this is g.w. news coming to you live from berlin a controversial new bill sparks fresh pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong riot police moved to stifle protests as the government pushes past the law that would make it a crime to insult chinese national anthem we're here for member of hong kong's legislative council also on the program in germany another month of social distancing while some coronavirus restrictions are being teased in time for the summer tourism season people still have to keep their distance. a 3 day cease fire

with the taliban and as afghanistan's government frees hundreds of fighters prison it urges the militants to extend the troops. what is this the moment the bundesliga title slips through i don't think you're strong schwartzman and 5 minutes are celebrating after notching up what could be a decisive victory. well i'm terry marsh and welcome to the program in hong kong police have fired pepper pellets at crowds of pro-democracy protesters and made dozens of arrests in the city center riot police surrounded the legislature building in anticipation of protests the territory's pro-democracy demonstrators want to voice their opposition to a bill criminalizing disrespect for china's national anthem which lawmakers are currently debating. of more now let's go straight over to alvin young he's

a member of hong kong's legislative council and leader of the pro-democracy civic party thanks for being with us mr young where do you stand on the proposed national anthem law. hello terry thank you for having me simply speaking the democratic camp is united in opposition to this controversial national anthem law we see that you do not regulate people and legal restrict people from respecting a national anthem or even a country you earn your respect you do not make laws to make people to respect you ok the law on the national anthem is one thing that beijing is preparing to impose a sweeping national security law on hong kong with far reaching implications what do you pack do you think that will have. it on the cuts hong kong's legislature it doesn't go through the legislature and in fact beijing simply to what impose is

an accurate way to talk about to say because beijing doesn't consult hong kong people they just say you have to take it and more importantly this controversial national security law will undermine hong kong's high degree of autonomy and also to freedom that guarantees of columns success if beijing is determined to exert more control over hong kong is or really anything you can do to stop it. well in practice perhaps it's very difficult to stop beijing from imposing such a controversial piece of legislation on hong kong but on the out of hand hong kong people would not stop fighting please compromise us a common take it. over to pos you will witness thousands and thousands of hong kong people talk to the streets in opposition to the dent controversial extradition extradition bill this year when it comes to national security people are equally

angry about it and obviously people would take their chances to voice out and more importantly hong kong is no ordinary city of china this is an international financial hub and we are doing everything we can to tell the rest of the well so that the rest of the well understand as stand with hong kong and worse just seeing some pictures of some police on the streets clashing with protesters to some degree we're hearing that there is a massive police presence in hong kong there surrounding parliament stopping and searching people even using pepper pellets how concerned are you about a total police crackdown in hong kong. extremely we have according to the reports there are over 3500 policemen august street on duty today i personally with his countless police officers in food uniform.

uniforms surrounding the legislate legislative council building but come on this is the people politicians in theory and they are trying to stop people from getting close to the pilot was sort of pop what sort of government or part of his estate is so when they are trying to pass this national anthem law and try to earn people's respect they are basically doing something to the complete opposite how confident are you that other countries will come to hong kong's aid given china's importance on the international stage at the end of the day is up to each and every country and they have people. you would speak up for hong kong this is not only about interests i know a lot of countries including germany have a lot of people living in hong kong you have your investments heat here but not only it up hong kong has long be a member of the free world we share the same values we share the same liberty and

freedom and now when china is trying to take this away from hong kong we expect the rest of the well we speak a flops mr ewing thank you very much for talking with us today that was open you don't remember of hong kong's legislative council and leader of the civic party thank you. now to the corona virus pandemic here's some of the latest developments the number of people who have died of covert 19 has passed 350000 according to johns hopkins university in the u.s. united states itself accounts for about a 3rd of those deaths thailand has extended its state of emergency laws for another month until the end of june the government says laws are still needed as the country gradually eases restrictions india's top biomedical research body has backed the use of the malaria drug hydroxy clora keen as a treatment for corona virus this comes after the w.h.o.

suspended its trial of the drug citing safety concerns and spain has begun an period of national mourning in honor of the victims of code 19 for 10 days flags will be hoisted at half mast in public buildings across the country. here in germany the federal government and the 16 states of agreed to extend social distancing restrictions until june 29th this comes amid debate over how quickly to ease the measures that have helped the country maintain a relatively low death rate in the coronavirus pandemic germany has already reduced some restrictions just in time for the summer tourist season. it's quiet at the daily farmer's market in potsdam a small city near berlin social distancing is no problem on days like these. on tuesdays and wednesdays it's pretty empty but fridays and saturdays are very very busy the queue goes back from my stand right back to where the cars are parked

everyone 1.5 metres apart people do people stick to that yes yes they do the big debate is over easing the corona restrictions gradually and steadily as the central government once or allowing regional states like to wring the freedom to loosen up more rapidly if they want. and i'm in my view to reinjure is moving too quickly all the states should get together and agree on a strategy on a united way forward in a and it is critical and i had his hand on companies at 1st i thought it was good that there was a joint approach but now there are regions where there are hardly any new infections and i think there should be regional differences. aside. the eastern states have to reengineer is loosening the restrictions social distancing will not be enforced next month because the premier says there's no longer any justification for infringing people's rights that's why we see

$239.00 known cases of infection are not a legal basis on which to say to more than $2000000.00 residents we will be knocking on your door and asking whether there are too many people drinking coffee together in your house mentioned in some coffee. but the premier of bavaria is warning against making dangerous assumptions to cloud corona for anyone who thinks corona is over is being naive since we don't know exactly how the science is going to develop the sensible course of action. ends the same staying calm and prudent and acting on a step by step basis that. that caution gets a mixed response in pottstown but polls show 3 quarters of germans agree with the measured approach being taken by bavaria and in but. so you look now at some of the

other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. president has accused twitter of interfering in the u.s. election this comes after the social media network attached a fact check label to 2 of his tweets it's the 1st time twitter has tagged a tweet as unsubstantiated. there been protests in the u.s. state of minnesota the death of a black and detained by police the death of george floyd has drawn outrage after a video showed a white officer kneeling on his neck as he cried out that he couldn't breathe. and iran's newly elected parliament has convened president rouhani urged lawmakers to cooperate with his government to fight u.s. sanctions and the current virus iran is grappling with the deadliest outbreak in the middle east all 268 lawmakers who were in attendance have reportedly tested negative for the virus. a cease fire between afghan forces and the taliban

has ended with reports of renewed fighting on wednesday morning the taliban offered to uphold the historic ceasefire which began on sunday to mark the eve celebrations at the end of ramadan with the truce raising hopes of a lasting peace in the long running conflict the afghan government is also pushed ahead with confidence building measures. these men are among hundreds of prisoners the afghan government has released as part of a 3 day cease fire deal with the taliban and the movement's 10 we're not expecting . i spent 6 and a half years in background prison i'm still almost speechless it's such a surprise it's only when i saw reporters that i realized we're free we have no media access inside the prison i didn't know we'd be free today. before being released prisoners have to sign written pledges not to take up arms again.

as per the guidelines of our leaders and based on the agreement we will not return to the battlefield we are committed to the leadership's orders and we will continue our life normally. in the least i didn't get the vehicle. after nearly 19 years of fighting many here hope this ceasefire could mark a turning point as does the afghan government who released these prisoners in an effort to extend peace talks with the taliban. as was hiller the region we request that the ceasefire continues so that the afghan people can rest and that we can turn this peace effort that we have made into a process that will pave the way for the release of all prisoners and the forthcoming peace talks. about the weather corpulent you know. while the stages of these talks remains fragile and any possible outcome still life far in the future this cease fire has given these men

a new lease on life or for more now let's cross straight over to kabul where correspondent ali latif is covering events for us on the ground there tell us what's the status of the cease fire now that this prisoner release has happened. so it seems as if the cease fire is holding there were a couple of instances in the east of the country implemented by both sides of the conflict but so far it seems as if it's holding but one thing is i was recently in mind on that province in the east and i saw that you know there were convoys release taliban prisoners coming down the road you know with flowers and cameras and you know 10 and 12 cars at a time welcoming them back and what was really interesting is that on the road from the provincial capital to the districts where usually there's very little security forces presence especially out on the road itself with their vehicles and with the actual police and military you saw that this time not not only were the convoys

passing by but that there were military humvees and that there were police forces stopped on the road ready in case anything happened but so far it seems that if you know the talabani is making sure that their prisoners get it get back safely without being hot and cross fire and without risking anything and i think that the government is being overly cautious to make sure that you know their worst fear of these people returning to battle a doesn't come true. which is a sprucing a release mean for the peace process in afghanistan because there's a lot riding on the negotiations underway currently between the taliban and the afghan government. it's actually a very big deal because what we're seeing is that the taliban has reacted very positively their representative in doha their spokesman in doha sent out you know a statement saying that they're happy with what the other side is doing which is a very different use of terminology in their efforts of the kabul government they

also assured that they would start releasing more of the government prisoners in considerable amounts they said so the hope is that because the fall of on you know implemented this cease fire themselves after a very bloody month of april the hope is that this prisoner release will give some confidence of the toll of on and it will also give some confidence of the government that these fighters won't return to the battlefield and that you know finally these in travel on talks can become much more of a reality and they can move towards actually holding them ali thank you so much for bringing us up to date that was correspondent on the la t.v. there in kabul. you're watching t w news still to come the job nobody wants to do how one venezuelan migrant ended up picking up the bodies of the coveted 19 dead in. like germany japan has emerged from coronavirus lockdown with

a relatively low toll on public health but economy has taken a big hit the e.u. and japan a pledge to work more closely in restarting cross border trading goods and services that will come as music to the ears of businesses in japan. japan has had some of the world's most relaxed lock down measures it was not until the 7th of april that japan declared a state of emergency the government didn't even enforce a general lockdown citizens were only asked to stay at home this week shops opened again even for many japanese japan is moving too quickly. for us leave by 8 was. i think lifting emergency measures came a bit early but many won't survive if companies and shops don't reopen fast. enough. that. you the abbaye government is in

a hurry although the coronavirus pandemic in japan has been relatively mild with only $850.00 deaths it has caused the world's 3rd largest economy to slide into a recession in the 1st quarter and i'll be. looking at the g.d.p. days or from january to march we think the coronavirus measures such as social distancing had an impact on the public. in the 2nd quarter the damage from the covert crisis will worsen experts expect an economic slump of 20 to 30 percent this year to get the country back on its feet tokyo's implementing whopping stimulus packages worth nearly 2 trillion dollars but the japanese are no strangers to stimulus packages and there are questions whether the world's most and. yes and country can afford that kind of spending. european fisherman are used to weathering all sorts of storms but the coronavirus pandemic is a new one fish markets and seafood restaurants are shut down supply chains are

broken and large vessels are anchored in harbors thousands of fishermen are at risk of losing their job which. normally this part of the mediterranean sea off the coast of france is busy with boat and yacht traffic but the seas are quieter than usual and that's a problem for many small scale fishermen in this area april to june are their most important months while normal orders have dried up some fishermen are turning to a service from mill year to many home delivery. our usual clients are restaurants and we lost them due to the shutdown the remaining customers are private citizens so we have to start delivering fish to most of them we fish in the morning and do deliveries in the afternoon that makes for long work days. thanks to corona virus sales are down by half but these fishermen say deliveries on the phone are helping them stay afloat just to judy i have some nice ones weighing around 700 grams maybe a kilo and have some smaller ones too. from the docks to your door that's the

service these fishermen are now providing as big buyers like restaurants and caterers remain closed for business. but the same people catching the fish are also making the deliveries work days can last from 4 am to 9 pm. in the town of on t.v. fishermen now have permission to sell their catches directly important for fishermen that have to wait out the storm longer term there are some aid measures but these locals say they prefer to work as much as possible while keeping necessary precautions in place. in some parts of the mediterranean and black sea more than 90 percent of fishing boats have already stopped operating meanwhile in anted and elsewhere along the european coast fishermen are trying their best to keep working. international donors have pledged over 3000000000 euros to support refugees and migrants from venezuela as the coronavirus pandemic worsens their

plight the pledging conference was hosted by the european union and spain and involved around 50 u.n. agencies and financial institutions or than $5000000.00 venezuelans have fled the economic chaos under president nicolas maduro who's the story of one of those who've left. it's a job no one else wants to do grueling dangerous work recovering bodies of covert 9000 victims. used to work as an electrician in his native venezuela before he migrated to peru 2 years ago to escape the dire economic crisis back home in his new job he and his fellow workers from the funeral home collect as many as 10 bodies a day more than 400 since march. here they are picking up the body of a man who committed suicide because he couldn't get treatment after testing positive for the virus john always worries the dangerous work yes to do might end up harming his family before returning home he always showers and wash this is

closed with disinfectant sometimes he gargles with salt water. i'm always afraid afraid to infect my family when i go back home to my children but it's something that has to be faced and i have to continue working to put food on the table. peru has over 108000 confirmed covered 9000 cases and over 3000 deaths the 2nd hardest hit country in latin america after brazil the current lockdown conditions are making it even harder for the estimated 850000 then as well in migrants in peru to make ends meet has to keep working and hoping they'll stay healthy for his family including his elderly parents who remained in venezuela. football the biggest game in any bonus league season is against munich and with other major leagues still on hold because the pandemic of the world we're watching

is needed to win to keep their season alive as it often is so often the case for by and held their nerve to take the whip. the biggest game of the season had arrived at the 1st fallen star the bye and munich took on the closest challenges for the title in a stadium that would usually be rocking but was instead empty. the match kicked into top gear in the very 1st minute a mix up in the by and defense handed early holland a chance to score passing the norwegian striker beat manuel neuer only for sharon but saying to clear off the line. by i responded to that wake up call at the other end says can operate when just as close to cash piece check the man in the right place at the right time. it would take something special to break the deadlock and yours you provided exactly that. of breathtaking

chit from the midfielder outfoxed dortmund keeper roman burkey who got a hand to the shots but couldn't keep it out. a disappointing end to the half for him and dortmund who brought on jane and son joe in search of inspiration but it was holland who went close next with an effort the flash by replays showed the shot that flicked it off by the 10s no penalty was given and dortmund's hunt for an equaliser continued not made to his test and neuer but there was a sense it wasn't to be their day robert leventhal almost settled the time when he slammed a shot against the post. by an inches away from securing a massive win the nerves of the club officials present what jangling. but not for much longer when the referee belief a full time it was clear that both teams knew how decisive this result could be.

to be realistic by a 7 points ahead as long as nothing goes wrong they'll bring the title higher and all that brings it was a match that came down to the finest of margins. the outcome is that 10 days after it restarted the bundesliga title race is ole put. off more what all this means is here from d w sports limited see you so do the game live up to all the hype. as a scoreline shows it was a one match it was very very close and quite the intensity even though the atmosphere the fans were not. chances of course on both sides but the difference maker was this clever chip from yahshua kimmie and the timing was just perfect on that and if you look closely enough it seems as if he was almost anticipating for that to happen for that exact moment and it turns out he was terry because after the match the buy in player that they were told by the coaching staff

that don't miss goalkeeper roman brookie has a tendency to stand off his line to send a few feet right in front of it and that's exactly how it played out they use that opportunity is a little knowledge can go a long way as for what can i say you know the lack they have chances but they lack that finishing touch in the opponent's area so does this victory for a bond mean that the race for the title is over i mean i hate to say it but it's as good as over we didn't expect it so soon after the restart but with 6 games to go you have by and then it now with this 7 point lead and i know you never know with football but when was the last time that by an unique view a title like that you know having a 7 point lead for me is just way to experience the way to motivate it and way too disciplined for that to happen so what's the main story line here was the bigger story line is it by on winning again or is losing it from the ghost games in the

coronavirus pandemic i'd say that based on this season alone i would say it's about by and munich winning again and that's because we. i have to remember that they had a very poor straught they struggled early in the campaign they were not at the top of the table they had a coaching change so for me the big story is huns you make taking over and turning by unique into a winning machine again but if we were to look over an extended period of time then of course it's when falling short again last season a view what was it a 9 point lead this season another missed opportunity and the last time any other team outside of buying the nic that won the win if you got titles back in 2012 and that was a top went under you again crop so what does this say about the city that you know we have a competitive problem and i'll go the last 2 seasons we had a very exciting title race the conclusion remains the title race was unpredictable but the outcome is always predictable. thank you so much earlier we're talking from

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