City of houston as the diplomatic war intensify its. Grace at risk of abuse touring the pandemic indonesias politicians are accused of failing to protect societys most vulnerable. And tens of thousands forced from their homes kenyas government is called to account over the eviction of people from the mouth pharmacist. Paul hes billing himself as the law and order president and 3 months out from the election donald trump has announced that hundreds of federal Law Enforcement officers will be sent to the cities of chicago and albuquerque to come out what he calls rising crime state governors and city officials all democrats say this is a political stunt mike hanna reports. The concern about federal involvement was sparked by scenes like this from Portland Oregon. Up to weeks of anti racism protests federal troops in unmarked uniforms moved in confronting demonstrators and detaining them in unmarked vehicles much to the anger of the states governor this is a democracy not a dictatorship and we cannot have secret police abducting people into and putting them in unmarked vehicles. I cannot believe i have to say that the president of the United States now the president has announced his intention of sending federal offices to several other cities today im announcing a surge of federal Law Enforcement into American Communities plagued by Violent Crime will work every single day to restore Public Safety protect our nations children and bring violent perpetrators to justice for months President Trump has regularly tweeted law and order in capitals and this decision is regarded by many as a Campaign Ploy in an Election Year the mayors of several major cities have sent this letter to the attorney general blasting the proposed deployment the letter reads in part these are tactics we expect from authoritarian regimes not our democracy that has been an especially violent summer atlanta has seen a 300 percent spike in shooting victims compared to the same week in july last year in new york city over the past week shooting victims are up more than 200 percent. Mounting frustration during this pandemic and widespread anger at police has led to what many view as a perfect storm of increased violence that federal involvement could intensify rather than fickle mike hanna aljazeera washington. Well lets take you to Portland Oregon right now protesters as you can see have again gathered there in the streets its currently just after 10 oclock at night then weve already seen the democratic mayor ted wheeler address the growing crowds will be staying across that story for you here on aljazeera bringing you all the action as it happens. Philadelphias top prosecutor has warned that federal agents will Face Criminal Charges if they under for the assault or arrest anyone in that city if they choose to follow the law then well all get along famously and if they choose not to follow the law then they will discover that there are laws in the commonwealth of pennsylvania that can be used to prosecute them. It is certainly my hope. That their behavior will be entirely legal but based on what i saw in portland it is my opinion that some of that behavior looks like criminal conduct but our correspondent john hendren is in chicago where the mayor has had a change of heart over the deployment of those federal agents. This is a particularly violent year in a violent city as about a week ago 373 people had been killed in the city of chicago thats about 100 more than at the same point just a year ago so were on pace to have 700 deaths thats a very high number in a city that often has high numbers so it is a violent year but i spoke to a federal Law Enforcement source and he said this would be very different than what happened in portland in portland you had a bunch of federal officials in cammo gear with helmets and pads they were protecting federal buildings from vandalism but they were also going out and chasing down vandals this federal Law Enforcement source that i spoke to here in chicago says it will be entirely different that no one will see than the officers here on the street at the president s News Conference he was talking about Something Like 200 officers i am told here on the ground as of yesterday the number that federal officials here were told was more like 110 whatever the number is these are going to be people who are going to be investigating existing crimes theyre not going to be boots on the ground theyre not to be armed and out on the street and that is one of the things that has apparently changed the mayors mind here in chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot was very concerned about what happened in portland and she was going to try to stop the president from sending in federal agents here in chicago but after she talked to the u. S. Attorney here in town we are told that she changed her mind and decided that they could be helpful in solving some of these crimes. Now the u. S. And china have traded threats and criticism over the coded pandemic hong kong and the South China Sea now the diplomatic war between the 2 powers has a new focus beijings been given 72 hours to shut down its consulate in the u. S. City of houston this is the latest in a series of actions meant to punish china for what the trumpet ministration calls undiplomatic behavior and chinese officials threatening to retaliate. Has been. Its a scene straight out of the spy film employees at the chinese consulate in houston burned documents before theyre forced to leave the u. S. On friday the expulsion of the 60 diplomats and their families is just the latest step taken by the u. S. Against a country it considers a National Security threat we are setting out clear expert taishan 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 even before the u. S. Officially announced the closure a wednesday officials in beijing were condemning the move for you dont you do you. Maybe this is intentional sabotage to buy National Relations and its extremely outrageous china strongly condemns it and which is the u. S. Side to withdraw its decision otherwise china will definitely take unnecessary and legitimate response the top administrations decision is the latest in a string of what it calls punishments for chinas recent actions imposing tariffs on hong kong goods after beijing revoked its autonomy officially opposing chinese efforts to claim the South China Sea as its own imposing sanctions to protest the alleged abuse and imprisonment of weaker muslims and what washington has insisted was beijings failure to warn everyone about covert 19 before the Virus Outbreak turned into a Global Pandemic later on wednesday senators grilled deputy secretary of state stephen wiig and during a hearing about the administrations china policy i know you argue that this president and the administration has been uniquely successful with china and i know youre good at your job before the hearing devolves into a hearing bashing china on the World Health Organization for the code pandemic let me assure you blame game politics wont save american lives some analysts say that despite the administrations harsh rhetoric there may well be justification for closing the houston calls a lot long time the chinese have gone after. Internet related Technology SpaceTechnology Much of which is texas is a sensible step from that. The trumpet ministration says by closing the chinese consulate in houston its punishing beijing for its bad behavior but political opponents say the white house strategy could backfire by encouraging its chinese counterparts to retaliate rosalyn jordan aljazeera alexandria virginia. Well to the corona virus pandemic and presell has reported another record daily increase in cases of nearly 68000 it has the worlds the 2nd worst outbreak after the us with more than 2000000 infections and 82000 deaths the pandemic was initially focused on cities but and recent weeks has also surged in the countrys vast hinterland all those new cases in brazil pushed the total number of reported infections across latin america to more than 4000000 several countries are seeing increasing rates of cova 19 including bolivia where police say they have recovered hundreds of bodies from streets and from homes on your palate reports. In bolivia a special police unit is tasked with recovering bodies from peoples homes in the cities of la paz and santa cruz Authorities Say they recovered 420. 00 bodies from homes streets and automobiles over a span of only 5 days. The vast majority are believed to be deaths from code 19 its a sign the Health Crisis in the country is accelerating more total but it is true of my relatives have died we went to the hospital and they didnt take care of them they told us the hospitals were crowded we went to several hospitals and now my 2 closest relatives have died from medical negligence the government doesnt nothing. Coronavirus cases in bolivia have surpassed 60000 and there are predictions the number of cases could double in the next 2 weeks this exponential rise in corona virus cases is also playing out in several other countries in the americas with alarming rates of contagion in ecuador colombia and others during the last week there were on was 900000 new cases a nearly 22000 deaths reported in our region most of there is within brazil mexico and the United States of america. As have one tuesday evening mexico. Last 40000 coronavirus deaths its the 2nd highest death toll in latin america just behind brazil. People need to know the epidemic is still active you know we have to stay home engage in social distancing and cetera or guarantee some moral commitment from Health Officials but Everyone Needs to do their part. Despite a reopening of mexicos economy the still worsening outbreak is expected to lead to new lock downs as cases surge. Latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american Health Organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down World Health Experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in Central America where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the story of the pandemic. Aljazeera well the u. S. States and territories have reported more than 1100 new deaths from the current virus thats the highest daily toll since may and the most populous state california now has the highest number of infections in the country its a pos in new york the spike has been attributed to the state opening up most of its economy since may there are now more than 421000 cases in california but more people have died in new york california has had to reimpose restrictions on businesses and south koreas economy has plunged into recession after suffering its west decline and more than 2 decades the knock on effect from the pandemic hits exports and factory output causing the economys a contract 3. 3 percent in june compared to the previous quarter analysts predict that asias 4th largest economy will certainly recover during the 2nd half of this year. Well still ahead here on aljazeera a landmark launch for china as it begins its fastest solar interplanetary mission. And a dramatic rescue from a burning apartment in front well show you just what. I know theyre still very hot and quite dusty across areas of the middle east now also as well as that we say want to see rain showers across into areas of yemen even the fall southwest of saudi but have a look at these pictures coming out of dubai there was a huge dust storm that just really of the less rated most of the buildings of the visibility really was significantly reduced and we could see more blowing sand and dust as we go through thursday these areas here showing the winds and showing of course where well see more of that sand and dust the winds of change direction is fading very humid but you cross into counsel up into bahrain and of course away from that that all the time which is typically in the high fortys celsius much of the same on friday and more though in the way of rain across the southwest assaad in down into the southern areas of yemen so more rain in santa and that could of course causes some localized flooding plenty of rains into central areas of Southern Africa and were also watching this very closely this massive cloud you can see here possibly becoming a Tropical Cyclone in the next few days probably not in the next couple of days theres plenty of rain through eastern and southern sections of madagascan already coming from this storm system but it is getting a little bit closer meanwhile across south africa its fine and dry 19 celsius important as both on thursday by friday warming up considerably sunny skies a high of 25. Growing in the harsh an unforgiving circumstances children learn to play dangerous games they do. So the studies that destroy the house and take a worn down by frustration and broken promises young men living under the constant threat of imprisonment they took me to the cheap and blindfolded me the time for them to regain control of their lives is when the boys returned prison life inside and out. On aljazeera. Oh there you are watching aljazeera lets remind you of our top stories here this hour the u. S. President says hes going to send hundreds of federal Law Enforcement officers to the cities of chicago and Albuquerque Donald trump says its to combat rising crime offices already in Portland Oregon theyve been accused of detaining antiracism protesters without justification and as you can see from these live pictures protests have kicked off again today with people gathering there on the streets will be bringing you more on that as it happens. The u. S. Government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in houston saying its to protect American Intellectual property china denies reports that stuff of burning documents inside the building is threatening to retaliate. The number of coronavirus cases reported across latin america has now passed 4000000 more than half of those infections are in brazil which reported a record daily increase in cases wednesday. Now the u. N. Is warning the economic consequences of the pandemic will be deep and long lasting in the arab world in a new report it says the regions economy is expected to contract by more than 5 and a half percent with some countries economy is shrinking by more than double that figure and says the number of People Living in poverty will rise by more than 14000000 and the u. N. Chief says that could bring more political instability the region is blessed with tremendous diversity and put them. Yet out of countries where the oil rich me the income will use the village to fish difficulties in responding. The Global Pandemic is exposed in their big challenges the regional economy has suffered multiple shocks from the violence as well as the sharp drop in oil prices remittances and tourism and economic forecasts than that. You know region already rife with tensions and inequalities these will have preferred consequences on political and social stability meanwhile the u. N. Is also warning up to 3200000 people in southern yemen are expected to face acute Food Insecurity over the next 6 months more than 2000000. 00 people already suffer from severe Food Shortages juz ongoing fighting there but the u. N. Says the situation will get worse jews are the pandemic and the Global Economic downturn the war in yemen has left more than 100000 people dead leading to the once west humanitarian disaster. Kenyas government is facing accusations of mistreatment and neglect a report from Human Rights Watch says that since 2018 more than 50000 People Living in the largest watershed area in kenya thats the mouth forest have been forced from their homes at least 6000. 00 of the people affected were recently put up and camps and county with few supplies and no compensation that report documents at least 7 deaths last year because of Police Violence during those addictions and poor conditions at the camps Human Rights Watch also accuses police of forcing villagers to burn down their own homes by losing and destroying their food and livestock the government denies any deaths occurred and accuses people in the area of illegally settling on the land years ago causing deforestation and altering the mouth ecosystem. Child rights activists and indonesia have condemned makers for failing to stand up for victims of sexual abuse a bill to tackle Sexual Violence was dropped as the government dealt with the coronavirus pandemic and experts say its left to Vulnerable Children at even greater risk jessica washington reports from jakarta. In the city of deploying. This is where children can come