President trump says hes pulling the u. S. Out of yet another international treaty. And European Countries face a tricky balancing act as they seek to reopen to tourists without driving up Coronavirus Infection rates again. 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 rubber stamped at chinas biggest political gathering in beijing but activists fear it will be used to crackdown on hong kongs Political Freedoms and is likely to make relations with the u. S. Even worse american senators say theyll introduce legislation to impose sanctions on chinese officials for violating hong kongs autonomy katrina you reports from beijing. On the eve of Chinas National Peoples Congress the announcement of a National Security law which criminalizes secession foreign interference and the subversion of state power in hong kong. Could be issues and treat hong kong as an inseparable part of the peoples republic of china the m. P. C. Is the highest organ of state power in light of new circumstances and need the n. P. C. Is exercising the power and tried in the constitution to. Stablish and improve at the state level a Legal Framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding National Security in hong kong. The new law would bypass hong kongs regiment of counsel and is beijings response to months of dissent and sometimes violent toward democracy protests in hong kong the draft legislation will be discussed when chinas leaders meet over the next week here in beijing its likely to further isolate president xi jinping he already faces a tide of International Criticism because of the Chinese Governments handling of the coronavirus pandemic led by its biggest trading partner the Us Donald Trump accuses china of covering up the outbreak beijing denies this but the argument is pushing the 2 countries closer to confrontation and phase one of the deal to end their 2 year trade war hangs in the balance hes mixing politics economics and also Security Issues very very dangerous mixture any kind of miscalculation could result in a real tragedy oh yeah another thought in chinas side u. S. Support for taiwan wednesdays inauguration of president when has pushed beijings goal of reunification further away as chinas n. P. C. Over the next week surging and to China Sentiment abroad isnt it or only a challenge at home leaders must tackle a slowing economy rising unemployment and new clusters of the coronavirus new outbreaks in behind and in chinas northeast have struck fears of a 2nd wave of infections and in rural areas millions wait for an end to the life of poverty 2020 is the government deadline to create what it calls a moderately well off society. No previous n. P. C. Has ever had to bear all these conflicts and difficulties like the wall. This year there are too many tasks its mission impossible. But when the National Congress problems. Pageantry as a 1400000000 chinese look to president xi to pave a path maybe see as an increasingly precarious future. Aljazeera beijing opposition lawmakers in hong kong are warning that china is betraying its promise to maintain the citys special status as one a state of the International Community of. Business that of one country to serve them make no mistake about it but hating the thought of peoples government has completely break. Its promise to the hong kong people a promise that was inscribed in the final pretty strong decoration the basic law and they are now completely walking back on their obligation all through the hong kong people theres a 3rd. Make no mistake about it. Our poor thing but International Status of hong kong after 30 international 30 will be gone very soon. Age around as in hong kong with more on whether this announcement is likely to trigger new protests there. Its hard to see those major protests flaring up again because of course social distancing rules are still being rigorously enforced here in hong kong by the police and of course for that reason this announcement from beijing may not be a coincidence after all the timing is very interesting indeed to say the least well be getting some reaction from prodemocracy figures here in hong kong including denis corkey says the news from beijing has left him speechless he says he believes that the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Government are actually using the covert 19 outbreak as cover to further clamp down on hong kong now the mood here in hong kong really began to change earlier this year in january when beijing appointed a new head of their Central Liaison Office and also a new head of the hong kong and Macau Affair Office those are the 2 beijing bodies that handle chinas affairs here in hong kong and since then weve had the round up of some 15 veteran prodemocracy politicians weve had the Police Commissioner warning that hong kong is facing a serious terrorism threat in his words and now of course we have you know mike pompei oh the u. S. Secretary of state this week warning that perhaps hong kongs special trading status with the United States may not be able to continue if he feels that hong kongs autonomy continues to be threatened. With a toy is a Political Science professor at the university of notre dame she joins me now via skype from the u. S. State of indiana thanks very much for being with us so can you spell out for us in practical terms what this would mean if it goes ahead. If this goes apparently basically i agree with there is clock that this is the end one country 2 systems a lot of people often say that its always one how come so much as the change does not rule out military tanks in 10 among fashion into their business trees i cant accept that but just imposing a lot on hong kong bypassing the Legislative Council this really sounds the end of one countrys to systems at another sumption is that this will be going to run a rubber stamp is there any room for maneuver in for them to change their minds and on this at all what this is going to do you said that essentially the existing Legislative Council is already a rubber stamp because the new squawking stuff was trying to use the best or tactics to stop the national and the bill from getting passed at the legislature but he got kicked out so beijing has enough votes to push through any bills he could have just used originally the constitution to pass this bill before the end of the currents and term in office but the truth is to use the most intense way to impose it bill and convert them to going through legislate the image that comes up is music beating doesnt keep up with the world things and more i mean on that front how do you as President Trump saying this evening that the u. S. Would react strongly of china follows through what reaction do you expect that to be and what would be enough to change chinas mind. Im glad president s from naturalists that thats because all along for example just simple piece ago when he comes most recognized very smart and he was also arrested for who offer assembly. In a very peaceful protest last year. There were these statements in kind of missions but no action so i hope that tram will actually do something for example imposing sanctions on poppy shows and Police Officers who abuse human rights. And then the same time i suppose that beijing is going to go so far ticky incur actually started just not necessary i dont think theres anything we can convince them to stop. You know if there is that weve already talked about them the kind of right here that perhaps protests will be dampened because of the coronavirus measures but in terms of Business Confidence in the hong kong has been suffering financially as a result of the protests in pairs of things and the coronavirus were how damaging was beef financially for Business Confidence in hong kong it is going to be very damaging in fact the issue of mission bell thats really a cause all of the chaos and then protests in a ready damage a lot of international Business Confidence because anyone any american any european any anyone from anywhere in the world if you happen to pass through the income then you could be distributed to china if you wanted and so essentially beattys kind of work that we dont care and at the same time to really be very progressive to want to continue hunker ptolemy status it especially economic status because they think that. All of these western governments are so economically struggling to space that they would not want to take it this is position so western capitals dont do something beijing look at this rate they toreador thank you very much indeed for your analysis repression thank you. At least 84 people are being killed by the most powerful cyclon to hit eastern india and bangladesh in more than a decade 2nd landfall on wednesday operation thousands of trees and destroying power lines there are fears that corona virus will spread in shelters housing millions of evacuees it is about power and im reports from new delhi. That i may shower as a father in mourning his 13 year old daughter much me died when parts of the home collapsed on her during cycling ampyra on wednesday. She was in plus they were not a good school she told me dad i want to study close by also merely to start you know she was so good at her school work and love to draw. Much me was one of dozens of People Killed in the state of west bengal where i am pan made landfall with wind speeds of 165 kilometers an hour. The cycloid tore through west bengal and neighboring odysseus state uprooting trees or destroying homes vehicles and much else in its path. In the city of course people assessed the damage after the storm passed on part also brought hours of heavy rain flooded neighborhoods. Thousands of homes were also flattened bob the day. When the storm started we managed to reach the Cycling Center now our harlem is not there anymore its gone were going back to see what we can salvage. Millions remain without power and. People in the densely populated low lying areas around the bay of bengal are used to cyclons but emergency workers say the aftermath of a will be harder to manage as they try to stop the spread of the corona virus 650000 people were evacuated to emergency shelters in west bengal then a descent 2000000 and bank of the i think that there are too many people here its impossible to maintain social distancing im very concerned we couldnt stay at home because of the storm and here we are worried about corona im just trying to dodge both. And with communication lines cut all their concerns about the extent of the damage in hard to reach areas including the ecologically fragile so there bonds mangroves region home to many rare animals including endangered bengal tigers elizabeth aljazeera new delhi. Bangladesh capital dhaka he says around 5000000 people have been left without power. Now we know for sure that the hundreds and thousands of houses around the delta plane have been destroyed or washed away oxfam reported the same about thousands of my houses were washed away by the tidal wave and we also know about 5000000. 00 people are out of power and this area of the southwestern bangladesh which took the biggest hit is an area where there is a large a quite a farming as well as regular farming so a lot of this people are going to suffer from this destruction of the farmland now we also know that the country is fighting through the. 1000. 00 pandemic due to the shutdown there is an economic blouse so there is a major challenge ahead this is also a monsoon season rehab alliteration work is going to take time by and large we still have a lot of reports to see what comes up but the damage has been very severe this is one of the hardest on since 1972007 so well know file that down the road at least 3 women have been killed in a stampede in sri lanka as people rushed to collect an 8. 00 cash handout around a 1000 people had queued outside a business mens warehouse in colombo for his annual handout during ramadan no one on the people were injured the area has a large Muslim Population and many have been unable to do the usual work as labor is during the pandemic the men handing out the money have been arrested for ignoring down. The job lot if youre not im all going off and we need to go around people getting numbers and then people fell down to business men took about 10 people to the hospital in his vehicle. Coming up on this news hour from london a disaster in southern yemen as the coronavirus rips through the only dedicated clinic in the region. And brazils president recommends it americas president has been taking it on our Frontline Health workers are going to be given a malaria drug to see if it works against corona virus. The u. S. Is putting out of a treaty with 34. 00 other countries accusing russia of violating the deal the open skies treaty allows unarmed surveillance flights over signature nations and is supposed to foster transparency on military activity but the white house has reportedly accused russia of breaking its terms and contributing to military threats against the u. S. And its allies its not the 1st time the trumpet ministration has pulled out of an agreement and blamed russia last august the u. S. Withdrew from a bilateral pact that banned intermediate range Nuclear Missiles there enough is you also part of the last major arms treaty with russia new start which allows both countries only 1550 deployed Nuclear Missiles each it expires weeks after the next president ial inauguration like how joins us live from washington d. C. So whats the significance of this move to pull out of open skies. But its part of an ongoing process by the Trump Administration to disentangle themselves from International Agreement this is the 3rd on this agreement that the trumpet ministration has pulled out of the 1st was the Iran Nuclear Deal then the Strategic Nuclear one and now youve got this 3rd one but there has been Immediate Reaction in Congress Eliot Engel the chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee points out that President Trump is unable to do this without giving congress 120. 00 days notice which he has not done this is and turns off an aunt that President Trump signed back in 2019 so there is already criticism from democrats in congress but it is yet another move by trump and to diminish the relationships with the International Community and nato allies for example are going to be absolutely incensed by this decision a unilateral decision what happens next is that once the u. S. Says it all announced this formally they are 60 days during which all signatories to the agreement must meet there is some speculation that a new deal could be agreed to but thats very unlikely at this particular point but this is what President Trump had to say. Russia has said developed very Good Relationship as you know we worked on the oil problem together i think we have a very Good Relationship with russia but russia didnt adhere to the treaty so our job they are here we will pull out but theres a very good judge will make a new agreement or do something to put that agreement back together and i can meantime President Trump has just toured a ford factory in michigan not wearing a mask as part of being asked to do so by mistake. Indeed yes well its a law in michigan to actually wear a mask in public the attorney general of the state went to so far as to write a letter to the white house asking that the president to wear a mask during his visit to this particular plant President Trump has refused to wear a mask in public he said at the time when it was established as a federal guideline that hes got to meet princes kings dictators from behind his desk and the wearing the mask may show him to be weak but certainly the attorney general of michigan in her letter to President Trump and to the white house stated very specifically that its not just a legal obligation its a moral obligation as well and certainly its important to set an example for the rest of the country given that it is the federal guideline and also ironically perhaps within the white house itself last week all staffers were instructed to wear masks President Trump not only flouting federal guidelines but also the advice given to other white house start with staffers within the white house and also critics point out that wearing a mask is essential in terms of protecting others not normally yourself so the president clearly according to his critics making a little note of this particular fact that he himself may be able to infect others around him by refusing to wear the mask Presi