured when the commercial plane pilots abruptly changed to altitude their bus loaded safely in beirut. But just out of hand as a Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy he says this incident could worsen already strained ties between washington and tehran. Yes says accusations that. Are from that airline i used to ferry the just 6 support for running back forces in the region so that may well have they one of the reasons why the u. S. Side to take a close look at the aircraft to check out where there were passengers on board well its interesting we have to see what the pentagon has and said why they set up near craft. To look at this passenger plane where as our lead to blow the other passenger planes fly this route and have a brain 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 way that hasnt been kleiber for 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 the a somewhat volatile mix the staggering impact of covert 19 in the United States shows no sign of easing the number of infections across the country has crossed 4000000 President Trump has called off the main Republican Convention events in florida because of coronavirus figures i did jocasta reports. The worlds richest nation has now surpassed its 4000000. 19 and its feared the number will only soar whats important about that is the steamroller that it is. The acceleration that this has 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 who 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 but President Trump trying to downplay the threat saying that problems and hot spots will all work out your d 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 life saving equipment is running out we have no. God we are not anybody to to go decision of who should lead or who should die however when you have what hes called a mass casualty situation there are 99 has to be filed all of that makes you war in a more efficient manner and say there must not a bit of people meanwhile the us 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. Castro aljazeera washington. Friday prayers are to take place in turkeys iconic caius affair for the 1st time in nearly 86 years people have been gathering in the last few hours among them turkish president. And last week he controversially declared the hardness of fear a mosque after a court ruled its conversion into a museum in the 1930 s. Had been illegal it was built 1500 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral before it was converted to a mosque and then to a museum and across the hall is joining us now live from istanbul where understand that a great many people as i say have been gathering this morning weve just been pictures of the turkish president heading into the the building just talk us through whats been happening this morning. Right here outside i. S. O. Fiar for the prayer that is going to last throughout the years and. Finding Little Things like this in the way. Here out this is a very long. Facility called service and. Yet lawmakers present d on the on the islamic. Summits. In terms of the global trend people like him have always said that that chains of bias of the cutout minister fish should be open for prayers and for nationalist and conservative society electorate of turkey this is a very important moment every cause that he will be able to operate inside it after 8 to 5 years since the morning there are 20000 security personnel here trying to hide security and from the minarets of the building the Governors Office now are making good now spends for the citizens. Making warnings about cope with measures to wear masks and preserve the source of this there is a huge crowd and even just one hour ago and all they are real was all over the world and the governors own is still not the answer to that and there is a very new strain me and i me and him and that will mean a school of nipple who are here of course that this is the moment. President barack obama will sat no need to turn a civil we have. 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It will be this time forward to friday prayer according to the stumble look inside man to. 1000 people in the rain sat alone with president s act on and after that not to and we are the measures are going to be lifted and this insistence that well be able to go inside beyond and visit and not grandstand to call everything in terms of the now doing this not the standing of innovations inside of. d the i guess of me everything is going to be shut down for 6 months. Sin and thanks very much indeed as they progress were obviously going to be checking back in with you but for now thanks very much indeed these are live pictures from inside the sofia which cinemas mentioning had been in a museum for about smear least 86 years having been originally converted to change from a mosque to museum run about 1035 we saw earlier president received one heading inside the building their reaction to his controversial decision to declare it a lost after that initial court ruling which said that the decision to change it to a museum had been legal has been significant across the world pope francis has said he is very pained by the decision to change it back into a place of worship the World Council of churches has apparently expressed grief and dismay but we will be returning to the occasion inside the high you sophia as the morning progresses. Still ahead on aljazeera taking matters into their own hands bolivians bring oxygen cylinders for covert hit family bombers as hospitals run out of supplies. From promising drugs it to ending up in intensive care we take a look at the 1st year and hour of britains Prime Minister but his johnson. I know there are plenty of scott a chance and much of indonesias a rather a strong powerful thunderstorms at times across areas of the philippines as well but some particularly heavy downpours in and around thailand this is bankole just how much rain has it come down some very strong thunderstorms at times fairly typical for this time of year and a slightly more in the forecast on saturday you can see here those raising standing right there down the apron and so the heavy at times and again across into much of the northern and western civ march i mean while weve got cyclic conditions across much of java it will stay dry and fine as it go through sunday as well elsewhere will see more of those the thunderstorms and the showers now down across central strader weve seen some very heavy rain through coastal areas of queensland that is about to clear you can see the system working its way further towards the south in the east but what will happen on saturday as we see quite a scattering of rain much of New South Wales they dismiss showers into the southern portions of the south island of new zealand but its sunday really that the rain becomes very heavy and there is no pressure just developing off the New South Wales coast that will bring some very strong winds as well along these coastal areas where of course just recently we saw the erosion that took place meanwhile out across much of the west the rain had. To find sunday. A team of chinese scientists in town. Deep sea mission searching for rare is also. One who want to produce chinas underwater 0. 000 this is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that at travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter does their own. Marginal to 0 mind over top stories this hour chinas Foreign Ministry has all of the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu its a response to washingtons order to shut the chinese consulate in houston. The pentagon has confirmed to one of its fighter jets intercepted and theyre ready in passenger planes over syria to make sure it wasnt a hostile aircraft several passengers were injured in the commercial plane changed altitude during the incident. Friday prayers are taking place in turkey his cock is a feel for the 1st time in nearly 86 years past week president out of one controversially declared the hardness of fear on mosque after a court ruled its conversion into a museum of being illegal. Ok lets go back to the latest diplomatic sparring between china and the United States this time theyre shutting down each others consulates but the tension is also playing out at the World Health Organization the u. N. Health body has rejected allegations by the u. S. Secretary of state that questioned its independence from china. Our soul focus and the focus of the international the entire organization is on saving lives if there is one thing that really matters to us and which should matter to the entire International Community its saving lives and deadly joe will not be distracted by these comments and we dont want the entire the International Community also to be discrete distracted. The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a fresh blow to bolivias plans to restore political stability general elections have been postponed for the 2nd time this year while the virus continues to spread hospitals are being overwhelmed to risible reports. One by one vehicles enter the Central Cemetery in. 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 of the phone 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 has 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 40 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 santa claus bolivia was expected to hold president ial elections in september. Last year the countrys 1st indigenous president it will morales 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. Brazil has the 2nd highest rate of cover 19 infections in the world but its president whos got the virus says theres no way to stop it spreading can probably really for anyone living in society exonerate later will get infected by covert theres no way to avoid the death related to that in brazil from what i know nobody died from not having medical attention. Dozens of people have been arrested in overnight antigovernment protests in israel but hes used water counts to disperse demonstrators outside the Prime Ministers residence in jerusalem israelis have held a series of protests in recent weeks calling on Benjamin Netanyahu to resign theyre angry about a worsening Coronavirus Crisis and corruption charges against him. Protesters in bulgaria calling for their Prime Minister to quit accusing him of turning a blind eye to corruption. Boyko body so reshuffled his cabinet on thursday to try to clamp down on Anti Corruption protests that have continued for more than 2 weeks but demonstrating bug ariens also want him to step down president rouhani is a vocal critic of broader self is encourage protesters to keep up their rallies. Now its been one year since bought us johnson became british Prime Minister he took office on the promise to deliver brags that he found himself battling the covert 1000. 00 pandemic from within parliament and intensive care jonjo regan looks back at whats been achieved mulcher us 12 months. Boris johnson in ways wanted to be Prime Minister and this mantra made it possible we can get bricks it done now his arrival in downing street came with ruthless sackings all of the top jobs went to his pro bricks its supporters and bricks it was done it had split the country and the conservative party. But then within a month came the biggest crisis facing any Prime Minister in postwar u. K. History coded 19 toweled did johnson handle it certainly has a lot of question marks around it theres a widespread acceptance and probably thinking government that the u. K. Maybe looks down too late and hes been slow to come out of that before the virus struck johnson was absent from 5 crises briefings im shaking hands can decide that i was at a hospital the other night i think the review the rush if you create a virus a patient and i sure can deliver a body temperature. Yet the Prime Minister himself became a coded victim narrowly escaping death polls show how much of the public sympathy for his plight waned rapidly it was reaction to blunders costing thousands of lives such as Frontline Health workers without protective gear and no attempts to protect the elderly in nursing homes. Add to that johnsons refusal to sack chief advisor Dominic Cummings have broken lock down rules. Talks over a trade deal with the you a stalled and johnson refuses to break his promise not to extend talks into the new year is certainly a very few ulcers if you like to believe in what they say is a clean break has been best for d the british colony in the long term theres also the brics that referendum in 2016 taking center stage in another major issue facing johnson and his government johnsons government is accused of refusing to investigate what the report called successful russian interference in u. K. Democracy like to watch out for this man here starmer took pile on the pressure is the new leader of the Labor Opposition Party hes leading in the polls and many in his party see him as a serious threat john j. Regan aljazeera russian prosecutors are inspecting a facility thats supposed to be treating a toxic chemical leak from an abandoned mine in the oral mountains images a large scale environmental damage went viral on social media last week so i hired out to ports and its more like the landscape of another planet they sticks you see in the ground who wants trees in a forest and rushes mountains and so now sydney from a couple sulfide mind destroyed everything in its path. The mind has been close to 16 years but the environmental threats from it has never stopped and last week there was an outrage across russia when a blow because images of the polluted waters named by went viral forcing russian prosecutors to investigate. This lake is near the mine a mixture of water and acid flow from the old mine and right into here thats why its this color and accident in 1997 caused the mind to floods and it hasnt stopped leaking a toxic mix ever since. So few rick acid reaction is taking place here the acid is continuing to burn everything in the area the soil the trees the grass and fish to all these heavy metals are soluble and shouldnt be in the water. 10 years ago the local Prosecutors Office revealed a high concentration of pollutants in the water especially reservoir was built to contain and filter the water leaking from the mine but those living nearby say is has had little effect because he previously there was a variety of fish in this like but no this is all we have for. Sure how can this not be poison all these acids going into the river theres no fish left theres nothing there. All the way to the reservoir the entire bosom is covered clearly not a single plant grew there. Was a she said the anger over the mine comes after a Major Oil Spill in the Arctic Circle forced russian president Vladimir Putin to declare a state of emergency so the really good company he accused local authorities of not informing moscow the disaster in may when 20000 tons of diesel leaked from a power plant in order to escape. Already one of the most polluted cities in the world its mayor resigned on monday the design also has renewed public debate over the lack of Government Action against those responsible it says that goes on its the environment that continues to suffer sort of. Aljazeera. A mass grave for the bodies of 28 sudanese soldiers has been found in on that a man after 3 weeks arch prosecutors say the officers were involved in a failed coup against former president obama 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. And he wave of violence in south sudan has forced thousands of people to flee their homes in the Eastern Region of people armed groups attacked a village in the region on wednesday night around 6000 families have taken refuge at a nearby u. N. Base the countrys emerging from a 6 year civil war thats killed 380000. 00 people and displaced millions former heavyweight boxing champion mike tysons coming out of retirement. The 54 year old been in training for weeks and was teased fans with clips of social media has agreed to fight avoid jones jr in the fine exhibition back in September Tyson has fought his 2000. This is all jazeera these are the top stories chinas foreign minister is ordered the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the Chinese ForeignMinistry Says its had to hit back at what its calling an unjustified act its a response to washingtons order to shut the chinese consulate in houston look what youve. Chinas measure is a legitimate and necessary response to unjust acts of the us it conforms with International Law basic norms and International Relations and customary diplomatic practices the Current Situation in bilateral relations is not what china wants to see and the u. S. Is responsible for all of this. The pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted an iranian passenger plane over syria it says their 15 conducted a visual inspection of the modern airplane from a safe distance to ensure it wasnt a hostile aircraft several passengers were injured when the commercial plane abruptly changed altitude their bus landed safely in beirut friday prayers are taking place in turkeys higher sophia for the 1st time in nearly 86 years people have been gathering in the last few hours president of egypt Tayyip Erdogan has joined the congregation last week he controversially declared the hockey sophia a mosque after a court ruled its conversion into a museum in the 1930 s. And being in legal. U. S. President donald trump has canceled the Main Republican PartyConvention Due to be held in florida next month because of the coronavirus threat states being one of the worst affected by the pandemic on thursday the number of infections nationwide passed 4000000. Dozens of people have been arrested in overnight antigovernment protests in israel israelis have held a series of protests in recent weeks calling on Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to resign theyre angry about a worsening Coronavirus Crisis and corruption charges against him those are the headlines coming up next on aljazeera its one a one east of buy. On the counting the cost this week rich countries a quarter of the market for covert 19. 00 vaccines but want to step in for the worlds paul well look at the coronavirus treatments off a low income nations and check out the real price of developing. Challenging the cost on aljazeera. A team of chinese scientists are traveling to places no human is it would be. Embarking on a daring deep sea mission in the hunt for red resistance and new spaces. On this episode of one a 18th we go on board some of chinas top engineers and scientists as they explore the depths of the indian ocean