everybody. says they stay safe the priest has to say. this is the end of you news live from berlin china britain as tensions grow over hong kong london says it will grant citizenship rights to 3000000 on corners living under a sweeping new security law and beijing threatens to retaliate also coming up the indian government has revamped its approach to slow the dramatic rise in corona virus cases coming north you know sean it was all about what benoit go through and

they did get back to gradually. as the number of confirmed infections passes 600000 is the strategy having in effect. because it's been a cathedral a mosque and a museum now istanbul's famous high as the fia is at the center of the political battle that put up implications for 2 of the world's largest sets. first welcome to the program international tensions are growing over hong kong china says it will respond with quote corresponding measures if britain goes ahead and grants residency rights to 3000000 eligible hong kong as the u.k. offered the safe haven as on home police arrested hundreds of pro-democracy

democracy protesters rallying against a sweeping new security law. hong kong activists say their freedoms are being eroded however beijing says the law is necessary for the city to prosper and that many countries welcomed this. on behalf of $53.00 countries cuba welcome to the law of the people's republic of china on safeguarding national security in hong kong at the session of the united nations human rights council they believe that the law will have to sustain and steady implementation of one country 2 systems. a principle within which a high degree of autonomy was supposed to be guaranteed in hong kong for at least 50 years when britain handed back its former colony to china in 1997 the new law is a flagrant breach of the agreement says the city's last u.k. governor. very. starting

a new cold war with just making abs clear we will call. the u.k. now says it would uphold its historic duty and offer a route for up to 3000000 residents to settle in a country that could make citizenship possible of this national security across the atlantic the u.s. has punitively revoked on constitutional financial and business status washington says it's not only concerned about the safety of hong kong is but also that of americans. article $38.00 of the new law also purports to apply to offenses committed outside of hong kong by non residents of hong kong this likely includes 'd americans this is outrageous and an affront to all nations the u. meanwhile has said it's discussing with international partners possible meshes in

response german foreign minister heiko moscow has called developments in hong kong exceptionally worrying. these protesters are worried to the they've pledged to try as hard as they can to keep their voices heard. a lot on the path here so let's bring in the old son who is a project manager at the global public policy institute here in berlin and a specialist in e.u. china relations joe let's start in hong kong does the new security law mark the end of the podium the pro-democracy movement. it marks the end of the pro-democracy movement and i would even say it marks the end of the one country 2 systems principle that has been guiding whole call for since $97.00. with all the e.u.'s response has so far been quite limited sue expressing serious concern about the new law what are brussels further options here. well 1st of all i mean we have

to remember the e.u. has put out statements all along in support of people in hong kong in support of democracy. in hong kong the e.u. and she said and foreign ministers have put out a statement as well saying that they want china to reconsider this that it is a breach to an international agreement that is recognized by the u.n. . and that. for what it's worth it's falling on deaf ears china has moved forward regardless of what the u.s. put forward in statements. yes. other states still have taken a different approach the u.k. as we've heard is often hong kong as a path to citizenship do you expect an exodus from hong kong as a result. it's already begun i've known personally few people that have already considered this and are moving away from hong kong but we have to remember one thing that the u.k. foreign minister. in

a statement has said it's offering you know passport holders british national oversea passport holders in hong kong visas and pass toward citizenship this does not mean it's guaranteed and it also does not mean that all 3000000 people have the means to leave home it's a very select people who have the means and possibility that would possibly take of this offer if we're looking at the u.s. we saw in the early are you expecting china u.s. ties to get even frosty and now. this is pre-election times in the u.s. and the u.s. is on some form of pretty election collision course with china and i think president trump would use this as a way to to intensify his rhetoric on china to galvanize his support base but exactly what this means for the u.s. china relations it's hard to tell they are often mixed messages coming out from the trumpet ministrations that would have to wait and see. goes on to global public

policy institute thank you for this insight thank you hong kong is one of the world's biggest financial hubs even as mainland markets like actions and shanghai have grown rich hong kong is still seen as the most important gateway to financial markets in china and the rest of asia but that too is now under threat. 2 trends have shaped the fortunes of hong kong over the past few decades. one is the rise of chinese wealth the other the boom in global finance. when these 2 currents converged hong kong grew rich but months of unrest driven by pro-democracy protests and now the introduction of a new security law have raised fears that that could change among the concerns that capital will leave as china tightens its grip that talent will also go and that enterprise itself will leave polls have suggested that some international

firms would consider moving regional offices depending on the implementation of the law so far there's been little evidence to support those fears more capital has entered hong kong in recent months that has left it and that thanks to china's deep pockets. local businesses have by and large given their blessing to the new law and even larger firms like britain's h.s.b.c. appear ready to accept it. adding to the wind in hong kong sales more chinese companies are likely to list on the city's exchange as new u.s. rules make chinese i.p.o.'s there more difficult. well for more on the economic side of things our business reporter to fit and our resident on a watch. joins us now if it will still be a global financial hub 10 years from now well i think what's interesting about this is that it will certainly be a financial hub but i think in 10 years time we're going to see a very different definition of what a global financial hub is in

a way now things are speeding up between the u.s. and china in such a way that hong kong would be very much a financial hub but geared towards the chinese market i think i think the global dimension is is is on the way out because people are on certain about this new law i think chinese investors will welcome the new law but on the other side you're seeing the rest of the world as we've seen with the u.s. and the e.u. people are anxious about this and this law does not only apply to hong kong as it applies if the german bank well this is a fascinating thing about the document on i've been going through the law over the last day or so and again politics trumps economics you would think that having this kind of extraterritoriality would be a threat to hong kong's position and it is indeed and yes as you say in theory you can be picked up if you have a slogan on your phone condemning the praising the protests you could technically be jailed for that even if you if you're not a hong kong resident so it does create

a measure of uncertainty and i think this i think the way it will play out is like a lot of these laws are members as a correspondent in china there were a lot of very strict laws but it was more that they were there is a deterrent than actually acted upon but if you do need to get someone then they're in breach of the rules and i think that's how the legislation is. and to have a real impact on that on things like investment in hong kong investment in hong kong will go away and where will it go i don't think it'll go away i think the chinese a lot of chinese ass stock market listings in the us for example are coming back to . are coming back to hong kong that's not going to change but i think that a lot of the money international investors are going to say why do i need to have money in hong kong if i'm not sure why don't i put in singapore or indeed even in taiwan now which is the merging as a place for international investment clip it wouldn't do business thank you very much for this insight. and i to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today authorities in myanmar say at least $100.00 people have died in

a landslide a jade mine it happened after heavy rain buried workers under a wave of mud scores more have been trapped it's one of the worst accidents to hit the help i can't region in recent years. voters in russia have approved changes to the constitution that allow president vladimir putin to run for 2 more terms in office election officials say almost 80 percent backed the proposals that were put forward by putin himself the kremlin has described the outcome as a triumph. thousands of palestinians have protested in gaza against israel's west bank and its station plans to protest came as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said talks were ongoing on the expansions project which faces intensifying international criticism. for india the number of confirmed corona virus infections has now topped 600000 but the government is striking back

at critics who say it hasn't done in enough to fight the pandemic it has introduced a review revamped strategy to curb the spread of the virus did abuse and money choudhry brings us this report from the worst hit city the capital dili. a massive door to do so the exercise has been launched in delhi for its entire population of about 20000000 residents. the state government is aiming to record the health details of each and every household to deal with the spread of cool abiders. the move has come after weeks of scrambling for measures by the state and the national government to avoid a major health care disaster in the capital city which has now become the worst hit in the country even the government is nor you know short of mortal nordberg road so i am a little scared but regard. earlier we could step out a little at least to buy essential some groceries but now we're worried that if we

step out at all we may get infected as part of its strategy to handle the spread of the delhi government is taking a range of measures they include increased testing and contact tracing antibody testing developing a plus my bank and providing. the government simultaneously is trying to ramp up its health care infrastructure the daily testing for core with 19 has increased significantly. the state government says that it is now conducting $20000.00 test everything apart from plans to start rapid and dejan testing which allows for faster diagnosis of samples regular testing camps are also being set up especially in corona virus hotspots known as containment zones. some come to her one of the lead largest and most crowded informal settlements has several containment zones the new testing camps there have already started making a difference. 15 during the past week testing has increased many positive cases are

getting detected earlier the testing wasn't so regular now it's daily some $200.00 people are tested at each camp. anybody testing positive is immediately taken to makeshift quarantined centers crucial for their home isolation is not an option. the delhi government has projected that the number of cases in the capital needs right up to half a 1000000 by the end of july. to handle such a case load some specious venues in the city are also being converted into covert care facilities. this is being prepared to become one of the boys largest public it centers essentially an isolation facility it has a capacity of $10000.00 beds most of which are made of prefabricated cardboard material. once opened it will provide round the clock medical supervision for miles and moderate cases there is pressure on the general good health care system it

isn't new to the is one that we were not fully equipped to deal with when it began and it became a pandemic and we have to supplement that and health care system even though lockdown restrictions have been eased to some extent in delhi there is still much confusion and anxiety amongst its residents as the capital continues to formulate and implement new strategies it has a tough task ahead of itself as the challenge of coronavirus has now turned into a crisis. germany foreign minister has been holding face to face talks with this turkish counterpart. to foreign ministers discussed ways to bring an end to the wars in syria and libya germany has. special weight in international diplomacy right now because it also the presidency of both the e.u. council and the u.n. security council i was over was also keen to discuss early ins warning against travel to turkey due to graunt a virus which has had

a severe impact on the turkish tourism industry. now let's go straight to our chief political editor belittle kremlin that turkey is german germany's 3rd favorite travel destination was foreign minister able to reassure his his colleagues that german visitors will be returning soon. not exactly the e.u. and that includes germany have imposed a travel warning or extended their travel warning for turkey for the foreseeable future until the end of august now the german foreign minister did say that that will be reviewed every couple of weeks but at the moment that travel warning essentially means that german tourists who travel to turkey would have to go into a full 2 week or untying when they return from their trips and that quarantine would be reinforced with fines now apparently if they can show a negative to rhona to corona test when they reenter germany they might be

permitted to forgo the quarantine but the question is whether they could find a place to test them in turkey so that makes the likelihood of german visitors returning soon in masses to turkey quite low and that is certainly a problem for turkey because it is very dependent on tourism in general and especially on tourism from from germany and just for one example of what the the reduction in tourism has meant in may tourism was down by 99 percent and that is very hard for an economy that is so dependent on travel well you know that he has one key source of leverage over germany that's the threat to end its cooperation with the e.u. to block migration across the mediterranean open the gates for a few g.'s is likely to play that card. i think it's not there

was talk about that deal in the press conference today with both foreign ministers saying how very important it is to continue consultations on it but the fact is that turkey's economy has suffered drastically during the corunna crisis and it badly needs the funds that go with that refugee deal the deal essentially is worth 6000000000 euros to turkey turkey is often complain that that money has not been paid out quickly enough but turkey certainly cannot afford to forego that money at this point in time and therefore i think we're unlikely to see turkey play that card in the crane thank you very much and we'll stay with turkey on a quarter as been deciding today whether one of istanbul's most iconic buildings should become a mosque again the centuries old high as a fear is a unesco world heritage site that has been a church a mosque and is now

a museum with nationalist groups demanding it be open for islamic press critics say it has become a political instrument for president. empires have fallen religions have been replaced the city itself has changed names but the dome of the higher sophia has withstood it all built in the 6th century as a byzantine church it was for centuries the world's largest christian cathedral almost a millennium later it was converted into an islamic mosque during the autumn an empire but in the 1930 s. it was turned into a museum under the founder of the modern turkish republic ataturk a symbol of the new secular state inclusive of all religions. since then it has been a meeting point of many faiths but held by none a place where pope's and presidents have come to pay their respects and marvel at

the architecture. the religion is a tool for president richard tired of on he has overseen prayers in the museum and raised its status at local election rallies. i also feel he says over the divinity as you know they converted the higher sophia from a mosque to a museum a while ago. now we hope to be able to call it a mosque again after the election. of the. islamic groups have fought to pray at the highest the fia angering neighboring greece which says the building is part of its author docs christian history unesco has warned turkey its conversion to a mosque could violate the world cultural heritage convention. a flashpoint of religious and national struggle whatever its future the highest of fear will remain an icon of istanbul.

and standing by in front of the high as a fear itself is simple correspondent. tell us about the importance of this building and what's at stake today with the court's decision. well just standing here right in front of the fia looking at it it really is an architectural mosque a piece with an incredibly interesting history a cultural landmark for both christians and muslims and it attracted a nearly 4000000 visit is last year and these are probably reasons why there is always so much attention especially from abroad whenever there is a debate here in turkey about this building's future and there have been many such debates in the past now today turkey's top administrators cord reviewed another challenge to the i.s.o. fia's museum status it was brought forward by a turkish association that claims there is

a problem with the legality of the 934 document by which it was turned into a museum by turkey state found mostafa came up they say there is something wrong with that document it needs to be ruled invalid now as we learned from turkish media reports the court earlier in the morning had a short session and came up with a verdict but they won't announce the verdict today but say they will publish a written statement sometime within the next 15 days now there is a lot of speculation why they don't make their decision public but what i can tell you is for sure this debate surrounding the obvious afia will continue it will go on but let's talk more about the politics of this president is a conservative muslim himself he supports plans to change the status to a mosque one important place. well you could also argue that already has more than $3000.00 mosques including many representative one

so the city doesn't need another mosque but it's not about this the i.s.o. fear is the ultimate symbol of the muslim autumn and conquests of christian constantinople and ad one knows that he is known as a politician who uses religion as a nationalist symbolism to draw support from his conservative voters why is this issue coming out now many critics say he's trying to divert attention from other pressing issues the coronavirus crisis has hit the turkish economy hard his approval ratings including those of his party's have dropped so the highest afia from that perspective says it's a somewhat like a political joke a cod add on plays from time to time well if they change the status into a more international reaction. well that would be hugely controversial it's safe to expect a lot of criticism from the orthodox church from grace or russia yesterday u.s.

secretary of state mike compare who has urged turkey to maintain the museum status here of the fia he called it a place that is considered a bridge between cultures and religion so a transformation of the museum into a mosque would certainly come with a lot of risks especially on the international level it might held help out on domestically for a certain time it might be somewhat like a triumph yet domestically but internationally this could turn into a problem for him. thank you. to soccer now and record european champions rail madrid will finally have their own female team next season's they previously agreed to buy a local women's club in the spanish capital and they have now been given the go ahead to rebrand the team as real madrid along with germany's but also document the

spanish giants where the only major european men's club without a female team. in indonesia red java and rhinoceros has been spotted on ice of aliens video the jury acquitting in a muddy bath footage of the animal girly fully rolling around in the tropical waters of enjoying cool national park has gone viral on social media there are only $72.00 of the endangered species left in the wild indonesia's environment minister who posted the video said the rhino was taking his money dip to regulate its body temperature. looks like fun this is it of you news here's a reminder of the top stories at this hour china says it will respond with quote corresponding measures if britain goes ahead and grants residency rights to

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