this is news coming to you live from berlin concern grows over china's plans for the semi autonomous territory of hong kong police step up their presence in hong kong amid protests over beijing's proposal for a controversial new security law critics say it will fall in the city also in the program the u.s. death toll from 19 crosses the 100000 more companies criticism that the trumpet ministration could have acted earlier and saved thousands of long. plus an unprecedented proposal to rescue the economy from the pandemic the european

commission wants to raise $750000000000.00 euros $850000000000.00 euro recovery plus 2 but 1st they have to get $27.00 members to agree. though i'm terry martin good to have you with us china's people's national people's congress is set to approve a controversial new national security law that threatens to further strain tensions with hong kong critics say the anti sedition wall would strip hong kong of the promised under the one country 2 systems status the past 2 days have seen pro-democracy protests escalating again in the territory demonstrators went out on the streets to protest a new proposed bill criminalizing disrespect for china's national anthem.

thousands of hong kong residents defied police orders and took to the streets demonstrating for their independence and against china's efforts to tighten its grip on the semi autonomous region the protesters were met by a strong police force which fired pellets filled with pepper to disperse the crowds and arrested hundreds one of the residents concerned a bill threatening anyone who disrespects the chinese national anthem with up to 3 years in prison. i'm worried about the national anthem law i know it will pass in the legislative council because pro stablished that lawmakers have a majority there. i came to hong kong from mainland china when i was young so i know about the darkness of china i'm worried china will impose its standards and its system on hong kong. protesters want to express their outrage not only against the national anthem law but also against the new national security law imposed by the chinese government the full text of the

legislation has yet to be published but it has raised international alarm over freedoms in the city. non-con security chief defended the measures on chinese state television. when it is necessary and important to establish a legal framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security and the hong kong special administrative region at the state level this will be conducive to the long term stability and prosperity of hong kong and also helpful in safeguarding the legitimate rights and freedoms of hong kong residents young and call for action. but that's exactly what the protesters feel how can we loose the freedoms and civil liberties secured when the former british colony was handed back to china in 1997 there are meant to remain in place for at least another 2 decades beijing brands the matter and internal chinese of. there but the leader of hong

kong's pro-democracy civic party is calling on the international community for help . your partner 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 world will speak up for us despite social distancing rules resistance against beijing's attempt to tighten its grip on hong kong this growing fiercer protests are likely to continue in the coming days. or for the very latest from hong kong let's cross over to tom grundy he's editor in chief of the hong kong free press web site john thanks for being with us sir tell us what's the situation in hong kong today just a few hours ago we saw of course in anagrams in the local parliament that somebody pro-democracy lawmaker threw a rotting plant on the floor and just in the last hour or so we've seen a few more protests crop up in the central business district people chanting

pro-democracy slogans that's despite about 360 arrests yesterday some of them schoolchildren in uniform pepper spray pepper balls as you mentioned a huge police security operations surrounding the legislature as it debated that controversial national anthem law and then we saw the pattern that was chase is right the shopping and extends well into the night with protesters trying to invade some of the roads wired to make sure barricades but it seems the police very much have the upper hand at the moment they're very compact and there's been a huge police presence on the streets in the last couple of days now today authorities in mainland china are expected to pass a national security law for hong kong that many say is tantamount to imposing direct rule if that happens how can we expect hong kong has to react. i think we can safely say with more protests this law is that the addition succession

and some version but it will not get any local legend. oversight and the national. will be directly inserted into hong kong's meaning constitution in the coming weeks and they at 1st it may target pro-democracy act pro independence activists and front line protest of but there are fears that it could expand to n.g.o.s to media to mainstream democrats and perhaps even to post abolition figures who don't fall in line. so with the local officials now calling a lot of the protesters terrorists we're going to see tonight perhaps some of the wording perhaps some messages from. the number 2 chinese that they show as to what this draft legislation might look like amid the protests u.s. or terria state might pump aoe notified congress that the trump administration no longer considers hong kong to be autonomous from mainland china the announcement

could and the asian financial hub special trade status with the u.s. china has said the move was interfering with in what it calls a domestic matter here's what pompei i have to say 300 kong does not continue to warn treatment on the united states laws in the same manner as u.s. laws were applied to hong kong before july 997 no reasonable person can assert today that hong kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given facts on the ground told what would it mean for hong kong if the u.s. for a vote the territory special trading status. well at the moment hong kong is considered separate when it comes to trade policies regarding the u.s. but we don't know the details yet the top official in asia from us is that this is a one to action they will make the declaration as they have done and then they will see how to act they couldn't hold sanctions against officials which some of the

pro-democracy crowd or new visa rules investment restriction joshua was famous local activists told us earlier and i think this is now the time we will continue our international habit the. support that action itself a lot of the local authorities consider to be warnings of so they may be cracking down on groups like them and say so in the coming months sean thank you very much for filling us in there that was tom grundy from the hong kong free press web site for the covert 19 death toll in the u.s. now tops 100000 that's more deaths in just 3 months than the number of u.s. military men and women who were killed during 44 years of fighting in armed conflicts the trump administration has been criticized for responding too slowly to the pandemic in new york the hardest hit u.s.

city a so-called trump death clock is on display showing thousands of deaths which many experts say could have been prevented the coronavirus fatality rate in the u.s. accounts for nearly a 3rd of all global deaths. of more now i'm joined by dr eric dane he's an epidemiologist and health economists from the harvard chan school in public health in washington d.c. thanks for being with us dr if i don't think at least 100000 people in the u.s. have now died from the corona virus what goes through your mind when you hear that number. when i hear that number it's 100000 in 100 days the worst in 100 years and 100 percent of it could have been preventable or at least 99 percent how do we acted sooner because it is the most preventable a number of deaths i've ever seen in recent memory because so much of it because of

botching and response and delays notifying we're in b.p.'s testing is just so overloaded what do you make then of the u.s. response to the pandemic so far 'd given that you say 99 percent of these deaths could have been prevented. well. i don't last word because obviously i'm not in the political driver's seat but i think right now in certain ways we have to look forward we have to use realize see the dangers of reopening too quickly we have to realize that we still don't have enough nast's for health care workers who are meat packing plants or or any front line workers and we have very poor compliance in the us and even wearing coffee house in public and people are clearly violating stay at home orders and this is so frustrating so i'm just i'm to my mind because so many of the countries that conquered us is just refusing

to. do the necessary to prevent further deaths well you've seen the way other countries have responded to the corona virus what if you learned from this pandemic so far. well i think we've clearly learned that it's not just the number of us has this thing but it's how truly do things and also how rested with small pieces create a supers reading vent at the night club recently but he quickly got. down in context raise he tested 808-3000 people because of one super spreading of threats and that is the kind of aggressiveness we need to tackle but us is just it's an ostrich and in the same end it's the 9 science and i think a lot of our doors here in government same. strongmen kind of countries are

ignoring it whether it's russia to you trade or the u.s. or brazil and you can see clearly those countries are the worst offering. talk to fighting thank you very much for talking with us that was eric cycling epidemiologist and health economists from the harvard chance school of public health in washington d.c. . now european commission president. has proposed a 750000000000 euro relief package to help the block bounce back from the coronavirus most of the money would be in the form of grants the rest would be loans the funds would be raised as common debt borrowed by the european commission on behalf of e.u. members that's a culture for szell idea and it may not be easy getting the unanimous agreement required to make the plan a reality. the european union's massive recovery funding plan

is aimed at helping member states hardest hit by the pandemic it's really in spain will get the lion's share the commission president and brussels keen to play out europe's united approach the a must be to invest together in our common good. we will be bold by raising unprecedented amounts of funding at european level we will be focused by channeling the funding to the new priorities that will shape the future. in practice it's germany and france which are driving the plan and will provide most of the money german chancellor angela merkel for the 1st time accepting joint e.u. debt as part of a mutual recovery strategy. is of course this proposal contains elements of both what was discussed between germany and france as well as elements of the guarantees and loans that were mentioned by 4 other countries. and now we start negotiating

with $400.00 a group of northern e.u. countries known as the frugal for the netherlands led by prime minister mark ritter plus austria denmark and sweden and less keen to hand out money to their southern counterparts with no strings attached. don't say the younger go to an emergency we need an emergency recovery fundamental to stimulate the economy. we believe this should consist of loans without any mutualization of debts. for them it's hoped looking phone for school is. some tough talking lies ahead for the recovery plan to come into force agreement must be reached before the autumn. you're watching d.w. news remember to keep up to date with the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's of d.w.

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