Arms embargo in libya. Was it was just far rees protests show a rare public challenge to president Vladimir Putin. Signs of the increasingly fraught relationship between the u. S. And china have been playing out in the chinese city of chengdu staff at the u. S. Consulate there have been leaving with their bags packed after it was ordered to be closed by chinas government it was in response to washington closing the chinese consulate in Houston Texas live update from the u. S. Shortly but 1st this report marches there was katrina you. In chengdu work has begun dismantling the u. S. Consulate 1st founded in the southwestern chinese city in 1985 Chinese State media says stop have until monday morning today kate the premises beijing blames the u. S. For the escalating tensions and has accused the trumpet ministration of stirring up trouble and anti China Sentiment around the world theyve waited 2 days to do this theyre trying to appear very measured and theyve also extended a number all branches of the last few days indicating that they were for talks rather than to this kind of unilateral action remember theyre doing this because they need to look like they are willing to defend themselves on the other side of the globe a group of men reportedly federal agents forced open a back door of the chinese consulate in houston workers left the building on friday after appearing to been documents earlier in the week their victualling ordered by american officials who say the consulate was a hub of chinese espionage an accusation beijing denies china ripped off our prized intellectual property and trey zwicker is causing millions of jobs all across america from washington the list of issues is long the u. S. Has arrested for chinese scientists accusing them of working secretly for the chinese military. Special trade status with the u. S. Has been revoked after china imposed a new security rule and washington has imposed sanctions on chinese officials over the alleged persecution of ethnic muslims as the coronavirus President Trump has increasingly pointed to china as being responsible a tactic seen as shifting blame away from what critics say has been his own failed response to the pandemic and finally while way the chinese telecoms giant accused of posing security threats now banned in the u. S. And person. We are slipping it appears into a new cold war and its this strange combination that we have right now in our american politics which is a domestic political pressure combined with longstanding grievances and concerns between the United States and china once the u. S. Consulate here in town do closes there will be for maining on chinas mainland but beijing says it wont hesitate to shutdown another should washington to retaliate further against Chinese Mission in the u. S. Between e. U. Aljazeera. Lets get the latest reaction off while correspondent joins us now from miami and he hurried activity weve seen now in chengdu also theres a great deal of focus on the Consular Office in houston just bring us up to speed on what we know is going on. Well the deadline given by the u. S. To close that consulate came and went on friday afternoon and 40 minutes after that deadline passed state Department Officials were seen moving in prising open locks to get inside but before all that happened there were reports that chinese consulate staff were burning documents in the courtyard of that building placing other shredded bags of documents in bins outside before 3 consulate vans were seen leaving now if we look at this in a wider context its really about a few issues its about the theft of intellectual property human rights trade and chinas various claims to places in the South China Sea and also its crackdown on democratic protesters in hong kong in a wide ranging speech might pompei or the secretary of state talked to gather dignitaries at the Richard Nixon library and really framed this all in very cold war terms language talking about the naive if he of past administrations and their hopes that the Chinese Government would eventually change perhaps even becoming a democratic country he now says that president chavez will not stand for any of this so what were seeing here is a new low in a u. S. China relations perhaps as low as its been in the past 40 years and it certainly seems that this will become an issue in the president ial election youve already heard president something if you go back to 2016 when he was running for president china was perhaps the single most used word coming out of President Trumps mouth despite the fact that he always says he has a great relationship with the chinese premier so i think these escalations are going to get worse if you look at july alone all the arrests of people the accusations of the false of occasions of visas and now the closure of these consulates this seems to be spiraling at a pretty rapid rate and how do you rate this story being sort of play down to the American Media considering there are black lives months of protests going on in portland in oregon and the coronavirus pandemic of these sweeping the whole of the United States. Yeah i think most people in the us are very preoccupied with the domestic situation here in this country of course we have just said pat weve just gone past the 4000000 mark in terms of coronavirus cases globally the us is the worst hit at the moment so i think for the average member of the public that is at the forefront of their minds but i think if youre in the Business Community in this country this is a very worrying situation because there are many critics saying look what the president is trying to tackle here are real issues but do they have the diplomatic skills to get back to some kind of normalcy and tackle these issues in a more diplomatic way but i certainly think those in the Business Community will be worried that between the u. S. And china about 40 percent of all products around the world are produced so these 2 countries in many ways in certainly in business terms need each other the question is whether they trumpet ministration will make this a forefront of their president ial campaign for donald trump or whether they will tackle this diplomatically and try and come up with some issues of course in the South China Sea there is a great deal of tension there the u. S. Moving to military ships over there saying that the chinese have no stake of claim in the South China Sea and then of course hong kong as well President Trump saying if you come down on democratic. Voters and protesters we will retaliate so it seems the situation isnt going to get any better and may in fact get worse in the coming months and the elica in miami thank you. It has added to the arguments over the South China Seas saying that china has no legal claims to the area camera made the declaration to the United Nations bringing it further into line with washington the u. S. Has long opposed beijings claims but avoided calling them illegal until last week. Well china claims about 90 percent of the South China Sea including in a ship of the Spratly Islands which is disputed by the philippines vietnam and of those the Scarborough Shoal is claimed by china and the philippines the disagreement escalated 8 years ago when the Philippine Navy apprehended 8 mainland chinese fishing vessels. Not us federal agents sent sent to portland by President Trump of a gun fired tear gas a protest as and made arrests demonstrators have rallied every night for 8 weeks demanding racial equality and Police Reforms we just in oregon state say the agents in riot gear are only making things worse harding reports. Federal agents again firing tear gas at black lives matter demonstrators in downtown portland. The protesters have spent weeks demanding racial equality in america while others are calling for Police Reforms and an end to brutality by officers the City Center Court house is the focus of the anger in portland. That anger increased when President Donald Trump ordered federal agents to be sent to the city to protect the port 18 arrests have been made this week fireworks were aimed at the building and several fires lit the federal agents responded with tear gas was like i was it was organ state officials opposed federal Law Enforcement in portland they say federal agents in riot gear only making the situation worse. Than weve heard. From the protests across the u. S. Began in may after the Police Killing an unarmed black american george floyd. Trump has promised to back the police and stop the protests in a speech this week he said he will be sending hundreds of federal troops to cities all across america americans was told their city leaders accountable they must insist that Community Officials fully support fully back and fully fund their local Police Departments there is simply no substitute for a Police Department that has the strong backing of city leaders. As well as the tear gas fired during the latest unrest in portland Peaceful Protesters released balloons and bubbles. Serve. More protests are expected the a hearty al jazeera. The u. S. Military has released what it says is proof that russia is violating the u. N. Arms and bargo in libya the pentagon claims the satellite pictures show Russian Military equipment being used on the front lines of the conflict now these include fighter jets Defense Systems an obvious holes the u. S. Says russia was boosting support for ward cleaver have to train or has more from misrata. The janay military has been saying all along that mercenaries belonging to the russian wagon group are in the front lines in sirte so these american this statement by the u. S. Africa command sort of come from and what theyve been saying that you know in may the u. S. Africa command said that 14 fighter jets were moved to a front which is sort of South Central libya south of sirte so and of course you know many Many International stakeholders have been calling for peace negotiations on monday President Donald Trump and president out of c. C. How to phone call where they agreed they would deescalate the situation in libya but at the same time the Egyptian Parliament unanimously approved to deploying troops abroad this move is likely not for for for the fatah has ceased it to consider deploying troops into egypt into libya and thats thought to further escalate the libyan conflict and destabilize the country morn. Well some of the largest protest years in russia well into the 3rd week the arrest of the governor of above all School Region in the far east sparked protest anger which shows no sign of subsiding. Was these protests are a problem for president Vladimir Putin demonstrators in the city of combat ups have marched every day for more than 2 weeks to mending the governor of the region serger for go his release from prison the businessman turned politician was arrested on july the 9th and flown to moscow he is accused in the murder of business rivals 15 years ago charges he denies was. This city in russias far here the border with china is more than 6000 kilometers from moscow but now its turned into an unexpected hub of antigovernment protests was because people often i think people are marching out on the streets because they vote to elect the governor in the 2018 election has been taken away for gold supporters say the accusations are politically motivated out of a yellow russia weve had enough we elected the governor we want to be heard and decide a selves what to do with him bring him here for a fat and open trial and well decide whether to convict him or not sure which. Putin officially fired for gall on monday and appointed over placement fueling further mistrust in the region the president s United Russia Party isnt popular here the protests reflect anger of what many see as out of touch politicians imposing policies from moscow. The timing of the arrest is also raising questions earlier this month president putin oversaw a controversial vote potentially allowing him to remain in power for another 16 years critics say putin waited until hed won the vote before sacking they got. In or from the opposing liberal democratic party. Protests are relatively rare imprudence tightly controlled russia and the corona virus pandemic is further complicating the kremlins response its not the type of attention put in is looking for the protesters in the city of 600000 people say the marches will continue until the governor is released patio hope is so the young just hear. The 1st hurricane of the atlantic season is bearing down on texas hanna has now strengthened to a category one hurricane its spec did to make landfall later along the southern texas coast near Corpus Christi the National Hurricane center says it could strengthen before it hits itll be the 1st storm of this strength to hit texas in july since 2008. Well still ahead here on aljazeera to barbara officials are in court to defend the arrest and imprisonment of a popular journalist who have the latest and. Potentially my Life Expectancy shortening every day this carries on warnings of the millions who are missing out on important Cancer Screenings because of the coronavirus pandemic their stories after the break. Hello there more heavy rain through all central areas of china and plenty of cloud bringing the same across into japan and still the lingering across the Korean Peninsula but the rain has been such a ranch in china we have seen many many images like this and heres another coming out of Shanxi Province you can see this massive rock slide it all took place of course it was triggered by those very heavy rains that cut off the main road for quite a while now sunday unfortunately more very heavy rain back in the 4 calls through Central Eastern as a china a little bit of a break across the Korean Peninsula there is some rain but not as heavy as weve seen but q should pick up some very heavy downpours as we go through the day and not really any break on monday that is when the heavy rain that beginning to push across into south korean particular and still those widespread shonen thunderstorms across much of japan but it will be a little bit lighter across the central and eastern areas of china and then into and dusun a bit of a break here as well in the last 2 hours across the northeast you can see clear skies here on the satellite and as we go through sunday there will be some showers across the region but nothing like the heavy downpours we have seen over the last week still some heavy downpours across into nepal but really the rains are heaviest out towards the west up into rock just dropped all the way down into kara and all the while to the north will see areas of brain scan to thunderstorms will see some of those certainly to new delhi with a high of 33. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Play an Important Role protecting you and. Ringback your face. Book about what you want is there with me celeron the reminder of our top stories staff at the u. S. Consulate in chengdu china packing up and getting ready to leave after beijing ordered its closure its in response to the u. S. Ordering the closure of the chinese consulate in Houston Texas. The u. S. Military has released what it says is proof that russia is violating a u. N. Arms embargo in libya the pentagon claims the satellite pictures show military equipment supplied by russian mercenaries. And u. S. Federal agents sent to poland by President Donald Trump of a gun fired tear gas of protesters and made arrests demonstrators have rallied every night for 8 weeks demanding rigid equality and Police Reforms. Somalias parliament has approved Prime Minister has an elephant in a vote of no confidence the speaker of the house says its because he failed to establish National Forces to tighten security for the federal and state governments its also follows a dispute with regional leaders about when to hold a National Election the president now has 30 days to appoint a new Prime Minister. Authorities in ma