this is t.v. news live from berlin a big win for apple a european called over rule was a decision requiring the take giant to pay 13000000000 euros in back taxes to ireland it's a blow to e.u. efforts to crack down on sweetheart tax deals for big business also coming up. sanctions on china and strips hong kong off its spatial trading status prison donald trump stacey is holding china accountable for its clampdown on human rights they asian saying it will retaliate. punished for speaking out.

rights of russian activists chance 1st story with the deputy after she was jailed approaches the kremlin's crackdown on so-called gay propaganda. that's german police hunt a heavily armed suspect in the country's black forest he is alleged to have disarmed to several officers at gunpoint before peer into the woods. christine when the welcome to the program the irish government and apple have won their appeal against a 2016 e.u. decision that saved apple had to pay the irish government 13000000000 euros in back taxes money that ireland didn't even want so ireland took the case to 2nd highest devlin has long denied that its tech. arrangements with apple amounts to illegal

state aid the european commission is expected to appeal the ruling to the european court of justice. 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 our land 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. 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 2014 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 creative us here in 2060 in the european commission ordered apple to pay arlen 13000000000 euros in back taxes but dublin and apple both appealed the ruling. and i'm now joined by excess it couldn't be a business that's a very interesting if it's so the e.u. has been trying to clamp down on low tax policies like what you have in ireland where does this leave the commission's fight against tax avoidance. i think i think the fight has changed over the last 3 years for one and we've had the covert pandemic i think change a lot of things but it puts. a major setback to the to the way that they're trying to clamp down on big companies getting these low taxes. but at the same time the

irish would argue that they're a small country and they need to compete against countries like germany within this bloc i'm one of their ways of competitive advantage is by offering low tax rates so overall i think it's a blow for the e.u. efforts but at the same time i think a lot of the smaller countries in europe and eastern european countries for example would be looking at this is a kind of a victory for those who don't have the great volume and strength that countries like germany and france are right and that is and that the white house is likely to go down. i think if you go down very well in belgium. a lot of people in dublin are obviously upset that they. were not getting the money that they're not getting the money. but at the same time i think the way they are presenting it as they've they've stuck with aapl on this and that's been seen as a bonus for them in terms of their relationship with apple and it would also maybe attract more people to look at a country's like arland rather than going for the big manufacturing centers as we

say of france and germany that's right yeah because the point you're making is ireland joined apple in appealing the decision essentially and so is this the end of what i think is interesting we've had because of the pandemic for example we've had things like little towns are getting a massive bailout from the e.u. right and that's brought a lot of questions about competition monopoly and all of these things are being brought into court into play now so a lot of the rules that we used to have an e.u. are no longer in place so i think we're going to see a lot more thinking about how these how these rules are and acted and about the best way to get through what is a difficult situation and then ultimately then to see how countries like arlen and deal with companies like apple yeah its competition business tax avoidance is the kind raging debate right now for the next tip of couldn't from a business thank you for that. companies in developed nations at that turning a blind eye to conditions at the factories and songs where they sold their products

but now the german government is planning to make them accountable for their overseas supply chains it's betting on a goal that will impact a wide range of sexes from textiles to. 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 gareth miller. these are conditions like an early colonial times and are some 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 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 but new legislation could stop that the so-called supply chain in 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. u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order ending special trading privileges he also announced sanctions against officials and banks involved in beijing crackdown on civil liberties in the territory china has condemned the decision and say it will retaliate with sanctions on u.s. citizens and 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 passed 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 sergeant executive order ending u.s. preferential treatment for hong. kong card will now be treated the same as mail in general no special privileges no special it treatment and no export of sensitive

technology is. without its privileges hong kong could lose its position as the bustling i'm competitive financial hub wiping out businesses and threatening life we've heard. as the de priest between the 2 superpowers shows no signs of growing hong kong's residents are left out in the cold. and now to some of the stories making news around the world u.s. secretary of state my conte is says he is preparing new sanctions against a russian gas pipeline project they'd see any firms that help construct north seemed to face penalties the trumpet ministration says the pipeline from russia to germany would make you more dependent on russian energy. a new satellite images show that if you have started filling its controversial grand renee's on stamps on the river nile the move is likely to spot protests on both egypt and sudan which depend on water from the nile talks between the 3 countries on the

issue ended in deadlock earlier this week. iran says at least 7 ships have been damaged in a blaze that broke out at a shipyard in the southern port of. there have been a string off and experienced fires and explosions at military nuclear and industrial sites across the country since late june. russian lawmakers have begun the process of forming the outgoing same sex marriages based on tuesday they submitted draft legislation to explicitly banned gay marriage and adoptions including those by a transgender people the changes were championed as part of president putin's constitutional reforms which russians voted overwhelmingly to support any of this month it's part of the clamens weidman crackdown on l.g.b. t.v. rights yuri resettle reports. behind this barbed wire activists who've dared to publicly criticize the kremlin's

policies. one of them is honest. she spent 15 days in what's officially called special detention facility number 2 her crime protesting the trial of an l.g. activist the activist is charged with spreading homo sexual propaganda after publishing an image of gay couples accompanied by the subtitle family is where love is. in some cities people took to the streets to support the activist. and it. was among them. that landed her behind bars. in the detention center i lay on the floor and cried i was desperate because the accusations against me were false but the arrest report says for instance that i took part in a mass protest with 50 people that ended in 5 30 pm. i was in fact alone in this

house but then hour later the judge just ignored. block but there are many others like anastasio who have suffered from what seems to be openly arbitrary policing russia has been rocked for months by waves of intimidation of political critics but it doesn't seem to be doing the kremlin any harm in a referendum to change the constitution to allow president vladimir putin to potentially stay in office until 2036 passed overwhelmingly with an official 78 percent of votes. the results seem to have emboldened putin. here in moscow last week dozens of people protested in individual single person protests against the arrest of a journalist many ended up detained themselves. single

person protests do not require a police permit. yet human rights observers say that in the last 4 and a half weeks 270 russians have been arrested for demonstrating peacefully. this is the state's answer to the civil courage of a citizen exist who dare to resist restrictive and repressive measures citizens are showing their rage and the state oppressors them for it. all of this the silencing of political activists the jailing of government critics and of protesters is nothing new but what is striking is that such cases are becoming increasingly frequent again yet activists like honest as you have refused to let these repressive tactics shut them down. is soon to say if we don't organize ourselves to have some influence over the situation if we

don't decisively say no. i don't want to then nothing will change then we'll be stuck in prison cells again after our statements from our posts are like some tweets. this week the police cracked down again with maximum force when protesters gathered outside a detention center in moscow. all despite the crackdown the protests are ongoing also today and standing by for us in. london if they. haven't it's good to see you tell us what's happening where you are. we're here in central moscow at pushkin square this is a normal usual gathering spot for protesters in moscow and this is the 1st protest against the concert there constitutional reform since it was passed exactly 2 weeks ago today since then we haven't really seen any activity and so it is

a significant that people are finally gathered but so far as you can see over my shoulder only about 200150 or 200 people have gathered so far what they said they were going to do is gather to sign a petition to that they said their plan would be to and all the results of the vote the vote will give president vladimir putin the chance to rule until 2036 it gives him it resets his term limits and gives them a chance to rule for 2 more times. around the square there is a big police presence but so far they've let the protesters gather and it's been peaceful about 15 minutes into this action ok i mean even to do people there feel like there's a sense that gatherings like this dangerous. yes absolutely over the past 2 weeks there as the segment before i came on mention there's been a huge crackdown on protestors but there's also a sense that when you gather in the middle of moscow for something like this and there's not that many people police might not want to escalate the situation so on the one hand we might be seeing that less people have come out there is also

reasons from the pandemic and as to raise rainy night as you can see behind me the other reasons are yes there is a crackdown and you end up going to jail for 4 years as we saw activists last summer when moscow protested for fair elections. there's so there's quite a cooling effect on it tonight we'll be watching and seeing but so far it's been quite peaceful. yes i mean we've seen what happens. you know with that but that crackdown but what else have they faced in the last few weeks even briefly if you can. you know there's been a huge number of cases that sort of happened after the constitution was passed we saw a journalist get arrested on treat on treason charges are no other journalist went to trial for criticizing russia's security services and human rights activists have seen this as sort of a you know president vladimir putin affirming his majority after this vote which passed by 78 percent. and at each protest against one of these cases activists

have been bundled away into police vans immediately even a single person pickets which are ostensibly the only legal way to protest in russia as as you asked before this is again part of the reason why we probably only seen 200 or so people come to this event ok that's evan in moscow for us thank you. thank you. is to bangladesh now 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 full cost as well and that major rivers are expected to rise 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 the 50 rivers while flooding takes place almost every year during the monsoon season this year is have

been particularly bad the situation in bangladesh has become die off for many especially farmers who depend on their livestock. that's when. the floodwaters constantly rising need the we know our cattle could go out we need a small boat to do so we're having problems with food to the cooking ovens have been flooded even our beds are under water. so good it would have been. 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. by doing what 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. also in other news. on the spanish holiday island off now you'll have shut down several balls and responds with young german and british tourists because it comes off to party girl as her herd of ours pandemic regulations. german police and customs officers have discovered 31 migrants hidden inside a refrigerated truck reports say the migrants were all male and came from turkey syria iran and iraq the vehicle stopped near the czech border had a turkish license plates and a turkish driver who is now in custody. the german meat processing to news is sick to party reopen it sold a house near the waste in town of on the plant was at the center of the massive public 1000 outbreak in june which forceful voice used to reimpose a lockdown on about 600000 people local.

police and germany's beth karas just still searching for a man who just officers at gunpoint and made off with their weapons they say they are shaking manifesto that could possibly stem from the 31 year old suspect he fled into the woods near the southwestern town of open now disarming the police officers on sunday possibly and there's at least a man who they say it was wearing tennis lodge and carrying a bow and arrow. ok to get more on this is going to have to. william blue cross is on the ground hi william so what's the situation there where you are right now. hi christine well as you can see i'm on a converted football field that's become basically the command post for this massive search manhunt that's been going on for him to 4 days now for this man eaves who is a local here who had no fixed address and on sunday he was approached by police

after they were called out to. a forest hut of a kind where he was where he was and after what was called by police or relaxed no big deal encounter when they tried to search him that he apparently pulled a pistol that they hadn't seen on them and that basically forced the 4 officers to lay down their weapons they said they felt threatened for their lives and they want to deescalate and that was when allegedly this man took those weapons and fled into the woods and that's where he is apparently ever since there is behind me at least a dozen but before there was as many as 2 dozen as well as 2 helicopters you can see one behind me all after this one man who is somewhere they think in the woods around me. we have what more do we know about this man it's quite a divided picture if you listen to police they see he is

a man who is armed and dangerous he has 15 to 20 years of a criminal record behind him of illegal arms possession he's described as a weapons fanatic he's described as something of a loner of a sort of a social outlier but the local media and also on facebook there's been lots of posts from people who claim to be his friends people who know him even his mother is said to have has spoken up saying that this is a man who means no harm he's not a violent man he's not dangerous in fact the mother is reported to have met him for coffee just a few days ago and she said there was nothing nothing right with him nothing seemed out of place so very very much 2 different pictures of this man coming out the police are saying he's armed and dangerous and should be approached with caution ok what happens next. whatever sex this continues this manhunt continues the police today said they're actually going to scale back visible operations they want the town as the mayor of this town himself said recently to return to some

sense of normalcy normalcy but they said that they will be increasing operations in the background so we might not see their presence but according to police they are very much here but how this all ends and when they he might be found if it all is still very much an open question ok that's. william blue cross in the black forest in that story for us thanks when the british city of bristol has a new sculpture to replace the statue office slave-trade have pulled down last month a sculpture alphabet protest and will help people all topple him now stands in his place he was installed while out the mission of wednesday morning. but. the moment that sparked a nationwide to pay suppliers had to deal with britain's colonial past. the 17th century slave trader at word colston was pulled down by black lives matter protesters in bristol than june. and tackling the face of many of his victims

thrown into the sea. the prince he once looked down from now has a new occupant local resident chen read. the artworks inspired by a viral instagram post but return has been and picturing her shortly after the colston statue was toppled you know for me then you know i raise my fist and i raise my fist to give power back to the people back to the slaves who died at the hands of pollsters and titled the search of power at the sculpture was installed without the local councils approval and intervention dreamed up by artists marquand you know we had to keep it secret because this is a really really clear this is a temporary relation it's not saying this is what should be on the plate for ever say this conversation is in the public realm and i want this scot free part of the conversation. they hope the statue will inspire more action to tackle racism it's

definitely colston is no more and it's time for change it's time to move on it's time to people to keep talking educate themselves and i just think that's really important. crystal's mayor has not confirmed if and when the statue will be removed but he says the future of the plant must be decided in a process that includes everyone in the city even those who would have preferred that work colston to remain. while his identity is unknown he's off work amman's recalled prices thanks sees distinctive style has made him one of the walls most famous streets austin on tuesday he released a video showing his newest work painted in a london subway train it's commentary on 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 wall. this one apparently sneezes on the window he calls the hard work if you don't mask you don't get. people in the carriage prefer not to get involved. london's underground operator has confirmed the work has already been removed. banks's works often sold for huge sums the rats made this carriage priceless. for a while. this is t.v. news here's a reminder off the top story at this hour and e.u. court has ruled that pick giant apple does not have to pay ireland 13000000000 euros in back taxes the european commission had pursued the case that it stays it's yet to decide whether or not to appeal to the european court of justice.

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