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this is the interview news live from berlin the u.s. president confronts china donald trump has signed an executive order stripping hong kong of its special trade steps he says the move holds china accountable for its clampdown on human rights there beijing says it will retaliate also coming up. many of hong kong's democracy activists as
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a result fearing arrest of fled the city and relocated to taiwan but the change doesn't been easy. plus flooding in bangladesh forces more than a 1000000 people from their homes about a 3rd of the country is now under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in decades and forecasters warn the rivers are set to rise further. and south africa of reopens of schools that despite rising coronavirus cases but many of them lack even basic facilities and that has people worried they'll become breeding grounds for the covert virus. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order ending hong kong's special trading privileges trump also now. sanctions against officials and banks involved
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in beijing's crackdown on human rights there the move is part of trumps confronting china over hong kong the south china sea trade and the coronavirus beijing meanwhile has condemned the move and says it will impose sanctions on u.s. citizens in turn today aside legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of hong kong hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kong's freedom we've all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes wrong in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets
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a lot of people will be leaving hong kong i suspect. while china's new security law has brought a new level of fear to hong kong especially to those seeking democracy and human rights many of them have fled the city and some have chosen taiwan as their destination w.'s choice li reports from taipei. read stephen share and hong kong's top political influence on you tube he has close to 7 100000 subscribers and he likes it up to 500 dios a day i got that done a good job i. got his figure criticized the chinese leadership that could technically fall off all of beijing's new national security and all for inciting hatred against china. for people with their voices you the web like b it is very dangerous and i have no watch at least for. this thread but there were fear you said you would log the poll character of roll you get
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a resume and put weed do you use the fall of hong kong says the odd ball of free but you the try this is the it is different. it got so dangerous the show moved to taipei at the beginning of the year at the h.l. 70 but he never thought he would be away long term then beijing passed the strange and security law he now likely faces arrest if he returns to home call him very different go there very said the big bed when i get there do i walk but i cannot go back 70 years of my life where they were left whole goal for by. the red sea but here it is just these of days. i have to leave home go for ever it breaks my heart. the law climbs down on protests and freedom
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of speech at least a dozen people have already been arrested since in fact on the 1st of july money off them was simply carrying a hong kong independence flag. taiwan has strongly supported free and keep government protests and home calm since they broke out last year and like sheryl's thousands of hong kong people applying to move to taiwan. the government even recently set up an exchange office to help those with humanitarian needs. time on its walking a fine line in sports relations with beijing reflecting the sensitivity of the matter no one from the government granted us an interview for the same reason most of the hong kong is here also reluctant to talk to the media. those who have already started out here struggling to find a sense of belonging in taiwan what their culture and language are different
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stephen show opens to small supermarket last month where his ouse hong kong snacks and drinks it's more than a stall for him it's a community where his fellow citizens can gather and make friends the feeling of home grown people get only be assured by. people whose trade you know the. truth is for the whole goal is very difficult for. people like me it's us that most of all we want to have. your part in this crisis of life on the. on the law the meetings and we'll go home coner safe and secure country nice i don't it reminds me of home so i'm very happy to be here i believe the little boy thought it certainly has not been easy to start a whole new life in a foreign place but at least to hong kong people have a child and a taste of home. for more let's bring in the reporter who filed that for us
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in taipei joyce lee good day to joyce i want to guns pick up on something you mentioned in your stand up there the presence of dissidents like steve in taiwan is is putting the government there in taipei in a very difficult position regarding its powerful neighbor china yes that's the best current with the increasing military threat from beijing or how many governments very afraid that's what will be the next target of beijing after home call so what they want to go. is doing is that they are over $80.00. assistance to homeowners so that that won't trigger a yank. to a point that it will escalate to a war or something you know icons like but also they could stand with hong kong and assistance ok now as taipei moves forward with his low key as you called it policy
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towards refugees coming from hong kong is it nonetheless expecting more people to be fleeing to its shores. yes certainly oh actually our loss last year when the pro-democracy movement broke out there was already also over $5000.00 on colors clean 0 taiwan you know applying for residence permit so this trend will continue and have high powered government is expecting the number to grow so a lot of hong kong people here they may be having difficulty adjusting to the new environment and many of them are forming whole home community it's all social groups to support each other ok as they form these support groups to support each other. what about the people in in taipei and in taiwan more broadly are they
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accept ing the new arrivals. taiwanese people are generally very sympathetic to the home people and they are generally welcoming immigrants from home home then there is also not a problem a practical problem like how saying education medical resources so the government the taiwanese government also have to ease practical problems while standing with congress on the side of democracy very difficult situation for the government in taipei there wus a joyce lee reporting for us from the capital of taiwan thanks very much thank you . let's get you briefed down some of the other stories making the news at this hour the u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been admitted to a washington d.c. hospital to receive treatment for a possible infection ginsburg who's 87 is one of 4 liberals on the supreme court if
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she's replaced due to health reasons a new appointee from president trump could tilt the court in a solidly conservative direction. elaine axwell husband died bell after pleading not guilty to sex crimes charges linked to alleged killings with her former latest o.c. it jeffrey epstein u.s. prosecutors say the british socialite is a flight risk she's accused of helping the late financier recruit an abused minors . thousands of bloviations have protested against the government in the capital of pause because of economic hardship brought on by covert 19 some burning effigies of political leaders they want authorities to do more to aid the economy in this massive layoffs he has been hard hit by the pandemic has seen about 50000 cases this. thousands of people have called on israeli prime minister
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benjamin netanyahu to resign in a protest outside his official residence in jerusalem and yahoo has seen his popularity drop in recent weeks as he faces a trial on corruption charges and grapples with a deepening coronavirus crisis. it's to bangladesh now where more than a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes by heavy flooding a 3rd of the country is now underwater after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade forecasters are warning that major rivers are expected to rise even further in the coming days. officials say the flooding began in late june after heavy rains in the northern parts of bangladesh and neighboring india. the country share over 50 rivers while flooding takes place almost every year during the monsoon season this years have been particularly bad the situation in bangladesh
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has become dire for many especially farmers who depend on their livestock. that's why. the flood water is constantly rising neither we nor our cattle can go out we need a small boat to do so are we having problems with food to the cooking ovens have been flooded even our beds are under water. so it would have been the floods have destroyed crops and driven people in several impoverished regions from their homes while over a 1000000 people are on the move looking for safety. but. our homesteads have been flooded we had a small road out here but it's got destroyed last night so we're trying to salvage all our crops like rice and corn and other goods. the country's flood forecasting center has warned that the situation could worsen still with major rivers expected to rise even further in the coming days. let's get the very latest now from the
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bangladeshi capital dhaka with journalist my know islam can get data you what's the latest where you are. thank you. for the minister of business and really. briefing yesterday and when he said that at least. about 1500000 people have been affected and many lives. for this flood which is this isn't a lot right now and and. the role is now throwing. by 72 who. are. in different barns and also. already effective 17 districts and the minister said yesterday that
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he might. use 5 or 6 just that this will. be coming days. in the news that 1000000 people have been effected and that i have to put their money. was so many people affected what's the government doing right now to help those who are worst off right ok goldman already knew she had to do a gig. in a home for one purpose of their homes in the open ocean and then i started going to before i didn't like the dry food and back it the water and also some warm clothes and also some cash incentives. in the various you move it is where people headed right now 3rd of the country's underwater rivers are going
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to be rising even further where are people going. well of course the people are. looking for a dry place to go into action. i don't want the symptom homes to be out but obviously the number of people that did it is so much more than the city in these. homes but. rushing to the neon by c.d.'s the small towns. and the people in the street and in children in this school building is that that. is still dry wood going to get in. place ok my no islam khan joining us from doctor with the latest on what's happening in bangladesh thanks very much thank you let's bring you up to date now on some of the latest developments in the global corona crisis u.s.
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states alabama florida north carolina have reportedly record daily increases in deaths from covered 19 france will be making it compulsory for people to wear masks shops and other enclosed public spaces as of next month and germany has issued a warning against all nonessential travel to luxembourg and that's a recent spike in cases there. all millions of people in france celebrated the steel day the country's national holiday yesterday but that occasion was subdued as the country emerges from lockdown the pandemic has killed some 30000 people in france this year the nation paid tribute to those working hard to keep the public safe. an emotional message of thanks for france's health care work is normally it's the de france marks the birth of its republic with military pump a notch and so it is but this year's best deal day on it the essential work is on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. and it's not just tributes president
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mccrone has already promised $8000000000.00 euros to fund pay rises for existing nurses and care workers and to hire more. but that's too little too late for the thousands of protesters a few kilometers away many health workers are angry that it took a pandemic to draw attention to years of cost cuts that have put health services under pressure. i just don't know 1st of all we're not heroes we save lives this day is honoring the military. i no longer have confidence not in my country not in my president not in my government not in justice she sees people cry of alarm has been sounded in emergency rooms and other medical departments with some closing maternity wards are closing although we need them. normally crowds would fill the streets to watch the official celebrations but members of the public were not allowed to attend. instead family members of medical workers who died fighting
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the pandemic joined president mccrum to watch a smaller military display physically distance troops will face masks and that's one health measure the president wants to expand. if it could only put in the next weeks i would like moss to be compulsory in all close public spaces where doing it already on public transport and it was. in a bastille day t.v. interview mccrone also acknowledged the reinfection rights was rising but he announced plans to reopen all schools in september on the conditions as normal as possible. as front celebrates a national day that was far from normal essential workers hope the attention the pandemic has bought them will bring better pay and conditions long after the applause fades. well the german shells are all a machall has been continuing her push for a massive 750000000000 euro bailout fund during talks in berlin with the spanish
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prime minister pedro sanchez at their talks ahead of a crunch summit on that america warned that it was still far from clear that a deal among e.u. member states over that allowed could be reached he said that germany would push work compromise agreement or recovery package at this weekend's meeting sanchez said spain would do all it could to make that deal happen. reporter young full of shoals had a chance to speak with the spanish health minister salvador he said europe needs a common approach to tackling the crisis and its economic fall. president sanchez has been very active in the reading oh helping to eat a new puppy an approach to the critical nobody who's going to be economic crises that follows the health crises. making made about who's going to end these a nightmare. thanks to the science and he had to say and if you could once he's so
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huge important to take care of hold it say and if he could write a moment in space and he could of course all up so he's very active these plans weeks and this week he needs playing to to help to horsham the repeal an approach a common european approach to these mostly to a for the health crises and economic crises. well it's just south africa now their country has some 300000 confirmed covert cases and more than $4000.00 deaths from the virus schools that reopened last month after being closed for weeks but in the meantime several 1000 teachers and students have become infected poor sounds very facilities have made many south african schools a breeding ground for the virus our correspondent adrian traced reports from the city of durban. at least other teachers toilets of the elementary school in kuan yew swell the woman's toilet hasn't worked for years so the female teachers have always used the students facilities which are also in
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a sorry state. i started working here. 25 years. this. is yes did you think that after 25 years i thought. everything was right. and what i didn't see any change i didn't enjoy waking it's only that i like this rick i'd like to. get on with the rich but . it's pushy. because i'd like to help these poor lina's. for years she has pressed the ministry of education for support. lieberman says this new model was the whole of the school. only 3 roofs were repaired last year and even then only partially visiting teachers' union
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representative say the roof is not watertight and the rainy season will soon be here critics say for years south africa has suffered from massive corruption and the awarding of government contracts there's no follow up there's no up call and they've been meeting for their weapon that is that in our institutions you just to give people to go there do it their way or can then there's no one called crown is there after wants to change the way that everything was done according to their broker before they played how were they paid if their work is not finished because you can see that 10 there it's not finished trucks deliver water but not enough many tanks remain empty the union says it was irresponsible to open schools like this with a rapid growth uncovered 19 k. . only to age groups have begun classes so far but others are to follow in the.
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the infrastructure of the school has been neglected for us at the moment there are only few learners here but the teachers fear that if more learners return to school it will be impossible to follow social distancing rules. have been no covered 9000 cases in the school so far but many parents was just an hour's drive away. one of the country's coronavirus hotspots despite repeated requests we couldn't secure an interview either with the regional government or the federal ministry of education . although once lessons to continue regardless offer frustration and the pandemic. there is no future if you have to be killed to protect your children being as you're living in this country she's made these the only thing we can help is being nice is to go to school and. just by the difficult circumstances or war and his students are doing all they can to
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protect themselves from the coronavirus. all businesses that serve the public are looking for ways to survive an economy that is radically changed by covert summer tapping a workforce that cannot become infected for years robotic food services have been used in places like hospital cafeterias their immunity to human contagion now make them even more attractive. finishing up a kitchen in the brush products is this the future of food poisoning or teasing or p.r. tis an old pizza made by machine distributed. robots are shaking up the restaurant industry all but removing humans from the equation. for some the technology is the ideal antidote to the threat posed by pandemics. also this is the only way you can actually afford it completely contact us and see if it's millions to consumers so what best time there is a pandemic you can maintain the business continuity you can keep offering food
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service without shutting down. deficient and hygenic the makers of this robot say it can learn from its surroundings and even collaborate with kitchen staff staff whose numbers could windell if machine replaces man. but will people still create automated dishes post pandemic. and what about the art of cooking. not everyone is convinced. and when we automate away the act of cooking preparing presenting and sharing i deeply believe that we lose a lot that's inherent to that mean or to that experience and to what it really means to feed and be fed. food connoisseurs may turn their noses up at robotic chefs but some believe they could become
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a necessity. now while his identity is unknown his artwork commands record prices banks's distinctive style has made him one of the world's most famous street artists and on tuesday he released a video showing his newest work this was painted in a london subway is a commentary on what else the coronavirus. banksy presented his new work on an online video. the anonymous artist's latest installation was done on the london underground it was titled if you don't mask you don't get. it banksy usually targets public places and combines street art techniques with topical themes. people on the train at the time may have not known what was going on but probably would have guessed his message was coronavirus related.
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banks these pieces are often sold for large sums of money leading many on line to joke that this work might have just made this train one of london's most expensive . this is david it was live from berlin don't forget there's always more of a website and our social media feeds as well i'm the entire team thanks rick.
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