the c.w. news live from berlin and beijing tightens its grip on hong kong chinese lawmakers have passed into law but allows it to crack down on sedition subversion terrorism and collusion in the territory critics say it marks the end of the one country 2 systems for iraq also coming up the leaders of germany and france agree on a plan for europe's close pandemic we're covering now chancellor merkel and

president fox problem just have to win the skeptics over to their multi 1000000000 euro rescue package and a new class of zombie shares on germany's stock market the payments processor wired card collapsed last week so why aren't sick shares searching. plus we visit a city in thailand that's being terrorized by monkeys with no tourists to feed them because of the pandemic gains of the hungry animals are only in the streets in search of food. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program china's national people congress has passed a controversial security law for hong kong back critics fear will give beijing more control over the semi autonomous territory a standing committee of the. congress anatomists lee approved the bill where it

says that it is to tackle sedition subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign force and it has drawn international criticism for being at odds with the one country 2 systems policy agreed by china when it took control of the former british colony and 1970. 3 and joining me now from hong kong is democracy activist glacier qual welcome to the program and thank you for joining us this law is suspect expected to take effect tomorrow what do you think happens next. actually because no one has actually seen the content of the law even though it's passed now so nobody knows for sure what is going to happen in activists like famous activists like joshua walmart and they will get it eventually so it's a nobody knows for sure what's going to happen but it's really marks the end of the wine country it's a system that it's a devastating blow to the judicial independence of hong kong and they fear that the

law generates as the most scary part because people are now very afraid to speak up they're not sure if they should come out to the street tomorrow for the 1st of july march and their freedom of speech freedom of assembly it's going to disappear and we're afraid of how congress will participate censorship so that you know old freedom of speech and they will be very afraid to speak out so this is a really devastating blow to our liberty and another thing it's also foreigners actually and dangerous by the loss of all whoever who is showing sympathy towards the movement or participated in those supporting rallies and their countries may be held responsible once they set foot on college china so it's actually very dangerous for not only hong kong also foreigners who care about hong kong you mentioned joshua while other activists you expect them to be arrested what indications do you have that that will indeed happen. i think because shoshu for example joshua it's one of the head savior of the movement and he represents congress and the international stage so i think he would be considered as someone

who is lobbying for foreign intervention and the chinese officials are so i really think that he would be one of the main targets after the law is implemented at home . as the pro-democracy movement. what is your next move now. the next move would definitely not be leaving hong kong more or come trying to the regime at this point but we don't actually have a really solid plan but we will continue to do what we're doing for example the election in september is coming out with a child to win the majority in the palm an attractive and all government budgets and believe we can gain a majority in the policy and we also. calling for people to come under state on the 1st of july and processed of this national security law even though the police have spanned. and defined that if anyone's come up that will be considered as an illegal

assembly but we should go through that because this is a human rights and a fundamental right to have the freedom of assembly freedom of speech. freedom of assembly freedom of speech of these protests on the streets and we have seen in the past months in the past years this is certainly nothing new but do you do you think you have to admit defeat now. no i don't think we'll we should admit defeat at this point it's true that the chinese government is 5 passing on legislation using really strong had approaches but actually that means they're actually running out of tricks that they can feel at hong kong they have run out of any of their feasible measures so that they have to adopt such a hard line approach and we think that this is due to the international community's actually turning against china after the calls at $1000.00 condemning countries are starting to realize the threat that china proceeds to the world and a piece of the world and that's why china is very desperate and securing home calm and therefore securing its status in the international community so i don't think

it's anything to think it's actually a sign that the chinese don't run out of checks that's why they have to use such hotline and measures glacier quality joining us from hong kong part of the pro-democracy movement there with your reaction to the passage of this bill in china today thank you so much for sharing that with us thank you. and now we'd like to get some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic the world health organization says it is sending a team to china next week in an effort to search for the origin of the virus the deputy cho also warning that the pen time it was quote speeding up china has reimposed a strict lockdown on nearly half a 1000000 people in the province surrounding beijing after an increase in cases there restrictions are also being tightened in the british city of leicester where new infections accounted for 10 percent of all cases in england last week businesses will be closed today schools will follow suit next week and the e.u. has named 14 countries whose citizens it deems safe to let in from july 1st

australia canada and japan are among those countries the us brazil and china are not on the safe list. the future of europe after the pandemic that was the main topic as german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccraw met near berlin yesterday it was their 1st face to face meeting since the pandemic hit back in march the 2 leaders were eager to show that they were united on a multi-billion euro plan they say is crucial to guaranteeing the e.u.'s future the greeting was distanced because of coronavirus but warm nonetheless it is not by chance that the man who is the 1st foreign leader to meet with chancellor merkel since the virus crisis began the pair spearheading a 500000000000 euro proposal for rebuilding europe's economy off to the pandemic these are 2 leaders who want to work together and be the driving force for europe.

if this gets going on that really we understand that europe is not united nearly because germany and france agree but when germany and france disagree it does not look so good for unity in europe so perhaps we can find agreement on many questions and make a contribution and give a positive impulse to new things in the right direction for europe's future if the goal is to figure all peace people because germany prepares to take over the presidency of the e.u. on the 1st of july america is more central than ever to the future of the block the french president for his part wants to be seen to be injecting his own energy and ideas into the tandem he brought with him from paris a proposal for a new environmental levy and he spoke of how european values have prevailed during the pandemic. on top of that across europe there has been an open and transparent debate from the start i think as citizens should be aware of what that

means in many other parts of the world some more severely affected by the virus than r.c. the assistance of both individuals and companies has not been as massive far from it and in many places the epidemic has been synonymous with the suspension of democratic life but not here in europe mccarthy. a little. while back home has been weakened by his party's poor results in local elections on sunday medical's handling of kobe has boosted her support even though the plan to transfer funds to struggling countries in southern europe is a huge huge turn which not only no party back but as they try to convince some reluctant e.u. members that they have the right recipe for recovery fronts in germany want to make sure they're pointing in the same direction let's get more on that now we are joined by our chief political correspondent melinda crane and berlin linda merkel asking for solidarity and support for the rescue fund not all you country is are on

board to put it mildly can they find a compromise. i think the chances are pretty good that they will do so 1st of all tactical reasons the chancellor is known as a very skilled and pragmatic negotiator and she has one station ship does work better when it's conducted in person so i think those are 2 factors that speak in the chancellor's favor but far more important for the success of this deal is the fact that the main objectors the so-called frugal 4 that's denmark sweden. austria and the netherlands they are small open economies they absolutely depend on the euro and the survival of the european union now we often hear this is europe's moment of truth its survival hangs in the balance the reason for that is quite simply that northern and southern member countries are diverging ever more as

you know the southern sun southern member states were hit very hard by corona their economies looks set to contract by as much as 11 percent this year germany's by only around 6 and a half percent so that's a wide divergence that means that the financial markets will put increasing pressure on the economies of the southern states and on the euro itself if the bloc doesn't show real success at coordinating its recovery meantime we have other issues also on the table climate change for example of creating a greener economy also on the agenda at the meeting of these 2 leaders what are we expecting specifically when germany is taking over the e.u. presidency when it comes to environmental issues. well both merkel and her environment minister have expressed a very strong commitment to climate protection and green recovery the chancellor saying back in april we have to have climate protection in view the whole time we were planning this recovery and build back better so i think that there is

a real understanding about also with the european union commission the question will be can the chancellor withstand the pressure from her strong industry lobbies at home melinda crane and berlin our chief political correspondent thank you let's have a look now at some other stories making headlines this hour venezuela's president nicolas maduro has ordered the european union's ambassador to leave the country it comes hours after brussels sanctions on several officials loyal to the president more than 50 countries including much of the e.u. recognize opposition leader want to why go as venezuela's interim president. a former police officer who committed a series of violent crimes in california in the 1970 s. and eighty's has pleaded guilty to 13 murders and admitted dozens of rapes joseph james de angelo was arrested in 2018 after a 40 year hunt for

a mystery assailant became known as the golden state killer he is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. the deaths of a father and son from alleged torture by police in india have sparked protests and outrage across the country the 2 men who were arrested for keeping their store open past permitted hours in the southern state of tom will nod 2 policemen have been suspended in the case. german investigators are working to identify thousands of possible suspects involved in a vast online child sex abuse network authorities found at least 30000 new leads all tracing internet chat room activity linked to a pedophile based in the western state of north rhine-westphalia they've already charged 7 people and they hope the latest trove of information will lead to further arrests they watch footage of babies being abused of perpetrators targeting

children it's part and parcel of the work of this police investigation team and it's not just videos the perpetrators also exchange information with each other online death living to the reader reading these messages about abuse the way it is written i don't think you can rationally understand what is actually happening there fast and bust up with the police who have the investigators aren't finding paedophiles acting alone they're uncovering a vast network of perpetrators exchanging information about how to sedate children and the arranging meetings to carry out to be used together investigators have counted some $30000.00 leads it's an uphill challenge for the judiciary is near by it makes me feel nauseous we're talking about something on an unprecedented scale. these perpetrators are using all the tools the internet has to offer that the

thousands of suspects include sympathizers supporters and accomplices in addition to the abusers themselves investigators and prosecutors have spotted a pattern like minded people often meet online and spur each other on you have chats we found conversations in which one person says i could not bring myself to abuse a child and then 5678 people on the forum offer advice on how to actually do it this shows that inclinations to act can be strengthened through forums and chat rooms. 120 caseworkers are employed by the investigation unit so far they have positively identified 72 suspects and hope further analysis will lead to more within we will see an even greater number but i'm worried whether we'll even be able to evaluate this data evaluate it fast enough to protect children because this is a bottomless pit for 7 months now investigators have been evaluating the data the

more they search the more horrors they find. and meantime in other news russians are deciding on constitutional amendments that could allow president vladimir putin to remain in power until 2036 older turnout is a key factor for the kremlin a critic say that the public information campaign to mobilize voters has been anything but neutral. and really sure when reports on putin's bid to stay. for accessible health care for a strong stable russia for family values the flyers read these so-called volunteers for the constitution in the moscow region are working with russia's electoral commission they've been tasked by the author worries to inform citizens about what's at stake in the vote including about an amendment that could keep president vladimir putin in power the volunteers insist their messaging is completely neutral and that's the but. our job is to get people to the ballot box so that they can

make whatever choice they want we want people to come and vote for them to know that their opinion makes a difference rather than thinking this vote has been a daughter decided in advance so why bother i personally think our country is on the right path and that path depends on our guarantor our leader so i think it's important that one of the amendments could give an opportunity to the man who put our country back on its feet. are opportune himself is absent from the information banners around moscow which simply present this as a vote on russia's future. across moscow there's official information about how and where to vote on many apartment buildings and some of the posters even seem to be encouraging people to vote for the constitutional amendments this poster for example reads the russian word for yes. the author already is and to putin himself have emphasized that the amendments will improve people's lives by enshrining

social guarantees in the constitution. is to be so. if the constitutional amendments are passed to they will set the bar much higher for the government demanding a more meaningful and effective social and economic policy and decisions to improve people's quality of life and prosperity that was recently. but activists from the no campaign argue the vote is all about keeping putin in power for life the campaign has united several opposition groups who say the system is skewed against them but it's a good news but it would leave the procedure isn't fair in the 1st place because putin who holds all the reins of power at his hands has essentially arranged to vote for himself we have no way of presenting our position on a federal level both in newspapers and on state television and we're not allowed to be present there that's a barrier we can't pass so we can only campaign online and on the streets.

even though they say the vote is just for show volunteers from the no campaign want to keep fighting against constitutional changes and for a future without putin. business news shares of german payments processor wire card have jumped 155 percent to 3 year 026 cents per share it follows a spectacular dive in the value of the company which out for insolvency last week after disclosing almost 2000000000 euros had disappeared from its books earlier i spoke with our reporters clifford cruden and chelsea to lanie i started by asking who's buying wire card shares right now. well you really don't know at this point this is there's a lot of speculation and to this stock of why we're seeing it surge so much over the past couple of days but when you see a stock decline as steeply as dramatically as wire car does from around 100 euro's a couple of weeks ago to under

a euro you start to get some sort of nonsensical movements in the market one theory for why we're seeing this big run up is and sort of a crude market term terminology it could be a dead cat bounce which is something that happens a lot when stocks fall really fast really hard you get a lot of investors trying to cover positions people who have been borrowing stock and trading with that stock they have to buy back the stock to close out that position so that's one reason why we might be seeing this fake increase the other potential reason that investors are discussing is that there may be interest in buying parts of this company there's been a couple of reports about other payment processors and europe being interested in buying some some parts of wire card business so that could also be another reason why we're seeing this absolutely certainly a lot of activity when it comes to the dealings with wire card and figuring out what exactly has happened here clifford financial authorities are looking into that we know singapore's for example financial authority is doing so so listen there

well singapore is the asian headquarters for war cards and what it's doing is expanding investigation that began in february of last year which was a criminal investigation that's been expanded where the monetary authority is looking out of i think it's what they're seeing is that it's a great financial model it's a great business model but unfortunately markets case it seems to follow the rules and it's it's really brought a spotlight on to regulation and the how this industry is is regulated because in asia particularly wireless payments are particularly common in popular but in some markets the card was all praising the regulations weren't there to make sure that the mud. it was going into the accounts that it was supposed to so we're going to see now in the different markets is expansion of the probe into how hard are these 2000000000 missing 2000000000 went speaking of things that are missing the chief operating officer has now disappeared where is the trail leading well it's murky

marsala was last seen in the philippines. according to the filipino philippine government he said he was going they were he was going to china. but there's again it's unclear because there was no flight to china from where he was in cebu in the philippines on that particular day so we and if he's going to china it's going to be obviously considerably more difficult to track him so it's murky situation at the moment regarding the c.e.o. and also in the hot seat chelsea i'll turn to you with this this scandal is really putting not only the company in the hot seat but also. germany's dax index under scrutiny for missing warning signs regulators and whatnot as well how are things planning to change. arsing just a lot of talk about how this happened how so many agencies out so many people missed this sign we are so all seeing we are also are seeing

a lot of calls for changes in regulations one of the actions we are seeing already is that the banking regulator bof in which has gotten a lot of criticism for not catching this this fraud before they likely will see more power to regulate accounting accounting investigations through it throughout germany but we also are seeing other agencies and other private institutions private companies like the dax operator the borza they also are looking in to ways that they can have stricter oversight of the companies within the docks because this is really a big problem for germany it makes that. and makes it more difficult for companies for investors to trust that the money that they're putting into germany is safe a lot of big questions how could they miss this linnean frank for clifford clinton here in the studio thanks so much to both of you for bringing us up to date. the

residents of a city in thailand have got their hands full with a gang of hungry monkeys tourists are staying away because of the pandemic so the bananas that they used to give the monkeys are no longer keeping them said that has forced the monkeys on to the streets desperately looking for something to eat and it means trouble. at 1st glance these could almost be scenes from a zoo fearless primates ruled the town center of lopburi in central thailand the city is famous for its ancient temple ruins and for its population of around 2 and a half 1000 mechanics for years city residents have had a love hate relationship with their long tailed neighbors the monkeys attract tourists but they're also prone to create mayhem since the pandemic business is almost completely dried up for those selling monkey food to tourists. knew how we're now seeing the impact of 19 for months everything here was shut down now

visitors a slowly starting to return but they don't buy much the monkeys are really hungry. locals say the situation has never been so bad. i can't look away for a 2nd if i'm not sitting here to take care of the shop they come in open the fridge take drinks and steal snacks from us it's really difficult living with the monkeys . i got bitten by a monkey he jumped on my head and bit me i had to get some shots afterwards everyone living around here must have been taken at some point big or small wounds everyone. these escalating clashes have now caused wildlife officials to step in over the last few days they've captured hundreds of monkeys on the streets of la brea to have them sterilized by state veterinarians. the animals need to be sedated. once they're unconscious they're shaved and given

a tattoo to indicate they've been neutered. then they have to go under the knife the plan is to sterilize $500.00 of the macaques by august they did also say they might have had a good if the monkey population which increased even more rapidly the more animals we have the greater the number of conflicts people have with them i have a mac i don't want to see the monkeys getting hurt and those conflicts and so what we're doing here is about protecting them i think that as well as protecting people's property. from one boy. the day after their procedure the monkeys are released back into the city after old barry would not be the same without his monkey business. minder of our top story here on news chinese lawmakers have passed a new security law for hong kong that critics fear will give beijing more control over the semi autonomous territory china sets the built aims to tackle some

additional subversion terrorism and collusion with. a look at europe today don't forget you can always get more on our website to dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram. i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks much for watching take care.

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