this is t w news coming to you live from berlin a controversial new bill sparked fresh pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong privately stoop to stifle protests against the government pushes to pass along them which make it a crime to insult the chinese national anthem we'll hear from a member of hong kong's legislative council also on the program a 3 day ceasefire with taliban ends and as half ghana says government frees hundreds of fighters from prison it purges the militants to extend the troops plus was this the moment the bundesliga titles slipped through dortmund's fingertips

joshua kimmie and by munich are celebrating after notching up what could be a decisive victory. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us in hong kong police have fired pepper pellets of crowds of pro-democracy protesters and made dozens of arrests in the city center riot police surrounded the legislature building in anticipation of protests and territories 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 law 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 impact do you think that will have. 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 undermines hong kong's high degree of autonomy and also to freedom that guarantees of commerce 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 dishy when he 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 this is an international financial help

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 reports there are over 3500 policemen on the street on duty today i personally with. 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 pilot insistence so

when they are trying to pass this national anthem law and try to earn people's respect they have 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 their 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 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 your

own member of hong kong's legislative council and leader of the civic party thank you. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today there have been protests in the u.s. state of minnesota after the death of a black man 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 reach. us president donald trump has accused twitter of interfering in the u.s. election it comes after the social media network attached a fact check label to 2 of his tweets is the 1st time twitter has tagged a tweet by trump as unsubstantiated. the man accused of killing 36 people in an arson attack in japan has been arrested police said they had to wait for shinji to recover from his own severe burns before they could make of the arrest the suspect allegedly stormed

a kyoto animation studio and set it on fire last july. a cease fire between afghan forces and the taliban has ended with reports renewed fighting on wednesday morning the taliban offer to uphold a historic ceasefire which began on sunday to mark the ied celebrations at the end of ramadan with the truce raising hopes of a lasting peace and a long running conflict the afghan government has 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 most speechless it's such a surprise it's anyone esle report is that i realised with free we have no media access inside the prison i didn't know we'd be freed today. before being released

prisoners have to sign written pledges not to take up arms again. number. as per the guidelines of our leaders and based on the agreement we will not pretend to the battlefield we are committed to the leadership's orders and we will continue our life normally. but if they looked up to you in the least and 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 and. we request that the cease fire continues so that the afghan people can rest and that we can tend 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. with. while the stages of

these talks remains fragile and any possible outcome still lie far in the future this cease fire has given these men a new lease on life. out of the coronavirus. latest developments there the number of people who have died of carbon 1000 has passed 350000 that's according to johns hopkins university in the united states the u.s. accounts for about a 3rd of the 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 a country gradually eases restrictions india's top biomedical research body has backed the use of the n.t. malaria drug hydroxy clore clean as a treatment for corona virus this comes after the w.h.o. suspended its trial of drugs citing safety concerns and spain has begun a period of national mourning in order of the victims of covert 19 for 10 days flags will be hoisted at half mast in public buildings across the country. here in

germany it'll be another month of keeping your distance the german government and german states agreed to extend social distancing regulations until june 29th this comes amid debate over how quickly to ease the measures that have helped germany maintain a relatively low death rate in the coronavirus an epic germany has already started easing the law down restrictions in time for the summer tourist season with fears of a 2nd wave of the infections many politicians including the chance of going back or urging caution. japan has emerged from a coronavirus walked out with a relatively low death toll in public health low toll of public health rather but the economy is taking a big hit to help else back the e.u. in japan a pledge to work more closely in restarting cross border trade in goods and services . japan has had some of the world's most relaxed locked 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. first by any was. able 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 it will be. looking at the g.d.p. days or from january to march we think the coronavirus measures such as social distancing how an impact on the public. in the 2nd quarter the damage from the code

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 indebted country can afford that kind of spending. all now in the biggest game in any but his legacy business or if you don't want to get by in munich with other major league still on hold because of the pandemic the eyes of the world were watching and needed a win to keep their season alive but as it has so often been the case for iran held their nerve to take on that with. the biggest game of the season had arrived in the 1st fallen. by 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 places in the n.b.a. the norwegian striker a big man who was neuer only for saying to clear off the line. was not by responded to that wake up call at the other end surgeon operate went just as close to catch piece take the man in the right place at the right time. it would take something special to break the deadlock and yours you look amish provided exactly that. breathtaking chip from the midfielder outfoxed dortmund keeper roman burkey who got a hand to the sharks but couldn't keep it out. a disappointing end to the half for him and dortmund who brought on jane sun shone in search of inspiration but it was holland who went close next with an effort the flash by replays showed the shot

deflected off by the tangs no penalty was given and dortmund hope for an equaliser continue not me defeat chester neuer but there was a sense it wasn't to be their day robert leavened almost settled the time when he slammed the shots against the post. by an inches away from securing a massive win the nerves of the club officials present jangling. but not for much longer when the referee blew for full time it was clear that both teams knew how decisive this result the. problem was not to be realistic by a 7 points ahead as long as nothing goes wrong they'll bring the title higher and all the bring it was a match that came down to the finest of margins. but the outcome is that 10 days after it restarted the bun does les get tonsil rice is old. and just a reminder of our top stories today riot police in hong kong have broken up protests in the city's financial center they come as parliament debates

a bill that would criminalize any disrespect to the chinese national anthem activists fear it's part of beijing's move to strengthen control over the city. you're watching t.v. news i'm terry marsh and i'll be back with you to morrow you'll find me on twitter at t.m. news stream thanks for watching. who are into a symphony. then beethoven's pastoral symphony is the foundation of an international art project. beethoven world wide. through project starts june 4th.