2 prominent u. S. Senators among 4 americans sanctioned by china days after washington targeted chinese officials over rights abuses in scenes out. Im going to go with sports as men just city are cleared to play next Season Champions League after winning their appeal against a 2 year ban. The political shift towards the right in Eastern Europe has got yet another boost with polands incumbent entree do not really winning the president ial runoff is secured just over 51 percent of the vote in a close race against the liberal warsaw mayor ruffled shirts off ski though this party already controls parliament and this result means it can press ahead with its conservative agenda alexy obryant reports. It was a vote seen as a battle for polands future and the results show a country divided. A tiny margin keeping andre due to an office for a 2nd 5 year term. Propped up by the right wing law and justice party. Is calling for unity and studies good night its not just good i said its full of these want it belongs to all of us and we have to do everything we can to make life here the best it can possibly be i promise to try to do exactly that the president ial palace will continue to be open for people with a range of views and beliefs thats not exactly what dude is known for his conservative agenda includes strong opposition to gay and abortion rights and his constitutional reforms that weaken the independence of the judiciary put him at odds with the e. U. His ally in hungary president viktor orban has posted this congratulatory message on facebook with the one word bravo they have worked together to block sanctions from the e. U. Do does wyvill in the election with the centrist warsaw in the rough ultra scoff ski had warned their Parliament Democracy was under attack he launched his campaign at the last minute with a more progressive platform which time to hostile relations with the e. U. You know that you know yes. Its only the beginning i am convinced we will change poland now that we have woken up no one will put us to sleep and whats most important we will continue fighting you respective of the result the clash between the 2 radically different candidates so voters turn out in record numbers narrowly lost to do to and his allies in the p. I. A. s is seen by some as a long term win for the opposition it captivates a lot of political emotions around not only one candidate but also around the party. Hopes that in the future especially the Younger Generation well that again. Will build up. The potential for change and. Analysts say the cost result could see the election contested in court the opposition is already highlighting what it says weekly of voter irregularities elixir brian al jazeera. Yemen is what the rebels say they have killed and injured dozens of high ranking military officers inside the area according to their spokesman they had multiple military sites and a large oil facility just across the border it is claimed this is part of a major new offensive saudi arabia hasnt said whether anyone was killed or injured in the attacks however the saudi u. A. E. Coalition in yemen as announced its intercepted 4 missiles and 6 explosive drones over night. What the saudi have been about is the opinion i lead up with my position Ballistic Missiles not disclosed before and large numbers of drones armed forces destroyed warplanes and pilot barracks and their defense patriot system and jaime some shit other military positions and just on and not strong were destroyed also the joint Oil Installation in the Industrial Area of design was targeted targets were hit with high position our armed forces successfully targeted the tardo we military campaign matter problems were saudi officials were meeting as a result dozens were killed and injured when one elbow in the water is a military analyst and retired today in an air force general whos joining us on skype from amman good to have you with us so thank you very much indeed for being with us on aljazeera saudi arabia saying that 4 missiles and 6 expose of drones have been intercepted now these are attacks if these attacks are significant as the who these claim what does that tell us about the who feeds capabilities. Could he have a very big capability in actual fact they have the upper hand or yemen. Using such sure cones the drones Ballistic Missile and cruise. The nature of the war with iraq and 25th century and i think they have the most experience now in the world using such weapons and i think that any other linux from them would be also learning how to defend against them they see it a. Different system is not in the bill and weak even with the american tried to help them out on that and to great trio to murugadoss with their system its a prostate it lady have to to detect targets such groups or drawings so these target they have the accuracy. They have the accuracy and the range to these anywhere in the gulf so such or even they could reach tel aviv israel with these cruise missiles are not like these so best. Big create challenge for the sody to store such a weapons and the future i can understand the geographic limit limitations that saudi arabia is facing but the targets that the who things are repeatedly hitting are pretty much the same targets apart from the geography what is the issue with this Saudi Air Defense system that its not able to down more of these drones and missiles. They dont have the strategic warning. He cannot didnt take the star i mean drones or cruise because the the signature of the star gets very small but they cant detect the touristic missile even though they have problem destroying such targets. You know exactly how he chooses his target list. And the subject of making the unstable country insecure with full the butt collation the. Fact the warning and giving the order announcing that hes going to leave that ship which is secondary School Nation of this have. Been can communication will turn to discipline nation even the Energy Installation things so they cant really put allies the country nor exactly what. Seems to be they know what theyre doing. We appreciate your time so my moon thank you very much indeed for joining us on aljazeera thank you if european media is reporting the country has begun filling the reservoirs of a controversial mega dam on the nile and egypt and sudan had requested the ground or in essence to not be filled until an agreement is reached its been nearly a decade of contentious negotiation over concerns it could drastically reduce water supply to the countries downstream ethiopia has repeatedly said it would begin filling the dam at the start of julys rainy season. The taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack in the northern afghan province of someone gone at least 50 people including children have been injured Authorities Say a suicide bomber targeting the provincial Intelligence Office set off the explosion. For the. Moment i was coming from the marketplace to my home i was close to home when i heard the explosion planned and when the explosion took place everything was shaking all these windows glasses were broken here and there 2 or 3 people were injured by the glass it was a lot of dust the people were running everywhere. I just. Seen has the latest from kabul the explosion happened around noon a taliban suicide bomber right in a car bomb attack headquarters of the National Directorate of security in a big city the capital of someone province explosion was big at least 10 people were killed and 50 other people were wounded and rushed to the local hospitals taliban has claimed responsibility on this attack and the spokesman to be a kilometer it said that at least 70 person were either killed or wounded during the attack and this happened on the same day when the government has announced that they have released 180 taliban frozen prisoners most of them were released from the political prison here in kabul and taliban also during the last 3 days they keep they are now that they are released 42 security members from their prisons and why the prison swap continues the clashes and the confrontations between taliban and the government continues as well in the Northern Province of condos last night at least 18 member of the Security Forces were killed and 4 taliban members were killed during clashes that lasted almost all night. Theres been another record a rise in the number of corona virus cases around the world 230000 people have tested positive in just the last 24 hours india has reported a surge in cases but the 6 consecutive day it had nearly 29000 infections over the past day local officials in indian administered kashmir are expected to impose a lockdown after a surge in cases there several Indian States have imposed weekend curfews and shut areas considered to be high risk elizabeth put on them as the details from new delhi. The Indian Government has announced that many parts of the capital of india and minister. Around 90 of the worst affected areas of the city are now under lockdown there are also barricades being pushed in large parts of the city the government said that thats because the number of cases that they went from nearly 600 at the end of june and she and i go to double that number of active cases and that they have had a number of requests from Health Workers from trade is to impose this lockdown bush they are saying is not general but in containment so and what they call red zones already but ive been speaking to local journalists in srinagar and they say that this very much looks and feels like a complete lockdown especially because all those red zones a sort of scattered its really difficult to move around these places the government has interestingly its said that its going to open up tourism that people from outside of indeed mr bush meat are going to be able to travel to the region from tuesday and remember that this is an area thats been under lockdown. Its been nearly a year since the Indian Government revoked its autonomy and put it under many restrictions people have really suffered economically so many of worried about further restrictions especially at a time when the number of cases of relatively you know and also at a time when tourists are being allowed and while the residents are being pushed under more restrictions turkmenistans advising people to wear mosques but not as a protection against covert 19 the Central Asian country is one of only a handful of places yet to register any Infections HealthOfficials Say the recommendation is about protecting people from high levels of dust but also encouraging social distancing but they havent said why. Or that a quarter of the worlds recorded covert 900 cases are in the u. S. The state of florida is particularly badly hit it eased restrictions in may and has just reopened disney world despite workers concerns article has more. A new tragic record the largest number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in a single day in a single state of florida more than 15000 confirmed cases and the death toll is rising this is a state that was one of the 1st to reopen its economy and its republican governor was defiant at 1st a lot of people in your profession who wax poetic leap for weeks and weeks about how florida was going to be just like new york wait 2 weeks florida is going to be met just like it only wait 2 weeks well hell were 8 weeks away from that and it hasnt happened it took a few more weeks but it has happened and its actually worse than it ever was in new york but unlike there the Florida Governor has not issued a state wide mandate to where mass. Protests in one county tried to shoot down and over the weekend another protest yet the restaurant offering free food to people who refused to cover their faces selfish for not wearing a mask i want to say to you that all the people calling the selfish youre the one whos trying to force me a medical procedure so that you can feel more safe on the risks are very very loud this is a virus that has a 99. 6 percent recovery rate this is a virus that is very well contained this is a virus that the c. D. C. Is removing epidemic status from none of that is true and wearing a mask is not a medical procedure still it has become a political statement for many in the u. S. The entire reason for the shutdown was so hospitals like the one behind me do not become overwhelmed when the states that are seeing the biggest increases like florida arizona texas the hospitals are close to capacity and given what we know about how this virus spreads it is likely that that is going to continue stretching the hospitals beyond capacity. The president spent much of the weekend golfing but officials in his Administration Made clear they are gearing up for a fight against the lead Infectious Disease expert in the government Dr Anthony Fauci i respect dr a lot but dr fox he is not 100 percent right and he also doesnt necessarily he admits that have the whole National Interest in mind he looks at it from a very narrow Public Health point of view questions now about whether the man who has led every National Health emergency under 6 president s will be fired by President Trump in the midst of a growing pandemic pedicle here in aljazeera maryland chinas imposing retaliate to resign actions against 3 u. S. Politicians and the envoy for religious freedom after washington blacklisted a number of chinese politicians for alleged human rights abuses of the wave of minority those targeted included senators Ted Cruz Marco rubio both supported the legislation President Donald Trump signed in june calling for sanctions over the repression of weavers the u. N. Says about 1000000 weavers have been detained in reeducation camps in. Chinas Foreign Ministry is warning the u. S. To stay out of chinas internal affairs. The u. S. Practice is in serious interference in chinas internal affairs in serious violation of basic norms in governance of International Relations china opposes and strongly condemns that spawns to us wrongdoing china has decided to impose sanctions starting from today. Between e. U. Has the latest from beijing. So far the move seems to be largely symbolic and just the latest and what has been a downward spiral of relations between the u. S. And china now beijing has said that theyre targeting for u. S. Officials at the senate is ted cruz and marco rubio and also representative chris smith and the u. S. Ambassador at large for their Group International religious freedom Samuel Brownback it also sanctions the China Commission which is an organization which reports to donald trump now we are still waiting exactly on the details of what this entails quaternion chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson did not elaborate but we can expect that it reflects the sanctions placed on chinese officials by washington last week as it is in retaliation for that now the washington shanks mean that chinese officials mention cannot do business in the u. S. They cannot travel there and any assets they have in the u. S. Will be frozen the u. S. Put these sanctions 1st on china all these on these officials as well as the shins on Public Security bureau because of many measures that they consider Human Rights Violations surveillance against the weekends separating families crackdowns on their culture and religion as well as putting up 1000000 in concentration camps because of their religion you know china has denied this it calls these concentration camps Vocational Training centers and according to beijing all of these measures that are imposed inch and john have nothing to do with religion but im also targeted at countering terrorism in the province of chinese professor who strongly criticized president xi jinping is handling of the coronavirus pandemic has reportedly been released after 6 days in custody friends of shoes on groom whos a constitutional law expert and one of chinas top universities so he returned home on sunday he was taken from his beijing apartment by more than a dozen officers last monday should publish many essays critical of the chinese leadership i think youd see pursuing a cult of personality. Members of the hong kong prodemocracy groups charge for organizing an illegal vigil to commemorate the 989. 00 tenement square massacre have appeared in court the case is adjourned until september organizers accuse the police of using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to ban the annual event settle clark has more from hong kong. This is the 1st hearing for these high profile prodemocracy activists theyve been charged with inciting and organizing. A candlelight vigil on june the 4th family. Chanting slogans like no to political persecution and political crimes including the founder of the media group apple dully jimmy lie as well as the founder of the organization that hosts the annual vigil to remember those who lost their lives in the square massacre but the group says they will fight these charges we will. Fight it because. We have our constitutional right to march as according to the basic law and the. Political right and. Police. The right and so they should be the one on trial and we will fight this because they said that we are incitement what do you mean by incitement everyone in sight by crime of their own was the crime to. Incite people to come out. Thousands of people joined this is june 4th candlelit vigil despite social distancing rules being put in place and a ban on any public gatherings of more