Says its seeing alarming levels of Food Insecurity. Protesters keep up the pressure on israels Prime Minister to quit over corruption and his handling of the coronavirus plus the bizarre intervention by ukraines president that helped end the 12 hour hostage standoff. In the welcome to the program we begin with a dramatic escalation in the growing tensions between the United States and china the u. S. Government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in Houston Texas saying its to protect American Intellectual property a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign ministry has the night media reports that staff had been burning documents inside the bill. Thing and accuse the u. S. Of violating International Law travis threatening to close the american consulate in rouhani in response its also warned the Chinese Students in the u. S. To be on guard for what it calls arbitrary interrogations were going. Surely on july 21st the u. S. Abruptly demanded we close our consulate general this was unilaterally initiated by the u. S. Side we demand the u. S. Withdraw this decision or we will respond. But who knew you in rouhani has more now on chinas reaction to the order. Certainly beijing is furious about this chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson one when been spoke on wednesday afternoon calling this outrageous unjustified and said it was an unprecedented escalation even listed a number of actions he said the Us 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 incident at least one chinese diplomatic stop had extra restrictions imposed on them that diplomatic pouch is 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 Trump 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 the newest escalation was a diplomatic freefall in terms of relations between the u. S. And china in various fronts been going on 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 counter measures. Ok the view there from china and now rosalynn jordan joins us live now from virginia in the u. S. As so a rolls any more details from the u. S. Government as to why theyre doing this and also perhaps why theyre doing it now. Well barbara theyre not giving any more details about why they have targeted the chinese consulate and houston the deputy secretary of state stephen beacon is testifying right now before the Senate ForeignRelations Committee and hes not going into any specific detail other than to say that this was an appropriate decision for the trumpet ministration to take and that in the larger scale of things it is appropriate for the United States government to take a harsher prison all in chinese behavior this is what his boss the secretary of state mike pompei o had to say about the decision to close the consulate earlier today in copenhagen. Were not going to allow this to continue to happen where they have seen the remarks that. Advisor brian gave that f. B. I. Director ray gave him that attorney general barr has given we are sending out clear expert taisha as for how the Chinese Communist party is going to behave and when they dont who are going to take actions that protect the American People protect our security our National Security and also protect our economy and jobs strong words there from my compare about how the u. S. Thinks that the Chinese Government should behave is action like closing at the consulate likely to get the u. S. What it wants. Its likely to get the United States what it wants and lets consider that the decision to close this consulate which happens to be the 1st consulate that the Chinese Government opened in the u. S. After it renewed diplomatic ties with the United States back in 1979 the u. S. Has also been imposing sanctions on Chinese Government officials on students on businesspeople its trying to bring to the United States for trial the number 2 of way she is fighting extradition from canada to the United States as we speak the Chinese Government in turn has kicked out reporters has strongly surveilled people who have been working inside that country has closed off parts of the country westerners and to in particular to americans so you can only expect that this back and forth over tit for tat is going to continue and you can expect barbara to see the relationship between the 2 countries simply grow worse also in jordan with the latest from virginia and the u. S. Rosen thank you. The British Government says it will open a special pass way to citizenship for 3000000 hong kong residents from january those eligible will not have to have a job before going to the u. K. And it applies to those with British National overseas passports and very needy and families the new rules are in response to a National Security law that china is imposing on hong kong which critics say curbs freedoms. And u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has hit back at claims that britain was slow to respond to a Security Threat posed by russia an Intelligence Report said the government was slow to recognize the potential threat posed by russia to british democratic processes. This is because id really rather marimbas questions are absolutely absurd there is no country in the western world that is move vigilant in protecting the interests of this country or the International Community from russian interference when in fact we are going to follow them out introducing new legislation to protect Critical National infrastructure and to protect our intellectual property. The un says fears of famine in yemen are resurfacing just as the World Food Program has led as had to scale back relief efforts due to a lack of funding Nutrition Services for 2 and a half 1000000 children could stop by the end of august coronavirus restrictions reduced remittances locusts floods and significant underfunding of this years aid response have compounded the hunger crisis after 5 years of war the spite u. N. Peace efforts there has been a resurgence of violence between warring parties in recent weeks. We are very worried because its a known arming situation right now in yemen we of reach alarming levels alarming drivers of Food Insecurity there are approximately 20000000 people in your men who didnt secure and who struggled to find down next meal. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control has reported more than 1000 deaths occur across the country in the past 24 hours on tuesday President Trump admitted the pandemic will probably get worse before it gets better more state governors are making masks mandatory and introducing new restrictions and overwhelmed the testing labs and hospitals are raising the alarm it was self officials have signed a contract with pfizer for 100000000 doses of a potential corona virus vaccine its the 2nd vaccine washington a secured on the basis of promising create clinical trials. And more than 15000000 people are now confirmed to have been infected by corona virus around the world and one of the worst hit regions is now latin america get the latest on the situation there from. In mexico city mexico of course a country thats been particularly hard hit overnight the best toll there has passed 40000 but the spike having the 4 size death toll in the world now testing there is still apparently really low why is that. Ill run through the latest numbers that we have from Johns Hopkins university here in mexico with 356255 confirmed cases and another 40400 confirmed deaths from coke at 19 as you mentioned there barbara overnight mexico surpassed the 4240000 mark a milestone a grim milestone for mexico like many other countries are experiencing but one that places mexico unfortunately 2nd in death tolls in latin america is 2nd only to brazil with the country there surpassing one point. 2. 1000000 confirmed cases of cope with 19 the big concern that were hearing from Health Policy experts here in mexico is as you mentioned the lack of testing the lack of Contact Tracing and the sort of nonchalant attitude from from officials particularly the president of mexico who many would argue has downplayed the severity of the ongoing crisis now much of mexico has begun reopening in terms of the economy mexico city began reopening on july 1st but the attitudes that many residents here in the city have taken sort of mirrors that of Health Officials of federal officials who many see as not taking it seriously enough so there is an expectation not only that the outbreak is going to get worse that its going to be a long time before things start to get better but a sense that the policies that have implemented have not been enough and that it will inevitably lead to further lock downs and renewed lock downs to contain the pandemic barbara so weve been hearing for a while that latin america is the new at the center really of the pend that make right now so how does mexico compare to other countries im thinking brazil for example which for a while now its had the war estelle the last america. Certainly so and we heard from the Pan American Health organization earlier this week saying that the with very few exceptions countries like chile which are showing promise argentina uruguay coast rica with with few exceptions the pandemic actually shows very few signs of slowing in fact outside of mexico and brazil which you just mentioned which lead the region in deaths and in confirmed cases were seeing a lorme rates of contagion in several other countries we can point to ecuador colombia peru several countries in Central America haiti Dominican Republic that are showing these alarming rates of contagion we have our eye today specifically on bolivia we know that over the course of 5 days authorities in the country say that they have recovered 420. 00 bodies that were found in automobiles that were found on the street they were found in peoples homes the vast majority between 80 and 90 percent of these bodies of individuals who are believed to have died from cope at 19 this is a sign of that worsening Health Crisis in bolivia but this is a this exponential growth in contagion isnt only happening in bolivia we mentioned that several of those other countries and latin america unfortunately remains the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the world the americas in general from canada down to theatre they are now accounting for almost half of the daily coronavirus deaths worldwide barber on the top of the with the latest there from mexico city man well thank you brazilian president that all has meanwhile tested positive for the corona virus for a 3rd time he 1st tested positive on july the 7th also that i said hes been taking the antimalarial drug how droll hydroxy or a quick studies have found that to be ineffective and actually potentially dangerous for some patients. Still ahead in this half hour a shootout at the funeral leaves of 14 injured in chicago where President Trump is threatening to deploy federal agents and the selfconfessed middleman in the murder of a maltese journalists found with severe knife wounds hours before he was using give evidence in court. Hello there quite a massive cloud across northern regions of europe the serene of course having you with us as well you notice into areas across the south a scattering of thunderstorms on their way east was theres also been some fog some mist in the morning as this is a case across into western hungry but those thunderstorms i mentioned they certainly did some damage into care of as you can see his some trees down cars damaged or also some property to homes as well now the good news is that conditions a much clearer and calmer as we go through thursday and funniest most a bad picture generally throughout europe quite a cloudy one still a scattering of shows maybe a thunderstorm across areas in the south and that rain is heading across the u. K. Its moving up through the north sea it will leave a scattering of showers in its wake and how much is a little bit low but generally not too bad but as we head off into friday it becomes if anything rather more unsettled that rain across the south becoming really quite heavy and also quite widespread rain as well pushing through southerners a scan the navy on tools a bowl takes on the next round of all the heavy rain working its way in towards the northwest as the time which is 25. 00 in london the same in paris but in both cases fairly cloudy conditions and then down into north africa is fine and dry here weve got some fairly high temperatures as you can see by friday 35 inches. But. Up above the hustle and bustle of cubas capitol there is a secret world. A community of colorful characters who have made the rooftops their homes. From their unique perspective they reflect on the countrys history and how it has shaped their lives and hopes for the future. Have on out from on hot buttons on the jersey. The in. A come back heres a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera china has the night media reports that staff have been burning documents its side its consulate in Houston Texas after the u. S. Government ordered it to close the facility the u. N. Says fears of famine in yemen are resurfacing just as the World Food Program has had scaled back relief efforts due to a lack of funding Christian Services for 2 and a half 1000000 children could stop by the end of the focus and the u. S. Centers for Disease Control has reported more than 1000 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours this as more state governors make masks man the tree and introduced new restrictions. Restaurant owners and waiters in south africa has they have staged a protest against the governments coronavirus measures they say their industry is being crippled by the government bringing back its ban on alcohol sales and a nighttime curfew last week the number of infections surged across the country prompting the government to reimpose the strict measures that Restaurant Industry employs around 800000 people and then strangers say jobs also save lives. As in bob when rights activist and a journalist have been charged with promoting public violence ahead of planned antigovernment protests hopewell chain on though was arrested on monday in harare along with the Opposition Leader jayco but get of whom it say prosecutors accuse the men of using twitter to mobilize and bob wins to commit acts of violence meanwhile a nighttime curfew aimed at curtailing the spread of the coronavirus in zimbabwe came into effect on wednesday Opposition Leaders say the government is using Health Restrictions to infringe on peoples rights. True israel now with a parliament is due to vote on increasing the governments powers to impose coronavirus restrictions across the country it comes as protests grow louder against Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu for his handling of the pandemic and his corruption trial dozens of demonstrators were arrested on tuesday after chaining themselves together and blocking people from entering parliament in west jerusalem harry force that has more. Benjamin netanyahu has weathered protests 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 test