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of a likely announcement by president trump against its controversial security. help for $2000000.00 of spain's poorest hit hard by the pandemic the government approves a plan for a minimum income. and inspire u.k. police want some premier league games to be played at neutral venue when the season restarts police claim is part of an effort to stop fans gathering outside stadiums during matches. so then donald trump is being accused of glorifying violence and inflaming racially charged protests across the united states the president has tweeted that when the looting starts the shooting starts he is referring to the city of minneapolis where the national guard has been called in after days of demonstrations following the death of an armed black man who tore

a gate and begins our coverage. riot police in minneapolis ready to confront a community that fails it's been betrayed national guard soldiers have also arrived in the city requested by a man who's under pressure to bring the violence under control this was a police station in flames on thursday night as anger directed at those who swear to protect and serve escalated the. not far away more burning shops looting and violence protests have spread across the united states in denver demonstrators echoed the demands for justice already heard in los angeles and new york anger over the treatment of african-americans by the police is new but it is very role right now. in louisville kentucky the death of george clooney it has reopened old wounds with protesters demanding justice for an african-american woman who was shot dead by police 2 months ago. it is this video of the last

moments of george floyd's life a police officer kneeling on his neck that's driving the outrage floyd's family the city's man and national politicians are calling for the officer to be charged with murder we did see a murder on t.v. and it wasn't self-defense the f.b.i. is promising a thorough investigation but it could take weeks for a prosecutor to decide on criminal charges and people here are impatient francis i am pleading i am pleading with individuals. to remain calm and to let us conduct this investigation president trump called the protesters thugs and suggested national guard soldiers shoot the looters he also took aim at the city's democratic man donald trump knows nothing about the strength of minneapolis we are strong as help is this a difficult time period yes but you better be damn sure that we're going to get

through this. the protests in george floyd's name are only growing as more people in most cities feel justice in america is far from equal victoria gayton be out there all right let's get a sense of what's happening on the ground we can speak to us in the local journalists in minneapolis and alison you know the city very well paint the picture for us what's the mood there what's the scene after this long night of protests and violence. it's very raw it's very tense as you can see right well right now i'm standing at 29th and lake street right now we're just a couple blocks away from a bunch of businesses and the library and the police station that was burned down last night there's the national guard there's the minnesota state troopers and there's it's very tense there's a bunch of people on the corner that are confronting that are yelling and talking and trying to talk to the national guard right now i talked with the university of

minnesota professor earlier who is here he teaches african-american studies on this who are receiving the soda and he said told me when i asked him you know if he if i if he thought that there was going to be more protest and rescue said that and tell that that the feeling is very raw and very really angry and unless there is some. word that they're going to get our conviction or that the officers are going to be charged that there are going to still be more protests and more demonstrations so. you know last night was another night of moving and building for gun violence this is my neighborhood this is the longfellow neighborhood i've lived here for almost 20 years i've never i haven't seen the city like this before you know there were demonstrations or bridge marquardt and a lot of tech deal but this i think this is just you know. this is just this feels very different i remember the rodney king. the rodney king demonstrations in san

francisco and the stuff that feels like that. and so you're saying that the sense is the momentum is building that unless there is something given back to the process in the sense of charges brought against the perpetrators. tonight we will see more more violence on the streets. i put the phone up to my ear to hear you a little bit better but i think that the general feeling that and let's there are some word from the from. your turn you know that kind of incoming attorney's office they're just not people are happy with what they've heard yesterday during that press conference with kind of an county attorney mike freeman i think that there's some calls for there to be an independent investigation so i think until that happens that the city is still going to continue to iraq and

they're still going to be more demonstrations right and this is something we're going to get into a little bit later in the program but colleagues in brokaw's media where arrested and 'd even the day was not heard about that any word on the street about why this might have happened. i think why this is happening is because people feel like so many people feel here that the minneapolis police haven't are not haven't been held accountable they feel like there is racism in the police department they feel that their concerns are not or they feel that. that is what. they want to even charge so i think that that's what you. are out of there will be there for the time being thanks very much indeed for that update from on the ground in minneapolis will be with you as the own thanks very much in the meantime let's speak to you gave it as one do joins us live now to talk about protests happening

elsewhere in the united states and george floyd's death has ignited protests in at least 6 all the cities. yeah that's right this is really touched a nerve that video seeing george floyd dying there with the officer with his knee and his neck has touched a nerve throughout america here in new york city on thursday evening thousands of protesters took to the streets the flashpoint was here in union square park they marched down towards new york city hall and down for the world trade center as well under a heavy police presence there were some brief clashes between police and protesters that were angry they were saying that what made them so angry and why they were taking to the streets was because. george floyd was handcuffed and at the officer for many many minutes had his knee on george floyd's neck and that is what seems to in year 8 people so much here on the streets as many as 70 people were arrested

here in new york city but it well it's not here only also in los angeles on the west coast we saw hundreds of protesters take to the streets there the law king a major highway in los angeles that governor sorry the mayor of l.a. coming out and saying he understands the frustration and anger that people have need while in the middle of the country in denver colorado hundreds more took to the streets there police had to use pepper spray to break up large crowds in denver at one point. a driver tried to briefly drive through the crowd of protesters there we saw huge anger in denver and not only there in louisville kentucky 7 people were shot thursday evening during a protest there as well and it was a protest about a young african-american woman that was killed in march by police shot dead in her

own home now people taking to the streets they're saying after george floyd after this woman that was killed in louisville they're saying they've had enough they took to the streets saying no justice no peace prosecute police so a very tense tense moments and thousands taking to the streets of louisville as well in summary what you're seeing here is all over the u.s. many cities now protesting people taking their streets saying they want justice they've had enough in the last i'll say is what's interesting about this is these protests are happening in america at a time when most of these cities if not all are locked down because of coronavirus and have orders for people not to gather on the street so people are defying those orders because they feel so strongly that they need to have their voices heard and try to bring justice for. thanks very much oh that's a picture of new york and other cities the united states cable is on there reporting. ok let's look at what president tweeted about the protests

warning the minneapolis managed to get its act together and then right saying that these thugs as you call them dishonoring the memory of george floyd and he wouldn't let that happen trump says he told the minnesota governor that the military is with him all the way and he difficulty he said and we will assume control but when the leaching starts the shooting starts from said let's go live to our white house correspondent kimberly how kits and kimberly this phrase when the shooting starts the lead starts that's a statement with a particular resonance. yeah it really goes back some 50 years to the racial tensions that existed in the 19th sixty's specifically the words of the then miami police chief in 1967 when he was essentially referring to a crackdown on what he called slum could limbs essentially inflaming tensions with

those words and that is the fear that the u.s. president by reiterating is doing the very same thing the u.s. president for his part has tweeted again in the last a few moments saying that the national guard has arrived on the scene there in minneapolis and fully prepared george floyd will not have died in vain respect his memory so that is the latest message by the u.s. president to the protesters in minneapolis now of course when it comes to the national guard and deploying we've certainly seen it more recently in this country particularly back in 2014 when the national guard was deployed to ferguson missouri for tensions there and then few of the civic leaders and the civil rights activists in this sort of after action some years later is that essentially when the national guard went in this only made things worse it was heavily militarized against american citizens and their right to protest and so this is the fear now as the

u.s. president says that the national guard is on the scene fully prepared that's the fear that these tensions are going to only further escalate in fact the a.c.l.u. or the american civil liberties. union has issued a statement to regard to that saying that the words of the president are hypocritical of moral illegal gross disregard for racial terror and with respect to sending in the national guard we call in the national guard and law enforcement to comply with the law and not president trump pretty powerful statement but many are saying that this this really should be a time when you would expect skilled leadership to to try and dump in the things done rob of the well perhaps the opposite. well and that's the exact statement that is coming out and with respect to the twitter war that's kind of taking place in the midst of all of this to the fact that the us president had

once again this week had his words essentially flagged in some form or fashion by twitter is setting up and now their fight sort of separate to what's happening with regard to the racial tensions you have a president very vocal on social media essentially having another battle almost simultaneously the fact that twitter has essentially obscure the president's words saying that there is a need to read and notice because there is a glorifying of violence on social media at least that's the accusation you have the u.s. president then further showing defiance by retreating this incendiary tweet on the official white house account so you can see there there are a lot of battles going on on the interest of the public to get this message is the argument that is being made by this white house twitter saying that it violates very clearly the terms that they've laid out and the bottom line in all of this essentially is that you have trust supporters also weighing in on all of this saying this is an election year we've got

a social media platform taking sides so many aspects to this story each one very incendiary in and of itself or it can only be there for the moment and that's a picture from the white house can we how it could reporting well a c.n.n. crew reporting on the protests in minneapolis was arrested by police live on camera have a look at this and you know will i am under arrest or client why am i under arrest that is reports a human is who is showing demonstrators being arrested live on t.v. he along with the production team then a school to the way by offices after having offered to set up in a different location he has since been released and spoke to the network about his experience. it did cross my mind that what is really happening here and the one thing that gave me a little bit of comfort was that it happened on live t.v. there's been this you know when you talk within the community about let's just say

what's happened with george floyd there's always a discussion that what's happening isn't new it's being films and that speaks to the power of having something happen on camera because you can have people speak up for you without you saying anything and that gave me a little bit of comfort knowing that you guys saw what was happening i was living what was happening and the country was seeing what was happening unfold in real time right before their eyes you don't have to doubt my story it's not filtered in any sort of way you saw it for your own eyes that is human that is what has been loads of reaction on social media to the rest of the c.n.n. reports let's have more from laura but many thank you very much nick. well as is now trending across social media and twitter we'll take a look at reactions in just a moment but 1st let's see how the minneapolis authorities have responded well this tweet from state patrol says 3 members of the crew were released bought only once

they were confirmed 3 members of the media c.n.n. immediately responded saying this just simply isn't accurate the c.n.n. crew identified themselves live on t.v. and media the as journalists but it did thanks to governor tim watts for helping to release the crew and for his apology well other reactions include german journalist liam young he took to twitter saying a block c.n.n. reporter has been arrested live on air for reporting on the situation in minneapolis but they've yet to arrest the police officer who he says killed george floyd well we've also got some reaction from a lawyer cura font and she's calling for an amendment to the law to support the rights of free speech rights the press and rights for people to peacefully assemble the national union of journalists has also taken to twitter they've condemned the

actions of the police it's offering support to journalists menace and his c.n.n. colleagues and finally the international federation of journalists says press must be able to report freely and safely on public demonstrations attacking the freedom to work violates the rights of citizens to be informed laura thanks very much indeed for that let's take this on we can speak to courtney right it's the advocacy director for the committee to protect journalists and joins us live from washington d.c. via skype courtney. in the context of the climate in gendered by the nation's leader by donald trump who continually lambast the fake news media what do you make of the arrests of this news team in these circumstances in minneapolis. we're deeply shocked c.n.n. reporter and his crew were arrested live on air and despite clearly identifying themselves with members of the process offering to comply with any police requests

to move location and this is not acceptable in a democracy it's not acceptable behavior by law enforcement and of course we're concerned as we recently reported in our latest report on the trunk administration the media about how this constant vilification and harassment of the process by president trump and other political leaders vilifies them and creates a permissive environment where violence could become more likely and frankly sends a signal to law enforcement that hey you know c.n.n. is trump has called them the enemy of the people so you can see any circumstances in which these arrests could be justified based on what i saw on the video and you know what what we saw that calm demeanor of these reporters a very clear compliance with any you know requests no and the fact that they were not able to verify that they were media just seems ludicrous and light of the fact that they were live streaming it wouldn't take an hour or 2 you know they didn't

need to handcuff them it wouldn't take an hour to verify they could have gone on c.n.n. and looked at the live stream and see themselves on television so that just does not ring true and i think that the fact that you heard the governor apologize clearly indicates that no this was not acceptable behavior and this should send a signal more broadly to law enforcement that they must protect the rights of journalists report freely and without fear of reprisal or harassment or rough ride as a kind of curious or i should say blatant really that you see a black report of a being led away in handcuffs arrested for doing his job went to a white member of the team was not arrested. look we don't think any journalist should be arrested for doing their job but we also know that in this environment that journalists of color women journalists journalists who somehow occupy a main minority ty's identity face additional harassment and threats in doing their job according to the u.s. press freedom tracker which we helped found there been at least 2 arrests of

journalists this year 9 around last year we saw for example standing rock that needed american journalists were arrested so you know unfortunately i can't say you know personally that this is super surprising what was surprising is that any journalist were being arrested in america for doing their job calmly complying with law enforcement there was literally no excuse for that behavior on the part of the minneapolis police department is almost unbelievable look at these pictures and given the importance of this story how concerned are you with the ability for journalists to report what's going on with these protests and then not get fords to november as we enter the run in to the election we are deeply concerned about the safety of reporters reporting on the election on protest something on russia and then you wrap into doubt the challenges of reporting during the coronavirus pandemic and in fact are p.j. emergencies which provide life saving guidance and support to journalists on the

ground how to put out several safety advisories about how to cover civil unrest safely how to cover coronavirus we're working on and the whole election safety guide so this is taking a lot of effort a lot of resources by us by other organizations that are committed to ensuring that the american public is able to be informed during this important political period which depends on journalists in able to do their job safely and securely. in a just great to get your perspective on this important story according to write it committee to protect janice thanks very much indeed thank you my pleasure thank. well a washington post investigation shows that black people in the united states are more likely more than twice as likely i should say to be killed by police as white people george floyd's death is just the latest incident this year in march brianna taylor was shot 8 times by police as she lay in bed plainclothes officers entered her kentucky home in the middle of the night without warning this month

a sudanese american man yes and mohammed was shot dead in georgia are off to several encounters with police say he may have been suffering from mental health problems also in georgia police are accused of delaying the investigation into the killing of dzhokhar. because one of the suspects has links to law enforcement. as we now to even suggest a wave of who's the president and c.e.o. of insight unlimited that's a consulting firm focusing on race gender and inclusion joins us on skype from woodbridge in virginia and welcome to the program and. so we have these victims that i've talked about before there's others as well. as we mentioned freddie gray are gonna and more time and time again this happens a lot of hiring afterwards lots of promises for change and then people won't free in the world ends up forgetting about it and only go until that happens again. yeah i now see the world beginning to let. this is

a constant threat that we live under in this nation and it's very much. really understand that though we have built and we've been a part of this nation for over 4 centuries that we've never been fully given the free rights of citizenship to be able to navigate this nation. in the same way that our white our. there is nothing that anyone can tell me that. that white man. to death. in the way that this particular emer and nap work. and secondly it works. it's on a massive wall that the murderer will be great and that's what they are. every time this happens people seem to say ok this is going to be the moment the

real change will come that we cannot take this anymore we kind of acceptance and so the to say the right things but it doesn't happen as we as we've already said but you think this time it could be a different time i unfortunately i don't think i have no evidence to suggest that the time will be different. you know i look over to the ship stream of this nation and we've been here before we've been here dozens of time or hundreds of times 4000 times we're really perfectly on a black lie clearly is she in america and there is not the same level of just associated with the murder of black people in america then it is. other particularly right. and so though this is an outrage and though people are definitely responding to the out rage when we are

not yet by a global rage. the bottom line is i do not for the nation to do what's right moving forward. leslie because they haven't done the bare minimum in terms of what's right with this case and that the murders are still welcome through yet but right now right i do you think these protests i mean more be immediately getting these protests in minneapolis and now in other cities do you think. that is going to build momentum they going to continue and then if charges are laid will that help quell the message. i believe that will help but you know i have to i have to tell you i'm really quite concerned about why the heart rate here is one thing i know for sure just based on pure good old fashioned common sense truth can be very good but it takes time to stuff

a lot and i you know concern that delay that's associated with bring charges if the physically because things are being constructed to make this ultimately kabuki theater where the charges will not hold and the boardwalk the 3 we've seen it before we've seen this movie before and it's been played over and over again and so while an arrest will be how will we know the scripts that's often run in in order to justify the loss of life and i believe what we're seeing all across the country in relation to this particular market is a level of 10 suffer from very 1st breaks and rates that says no more and though i'd like to be optimistic that the time might. you know i have to be one of those people with this particular situation where i have to be to believe because so

often i've been disappointed that i really don't think. anything different than what's happened previously it was joe's i mean we appreciate your time and your analysis thank you asses thank you. still ahead here on out there are delivering food to the desperate including one he says he had. outgrown of ours is making life even bigger in parts big. labor cutting employees rights in india in order to kick start the economy. and one of the world's most famous martha the 1st time in history details coming up in school.

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matthew has an old american prince to account trump tower 2016 how come you didn't mention that meeting to congress and i did i don't know if i got the transcript wrong. i don't think you're that sharp but you can tell the difference between a polish guy a french guy on the yard that charge head to head on a jersey or. take you straight away to minneapolis where the governor of minnesota to me issues are speaking symbolic of decades and generations of a pain of anguish and heard.

much like we failed to hear george floyd as he pleaded for his life as the world watched by people sworn to protect him his community our state. steel silenced and heard so many other friends brothers sisters mothers fathers. senselessly died in our street their voices when i heard and now generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world and the world is watching one of the 1st people i called after seeing the video was valerie christie oh well and as mother we've become friends sense since the killing of phil and oh and for those watching today who aren't familiar philander died in front of his loved one and his child. and left them behind and left behind a grieving mother who has become an advocate for justice an advocate for reform

but more importantly an admin's advocate for kindness and decency and when i talked about larry she said 1st and foremost seek justice seek fairness and reach out and show kindness what the world saw last night was not that what the world has witnessed sense the killing of george floyd on monday has been a visceral pain a community trying to understand who we are and where we go from here i'm joined today by attorney general ellison by major general john jensen edge and general the minnesota national guard colonel langer of the minnesota state patrol commissioner john harrington i spoke with smarting with reverend jackson who much like valerie said a prayer for our state said a prayer for over those grieving that

a prayer for peace and then also said something very important this is the moment where we start but every time we get to this place we never start a process to make sure it doesn't happen again and that commitment amongst leaders in our community watching this happen across the united states watching another name be added and for those of us who are old enough to rodney king and mike brown and unfortunately now we've got a george floyd. the situation on the ground doesn't allow us at this time it tackle those issues the very assets in our community our libraries our businesses those non-profits and government entities our light rail system are all shut down from this we have to restore order

to our society before we can start addressing the issues before we turn back to where we should be spending our energy making sure that justice is served justice is served swiftly and that we learn something from what george floyd. gave on monday now i want to just be very clear and i'm and i have the team talk about what transitioned last night when the state assumed responsibility over the security there the 3rd precinct where the state secured critical assets and where the plan going forward to ensure that tonight our buildings do not burn our citizens are secure and that space that we're going to create allows us to get back to the conversation of serving justice and making sure that we're not adding to that list of unheard names and i want to be very clear and speak to that community . the very tools that we need to use to get control to make sure that buildings

aren't burn and the rule of law collapses are those very institutional tools that have led to that grief and pain i understand clearly there is no trust in many of our communities and the differentiation between the minneapolis police department that we witnessed losing trust of those they're there to serve is very difficult for people to make for those standing up here with me i understand that and i will not patronize you as a white man without living those those lived experiences of our very difficult that is but i'm asking you to help us help us use humane way to get the streets to a place where we can restore the justice so that those that are expressing rage and anger and demanding justice are heard not those who troll firebombs into businesses that are communities of colors have worked so hard to build back up areas that were blighted at one time and are thriving because

of their entrepreneurship and their hard work a library in an area where our children as we know are institutionally put behind and the achievement gap for our communities of color is a shame on this state that we continue to admire by talking about and don't repair it and that tool to help with that burned last night so i want to just call out very very clearly as we put a presence on the street to restore order it is to open that space to seek justice and heal what happened i will not in any way. not acknowledge that there's going to be that pain but my 1st and foremost responsibility to the state of minnesota is the safety and security of all citizens we cannot have the looting and the recklessness that went on we cannot have a cause we can't function as

a society and i refuse to have it take away the attention of the stain that we need to be working on is what happened with those fundamental institutional racism that allows a man to be held down in broad daylight and thank god a young person at a camera to video it because there's not a person here or listening today that wonders how many times that cameras are not there these are tough questions these are things that have been brewing in this country for 400 years we have people out there putting themselves on the line to try and put out fires and are firefighters that are under attack those are the things i'm asking you help me re store that order we will do that under state leadership and state guidance you will hear directly from them and once that decision was made around 1215 last night and that 1st mission was executed around 345 at the 3rd precinct we will see

a difference so i'm asking you when you'll hear from them to talk about this i also want to think about what happens when we don't have that people who are concerned about that police presence of an overly armed camp in their neighborhoods that is not seen in communities where children of people who look like me run to the police others have to run from so i understand that that's out there but last night i got a call from a friend and a dedicated public servant senator torres recalled in her district and it was on fire. and there weren't any police there there weren't any firefighters there was no social control and her constituents were locked in their house wondering what they were going to do that is an abject failure that cannot happen we must restore that order to that sen tour as ray has fought her whole life on these issues of inequities and making sure that people's voices are lifted up but what she understands is none of us can lift those voices none of us can tackle these

problems if anarky rains on the street i also want to address an issue and this one is on me and i will own it earlier this morning when this mission was carried out under my direction to research you're the 3rd precinct to do so in a manner which i am proud of how it was executed by this team no injuries and no loss of life a reestablishment to put the fires up for those businesses a c.n.n. reporter was at crewe was arrested by the state patrol a few minutes after hearing that i was on a call with c.n.n. president jeff zucker who demanded to know what happened i take full responsibility there is absolutely no reason something like this should happen calls were made immediately this is a very public apology to that team it should not happen and i want to be clear for those of you listening i think our minnesota's reporters know this i am a teacher by trade and i have spent my time as governor highlighting the need to be

as transparent as possible and have the press here i failed you last night and that and it does not escape me that we are here on the catalyst that let this spark. by what happened with the police it payment of george floyd and the idea that a reporter would have been taken while another police action was in play is inexcusable so to c.n.n. and to the c.n.n. team to the journalists here this is about having a plan and that's what these folks are going to talk about this is about having an aggressive approach to understanding what the community needs but not coming in heavy handed with them but to create space where the story can be told in a situation like this even if you're clearing an area we have got to ensure that there is a safe spot for journalism to tell the story the issue here is trust the community that's down there that's terrorized by this if they see

a reporter being arrested their assumption is it's because something is going to happen that they don't want to be seen and so that is that is unacceptable we will continue to strive to make sure that that accessibility is is maintained that not only that the protection and security and safety of the journalists covering this is a top priority not because it's a nice thing to do because it is a key component of how we fix this sunshine disinfectant and seeing what's happening has to be dot so again i appreciate president zucker's appreciate his understanding in a situation that he was rightfully incredibly angry and that falls squarely on me that apology has been issued and i think going forward to make sure it doesn't happen again. it's time for us to clean our streets it's time for us to execute today in a way that shows respect and dignity to communities i'm going to ask for

a lot of help today of those folks who want to see it it is my expectation that justice for the officers involved in this will be swift. it will come in a timely manner that it will be fair that is what we've asked for i had been in contact with hennepin county attorney. and i am confident that those very things i just said will happen we will continue to be ca to do a fair fall and a swift gathering of all of the evidence involved but i would reiterate again or show many of us not all that is done in every other case where all of that evidence is gathered before and i would ask that the swift justice be carried out so that is the governor of minnesota timberwolves speaking justice will be swift he

said he was of course talking as police in the city of minneapolis hoping to prevent another night of protest against the death of an armed man george floyd failed to hit george floyd the government said he pleaded to be heard generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world a visceral pain a community trying to understand who we are and where we go from here he said that we have to ensure that tonight our buildings do not burn and our people are secure we cannot have looting a recklessness that went on last night and he also apologized for the rest of the c.n.n. crew and he took it upon himself it was his fault he said and it was in excusable so moving on china says it will take any necessary measures if the united states insists on interfering in hong kong says donald trump is set to make an announcement later on friday about china's controversial national security law for hong kong. me with. the u.s.

has significant interests in hong kong we urge the u.s. to have a clear view about the situation and to stop interfering in hongkong affairs and china's domestic affairs if the u.s. is determined to harm china's interests china will take all necessary countermeasures the u.s. has asked the u.n. to discuss hong kong affairs which is publicly interfering in china's domestic affairs and damaging the principles of international relations china of course opposes this their plan will not succeed the u.n. isn't a tool that the u.s. can play china and other countries who uphold justice won't allow the u.s. to blackmail the u.n. for its own purposes but taiwan's president has reiterated his support for pro-democracy protests in hong kong china considers taiwan is one of its provinces and one of its senior generals his military forces are ready to attack the island to deter its ambitions for independence and exit brian has this report. a wall of welcome for taiwan's president sign when to a bookshop owned by hong kong dissident lam when k.

is known for selling books critical of china's government he sought refuge in taiwan's capital last year after being detained by chinese agents forcing his shop in hong kong to close presidents used to visit in taipei to reiterate his support for hong kong's pro-democracy movement. the engineering spirit to fight for freedom of the hong kong people is largely recognised by the taiwanese who also feel empathetic and we are willing when the hong kong people need help to provide assistance so i was the 1st world leader to pledge specific measures to help people from hong kong who may leave the territory because of a new national security law passed by china's parliament on thursday. the legislations triggered a new wave of anti-government protests by hong kong activists who say the law further destroys its autonomy and allows china's government to silence dissent.

and fight for freedom there is no freedom of speech. was. the hong kong demonstrations have won widespread sympathy in taiwan which china considers its territory to be taken by force if necessary. when hong kong was returned from british to chinese rule in 1907 the new special administrative region was promised freedoms under the one country 2 systems concept but china says those freedoms are being undermined by violent protests the. protests. going on. but china's facing growing international pressure over the law with u.s. president donald trump vowing a tough response china's leaders are telling western powers to back off.

we are driven countries to respect china's sovereignty abide by international law and basic norms of international relations be cautious and refrain from interfering in hong kong's affairs and china's internal affairs in any way. this pro-democracy statue called the lady liberty of hong kong once stood briefly on top one of the territory's mountains now it's on display in a museum a symbol of anger and defiance and the liberty protesters say they long for brian al-jazeera. let's move on to some stories about the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic across the world thousands of people in spain have been struggling to make ends meet during the lockdown now but it could be a little better off with the government approving plans for a new basic income water reports from the capital madrid a simple sandwich some fruit and water is enough to get thousands of spaniards through today in spain foot banks soup kitchens and charities have been

overwhelmed and some even forced to close during the coronavirus outbreak but demand in displaces has increased 30 percent since the emergency lockdown in march thousands of spaniards have joined those so-called queues of hunger for the 1st time. son i want is a hospital cleaner in april she found herself out of work she spent all her savings and at the age of 44 she had to appeal to charity for the 1st time in her life. i feel really bad depending on others i always depended on myself at the beginning when they offered me food i said no but then i realized if i have food i can share it and we can all eat says a corner virus outbreak over 1000000 people have lost their jobs in spain the loss of employment has been compounded by a school closures and increasing deals after more than 2 months of

a strict lockdown the spanish government plans to spend $3000000000.00 euros a year to provide the poorest households with a minimum income over $850000.00 families will benefit from it single parent families will get the quiver the end of 500 dollars and families with 2 of those $650.00. today is an historic day for democracy and for me it's an honor is deputy prime minister of this government to announce a new social right the one in spain a minimum bartle income i think we can qualify it as the greatest advance in social rights in spain since the approval of the dependency law in 2006 the government's intention is to reach the maximum number of people in need but over 2000000 spaniards who work in this economy pay no tax or working without a contract will be left out of this initiative if there's a silver lining to cover it $19.00 clout is that many spaniards one have to depend

on the charity of strangers. and the treat. and leaders of some of the poorest parts of the united kingdom are concerned they won't cope with government reintroduces austerity cuts in the wake of the lockdown there are fears the benefits and social spending will be slashed to pay off the huge debts that have built up from supporting workers who've been laid off and lawrence lee has more now from middlesborough in northeastern england. what will things be like when it's all over for rich places maybe not so bad but poor communities have a right to be worried the post industrial landscape of teesside in northeastern england tells a story of joblessness poor life chances and the virus a high mortality rates if the british government tries to pay off its huge debts or will stare a sea then they can't begin to imagine how much worse things will get it's almost too difficult to comprehend how we would go about doing that because we're i think

we're at that as low as we can get in terms of the the cuts that we've made our frac on even start to think about how we would make more cuts 1st hand experiences of all this show a town already on the age we need to live is vital supplies to 17 people with underlying health conditions and therefore most at risk in this tiny house of for asylum seekers including an elderly woman from sierra leone who has diabetes given the things binny has seen any more cuts to services would be catastrophic but there was a case right here in memphis right centile middles for someone who did not eat for 17 days 17 for 17 days so she has been going over food banks she saw the food banks were closed and even though she was fully entitled as a citizen but she was look at you know what it looked and she was almost going to die disease thrives in poverty the economic response to the health care crisis

will make or break places like this. just before all this started the new british government swept to power on a promise of what it called levelling up plowing money into the forgotten english northern towns but not only has covered 19 put all of that on ice it's also led to a new enormous national debt debts which towns like middlesborough or are in no position whatsoever to help pay back the story here could be that of any port town in any country which has taken on massive debt nationally or globally that that will happen we will lose generations we will lose businesses people will lose hope hope the health and social implications will be colossal that it isn't an option borrowing these new affordable rates prudently and spending intelligently is the only solution to this so many of the problems here predated the virus but maybe

the health care crisis could have a silver lining after all better jobs stronger communities surely mean healthier people largely al-jazeera middlesborough french car manufacturer has announced it could slash up to 15000 jobs over the next 3 years the company employs around 180000 staff globally and wants to reduce cost by more than $2000000000.00 right who was already struggling before khalsa during the cove in $1000.00 price is a joint venture partner in this than announced the closure of its factory in spain in $3000.00 redundancy 24 hours ago or the reopening of hundreds of south korean schools has been suspended in some others forced to close after a spike in corona virus cases 58 new infections have been announced most of them from seoul and linked to an online shopping warehouse. quarantine measures in the philippine capital manila will be eased from next month off to months of history

that severely affected the economy that is despite $539.00 new cases being reported on thursday the largest spike since the 1st infections reported there in january in a televised address the president roderigo to to try to reassure the nation that the vast majority of cases are mild and that the death rate is low. india's government has been accused of using the credit are some urgency to exploit millions of workers of the 2 months of some of india's biggest states of suspended most labor laws in a bid to restart the economy trade unions say changes to working hours wages and health and safety standards we can work as right at a time they can protest as with her and i reports from new delhi. the production of clothes for his designer label in his workshop and. sales fell by 70 percent in the past 2 months and heyman says he'll have to layoff around $75.00 of his $300.00 employees. the suspension of most of the state's labor laws. the

government's permission to fire in this difficult time. but. this is what was very important. from the government. which is home to $230000000.00 people is one of many states to change its labor laws including getting rid of the minimum wage extended working hours and the juicing employee benefits. the state say the changes will help businesses and get the world's 5th largest economy back on track. paying the price. as soon as the changes were. fired from the women's wear factory he's worked in for 4 years. work is continuing at the company and 800000 people are working new workers have been hired on daily wages and none of those who used to work at the company have been brought back.

trade unions say the revised laws will drive down wages in a country with a minimum is just over $2.00 a day union leaders defined guidelines to protest in new delhi which police quickly dispersed well they're going to. go through what they're going to look i don't resent the idea. of the country. on the limit of the net 6 they are saying i am going to let you have. all live ammo. the biggest changes have been in states ruled by promise to marry the modis part of the a jump the party critics say the government's using the economic slump to push through laws that's planned since 1st being elected 6 years ago and at a time when people aren't allowed to protest the international labor organization has warned 400000000 and dns could slip into poverty as a result of india's lockdown and as urging prime minister modi to send a clear message to states to homes labels and protect workers from exploitation elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. that's it for this news hour but i'll be back in

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al-jazeera bringing the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. a us estate leader val's a swift and fair justice for the police involved in the death of an unarmed black man. u.s. president is accused of inflaming the on the rest as twitter hides his message suggesting looters could be shot. alone o'clock this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up help for 2000000 of spain's poorest people the plans to give them some comfort with a minimum income.