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just. to brasil to go into storage joyce 1st on t w. this is the date of your news live from berlin china unveils a draft of a new national security law for hong kong. critics fear it will crush wide ranging freedoms that are seen as key to hong kong status as a global financial center also coming up. donald trump supporters gather in tulsa oklahoma for the u.s. president's 1st campaign rally in more than 3 months the location and timing of the
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rally has sparked controversy i mean weeks of racial tensions in the country. and anger in china china protests in india pardon me at the china protests erupt across the country in the wake of a border caution a disputed himalayan region prime minister narendra modi blames beijing for the violence and warns of his military capabilities. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program china has unveiled a draft of a new national security law for hong kong after 3 days of deliberations. it says beijing will set up a national security agency there to crackdown on dissent in the city its critics fear it will crush wide ranging freedoms that are seen as key to hong kong status as a global financial center. and let's cross over to correspond in
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beijing for more on this mathias what is in this draft what we know. yeah so what we've seen today is a detailed account of the draft not the not the draft itself the draft itself has not been released to the public but the details show a lot about what they ging is planning and they are really giving taking no chances there will be a new security agency hong kong security agency chaired by the chief executive that will also appoint the judges that will handle these cases and there will also be an agency set up by beijing in hong kong and this agency will supervise the hong kong agency and it will have the right to take over some of the cases against national security against national security so beijing will have
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a big say in this and it will establish its power directly to handle these cases in hong kong and just how could this change hong kong itself do you think. the pro-democracy politicians have sad when the 1st plans were unveiled to establish this national security a law that this is the end of hong kong as we know it and i am afraid that this is true at least for the political freedoms the cry from the what we've seen now are not defined very specifically so it gives beijing and. the hong kong government the possibility to prosecute a lot of people on a lot of grounds if these if these crimes will not be defined in a more narrow way that will mean that they can almost do what they want in cases that they deem to endanger the national security ok didn't invent his burning
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reporting by. from beijing thanks for that. in the united states thousands of people are gathering in tulsa oklahoma for president donald trump's 1st campaign rally in more than 3 months the city has a history of racial tensions and there are fears that charles visit could spark violence the date of the event is also being criticized coming just a day after june 18th the day marking the end of slavery in the u.s. . was. in several cities across the u.s. demonstrators toppled confederate monuments in public spaces including a statue of general albert pike in washington d.c. in north carolina a confederate statue was hung on a traffic light before being removed by police the dismantling of the controversial monuments came amid otherwise peaceful juneteenth gatherings and rallies commemorating the end of slavery in the u.s.
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by president trump responded by tweeting that the police weren't doing their job the president's original choice of yesterday's historic date for his campaign rally sparked such a large outcry that it was postponed by one day president said he was coming on june 19th. didn't know. it was june did. but even more controversial than the choice of date is the president's choice of location tulsa oklahoma this city is the site of the worst incident of racist violence in u.s. history in 1921 the city's greenwood district a bustling hub of successful black owned businesses known as black wall street was razed to the ground by white mobs 300 black people were killed 99 years later many tulsa residents are still affected by racism they say donald
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trump is not welcome. not far from the greenwood district trump supporters have been camped out for days thousands are expected to attend the rally on saturday. black lives matter protesters have also planned their own rally and fearing the potential for violence this city has imposed a curfew around the venue for trump's event. in a town still bearing down on healed wounds of the past locals have a message for president trump. was 2 i was i was i let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. tens of thousands of people in mali have taken to the streets demanding the resignation of the country's president. is accused of corruption and failing to contain a jihadist insurgency is the 2nd photos this month and is being spearheaded by
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a newly formed coalition of opposition. activists in paris have sprayed the french health ministry with red paint to demonstrate against poor working conditions and low wages for medical workers activists also put up a fake medal outside the building to highlight what they say is the government's failure to address the concerns of health care struggling to cope with the coronavirus 10 demick. and leaders have failed to reach agreement on a rescue package to help the bloc through the worst economic crisis in its history a virtual summit to discuss a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery fund ended with no consensus a new round of in person talks is planned for mid july. east africa is bracing for a 3rd outbreak of desert locusts threatening food supplies in a region reeling from damaging rains and the coronavirus migratory pests have
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descended on the area in record numbers since late last year despite the use of past. brazil has reached a grim milestone in the corona virus outbreak it's become the 2nd country after the united states to pass a 1000000 confirmed cases and officials 6 figures show the number of brazilians who have died from coke at 19 is nearly $50000.00 experts say a lack of testing means the infection rate is probably higher despite the alarming statistics some of brazil's worst hit regions its largest cities are apollo in rio de janeiro are reopening. short time ago i spoke to correspondent in rio de janeiro and asked him if there are any signs that brazil's president hey are both n.r.o. a coronavirus skeptic is rethinking his approach to the pandemic since the beginning of the crisis he said in the same position for him it's a little futile he says we conned. the. among
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our a brazilian city and so he's thinking on economy and not at thinking on the. helping the crisis to overcome with less this so he's still in the same position which is really worrying many brazilians. excuse me and here's a quick roundup now of other developments in the corona virus pandemic. the premier of the western german state is warning that another regional lockdown may be necessary as health authorities race to contain an outbreak at a slaughterhouse more than $800.00 infections have been confirmed at the facility so far turkey has implemented a 6 hour national lockdown so that high school students can avoid crowds while taking their entry exams at an australian football league game has been postponed after a player tested positive for the virus it comes as the state of reintroducing stricter measures after a spike in cases. excuse me. indian prime minister narendra modi says his country is hurt and angry following monday's border clash with chinese troops in
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which at least 20 indian soldiers were killed each side blames the other for the violence the deadliest clash in the disputed himalayan border region in 4 decades the prime minister has warned he's given the indian army free rein to respond to any new aggression from china. saying goodbye to a father family members of the community attend the funeral of. the indian soldier was one of at least 20 who died in violent clashes with chinese soldiers in the disputed valley on monday indian prime minister narendra modi says no territory was lost in the incident and warned of his military capabilities. act whole whether it be action or counter-action our armed forces are doing what is necessary for the security of the nation and on land and air and on water. the
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country today has such capability that no one can even dare look towards an inch of our land. the fight erupted in a region of the himalayas where an exact border has never been defined. both sides have accused each other of intruding into their territory provoking the incident. china has acknowledged that its forces suffered casualties but has not released any figures. the 2 sides are currently engaged in dialogue to resolve the issues on the ground through diplomatic and military channels i have nothing to offer. bangor has now spread across india sparking protests calling for a boycott of chinese goods. we are calling for the chinese president to be hanged the chinese army brutally killed our troops our movement will continue to protest and demand that consumers shun all
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chinese products sold in our country. experts say while the 2 nuclear armed neighbors are unlikely to head to war he's intentionally region is essential and let's cross over to correspondent mr jaiswal in india. as we just heard people are quite angry calling for the chinese president to be a prime minister warning china. tell us a bit more about the mood in the dynamics there how does this work. well it does it's definitely a sentiment in india against the chinese and this has been building over the last 6 weeks where we have seen tensions along that the fact of water cloying actually until it's between the 2. now is cause in india a lot of this sentiment and directed at china not china's economic ties indians want to hit the chinese when it hurts cutting off by whitewashing chinese goods now
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it's important to know that divisions we have been seeing tests are being held by i think groups but does does represent a why does sentiment on whitewash in chinese look a treatise we'll see if she has a point for such a whitewash and what i'm watching that what indian ministries up to as bad as dream these meetings will impact on deals with the chinese but of course the 2 countries have achieved a massive amount of 2 just last you know the trade between the 2 countries crossed $80000000000.00 analysts believe that if there is actually any kind of the treaty banning the china this is much more likely to quote india and china. and what impact if think this will have on this border dispute which you know it's easy to to forget perhaps for many people but it's the world's 2 most populous countries both nuclear armed it's a big deal what do you see in the 4 coming days and weeks. but nick what's important to know what show especially when you look into the incident that she let
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jewel the loss of life that that awful too close that exists between the 2 countries drools of engagements look at same that have been instituted over the last few decades as a lot of confidence but it matches one of the most important border points is that what sites do not carry ons and do much not sure don's actually added the boy and this is what makes the incident all to death took 20 even salute just all of them was shocking because white yes you carry ons but they're not allowed to shoot them so these deaths happened without any fighting to me is not secure r.d.x. lensbaby that this incident meet in doubt to devise these duel is a big event because they see this in land as an instance of chinese aggression it is important to not do it at the chinese complete he denied this the actually want to asta india to discipline their fall that's what just signs that actually the indians caused into chinese tennessee by indian see that indians will just never be
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in due time said peace and security an indication off the deflating need certain aspect of this fall and has flown on line and never. thank you so much. for reporting from delhi for us. and you're watching news back with more news headlines for the top of the hour meanwhile you can stay if they are web site you know dot com don't forget to falls on instagram and twitter at the gov you dot com thank you for watching. language courses. video. anytime anywhere.
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