A festival happening this week in amsterdam ill be looking at why it says that its chinese projects like this one with a dominatrix in the awards. China is condemning a u. S. Bill that threatens sanctions against Senior Communist Party officials because of their treatment of were muslims hundreds of thousands have been detained as part of a crackdown in the Northwestern Region of. The bill passed by the u. S. Congress as the closure of those detention camps and it names members of communist party who washington says are responsible for abuses she has been following all the developments from washington d. C. Where the bill has received overwhelming support. 471 bipartisan support for this bill condemning the treatment of muslims and shown during calling for the closure of those cameras also battling the export of surveillance equipment to the u. S. U. S. Companies heavily involved in that also calling for the secretary of state to come up with a report with its assessment of the state Department Assessment of whats going on whats what scale of human rights abuses there is in the view of the state department giving the white house 120 days to come back to congress with a list of people to sanction who they feel are responsible for the alleged human rights abuses that that is the key part that that would mean that something i mean the u. S. Actually sanctioning senior members of the politburo of the Chinese Communist party is a pretty big deal as you can imagine having said that they as we saw with the signing of the hong kong legislation last week the president does have an out when it comes to that he can sign this and it looks like because theres such a veto proof majority in both the house and the senate for this legislation he may have no choice but to sign it but he can sign it but have a signing statement which says he reserves the right not to sanction anyone because of National Security in the end the president is in charge of Foreign Policy as far as u. S. National security is concerned so he can decline to in fact sanction anyone. Brown joins me now from saying where theres been a strong reaction to the u. S. Adrian what are we hearing from officials and this isnt the only u. S. That they are unhappy about. Well as you might expect the reaction from beijing has been swift it has been furious they were anticipating this bill of course but nevertheless a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has accused the United States of wantonly smearing chinas efforts to try to combat terrorism and extremism in the far Western Province of shin jang it calls this bill malicious and the language has been growing stronger throughout the day and the reason why china is so annoyed of course is that what has now happened in many ways represents a defining moment for we good people this is in a sense a moment theyve been waiting years for because their plight has now become a Foreign Policy priority for the United States now a bit of context why it is matter so much to china well this province in the far western part of the country lies at the heart of president cheating pings ambitious one belt one road project and for that project to work has to work but china has complained for many years that it has a terrorism problem in shouldnt jang human Rights Groups say that during the past few years up to a 1000000 people have been rounded up and placed in effectively what is a 21st century gulag quote china denies that it says these people are being held in what it calls Vocational Training centers where theyre learning how to improve their lives now why is all this important for other reasons well it comes just a week after President Trump signed into law the hong kong human rights and democracy act which also targets individuals in hong kong who could be accused of suppressing human rights sanctions could be taken against them it also means in the case of hong kong that the special trading status it enjoys with the United States could be subject to an annual review so what china is what what chinas been china is i guess now in many ways being sort of threatened on 2 fronts by the United States shouldnt jang and hong kong and engine what does all of this mean for the other points of friction between china and the u. S. On going trade war. Well of course this was supposed to be the month that had been built up was the month when perhaps phase one of this proposed trade deal between china and the United States was going to happen i think the odds on that happening have now been significantly lowered because in london President Trump who is attending that nato summit has said that in fact there is now no deadline to reach an agreement with china to end the deadlock over trade hes even spoken of perhaps leaving it to after the election the president ial election next year in the United States in 2020 so the trade deal the that the deal to try to end this trade war thats been going on for 18 months is now once more up in the air again and youre really lift left with the impression that you know in many ways this is what a cold war looks like. And even hong kong rather thank you for. Now Donald Trumps political rivals have laid out what they say is overwhelming evidence of the u. S. President s misconduct in office the 300 page in pizza report says the time being used as palin to seek help from ukraines president to benefit his reelection bid how does her cast her reports from washington d. C. House intelligence chairman adam schiff presentation of his committees report on donald trump offered little more than was already known but its a key moment in what could be the impeachment of a president this is not about ukraine this is about our democracy this is about our National Security this is about whether the American People have a right to expect that the president i states is going to act of their interests with their security in mind and not for some illicit personal or political reason so americans should care deeply about where the president and states is betraying their trust in him betraying that old so that he took to the constitution to protect our country and defend its institutions according to the report President Trump solicited interference from ukraine to benefit his reelection conditioning a white house visit for the ukrainian president and 400000000. 00 in u. S. Military aid on a Public Statement that ukraine would investigate joe bidens family for alleged corruption trump denies he did anything wrong a white house spokeswoman released a statement saying at the end of a one sided sham process chairmanship and the democrats utterly fail to produce any evidence of wrongdoing by President Trump this report reflects nothing more than their frustrations chairmanships report reads like the ramblings of a basement blogger straining to prove something when there is evidence of nothing the evidence came from 17 witnesses including state department and white house insiders who testified trump. Ran a Shadow Campaign that undermined official u. S. Foreign policy toward ukraine there was also the partial transcript of a phone call in which trump asked ukraines president for a favor the biden investigation republicans rebutted with their own report offering a very different reading of the facts they say the testimonies are here say that the phone call was perfect and that the democrats efforts to impeach the president are an attack on a duly elected leader to laura provides nothing except a dreary drowsy appraisal for this country to watch as the impeachment process slowly drags on with no direction no focus because theyre having one big problem and the big problem is the president did nothing will and they cant prove the process will now shift to the House Judiciary Committee which will draft articles of impeachment likely to focus on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress Americans have been evenly divided on whether to impeach and remove trump from office both Political Parties are claiming to be protecting american democracy how does joe castro aljazeera washington. Cracks are appearing in the wilds biggest Alliance Leaders are in the u. K. For the 70th anniversary of nato divisions becoming clear the u. S. And french president s have disagreed on several points unclear dinghies his role and the return of foreign fighters from syria as. Its supposed to be nato 70th birthday but theres no celebration instead an atmosphere of disagreement and division with the u. S. President who once called the Alliance Obsolete now saying he fears that france might leave nato and i heard the president say you know what a break here i think its very sobering to a lot of different. Really remember figure out a group. Where we make a Statement Like there is a very very very nasty statement to essentially 20. 1 of your countrys those comments were particularly pointed as President Trumps next Public Meeting was with the french president there were uncomfortable moments when they were asked about European Countries including france not taking back their nationals no prisoners in syria having fought for eisel. Would you like some nice isis fighters you like to give them you believe you can take everyone you want to live if you say. Very arguable point with them the wrong im focused on the. Community the vision. You have foreign fighters coming from europe if you can finally get all of them we have in the region the number one problem of the foreign fight this is the point really. And you have one more fight for you to see. This is where he grew politician because i was one of the greatest economy answers ever. So the trouble disagreements are not the only ones at this summit the french leader at. Turkey because of its recent incursion targeting the kurds in Northern Syria is going to see. This in the field of the on duty. We need to be. Seen out fighting against those who fight with us. Short of. Turkeys president later met with his u. K. Host Prime Minister johnson as well as president barack raul and the german chancellor merkel hes threatening to block plans to protect poland and the Baltic States unless others agree with him on syria. But i dont differ that despite all the differences which exist and which we have to address also have to discuss the future of nato and things we have in common strategically but i am relatively optimistic about this meeting on top of all the other problems im told there is currently considerable tension between chancellor merkel and president mark roll over European Defense and europes role in the state of the alliance right now is full of division it is a multidimensional mess. London. For more on the stand holograms us now live from what just north of london where the leaders are gathering sorry john of the leaders i believe a jew to start arriving just in the next hour and things have already gotten off to a bad tempered start functions day so whats expected today. Well thats right james laid it out there those 2 lengthy appearances by donald trump on tuesday the 2nd one in particular with emanuel macron that laid bare these divisions at the heart of nato not least mr macros challenge to the very nature and future of this alliance what does it mean whats it all about and those very important questions leveled at nato member turkey with all of that in mind the leaders of got to turn up here at this gulf resort outside london and put on as convincing a show as they can of the unity to mark the 70th birthday of what is of course the worlds most successful military alliance and thats what this event was supposed to be about its not a summit there were no Big Decisions planned and no key meeting instead designed really specifically to avoid controversy but look at what theyve got to overcome instead theyve got to overcome mr macros objections hes refusing to stand down from his comments that nato is all but braindead for its failure to cooperate and coordinate between amongst its very own members theyve got to overcome these questions aimed at turkey is it still a reliable member given its assault on the kurds in the north of syria people the kurds who many nato leaders consider to have been until very very recently invaluable allies in the fight against isis further questions about turkeys purchase of russian and defense equipment and also of course crucially turkeys threat to block efforts of bolter bolster the security of nato is eastern flank with russia if it doesnt play things turkeys way and of course donald trump again urging very boldly demanding that members pay up and pay more for their own defense calling them delinquents those that arent meeting their targets including france by the way and specifically and threatening to enact perhaps trade measures if necessary to force them to pay up for all of that together and natos motto 1. 00 for all. For one really on this occasion when it should matter so much really doesnt look like it stands for what nato leadership would hope very much to be projecting on this nato 70th birthday and as you say a tete a very likely be the center of attention they likely to be able to resolve their differences. Well theyve got very little face time together the leaders as i say this was only ever considered a low key meeting specifically to avoid differences there wont be much time to resolve the issue of turkey its likely to hang in the air for some time to come there was that 4 way meeting that james mentioned in his report yesterday with chancellor merkel mr macron Boris Johnson the british Prime Minister and mr erdogan in downing street she came out saying this is merkel that she was relatively optimistic about it all mr macron who of course is pushing the case of turkey said not all clarifications were obtained and not all ambiguity is resolved most of the focus now will be on this threat mr erdogan laid down the gauntlet before he turned up here saying if you dont follow me in Northern Syria and agree with me that the kurds are terrorists i wont support efforts to bolster the security of the baltics and poland against russia that cuts deep that goes right to the heart of his obligation as a member of nato to collective security it raises deep questions about turkeys reliability and is most unwelcome as the spotlight moves to really the very nature and as i said the future of this Nato Alliance china how theyre watching all the developments from this news angles and from what fred for us thank you general. There more children die as a result the outbreak ravages the tiny South Pacific island of someone. This is not a place for a human being. From top european human rights official demands the closure of a migrant camp bosnia where conditions have been widely described as a port. Weve still got quiet weather across central parts of europe but some of the lively storms down towards the southeast some wintry weather actually sliding down across turkey there into the central powers we have High Pressure in charge so light winds so mr fogel lingering into the middle part of the day early part of the afternoon for some theyve got these weather systems trying to roll their way in and just mix things up a little over the next sunday mixed up downs was that western side of the mediterranean called an active area of low pressure here swirling away bringing some heavy showers some Thunder Showers into that eastern side of spain temperatures madrid just 12 degrees celsius there but the valley area still seeing some very wet and windy weather the quater weather the light winds as i said further north of a struggling all the time because he says dry there 5 celsius in paris 7 celsius that for london just getting about freezing the interview and theres a wintry mix down towards. Pushing through greece because some rain here but snow with the high ground clearing through broad skies come back in behind the 4 celsius in ankara somewhat to weather there cool central part of the mediterranean by that stage and still some rather whether theyre just around that eastern side of spain some of those showers longer spells of rain will affect the far northwest of africa but further east is fun and dry. For me out is there any. Didnt bring us into 2 special guests in conversation. We used hunger as a way from uninterrupted much more difficult to be left right when people let things go really right to meet delivery to be simplistic if you dont have a level of our. Studio script on aljazeera. And again im. A reminder of our top stories this hour china has condemned a us bill which has the closure of weekend detention camps in the Northwestern Region of. Britain sanctions against Senior Communist Party officials that washington says are responsible for abuses. The committee holding the impeachment inquiry into us President Donald Trump has laid out what it says is overwhelming evidence of misconduct in office the impeachment report says the us president used his power to seek help from ukraines president to help his reelection bid. On the 70th anniversary of nato has turned into a