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recognition has already passed, and the impact here now, minimal state, you know why he believes hong kong's pro-democracy movement continues in subtle ways. and finally, a happy ending for the world's longest and from having been rescued from conditions in a pakistani zoo in cambodia, where he retired in peace and with company i've been welcome to do. glad you could join us in less than 24 hours hong kong spot about to will in effect, seize to have any opposition. that's when the resignations of 15 pro-democracy lawmakers come into force. they're designed some 2 weeks back to protest. a law passed by beijing that gives the government stop right to expect lawmakers without

due process. the resignations mean the city's probe aging administration will be able to pass laws without even a mom or of protest. lawmakers say they had no other option but to quit, but for many it's pretty mean not being able to do work that is vital for many in the city. for hong kong opposition lawmaker show culture and his last week in public office. it's all about prison visits. he's going to meet the 1st man charged under the national security law in post in july. i believe he still has to be cassidy 4 year or so before we get the sentence. i was told he's having some personal problems. so i applied for special official visit today to meet him in person like turkey in 2016. she was the city's most prominent legislator fighting for prisoners' rights. his made over 200 of his 4

year term. and more than half of them to protest related prisoners. as a council member, he gets to meet inmates in private for an hour each visit, in contrast to their regular 15 minute public presence. but with his term coming to an end soon, he will no longer enjoy such privilege. i can no longer be on the frontline, it will be a huge relief for the correctional services department as i can't put pressure on them anymore. it's a shame because there's still so much i want to do, but i have to leave office to show solidarity with the democratic camp. oh yeah, there are ways that hong kong's pro-democracy can resigned on mass only or this month in protest at the expulsion of 4 other lawmakers. catalyst for the action was a beijing resolution giving hong kong authorities power to unseat politicians without having to go through the city scots. she'll catch on this,

counting down his time in the parliament, although he could see this day coming. it's still ok messer shark. i never thought it would be so far. so we often say it's a new ampara, more ruthless and domineering. there are many leaders in the past, probably not. as mao zedong now, we see that he could even and one country 2 systems in a blink of an eye. after starting out as a social worker and university lecturer, she became one of the leading activist in the umbrella movement in 2014 and was sentenced to 8 months in jail last year. as a legislator. it was a traumatic experience for him, but he still keeps his belongings from prison to remind himself of his mission. i don't say that i asked for years becoming a law maker. it was a peak of my life. but then i was sent to prison. the lowest point of my life,

it was so tough in there and i had to find meaning of life by fighting for prisoners' rights. i taught myself, i'm an undercover law maker in jail. i'm here as a prisoner for the checks on possible abuse by prison officers. i'm here to monitor the government and since the anti-government movement started in hong kong last year, over 10000, people have been arrested with the rise of a generation of political prisoners shows easter pressing need to provide support for these young people and their families. he initiated a pen friends scheme earlier this year and has had 026000 letters so far. he plans to organize 3 jail workshops after he leaves. the console being in prison is losing freedom by having a lot of time. and it is the same with leaving the legislative council and public resources in return have more time to focus on this particular issue. i don't know

how far i can go with the fight on prisoners' rights, but i promise i will go as far as i care. i want to but what does the resignation of law because like shoe cartoon mean for ordinary hong kong, it's a question i'm going to put to 27 year old, who joins me on the line from hong kong. now cannot isn't my guests real name? he participated in last year's antigovernment protests in the city and is hiding his face for fear of repercussions from the government. kano, welcome. what does the resignation of all of hong kong's pro-democracy lawmakers mean to you? well i think the best time for that resignation has already passed and the impact here now on the movement is minimal. so obviously this move has tremendous news value. but if we look back on the movement that has been multiple planes in time

when they could have done this. for instance, they could have done this along with the other likeliest candidates that also refused to participate in the legislative council. so that's an opportunity that they missed. so i think by now their resignation. now it's more to me anyway. it's more like they're being forced out of the council and it's not their conscious choice to eat the council. and yet the effect on the movement in general, i feel aside from the news value is minimal. what do you say to those people who say that these lawmakers being absent from the legislative council now is the death of democracy in hong kong. do you see democracy as having died in hong kong? definitely. so to me, along with the rule of law, right. it's been dead for quite some time now. and it's just now that the people are beginning to see that it's been dead for quite some time. it's only because i

think the public tend to have their hopes pinned on these more established pro-democracy a panda matic lead this in that the fall and seeing them fall just shows them the end of the facade. that there is democracy and real thought, how come so yeah, it's a debt. this is just reckoning with the fact that it's in debt. yes. where does that leave the pro-democracy movement in the city? a movement that you yourself participated in domestic resistance has a lot more restrictions now than they used to. but it's true, really pivotal to diminishment in general, i think a major shift coke going forward would be a shift to it's the stage and international stage. because obviously with a lot of the movement's leaders being exiled, most of the proponents have moved to to it. the international community,

but then going by your argument that would suggest that within hong kong and some of that antoni avenues left to protest or to stand up for democratic rights. hands of put a bit of the democratic movement in hong kong itself is dead. right? so yeah, i don't think the movements that it's just been that the course has been changed and a lot of the methods needs to be changed as well along with changing times. yeah. so it's not that it's just functioning in some other way. so i think domestic resistance, what is a kind of domestic resistance you're talking about? right, so i've seen a lot of things being proposed by leaders of the movement. so one of 2 things that i've seen in the past couple of months. it's a push by a lot of grass roof, grassroots force this to it's the rebuilding of the hong kong economy and what i

fear something the economy, if the central planning all and all that hunt called for the past trend is after the handover in that time frame, we have lost a lot of our domestic produce and domestic industry. we used to be in the face it in a faith with proponents in tech and manufacturing. but that's been that for quite some time and we're all putting everything into travel in financials. so i think seeing a grassroots push to it's the revival of our hong kong culture and hong kong community . that's a way of resistance. yeah. so yes, that's the main thing we're leaving there for the time being, but thank you so much for speaking to us. conor, speaking to us from uncle thank you. a paki dam dubbed the world's longest elephant has arrived in cambodia to begin a new life at an elephant sanctuary. cavani spent his whole life in islamabad,

pakistan, while there he developed psychological and physical problems due to the way in which he was treated. freeing him became a cause for animal welfare experts. and in particular, u.s. pop star cher who campaigned actively for israelis, heroes and look at his journey, changed caged and restricted hatefully for the last time, it's a necessary measure to meet the lonely elephant out of islamabad. many here support them if, but it's also an emotional moment. we think it is the right decision to let him go argue regarding him after 37 years or giving up and of joy to the people of pakistan. of van brought joy to others that he self suffered the elephant, lived in miserable conditions, and was forced to entertain crowds his whole life. his former handlers would

project him with rusty bull hooks to make him perform. in 2012, matus where made wes craven's, female partner and only companion died of blood poisoning. plunging the bull elephant integrate living. i remember his girlfriend, so holy. she was also had we all remember her as she died many years ago and ever since then he has been all alone cut down. states started to change when animal rights activists got involved and a high profile campaigner. us pop legend shad spend. he is pushing for the elephants resettlement. garnering the support of high profile politicians, including pakistan's prime minister the campaigning has paid off, said was that a welcome come. as he touched down in cambodia, the elephant will now be transferred to a $10000.00 hectare wildlife sanctuary. while spend the rest of his days,

free of chinese, kept full and no longer lonely. new home houses 3 potential new mates and to prepare him for his arrival. his cameras have made sure he's well fed and looking his best for the ladies. as the fans and all the best of the tips of today, there's more on our website in 2 of the same time tomorrow, over the phone against the corona virus endemic as the rate of infection in developing. what does the latest research say information and context? the coronavirus update on t w.

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whether living on the streets or in close knit communal shelters. homeless people are especially vulnerable to cope with 19, cold weather bites in some parts of the world, they face a double threat. many homeless people are older and have underlying medical conditions which leave them increase risk for severe illness. homelessness, organizations say social distancing, and hygiene measures are often all but impossible to maintain. this is the w.'s covert 908, ferguson, thanks for joining me. an estimated 150000000 people around the world don't have a home, lack of affordable accommodation, unemployment, family breakdown and addiction are some of the major causes. now, during the pandemic, homeless people have been pushed into

a more precarious situation than ever. in our next report, we'll meet a homeless man in the german city of business, used to be better every day and hopes for the good will of the past. but since the start of the pandemic, the tourists have dissipated, and most of the people keep their distance. there are fewer people around and fewer people who approach me because they're scared of corona, i guess because i'm homeless. i live on the street. good days. look, he used to make up to 30 euros in 3 hours enough to feed himself and his dogs. but in recent months has had to sit here for an entire day. look, he spends his nights under a bridge. he's 35 and came to germany from slovakia to find work. he's been homeless on and off for the past 5 years. he lost his last home in august because

his landlord didn't allow dogs which will bring them out of i always have to dogs with me. when i look for work, employers want to see where i'm registered or without a home. i have no registered address without an address. i can't get a job without a job. i can't get a flat and money from a vicious circle. at least twice a day. look, he makes a stop at the khalifa, a cafe for homeless people who learn central station. he comes here to eat, shower and charges phone. but even here, things have changed. and the 8 people are nowadays allowed to sit in the cafe for a week before corona, the good of a host of 30 to 40 people at once. for many, here, this place is a lifeline. and despite the new lockdown measures, it's allowed to stay open. well, that's one of the main problems for homeless people,

which will probably get even worse during the winter months, is that there are fewer day shelters and indoor spaces for them to spend time in. and we're not the only institution which is have to restrict its numbers. others have also been affected. sleeping rough through the winter will definitely be challenging for the key. and he's also worried about corona, especially because he can do so little to protect himself. because i want to stay healthy and i try to be careful. but how can i take all the necessary precautions when i live on the street? i'm always in town with my dogs. i meet other homeless people. i can always get infected, and i'm always at more risk than other people. a roof over his head. that's biggest wish during the corona crisis. then he can look for job again and no longer has to rely on help from others. for more on this issue, let's talk to frank spin of bennett, director of the european federation of a national organizations working with the homeless. mr. speight event. welcome.

what do we know about how the homeless community is experiencing this pandemic? well, i think it's important to note that most homeless people are homeless, people in general are more vulnerable to have over 1000 then the general population, basically for one reason is because they have often be existing health conditions that make them more vulnerable. and also because their situation, the situation they leaf in make the move on the like most homeless people live in shelters. i don't have to explain to you without following the guidelines imposed by the government, such as staying at home, social plane, social distancing is extremely difficult when you're in a shelter. so i think the homeless population is really movable, or there are groups of society for the 1000 problem i, with all those factors in mind,

what can you tell us about covert 1000 rights among the home? i think getting access to testing and treatment well in the rates. it's difficult to see because it is very if you come they thought the infections amongst the homeless people. but what we know is that, that he's a bit of a difference between the 1st wave in the 2nd wave that we're currently experiencing . in the 1st wave, the echoes we get from the homeless shelters is that the hot be able to contain the spread of the disease in the homeless shut the system. now in the 2nd wave, that seems to be different be here from countries like france, for instance, where a study was, get it out of the shell to see some bodies in the but it's a lesion. and they found that in all the shelters that they investigated, the over 50 percent of the book lesion, who was publishing, was actually infected by 1000. so we think it took

a little bit of time for the vitus to end that into the shelter system into shelters. but that is currently the case in quite a few countries. and when the fight is these circulating in the shelter system, it's but it's very quickly because so many people live together. there are many shelters, are overcrowded and said what our government's doing to protect the whole mystery of christ. if i, or any best practices that you know off well, governments are, many governments are doing things, certainly emergency measures. it has been quite remarkable how quickly many governments have been able to get people, street homeless people, you could say off the streets as a public had measure. they were new shout, the bents were created as were used to accommodate homeless people. then put a leaf even some countries used a b. and b.

flats to find accommodation for homeless people on the sea. so as, as emergency response, many countries did actually quite well. if i can give you one example of a concealed a seat on it, but it is doubly really house managed to keep the infection rates very heady if anybody knew it was. so that's one thing in terms of the long term solutions. it's only a few countries that actually use the $1000.00 bombs. they make to change the way they dress. fulness is because it's obvious the shell that it is not a solution to homelessness. homeless people meet housing, often with supports. housing is important, but it is some countries not use the 1000 pound they make as a lever to actually change the way they address homelessness. and the netherlands would be a good example. the government there has just decided to invest 15000000 euro in housing solutions for homeless people in order to get as groups the seed to use the

abundant make to say, well ok, we cannot, we have to go beyond the emergencies, bones and actually providing sustainable hosing solutions we've supported necessary for homeless people and you think that anything we can learn from the fund and make that might actually help tackle home if in the future? well, what we need are in is over this, but it is important. it is the housing is the best protection against good 1000 and gives any damage and actually against orders or vision for the health problem. so putting people into shelters as an emergency measure is fine. it's probably progress, but it's not a safe place for homeless people to be. so you actually need housing. housing is the best pull that shit against a pandemic. and i hope that that will sink in with the, with the governments with the decision makers, not in the future. they will put more emphasis on the people homeless people as quickly as possible to housing and provide the support necessary housing is

probably one of the most stark, a social determinants of health. and i think that has now become quite of this friction event from the european federation of national organizations working with the whole mess. thank you so much. thank you. robin time nightgowns or one of your questions over to our science correspondent, derrick williams. how long does it typically take in europe to approve a back scene? after phase 3, trial results are published. it varies under ordinary circumstances, not in the midst of a public health emergency. the scientific evaluation carried out after phase 3 trials by the e. m a. the european medicines agency, it takes time developers 1st, have to submit testing data, and what's called a marketing authorization application that governs general approvals for medicinal products. throughout the e.u.

. a board at the agency called the committee for medicinal products for human use is required to submit a scientific verdict on the application within $210.00 days. it then passes that opinion on to the european commission, which makes a decision on whether or not to grant an approval within $67.00 more days. so all in all the process can take between 9 and 10 months. but that's under ordinary circumstances. in the midst of this pandemic, the e m a has set up a special task force to help fast track covert 19 treatments and therapies. it allows for accelerated action in a number of ways for vaccines. a key change is that developers don't have to wait until all of their data is final. before submitting it for approval, but have been able to submit it instead in batches while the trials are still ongoing. a process called a rolling review. so in the end,

the formal assessment will take much less time for covert $1000.00 vaccines that have proven safe and effective in trials because the e m a has cleared the way for what's called conditional marketing authorisation. you can submit your questions for derek. fire are huge of channel for all the nations on the pandemic. go to g.w. dot com slash covert 19 until next time for me in the team at. but i can't

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