Down again the lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus and. The. The democratic republic of congo appoints new Electoral Commission chief that spocks violent protests. Welcome to the program one of the worlds most to teach it stretches of water could be about to become a new point of tension between the u. S. And china the u. S. Secretary of state might palm pairs as beijings claims to the South China Sea are completely unlawful and they will not be allowed to treat the area as its maritime empire its rich in oil gas and fishing resources and china is Building Military bases on several atolls but 5 South East Asian nations also claim parts of the sea and last week the us navy held military exercises. Or china claims about 90 percent of the South China Sea including get a ship of the Spratly Islands which are also claimed by the philippines vietnam and others and the Scarborough Reef is claimed by china and the philippines and that just keep going to years ago when the Philippine Navy apprehended 8 mainland chinese Fishing Vessels in the area are White House Correspondent can be healthy it explains a significance of pompei statement. Well i think whats so pronounced about this is the fact that up until now the u. S. Had always maintained that when it came to disputes in these territorial waters and the claims that china has made in those waters that this really needed to be resolved at u. N. Backed arbitration so this is a complete departure from that standpoint the u. S. Secretary of state in his statement as well as tweets as you mentioned coming out very strong accusing china of bullying accusing china of being completely unlawful of its claims and making clear that the United States is now standing with its Southeast Asian partners in terms of moving forward that they have been concerned for some time about what they call chinas increasing assertiveness and have completely rejected the claims now i again this is something that we had expected but what we see is this kind of tit for tat that has been going on for days we heard from the National Security adviser Robert Obrian as late as late last week saying that we could expect tough action towards china its clear that this is the intention of the administration to send a very strong message. Statement came just hours after trying to impose sanctions on 3 u. S. Politicians on the envoy for religious freedom now those targeted included senators ted cruz and marco rubio both supported legislation President Trump signed in june calling for sanctions over the repression of chinas weak minority the u. N. Says about 1000000 weak as have been detained in reeducation comes in showing junk. Chinas Foreign Ministry has warned the u. S. To stay out of chinas internal affairs. They found south of yangon pensions the us 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 in a sponsor to us wrongdoing china has decided to impose sanctions starting from today. Now the World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to adhere to basic health care precautions infections in our top 13000000. 00 and the agency says therell be no return to the old normal for the perceivable future the situation were seeing is countries that overcame the furthest peak of the outbreak but having is restrictions i dont now struggling with the new peaks and accelerating cases in several countries across the world we are now seeing dangerous increases in cases and hospital wards feeling again it would appear that many countries are losing gains made as proven in measures to reduce risk are ignored implemented or followed but the years accounts for more than a quarter of the worlds coronavirus cases with more than 3200000 recorded infections but the Trump Administration is turning its sights on the governments own Infectious Disease experts and to the found President Donald Trump has retreated a claim that the u. S. Centers for Disease Control the media the Democratic Party and we quote most doctors are lying about the disease the White House Press secretary downplayed tensions between dr g. And President Trump. The president went his intended not retreat on expresses displeasure with the c. D. C. Some rogue individuals leaking guidelines prematurely get a 63 page plan that was leaked prematurely believes that that misleads the American Public when their planning materials for least that are not in their fullest form in their best form so thats what he was getting at the notion that there is Opposition Research and that there is faulty versus the president can be further from the truth dr fouts he and the president always had a very good working relationship. The new restrictions have been imposed on california to combat a surge in infections its one of several u. S. States which has seen a spike in cases businesses including gyms bars and movie theaters have had to close again the government says the measures are vital to easing pressure on the States Health care system runnels our correspondent live for us in los angeles so rob lets just begin with the situation in california to start with an across the u. S. Sort of a lesson to be learned about opening up the speed of opening up in the reaction to infections rising because of the easing of restrictions. You know so hale its kind of a confounding lesson because california was the 1st state to impose widespread stay at home orders and to close things down pretty thoroughly back in march and april that continued until about mid june when the gradual reopening began but now here we are with more than 7000. 00 deaths and 825000 total cases of positive cases of covert 19 so the governor yes says started the shutdown again these reeling it back its a sign of just how powerful how insidious how transmissible the infection is that california was doing fairly well but now business is are being forced to close the bars will close Indoor Dining will no longer take place. Zoos museums malls in beauty parlors and in most parts of the country are of the of the state will be shut down further restrictions in some really hard hit areas there are parts of the state like Imperial County on the Mexican Border which are experiencing huge spikes and really kind of overwhelming their local Health System so now. Its back to this shutdown in california nationwide were seeing. At large in the United States texas arizona and other states also. Strengthening their previously loosened guidelines for businesses and were seeing also a very alarming trend outside of the the main centers that weve been talking about for 4 weeks now really like california florida arizona texas so while there are places like north dakota and minnesota and missouri way outside the sunbelt the hot spots that are experiencing really alarming spikes in new covert cases and indeed of course this whole issue about the the gathering of people the numbers of people getting together whether it be 2 or 10 its an issue thats grown especially when the new hot topic is about how schools are going to open it in september because that is now the focus of the debate from the white house and its concerning educate his and parents and well consider them in the weeks leading to those schools opening. Extremely concerning just over the weekend the education secretary betsy divorce was on Public Affairs talk shows talking about the need to. Get all the children physically back into the classroom in the next term but she dodged and danced around any questions as to specifically how that could be done in a safe manner so without the last in the lack of i should say of of strong leadership from the federal government or from the the Trump White House every state every School District in the country is pretty much on their own it was Just Announced today that los angeles will not open up its doors to pupils in the next term thats about 630000 kids its the 2nd largest district in the country after new York San Diego also saying no thanks were not going to do that and in new York Governor Andrew Cuomo really blasted President Trump for his what he called his blind insistence on reopening school saying nobody is going to make guinea pigs out of our kids and its a terrible economic dilemma for many parents who work jobs where they dont have the luxury of working from home or working remotely and taking care of the kids at the same time its not not an ideal situation but if you have to go out and work. And you have a small child at home and theres no school its uneconomic the lemma lot of people are saying in the United States now you can either have a kid or you can have a job you cant have both indeed said in an issue we could be very close on for the moment rob reynolds thanks for joining us los angeles. Now thousands of demonstrators gathered in the democratic republic of congos capital in defiance of a ban on protests there angry over the choice of a new Electoral Commission chief opposition politicians accuse or on saddam a longer of being complicit in the wreaking of past elections the same launders biased towards former present just to be who formed a Coalition Government with president felix she katie could be a step down last year after 2 decades in office but his allies hold a parliamentary majority and control most cabinet ministries just last month to be allies the pows judicial reforms and also sparked protests now the falls would have given the Justice Minister more powers over judges and prosecutors president fetus to educate he rejected them and the Justice Minister was briefly arrested deepening the rift within the governing Coalition Catherine soy has been monitoring developments from the kenyan capital nairobi. While kinshasa right now is calm police managed to disperse the thousands of protesters who are running battles with the police all afternoon. These protests really were organized by an opposition qualification called and in the capital kinshasa we so. Very influential politician with a huge following so he let he was leading this of thousands of his supporters they were heading to parliament they were dispersed by police using tear gas and they say that they are angry with this nomination of this president of the Electoral Commission but they also say that beyond that theyre unhappy with the leadership of president and leads to security and the coalition he has formed with former president Joseph Kabila they say that this question has plunged the country in a political and economic crisis and the president needs to act gently to solve the situation. Still ahead on aljazeera why the u. K. Can no longer take water for granted a want needs to be done to stop supplies running dry. And bowing to pressure washingtons n. F. L. To drops its controversial name those stories after the break. But. Weve had some rather nasty storms into central parts of canada spilling out of alberta across scotch one heading towards the Northern Plains of the u. S. A little further south as well weve seen some rather lively downpours some bacon thundershowers with some large hail here just around oklahoma thats all making its way further east was that west of weather through central canada out of the prayer is going to run across nebraska illinois pushing up across the lakes as we go on through the next couple days and it really will be quite heavy at times the big story does remain the hate for many ticks down towards the southwest that record breaking heat will continue phoenix still getting up into the low to mid fortys over the next couple days the west coast of the u. S. Is generally fine in trial western parts of canada will see some bits and pieces of rain from time to time and talking of rain with that western weather that we have around the lakes that will continue to slide a little further southwards and a swiss one of the showers down towards the far south east and cold a little try a little on the human side just around the east coast over the next couple of days a lot of dry by the main well into the caribbean there are always going to be one or 2 showers it has to be said but plenty of beautiful sunshine coming through the heaviest showers are going to be into the western side of the region and affecting a good part of central america. But for. A scandal thats rocked the nation to its core and exposed hundreds of Court Officials accused of accepting bribes just to shoot the most dangerous commodity on air sometimes take a spot at the door an edifice to blow up a custom upon the games judicial corruption as in a couple clarified i come out of my congress in an exclusive documentary aljazeera and examines one mans extraordinary battle for justice in ghana at this time. To. Because what you are just a rude means the whole wrong the reminder of our top stories the United States has toughened stance on chinas disputed claims to offshore resources and most of the South China Sea calling them completely unlawful. Also restrictions are real imposed on california to combat a surge in corona virus infections businesses including james bars and movie theaters been told to close its one of several u. S. States which has seen a spike in cases of thousands of protesters in the democratic republic of congo against the appointment of a new Electoral Commission chief opposition politicians accuse a wrong side of my longer being complicit in rigging past elections. Mollys Prime Minister says 11 people have died in 3 days of protests demanding president. Resign theyre unhappy with president s handling of a long running conflict and economic crisis and disputed elections it left to calm tensions several detained opposition figures have not been free to indicate his son has resigned as chair of the parliaments Defense Committee nicholas haq has more from senegal. Both camps the protesters and the president in the government are on their position right now the streets are still being preachy all by Security Forces heavily armed Security Forces in the streets of bamako. That is leading this protest movement well his house has protected by protesters who want to allow Security Forces to come near we are hearing reports that theyve been throwing. Molotov cocktails toward Security Forces of the situation in that particular neighborhood still very tense meanwhile president. Made some concessions to the protesters. Notably dissolving the Constitutional Court that had confirmed the results of the elections of the National Assembly that took place in april of course its unclear whether the president itself according to the constitution can actually. Dissolve the Constitutional Court dont need to go through the National Assembly before doing so the significant resignation of his son karriem kater who was a member of parliament who was reelected just recently and this comes on the heels just friday on social media where we saw him. Partying on a yacht somewhere in europe while in mali half of the population is living on less than 2. 00 a day and our need of humanitarian assistance. Rights groups Global Witness a companies in the e. U. British overseas territories are being used as part of an International MoneyLaundering Network to finance the Syrian Government its investigation the uncle of the syrian president Bashar Al Assad flew to moscow in 2012 and there he met a businessman at the center of the network of banks businesses and offshore companies that allegedly allowed the government to avoid International SanctionsFront Companies were set up in cyprus and the British Virgin islands Global Witness as the body responsible for syrias chemic