this is c w news live from berlin china tightens its grip on hong kong some people in the territory welcomed a new security law to be imposed by beijing but pro-democracy activists protests that it restricts freedoms and the one country 2 systems framework. also coming up the leaders of germany and france agree on a plan for europe's post pandemic we're covering now chancellor merkel and president ma kong just have to win skeptics over to their multi-billion euro rescue package and

a new class of zombie shares on germany stock market the payments processor why are card collapsed last week so why aren't shares surging. i'm sorry welcome to the program china's nationals people's congress has passed a controversial security law for hong kong that critics fear will give beijing more control over the semi autonomous territory some people in hong kong showed their support for the new law while pro-democracy activists opposed it critics say it restricts freedoms and does that odds with the one country 2 systems policy agreed by china when it took control of the former british colony back in 1970 now britain has called the new law a grave step while the us is removing hong kong's special trading status.

and joining me now from hong kong is how democracy activist glacier quality to the program and thank you for joining us this law a 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 if activists like famous activists like joshua walmart and me will get arrested very soon so nobody knows for sure what's going to happen but it surely marks the end of the i kind of need to system that it's a devastating blow to the judicial independence of hong kong and their fears that the law generates is 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 practice all 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 who are very large who are showing sympathy towards the movement or participated in those supporting rallies and their countries may be held responsible once they set it on hala china so it's actually very dangerous when not only hong kong and 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 show she for example josh one of the head savior of the movement he represents congress and the international stage show i think he would be considered as someone who is lobbying for foreign intervention and the chinese officials i so i really think that he would be one of the main targets after the law is employment 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 flying to the

regime at this time 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 so when the majority in the palm an attractive and all government budgets and bill if 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 has fans. and to find that if anyone's come up that will be considered as an illegal assembly but we should do 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 of 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 home cronk they have run out of any other feasible measures so that they have to adopt such a hard line approach and we think that this is due to the international community is actually turning against china after the call that 19 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 measures glacier qual 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 to some of the latest developments in the corona virus 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 w.h.o. also warned that the pen time it was quote speeding up a case search in the australian state of victoria has prompted officials to order a month long lockdown for parts of melbourne the measures affect hundreds of thousands of residents in the country's 2nd largest city 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 from 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 well that was the main topic as german chancellor angela merkel and french president

a monumental 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. going on that 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 move things in the right direction for europe's future because to produce all peace it's people because germany prepares to take over the presidency of the e.u. on the 1st of july mankell 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 our citizens should be aware of what that means in many other parts of the world some more severely affected by the virus than us 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 democratic. while michael has been weakened by his party's poor results in local elections on sunday medicals handling of covert has boosted her support even though the plan to transfer funds to struggling countries in southern europe is a huge huge turn which not all in the 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 in berlin linda merkel asking for solidarity and support for the rescue fund not all you countries 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 strong thing going for her

e.u. leaders will be meeting in mid july for the 1st time live and in person if all goes well and diplomacy like most other forms of human relationship 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 for 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. we'll 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 in berlin our chief political correspondent thank you shares of german payment processor wire card have jumped 155 percent to 3 euros $0.26 per share it follows the spectacular dive in value of the company which filed for insolvency last week after disclosing almost 2000000000 euros had disappeared from its books and earlier i spoke with our financial correspondent chelsea delaney in frankfurt i asked her who's buying wire card share some right now and why we have seen shares search over the last when you see a stock decline as steeply as dramatically as wire car does from around 100 euros 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 had 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. that was chelsea delaney in frankfurt let's get a quick check of some other stories making news that as well as president nicolas maduro has ordered the european union's and bassett are to leave the country if it comes hours after brussels slapped sanctions on several officials loyal to the president more than 50 countries including much of the e.u. recognized opposition leader want weibo as venezuela's interim president. canada's

cirque de soleil has filed for bankruptcy protection since march the pandemic has forced the world's famous circus operator to cancel shows and lay off staff the entertainment group which run shows around the globe has already suspended 95 percent of its workforce it says that it hopes to rehire the majority of those employees once lockdowns are lifted. some football news for you now goalkeeper gian luigi and defender dora gio kayleen e have extended their contracts with italian giants you'll ventus for one more year now before and returned to you about this last summer after spending one season with french side cars. used in a reserve roll the 42 year old world cup winner has made 13 appearances since returning meanwhile club captain fellini has become a mainstay since joining in 2005 eventis hope all the players can help lead them to

their 9th straight title. and with that now you're up to date a definite is i'm sure kelly in berlin don't forget there's always more on our website www dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram as g w newest thanks for watching take care and stacey. stand for the. lower. part and one which of course it. will be to you or your. anytime anywhere. w.