tom: welcome back. we begin with news, a passenger plane flying to pakistan airlines has crashed in a residential area outside of the capital of karachi. the flight was carrying 170 passenger and crew and took off from lahore and was due to land in karachi. it appears that the plane came down in a densely populated area with black smoke billowing. units have been deployed to the

scene with no word on the number of casualties. airline withte run a checkered safety record. the crash comes as people across the country celebrate the end of ramadan and the beginning of the muslim holiday, which is a time when many people return to hometowns. 99 passengers on board that , and it wast crew on a domestic flight from the horror to karachi came down in a residential part of that city. we will have the latest from pakistan in a moment. the latest onhave china's plans for a new security law in hong kong, which has triggered shock and anger not just in hong kong far b beyond. that p proposed law would see treason, subversion and sedition band and was unveiled at the

annual people's congress in beijing. for many in hong kong, this proposal is the fiercest assault to the one countntry-two systems model that was put in place and it was headed back to china. this comes after numerous warnings from beijing in response to the pro-democracy protests. today's news is expected to trigger more unrest. >> this is a complete destruction of the one country, two systems and also is a of policieshonor made under the joint declaration as well as all the promises that have not been made by the chinese government to the world. kong andning hong china bring with us. it is sad, because it is not the of hong kong only. the chinese people also will suffer because of this.

they want to burn everything down. our let's get more now from chief editor rob parsons. why is china doing this now and what is beijing seekiking by announcing t this controveversil law? rob: it comes within the context of what has been happening in hong kong over the last year, massive demonstrations i in 201. although thehey have died down a little bit or considerably doing the. of the coronavirus -- the period of the coronavirus, the hong kong authorities would've anticipated that things would've gotten back to a they were in 2019 and this is a way of trying to put a lid on things. law in mind that this new is a national security law that the chinese are trying to

introduce which would prohibit subversion, separatism, and foreign interference against the chinese government. it is tainted already and came in in 1990 71 hong kong left british control and -- came on 71 when hong kong left reddish control. -- reddish control. -- british control. there are multiple reasons and thosegislature never took measures in large part i would suggest because of a completely different way of understanding what national security represents. for the chinese government in

beijing, their conception is completely different from that of the people of hong kong. for the chinese government, any criticism of the chinese communist party, like the demonstrations we saw last year, constitute treason and terrorism as far ass the chinese governmet is concerned. it iss the d difference in t the conception of whatat these thins constitute just the heart of the problem. the chchinese government is lookining forward to september when there will be elections too the legislative council in hong kong and feariring there will la repeat off last years district elecections, in which the democratic movement did very well. if pro-democracy politicians take control of the legisislatie council, it we much more difficult for china to impose itself in the future. tom: what has been the overall reaction from across the globe to the news of that proposed law?

very negative,n as one would expect. extremelyn hong kong, nenegative and this isis a subversion of hohong kong's democracy and a subversion of the notion of one country, two systems. it is a violation of promises. we a are the samame assessment coming from the last british governor of hong kong back in 1997. there had to be a strong response. donald trump saying there would be a strong response from the , with the leader m majorityte with the faction saying the same thing, that this would lead to worsening relations between china and the u.s. china would like to see taiwan

except the notion of one country, two systems, very strong resistance and anger and saying it would have negative consequences on future relationship, not just between china and hong kong but more widely. tom: thank you for that update. thank you so much. let's get t back to the top sto, a passenger plane flying on pakistan national airlines crashed outside of the capital of karachi. 107flight was carrying passengers and was en route from the city of lahore. it was due to land in karachi. let's get more from azaz syed us from the capital. what more do we know at this stage? stage, there were

91 passengers according to the andenger list on the plane there e were seven crewmembers. a total of 98 people were on the plane when it crashed and there is no hope that any single person is alive. there is so the possibility of more casualties because the plane crashed in a residential area. it was densely populated with plane crashed. it is possible that the casualties could go beyond the figure of 98. tom: 98 passengers and eight crew on board. this is the time of f year whena lot ofof people wouldn't ordinarily be traveling domestically into p pistan.

due to the corona lockdown, there were a lot of people in their homes. the pakistani supreme court has eased down the lockdowns so people were out and shopping for and buyingl groceries and everything. sadly, there are the possibility that there could be more in this sad incident. tom: tell us morore about the pia.ety record of azaz: please repeat what you were saying. safety record of

does pakistani international airlines have? azaz: pakistan international good safety a not record. a few years back a passenger .lane crashed it doesn't crashes, recentlyod record, but in the past few years there were no plane crashes. they use the plans and there have been incidents in the past. much for that update.

during the course of the last courses --number of cases of covid-19 has reached $5 million -- 5 million people in hundred 96 countries and close to three had 30,000 have lost -- close to 330,000 have lostst thr lives. the united states has the most deaths, followed by the u.k. and spain. zillow ranks third after the u.s. and russia -- brazil r rans third afteter the u.s. and russ. there e is concern that latin america is fast t becoming the w global hotspot. james wilson has more.e. brazil is the-- most affected and it has recorded 20,000 fatalities.s. in many places, the demand for burials has overwhelmed undertakers. [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign langngge] government concern they reached a grim milestone and on current trend they are set to come to the country as the second number of covid-19 deaths in the world, just behind the united states. president bolsonaro opposes lockdown measurements as harmful to the economy.. he previously described the virus is a little flu. peru, isher neighbor, badly affected with over 100,000 confirmed cases. in just two weeks, the number of patients has doubled and hospititals are left overwhelmed and shortages of medicines.

>> [speaking foreign language] james: latin america has the fastest growing number of cases in the wororld and is the likely be center of the coronavirus. tom: france is technically halfway through a series of local elections across the country. i say halfway because only the held round of voting was and then came the covid-19 lockdown, meaning the decisive second round was never held. the prime minister has now announced that the electoral process will resume in some 5000 different communities across france on the 28th of june. the 28th of june has now been announced as the date for the resumption of the musical marrow

elections.pal mayoral aeaking news from pakistan, plane has crashed to the ground in a residential area just outside the commercial capital of karachi. 107flight was carrying passengers and crew and was en route from the city of lahore and was due toto land in karach. more on that in the next hour. thank you for watching. please stay tuned france 24. >> open to the france 24 inteterview. our gueuest was for 1 12 yeaeare president t of l liberia, inclug during the ebola outbreak back in 2014, which claimed some 5000

lives in the country and was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2011. she joins us for the -- from the capital of liberiaia. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. i am glad to be here. >> for now, africa has avoided the brunt of the covid-19. are you among those warning that the worst is still to come or are you among those who feel the continent will avoid the fate of europe, the u.s., or brazizil? i believe the continent has experienced the lowest number of cases compared with the rest of the world will continue to be to be affected by the

covid-19. we try to wonder why and i believe e one of the reasons has also with our climate and i knonow that as a result of the people experiencee, many of f or countriess have acted very quickly, very timely to putut in place the protocols to be able measures of containinment and all of the lockdowns and closureses that are requirered e able to hold down the transmisission. i know there are predictions that there might be a new wave that would increase the ,ransmission in cases of africa

but i would like to believe that will not be the case. >> so your country, like many orders -- many others, have close the borders and ordered lockdowns. is this the recipe adapteted for africa? some african leaders have said confinement is impossible because people need to work and need to bring food to the table, so it doesn't work. what is your take on this? and also drawing on your ebola experience. lockdowns and containments are necessary measures when the .andemic has hit i think that countriries have to initially, measures

but must be guided by the and obtaining data information on the transmission of the virus and be able to act accordingly. it is necessary initially because that is the way we can gain the confidence of the public that what you are doing is in their best interest. but ultimately, i think each country must judge based on its own conditions that they need to perhaps.ing, gradually at some point, you have b begin to realize the restrictions they have placed on the popopulation will face some resistance unless there is a a very goodod reaeaso

continue the harsh measures that have been imposed. the reaction judge of the liberian government to this pandemic? there is also some controversy about the fact that there is tolingness by the president alallow religious serviceses to begin again. several churches have said they think it is premature. i think the government has acted in accordance with data,a, the information they have received from m the health authoritieies as toto the extenf the transmissssion. i also believe they hahave used the experience off ebola and how we face the deadly virus and the destruction and death that occurred because of it.

i think it is because of that we were very timely imposing these measures. we all have been subjected to the lockdowns and closures. mandated,been churches, mosques, entertainment , insult theaters, bars i think it had to be done -- and so i think it had to be done initially in the. lockdown.the i think an assessment needs to because the workers d the smalall businesses are affected. andas necessary to do it babased upon the current

circumstances, including the level of transmission of the virus, i think we can see whether additional measures to be taken. improveds alsoo medicacation and fininancing to andre that t whatever we do gigiving the public confidence that the government is doing the right thing. it has been stretched to the ultimate limit. >> for the reopening of churches, you think the governmement is doing the right thing? understanding is that the situation to be able toto have e opening of c churches, is it ths week or r next week? i hope they make the final decision and they will communicate with the public and

ofe them honest reporting the status of the pandemic right now up to date and on that basis , they can have the confidence of the public that whatever decision is made is in the interest of the population in the interest of the nation. wasack in 2014, what important for liberia and the other countries affected by help, especially u.s. help. what is your assessment on the reaction of the community? now it is global so it is a different situation, but how would you assess i it from the e you saw six years ago?o? covid-19actionn to internatationally is much improd comparared to what we e faced wn ebola stru..

just threet i is not or four african countries, it is the world. isthe attttention of the world much more diligent andnd responsive. so we believe that t in the c ce of liberia, , the partners s hae andonded in a timely manner understatanding they arere givig ththe technical and financee partners andgh they have committed to certainn levels of funding to be able to provide safety nets for the populationons affected by containment. the biggest challelenge is yet o come, just as the casese of ebo. once the covidid-19 pandemic has the econonomyect on is going to be awesome.

fully recovered from the e struction n of the economy and we can only help that the support is coming to be ablele o the virus.o stop strength of the virus. are the cancellation somemething you woululd want toe seseen? >> i think thehey are being cald leaders to be ablble to take on ththe job of the evaluation andd appeal to the intnternationalal commununity will be critical. all countries are affected,

particularly the poor countries. not being able to build strong and they and systems don't have capacity to respond to those affected, we are going to need support. also adapt measures. lots of countries have used thel resources to improve response to the virus. >> i know you are involved in the fight against malaria. you concerned that covid-19 focus will take away the focus from diseases like malaria and could cacause more deathth on te continent? >> yes, , am very concernrned tt

shshifting to be able to respond to covid-19 goes awaway from otr infections disease, such ass malaria. therere arere more deaths from malariria in our couountry thanm any virus that has struck. we are going to call on everybody to put emphasis on the first responders of all infectious diseases that are and movecommunities, the attention to malaria. it kills and it needs the financial and technical support. it needs eradication and needs a vaccine, please. , but let's covid-19 also f fight malaria. i want to thank you for beingg

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