In villages and sudan central darfor are demanding the government do more to protect them from troops. Plus thousands of International Students in the us risk of deportation if they university switch to online only courses due to the coronavirus. People simply go to school to news came to city to quarterback Patrick Mahoney signs a deal to give him the hardest valued contract in the history of professional sport. Now the Worlds Largest social Media Companies are reviewing their operations in hong kong after beijing imposed its new National Security law that now chinese short video up to talk has announced it will stop its operations altogether and the territory while zoom and linked in have joined a growing list of social media platforms including google and facebook who say they will now deny government requests. For user data now more details of that no have now been revealed police can conduct searches without a warrant stop suspects from leaving the city and intercept Online Communications well our correspondent sara clark joins us now live from Hong Kong Sara were seeing Rapid Reaction here on multiple fronts to this crackdown from beijing. If the reaction has been swift not just from western countries and governments but also from the tech giants in the social media platforms now these are these new powers for the police force that were unveiled overnight by hong kongs National Security committee now this particular committee is chaired by hong kongs chief executive kerry lam its also attended by beijings top official in hong kong as you mentioned some of the key 2 powers introduced granted to the police they can now conduct searches without warrants in special circumstances they can order social media to remove various content they blamed believe threatens our hong kong or chinas National Security they can also see a quick note from social media giants and they can demand information from political operations which have been operating outside of on kong and failure to comply with these new laws carrying to a 13000 dollar fine as well as 2 years now weve had a swift reaction also from the legal jurisdiction some say these powers are broad and lacked proper oversight another barrister described the miscarry stating that these powers should be within the legal jurisdiction not granted to police to conduct and the critics more that this is simply a way of china silencing its dissenting voices and its critics that kerry lam shes defended the new laws and she held her wiki press conference on tuesday and she said she understands some people are concerned but she says a new Education Program will reassure the people that these new laws are here to protect not undermine hong kongs human rights and freedoms and this is what she had to say. If the Foreign Correspondents Club or reporters in hong kong can give me 100 percent guarantee that they will not commit any or fences under this piece of National Legislation then i can do the same. So it is not a question of need standing here to give you a guarantee of what you may or may not do in the days and weeks and years ahead. That the Tech Companies they fear that these new laws will force it companies to disclose and hand over key per store and Sensitive Information to track the china government at tick tock you mentioned earlier its noted that in light of the recent events and these new National Security doors it will stop all operations in hong kong now it should state that there are 2 arms of tick tock theres a milan boats but theres also the International Brand and thats the tick tock operation that happened happens off globally as well as in hong kong and i want to allow that to be sold in stores in hong kong from now now other social media has also suspended its operations in light of these new National Security laws weve got facebook weve got whats app weve got zune linked in and twitter theyre all reviewing their operations in hong kong and we do expect more of the social media platforms to follow suit our correspondent sara clark there for us in hong kong thanks very much sarah well lets dig into this with tom grandy he is editor in chief and founder of Hong Kong Free press thats an independent publication there and he joins us now on skype from Hong Kong Tom i know youve been covering all of this very very closely indeed lets start with. What kind of reaction have you been seeing there specially as i believe the the mainland version that sara was referring to do you and will still work. Well chick talk many people already believe that it somehow and the beijing is controlled india expand its already border clashes with beijing and like quite a way theres a lot of geopolitics behind this of course the u. S. Is pompei are saying that they may also seek to restrict access to the hour it was briefly they briefly suspended a bigger act on the platform. A year or so ago and of course back in the spotlight today but although this looks like a tough measure from hong kong its in a bit of a tough position because if it stayed it would have to comply with this law or face a 13000. 00 u. S. Dollars charge or of just 6 months in prison or it can pull out completely now but dance also. Which is the chinese equivalent thats not been told from the hong kong store that might suggest some dissent in chief engineer its here i suppose. But its unclear whether this is truly a you know a big measure by to talk or buy or whether they are concerned about breaking chinese law because theyve all always said they will. Protect user data with that in china or hong kong and as you say tongue talk is really important in india i believe india is actually its not just market theyve been very keen to distance themselves from being related to try to say this could be all very strategic does that mean then that other social Media Companies might not follow suit might not take such drastic action. You know well the theres only about 150000 users also in hong kong or to talk hong kong with 10 to avoid mainland ups like it 19 if you will and theyve been flocking to signal one of the secure us weve heard Twitter Facebook google and just that zoom link 10 will not be complying with the data quest from the Hong Kong Government the concern is that this is a vaguely worded law is going to be broadly applied in the same way that as it is in china you know to to possibly stifle defect dissent and when you look at the stipulations for terrorism which many many countries have these kinds of laws its to it it states that if youre caught you know vandalizing a bus stop even a public facilities if youre doing so with that with the notion of subverting subverting beijing you could be liable under this security law and that may be one of the things that is concerning International Arms now who are having to make a choice between the mainland market and perhaps the controls they masturbate or the free speech ideals that they may be used to in the west tom randy the editor in chief and founder of Hong Kong Free press and i understand a publication in hong kong thanks so much for joining us here on out of there great to get your thoughts tom. Well there is plenty more ahead here on this news hour including a new sense of urgency testing steps up and burundi after its previous president vowed it was protected from 19 by god. The show must go on why its no longer captains for the u. K. Is upset. And nascar driver bubba watson gets back after Donald Trumps criticism piece of what happens details for you in sports. Now 5000000 people in the australian city of melbourne are going back into lockdown after a spike in private 1000 and factions there the government admitted its lost control of spreading infections and drastic action was needed to hold spiraling situation from wednesday residents can only leave their homes for essential purposes the 6 weeks victorias state border with neighboring New South Wales is also now producing it is simply impossible with keiser rights at this level to have enough context rising staff to have enough physical resources no matter where they come from no matter what uniform my way in order to continue to suppress and can time this virus without taking significant steps if we were to file to take steps then we wont be a couple of 100 cases it will be many more than that and it will quickly spiral well and truly out of control well lets get more on that lockdown now from nicholas cage who is monitoring things from australias Capital Canberra nicolette clearly there are melting fears of a surge and given that were seeing a strain is 1st Real Community transmission even greater potential to spread. Yeah this is a major setback in australias attempts to suppress this virus especially because in the if you wait the state of victoria had next to no a virus cases and now we are seeing 2 consecutive days of record high infection rights. Through the community the state premier Daniel Andrews said that because of that he had no choice but to ramp up social distancing measures and what does that mean we are going back into lockdown many people feel like this is groundhog day essentially how we found ourselves in the same situation of staying inside out points and thats what it means for the next 6 weeks the millions of people in metropolitan mill been in some areas of regional victoria wont be able to leave their homes on less its for essential raisins some vital Work Services or to get food or medical autumns or to also exercise so this is a dramatic escalation in whats happening here but all therapies say that is absolutely necessary to make sure that we can contain this spread and keep numbers like they have been previously and part of that escalation is that closure of the border between New South Wales and victoria how is that going to be enforced. This is a huge operation nothing like weve seen before its been 100 years since this border has closed its the biggest in the nation and the Defense Force have been brought in to help as well as New South Wales police who will be in forcing these measures theyll be using drawings to look over different areas to make sure no ones getting through and of course there are dozens of of road Bridge Crossings there has been a lot of confusion about how the permit system will be set up many towns travel across both sides of the border so how will that work if you go to school over one side and live over the other rule the supermarket is over the other side that 30 is all working to ensure that people can cross New South Wales did on the record 7 cases of corona virus on monday which is why all thirtys are trying to contain the spread tamil been but of course we also have 3000. 00 residents stuck inside of non Public Housing tao is there under even a hostile lockdowns theyre not allowed to leave under any circumstances and many residents there have raised concerns about whether thats fair so right now thirtys are trying to work out how to contain this virus but it will be a very long 6 weeks for the millions of people in milton who will find themselves back in their homes for a long time nick clegg aged there for us across all those developments from the countrys capital can read thank you nicola well we can now speak to our dinning he is a member of voices from the blocks coalition of families and residents from those 9 blocks under lockdown in melbourne he joins us from there on zoom and im im just want to start by asking what your experience has been how are you feeling how are you and your family coping. Well i thank you for having me im obviously very anxious very scared about the situation our my parents my family actually live in another block they live in a west block i am in they actually found a lot of positive. Viruses in the book some occurrence given the havent been any testing done in my block so we just basically sitting ducks at this stage and yeah it is theres a lot of anxiety theres a lot of confusion and people ask it of course what kind of communication have you been receiving from authorities and and from i guess that the people are managing this this lockdown and managing that the buildings are they telling you whats going on when testing might happen are you able to move around within the blocks themselves well im not moving right within the law but if you wanted to you can move around within the block but i you know i think its probably best everybody states in their own are. I havent heard anything i havent heard anything almost from from from yes which is the authority that some looking after the response of the hard lockdown. Community advocates but the habs so basically are individually i having conversations with people on the ground who are responsible for the lockdown but i can only speak for the rest of the community who dont have those connections and then come call someone and i know that they havent spoken to anyone no one has given them a letter our no one has communicated in any way to them about where to go from now but we do know that testing is happening in our tower blocks of them i mean no testing has started but were helping obviously testings will start there and before the. Deadline weve seen pictures of the huge amounts of Police Presence outside those blocks how is that making you feel and are you managing to get essential supplies through that barricade. Well the thing is the Police Always you get to keep the law and could keep the order but i think it definitely was taken aback when we saw the number of Police Officers who were there were told to come to the towers and to put us in lockdown we as a community were expecting that we will see the frontline workers Like Health Care workers Mental Health workers social workers we wanted them to be the best people to come into this community i mean to the police and to all this you probably see the Police Training for us and thats obviously treated im some trauma a lot of the older members of the Community Come from war torn countries and usually i see the police as a sign of question. You know and house responds. Dinny there and then the voices from the blocks coalesce and under lockdown and those habits are now than and i thank you so much for joining us and we really do wish you and everyone in those blocks and your family all the best that you. Well in the United States the countrys top Infectious Disease expert has wants the fast wave of the pandemic is nowhere near over more than 50000 new cases are currently being reported daily now facing criticism for his mishandling of the virus President Donald Trump is now pushing for schools to reopen and the orson welles and jordan reports. The u. S. Death toll from cold at 19 is now more than 130000 in 41 out of 50 states confirmed cases are on the rise the countrys top Infectious Disease expert says the situation is bad and needs to be addressed immediately we still need deep in the 1st wave of this and i would say this would not be considered a way it was a surge or resurgence of the factions the new york governor called on the bike house to take the pandemic seriously but he said the American People is theres no problem and they dont wear a mask and they dont socially distance and they dont take any precautionary behavior and then the virus goes like this he is he is facilitating the virus he is enabling the virus. The white house response the critics are wrong the president downplaying the severity of the virus so what the president s noting is that at the height of this pandemic we were at 2500. 00 deaths per day we are now at a place where on july 4th there were 254 thats a 10 fold decrease in mortality meantime efforts to contain the virus swing between control and chaos no in person classes for Harvard College students come september while holiday revelers ignore social distancing rules to celebrate the 4th of july others are resisting government efforts to protect people from the virus. Im not doing Police Arrested and arizona woman for trashing masks for sale in a Department Store late on monday. The democratic mayor of atlanta announced on twitter she has contracted the virus while in mississippi the republican governor waited to find out if he too is infected the oldest republican senator 86 year old Chuck Grassley is taking no chances he says he wont attend the g. O. P. Convention in florida next month just several signs the u. S. Is far from getting the pandemic under control anytime soon rosalynn shorten aljazeera. Brazils president is now awaiting the results of a covert 19 test after again being checked for the virus after complaining of fever diables an hour emerged from a Military Hospital wearing a mosque now hes been widely criticized for refusing to wear one in public as well as ignoring social distancing rules there will