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on the verge of collapse. welcome to the program china is imposing a controversial law in hong kong that critics fear will restrict freedoms and undermine the one country 2 systems policy agreed to when beijing took control of the former british colony in 1907 the new north takes effect immediately britain has called it a grave step while the european union has said it deplores the move. they fear this might be their last chance to protest today's flash mall been

a shopping center was small but defiant everyone knew things were changing and some feared showing their faces. today i feel on the top of that it's very sad because they can't pass a law and they even don't know the details of the law and they just pass it with no one reject so. i think most of the people there are scared as. this is what they're scared of the chinese security law promises to crack down hard on more to terms terrorist activities it criminalizes subversion and secession activities as well as foreign interference and could enable chinese authorities to operate in hong kong it was scenes like these last summer that prompted the law huge demonstrations in favor of democracy and against chinese influence overwhelmed

hong kong and embarrassed all storage fees hong kong's leader kerry lamb told the united nations the law was nothing to worry about. only target an extremely small minority of people who have preached the law while the life and property basic rights and freedoms of the overwhelming majority of hong kong residents will be protected but fear is reaching pro-democracy activists joshua one is now in hiding but expects to be arrested he says he's resigned from his group to protect them as saying if my voice will not be heard soon i hope that the international community will continue to speak up for hong kong and step up concrete efforts to defend our last bit of freedom. a law school to support home conus and the scared new won't. join in often hong kong as

pro-democracy activist geisha wong disha when the chief executive says the moment target only a small increment of minority do you believe. no i don't think we can barely carry lemon saying that the law will react in fact a small cautions of people because at last you can see there are almost 2000000 people on the street and that demonstrate how how much distrust we have towards the government and that's not the scariest thing about this law it's not about how many people that it's going to vest or how many people it's going to detain and it's near just him and say 70 s. but they fear that a lot generates and it will turn into a terror and hong kong that stops he program speaking out and the whole be terrified to speak out against china and speak up against all human rights violation that it has systematically committed and this is the most worrying part of the law it's not actually in about what is inside a lot but the fear that this kind of knowledge would leak to in hong kong because

people are now really terrified about what may happen and even ordinary citizens will refrain from talk as speaking out we're talking about politics anymore because they're afraid that the law would affect them if entropy so i don't believe think arial i'm saying that's what this is only targeting a small pleasure people it's actually targeting and it's aiming at destroying to freedom of speech that we used to have in the city being that as it manual to speak about their fear does that mean that hong kong's pro-democracy movement is effectively dead. no it's not at all we are calling for protests tomorrow on the 1st of july even though the police have and defined it as an illegal projects of anyone shows up but this is hours that you go to projects and this is our right to speak up against whatever we find is unjust and just and i don't think a movement will die because even though at they are electrical parties that have to stand and hong kong but we as far as individuals who are still gonna fight for

their freedom that discernment of human rights in a fundamental rights that we ought to have so i don't think he and he will behind can declare that data dependent movement and how come you should you would continue to fight in your other colleagues in the pro-democracy movement but then want to change with that lead to apparently no one is listening to you want you to hongkong and something not beijing. i cannot say that may have achieved really upright results of course because of the factors the law is being implemented and how certain and but i see it changing attitudes toward china from the international community so i'm calling for an international community to impose sanctions or take whatever effective measure that is to stop china from compromising our cities freedom and independence because it will and the autonomy of our city because well for sure head to the world at last and it doesn't matter if we have achieved results yet speak us this is the right thing to do and we're doing it not because

we see we have hope or anything but it is the right thing for us to do. thank you very much. and not to some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic the world health organization says it's sending a team to china next week in an effort to search for the origin of the virus the doubler jawans that the pandemic is quote speeding up a case 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 when you infections accounted for 10 percent of all cases in england last week businesses will be closed starting today and schools will follow suit next week and in the united states the states of california and texas both saw a record spikes in new covert 1000 infections on monday. the future off your up after the pandemic that was the main topic of discussion for german

chancellor angela merkel and french president. at their meeting it was their 1st face to face dialogue since the pandemic began in march the 2 leaders are eager to shore they're united on a multi-billion your whole plan they say is crucial to safeguarding the 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 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. but. across europe there has been an open and transparent debate from the start i think our citizens should be aware of what that means you know many other parts of the world some more severely affected by the virus than ours is systems 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 but. on the. makkal has been weakened by his party's poor results in local elections on sunday medicals handling of kobe it has boosted her support even though the plan to transfer funds to struggling countries in southern europe is a huge u. 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 france and germany want to make sure they're pointing in the same direction and later at the news conference with president marc cross the chancellor was asked by a french journalist why is she has never been seen wearing a face mask and the americans aren't typically passed along. beneath the obsessively going to follow the distancing rules i don't need a mask and if i'm not following the distancing moves for example when i go grocery shopping then i suppose we don't run into each other otherwise you would have seen

me in a mask. but i won't tell you when and where i go grocery shopping. but of course i stick to what is recommended by the robot cock institute and wear a mask whenever a safe distance cannot be maintained and so this is the most people make off and there will certainly be future occasions where i will be seen wearing a mask. musk says he and the other. south korea would seem to do all the right things to suppress the coronavirus pandemic has reported $43.00 new cases in the last 24 hours but it's reluctant to reinforce physical distancing measures to avoid hard to come to me in the part of district of the capital seoul people are still cautious about venturing out. souls party district isn't very busy these days normally young people throng the streets to have fun downs shoulder to shoulder cheek to cheek but in corona times that means

the virus could easily spread that's what appears to have happened in mid may authorities traced a new cluster of cases to camp that is in this area. despite the risks these 2 young men still want to go out and socialize. until they found a vaccine the virus will carry on spreading people are advising us not to go out and meet friends but i can't help myself here infections will happen anyway even if i take precautions. i don't know when and where i could get infected. or to try to end it or that would result in. south korea was initially hailed as a role model in the fight against the pandemic widespread testing and contact tracing kept the 1st wave of the virus in check but now the number of cases is rising again. we've seen a number of new infections at small gatherings that are difficult for quarantine

authorities to control what's especially worrying is that the virus is spreading in the whole of the country beyond the metropolitan area into other provinces and the southwestern region. moron can use a viral it just she is against a hard luck town of entire parts of the city but the people have to do their bit. to move if new infections carry on growing at this rate hospitals will soon be overstretched that's why they're trying to change regulations for the lifting of quarantine. the number of new infections is higher than we would wish so let's discuss options for making social distancing more effective. that could mean closing all night clubs and bars not just those with covert cases most of them have already closed in the capital many for lack of profit fair has returned to south korea and with it the message to everyone don't ever stretch our

health care system keep your distance and we won't need a knock down. now to some of the other stories making the news of this china also usable closely what's a development of a new flu virus that has become more infectious to humans according to chinese researchers the new strain noted united in pigs has all the hallmarks of a pandemic virus although they say there is no imminent threat yet. the venezuelan president nicolas maduro has ordered the european union's ambassador to leave the country it comes after brussels slapped sanctions on several officials loyal to the president more than 50 countries including much of the e.u. recognized opposition leader juan why door as well as well as interim president. india has banned nearly $59.00 chinese mobile apps including to talk and recharge citing national security and for busy concerns the move comes up just weeks after

border clashes between the 2 neighbors which resulted in strained diplomatic relations. the united nations is holding a donors conference to raise $10000000000.00 in aid for syria it's become an annual event since the civil war there began 9 years ago the european union is hosting the video conference with 60 governments and n.g.o.s taking brought more than 5 and a half 1000000 syrians have fled their country since the conflict began the vast majority of them have been taken in by neighboring countries especially jordan while most are housed in oven areas a large number of us to giving in camps in the border regions their situation has been made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. for more i'm joined by dominic boche representative of the un the un refugee agency in amman jordan mr boche how dire is the situation for syrian refugees in jordan especially during these times in the times of pandemic. syrian refugees in jordan have already been

hovering around the poverty line as it were beef and the vast majority of them incidentally have found protection in deeper than areas in amman only 20 percent of syrian refugees are accommodated in the large refugee camps and in the urban areas they were able to live on their own and have an income to work mostly in the informal sector not much of that has been severely disrupted by the outbreak of the people who make prices and the movement restrictions that came with the containment effort so i am extremely grateful that there has been no peace in the mostly very g. population in jordan the economic impact has been disastrous we know of at least 2 thirds of the refugee population live in areas who've lost their like you so bone of the teams have shut up and be very concerned about making sure that refugees and address their basic needs in terms of addressing these basic needs i'm imagining

the donor conference becomes vitally important how optimistic are you that all this money will be raised. we are reasonably optimistic because you see the reason there is that basic premise for the internationals to want to see large refugee hosting countries around syria and let us not forget that these countries he levanon jordan and iraq and egypt are less extend they all have opened their doors to gift protection to refugees fleeing from syria and clearly there has to be a continued support and he says steyn support from the international community to support these countries because we have made great strides in assisting those refugees and in giving them perspective to quote but one example jordan has graciously agreed already years back to offer double shift school classes which allows refugee children to attend school site by site which are deni and children

now this is a great gesture towards refugees but of course it also puts a strain on the national education system and this is where the continued support from the international community is so important do you think the international community is actually committed in make of supporting these efforts and you're an imminent. oh restrung a belief sore because it is clear if you look at how refugee it worked where they are which countries exist more than 80 percent close to 90 percent of the words refugee population is living in the countries surrounding the countries of origin so do you have vast majority of saif point 8000000 syrian refugees live in the neighboring countries and they do so not because they are in search of better opportunities but because they hope that one fine day they will be in a position to go back home and clearly it is in the interest of the international

community to continue to support these efforts by the big refugee allston countries dominic barred from the un refugee agency thank you for speaking with us thank you mean rather situation for syrians who have stayed at home is not much better than that for refugees in fact as the economy teeters on the verge of collapse it's getting worse our next report looks of the plight of one family in the capital damascus no they are and he's wife marva are off to the butchers in damascus everywhere even for these days no way works in a factory producing machines and tools put industry here and for good wage but soaring inflation means it's barely enough to survive on the how to start. a kilo of cost a 3rd of my monthly salary that means we can no longer buy by the killer. instead we buy $200.00 or 300 grams of a time has become

a luxury our it's no longer one of the basics. today luxury is on the menu 300 grams of it i mean that's it for the month. for many syrians the sanctions and the pandemic feel the economic crisis make a trip to the cash machine and not me. the syrian pound has lost 80 percent of its value imported goods which have to be paid for in dollars around affordable the financial strain means the country will have to rely extensively on international aid to rebuild itself. parts of syria's cities have suffered almost apocalyptic levels of destruction. and even in those areas physically unscathed by the war like the center of damascus local businesses are struggling to survive. syria's tourist sector has suffered in recent years. this hotel manager

says this place used to be a popular choice for visitors. a function from the argument back in the good old days people from all over the world came to stay in this very hotel the events french tourists russians americans japanese chinese iranians. see all we. see mean what you know only the pandemic is having an effect on jobs too many are now at risk. even those with relatively secure employment like low i for example say they are worried the high inflation is eating up their savings and . my fear is that i won't be able to feed my children. i'm looking for a 2nd job to try and get us through these tough times was a little far but the economic sanction its main absorbs are hard to come by my.

war and sanctions are leading syria into economic disaster to turn the hope is i'd from abroad. to germany next where financial analysts are asking who's to blame for the downfall of. its now one week since the german film tech superstar announced that almost 2000000000 euros were missing from the company's books investigators are looking into possible fraud and politicians wonder if office was too lax now regulators are debating how to strengthen controls to avoid similar cases when german fin tech why a car filed for insolvency last week many outside the financial center says the world shrugged their shoulders after all the company once a shooting star that made it right into germany's plute chip dax index was all but unknown to them consumers would likely not know whether or not they had any

business with wire card but millions of customers of banking apps like her pocket or on a money fund the assets frozen and banking cards not working today many were advised to refrain from non-urgent money transfers so as not to overwhelm the fragile system meanwhile master card and visa half want clients that they could find themselves locked out of payment networks to. and so on a scandal like this one must be a wake up call that we need more supervision and control of the financial markets than we have today we old this to the shareholders the employees of these companies and in particular to germany as a financial center and all of us as citizens. among the institutions tast was supervising financial firms german regulator buff and as well as the european central bank according to reuters regulators fail to classify why a card is

a financial holding and hold it to higher standards as for why a card score business experts stand by it i'm sure this is. in the end we should actually count of companies like why are card it is a business with the future of this kind of payment technology. we know that our banks are past their peak and why a card looked like it had a golden future meeting it was it it's who can believe however that promise only holds if tighter regulation ensures customers can trust that their payments are processed correctly. the u.k. will speed up infrastructure spending in an effort to boost its flagging economy from mr bottoms johnson talked of $5000000000.00 pounds of investment most of it in already announced projects and now be fast tracked johnson emphasized he would not cut public spending as prior conservative governments had the british economy shrank 2.2 percent in the 1st quarter according to the mixed figures. a quick look

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