Jeffrey epstein, pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges. U. S. President donald trump says he signed legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for imposing its National Security law on hong kong. At a rose garden news conference, trump said he is ending hong kongs preferential treatment. He says the people of hong kong have had their freedom taken away. Today, i signed legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of hong kong. Act,ong kong autonomy which i signed this afternoon, passed unanimously through congress. This log gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and entities involved in it english and hong kongs freedom extinguishings hong kong freedom. Their freedom has been taken away, their rights have been taken away, with those hong kong, because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets. President trump speaking at the white house earlier. Lets go to mike hanna in washington, d. C. Very much making a point about the executive order. Basically trying to curtail china in as many ways as he can. The white house also very happy about the news coming out of the u. K. About huawei and 5g. Indeed. President trump has confirmed he signed legislation that went through congress at the beginning of the month. What that legislation does is asks the state department within three months to isolate individuals conducting human rights abuses within hong kong itself. They are then put on a list for a year. They can get off of that list. In addition, the state department will be asked to make up a list of financial organizations that give money to these individuals or entities. They have five months to do that. Most importantly perhaps, President Trump announcing an executive order that he signed in the course of a day. This makes china exactly the same as hong kong. It removes the special privileges hong kong head in relation to the u. S. It is being treated exactly like mainland china. President trump has been speaking for over half an hour. The first few minutes were spent discussing china. Since then, hes been going on a rambling speech, which has essentially turned into a campaign speech, lacerating joe biden, once again attacking ,hina for exporting the virus praising his administration, dealing with this ongoing pandemic. Certainly this was President Trump rambling through a variety of subjects, having only spent probably the first three minutes discussing what the whole point of this news briefing was. Mike hanna with the latest from washington, d. C. Thank you. Mentioned, the Chinese Telecommunications giant huawei will be banned from the u. K. 5g network. The move, a major backtrack on the British Governments previous, would likely delay the rollout of the network for at least a year. It follows sanctions imposed by the u. S. , which claims the company poses a National Security threat. Huawei denies this. The u. K. Mobile providers will not be able to buy any new huawei 5g equipment after december 31. They have been given seven years to remove all huawei 5g equipment in their systems. 3g and 4g equipment could stay. U. S. ,k. Now joins the australia, new zealand, japan, and taiwan in banning huaweis products in their 5g networks. Canada is considering, while pressure is also being put on germany. By the u. K. Government, but one it says was driven by practicality, not politics. Announcing the total ban on bywei in their Plant Network 2027. The culture minister said u. S. Sanctions blocking huaweis use of american microchips would make the company less reliable in the future. The best way to secure our network is to operate for operators to stop using huawei equipment to build the u. K. s future 5g networks. To be clear, from the end of this year, Telecoms Operators must not buy any 5g equipment from huawei. And once the Telecom Security bill is passed, it will be illegal for them to do so. Reporter the move will please washington, which has been pressuring the u. K. To act. The company had expected it. It is warning u. K. Mobile users will lose out. In a statement it says regrettably, our future in the u. K. Has been politicized. This is about u. S. Trade policy and are not security. Over the last 20 years, huawei has focused on building a better connected u. K. As a responsible business, we will support our customers as we always have done. The British Government hopes the announcement will convince other suppliers to enter the market and fill the gap. The china skeptics among Boris Johnsons conservative party are largely happy. They say National Security must trump worries about an already damaged relationship. Relations already strained over hong kong, china has behaved disgracefully. Still ininking we are a golden era of relations with china is clearly wrong. But so be it. This is the right decision. We should be calm, we want to continue trading, continue commercial relations with the chinese. Reporter its not clear how quickly or how angrily china will react to britains decision to get rid of huawei kits, but other countries will be watching carefully as they deliberate on whether to ban the company. Nadeem barber, al jazeera, london. The International Court of justice in the hague has ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute thatfour arab countries imposed a blockade on the gulf state and prevented aircraft from flying over their airspace. The court ruled the u. N. Civil Aviation Industry has jurisdiction in this case. It began in 2017, when saudi arabia, the uae, bahrain, and egypt severed ties with qatar and imposed a land, sea, and air blockade. They accused the government of supporting terrorism, allegations doha has strongly denied. On thealled International Aviation civilization to declare the air blockade illegal. A blockading country said the u. N. Agency didnt have jurisdiction to handle the dispute. In 2018 the agency rejected that claim, insisting it had jurisdiction, a moving qatars favor. The blockading countries asked the International Court of justice to reexamine the issue of jurisdiction. That has now ruled in qatars favor once again. It paves the way for doha to sue and find othern ways to end their blockade. It was a complicated case, and covid19 restrictions did not make it any easier. Only a few representatives of each country were allowed inside the Court Building known as the peace palace. The ruling by the president of the International Court of justice did not leave any doubt. , one unanimous, being brought by the kingdom up a rain, the republic of egypt, the kingdom of saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates. The court also ruled the International CivilAviation Organization has jurisdiction in the case. Qatar filed a complaint at the sayingncil in 2017, saudi arabia, bahrain, egypt, the 1944ae violated Chicago Convention dealing with free passage of passenger planes to foreign airspace. The parties have to go back to the council now that the decision has been affirmed, and continue the case. Thats where we get to the real issues about that the air service has been addressing. Reporter not only did the countries impose an air blockade on qatar three years ago, it also stopped all traffic overseas and overland. This left qatari aircraft having detours. H last year, it was ruled in favor of qatar, saying the uae was guilty of Racial Discrimination by expelling Qatari Citizens and a separating families. There are certain sanctions the council may grant the state of qatar. For example, not allowing the Member States to vote in the general counsel, or even participate in certain important meetings. And that will have its own harsh side effects on those states. Reporter a clear decision by the International Court of justice, and a clear victory for qatar. Despite this win, in the long legal battle, theres still no reason to celebrate just yet. This is another step in the three year long dispute with blockading nations, although a significant one. Representatives of the four blockading nations left Court Without making any statements. With the backing of the unanimous icj ruling, qatar can ask their governments to compensate it for the financial losses it endured because of the blockade. Saudi arabia is still trying to force through a takeover of English Premier LeagueClub Newcastle united, but has canceled one of the leagues biggest broadcasters. Its criminally an ending the license of being in sport. It is the right holder in the region that has been barred from broadcasting in saudi arabia since the blockade on qatar was imposed in 2017. Saudi arabia has also bashed the broadcaster be out q, which has been stealing copyrighted content from the sport. The premier league is yet to decide whether to allow the saudi backed takeover of newcastle. Still to come, england makes face masks mandatory in shops as it tries to avoid a second wave of coronavirus cases. And the trial of a man accused of torturing women and destroying ancient monuments in timbuktu starts at the International Criminal court. Winter has arrived to some portions of the southeast of australia. It is generally clear. Massive cloud here tied to a system bringing rain across towards the north island of new zealand. A foggy start to adelaide tuesday morning. It grounded airplanes for a while. Made for a nice morning walk. 45 centimemeters of snow have ce down already. This lady using her siberian husky to collect the mail. There could be more snow in the forecast. We could see one or two showers on the eastern side of new south wales. Some rain pushing and wednesday and thursday into western australia. 21 in perth on thursday. Rain pushing and. It can be heavy at times. Winds a fairly brisk. Showers lingering along the coastal areas. More rain into the north island. In asia, about the rain. Not just japan and china. The korean peninsula, south korea, in particular, have had very downpours. As well. Looding, one or two more rain showers wednesday scattered a across japan. Heaviest through the central areas of china. Really in the forecast as we go through thursday. Some areas could have heavy downpours. Welcome back. Heres a reminder of our top stories from al jazeera. U. S. President donald trump signed legislation and an executive order aimed at Holding China accountable for what he calls oppressive actions against hong kong. Is ending hong kongs preferential treatment as punishment of china taking away the freedom of the people of hong kong. Chinese Telecommunications Giant huawei will be banned from the u. K. s 5g network. The move, which is a major backtrack on the British Governments previous position, will likely delay the rollout of the network by at least a year. The International Court of justice in the hague has ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with four arab countries that impose a blockade on the gulf state and prevented Company Aircraft from flying over their spar airspace. Masksk. Is making face compulsory in shops next week. Those who fail to comply can be fined up to 120. The government hopes the decision will inspire confidence among shoppers to get out and start spending again. Lee barker reports from london. Mask. Er keys, phone, face coverings have already become part of daily life during the pandemic. Now, we are about to see much more of them. From july 24, there will be compulsory in shops. Those who fail to comply will face a fine of up to 100 when dollars. It comes in line with scotland and other major european nations, including spain and italy. Its been mandatory to wear a mask on public transport for some time. There has been little consistency elsewhere. We want to give people more confidence to shop safely and enhance protections for those who work in shops. Both of these can be done by the use of face coverings. Ministers have been sending mixed messages on masks for months. Prime minister Boris Johnson started regularly wearing one only a few days ago. And her secretary french counterpart wearing one that was later seen inside without one. Elusive street artist banksy, who spends his career hiding behind a different mask, had his own coronavirus statement to make. Stenciling a l london undergroud train with a message to cover up, complete with sneezing rodents. There were early concerns coverings can lead to a buildup of the virus inside the masks, or that people would be more inclined to ignore social distancing rules or hygiene standards. We now know they greatly reduce the risk of people with the virus and spreading it. They also hope it will inspire confidence among shoppers to be out spending again. , a silveretailers lining in making masks mandatory, they were quick to spot a gap in the market and ran with it. I think they have done a good thing with everyone wearing a mask. Our business is going to be up. Reporter enforcement will be largely down to the police. Shop workers and other shoppers are expected to encourage the policy. By extension, questions are being asked about masks in schools and workplaces. The government says its plans are evolving. Opposition mps fear the government making up its rules on masks as it goes along. Lee barker, al jazeera, london. At columbiaor university is also the director at the Global Health initiative at the universitys mail in school of public health. She joins us from new york. Thank you for joining us. Foran see in the u. K. , example, its taken the government a long time to make masks mandatory, at least in certain places, like shops. We see that in many other parts of the world, it has become a political issue. Why is that . Lets start from where you are talking to us from, the united states. Applaud the u. K. In taking this important step forward. It is a wise decision. May be bit overdue. I think in the u. S. , unfortunately, the issue of Wearing Masks has become a political issue. It seems to me the u. S. Population is now divided into one group that is consistently Wearing Masks and understands and appreciates the importance of wearing a mask at a time when we are the country with the largest numbers of cases reported currently, and at the same time, there are others on the others of the political spectrum who feel wearing a mask is an infringement on their rights as individuals. Unfortunately, many of these individuals are inadvertently and unknowingly fueling further spread of the sars virus. Its funny, because in other parts of the world, we see there is often a culture of Wearing Masks, especially in parts of asia. And not just there. What else do you think comes into play when some nations, some cultures embrace the idea of being able to protect themselves and others, even if it is just with a mask . In this context, i believe wearing a mask in the pandemic is a sign of respect. Ofs a sign of appreciation ones own health, and the health of our community members. What we are seeing is in some countries, there is a longer history and tradition of Wearing Masks for a variety of different reasons. For example, in many different asian countries, its considered a sign of healthy behavior. Meaning if you have a cold or you are symptomatic in any way, you need to protect others from catching whatever you have. Used because of pollution, high pollution in some large cities in asia. Of theseme time, many countries also suffered from the first sars epidemic several years ago. They learned the hard way the importance of Wearing Masks. I think because of these reasons, the long tradition of Wearing Masks and experience of having gone through the first sars epidemic is masks have become more accepted and are part of the norm in many of these countries. This is in distinction to the u. S. , where wearing a mask is not part of the culture in this country. And unfortunately, at a time of this pandemic, it has been taken on as a political statement. Wearing a mask or not wearing a mask is now a political statement in the u. S. In the u. K. , perhaps not quite in the same way, but even here, it will be made mandatory in a couple of days to give the population time to get used to the new rules. When it comes to the scientific advisors that advise, whichever government, on what move it has to take, do you think the psychology of particular nations and people comes into play, that there is some governments that know imposing a mask would be harder to do on their population . Does that play a part . It probably does. But i do believe in the context of a pandemic, what one needs is to always be anchored in the science, evidence, and have a consistent message from a trusted messenger, somebody consistently sharing the scientific information and supporting the population to do what needs to be done. And wearing a mask has been shown repeatedly to protect others from getting the infection, as well as protecting the individual who is wearing the mask. So we have enough evidence to say at this point in the pandemic, wearing the mask, as well as some of the other measures, like physical distancing and good hand hygiene, that it is a combination of all of these measures that need to be taken very seriously and need to be adhered to consistently so that we can get over this pandemic together. Professor of a pdm energy and medicine, thank you very much. Thank you for the opportunity. The World Health OrganizationsLatin America Branch says theres been a significant increase in coronavirus cases in haiti. They also say the number of infections are continuing to rise over the coming days. Restrictions are continuing to be eased, with worshipers now allowed to gather at churches. More than 140 people have been killed by covid19 in haiti. The number of cases exceeding 6. 5 thousand. Healthamerican organization has also expressed concerns about the high coronavirus death toll through the americas. The organization is has deaths are rising, particularly in brazil, mexico, and the u. S. Latin americas death toll has exceeded that of the u. S. For the first time. Sunday, mexico overtook italy, becoming the country with the fourth highest death toll. Womenaccused of torturing and destroying ancient monuments attimbuktu is standing trial the International Criminal court in the hague. Prosecutors say he was part of an Al Qaeda Linked armed group. Nicholas hot reports. Prison in 2012to by al qaedas religious police in timbuktu, accused of stealing, he was beaten. He has since fled the city. While al qaeda are no longer in control of timbuktu, he still fears for his life. Those, there was a lot of violence. I was tortured, we were forced to kill or be killed. This is where justice looked like during that time. Reporter this is the man accused of being behind his torture. In religious police chief timbuktu during al qaedas occupation of the city. Hes now on trial at the International Criminal court, accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes. He not only tortured and raped women, he forced young girls into sexual slavery for Al Qaeda Linked fighters. When asked by the judge whether he pleads guilty or not, he replies i cannot answer the question. Yet, in this 2012 footage secretly filmed by al jazeera, he is seen ordering muslim men and women to be publicly flogged. He explained he is applying islamic law and defending muslims. To men were also ordered desecrate and destroy 700yearold shrines of sufi saints. Burned 4000s police ancient manuscripts dating from the 13th century in timbuktu. French and u. N. Peacekeeping troops had been deployed, with a unique mandate to not only protect civilians, but also protect islamic World Heritage sites. But al qaeda affiliates and the Islamic State in the greater sahara continue to wage war against the government. A recent u. N. Investigation accused malian troops and armed militias of torturing and killing civilians they are meant to protect. This style does not operate in a vacuum. As we embark on this trial, mr. President , this situation in malley, but also the rising tensions and related instability and violent incidents in bomber photo, remain a great concern. Reporter at least 11 were killlled, and scores injured, wn the Counterterrorism Force meant to fight armed groups or deployed against Peaceful Protesters demonstrating against the president. Beingi, this trial is closely watched. If found guilty, all hassan can face life in prison. Nicholas hot, al jazeera. The former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein has been denied bail on charges of facilitating the abuse of minors. British socialite guillain maxwell is accused of helping epstein recruit girls for abuse from 1994 to 1997, and pleaded not guilty during a virtual hearing in the u. S. Shes also accused of perjury. The judge agreed with prosecutors that she poses a flight risk. Maxwell is due to stand trial next year, and faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted. Gabriel is ando is outside the court in new york, where the hearing took place. Prosecutors cited maxwells wealth and multiple citizenships as reasons to deny her bail. Reporter the judge has denied the request for bail for ghislaine maxwell. She will not be leaving jail. She is currently being held in the metropolitan Detention Center in brooklyn, about three or four kilometers from where i am at right now outside of this federal court. Her defense lawyers argued she should be released on bail, arguing she is not a flight risk , and also that she potentially risk in jail because of covid19. However, prosecution had argued thatg this Court Hearing she is very much a flight risk, that she has access to tens of millions of dollars and more than a dozen Bank Accounts linked to her name, and there were three passports from france, the u. K. , and the u. S. That if she was to be granted bail, there was no guarantee she would come back for a potential trial. Ultimately, the judge heard both sides of the argument for more than two hours and just ruled bail will be [mikael colvilleandersen] when we travel to other cities, we often experience a sense of familiarityty. Fragments of the urban landscape remind us of somewhere else. It could be street typology, architecture, topography, even just a feeling of another place. Not once, however, has it ever happened to me here. There is no where else like it on the planet, and its quite impossible to imagine that there ever could be. In order to discover the lifesized city here, i have to ignore the vast scale of the urban landscape because this. Is tokyo