successful. tucker chatter. starts june 27th. this is the news live from berlin the u.s. president confronts china. signed an executive order stripping hong kong of its special trading status as the china accountable for its clampdown on human rights that beijing says it will retaliate also coming up a victory for apple after any new order to pay $13000000000.00 in taxes to holland

is dismissed it's a blow to e.u. efforts to crack down on sweetheart tax deals for big business. plus a 3rd of bangladesh is under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in decades and rivers are said to rise even further. i'm god as welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump passes signed an executive order and in hong kong special trading privileges he also announced sanctions against officials on banks involved in beijing's crackdown on civil liberties in the territory china has condemned the decision and says it will retaliate with sanctions on u.s. citizens. and another escalation of tensions between the u.s. and china. trump took actions against china in retaliation for its recent moves on

hong kong he authorized sanctions on banks and officials involved in imposing a tough new security law that effectively terminates the semi autonomous territories unique status the u.s. move comes to weeks after beijing pass a new law that many say represses fundamental democratic freedoms in the city the law prohibits what beijing views as subversive activities and gives the police sweeping powers to conduct searches and make arrests something the authorities made ample use of as soon as the law was passed trump also revoked hong kong special trading status today also signed an executive order ending u.s. preferential treatment for hong. kong congo now be treated the same as mainland china no special privileges no special economic treatment and no export of sensitive technology is without its privileges hong kong could lose its position as

a bustling and competitive financial hub wiping out businesses and threatening livelihoods. as the deep freeze between the 2 superpowers shows no signs of thawing hong kong's residents are left out in the cold. for more of the story let's cross over to. is in beijing how much pressure is this putting on china. i think the biggest pressure will be on hong kong hong kong's economy while in hong kong's business model was to be part of the western set of business rules of the dollar economy and joining the state is of a free trade economy and when trading with western countries but being closely tied to china and many companies decided to channel their businesses with china through

hong kong for exactly that reason so a lot of this business model will have to be rethought we don't know what will really happen but it looks a little bit like china's trying to transform hong kong into some kind of an offshore location for chinese businesses but that is still under the grip of china money has flown into hong kong from china in the last few weeks whereas a western businesses have been cautious. there's also a 2nd part to this that sanctions against individuals in china and hong kong will have been instrumental in imposing this national security law this might be a blow to individuals the chinese elite as well as the leader of hong kong likes to send their children to study in the u.s. and other western countries they're also families who have assets in western countries but i don't think anybody was unprepared for this so they might have made

other arrangements in the meantime but here is beijing has promised to retaliate what can we expect. beijing has retaliated in a similar case by imposing sanctions on u.s. politicians that means that u.s. politicians would not be issued visas to china this is of course way less threatening to u.s. politicians than doing to the chinese elite the u.s. elite usually does not send their children to receive education in china and they do also do not transfer their assets to china to have them in a safe place but there are of course other ways that. china could use to retaliate 1st of all american businesses in china could be could be threatened in various ways could be targeted by various measures and that is probably something that the u.s. . business community would fear more than these kind of targeted magnitsky

style sanctions that china has also started to adopt. in beijing for us thank you. time now for a quick check on some of the other stories making headlines around the world thousands of bog ariens gathered for the 6 evening in a row all signs the government headquarters and sophia demonstrators are piling pressure on veteran premier border borisov to resign over his perceived links with oligarchs voters which he's fought until a group of protesters started throwing glass bottles beer cans and smoke bombs. police in germany and customs officers have discovered $31.00 migrants hidden inside a refrigerated truck at the stops near the czech border how the turkish license but and the turkish driver who's now in custody reports say them migrants who were all male came from turkey syria iran and iraq. u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been admitted to hospital to receive

treatment for a possible infection ensberg is 87 and one of the 4 liberals on the supreme court if she's replaced you trump appointee is likely to shift the court in a solidly conservative direction. the irish government and apple have won their appeal against a 2016 easy decision that said apple had to pay the i was government 13000000000 euros in back taxes money that ireland didn't even want so island took the case to europe 2nd highest court dublin has long denied that its tax arrangements with apple amounts to illegals that the european commission is expected to appeal the ruling to the european court of justice. well i'm now joined by author sullivan from d.w. business who looks a little closer to the story it looks like a major vindication of countries a low tax policies like ireland so where does this leave the european commission in

their fight against tax avoidance but it's definitely a blow hard symbolically it's a big blow but it is important to draw a distinction between this specific case and the wider fight against tax avoidance so this case looked at the issue of illegal stated did apple's specific arrangements in ireland amount to a legal state it the courts today said it didn't that the commission did not prove that it did under various levels under the verdict is quite clear in that regard over the wider issue that is that countries like ireland and the netherlands and so on so forth that the commission increasingly has been looking to the competition commissioner margaret vistar has been increasingly looking to tackle this issue and we're seeing more and more reports the commission are increasingly willing to use tools they've never used before such as bringing in voting on changing the corporate tax structures new not by totally all 27 members agreeing but by a qualified majority now if that comes in that would mean that the fight is still very much on but how does this ruling the whole of this go down across capitals in

the depends on what captains are talking about in places like dublin the hague i suspect that it will be going down very well places like paris and berlin much less so the big backdrop of all this of course is that this week european leaders are meeting to discuss the pandemic recovery fund so they're asking. the leaders of countries and governments to give on precedented sums of money will be given as grants that they've never done before while at the same time they're seeing a court ruling today that grants companies like apple a fortune and the figures that we saw like where they're paid 0.0005 percent tax so obviously that is a very very difficult backdrop to argue on one level you're telling the leaders of certain countries we need your money while aapl is merrily taken its money to who knows where so obviously it's a very very difficult context so certainly there would be a challenge in reaction and i've no doubt it will come up at the talks that are happening this week so is this the end of the affair that no certainly not the european commission although doesn't confirm this yet but it will be a shock if they weren't going to appeal this to the highest court european court of

justice and that if that happens we'll be waiting for another 2 years we could be back here in 2 years time talking about this guard and the overall fight against tax avoidance in europe and in the world as a whole one that they always today is involved in that's not going anywhere the waters are rising on this issue it's a blow to the commission there fight a significant blow but this is not over hello and thank you very much for well to bangladesh now where one 3rd of the country is under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade more than a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes by heavy flooding forecasters warn that major rivers are expected to rise even further in coming days. officials say the flooding began in late june after heavy rains in the northern parts of bangladesh and neighboring india. the country's share of a 50 rivers while flooding takes place almost every year during the monsoon season this years have been particularly bad the situation in bangladesh has become die

off for many especially farmers who depend on their livestock. that's what it was 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 underwater. because it so get over there when 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 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. and update now on some of the main developments in the global corona crisis u.s. states of alabama florida and north carolina reported record daily increases in deaths from cope with 19 germany has issued a warning against all nonessential travel to luxembourg amid a recent spike in cases there and france will make it compulsory for people to wear face masks in shops and other enclosed public spaces as of next months. as a wheelchair user artist jason wilson mills has long found ways to serve mound obstacles that come his way so when the coronavirus interrupted his planned exhibit at the tate modern in london he got to work on plan b. and his installation did go up and up and up right in his own.

it's as if there's some sort of strange resurrection underway in jason wilson mills garden but this isn't a bouncy castle it's art beyond just as self isolating injuring the coronavirus a pandemic because he's in a high risk group. his inflatable sculptures should have been in london's tate modern but with galleries closed jason has had to get creative and such have his own private exhibition. chalets. a smile so i mean gauging with them making them laugh to make them smile that i've got them and i can talk about the difficult things about how disabled people are being treated about how how difficult life can be for disabled people. behind all the color and fun there's an important message jason subjects always have a visible handicap such as a white stick or a cane his artwork details his daily life as a disabled man. he started out as

a classical artist and his illness led him on a new path making art on a tablet he merges virtual and real worlds his goal to promote disabled people's rights in a fun and entertaining way. i was in my bedroom and then i saw something rising go over the bed that i thought what's an afterthought and then it just got bigger and bigger and it was this one. and his creative imagination is helping inspire the next generation of would be artists i wanted to put this man chases saying that and i really like this. and that style is particularly effective at night it's a guiding light in the dark hours and intended for losses suffering during the coronavirus crisis yes i think i probably have a lot the lowdown and and i'm going to make sure that i am future proof as well as

an artist a disciple docsis with a weird immune system so that i can i can do my job. museums can now open again and soon these cultures will be flying high where they belong in front of a large audience. and that's it from me and it used don't forget you can also step to date on a website that's t w dot com and do follow us on twitter it's from m go out office in berlin and source. the for. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. covert 19 special next on d w. i was fishing when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in

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