china's president having a torrid time 1st donald trump starts a trade war that hong kong explodes and pro-democracy candidates are elected to the city council now the united states has given itself the power to review beijing's actions in the chinese territory and sanction chinese officials and have abused human rights there so what will beijing's threatened firm countermeasures look like i'm phil gramm in berlin and this is the day. this act of the us government is completely wrong they are attempting to interfere with hong kong affairs through this act and this plot will not work. to do as president. and democracy act that's the remarkable 'd achievement

of all the hong kong with the courage and determination. to fight for freedom and democracy to stop the progress was going on through. china's hong kong and hong kong affairs are purely china's internal affairs no foreign governments or power has the right to intervene. also coming up phage is doctors concerned about antibiotic resistance are increasingly turning to viruses that kill bacteria untreatable by other drugs a thing that fitch turpie is getting more and more important because i. think so are more and more fearing. people are actually dying because their infection can be treated. and china has reacted angrily after u.s. president donald trump signed bills back in hong kong pro-democracy activists beijing says it will take firm. countermeasures against the u.s.

for meddling in its domestic affairs the new legislation means there'll be an annual review of the favorable trade status that washington grants the territory. pro-democracy demonstrators thanking u.s. president donald trump for signing legislation that ensures the u.s. backed democracy in hong kong. there was music in the including the star-spangled banner. trump a hero. for u.s. president signed on to hong kong you are right and democracy act that's the remarkable achievement of all the hong kong this with the courage and determination of hong kong as to fight for freedom and democracy it's all because of this trump signed into law an act that says the u.s. will check whether hong kong remains democratic as

a prerequisite for keeping hong kong special trade status the government in beijing is really angry. young girl. is china's hong kong and hong kong affairs up your chinese internal affairs which i'm going no foreign government or power has the right so intervene more than they go to. beijing says it will use countermeasures if the u.s. continues quote down the wrong path. so let's talk about how this might well play out with a double journalist clifford couldn't who spent a 15 years covering china and chinese politics but welcome to this place let's start with this that this human rights and democracy act what would be its effect how would it work well i think the primary effect seems to have been to make china very angry indeed but in technical terms what it will do is it requires washington to keep an eye. in hong kong which has special status since the handover in 1907

and to see how the move towards democracy in hong kong is continuing and how hong kong special freedoms are being protective if hong kong doesn't seem to be doing that. then they can review hong kong special status where it would just become like another chinese city all right so it's not it's not as though the u.s. is sort of swooping in and saying what solace it was hong kong was already enjoying some sort of favorable treatment from the u.s. and this is the u.s. saying well you know we can give all we can take it away that's right yeah it's quite symbolic in a way because it's got this massive impact but it is just sort of say that they are backing the democracy movement on the democracy protests and on kong so it's quite a big symbol but it was in existence before the special stages but this actually kind of adds to the pressure on china china's talking about firm countermeasures if the u.s. continues in this direction what are those likely to be well we don't really know

yet what they could be but i love this will do with the b. to do with the trade war intends to basically maybe stand its ground on the trade war make it more difficult and also that it wants to maybe take a backward it'll set us chinese relations back a step maybe china will start talking will be looking at russia more will be looking at other regional leaders it will be reassessing how its relationships with america work so i think there's there are various measures they could do they could introduce. more measures that could harm trade but we're waiting to see these come out and i'm interested as well and how this affects president g. who has who has solidified his position within the communist party there but he's had a bad run recently with the trade war with the us riots in hong kong resulting victory of pro-democracy candidates in hong kong and now this does he have to keep an eye on people with it is ok. say who might be looking at him and thinking well there's

a man right for the picking yeah you could also you know the in a lot of leaks about the camps and jiang for the weaker as he does he's got the strong man image and he needs to protect up and he needs to push it through and he needs to be effective he's managed so far to keep this by getting rid of term limits he's said to be very strong within the party and he's very good at controlling the different factions in the party but things can spiral very quickly like as you say he's had a terrible week and he's trying to juggle a lot of things at the moment so it's going to be very interesting to see how he manages that you know because they like to keep you know everything in china is about the politics the communist party is all about staying in power so it's going to be a question now to see how the political will transfer as a quick final question on the trade dispute between china and the u.s. how much is this new libya u.s. legislation about human rights and democracy and how much is it about sort of

applying extra pressure and it's all good on going trade will i think i think the human rights and democracy element is definitely a strong one but it is another aspect to this that definitely it will it will complicate the talks for china it's also reminded that of american power. the u.s. is also showing others has quite a good hand in these trade talks now there are things that it's maybe affecting the u.s. economy in the heartlands of it up but still i think the u.s. feels that it holds a lot of the cards in this in these trade talks so the fact is another another reminder of this cliff it thank you so much for joining us. now the fog of tear gas has become a defining picture off the hong kong of the last 6 months or than $10000.00 rounds have been 5 by police against pro-democracy protesters but is well into now on the larger on the effects of large amounts of tear gas and cathy jew and patricia levy

rented their green room apartment in hong kong suburb of 2 months the 2 roommates how did was a good deal price was reasonable and the building in good shape but now they wish they had never moved here come along but my nose off an itch is in my skin feels itchy and dry i feel very uncomfortable and i have diarrhea that usually lasts for a few days and had to go to the toilet a few times every night. come out not kathy things that it is a consequence of the tear gas to moan has become one of the hot spots of hong kong's protests often clashes occur just below their window that night also that usually protesters would set up roadblocks here police would then come to remove them and they fire tear gas to try to catch the protesters says the couple they seem to be going to get. you to that tense atmosphere in the city they do not want

to show their face and ask us not to reveal their real names but will say they have not joined any protests since the peaceful marches in june but that does not save them from the effects. coming days up then you're when they fire tear gas i close all the windows in the doors but i can still smell it and feel uncomfortable the whole shebang. since june the police have fired more than $10000.00 canisters of tear gas chemical irritant that mainly affects theologies lungs and the skin it's use is prohibited as a chemical weapon in warfare that allowed in riot control although its effects are meant to be temporary to have been case reports of chronic eye diseases. course by the chemical. they were also some cases that they had no estimate to begin with but after exposure to tear gas some of the protesters actually developed a spray like symptoms for 2 to 3 years and they are there were also cases that

people develop chronic eczema to get skin problems going to tartus for a number of news. while the highest risk lies with frontline protesters enjoying a list residents have little chance to escape the consequences of tear gas as many protests happening in densely populated areas some logical call it i saw a doctor he asked me where i live and then he said i should consider moving away if i could tell you some insight on that. both of them plan to stay with relatives for some time but moving home is out of question the landlord would not let them cancel their county. security forces have shot dead at least 35 people in protests much of the violence took place in the city of jaffa after a crowd set fire to the iranian consulate that outrage over perceived iranian influence has been fueling the widespread. arrest these protestors have

a reason to celebrate the iranian embassy and not joffe is in flames last night demonstrators stormed the building and set it on fire their protests are a statement against the influence of their mighty neighbor on iraq a spokesperson for the iranian foreign ministry sharply criticized the attack demanding that the suspects be punished now an iraqi military crisis security team has been dispatched. when the consulate special not just police forces. as if we'd set fire to all of iraq. since the beginning of october tens of thousands have been demonstrating in baghdad and other cities against the country's ruling elite police used tear gas grenades and live ammunition against the demonstrators so far more than 350 people have been killed. many suspected tehran and its allied militias in iraq are behind these harsh police methods they

consider their own rulers to be puppets of the iranian government and demand their resignation as well as an end to corruption and nepotism. billions from the oil business are going into governmental pockets local infrastructure is decaying there are power outages and the water is contaminated. with demand the removal of all criminal politicians from power. people have been living in chaos for 16 years 16 years of destruction and war corruption and self enrichment. their anger is greater than their fear and clearly the government's promises of reform haven't convinced them yet. we have more on this from iraqi journalist imam hassan welcome i mean obviously international has described scenes in. nasiriya and baghdad is resembling a war zone what people been telling you while we talked with many protesters they

just went to the street because they could not find and this of usually for their problems jobs corruption and so on and then the beginning of the beginning of 1st of the court october they've been just a civilian without any violence just protesting against the government but it's what the government's response well the violence or the bullets. and so on the and with we are now counting about 350 casualties people young people just calling for democracy calling for jobs and their rights what do you want to make of the government response because there have been definitely say it's been a violent reaction is this just the way that iraq deals with demonstrations or is this getting out of control in fact it is getting all of the control exactly because the government's back from iranian and the was tried to come

in this image of this scenario what's we happened to happen in iran weeks ago just cut off the internet. and use the harsh cumber of violence and control of the military and in the end of the day we did we would like to see in the end the light in the ended of the tunnel and the end of the tunnel there is no light and that's why the bad people. forgot any trust of the government even when the government tried to come down the street calling them that is some and you're a formation in the me i'm in many cases the protesters do not believe that corrupt governments ok so does the government will if we have time we'll come back to the corruption in the government but does the government have a plan to deal with it is it just going to sort of shoot its way out or are they

going to try and negotiate this circling and that's problem because since more than 40 days. they give a promise is over promises of a promises but there is no plan even there is no security plan how to deal with that protestors not the shooting of them we just face today yesterday. 17 at least 17 be a young people killed just in nasiriyah which is it. is a massacre to be honest that's what if we talking about the political side there is no solution even in the military and security and intelligence there is no soft solution and it's hard in these circumstances to do you what you want what what will satisfy protesters you can't magic jobs out of nowhere you can't change the whole political system overnight well exactly about at least resigning the government's brink another faces ring and other governments trying to find

a solution for the next election i think this will would be the 1st step just to calm. making the street calm come down and lets the protesters go back home and giving the responsibility for other government which is try to rebuild that's trust between the street and the government at least but that's government still is sick in the in the chair of the government they do not want to go away from their responsibilities and that is the influence of iranian of course play a big huge role the iraqi journalist imam sauer thank you so much for joining us you're welcome. resistance or antibiotics poses a major threat to public health killing tens of thousands of people around the world every year but there is hope scientists say a class of powerful tiny viruses called bacteria phages

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a good day. the from. the point of strong opinions clear positions from international perspectives. last sunday's election in hong kong may have been strictly local but the victory of the pro-democracy candidates sent a signal straight to mainland china a wake up call for beijing find out onto the fort.

hood is next in the details. of. a chance for peace and justice in colombia. that was their hope in november 26th seen. but how have things really been since fark signed the deal with the government as a morning of. its history believing in something. along the road to peace. in 45 minutes on d w. was the speech of his life perhaps his best and certainly his most difficult. the speech but of course interest him on just summer 19th 1989.

shortly after the fall of the of the chancellor addresses of the people of east germany. the mideast tends. commerce for german unity journalist peter borg was about to see. 30 years leaders who looks back on the time interest or. strange december 19th d.w. . last sunday's election in hong kong may have been strictly local but it sent a signal straight to the heart of made lunch china in the face of an increasingly violent standoff between 12 democracy protesters and hong kong to beijing back to government a record number of voters turned out for the poll and handed a landslide victory to pro-democracy candidates for the city's local district councils the resulting defeat took hong kong to be legal government by surprise and

up the pressure on beaching will that make a crackdown on the protesters more.