it's a trade war then 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 to abuse human rights there so what will beijing's threaten to firm countermeasures look like i'm phil. 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. with us president. and. that's the remarkable achievement of all the whole goal is with the courage and determination of. freedom and democracy it's not a program that. china's hong kong and hong kong affairs are purely china's internal

affairs no foreign government power has the right to intervene. also coming up phases doctors concerned about antibiotic resistance are increasingly turning to viruses that kill bacteria untreatable by other drugs a thing that fitch therapy is getting more and more important because. thinks or more and more. 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 grounds. 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 india including the star-spangled banner. trump the hero. that u.s. president has signed on to hong kong human rights and democracy act that's the remarkable achievement of all the hong kong 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's special trade status the government in beijing is really angry. sure. is

china's hong kong and hong kong affairs up you know to china's internal affairs which i'm going no foreign government or power has the right so in something more than a go. to me. 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 cohen who spent 15 years covering china and chinese politics welcome to this place let's start with a fact 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 on hong kong which has special status since the handover in 1907 and to see how do move towards democracy in hong kong is continuing and how hong kong special for . gyms are being protective and 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 so 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 in hong 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 one of those likely to be well we don't really know yet what they could be but i think a lot of this will do with the b. to do with the trade war intends to basically maybe stand its ground on the trade

war and make it more difficult and also that it wants to maybe take a backward it will 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 relationship with america work so i think there's there's various measures they could do they could introduce. more measures that could harm trade but we're waiting to see you know how these come out and i'm interested as well in how this affects president g. who has who has solidified his position within the company party there but he's had some 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 within his own party who might be looking at him and thinking well there's a man right for the picking. this you could also you know the in a lot of leaks about the camps and she. jiang for the week. 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 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 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 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 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 it may be affecting the u.s. economy in the heartlands of about 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. the fog of tear gas has become a defining picture of the hong kong of the last 6 months well then 10000 rounds have been fired by police against pro-democracy protesters but is well into now on the larger on the effects of large amounts of tear gas when kathy jew and patricia levy rented their green room apartment in hong kong suburb of 2 months the 2 roommates held it was a good deal price was reasonable and the building in good shape but now they wish

they had never moved here come along by 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 i hold hold hold out come out of kathy things that it is a consequence of the ga ga's to none 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 fired tear gas to try to catch the protesters so the total disagreement that we got 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 ian names or say they have not joined any protests since the peaceful marches in june but that does not save them from the

effects. the mood is 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 but mainly affects the alleys lungs and the skin it's use is prohibited as a chemical weapon in warfare and involved in riot control although its effects are meant to be temporary to have been case reports of chronic i diseases. caused by the chemical. they were also some cases that they know as much 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 there there were also cases that people develop chronic eczema to get skin problems them a target is for a number of news. while the highest risk lies with frontline protesters enjoying

a little 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 by could will tell you some insight on the. 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 the contract. security forces have shot dead at least $35.00 people in protests much of the violence took place in the city in the jaffa after a crowd set fire to the rain and consulate that outrage over perceived iranian influence has been fueling the widespread anti-government and arrest these protestors have a reason to celebrate the iranian embassy 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 so. when the consulate special not just police forces far. as if we had 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 tiran and it's 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 quality sions 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 my iraqi journalist imam hassan welcoming me here obviously internationals describe the scenes in. nasiriya and baghdad as 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 any submission 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 for testing against the government but it's what the government responds with violence with bullets with tear gas and so on it will end with we are now counting about 350 casualties people young people just calling for democracy calling for jobs and their rights but you want to make of the government response because there have been definite you're saying 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 influence tries to come in this image of this scenario what's we didn't 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. that 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 there 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 they're still struggling and that's a problem because since more than 40 days. they give the promises over promises of

our promises but there is no plan even there is no security plan how to deal with that protesters 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's. 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 while exactly about at least resigning the government brink another faces bring it on the government's trying to find a solution for the and 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 our love government which is try to rebuild that trust between the street and the government at least but that's government still stick in the 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. iraqi journalist i mean i'm sorry 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 a might be able to reverse the trend bacteria phages are plentiful in the environment and kill bacteria by penetrating the outside of their cells getting

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can ask mikhail skurnick is professor of bacteriology at helsinki university welcome to d.w. what do you think does this phage treatment work. yes thank you very much for the best and i think yes it really depends on the clients or their interaction in question. crony these are different. charities inquests and it's yours are. on the base and in units are spent less are out there a lot of it i think is going to reach their target area and their number about various localities had. to find very many but then the patient immune system must take over to eliminate that in many. ways and kind of a background easy mate different. than. ordinary. case because from the russell it it's are yes i was gotten forgive me for interrupting i was going to say i was going to ask well

given that it is effective in certain instances as you've outlined that one wonders why it's not more widely known about and available in the summer 'd i think. it has historical reasons many conductors true seasons have not received training in face that are being uncomfortable to stop using it and therefore it's being gloated. their curriculum and reverse it. and we also need to promote face terror in media and i think those are better thought these units. so given the antibiotic resistant to conditions that that are out there do you see phage therapy as being useful in this respect. yes i think so. and if it's do not mind if the dog resistant

to antibiotics or not. asians arbitrary and their interactions are even friends or so all. everything does not apply you know you know very similar. and the problem that we've seen with antibiotics is the development of antibiotic resistance is there a danger of vast in phage therapy yes also but in practice it does not you know because oftentimes traits raise the area. other chinese it and base an immune system can take care of them and the other orient here east that. usually we use. 3 for ha so also.

the little matter is that it's months oh. ok some good news to i don't profess a failure skill or else thinking thank you thank you very much. not cheney's eye color nary a court battle has begun after a renowned chef lost the coveted michelin star of allegations that he used the wrong sort of cheese in his soufflé mark vera claims the downgrade from 3 stars to 2 left him depressed and he denies using inferior cheeses. tonights around after every chanting to mitchell in style reached boiling point decorated french chef martha was demoted to 2 stars in january less than a year after being awarded the highest accolade in the company won't my me for that they gave me 3 stars and then they take one away i want to know the reason why.

there are restaurants la maison de paulo are in the french alps was demoted after a mitchell inspector snapped his souffles the celebrity chef was accused of using the humble cheddar cheese instead of french fry it is there are claims he used saffron in the dish which made it to pay you know like the color of cooked cheddar . cheddar gates by restaurants inside it it's the 1st time a chef has sued the prestigious guide mitchell and has bitten back branding vera a narcissistic diva suffering from pathological egotism. which the mitchell and guide has just said that mr brough is excellent but not a genius mr howard does not accept this because for him no one has a right to say that he's not a genius it's not the court's role. if mark farah wins this landmark case it will set a precedence for other disgruntled chefs the outcome could see him become the toast

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

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germany. the music tends. crowd clamors for german unity journalist on the board was just seen. 30 years later looks back on the. interest of. strange december 19th g.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's beijing backed 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 on kong's beleaguered government by surprise and up the pressure on breaching will that make a crackdown on the protestors mord.