this is the news live from berlin the u.s. president confronts china donald trump has signed an executive order stripping hong kong of its special trading status he says the move holds china accountable for its clampdown on human rights that beijing says it will retaliate also coming up a victory for apple after an e.u. order to pay $13000000000.00 in back taxes to ireland is dismissed

it's a blow to e.u. efforts to crack down on 3 top tax fields for big business. that of bangladesh is under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in decades and rivers are set to rise even further. also on the show an exhibition tennis tournament here in berlin opens its doors to spectators with elaborate safety precautions it's the 1st major sporting event in germany to welcome back fans since. i'm going out as welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump signed an executive order ending a hong kong special trading privileges he also has announced sanctions against officials and banks involved in beijing's frak down on civil liberties in the territory china has condemned the decision and says it will retaliate with

sanctions on the u.s. its citizens. in other 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 hong kong will now be treated the same as

mainland china no special privileges though special is 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. well don't move to sideline hong kong is going to have a clear impact on the economy the active opponent from business joins me live hong kong's economy is resting very much on financial services how will this impact business that i think it's kind of a devastating impact on business i think if you split up the business is there in financial services you have the foreign companies you've got the domestic hong kong

companies and then you've got the chinese companies with the foreign companies you've got 9000 foreign firms 1300 of them are u.s. companies a lot of them are going to be involved but on jools services then in front of you have the local tycoons who've also built up their their their billions there and then you've got the chinese companies who've arrived in the last 30 years or whatever so i think the 1st 2 sections are going to have difficulty i think the chinese it's going to be a different maybe a different question but it's overall it's going to have a devastating impact. on how the stages of financial gateway into asia cling to that status at least i think it's going to be a financial gateway to china i think that's going to change anything that's going to increase but the financial gateway to asia i think it's losing its status now why would you put money in hong kong instead of say singapore or even places like taipei or other areas in asia now because you don't have the certainty that you used to have financial markets like certainty and predictability and i think that's

been kind of removed so i imagine a lot of investors are going to be looking at in that way china seems to be finding a lot of battles on the economic front right now as cove it this way and now this is going to end. i know it's really quite amazing to see that china all of us within the last few months it's had to take on so much a lot of this is where things have been bubbling under the surface for a long time and i think it's now coming home to roost we said since the beginning that this would happen in hong kong it would be like berlin in many ways and a lot of these big systemic battles that we see in the economic terms are going to be fought in hong kong and that's what we're seeing right now it's a community business thank you as i look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been admitted to hospital to receive treatment for possible infection ensberg is 87 and one of 4 liberals on the supreme court if she's replaced new trump appointee is likely to shift the court in

a solidly conservative direction. thousands of bug arians gathered for the 6 evening in a row all their government orders sophia demonstrators are piling pressure on veteran from yeah boris off to resign over his perceived links with all the goss the protests were peaceful until a group of protesters started throwing glass bottles beer cans and smoke bombs. german police and customs officers have discovered 31 migrants hidden inside a refrigerated truck vehicle stopped near the checked border turkish license plate on the turkish driver who is now in custody reports say by a groundswell mail and came from turkey syria iran and iraq. the irish government and apple have won their appeal against 2016 e.u. decision that said apple had to pay the irish government $13000000000.00 euros in

back taxes money that ireland didn't even want so ireland took the case to europe's 2nd highest course stop it has long denied that its tax arrangements with apple amount to illegal state aid the commission is expected to appeal the ruling to the european court of justice and not. earlier this year then irish prime minister lavrov current apple chief executive tim cook had an anniversary to celebrate 40 years since apple started manufacturing in ireland over the decades the e.u. country in the us i phone maker have both profited from the arrangement apple gets a massive tax break but it provides employment for multinational companies the favorable situation in ireland is practically unrivaled in europe at the moment firms officially pay 12.5 percent corporate tax in arland that's compared with the e.u. average of 21.3 percent officially companies in germany have to cough up at least 30 percent and that alone has attracted many companies to ireland and in fact

apple paid. far less tax at times for example is little is 0.005 percent in $24.00 team when the tech giant paid just 50 euros tax on every 1000000 euros in profit. that was the last straw for e.u. competition commissioner my creativity. in 2016 the european commission ordered apple to pay ireland 13000000000 euros in back taxes but dublin and apple both appeal the ruling and now joined by 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 state aid did athens specific arrangements in ireland amount when they can state it the courts today said it didn't that the commission did not prove that it did and various levels under the verdict is quite clear in that regard over the wider issue 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 starr 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 how will 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 dr up of all this of course is that this week european leaders are

meeting to discuss the condiment 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 but 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 apple is merrily taking its money to who knows where so obviously it's a very very difficult context or certainly there would be a challenge in reaction and i've no doubt it'll 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 gerhard and the overall fight against tax avoidance in europe and the world as

a whole one that they always it is involved in that's not going anywhere the waters are rising on this issue it's a blow to the commission their fight a significant blow but this is not over sullivan thank you very much. companies in developed nations have often been accused of turning a blind eye to conditions at the factories and farms where the source of their products but now the german government is planning to make them accountable for their overseas supply chains planning a law that will impact a wide range of sectors from textiles to t. . these pictures show the tea harvest in the northern indian state of assam many german wholesalers buy their tea here produced under working conditions that would not be allowed in germany says development minister gad miller. cynthia hipness these are conditions like an early colonial times an awesome women working 12 hour days in the heat on steep slopes and earning $1.00 a day i mean top. up to now german companies can commit themselves

voluntarily to uphold acceptable social and ecological standards along their supply chains but few actually do and there's been no consequences for abuses we are supposed to this means we're accepting and cementing exploitation of people in the environment in developing countries and we're tolerating child labor on a massive scale that new legislation could stop that the so-called supply chain law would make larger companies responsible for maintaining ethical standards with regard to subsidiaries and contractors abroad and make them liable for violations but businesses are protesting saying it would be impossible to monitor all foreign suppliers and that by going it alone germany would put its companies at a competitive disadvantage instead they're calling for a europe wide solution. it's a look now at some other news in brief thousands of bolivians have taken to the

streets in protest against their government in the couple of hours most often on the hardship caused by covert 90 some burn effigies of political leaders they want sorties to do more to reactivate the economy after massive layoffs bolivia has about $50000.00 over $36.00. un maxwell has been denied bail after pleading not guilty to sex crime charges linked to her dealings with former associate jeffrey epstein u.s. prosecutors say the british socialite is a flight risk she's used of helping the late finance recruit and abuse minors. demonstrators have called on his really prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign and protest outside his official residence in jerusalem that now has seen his popularity drop in recent weeks as he faces a trial on corruption charges and grapples with a deepening krone virus passes. through to bangladesh now where

one 3rd of the country is under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in decades more than a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes by heavy flooding forecasters warn that major rivers i 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 dire for many especially farmers who depend on their livestock. that's. 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 get over the body

the floods have destroyed crops and driven people in several impoverished regions from their homes well over a 1000000 people are on the move looking for safety. but. our home states 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. in south africa the president warns of the greatest crisis in the history of its democracy south africa now has about $300000.00 cases the highest rate in africa schools there reopened last month and since then several 1000 teachers and students have become infected with the coronavirus for senator facilities have made many of south africa's schools

a breeding ground for the virus a correspondent ugly increased reports from the city of durban. 'd lisa 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 a sorry state. i started working here. 25 years pick. this toilet seat like if yes did was in the pits 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 beg forgiveness that's the only thing which is to come. it pushes me. because i like to help

these poorly. for years she has pressed the ministry of education for support. lieberman says this new mother who's the whole school. only 3 roofs were repaired last year even then only partially visiting teachers' union 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 color there to be making for their work and that is that in our institutions you just take give people to call their good there where can then there's no one call chronos that afterwards to check away that everything was done according to their broker before they paid how were they paid if if their work is not finished because you can see that 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 and with the rapid growth uncovered. 1000 cases only 2 age groups have begun classes so far but others are to follow and the. the infrastructure of the school has been neglected for years so 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 want just an hour's drive away durban one of the country's coronavirus hot spots despite repeated requests we couldn't secure an interview either with the regional government or the federal ministry of education. once lessons to continue regardless of for a stray ssion pandemic. this new future.

potential victim in. this country has made these. this is to go to school. and despite the difficult circumstances or war and her students are doing all they can to protect themselves from coronavirus. alice cross over to the correspondent town who filed this report thousands of teachers and students became infected after schools reopened is the government considering closing them down again. and doesn't look like it at the moment the government argues that it has to cater for the rights of basic education for all children in south africa and they say that they need to adapt to the new reality to this new situation and for some learners especially from poor backgrounds this is indeed crucial not only when it comes to education but also

when it comes to get a food on the table because there's these feeding schemes and schools here that provide one meal a day for free for all of the students going to school and. south africa has one of the most equal societies in the world a huge gap between rich and poor and you can also see that obviously in schools and the education sector you have some very good schools they were of course able to provide online learning during the lockdown they're also better prepared for the new measures that need to need to be put in place during the covered 19 outbreak but on the other hand you have a lot of poor schools and some experts argue that only if only some schools continue with the school that would have a very negative impact in the future on inequality and might even increase this get . public pressure likely to change that well i would say the society is really divided here you have also teachers that are really divided you have those who are saying no we really have to stop that we have

to close the schools it's not safe and on the other hand many are saying no no we have to continue the reality it looks like it we don't know when things will end and the unions who are calling for schools to close say we have to close them until the peak is over but nobody knows when the peak will be over you have to remember in south africa the situation was like this that there locked on the strictest one was introduced in the early stages and that's meant ok the health sector could get ready and that's a big benefit but on the other hand it also meant that the people here are kind of tired of following lockdown regulations at the moment there's not a big willingness of going back to a strict lockdown at the moment despite this higher numbers which is obviously a problem with the increase in capetown thank you. bring up to speed with some of the other developments in the global coronavirus crisis u.s. states of alabama florida and north carolina reported record daily creases in deaths from 19 germany issued a warning against all nonessential travel to luxembourg amid reasons bike in cases

there in france will make it compulsory for people to wear masks and shops and other enclosed public spaces as of next month's. his identity is unknown his command record prices anyway banksy is distinctive style has made him one of the world's most famous urban artists on tuesday he released a video showing his newest work vented in a london underground train it's a commentary on what else the coronavirus. the street artist going underground disguising himself as a 2 part cleaner and then getting to work. stenciling his signature raps on the walls this one apparently sneezes on the window he calls that work if you don't mask you don't get. people in the carriage prefer not to get involved. in london's underground operator has confirmed the work has

already been removed. thanks this works often sold for huge sums the reps made this carriage priceless. for a while. for the 1st time since coronavirus pandemic began spectators are being allowed to attend a major sporting event in germany the exhibition tennis tournament in berlin features some of the world's best players the main tennis tours have been suspended since mid march organizers hope the berlin told them and will provide a blueprint for others to follow. this is what going to watch sport looks like at the moment temperature checks face masks and even this a disinfection tunnel the tunnel sprays a mist that is said to kill the virus on clothes and shoes it's the 1st time since

the start of the pandemic that more than a handful of fans have been allowed into a sporting event in germany this is a little bit strange is of course but we are used to it from the last 4 months ago so everything is all right with a mouse one good point with tennis is that it's most of the time outside. the people and. inside the stadium fans a c.t. it away from each other a maximum of 800 people are allowed into this 5000 capacity arena on course the ball boys and ball girls wear masks and gloves and there are no line judges with the umpire helps by electronic line calls we are trying our best that everything is safe for the players and for the organizers and so far so good austria's dominant team is the top ranked male player here he and others were tested for coronavirus at the weekend they can staying in the hygiene bubble shuttled from their hotel to

the stadium some matches and practice. from the safety point of view or think all. own measures are perfect here. it's a far cry from these pictures players including team partying at the recent andrea tour organized by world number one novak djokovic each some participants called coronavirus at the event mistakes it's clear it's no walk in than all the others i mean we didn't commit any crimes so. we have to have to say that point we learn from the mistakes we did. then it's a good thing and we have to be careful for tournament director barbara written it's a chance for tennis to restore its reputation we have to give the proof for the tennis family that we can do it that we are able to take responsibility that that

we found out the way that it is possible to play with a couple of spectators as well we could be a role model in future even even for the u.s. tournaments you know this work well maybe the hygene show would be a key for spectator sport. representatives to have a corner minister here this week to see what they can and with many players still unsure about practice of pacing in the u.s. open next month props what's happening here in berlin can convince them it's safe to do say. this is the news and here's a reminder of our top stories at this hour president donald trump signed an executive order revoking hong kong special state trade status with the u.s. trump also announced sanctions again it's against individuals and banks involved in china's new security law and hong kong agency says it will retaliate. in the e.u. court has ruled that apple does not have to pay islands 13000000000 euros in back

taxes from the european commission pursue the case says it has yes to decide whether to appeal to the european court of justice. that's it for me and the news team for play for you and off the. bench.

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