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stringent corona virus precautions will keep the game safe. also coming up more clouds over ukraine, america and britain threatened new sanctions if russia invades in a story session, the app, the united nations. ah, i'm black, thank you so much for joining us. we opened this broadcasts in beijing with the winter olympics due to open later in the week, the united states and other nations are staging a diplomatic boycott of the event and protest at china's human rights record. growing numbers of covet 19 cases, also worrying athletes and officials. beijing insists the games will be safe

arrival at the airport in beijing. chinese workers in protective gear. welcome the incoming olympic teams and their baggage. then it's a p c r test. before a trip to the venues in the olympic village, where similar tests are to follow on a daily basis. caution, as the watchword, china's cross country skiers are being shielded from foreign rivals. their norwegian coach tells us with this team we have been staying in china. full time for the past 2 years. so and they have been extremely careful. we haven't actually computed that the nationally for 2 years of the foreign athletes who have already arrived. 125 of tested positive for coven 19 and have isolated. it's not clear whether they will all get the negative test result the need in time to compete. the opening ceremony fireworks have been rehearsed. but critics say that china is using the passes of the games to distract from human rights abuses. and

this is the case, have hers is, is that k to turn this pause arina into a space o clinical is minisey and are tall to white was all those are sizes. but china itself boasts of its strength and promises a safe winter olympics in beijing on the plate of china as we go community and their harsh repression looms large over the winter olympics, with opposition suppressed within china itself. many are making their voices heard elsewhere. our washington bureau chief in his po, has met a weaker restaurant owner in los angeles, whose father disappeared 3 years ago. these mountains remind book ra kean very much of home. he left china 6 years ago to start a new life in the us. everything seemed to go well until his father, who remained in china, was

a promptly snatched from his home during the night of october 25th in 2018. his father owned one of the biggest rigor publishing firms and our king believes that his fight to protect the legal language. and culture was the reason why the chinese government put him in prison. arkwin says his father was like a best friend supporting him financially in the us. my biggest here i really scare like he couldn't her cadillac, his grandfather, childrens to his color of his me again. this i think is fear to see him again. are you this u. s. government then euro. they can do more to pressure on china. about the jan da genocide. after his father was detained,

mcgraw are keen, opened the restaurant in the larger l. a area. he named it to lance. after the rigor region in east dungeon, john, where he grew up, one of the most popular dishes is lockman. a dish of hen pulled noodles. we can clean them from the hallway, some area of china, the border here. he's gone in tajikistan, where most of the region 12000000 wiggers live. surprising, not many people know about vigorous even there. so many news on the media. so like, i have to la attract them to create like curiosity. dan lester, this t shirt, i think it helps a lot like people. they ask about vigor. they googled riggers, some of his customers already know a lot about the topic. others are just about to find out. as an american, i feel

a responsibility as a conscientious consumer to understand that the wiggers are inextricably connected to american consumer ship and capitalism. that there are so many companies that have direct or indirect relationships to weaker labor through the forced detention and force labor camps. that the chinese are inflicting on them and have been for so long. so i am definitely interested in knowing more about them and i plan to google a wicker later today. let's go to munich now and speak to had soon retire akin program manager of the world, weaker congress, which advocates for weaker human rights. ok to have you with us. we are just obviously days away from the winter games in beijing with the eyes of the world focused on china. how much attention do you think will there be on the plates of the week hers? we certainly hope that there will be enough attention on the human rights

atrocities that are occurring in not only easter design, but also to back hong kong and all across china as well. because this is a unique opportunity when the war the, the world's eyes will be focused on china and we hold that just focus. it is not only going to be on sports, but also on what's happening behind. do you feel that the i, you're free and an elite sport in general are indifferent to the plate of the weaker is i think that they don't necessarily care enough to act. ah, because we did meet with the ifc on more than one occasion. and we shared our please and shared our concerns about what was happening. you know, in the context of the games, what would be happening is and citing very concrete example such as we were for slavery that might be involved in introducing olympic olympic goods at olympic

uniforms. and merchandise is because we know that the i, u. c. has contracted with chinese groups that are tightly linked to we were foreseen were so when we shared these concerns, there was nothing concrete that they were willing to do to address these human rights issues. so the i o c was not receptive to some of your criticism. do you hope that there may be protest at the games for may be certain elite athletes competing in the olympics? absolutely. i think it's really up to the athletes to speak up. and we expect them to do it because yes, there will be consequences as we have heard directly from a member of the beating, organizing committee 2 weeks ago. basically threatening as these if they wanted to speak up on certain issues. but we hope that athletes who will be the most protected and privilege groups of individuals. i. d, 's games will use their platforms to speaker. and of course we know that because of

rural safety, you're not able to speak up on the podium. but we hope that they can use opportunities during press conferences and other occasions to bring up these issues . a number of countries, as you know, high profile countries have announced a diplomatic, a boycotts ahead of the games. are you encouraged by that? does it make any difference? it is very encouraging to see because it sends a very clear and strong message to beating that. the international community will lots. simply watch fi, you know why when china is committing a genocide. and at the same time, given this prestigious platform to host the games. so it sends a very clear message to beating. and we believe that beating is feeling that pressure or the way they wouldn't be harassing activists and threatening athletes from speaking up. and another thing that is quite important to highlight is that it gives our community hope any encouragement as well hope and encouragement. but in

the meantime, the chinese leadership is not budging when it comes to its weaker policies. are these limited boycotts emboldening in a certain sense, the chinese precedent to continue on this path? i think this is something that's very difficult to tell just because of the extremely difficulty to access to any kind of information of what's happening inside. we've lost contact with her family members. you know, pretty much every single we are living in the exile. doesn't have con side. so it's in that situation is very difficult to see. these policies are being mas, soft in, or it, you know, or worsen. but we do know that in the recent years, even re, situation has a deter heated quite significantly. we're talking about a genocide. and we, i think the only way to address this is by yet multilateral action,

in enough countries are frustrating china. because we, we know, and we've seen that china does care about his international reputation and credibility despite claiming otherwise summary t i r kim is program manager of the world, weaker congress, which advocates for weaker human rights. thank you very much for coming on and talking to us. thanks. we're having let's get you caught up with some of the other stories making world news today. german police say the motor for a deadly police shooting on monday was likely an attempt to cover up illegal poaching to men aged $38.32 are accused of shooting debt to police officers during a routine traffic stop in south western germany. police say they found wild animal carcasses in the boot of the car. a courts in norway has rejected the parole application of mass murderer andreas at braving,

who killed 77 people in an attack in 2011. the far right extremist is serving norway's maximum sentence of 21 years under terrorism charges. the attack on a labor party youth camp on toya island and the government district in oslo is norway's worst peacetime atrocity. amnesty international says israel's policies towards the palestinians amount to the international definition of apartheid. israel rejects the allegation, saying its own arab citizens, enjoy equal rights. the government has called amnesty is claim anti submitted to the code. the international community is stepping up diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis over ukraine. the u. s. and britain are threatening to impose tough new sanctions. if russia invades ukraine, russia and the u. s. have just resumed telephone negotiations. secretary of state

antony blinking is urging moscow to withdraw its troops from ukraine's borders. who are you with the flags of his allies on proud display? ukraine's president announced a huge addition to his nation's army corps was voted him on. we will create a new political co operation format in europe between ukraine, great britain and poland, voice that was within the next 3 years, we will increase the number of the ukrainian armed forces 210-0000 professional soldiers. regina army, british prime minister boris johnson, flew to give to meet with zalinski a day after the u. k, announced new sanctions against kremlin linked oligarchs and companies. if russia invades ukraine, this will be the toughest sanctioned regime against russia. we have other hat, and it is the most radical departure in approach. since leaving the european union, those in and around the kremlin will have no way to hide. meanwhile,

poland prime minister mateusz more of yet ski, was already in cuba, where he pledged his support to zalinski and compared sharing a border with russia to living near a volcano. 4 months latricia, we could help ukraine with supplies of defensive weapons in the event of possible russian aggression piano, which hopefully will not happen on, on, you know, some few or little conceal no algorithms. us on it, us ukraine's president has welcomed the international backing diploma beach that did that. him go support for ukraine is that it's greatest since 2014, it's unconditional and ongoing, but it's the same with military aid. the whole, it's priceless and it continues to come. we seen that e little daughter northwood. russia continues to build up its forces in the region even as diplomats from both sides are still trying to solve the crisis. russian troops are set to hold military drills and bela roost this month, based from camps like this one, just

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