Police operation and forcing chinas new National Security bill. To dominant and too powerful thats whats being leveled against 4 of americas Largest Tech Companies at a congressional hearing in washington d. C. The chief executives of Facebook Google amazon and apple have been defending their Business Practices via video link theyre accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry free from regulation this is the culmination of a yearlong investigation by the u. S. Congress detailing how the Companies Avoid liability under the current laws well amazon has been accused of accessing data from sellers on its Online Shopping platform to create its own products when pressed on the issue chief executive jeff bezos says he called to guarantee his company doesnt engage in that activity. Let me ask you mr amazon after access and use 3rd party seller data when making Business Decisions and just a yes or no will suffice or. I cant answer that question yes or no what i can tell you is we have a whole yugant using solar specific data to aid our private label business but i can guarantee you that that policy has never been violated you have access to data that your competitors do not have so you might allow 3rd Party Sellers onto your platform but if youre continuously monitoring the data to make sure that theyre never going to get big enough that they can compete with you that is actually the concern that the committee has correspondent allan fels says in washington d. C. On capitol hill and breaks down the issues that u. S. Politicians want to dress to. Its important because both democrats and republicans see that there is a problem here they see it through slightly different lenses and certainly the republicans on the committee were concerned the boat bias even though this was meant to be all a boat Business Practices and. They carry their job but what is important here is that this subcommittee has been investigating this for more than a year they see there is a significant problem there and essentially this is a short being fired across the bows of the tech giants know that shot was also echoed by the president dont trump seeing that if the Tech Companies didnt do something to stop their monopoly then he would take executive action if congress didnt i well looks as if Congress Might well i this committee has called for further hearings in september and the chairman of the committee who you heard from earlier he said that some of these Companies Need to be broken up some need to be regulated there has to be a change in the law and the legislation particularly in the digital age because a lot of these laws were drawn up at the beginning of last century when there were Big Companies around and they were taking advantage of their position so this is essentially the legislator seeing to the big Tech Companies you really need to get your house in order and if you dont well do. Well turning to the coronavirus pandemic and the death toll has surpassed 150000 in the United States thats the highest number of fatalities in any nation by far and accounts for nearly a quarter of the global the global recorded death toll now 2 of the most populous states california and florida have both recorded their largest single vote death tolls and the 2nd west affected country in the world brazil has reported a record daily jump there and infections and deaths nearly 70000 cases and 1600 fatalities were confirmed just in the past day that brings the total number of infections to more than 2500000 while more than 100000 people have died there. And now some countries and cities in asia praised for effectively tackling this pandemic and now raising the new infections it has now ordered bars and pubs to shops and banned large gatherings after being virus free for months hong kong leda is also warning the city is on the verge of a large scale outbreak and that the Hospital System is at risk of collapsing scott hyla has more from the thai capital bangkok. Vietnam has been viewed as a Success Story during the coded 1000 pandemic through centralized koren teen and strict Contact Tracing the country of 95000000 people had no deaths from the disease with the borders sealed the government encouraged to travel in that but things took a turn for the worse last weekend when the central city of denying it was hit by an outbreak the 1st cases of local transmission in months the city was locked down and domestic tourists were sent home just before the airport was shut for 2 weeks and now there are cases linked to denying in vietnams 2 largest cities noise and even city and even in the Central Highlands the Prime Minister has called on all regions to be on alert wouldnt go to the old provinces under a high risk all provinces should raise the alert level chairman and general secretaries of each province should take action how should the entire political system. One case in the capitol hill no it was a worker at a pizza restaurant who had returned from a trip to denying despite these cases some feel that the government has the ability to control the potential next wave of covert 19. Ministry of health has gained much more experience in combating to a virus and its face weighs this time i think you also pos quite soon because we have experience and in hong kong which so far has been spared from a high number of cases the citys leader is warning of a potential large scale outbreak after local transmissions surged the most strict measures since the outbreak began were enacted on wednesday for at least a week no gatherings of more than 2 people and no dining in restaurants thailand has also been viewed as a Success Story with no locally transmitted cases in more than 60 days to officials are no doubt looking nervously at their neighbors after these recent spikes in cases of 19 thats because the government here has also encouraged Domestic Travel and tourism to help the ailing economy ill just bangkok now the United States has announced plans to pull nearly a 3rd of its military personnel out of germany in an ongoing wral of the defense spending nearly half of the 12000. 00 troops will be moved to other locations in europe including italy and belgium White House Correspondent in the house that expands. Making good on its threat to the us announced withdrawal of almost 12000 us soldiers from germany its a move the defense secretary insists will improve the military partnership between north american and european allies. I think we are we are excited about where were going and what it will mean in terms of our ability to enhance to turn strengthen our straight to the alliance in the process the cuts will reduce u. S. Forces in germany by about a 3rd about 25000. 00 will remain some soldiers will be repositioned within nato countries including belgium and italy the rest will return to the United States the u. S. European command will also move to belgium but speaking to reporters on wednesday outside the white house u. S. President trump offered a different explanation for the move he said it was to punish germany for not contributing 2 percent of its g. D. P. As required for members of the north atlantic treaty organization. But. Well germanys military spending is up its still smaller relative to other nato allies as a driver of europes economy republicans and democrats in the u. S. Congress have long held germany should be paying more for share defense but most oppose removing u. S. Troops from germany fearing it will weaken regional stability and nato is capacity to push back against russia the plan to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany is expected to cost billions and could take years to execute and could be reversed if president does not win reelection in november can really help get aljazeera the white house. Now Hong Kong Police have arrested 4 students for allegedly posting secessionist content on social media in the 1st a Police Operation and forcing chinas National Security you know post for weeks ago the students belong to a group called student localism and are accused of advocating for hong kongs independence the new law grants Police Powers to arrest suspects without a warrant. For some decoration for them so for example they wanted to be a scottish. Country and also. Want to keep all the means to keep doing this strange and finally they wanted to united. Home home. With a view to. That. Well speaking of politics and social media opponents say turkish authorities will be able to censor social media there after parliament passed a new law to regulate foreign platforms the government says the legislation is needed to prevent cybercrime but the opposition alleges it could be used to stifle political dissent and criticism some cause ago who has moved from istanbul. Inside Turkeys Parliament m. P. s voted to pass a law that aims to control what many have said is uncontrollable social media critics say its another attempt to silence dissenting voices and threaten the freedom of expression the government argues the law is needed to enhance they come to belittle foreign platforms. And many are worried since the majority of the Mainstream Media here are already under government control there is no more platform left for free debate trying to learn it is through the whole barrel restriction everything its because they are being criticised on social media we are all against it as often the 1st the bill requires social media platforms with more than 1000000. 00 domestic daily users such as Facebook Twitter and you tube top and offices in turkey theyre also required to appoint local representatives to implement the governments request to block and promote certain content if they dont comply theyll face stiff fines along with possible data speed cuts. Woman rights watch Amnesty International and the un have campaigned against the law on the grounds it would lead to censorship and silence dissent. The governing party and says the new law will balance freedoms and obligations it says it doesnt want the closure of social media providers but wants to end what it considers insults bad language and harrison social media. The governing party insists the new law will balance freedoms and obligations it says it doesnt want the closure of social media providers but wants to end what it considers insults bad language and harassment on social media borders and. This regulation doesnt aim any ban on social media but to protect the basic rights and freedoms of the 55000000 turkish users on social media to protect their information and stop misinformation. In 2016 turkey tightened its quip on the internet after members of the outlawed. Accused of plotting that for years failed to launch an online attack against president treasure john last year dozens of people were detained after speaking out online against turkeys military operations in Northern Syria a senior level legislature but a court asks for user details from that social platform it can avoid sharing this puts the company above judiciary and is wrong everything that freedom of expression must surely be protected in turkey many iran and maintain socalled small groups on social media platforms how they use is accounts what fake names and automated balls to attack their opponents this includes the government opposition and the outpolled groups like the p. K. K. And villain movement for now it is not clear how the turkish government is going to implement its new law but the Rights Groups are worried they could target government critics at the cost of democracy and freedom off expression his solo aljazeera a stumble. Still ahead here on aljazeera we look at whether the peace deal involving yemens Southern Separatists is back on track. Plus anger over rolling power cuts reaches boiling point and iraq. Hello welcome to the look at the International Full cost still have some very heavy rain in the full cost of parts of japan Korean Peninsula and into central areas of china the m i u front still bring you some very heavy pulses of bright not quite as intense or prolonged as it has been recently but the show is still there nevertheless and nothing little further north will be somewhat to weather coming into the south korea for a time pushing into central parts of honshu nudging up into Northern Areas of japan where we have seen some flooding recently a shower still legacy go on into the weekend but not as wise but as i said over the next couple of days pennywise parts showers meanwhile across the philippines lots of cloud showing up here some heavy downpours certainly on the cards as we go on through the next couple of days those showers just grazing the fall north of borneo wanted to show was there into malaysia indonesia is generally fine and dry will be a few showers once again as i would expect into thailand showers continue meanwhile along the spoils of friday its a north east and piles of india into bangladesh running right up across the foothills of the himalayas a boot on pushing up into more the poles seeing some very heavy right and the showers continuing are up the Western Ghats war big downpours coming in here and this lady not in the way a little further north. Came from the countryside to cairo and became part of ive been lying. To say this is different from being the normal aljazeera world meets the man whos been keeping a close eye on residential life in the big cities for decades but who may now be passing into history. To see for all the people he wasnt dormant but hes now managed by a Security Company the doorman of egypt on aljazeera. The. Lets remind you about top stories here this hour the c. E. O. s of Facebook Google amazon and apple have all been defending their Business Practices how do you s congressional hearing theyre accused of stifling competition and avoiding liability under the current law. Brazil has reported a new record daily jump in corona virus infections and deaths nearly 70000 new cases and 1600 fatalities were confirmed just in the past day brazil is the 2nd west affected country in the wild after the u. S. And the United States is scaling back its military presence in germany and what the pentagon calls a strategic repositioning nearly 12000. 00 troops are to be withdrawn and hoff will be relocated to of the european cities the German Government says the decision doesnt make a geo political sense. While the u. S. Department of Homeland Security says federal officers will start pulling out of the u. S. City of portland after months of protests there they were deployed to despite the state governments objections with the stated objective of controlling and he racism and Police Brutality demonstrations but theyve been accused of using Excessive Force activists have been demanding that they leave for weeks local Law Enforcement and state troopers will take over the policing of the protests but our john hendren is in chicago thats one of several of the cities where federal agents have been deployed he says the Ongoing Operations wont be on the same scale as and portland. Chicago kansas city in albuquerque were in this last phase of federal Troop Deployment whats going on now is troops federal agents being deployed to cleveland detroit and milwaukee but thats a very Different Program i spoke to a federal Law Enforcement official here in chicago he spoke to me anonymously but he said that whats happening is theyre really sending in a lot of department of Homeland Security investigators and other people who are here to investigate existing crimes he says you wont see these people on the street there are perhaps 200 perhaps a little fewer here in chicago about the same number in kansas city but the numbers that were looking at in other cities are paltry cleveland 25 detroit 40 to milwaukee 25 of those federal agents so it is clear by those numbers alone you wont see their presence out in the street in the way that we have in portland that they would be investigating previous cases and doing other things from desks behind the scenes trying to knock down a crime rate that has really been exacerbated now the u. S. Has added charges against to form a trust the employees of a 3rd person accused of spying for saudi arabia the 3 men were originally charged with accessing the private information of more than 6000. 00 twas a uses including prominent critics of the saudi royal family theyre now facing 7 offenses instead of 2 including wire fraud and Money Laundering and a cattle says its perplexed that saudi arabia is appealing against a ruling by the World Trade Organization which from the kingdom supports pirate broadcast it be out q now initially saudi arabia claimed it was vindicated by that but says the decision to appe