this is d w news live from berlin the trump administration hits out at the international criminal court the us president approved sanctions on any court officials investigating u.s. troops for alleged war crimes in afghanistan what does this mean for the court's ability to probe human rights abuses also coming up plunged into recession with drags it on the way we look at britain's power forward as it battles the pandemic and looming deadlines for a new trade deal with the e.u. . the syrians take to the streets in rare anti-government protests the prime

minister is sacked as public anger grows that the war torn countries economic crisis. i'm sumi so much god it's good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump has authorized sanctions against international criminal court staff investigating possible u.s. war crimes in afghanistan and retaliation for that probe the administration will block assets of court employees and put visa restrictions on them and their families and anti-corruption investigation into the i.c.c. is also in the works secretary of state my comp aoa said the u.s. does not acknowledge the authority of the court. we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next

especially those from nato countries who fought terrorism afghanistan right alongside of us when i spoke to the un special rapporteur on torture method a little bit earlier and i asked him if the trumpet ministrations decision to impose sanctions on the international criminal court surprised him well unfortunately i must say that was not surprised because obviously such people persist in trying to have made similar statements before. i think it was extremely disappointing to see that there are actually 4 will only knock on the earlier trust and that whole argument of the courts be illegal illegitimate and corrupt obviously is not a new argument the same argument. you have lupus lewis who lives in butte was going to try to hold. the. tribunal for iraq and now it's being made a turn. to the i.c.c.

so this is not really to give more credibility to their arguments but it removes and undermines the credibility of the united states. and its willingness to hold itself accountable to the seeds that it so readily and wants to other states mr moss i do want to point out that previous administrations before the trumpet ministration also declined to ratify the treaty that founds the i.c.c. so it's not party to this court washington has not and it says it has no business examining what the u.s. did in afghanistan because that jurisdiction is not recognized so doesn't the trumpet ministration have a point here that the court has exceeded its authority. well it's a formalised point but you see i mean nazi germany wasn't part of the charter for a number of trial and error you could not be a certainly were not part of the deal to create you don't have to try google i think at some point you have to recognize that these types of crimes are criminalized under customer international law and credit to treat you certainly

strengthens that regime but not be credited to a treaty does not mean that these are not dramatic crimes deserve to be prosecute mr meltzer as you've been making a link there to what nazi germany is done in the past i want to ask you about a tweet that you sent out earlier as a reaction to this announcement we have images of that here you said that this is part of a painful process watching a great and inspiring nation being turned into a rogue state by men with no sense of responsibility for their people other nations and to future generations surely the u.s. is showing responsibility for its citizens here by putting them 1st ahead of a court that again they don't recognize its authority. well you see if you can point the american people because the people there will be indicted a war crimes tribunal you basically equines american citizens generally with the war criminals which is certainly not true i know i've lived in the united states

and most of you know u.s. citizens would agree that rape torture and murder are serious crimes that deserve to be prosecuted the reality is that the united states does not cross a few d's crimes than its community by its soldiers we've seen in the senate committee confirming that a systematic policy of torture by the cia not a single engine president been prosecuted had other examples and wrong as late as well and that we see that right to the i.c.c. you know it's very function to try to prove a perpetrators to justice additionally you can indict system. that was the un special rapporteur on torture news meza speaking to us earlier now the u.k. has confirmed that it will not extend its transition period with the european union beyond the end of this year cabinet office minister michael gove tweeted on friday that the move the moment has now passed rising odds of

a no deal bragg's have threatened to wreak further havoc on the u.k. economy which is already reeling from coronavirus lockdowns on friday data showed the economy contracted a record 20.4 percent in april economists are not optimistic about a recovery any time soon the central bank says the country is likely to fall into its deepest recession in 300 years. we can speak now to help but he's the executive director of the german british chamber of industry and commerce and joins us from london thank you for being with us are you confident that there will be a trade deal between the e.u. and britain. i'm not very confident that there will be a trade deal between the e.u. and the u.k. because the the government's position in the u.k. is so entrenched as well as the e.u.'s position and it doesn't see also able to find a compromise so i think there's more that if you stick with them charles that we will have a no deal scenario at the end of the year what do you think that means for the british economy where he said that the economy shrank by

a record 20.4 percent in april if there is no trade deal what is the outlook. the outlook will be even worse so with the corona crisis g.d.p. overall is expected to shrink by between 12 and 15 percent this year will compound that effect and will make it even worse in these difficult times but the government's position at the moment is that they don't want to reset the economy tries to have to reset the economy because of the coronavirus and then they want to have that reset because of the exit at the same time but it may lead to very shoot really costly exponentially having all these 2. really negative things for the economy coming together and therefore the of the business world is really concerned about the let looming no deal brecht's it of course they prepare for it but it is huge concern church of many companies what does the government need to do to ensure that britain remains an attractive place for investors and trading partners. i think would always be an attractive place as the world languages it has

a global outlook whatever the brics debate has shown so in the longer term it will be competitive place to do business but i think in terms of the last chances because of brics that there will not be that many companies coming here that would otherwise be so it is really about lost opportunities which are i think no country can afford at the moment with the corona crisis just to create some extra loss of opportunity but this is at the moment the government will so set on it so much into making bricks and now really happening it means it has happened but in terms of the we are setting in that on the 1st of january next year and that is hugely dangerous for the economy only shop executive director of the german british chamber of industry and commerce thank you very much for joining us you're welcome. let's get a round up of some other stories now global stock markets have fallen over fears that a resurgence of coronavirus infections could derail any economic recovery asian shares

slid sharply with indexes losing ground in hong kong china and japan earlier u.s. stocks also saw their worst declines in weeks. like the new putin has made his 1st public appearance in more than a month at a russia day ceremony in moscow despite the coronavirus pandemic across the country events are being held to celebrate independence from the soviet union russia has the 3rd largest caseload in the world. activists in the philippine capital manila have staged protests against a proposed anti terror law that they fear could be used to quash dissent hundreds turned out despite warnings by police not to violate coronavirus restrictions the anti terror act would allow authorities to detain suspects for up to $24.00 days without charge. and protesters have set fire to levon on central bank as the country's currency plunged to a new record low demonstrators took to the streets in several cities to voice their anger lebanon is experiencing its worst economic turmoil in decades

a crisis made worse by the coronavirus had to make. some countries worry about a 2nd wave of the corona virus many parts of the globe still have not seen the worst of the 1st outbreak yet correspondence filed these coronavirus updates the peak of the pandemic in south africa is yet to come the country had a strict lockdown in the early stage of the pandemic to prepare the health sector but although the lockdown has been relaxed there's still a lot to do let me give you one example if you're going to feel coronavirus test in south africa at the moment you will need up to 2 weeks until you get your results this is why the authorities in the western cape have decided you're only allowed to take a coronavirus test in public health facilities if you have the age of $55.00 for have another of these these and you have symptoms by the end of the year experts believe they could be up to 1000000 corona virus cases the south africa and the authority you see in the western cape are considering adding another 800 beds in

the conference center behind me. in dr over all coming out. but the corona water situation is worse. relievedly had been feeling deported by. the public healthcare system is all with crest already the death tally of also increasing and while the government said that they're prepared enough have been multiple people not being able to get death did on time or find a hospital bed. with the kids with climbing everything will be it looked like the earth is not over yet. i live around the corner from one of the largest hospitals in london in the u.k. the big green building at the end of this right at the height of the crisis it seemed like the sirens never stopped as hundreds and hundreds of patients were brought in ambulances now it's much quieter and yet the u.k. has the highest death rate of corona virus in europe and many people mistrust the

government's handling of the crisis so i'm not the only one who fears that there might be another spike and that the sirens may once more be the dominating sound in my neighborhood while the pen demick has driven a fault line through a brazilian society corona virus infections are surging in the country but president jab also narrow has repeatedly downplayed the gravity of the illness he and his supporters want lockdowns lifted so economic activity can resume protesters are pushing back and mobilizing against also now its handling of the country's massive outbreak. the digging began before sunrise within hours these activists had transformed brazil's copacabana beach into a shallow grave yard a memorial to the country's 41 thugs in 1000 victims and a call to action. book guess up on the official good news you think this pandemic allowed all of our social injustices and the incompetence of the public authorities

to america so we are here to ask for a change in attitude from the president of the republic and the federal government as a whole. throughout the crisis far right president also narrow has repeatedly flouted social distancing rules at one point joining an anti lot don't rally. the group behind this protest see he has a risk to public health and left the country my old and death and division tension spelled out on the real sea front with one man knocking down the installation. rock will be like obama my son died from this virus at 25 years of age and this guy is planning a round with a new sense of respect for those who are protesting but there has to be respect because the beach is public and protesters have rights to. look press that's not true nobody tolerates that anymore causing terror that's terror that silliness is

ok. while. the makeshift graveyard was meant to harm our home the human cost of this pandemic. in doing so it's exposed the deep rests in a country polarized over its leadership. you're watching news still to come on our show the only way to make ends meet the u.n. says now the pandemic risks driving millions of kids worldwide into the labor force . plus the covert $1000.00 crisis pushes demand for poppies the desire for a companion st as restrictions eat. by 1st syrian president bashar al assad has fired his prime minister it comes as there's a deepening currency crisis in the country and demonstrations against the syrian government protesters are calling for all side to go blaming him for their economic pain. the old. attack.

syrians back on the streets calling for the end of bashar al assad's regime a rare sight in recent years after a violent crackdown on protests in 2011 triggered civil war so they are a government controlled city in southern syria hadn't seen unrest or in the conflict but this week dozens of people have been demonstrating they blame the regime for the country's deteriorating economy and the collapse of its currency. the syrian pound has plunged dramatically since the start of the conflict reaching new lows this week. people across the country are reeling from the crisis. like the drop in the syrian pound is killing us we don't have any dollars we earn syrian pounds the syrian pound has fallen and the dollar is getting more expensive

it's killing us oil is getting expensive what used to be 500 syrian pounds is now 3500 no one can afford to live. on thursday assad removed prime minister iemma comus who had held the post since 2016 c. media didn't give a reason for his departure but he has been the folk. because of criticism over the country's economic crisis a crisis that could be exacerbated by new u.s. sanctions set to come into effect later this month they target any country or company that does business with the syrian regime. the aim is to really to sod's power but critics fear the sanctions could cause serious battered population to suffer further. for more on the story we can speak to simon mabon he's a middle east analyst at the university of lancaster in england hi simon syria is still a country at war but what has caused this dramatic currency crisis that we're seeing

i think it's the completion of a large number of things coming together and essentially in a perfect storm we know that syria has been really struggling with conflict and in recent years well the conflict is still ongoing there be enough is to try and facilitate the process of reconstruction trying to rebuild the state which of course will come into massive economic cost so there's that there's also increasing tensions and divisions within the syrian states and divisions between bashar al assad and key figures including i mean what groups who has a close family member of a shot and someone who took i don't 5 percent of every single business deal across syria demonstrating the huge level of corruption across the state so there is that does the crisis in lebanon which is frozen a huge amount of financial assets that would have come into the syrian economy to keep everything moving and then there are worries about this so-called season about

u.s. sanctions and the impact that may have on on the syrian economy so there's a huge number of issues all coming together at the same time which is meant that the syrian economy has dropped around 70 percent since march or april do you call this the perfect storm i mean how serious is this crisis for president assad. well let's not forget he's been dealing with crises of this sort since since 20102011 of different sorts try to that of course but i think one of the reasons why this is perhaps even more of an extension challenge for him is that there is perhaps let's go full support from the previous barca's including iran and russia who facing their own challenges in terms of covert 19th and alcohol just getting increasingly frustrated at the behavior of the assad regime and those involved so i think assad is going to be facing

a number of serious challenges as people get more and more hungry on the streets of syria descends in opposition will return but without the support of those external baucus then there could be serious issues for the regime middle east analyst simon nathan speaking with us thank you very much. thank you now as the pandemic pummels the global economy the u.n. warns that millions of children are at risk of being pushed into under age labor with family striking the struggling to put food on the table many are forcing their children into exploitative and often dangerous work. millions of children under the age of 17 are forced to work in countries all around the world. the international labor organization says more than 150000000 children are employed against their will and nearly half of them work in hauser's conditions boys account for more than half of child laborers it's not the number of girls could be under

reported. regional numbers vary but africa has the highest rate of child labor one in 5 children on the continent is forced to work across asia more than 7 percent of all children are employed and 5 percent in the americas. by far most children work in agriculture most of them on family owned farms some 12 percent work in industry including dangerous mining jobs the rest work in the service sector including household servants the ilo says child labor numbers have come down by some 90000000 over the past 2 decades but it warns the coronavirus pandemic threatens to reverse gains and force more children back into work. let's get some perspective on the story with video from the international labor organization the i alow francesco thank you for joining us your organization and

unicef have released a report saying that the covert 1000 pandemic will likely push millions of children into labor do we have an idea of how many more children we're talking about here. good morning and thank you so much for the report your duty as your reporter thousands was mentioning the main message that we have here that this crisis might to reverse all of the progress that we did in the last 20 years i think it was a record the night before mean you know cheers and where i have been we have been able international community never to free from saturday but in the last 20 years and now our estimate said this plan that he might bring us back to to those years 20 years ago was to basically do the virus or this very positive trend we had we don't have a specific number to go out and the impact of the bun damage but we can consider that with one percent increase in poverty it would mean as you know point 7

increases in child labor and that's different estimates also on the increase on poverty they have to work back for example he's estimating that there would be after the band between 40 and 60000000 people in poverty in this city in poverty very soon so this would also mean what would be the impact on children so we are about it watered here pointing as well in your report to the fact that schools have closed during the pandemic so what needs to be done to ensure that children including those who are been forced to work during this time are given access to education. this is one of the big question what is going to happen under school with the real penn during the peak of the pandemic in naperville more or less where 1600000000 students have been affected by the lockdown measures of school mindy practically 90 percent of the school population

in the world now with the opening of this means that even in many counties which are hit by the child labor this this children went back to work in many cases and what is going to happen to them are they going to go back to school or they will have to continue working for their families to mitigate the negative the fact of the loss of jobs and decent work opportunities for their parents it's a big question what can be done but i think the island international community has seen that our sun but our docks in this crisis of course it is a it is a catastrophe but at the same time this is opening some opportunities like we have noted that many countries took very important measures to strengthen their capacity of their concerts on education and but also on the poverty of additional measures are now brightman benefit etc we are other book 18 that these measures will not

last on during this period to counterbalance the negative effect of the crisis but it will be long lasting and therefore and bring in a positive effect francesco di a video from the international labor organisation thank you for sharing your insights with us. thank you very much. now here in germany the desire for a 4 legged friend has grown during the coronavirus endemic people working at home one company the surge in demand has boosted business for illegal poppy breeders border restrictions have hampered black market transports from eastern europe but some manage to slip through and animal welfare workers worry the poppies will end up back in shelters customs officials stopped a romanian event headed for berlin they found 6 puppies inside just 4 to 6 weeks old. and we found these dirty puppies in the transport cages some of whom were very dehydrated. and worms were found in the vomit inside their cages

and one was partly covered in excrement. some record for. so far the huge demand for poppies has outstripped what the illegal trade can handle that's why dogs like this one have been abused as breeding machines once they can no longer go on or if they get sick they end up in a shelter but during the pandemic german breeders have been completely overwhelmed by the growing demand many people have developed a desire to have a pet hoping the 4 legged creatures will help them get over their isolation and lack of exercise dog owners seem happier lately. it's been good i've had more to do than everyone else i've been taking him out a lot and he's been happy because i've been home more often. never before have there been so few residents and berlin's animal shelter caregivers can now spend more time with them in peace the shelter is closed and is only reachable by phone.

if. we found more new homes this year than we did by this time last year. lots more people realized they could work from home or their bosses allowed them to go at it may stay that way so people with office jobs have had a rethink and now have more time for a dog. for. but shelter staff or concern over the sudden love of animals. there are also more internet searches on classified ad portals that's true we urgently hope that they don't end up back in the shelter afterwards and that the huge flood of puppies doesn't end up back there. and just how long this newfound love of pets will last might not be known until after the pandemic. let's get a recap of our top story now hugh us president donald trump has authorized sanctions

against international criminal court staff investigating possible u.s. war crimes in afghanistan secretary of state mike i'm pale will be able to block assets of court employees and stop them from entering the us. thank you for watching. the.

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