not a. democracy of the. first on. this is the. boldest move yet to tighten its control over china. that empowers authorities to crackdown on the opposition pro-democracy activists fear the measure is reversible to the chinese autonomy. $10000000000.00 of. refugees that's the. under way today the

un refugee agency. to help the millions of people who have fled to other countries . welcome to the program china is imposing a controversial security law in hong kong that critics fear will restrict freedoms and undermine the one country 2 systems policy agreed that when beijing took control of the former british colony in 1907 the new law takes effect immediately britain has called it a grave step well the european union has said it deplores the move. they feel and 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 in the company that is very sad because they cannot ask god can they even though know the detail of the law it just passes with no one really cares so. i think most of the people they are scared as. this is what they're scared of the chinese security law promises to crack down hard to morta 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 thora he says hong kong's leader kerry lam told the united nations the law was nothing to

worry about it will 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 in this new world. john and often hong kong is pro-democracy activist wong disha when the chief executive says the more one target only

a small increment of minority. no i don't think we can the inquiry lemon saying that the law will only effect in fact a small cautions of people because at last you can see there are almost 2000000 people in the street and that demonstrate how and 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 take and it's near just him and say 70 s. but they fear that a lot generates and it will turn into terror and hong kong that stops the program speaking out and the whole be terrified to speak out against china and speak up against all human rights violations that it has systematically committed and this is the most worrying part of the law it's not actually and not about what is inside a law but the fear that this kind of i know it would leak to in hong kong because people are now really terrified about what may happen and even ordinary citizens

will refrain from talk and 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 in carry a lamp saying guess 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 is it manual to speak about the fear does that mean that hong kong's pro-democracy movement is effectively dead. no it's not at all we are calling for a process tomorrow on the 1st of july even though the police house has sat and defined as an illegal projects of anyone shows up but this is our right to go to process and this is our right to speak up against whatever we find is unjust i'm just and i don't think a movement will die because even at they are political parties that have to stand and hong kong but we as far as individuals who are still gonna fight for their freedom that want to serve and human rights in a fundamental rights that we ought to have so i don't think we and he will behind him declare the death of the pendennis men and how come. you will continue to fight

in your other colleagues in the pro-democracy movement but then what change will that lead to apparently no one is misting do you want me to be on kong and something on beijing. i cannot say that we have achieved really upright results of course because the fact is the law is being implemented and certain and but i see it changing attitudes toward china from the international community so i'm calling for the 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 it well for sure head to the world at last and it doesn't matter if we have achieved results yet because this is the right thing to do and we are doing it not because we see we have hope or anything but it was the right thing for us to do leisure in hong kong thank you very much. not as some of the other stories making the news of this china

says if you'll see what's the development of a new flu virus that has become more infectious to humans according to chinese researchers the new strain would you need to be in pigs and has only hallmarks of a pandemic virus although they say there is no imminent threat yet. 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 were arrested for keeping their store open bost permitted in the southern state of time allowed to 2 policemen have been suspended in the case. of the president and president nicolas maduro has ordered the european union's ambassador to leave the country it comes after brussels slap sanctions on several officials loyal to the president but more than 50 countries including much of the e.u. will recognize opposition leader. as venezuela's president

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 part more than 5 and a half 1000000 syrians have fled the country since the conflict began the vast majority of them have been taken in by neighboring countries especially jordan. a large number of us didn't living in camps in the border regions. for more i'm joined by dominic representative of the u.n. the u.n. refugee agency in amman jordan mr bott how dire is the situation for syrian refugees in jordan specially during these times in the times of pandemic syrian refugees in jordan have already been hovering around the poverty line.

i'm the boss majority of them incidentally have found protection in the urban areas in amman only 20 percent of syrian refugees are accommodated in the large refugee camps and in the urban areas they worry about to live on their own and have an income to work mostly in the informal sector now much of that has been severely disrupted by the outbreak of the crew neck crisis and the movement restrictions that came with the containment effort so i am extremely grateful that there have been no he says the most the refugee population in jordan the economic impact has been disastrous we know of at least 2 thirds of the refugee population in urban areas who've lost their livelihood so bun of the teams have shot 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 at all this money will be raised. we are

reasonably optimistic because you see the reason there is that basic premise for the internationals to wants 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 give protection to refugees 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 with 13 young 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 are supporting these efforts and you're an imminent. we strongly believe so because it is clear if you look at how refugee it would weigh at the on which countries it is to more than 80 percent close to 90 percent of the words refugee population is living in the countries surrounding the countries of origin so the vast majority of saif point i think 1000000 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 clements tourney's the chairman of bundestag our club shaka has resigned from his office at the club attorneys a billionaire and the meat industry has been under scrutiny since one of his processing plants triggered the biggest single corner coronavirus outbreak in vidhan broke germany france a few dozen politicians are looking for answers after more than $1500.00 people they're supposed to have prompting authorities to close the plant tourney's it was in shock was born since 1904 and chairman since 2001 the club has depths of close to 200000000 euros. now to some of the latest developments in the coronavirus ben demick 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 that are ones of 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 where new 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. e.u. has agreed to reopen its border to 14 countries on a so-called safe list who will be granted entry in july some large countries like brazil russia and india did not make the cot also notice me absent is the united states a major hotspot for corona virus infections and one of europe's biggest sources of tourist income. rome's biggest sites are once again open for terrorists but for americans there's no place at the table a painful reality for many businesses. and more than for. american tourism is very

important. it's a country with many inhabitants and the number of tourists is very high they always come to rome or they always have come if they don't come everything will be attractive. to us was europe's largest source of non-domestic tourists in 2018 when the u.k. is counted americans even visited ireland and higher numbers than brits. one possible bright spot travelers from china could soon be allowed back in the e.u. chinese tourist numbers have steadily gone up over the years. still the going is slow for europe's top destinations this summer even europeans are staying closer to home and that could leave many businesses with no other choice but to shut their doors. this is the. top story of this some people in hong kong have come to new. being imposed by. the democracy

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