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this is it over your news a live shot from berlin the mourners in united states pay their respects to the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg that as he stands vigil president trump faces hecklers protesters are furious that he and republicans will not respect ginsburg's final wish that no new justices should deal pointed until after november elections also coming up on the show hong kong a leading pro-democracy activists and joshua long vows to continue resisting china's crackdown on dissent after he is arrested and charged for taking part in an
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unlawful assembly a year ago. and he was once a crowd of police cadets wishing to quit the force in disgust after hearing the views of some of his colleagues how widespread it is far right and racist ideology introduced police force. i'm claire richardson now welcome to the show we begin in the united states where president donald trump was booed by onlookers as he arrived to pay his respects to the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg a group of hecklers shouted slogans at the president including i respect her wish in her last days against burke expressed the hope that she would only be replaced after november's presidential election trump says he has a constitutional duty to nominate
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a new justice now. well let's bring in our washington correspondent carolina chinmoy on this story clearly not what was it trump's reaction it to the crowds boos outside the supreme court where the president was signing there with the 1st lady melania trump paying their respects too late just says ginsberg and even though there was no evidence reaction it was clear that the president and his wife they did hear the crowd the bottom off the supreme court shouting vote him out it is important to a remark clear this reflects how extremely divided the united states of america is right now a normally people would respect the silence that a funeral these serves but most of the people who are at the supreme court paying their respects to justice skin's work they are liberals people who support work i'm of course also her last wish dictated in
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a statement to her granddaughter that she very placed by the next president trump does a plan to announce his nominee for the vacant seat this is saturday and he has said he will choose a woman for the position do we know who the front runners are. exactly saturday's going to be a big day here claire well he said he's going to nominee his candidate he said his it's going to be definitely a woman and one of these candidates is barbara. she is the daughter of cuban immigrants and she was it just says on the florida supreme court florida is a crucial state in this election so is the hispanic vote so this pick would definitely also political move up a legal message coming from donald trump and the other possible candidate and probably trump's favorite is
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a meek tony barretto she's on the of peel's court in chicago she is conservative and sansa against abortion for example and she is also known for supporting donald trump in his immigration policies she has also mentioned several times how important religion is to her who of course republicans are in a rush to fill this seat before the election what can we expect to see on november 3rd and help us understand why is the supreme court in the spotlight. well claire it's important to underline that the position of a justice of the supreme court is a life time position so this will really mark the next decade for sure the way the country's it's going to go to we will not know one of embassy 3rd who is going to be the winner of that election a few hours ago president trump said for example he's not sure that the election can be unless he's polarizing this country even more with these kinds of comments
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and that is also what we are going to see after the election day it will probably take days or even weeks to have a clear resolve a time of uncertainty or will not know who the winner of the election is going to be and this is also the reason why naming a justice before the election day is a crucial move the very probably comes because if there is doubt about the results of the presidential election this chorus the highest court in the country will have to decide all right carol in the interim oyo thank you it's excuse me going to washington d.c. and thank you very much. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world riot police have clashed with protesters at the gates of madrid's assembly building there upset over new measures to contain the coronavirus in the spanish capital health authorities are asking residents to brace for tough weeks ahead i spain's accumulative caseload past 700000 people. a spokeswoman for russian opposition
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leader alexei navalny says authorities seized his moscow apartment and bank accounts while he was in a coma in a berlin hospital evolve he was discharged on wednesday after being poisoned with a nerve agent in an apparent assassination attempt. the catholic church in germany says survivors of sexual abuse by clergy will receive compensation payments the church will pay up to $50000.00 euros per case of victims a support groups a lash out at the decision saying a much more money was needed after years of covering up the crimes. of all swag and has agreed to pay out more than $5000000.00 euros to victims of the military dictatorship there ruled brazil from 1964 to 1985 the carmaker is accused of violating former employees rights by collaborating with the country's secret police were arrested and tortured if you pay the damages to avoid going to
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court. what happened in brazil was a dock trap provokes hawkins history it's a story that was uncovered by german public broadcasters and the newspaper in an investigation in the $960.00 s. and seventy's opponents of the military dictatorship were handed over to the security services at the company site in sao paulo workers were then tortured by the military now folks walk in has accepted what happened back then was wrong and it will pay damages of 5500000 euros human rights groups welcomed its decision to wash. sea for the. damages now than other employees in brazil my follows the so it sets a positive example. and it's an example that comes at a time when the current president of both an hour has made no secret of his fondness for the military dictatorship and its late is. futile to shoot so this
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many in the president's supporters share his views including his white washing of the pasta during the military dictatorship that's why i think it's hugely important to show what happens. no news site. for the victims this is a victory in the long battle they've been. seeking damages from volkswagen and an apology. one of hong kong's most prominent of pro-democracy activists and joshua wang was briefly detained on thursday and charged with the taking part in an unauthorized demonstration a year ago when a 3 year old came to international prominence as a teenage protest leader and was barred from standing in district elections last year. defiant and determined after his brief detention joshua one the merge from custody the high profile decision to continue the fight for democracy with a chilling effect generated by the beijing after all these days the 1st cases that
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i need to face already says. the last year in my left prison but no matter what have heard i will still continue the race since i am 2019 hong kong proposed amendments to legislation that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china it kicked off months of protests which saw hundreds of thousands of people occupy the streets demonstrations continued over the summer months and in october $29000.00 the government withdrew the legislation as a result. but it did little to appease protesters the had more demands including the resignation of hong kong's leda kerry lam the movement seemed on stoppable. then the pandemic hit as the protests were losing the mention beijing introduced a sweeping national security law said the agitating matins. among other things the
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legislation allowed the hun kong dissidents to be arrested and tried in mainland china shortly after his release from custody on thursday joshua one spoke to t w about what's next for the movement we continue our strategy no matter put pressure is that the ocean applied to run for office protests on the street would try all the ways to maximize public support in local and global community and also helped elect a forty's to know that we would not shift to surrender in different battlefield i will continue to stay and fight at i hope to let people to know that seek a global and local community support on a cause to fight for free election important that's why we might have friends come to us that international advocacy a country iraq the world's all call a space in the country they are really critical and we also have hong kong as base and hall called this whole call to call to your fellow racists and continue to
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facilitate more protest and our campaign and let the well get know that we still can't get i will momentum longs court hearing is scheduled for the next week a day before additional pro-democracy protests are planned coinciding with china's national day celebrations. in the western a german state of north rhine-westphalia investigators say they've discovered 16 and new instances of xenophobia among police officers that's in addition to the 100 state police officers already accused of spreading racist or extreme right wing views but accusations of such behavior among police officers are not confined to just one state this next report comes from the east. state of saxony. 09 maya always wanted to be a police man he was idealistic and wanted to stand up for what's right. but things did not go to plan during his police training in leipzig he was exposed to racist
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and far right language. if we had lunch together and talk turned to politics a colleague would say i'd rather vote for the nazis than the greens my jaw dropped i was shocked but for a lot of the others it was as if we were just talking about the weather. and this type of talk was not confined to zoo months fellow recruits he also heard it from his police instructors. and western trainer said we need to learn to shoot straight because there are so many refugees coming to germany of course i find that blatantly racist and completely inappropriate coming from a police officer. and there was more shocking language in the trainees social media chatter i'm. not excusing the use an example of what's happened with from cop does not and we hate all africans but design
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a phobic racist statement that i absolutely reject. the man decided to pull out of his police training we contacted the police authority in saxony they sent an email dismissing the allegations. no evidence has been established of unprofessional behavior relating to these police officers no indications of continuing racist or anti semitic beliefs have come to light in disciplinary proceedings or other internal appraisals. recent incidents in north rhine-westphalia do however point to the existence of far right attitudes within the police $29.00 offices there were suspended after they circulated hate speech against foreigners on social media. the police trade union rejects any suggestion that far right beliefs have become institutional. i don't think it's a problem for the german police as
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a whole police officers by their nature are conservative that doesn't make them right wing my colleagues and i stand up for order in justice i don't believe there is any problem of structural extremism even if there are isolated instances. not by tomorrow also denies that the exposure of far right groups within the police erodes public confidence in officialdom. and i don't think public trust has fundamentally declined confidence may have cracked a little but it will recover of the next few months. no my ad doesn't see it that way he believes the biggest problem within the police is the failure to recognize that change is required. i think there is no culture of learning from previous mistakes it's a basic problem that when mistakes are made everyone agrees to sweep things under the carpet rather than making sure the same mistakes are not repeated bookish. down
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to our witnesses if you don't know. for this former police recruit the overriding obstacle to institutional reform is a misguided collective spirit. that your news update at this hour don't forget you can always get the latest on our web site t w dot com and by region in berlin thanks so much for watching. but dusty brits muddy tires and drums we deliver urgent lifesaving boxes we give our everything to reach those who need us the most every box feeding their futures. boxes for the fall hope of life saving fruit and you so much more down roads with no names we feel asleep deliver relentless you know promise to make
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every delivery special. not just next day but every day. thousands of children still waiting for their delivery sponsor approx today so together. the living choose. this is d.w.t. is africa coming up on the program good luck somali ecowas is envoy sais he is happy with developments in the country. following last month's clues now that could see the block lifted sanctions off a transitional government to sworn in just hours from now we have seen that truth and move in a direction that would be depressed or morally and as well because of that's what it was the world. and our correspondent in cape town comes face to face with one of the country's most notorious alleged crime bosses.
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and the artist and cameron painting with sad to keep memories and i. hello i'm christine one to it's good to have your company as marty brady's for the inauguration off an interim leader off an interim government on friday the block off west african nations known as appear ready to lift tough economic sanctions on body as soon as they try to now ecowas is the economic community of west african states it imposed sanctions just off to last month's military coup that pushed aside a democratically effects his president. could this be the flight that brings mali relief from the painful economic sanctions imposed by ecowas former nigerian
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president goodluck jonathan is the front man for ecowas as it negotiates with mali's military junta over the country's transition back to democracy jonathan signaled his approval of the interim president announced early this week. we have seen that in some move in the direction that would be best for this will echo of that sort of this will go. quite a change from the talk one month ago back then street protests against the government sparked some in the mali and military to force our elected president abraham boubacar creator in a coup. to watch quickly slap down sanctions. but now molly's democratic neighbors have approved the former defense minister and army colonel as interim president alongside one of the military hunta leaders who will be interim vice president. and the sanctions that give ecowas leverage. lifting
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the sanctions not to prove a course to want and some short and the parts of the new mali in leadership has about 18 months to help the country face mountainous economic and political challenges before nationwide elections are to take place to move mali back to a democracy. let's take a look at some of the stories making news across the continent top officials i can use medical supplies for she face prosecution the image they felt millions of dollars intended to purchase called $900.00 supplies the country's anti-graft agency announced the 1st batch of names for prosecution a 2nd phase of investigations will target companies that illegally benefited from government. in nigeria at least 25 people have been killed off to a petrol tank exploded over a collision with other vehicles authorities say it's at least 8. children died in the accident in central corgis state the blast and subsequent fire also destroyed
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many of the vehicles and operations. a schoolteacher from the democratic republic of congo has won and u.n. a.c.r. refugee award for africa as a boony francois it should go into when our lives in uganda was honored with the regional nance and refugee award for. helping survivors of rape and sexual abuse. on cape town's famed long streets say they are intimidated by gangster bosses into pain so called protection money now it's been a long standing issue in the city now after one ball recently. south africa's police minister appointed as special committee to crack down on the record. correspondent krishna met the man believed to be their kingpin of organized crime in. cape town's long street is the city's main nightlife district full of bars and restaurants it's been tough here since the coronavirus pandemic hit many businesses
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have had to close customers are staying away. businesses here in cape town are suffering because of the economic consequences of the lockdown there's a night curfew ablaze every day for a midnight international troops who only be allowed back in the country 1st of october and this is not the only problem some business owners are complaining that despite the economic hardship they still have to pay protection money. to beer house on long street has since reopened but the powers owner randolph your bird is currently stuck in germany mostly because south africa's borders are closed but also because he's afraid he's refused to pay protection money and as chairman of the long street association business owners are sending in more and more pictures of visits from gangsters demanding money it's clear their traditional protection racket for nightclubs isn't working the way it used to some world wide shouldered
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visibly gentleman are paying you a visit and offering you offering you protection for danger of it they can't really describe. you for monthly payment. you only experience getting increased levels of intimidation if you decide not to take up their offer your burke and his employees have received a. animist death threats the beer house to see what happens when people don't pay for protection on the front door if there's a picture of a former bouncer called joe he was stabbed to death 4 years ago i wouldn't speak if i was in cape town right now i do enjoy the fact that i am out of the country he. see giving me the freedom to speak out on behalf of the big business community in cape town for years the police appear to have done little but that could be changing the country's police minister has contacted your berg directly he visited
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longstreet last week and announced a task force to deal with the protection racket problem is the visit. here. maybe. just one day later the man who your for exams he believes is behind a protection racket organized free food distribution for the homeless directly in front of the beer house bar. on his facebook page businessman fees modocs posted pictures of infamous gangsters like al capone his line of business apparently includes debt collection the sale of luxury automobiles and protection for free i.p.s. but in front of the beer house only a man calling himself a friend of modocs could be found he also apparently runs a security firm you get about the allegations of business people have missed the motives behind the protection money issue when what does he saying to that look i
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can only say. anything about. what he did in the newspaper business but it's an allegation that's not affect i haven't seen it myself haven't been involved in it so i don't know anything about it moments later there is suddenly a lot of movement in long street 1st of all of porsche pulls up carrying one of moto x. business associates. right now various causes showed up you know with a lot of strong people obviously his bodyguards and i'm with the motive also showed up. there seems reminiscent of a hollywood film surrounded by his entourage not fees modocs briefly observateur food distribution. then he asked the beer house staff whether it's ok for them to distribute food at the door.
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but. we attempt to make contact. why did you decide you could put out a great deal for them to be full of don't feel ones where it will simply put right rather going to distribute it while you were at the front because i had we didn't have was all going to go for me to go away to do any good but i believe the. moda and his entourage moved on. a few minutes later the police turned out. after these events the beer house manager applied for a court order to stop odac from entering the bar again but moda came self is probably not concerned in february a court cleared him of extortion charges due to a lack of evidence all witnesses. now an artist in cameroon is using sand to keep memories alive he's using the
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medium to help remember those killed in cameron's conflicts or those who fought for justice in other parts of the world. could be read as deliberately uses side to kristi's portraits every muscle she sees of the fragility of life and the loss wherever the cameroonian ologies often uses sun paints and bookie. caught up in the country's conflicts. he was. in the village in the old west come in february that. just but. there was. not a particle to find him. and enjoy it and. in. many made use of injustice and. 70 percent of.
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the i just for the. was always done so pretty glad because i know my art is speaking in a in a certain level and people. have come a route. to do we do to portray. bridges was the 1st african american. to school in the u.s. state of louisiana. black empowerment. of. the black the blacks only human race. and identity in the world and that makes. all the races we are. looking for a name we have. to be respected and that is what is part of
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race and what i'm doing is so. people the blocks around the world that we have. we have been always searching for. scratching many people including. you know where he is coming. on his knowledge to all the young people. pin dust so it is physics at a university where he lost out. he visits really of stress the week new issue could be i knew about the artist colby williams through his work that he posts in social media here with his works are always exceptional and beautifully done i wanted to learn from him and so i reached out to him and he agreed for me to come over 50 shots one to see if. he thinks we live around too asta quit the single son painting
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he doesn't make the leader from his ought but he says the most important thing is to get his missis of empowerment across to his walk. and that's the 1st of a sea of extract. to the point strong opinion clear position on the international perspective such. a massive new leak of sign actual documents shows that internationally renowned banks are continuing to aid and abet illegal money laundering the corrupt are the banks that's our topic on to the point. to the point. that doesn't mean 60 minutes on w.
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literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see some as the kids find strength growing up. might object to the american worker finding beautiful. delivery books on you tube. facebook seeks to make it big in africa the social media giant is preparing to open an office in nigeria aiming to cut life on the country's youthful population that comes our way. also coming up riding up a storm how it delivery business that infest africa is thriving. on have made it into where in hong kong the local producers are all over new u.s. rules that require them to label their products made in china. big business
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ferguson welcome to the show if facebook's future in africa the company seems to be betting on it it's due to open a new office in the nigerian city of lagos next year it will be the tech giant 2nd largest presence on the continent ofter johannesburg facebook's hoping to benefit from the country's useful population and its growing tech sector home to over 200000000 people nigeria is africa's most populous country. from more let's talk to the correspondent who joins us now from the nigerian capital as. boys have significant in space both decision to set up an office and. this is very significant to nigeria and significant this nigeria is the largest economy in a for. is due. to 16 blocks in
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a couple. of visits to nigeria an even bigger than the preceeding. 3 which. will take the form and the 3 issues. defense will be doing com. that is every possibility that my kid would be taking the ball from me because there are so many uses for this in that you have on so many youths who we didn't and if you look back when. i came to africa came to nigeria was an important for this group on and put on for nigeria and up would come out. now if i cannot hear another question so sorry to see you getting so worked there. but facebook is rarely far from the headlines at least where we are for an abundance of reasons how do i carry and feel about the company.
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nigerians are divided so much he got his book is coming close is bridging the issue of does man is coming to create content for cons for nigeria and they can nigeria the same time this book you know what some people support in companies to come in to take over what this book is doing so many nigerians the country if it does not form what they can why can't you have all kinds of good uses become company champions why can't you come on help them develop the week this book has accepted you need to do is always divided. let's take a look at the competition then tell me a little bit more about the social media landscape in 93 and what are the fake forms of them out what are the kids on tech talk. what's up is the most hopeful now pushing me in nigeria and you know was
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a piece on by his school called it's not yet without. feeling what's the dusts into using the so pissed because come in it's tough to show these because it will be so many nigerians i was all so mean that you didn't like. this because you would know coke he's gained in popularity in europe and america parts of the world so you physical didn't come here it may. trade by to talk to. the whole nation would be get done skip in nigeria. the way they did in the rain in my face so much for your time. let's go to set off where a start up has unexpectedly found itself thriving during the pandemic when 22 year
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old cullen macos he started a bike delivery service back in january he couldn't have known it just high fost to mind but go. young men in blue overalls cruising through the streets of longa in recent weeks the people in this cape town suburb have become accustomed to the sight this is the man behind the bicycle armada the idea for the business stems from his own experience. well finding something and then something from the family and all. so i think you know been equal to having someone you can call and all that for since the 22 year old started cloudy deliveries in january 2020 the company has grown steadily and the coronavirus pandemic has boosted the business even more today the team counts are around 20 delivery bike riders we follow one of them on his shift 1000 year old to talk o.c.c. will be buying groceries for a busy customer. i'm working from home so it's
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a convenient for me because i don't have time to actually go to the store and i have to look up and make it and all the talk o.c.c. is heading to the supermarket the customers pay $9.00 rand privilege very roughly the equivalent of $0.50 a driver to talk o.c.c. gets 3 rand privilege free the remaining 6 goes to the company youth unemployment in south africa is extremely high and the pandemic has only made things worse it took o.c.c. just finished school he wants to continue his studies one day but for now he's happy working as a delivery cyclist much up a birthday i do it before and then. help the people around here and. make a shearing issue. back at headquarters the calls are still coming in every cyclist does $4.00 to $5.00 deliveries per day with many people forced to stay home during lockdown collins service is filling a huge gap in the township the secret to success he says is looking for services that people need and he encourages young south africans to do the same. go for it
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you know and stick it out we'll have challenges but you will see the end and that's what i love about business and. people you know to to do this colleague's next goal to expand his fleet and the area that it serves you hope soon to collaborate with local clinics to patients' homes for this young entrepreneur the sky is the limit. u.s. banking giant morgan chase is moving 200000000000 euros from the united kingdom to frank 1st because of. the shift will make the 6th largest bank in germany based on assets peanuts when it comes out of britain and the e.u. continue to engage in informal talks on a host bracks a trade deal with the mid october a deadline looming many u.k. based funds are concerned they won't retain pos courting rights in a trade deal j.p. morgan has also informed 200 london stuff or as they may need to move to european
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cities including from 1st paris luan on to madrid. now to some of the other global business stories making news british finance minister richie soon unveiled an emergency jobs program to replace the current furlough scheme a new policy will see workers get up to 77 percent of their normal salary for 6 months. turkey central bank has raised its main interest rate by 2 percent as it tries to hold the lira up from historic lows the move caused the lira to gain one percent against the dollar many investors welcomed the move as a show of independence president russia tired to one opposes higher rates. german carmaker folks live in is to compensate former workers in brazil for persecution they suffered during the country's military dictatorship between 19641985. collaborated with the regime to identify its suspected
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opponents were then fired detained by police on sometimes even tortured. california is to ban the sale of gasoline only cars by 2035 in a bid to combat the effects of climate change the move a 1st in the u.s. received a mixed response from carmakers california the largest car maker in america markets i'm sorry in america has been battling historic wildfires following a summer of course high temperatures. hong kong has formally objected to u.s. plans to label the islands products made in china the move by washington is the latest response to a new chinese law curbing freedoms on the island for local producers the measure comes as a blow job if you could call reports. it took a 1000 steps to assemble hundreds of tiny components that's how a delicate to
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a beyond watches made william shell founded his own brand a decade ago the birthplace of these high end time pieces hong kong is also engraved on them but as the clock is ticking the label of made in hong kong will have to be replaced by made in china in 2 months under the u.s. his latest order to revoke the city's special trading status. that because in france for us just because of the work of the old that we try to invest for the for the raw materials it is either to show the specific where you have a bread and also the whole of or the back of the 4 policy changes that i did to double or triple the whole cost also of ways of a lot higher hong kong is a w t o member as a separate customs territory the new labeling policy is only one of a series of the us is countermeasures against the political upheaval in the financial harm the city's 2nd largest trading partner is ending the decades long
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preferential treatment for hong kong because of its eroding autonomy following the imposition of a national security law veteran manufacturer simon wants sells instant milty to the u.s. his products have long been popular among the in the communities who missed the taste of hong kong signature beverage but now it's a bittersweet business the latest policy and another reason for him and many others to decouple from the u.s. market. being caught in the hurricane again would be getting worse and worse what i say is really reacts boring our markets to other countries we are also souls in products from europe from other countries who set off from the states. and we don't want to take any risk william shum also plans to relocate his investment including shutting down his new york office by the end of this year as a whole cabret we have
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a very specific character hong kong has to merge off east and west asked and cultural ah historic well we have to seek different golden opportunity inside this kind of adversity it means that we have to have a very strong determination and we have also have a very strong spirit to keep carrying on to try to show the beauty of hong kong all . the more. because you know. in those schools all over.
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another visitor nothing yet you want to become sitting. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. on. what happens to an east german spy when communism collapses the deutschland series about cold war espionage comes to a head in dodge land 89 coming up on arts and culture and later on our show artist miriam aska fed tells us what it was like painting the official portrait of the world's most famous royal. welcome to arts and culture an agent from communist east germany crosses the iron curtain to spy on
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