India and china are both accusing the other soldiers of firing shots in a new confrontation along their disputed himalayan border china says indian troops crossed the line of actual control in the Western Region on monday and opened fire and its soldiers took what it called Counter Measures but indias military has laid the blame with china accusing it of what it called provocative measures to escalate tensions both sides usually avoid using firearms in the area katrina you has more on the reaction from beijing. Now china has called this a serious provocation and violation of the border agreement we know that things between these 2 sides have been tense for some years but if this is true this will be one of the 1st times firearms have been involved in about 40 years that had been agreement to keep firearms out of it but we do know that things have been escalating with both sides building up troops for the past 2 months staring at times at each other eyeball to eyeball the longest disputed areas both sides unable to agree over this line of actual control which is further complicated by this complex topography along the region now when our firearms have not been used but things did escalate in june where there was a skirmish between both sides and these 20 indian soldiers will last china says that its conducting negotiations and dialogues with the indian side there have been talks at Different Levels for the past few weeks including very high level talks in moscow between both the defense ministers from both countries just last friday but it seems that those talks have been very limited in terms of what progress they have been able to make and india also says that china has captured 5 indian civilians and Chinas Foreign Ministry when asked about this said they didnt have any information saying simply that they were continuing dialogue with india that they wanted peace but Chinas Foreign Ministry has predictably laid the blame for escalating tensions completely with the indian side catrina you in beijing there here now is Elizabeth Ryan im in new delhi who says the indian Army Maintains he did not cross the line of actual control. They are saying that it was the chinese army that tried to close in on one of indias positions and when they were dissuaded by their own troops that they fired a few rounds in the air theyre also saying that despite grave provocation that indian troops exercised great restraint that they committed to disengagement to deescalation that china continues to undertake provocative activities to escalate and theyre also saying that the latest statement by the chinese army about the firing thats an attempt to mislead its to mess stick and the International Audience now this happened just 3 days after that meeting between the 2 countries defense ministers at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit it was the highest level meeting between the 2 countries since the current standoff began in may and we also had both sides saying that the other agreed to deescalate the situation after that but we have had so many rounds of talks at Different Levels since may and each time they maintain that they are committed to disengaging and get weve had more incidents including the most serious between the 2 countries in june when those 20 indian soldiers and a number of chinese soldiers were killed we do have a meeting between the Foreign Ministers off the 2 countries coming up again coming up rather again at that Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on thursday. In other news 2 australian journalists have returned home from china after a tense diplomatic standoff which left them fearing a rest Chinese Police had demanded interviews with the men and initially brought them from leaving the reporters one from the state broadcaster a. B. C. And the other from the financial review sought refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while the save departure was negotiated this comes after the arrest of another australian journalist who works for chinas state owned t. V. Network. But ill just say. Here you want to. Believe that there is the in the. In the. Country with genuine little for the. Euro this is the world we knew was going to. Go to begin to experience. Marcus traumas the president of australias media union the Media Entertainment an arson lions he says china is using journalists as diplomatic bargaining chips. Were very glad that the 2 of them are back home and safe because in china theyre clearly not safe and this is a very disturbing pattern weve seen. Chung they is in custody not a number of reasons that we are unclear of and also we have another member of a union in german whos in john has been so for 18 months facing its been charges so unfortunately this looks like a pattern that the Chinese Government is using journalists as just tools in a diplomatic can you hear very little about what happened to journalists or detained we know that that has received consular assistance but thats thats about it and this appears to be a pattern of intimidation by the chinese authorities to try to get the story of china told in the way it wants and i mean it also appears to be a bit of a chip for tat tied in with trade disputes chinas long struggle with its United States maybe a stroke here is seen as a as a horn or a patsy for the United States its very unclear whats going on and its very disappointing because i mean china does not have a Civil Society where freedom of the press exists so its disturbing that that pattern is being rolled out against western and other journalists you know diplomatic game that is very dangerous for our members and other journalists to cover china. In belo rules say prominent opposition activists missing since monday has been detained at the border with ukraine media says Border Guards removed maria car less nick over from a coddy crossing several hours ago she was seen being snatched off a straight street in minsk by masked men and taken away in a van meanwhile russian men said being military will arrive in minsk for joint trio set to begin on monday to speak to journalists under the vice of h. Who joins us on the line from misc so under it we now know what happened to Maria Kolesnik over tell us more about whats being said about her arrest and why she was detained. Mournin exactly well now what we know we know mostly from i didnt state media will from the sources because their lawyers are a lawyer too hasnt gotten any summations during the last 24 hours since this morning they have video. With one of her team member who was explaining then they had chosen to leave the country now we know they had 2 of them down now in ukraine and Maria Kolesnikov i couldnt leave the country because she simply tore up her pa sports so she couldnt last into ukraine because of the incident so basically it proves once again that this part. Wasnt wilensky she didnt wield to live the country should thats couple of days to get to me that she will be staying here till the end feels of a story and today what we saw once again proves that the roost in Authority Just tries to keep count from the country the main opposition figures so they would know its you know the sort of alluding to that would not lead to even the dont see the process but still they are 1 very well known here and people respect them average i. Talk to them on the streets during the protests so this this incident proves the again that the bulworth and authorities will continue the pressure and now im talking to you one journalist edits of one of the main Media Outlets she was the raw since then there 1 are sources that have meant and basically since sunday last sunday we see that the repression has gone back and. They will continue in the next hours and the next day and indeed weve seen a crackdown a number of opposition activists detained. But this is not keeping people from coming out on to the streets to protest what more can you tell us andrzej about the drills the joint drove by russian and said the military set up planned in minsk. Well we were just so with the official information that those troops were planted a long time ago so we will need to see we are going to happen in the next days because. You know during the last 2 we can process miso. Different military groups whove known marg to ban all day long to build the routes by the route military bellerose army will build the routes the special forces. Face because 1 they didnt have any. They didnt have to gauge the numbers for whatsoever so we need to see whether those troops will join the roost in new force the new with the 2 stalled front but for now 1 the one clear andre vita fakin minsk thank you very much for that. Present donald trump is being accused of playing politics with suggesting a corona virus vaccine could be ready by next month just ahead of the u. S. President ial election the pandemic is front and center in the minds of voters and precautionary measures have also seen a more subdued stata the Election Campaign compared to 2016 as ross in jordan reports now. 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Though again youre watching aljazeera with me fully back to a reminder of our top stories both india and china are accusing each others armies of violating an agreement and firing shots in a disputed border region china says indian troops cross the border in the western himalayan region but india has laid the blame with china accusing it of provocative measures to escalate tensions to australian reporters in china have been rushed home amid safety concerns after a diplomatic standoff they sought refuge in Australian Diplomatic Missions while their departure was negotiated and bela Russian State Television says a prominent opposition activists missing since monday has been detained near the border with ukraine beriah kolesnik over was seen being snatched off a street in minsk right masks men and taken away in a fountain. Saudi arabia is being criticised over his decision to overturn the death sentences given to members of the hit squad that killed journalist shoji in 2088 people have now been given prison terms of between 7 and 20 years to he says a court ruling did not meet International Expectations while a un investigator called it a parody of justice alexy obrian reports. The saudi hit squad accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was caught on camera landing in turkey and entering the kingdoms consulate in istanbul thats where a prominent and well connected critic of Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin solomon was interrogated killed and dismembered but while 21. 00 men were detained by saudi arabia over his murder and 11 went on trial much of what happened in the courtroom remains a mystery the trial was done in secret and close trial that there was no International Observers in the hands of the victims or the accused were not published. And theres no more. Appeal possible so the nature of the evidence although you know every technical part of the trial almost has been questioned by. Internationally accepted judicial standards last year 5 of them were given the Death Penalty for the killing but thats been cut to 20 years in prison 3 others have been given sentences of saving to teenie is and will say is calling a fast i think. The whole verdict seems to me to have been manipulated and i way they used of course they get behind a fig leaf according to practice Legal Practice in saudi arabia and the family has the right to commute any sentence and the family has issued such a flourish and most probably under duress i dont think it was done really knowing the family. Knowing a man so i was surprised by that 2 official gee sounds met the saudi king and crown prince in the weeks after they found his killing the cia and other intelligence agencies if say theres a direct link between the crown prince and the murda the case caused worldwide outrage and tarnished mohammed bin sahlins reputation but several of those in the hit squad coming from. Then his in a circle though he denies involvement the u. N. Experts who investigated is murder said in a series of tweets the saudi prosecutor performed one more ect today in this parody of justice but these verdicts carry no legal or moral legitimacy she went on to say that crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon remained well protected against any meaningful scrutiny in his country and that the verdicts cant be allowed to whitewash what happened the saudi Prosecutor Says this causes the case