what i think is this is the found that is a compliment. i i come calling police fired tear gas and water cannons protesters fill the streets against paging new security law for the area washington denounces trying as a response and hints at sanctions. in the muslim community celebrating the end of the month long ramadan fast while some countries are urged believers to stay home in line with code restrictions other nations seem unwilling to change. and benjamin netanyahu faces decades behind bars for corruption as he becomes israel's 1st sitting prime minister to go on trial.

live from moscow you're watching a weekly rundown of top stories here on the international dan hawkins we do tonight's welcome to the program. the protesters out in force on the streets of hong kong have clashed with police they oppose phage ings plans for a new security law in the area branding at the end of the country's autonomy china though insists the more must be imposed without the slightest the way the use of tear gas and water cannon contributed to the chaos. was . was. was. was was. was

was. i authorities say they've arrested at least $180.00 protesters at an authorized gathering and reported damage to facilities they say the lord they're opposing would also ban such protests which beijing dub subversive and treasonous washington has the now strong is more with the u.s. national security advisor calling it a takeover of the territory secretary of state while they are also warned there could be consequences with the decision to bypass hong kong's well established legislative processes and ignore the will of the people of hong kong would be a death knell for the high degree of autonomy bidding promised for hong kong under the sign of british joint declaration a union filed agreement any decision impinging on hong kong's autonomy and freedoms would inevitably impact our assessment of one country 2 systems and the seat is

with the territory of the u.k. australia and canada have released a joint statement claiming china's move would undermine the one country 2 systems policy that gives hong kong all ptolemy and beijing insists the policy wouldn't be impacted on the issue is an internal affair. so i'm going to go to the national security laws legislation on the special administrative region that is purely china's internal affairs a new foreign country has the right to intervene the chinese government is determined safeguarding national sovereignty security and development interest falling through the policy of one country 2 systems and opposing any external interference and one can refer to several big rallies have already been scheduled starting this week and it is really quite worrisome because in the past year illegal protests rioting communists all. creamy no ministry of possession of legal reference were commonplace in this will call peaceful protests

overall i think the whole government is acting very restrained anyone with the understanding of history or know that all the preconditions are carefully stage with the help of outside and to the police the government and the chinese government to use stronger and stronger forces to stop the violence and restore order beijing has been extremely was failing in defeating the you shoots unless it is absolutely needed beijing as make clear under the basic law however the military or power military could march into. hong kong to calm any riots and apply national laws for arrest and do whatever that is needed to restore law and order of course americans vested interest groups in hong kong iley orchestrated it is all in the one mass that. the whole of protests is but one of the world like questions which at least some common source including same funding agencies same hamburg's training

techniques government support and in light of the latest demonstrations follow mass riots that began last year people came out against the bill to allow extradition of citizens to mainland china since then there has been regular violence. i. was.

i was i i. russia's muslim community has celebrated either marking the end of ramadan fasting people are advised against going to mosques or other people's homes shortly before

the holiday if that and putin and the country's muslim leaders advised celebrate the holiday home senior correspondent well i guess the reports. it's a holiday it is a time of festivities there is a special prayer that can only be performed as part of a group so you go to a mosque or an open field and pray there obviously now that is out of the question but but the 2nd and no less aspect of eden was always the social aspect you would visit you would dress your best and visit friends visit family this is needless and give it's incredible but after a month of fasting and feeling what it's like for people who don't have enough to eat people are much more likely to give and commit acts of charity so all of that is being taken away people here in russia they understand what in the stand a lot of quarantine of russians generally not just muslims have taken it in stride

and accepted the pandemic for the serious threat that it is felt of course but by officials and figures of authority and religious leaders telling people to stay home and be shape and knows including russia's u.f.c. champion not among them either. in a few days it will be our religious holiday we're used to visiting other people receiving guests together having the morning prayers now please don't do it now it's more important to save our lives and the lives of our own selves now lou people listen to the doctor's instructions they know better listen to those who know islam who say we should celebrate at home what's remarkable is that some countries have taken no measures for example you look at what's happening in pakistan in some places in israel and in palestine lives go down as you know it's business as usual as is usual so you have huge crowds congregating in packed

mosques and people praying together other muslim countries that have been much more . serious about enforcing measures to combat the pandemic for example in jordan in turkey there are curfews people are not allowed out that prevent people from going out there and celebrating even potentially getting infected and spreading the virus themselves so the a very. different response across the muslim world. there have been just under 100000 deaths from covert montini in the united states that makes it the country the worst hit by the outbreak more restrictions are being used shocking reports continue on overwhelmed health care system and failure to support those in need from one man who lost both his father and grandfather to the coronavirus and says it's down to sheer negligence. then the next day we found out that he tested positive for the corona virus same day that he

was put on a ventilator my father my mother boasts about a super rich dry cost my dad has a fever starting fridays chest is tight so we've taken the boma and roast and i expect there for about 2 and a half hours he comes i would just charge paper stating that he just as bronchitis so out theories later sleeper goes up so arguments and so the lady at the church receiving hospital so he's better up once every 4 every 4 takes some sort of back again my dad is there for 3 hours comes st discharge papers so i really i just pushed him out the door weeks later raw april 6th 1145 my grandpa the hospital 'd oh and so i go to sleep and rouse 630 the next morning susan one of my brother troy called screaming that adding a wake up eddie will wake the. keith come brown believes if that hadn't been turned away and was tested he might have survived after his father died his mother then

developed a high fever the local hospital low also refused to admit her so he took her instead to another clinic where she finally tested positive for private. off also has a prescription drug she got her heart doctor to it says the co iris a lady looks at the piece of paper gives it back from mom so my mother that there's another dish she could do for it at the hospital or go home x. is if you have to cope at night because one likely you have it ma'am is what they say they are more likely you have it but go home because there's nothing we could do for your drinks he drinks tylenol take tylenol for your fever come back if you can't reach the city of detroit where keith and his family live has experienced the highest number of deaths launching to being put down to the size of the black population which is around 80 percent come relegation thinks the authorities need to be held to account. i just feel like my dad was pushed to the back of the line was given a test because he was black like he wants a basically hospital an all white neighborhood just looked out the door to go home

or dark lever was in control of my day when he went to the hospital i feel like she should be the person that's to blame for his death rather than look at him enough to tell him the door to give him a chance to get its nest. and then the government as well why weren't we prepare for this virus if you guys are shut in season states down in the economy why don't we have enough just to get what's best for the virus if it's that big of a problem why are. it's all to come by so fast with me. old health care system really. the american citizen. piracies on the sky efforts to keep tabs on lockdown has been grounded and software called ban the use of drones in the french capital for such surveillance. is across the story. the view from above

dru's sweeping across cities in france as part of police efforts not only to keep an eye on things but also to get a message across. you know all of. you know. that. they will get that message during lock down from the drones loudspeaker was a still reminder to all that they needed permits to be outside all non-essential travel outside the home is a prohibited bait bellowed the drones had other uses to alerting the police to any unusual gatherings perhaps a more efficient way to monitor the streets or as george orwell once described it it was the police patrol snooping then began the fight back human

rights groups had warned of a threat to personal privacy they took their case to court and they won. the drones were effectively being used illegally so this initiative was carried out by the police without any preliminary consultation with the national commission on liberty and information and the state council therefore the state council has eliminated this flaw in the police system in order to prefecture to take all necessary measures and suspend the use of drones for now. well at least here in paris france is highest administrative court ruled that aerial drones can no longer be used hey it's a truck people flouting social distancing rules during the fight against 19 government officials and the paris police it's all good that they weren't trying to identify people but simply watch so that they knew where to send the patrols. technology helps but it's not enough human presence is the key thing is not going

to replace a police officer. but that didn't wash with the court given the risks of use or contrary to the rules for personal data protection the implementation of this private data processing on behalf of the state characterized as a serious and manifestly illegal infringement of respecting private lives in paris the drones have been brought back down to earth with the not so in other big cities such as must say nice where they are still in use but the human rights group behind this when i say there could be other challenges. do we really want to acknowledge called police to monitor our beaches in france live without cameras flying over the beaches this is an issue that in my opinion should be put up for public and parliamentary discussion i repeat this practice is implemented with no prior consultations. many liberty groups might also hope that this case can prove

a starting point in other countries to where the use of drones to monitor the public during the pandemic has become normalized. it's a win for right now but it could soon be overturned it's still within the government's power to issue a decree outlining the conditions of how police drones could be used in the future if that then gets approved by the national data privacy watchdog big brother will be back not just observing from the stock takes a valence cameras were all used to but from the heavens see and you may never even

know that they were watching so let's even ski. paris. coming up shortly benjamin netanyahu becomes israel's 1st sitting premier in the dog story on more after the break. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. who dares thinks. we dare to ask.

you know in the face of a pandemic in face of the virus that spread so rapidly and so quickly throughout the global population you can't really think in the short run about changing people's underlying metabolic states one hopes that we can learn something from this. in the long. healthier lifestyles to create a more healthy planet. the program that benjamin netanyahu has appeared in court on corruption charges the 1st time a sitting israeli prime minister has faced trial aussie's poured out the details.

today is the attempt to depose me and writes we arrange it is against what the people who voted for want to know who made those remarks as he arrived at the jerusalem court there was a large crowd of supporters there to greet and encourage him but at the same time there was an equally large crowd in front of his house at balfour street in jerusalem protesting against him so he remains a deeply divisive figure and this remains a deeply divisive trial it is hugely important it is the 1st time that israel has a sitting prime minister who is facing criminal charges while still in office the spotlight will also be on the judicial and prosecution system now netanyahu has repeatedly insisted on his innocence he accuses his critics of orchestrating a witch hunt against him he initially requested not to be present at today's opening that the judges will that he had to be there in order to hear the charges and understand the charges that were being brought before him the rule is that the defendant is present for the reading of the indictment which is the opening of the

trial this is the case in every criminal procedure including the current criminal procedure we didn't find in the explanations of the petition there a reason to justify an exception to this rule the judges rule that netanyahu does not have to attend any more stations until evidence starts being bought forward now there were 333 witnesses on the roster the trial could take in excess of 3 years impacted slightly 2 and at the same time netanyahu needs to defend himself against charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust now there are 2 trials that are currently taking place one inside the court and one inside the media at this stage it is still too soon to say what will be the outcome but certainly if netanyahu is found guilty he could face several years in prison. the clerics will trust the country's political system. it's a pretty strong case so the prime minister can say it's

a witch hunt is unprecedented it's a threat to democracy you know i think it's a 1st of all a test for israeli democracy the fact that a sitting prime minister is standing now on trial after a year and a half of political instability you know we have a system that that will work this out it's certainly not you know i think in the long run it's great to have this situation because there are many challenges on the other hand we forget that you know in a democracy in a rule country of rule of law like this the defendant is innocent until proven guilty and he has a right to defend himself and he shouldn't be expected to resign from being prime minister because he's on trial because he may be innocent he has to prove that so there's a lot of new things in israel just as we have thought that it was unprecedented to have 3 elections in a year and were in chaos this just makes it even more chaotic more interesting but really more divisive i would say that's the key word at this point where we thought

we finished the election process now the prime minister seems to be challenging the police the investigators the state attorney and even the judges and that's a very dangerous place that israel can be going towards because half the country is foreign it's and yeah 100 percent and maybe half or less of the country is against him and thinks that you know he should stand trial and has done something wrong so it's going to be very very interesting how this plays out both in court and in the court of public opinion. europe and asia reporting a resurgence in coronavirus cases prompting fears of an imminent 2nd wave on monday shauna moved to place some 100000000 people in its northeast region of jenin back in lockdown and some in a growing number of infections last is being reported the movie is a reversal from beijing's previous i'm of returning the country to the regions of also would put in protective measures. now closer to home across europe countries have been cautious in relaxing their locked else favoring

a phased approach european businesses including small shops and hairdressers have reopened in some countries while schools and cultural sites have also begun opening their doors however italy and spain both reported a spike in covert 19 deaths on tuesday all countries including germany reported an increase in post lockdown infections europe's top show official has there been a stark warning against underestimating the threat of a 2nd wave. we know from history that in pandemics to countries that have not been hit early on can be here in the 2nd week people think lockdown is finished nothing has changed the full disease control package has to be in place and my colleague you know neil put the issue of a 2nd world wide covert 19 waves up for discussion with a panel of experts. the cases of covert are being recorded particularly in china and cite korea which we know were among the 1st countries to tackle the pandemic is this going to be the sonority or for all countries lifting lockdowns now in the

months to come lawsuit you already are people in the whole world are still on in fact and so they don't have any body used against them and these people if they all 'd are in the situation of social distancing and the social behavior are changing begin to interact again and therefore the transformation of the virus already increased significantly a 2nd of it is inevitable social distancing in march something is going to be a reality for at least the next 612 months even if we get a vaccine but action on actually i think we need to get some sort of moment people need to go to work you know the pay for it so we've had to stay on message just really confused people because the problem is people have been keeping a car rather than just staying out of money and that's not the solution the solution is to get back to work and get back to normal but it's not going to be normal like we had to for will people just on a human level will people follow social distancing after a strictures are released do you think or will they become less cautious as the time goes by for

a lot of us it becomes almost impossible to live our lives in the in those with a rather large and risk getting infected or contaminated by this particular virus because at the end of the day acting a lot of people realize that living longer along down condition is not only going to solution to anything but it is intolerable in terms of can go can we expect medical systems to be ready for a 2nd wave. what can we do to soften the blow systems are still not ready for the 1st 2 anyone i mean if we look onto the infrastructure that is an acquired to tackle the 1st wave i mean it's still insufficient i mean we don't really see a scale of testing that is being done to really get asked what is the author well you know what kind of strategy do you expect from governments in the case of a 2nd wave could they do this again. or would it simply by the country. well i think it's already pretty close to bankruptcy in most western countries i think we've gone too far in this one and we can't afford a 2nd plate but turn the thing to bigger issue now at the moment let's take on the

medical. part of it is at least bail out some of the churning and where whatever you want to call it a little come a point where we get a massive sort of defacement of our currency and you know interest rates are going to be forced through the roof governments not being able to pay their debts back and get match an inflation to start in what's happened moment we seem to have this a one dimensional response that we must do everything possible to stay indoors must do everything possible in order to prevent us from being contaminated but at the same time we forget that if we go down that road in that one dimensional sense we end up giving up our lives and then we have basically undermined the capacity of young people to flourish under these kinds of conditions any positive that in the coming months we would have a lot more better strategy used to control it but certainly this is a more political and environmental and side societal issue so it requires attacking

animal to skill level. about 6 on a book i was joined by yale professor of epidemiology paul to bring you the latest on the covert pandemic and often with the latest news update. join me every thursday on the elec so i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you there. are.

a lot of welcome to worlds apart in a time of kind of damage when the good news is scarce thank you and that somebody is doing that it would be a cause if not for celebration that at least as self interested inquiry but that's when it comes to moscow and washington when russia and other countries post much much lower call but 19 mortality rates of the united states could there be other laws or bull explanations for that except when it actually can do a number as well to discuss that i'm now joined by robert timer professor of epidemiology microbial diseases at and yell school of public health professor hi mary it's so good to talk to you thank you very much for your time well thank you for inviting me now i heard you say recently that your sounds of. you believe that

. the united states and russia countries separated at birth and this is definitely not in the idea that there's been a number of scholars who looked into russia. dar double american greatness but i think your idea is different you argued that they reacted very similarly to these latest been done make if so what explains such drastically death friend death numbers i think the issue about how death count in halle death certificates are written explains much of that difference and i come from this from my experience with with the aids epidemic. and in that situation aids deaths always seem to be undercounted in russia when you looked into it was really because people's deaths were attributed to whenever it was the problem we call the proximate cause of death and whether it was deliberate yellow says or

pneumonia or are. an immunocompromised fungal disease or viral disease that was an h i b hiv as in the thing that was going to be killing who's going to allow all these other pathogens to come in or immunocompromised and kill you a similar thing is happening here with corona virus is that people are dying of pneumonia people are dying of heart complications or other organ failures and that's what's being written down as the cause of death well professor hamer there is definitely a difference in how the death toll is counted and i do want to look into it from a scientific perspective but before we go there if we take all axes dacs the seas and if we actually did all of them to call that 90 very still and massive difference between russia on the one hand and the united states and the united kingdom on the other hand what could possibly.