Settles on the way to turn millions of hong kong residents of the british citizens if they want to escape chinas new security law. I thousands of protesters call on the israeli Prime Minister to resign over corruption charges and his handling of the pandemic. And the steroids with a life saving boost the drug being tested in britain thats been hailed as a breakthrough treatment for cave 19 patients. And i view similarly of support the n. F. L. Agrees to scrap the 2020 preseason games as another 95 players test positive for corona virus. Becomes a welcome to the news are theyve exchanged threats and criticism over covert 19 trade and the South China Sea now the diplomatic war between china and the us has a new focus chinas been given 72 hours to shut down its Consular Office in the city of houston now the u. S. Says the move has been made to protect American Intellectual property that comes after Fire Fighters in the texan city were denied entry to the consular premises following reports that staff were burning documents that Chinas Foreign Ministry has denied that accusing the u. S. Of violating International Law its also warn Chinese Students in the u. S. To be on guard what it calls arbitrary interrogations this was u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei is speaking in denmark. Were not going to allow this to continue to happen where they have seen the remarks that nashiri advisor brian gave that f. B. I. Director ray gave him that attorney general barr has given we are setting out clear expert taishan for how the Chinese Communist party is going to behave and when they dont were going to take actions that protect the American People protect our security our National Security and also protect our economy and jobs. China has threatened to close the u. S. Consular office in london retaliate katrina you is in the city for us. Certainly beijing is yury of about this Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson one when been spoke on wednesday afternoon calling this outrageous unjustified and said it was an unprecedented exhalation even listed a number of actions he said the u. S. Government had taken against Chinese People in the u. S. In recent months he said that chinese diplomats there had been subjected to intimidation harassment in some cases detention he also said that Chinese Students were increasingly being interrogated that personal Electronic Devices were being confiscated and searched he also said that there would be incidents at least where chinese diplomatic stop had extra restrictions imposed on them that diplomatic pouches was searched without permission that chinese official items were also confiscated both of these would be violations of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations one woman also said that the Chinese Embassy in the u. S. Had received a number of bomb threats and Death Threats and he accused the administration of fanning the flames of hatred against china only in the u. S. But overseas as well and certainly this is just the next escalation in u. S. Escalation was a diplomatic freefall in terms of relations between the u. S. And china various fronts in gung ho National SecurityLaw Technology and trade and beijing says if the u. S. Does not pull back from this decision it will take what it has called legitimate and necessary countermeasures. Correspondent who joins me now live from virginia in the u. S. Secretary of state speaking in denmark and whats behind really the closure of this Chinese Mission in houston. Well the allegation from the u. S. Government is that the Chinese Government is engaged in a whole scale effort just by all of us institutions both governmental academic and business mainly. Again a strategic advantage over the United States and other western countries as we heard in that sound bite from the secretary of state like the u. S. Government is simply not going to stand for it we should note that the closure of this consulate is not tell unique to the Chinese Government the u. S. Has previously closed this Syrian Embassy here in washington the Iranian Embassy here in washington back in 1979 and the russian consulate in seattle in 2018 all because the u. S. Had serious political and diplomatic differences with those countries for a variety of reasons it should also point out somehow that this is simply the latest step in that the u. S. Government has been taking against china because of what it considers chinas violations of human rights particularly against ethnic readers in. Bents as well as its ongoing efforts to try to undermine the u. S. Technological infrastructure post particularly the efforts by the u. S. Government to prevent the expansion of hallways Telecommunications Operations in this country. Weve seen and heard from the secretary of state hes in denmark at the moment and seems to be like a dog with a bone hes on a mission is need to sort of to build this coalition of like minds be its in london or elsewhere it seems as that of a chapter in sort of trying to build a case that china is a threat to the values that many nations abide by in terms of their international agreements. Well certainly mike pompei o is perhaps the most visible face in the trumpet ministration trying to build International Opposition to what it considers to be improper chinese monica behavior but this is being going on even before the 2nd. Terry of state flew to london to copenhagen this week for meetings with his counterparts in those countries the administration right up to the u. S. President donald trump has been very very critical of chinas efforts out whether to build fake islands in the South China Sea and then to establish territorial claims claims which the u. S. And a number of countries in the region have opposed but also taking a very close look at the work of journalists in this country which the u. S. Accuses of working as foreign agents and looking at the work of students who come to the u. S. For Academic Work but again the u. S. Suspecting them of working on behalf of the government in beijing rosenfeld the update since joining in virginia. Is a full moon u. S. Deputy National Intelligence officer the full Trans National threats he explained the timing of the decision. Well we are in a spiraling crisis certainly relations between the u. S. And china have been deteriorating for some time and trump is clearly chosen to make china a bogeyman in his campaign since Everything Else gone wrong you know if you blame someone else then thats helped you so thats part of the story i think thats the political background now the events specifically that led to the decision to close the consulate probably actually occurred theres its not a secret that chinese intelligence has been increasingly aggressive in the United States in the last 5 years and been more than 154 arrests by the f. B. I. For chinese espionage. Episodes so these events occur but its fundamentally a political decision when to take this kind of a step the British Government says it will open a special pathway to citizenship full 3000000. 00 whole coresident starting in january those eligible will last puff to have a job before going to the u. K. Now it applies to those with British National overseas principals and their immediate families the new rules are in response to a National Security level china is imposing on the whole call which critics say cubs freedoms. And the British Government has denied ignoring warnings that russia was attempting to meddle in its elections Prime Minister baraks johnson told parliament the u. K. Was more vigilant than any other country against threats from russia a report on choose to conclude authorities actively avoided looking into evidence the kremlin tried to interfere in several votes including the brics it referendum chalons has been monitoring events for us and joins me now from london it does seem that the government is now happy to say fast track hong kong to want to come to the u. K. Yeah weve known for a few weeks now that this was the governments plan it attracted the odder of the chinese and surprisingly when it did announce this a few weeks ago the Chinese Ambassador said that this was gross interference in hong kongs affairs what we now have is the detail or at least some of the detail about how British Nationals overseas and the hong kong these 3000000. 00 or so hong kong was going to go about getting a british citizenship when this system opens in january 2021 and the poss as outlined by proceed to tell the home secretary is this that with. Or any other particular criteria they can come to the u. K. For 5 years of limited leave to remain they have to be financially secure and independence while here theyre not going to get government handouts except after those 5 years are up they can apply for whats called settled status an officer a year settled status then they can apply for british citizenship they can also bring. Dependents who all cost as normal British Nationals overseas this is going sam profile thing the the that the showdown between the British Government and the Chinese Government so way and britain suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong yesterday. The Chinese Government said that this was again. Something all of a hostile acts and the british would be having so bad the consequence of it so yes this is an amplification of the showdown with with china. Of course the pm has been speaking out of justifying his position on the issues Russian Defense as we just mentioned u. K. Politics whats the fallout from that report because he has been talking obviously in parliament. Yes so there was a report a much delayed reports that is be released in the last few days from the intelligence and Security Committee in the houses of parliament and what it essentially said was that. You know that the u. K. Government and Intelligence Community had kind of taken its eye off the ball when it came to the threats that russia posed to british diplomatic process is and institutions so the leader of the opposition has been pressing Boris Johnson about this at Prime Ministers questions and said that the u. K. Government its taken its eye off the ball that it barely even qualified as being on the pitch thats whole that it shouldnt of delay action on shoring up britains National Security and it shouldnt have delayed the publication of this report either what the governments response is Boris Johnsons response has been essentially that this is remain a sour grapes and that this is boiling down really to the reluctance of the leader of the opposition kids so accept the results of the 2016 brett bracks referendum we can listen to exactly what he had to say right now. The people of the truth of this country didnt vote to leave the e. U. Because of pressure from russia and russia they voted because they wanted to take back control of our money of our trade policy of our north. So the British Government has announced new legislation or plans for legislation to tighten up the National Security framework what it when it comes to resisting russian interference it says its going to. Shore up the. The detail of legislation the rads the official secrets act and its also considering whether to set up some sort of foreign agents list in the same way that the United States has done recently and should be noted that russia has as well a list of people who it wants to declare themselves as foreign agents so that their actions could be more closely monitored for nefarious behavior in a ferris influences. In london thanks very much for the update. Turkey and russia have agreed to Work Together towards a lasting cease fire in libya turkey supports the u. N. Recognize government in tripoli well russia backs its rival warlord Khalifa Haftar who is based in the east delegations from turkey and russia met an anchor with more talks planned in moscow they say dialogue remains the only solution to the conflict Jonathan Winer is a former United States senior diplomat and former special envoy to libya joins me now via skype from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on the program i mean the fact that the 2 main supporters of the 2 main factions are speaking in agree to a framework to move forward is encouraging but theyre only talking about sort of a sustainable ceasefire not a long term way out of this bloody conflict. Well they both have got in thousands of mercenaries into libya to fight the war and if turkey and russia decide to stop the fighting and have their mercenaries no other fight or withdraw from the church or leave the country oh thats going to be a good thing for libyans do need to get together and negotiate this state a way forward with the u. N. Process thats what needs to happen this is a good step over russia and turkey started all this to the very beginning of the year 6 months later it still hasnt happened if it is the sort of step in the right direction where do you Start Talking from because in terms of the timeline the d. N. A. Backed by turkey say have to the should return back to the agreed 2015 lines thats an acceptable have to supporters because it includes valuable oil fields and and there is the sticking point. Well the government of National Accord is recognized by essentially every governments on earth it is the recognized government of libya general have to or is not a recognized government except by syrias Assad Government so its pretty clear that the government ought to have control over its territory. They will ultimately need to have a unified National Force some kind of military council or civilian rule those are the kinds of things would be and should be negotiating a foreign country should be supporting what the russia and turkey who potentially dose is reduced the risk of a proxy war and by reducing the risk of a proxy war it is creating a. Reduced fresh to the country into the region and thats a good thing indeed i mean if you still. See it from that point previous agreements. You have to start all over again because at the end of the day the the warring sides are quite intransigent only about moving obviously the official u. N. Backed government wants to control the country but you still do have this issue of have to supported by the United Arab Emirates supported by egypt is also threatening to come in and support them militarily its a real worry about where these talks can actually begin and what really can be broken it. Before have to decided to tripoli in april 2019 there was supposed to be a National Conference which would have involved a lot of libyans a lot of different places to find it out for sponsored by the u. N. And that was about to make sure Real Progress after an issue military issue of this effort to conquer the country become a dictator stopped all that its going to be hard to put it back together again but theres no alternative for the moment david weena thank you very much feel inside and thanks for joining us here on out is there. A vote is expected in the coming hours that will give israels government increased powers from poes coronavirus restrictions across the country now the move comes as protests grow louder against Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is handling of the pandemic dozens of demonstrators have been arrested after chaining the cells together and blocking people from entering parliament in west jerusalem how he feels it has more. Benjamin netanyahu is where the protest before so called black flag activists have waged a years Long Campaign against what they call his anti democratic rule but in the last 2 weeks the protests have changed and grown as israelis buckling under a 2nd wave of coronavirus turn their anger on the government. Netanyahu has admitted to reopening the economy too quickly allowing gatherings of too many people others point to the governments failure to expand the system of testing and tracing is the 1st wave airbed leaving it ill equipped to stop the 2nd author an