now you know the origin of the current tensions in canada china relations is really simply canada abiding by its extradition agreement with the united states in accordance with its legal system and the response that we've seen from china to this reality really has been hostage taking as stealing him to canadian citizens away from their lives away from their families and holding them in isolation for 2 years now canada is you know abiding by its extradition agreement with the united states but as we saw in the introduction to this piece china is really violating its counselor agreements by 1st historically not allowing diplomats access to these hostages and now also not allowing diplomats access to this trial so this is really behavior that is just simply beyond comprehension and really beyond the scope of it except ability in international relations could start to kevin many thanks indeed for being with us kevin cargo there in melbourne security forces a man by are increasing the use of violence against and think to protest as across the country. this was the moment when police shot a man

communist china the communist party controls the court system and 99 percent of all criminal cases are found guilty now these cases i've had huge ramifications for the bilateral relationship between canada and china which has deteriorated since the arrest of these 2 men and it's also attracted a lot of attention other governments this morning we also had more than 20 diplomats from other countries including the u.s. u.k. australia other european countries stand outside the court where michael coverage was being tried to show their support of him being released and also the international community are also watching this case very closely this is sent chills down the spines of many people doing business in and out of china both michael covered and michael spann of all known quite well in the x. back munity here they were living here for a number of years and many companies are going to be watching to see how this is going to potentially affect their future business relationship with china and of course many world leaders have also been watching this more snow. u.s. president joe biden who said that he stood in solidarity with canada and was pushing to have these 2 men released and he said

canadian side to stop interfering in china's judicial soren you and start acting mean ways inconsistent with the just in conform to their vienna convention in the main case canada acted as an accomplice which is very dishonorable. once again to release and allow her to go back to china safe and sound mungo was detained in the 1st of december 2800 just 9 days before these 2 men were arrested here in china she was detained in canada at the request of the u.s. u.s. is accusing her of breaking iranian sanctions as her while she was working as a c.f.o. of chinese technology company huawei but of course what's vastly different in these 2 cases. case this is the man is that high case has had a high level of legal transparency and she's been allowed to wait out the process at harm and have bank of a mansion with a family security forces in myanmar increasing the use of violence against nancy cooper says across the country. this was the moment when police shot a man on a motorcycle in middleton city at mandalay he was later schooled of the way by officers it's unclear how badly hurt he was or what's happened to him since the protests are continuing across spam law and i

the case in the way that mung winters case has been handled in canada unlike the cases of michael spann where michael covered here in china there has been a high level of transparency involved and her case in canada and also she has been granted access to some of the best lawyers in canada and also an on tons of her arrest she is allowed to have access to staying in her vancouver mansion surrounded by her family and apart from a g.p.s. tracker which us on her ankle to ensure she doesn't leave canada she's allowed to come and go as she pleases for most of the day they're allowed to katrina you live for us there in beijing but you know thank you for australia's government has ordered emergency evacuations along its east coast after the worst flooding in decades and natural disasters been declared in some regions the torah gates and the reports. days of unrelenting rain have left parts of australia's most populous state new south wales underwater homes ruined and lives destroyed. trees coming down the property damage caused. by the rain and trees. at least 40 flood warnings are in place and tens of thousands of people have b

a secret trial is underway in china of a former diplomat from canada whose detention has stoked tension between the 2 countries senior canadian and u.s. diplomats turned up outside court to show solidarity with michael covering who's accused of spying was arrested in december 2800 soon after canada detained a while executive one joe another canadian michael spade who has been held in china on similar charges his trial ended 3 days ago without a verdict joins us live now from beijing katrina so what more do we know at this stage about covering this trial on the significance of these 2 cases. well it's been a long drawn out legal persons from birth michael covered and michael stable it took 18 months for the tour to be formally charged after they were arrested in december $2800.00 now they've been charged with espionage and providing intelligence to outside sources. canada has been highly critical of this case if that it's arbitrary and political and they said for the 8800 days that they've been detained they've been given very little access to the outside world apart from being able to w

but since her arrest the relationship between china and canada has really deteriorated let's have a listen to what beijing the foreign ministry spokesperson watching had to say earlier on this. we urge the canadian side to stop interfering in china's judicial sovereignty and stop acting in ways inconsistent with its status and conform to their vienna convention in the monkeys canada acted as an accomplice which is very dishonorable we urge once again to release miss monkey and allow her to get back to china safe and sound. now the timing on these cases are very similar but the conditions under which these people are arrested long one joe and michael and michael coggan michel's they have vastly different for one long wonders case has had a high level of transparency there in canada she has a last legal team defending her case and also she is allowed to live out the process waiting under house arrest in her mansion in vancouver where she's been allowed to live with the family and had much access to the outside world despite having a g.p.s. tracker on her ankle which is ensuring that she does

and canada china has committed human rights abuses which despite evidence otherwise china strongly rejects>>> baltimore will no longer prosecute drug possession, prostitution and low level crimes. since then all categories of crime have declined in baltimore. now back to "dateline." >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm natalie morales. schoolteacher christy mirack was strangled and beaten to death in her apartment early sunday morning. given the time of day investigators believe she knew her killer. her ex-boyfriend dagger was high on their suspect list but his alibi checked out. >> reporter: after christy mirack's murder, her principal harry goodman says he got a phone call to come down to the police station. >> and they said, "we wanna talk to you and ask you questions about christy's teaching and those kind of -- so i walk in. >> reporter: he thought they would ask routine questions about christy's background. he was wrong. >> i walk in the door and they start to fingerprint me. i'm thinking, "what? they think i did this." i'm mourning the loss of our teacher and our friend, and all of a

canadian side to stop interfering in china's judicial sovereignty and stop acting in ways inconsistent with that status and conform to their vienna convention in the monkeys canada acted as an accomplice which is very dishonorable we urge once again to release miss monk and allow her to get back to china safe and sound long ago was detained in the 1st of december 2800 just 9 days before these 2 men were arrested here in china she was detained in canada at the request of the u.s. u.s. is accusing her of breaking iranian sanctions as her while she was working as a c.f.o. of chinese technology company huawei but of course what's a vastly different in these 2 cases her case vs the men is that her case has had a high level of legal transparency and she's been allowed to wait out the process at home in her vancouver mansion with her family. plenty more ahead on the news hour including why israel's 4th election in 2 years is unlikely to resolve its political crisis plus. washington d.c. pushes to become the country's 51st state and we'll look at how the statehood debate is like lisa play out in congress. and in sports more problems for christiane or naldo as his team's

again china slap sanctions on british individuals and entities for quote spreading allies in this information it's a retaliation for similar moves against paging by the e.u. u.k. u.s. and canada western leaders have accused beijing of human rights abuses against his minority with washington even claiming genocide the u.s. says china is holding members of the ethnic minority unlawfully in detention centers something beijing has strenuously denied along the way saying those camps in fact of reeducation purposes and to combat terrorism i see someone right says nowadays this is how to fatah politics work. international sanctions or in other words american launched economic weapons and it's growing over countries that washington doesn't like and having something of a purple new u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken now in brussels on the heels of concerted sanctions against top officials blamed for the moslems in china's western province and we had these u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia has imposed sanctions on russian officials and businesses those who are over the jailing of the lead poisoning of kremlin critic alexina valmy we got these rumb

china slapped sanctions on british individuals and entities for quote spreading lies and disinformation it's a retaliation for similar moves against beijing by the e.u. britain with the u.s. and canada western leaders of acute beijing of human rights abuses against its we go to muslim minority with washington even claiming genocide the u.s. says china's holding members say the camps of reeducation purposes and to combat terrorism also online commentator simon wright takes a swipe at the tit for tat politics at play. international sanctions or in other words american launched economic weapons and it's growing over countries that washington doesn't like having something of a purple power new u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken now in brussels on the heels of concerted sanctions against top officials blamed for the moslems in china's western province and we've had these u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia has imposed sanctions on russian officials and businesses those over the jailing in the lead poisoning of kremlin critic alexina valmy we got these rumbling on to after the reported poisoning of opposition politician alex enough on the many demanded

and canada sanction china is still a sleepy joe biden holding their hands or sniffing their sanctions are ultimately d.-o. political weapons are equal parts flexible and hypocritical you can really use them to show off your humanitarian credentials to the world we will not be silenced into speaking out about these human rights abuses international pressure will only continue to grow sounds good actually do for chinese officials one organization named shamed and sanctioned britain's foreign secretary the so worried about the way years along with the e.u. that they've sanctioned for chinese people out of a population of 1400000000 dominic robbers corner secretly taped last week actually supporting increased trade with china. washington's humanitarian credentials don't exactly add up either they're currently linking future sanctions against russia's pipeline to germany to the fate of. even though they've been trying to sink ground pipeline 3 years before he became a cause celeb wonder why the us has argued and in fact excessively with some countries like poland for example that actually

the united states canada of all launched a coordinated set of sanctions over human rights abuses in china a series of announcements on monday where governments revealed they were sanctioning for chinese officials for very role in the abuse of weak and muslims this is the 1st time the e.u. or the u.k. for that fact has targeted beijing for human rights abuses in decades but china's already announced retaliatory sanctions against 10 european politicians for severely its words harming its sovereignty and spreading lies in this information use foreign policy chief said they wanted china to engage in dialogue and not to continue being undertaken rather than changes policies and address our legitimate concern and china is against a blind eye and these measures are related to will and acts unacceptable. there will be no change in the european union digitally nation to defend your current rates and to respond to seriously your relations and abuses as he said your respective or where they are commit the e.u. also condemn the military coup in may and mar and lethal crackdown that's happened since t

and then remember who are trying to return to canada to china you want in the city to me james i've been attacked but to go to system doesn't assist in that effort on that consequence on what is a girl is a citizens now we are also hearing that there might be some connection between them and islamist state india region so you have all those you know want em and then you need to make a difference between the bodies component of that institution to be able to engage in dialogue idiocy and international partners are trying to wean at that remembers not enough it will in stock it will lead to the problem is true and it will see it but they don't have it was just because of all the heavy financial support and that not to be a plan that we did in place to absorb those who may want to leave room to go to civilians you know that they had been experiencing before but those experiences at pharaoh's and have not really produced that kind of press spoke responses that long of expected for states to move to instability to spin to peace i think with new political sponsorship. and that way i mean in ki

ros: the eu, u.k., and canada are holding china responsible for mistreatment of uighurs.arge campfire at a camp in bangladesh. whether you are watching on pbs in america, on the bbc news channel in the u.k., or elsewhere on bbc world news, welcome to "outside source." we begin with the european union's threat to restrict vaccine exports to the u.k. the eu is frustrated that while astrazeneca's u.k. orders have been fulfilled cpletely, the company hasn't been able to meet its targets for the eu. we heard from the european commission earlier. >> this is not about banning vaccine efforts. this is about making sure companies deliver on their commitments to the member states and the european union that are inscribed in contracts that they have with us. ros: this is the u.k. prime minister boris johnson. prime minister johnson: i spoke to friends over the same period, we are all facing the same problems. one thing we are stressing is, on the continent right now, you can see sadly, there is a third wave underway. people in this country should be under no illusions that previous

guilty now this case of course has had huge ramifications for the bilateral asian shit between china and canada which has very much deteriorated but it's also attracted a lot of attention internationally as we've just seen diplomats from several other countries including australia new zealand other european countries stood outside the court today as covered had his cut trial in beijing in support of him and also it's attracted a lot of attention from the international business community it's really sent chills down the spines of people who regularly do business in china both michael cauvery and michael spear well norman here in the community they had lived here for . a number of years or no doubt many companies are also watching for the outcome of this trial and it's also attracted the attention of many world leaders in particular u.s. president during biden who earlier this year said that he stood in solidarity with canada and was supporting them in their push to have these 2 men released he also said that human beings should not be used as political bargaining chips because it is widely suspe

china. the u.s., canada, dk, and the european union today also let sanctions on -- today all slap sanctions on beijing. years of reports about the systematic persecution of the uyghur minority. china has hit back with sanctions of its own. reporter: eu foreign ministers meeting in brussels. usually, they are oh-fers to cover tatian's with -- they are evers to confrontations with china but not this time. >> four individuals and one entity from china who have had an active role in the design and implementation of the chinese policies in xinjiang. we are made aware during the meeting that china has retaliated to those sanctions. and rather than change its policies and address our legitite concerns, china has again turned a blind eye and these measures are regrettable and unacceptable. reporter: blacklisting 10 entities. saying that in breaches international law and basic norms, and severely undermines china-eu relations. the european union was not alone. the u.k., the u.s., and canada also approved penalties. at least one million uyghur muslims are detained in camps with reports of torture and

european ministers meeting in brussels imposed similar measures, as did canada and united states. chinasations. the country's top diplomat in britain was not impressed. thea;r country's top diplomat in britain was not impressed.— country's top diplomat in britain was not impressed. they are trying to im ose was not impressed. they are trying to impose on _ was not impressed. they are trying to impose on china's _ was not impressed. they are trying to impose on china's internal- to impose on china's internal affairs. the sanction is based on unfounded accusations. the affairs. the sanction is based on unfounded accusations.- affairs. the sanction is based on unfounded accusations. the you say these are unfounded _ unfounded accusations. the you say these are unfounded allegations - unfounded accusations. the you say| these are unfounded allegations but how can you deny the sheer weight of the evidence, from survivors, first—hand reporting, satellite imagery, official documentation? so imagery, official documentation? sr far, imagery, official documentation? 5r far, the satellite images a

china. you are absolutely seen this come together with the u.s., u.k., canada, and the e.u. with sanctions. for the e.u., this is the first time the block has imposed sanctions on china since the tiananmen square massacre. the u.s. and canada have mirrored the e.u.'s actions. these moves, week after the u.s. and china met in alaska for talks that wound up being fairly contentious in public. haidi: human rights was repeatedly addressed by antony blinken going into the talks. does this development make it even harder for beijing and washington to get back to the negotiating table when it comes to finding areas for compromise and collaboration? >> i don't think it necessarily makes it easier. but if you look at what the sanctions do, they will not impact china's economy or behavior. they are meant to send a message that the international condemns china's human rights violations. these powerhouses in some capacity need to work together. you have seen the u.s. and china continue trade agreements and working on big picture items even as the past year you have seen the tit-for-tat b

brown the world welcome we begin tonight with a new standoff between western countries and china the u.s. canada u.k. and the european union today all slapped a sink sions on beijing over human rights abuses it's the 1st major global action against china following years of reports about the systematic persecution of the weaker minority china has hit back with sanctions of its own. a u. foreign ministers meeting in brussels usually there of 1st a confrontation with china but not this time sanctions would be imposed on beijing these packaging groot full individuals and $1.00 and $2.00 key from china who have had the knack to for all in good design and implementation of the cheney's policies . we wear make that wed using the meeting that china has retaliated to those sanctions and rather than changes policies and address elegy to meet concerned china is against a blind eye and these measures that will the next unacceptable. china's swift retaliation blacklisting 10 you individuals and 4 entities in a statement beijing said the use decision grossly interferes in china's internal affairs breaches int

itself is not transparent china those defended its handling of the covered case and accuses counted her of meddling in its affairs she was released it was natural hotshoe ending in canada has brought together some other countries diplomats in china and point fingers at china's handling of individual cases that is interference in china's judicial sovereignty we were ject that and will by no means accept such interference michael covert and michael spade or are suspected of endangering china's national security and china's judicial organs will handle the cases and guarantee their rights and interests more in this one with katrina a year in beijing. this is really the climax of what has been a long drawn out legal process michael coverage along with michael spade will they were both arrested in december 28th and it took 18 months for them to be charged with espionage formally and now it's been more than 800 days that they've both been detained with very little access to the outside world and as we heard earlier canada is extremely critical of the way these cases are being handled by china in addition to what they say is a lack of transparency they've also raised questions

wasn't alone though in imposing sanctions over china's human rights abuses inching jiang province the u.k. the u.s. and canada also approved penalties so will be used to china you know. unite the chinese people and the basic response i heard these that we should lose if you all know to be sentient by. the u.s. you are the country because we have successfully safeguard national sovereignty. i mean. the u.n. says at least 1000000 weaker muslims are detained in camps with reports of forced labor torture and sterilization beijing denies the claims and says the camps provide folk a tional training and help in fighting extremism. experts are questioning whether this coordinated pressure campaign goes far enough to cause a real impact on china. officials in bangladesh have begun investigating what caused a massive fire that swept through a rindge a refugee camp several people have died and thousands have been left homeless nearly a 1000000 refugees live in camps in the region having fled from persecution in neighboring myanmar. but there remains of shanty homes continue to burn in. the night her hinge refugee camp s

wasn't alone though imposing sanctions over china's human rights abuses inching john province the u.k. the u.s. and canada also approved penalties so will be used to china you know. ringback the chinese people. seek response i. choose if you all know to be sentient by. the us you countries because we have success. national. security and. the u.n. says at least 1000000 weaker muslims are detained in camps with reports of forced labor torture and sterilization beijing denies the claims and says the camps provide folk a tional training and help in fighting extremism. experts are questioning whether this coordinated pressure campaign goes far enough to cause a real impact on china. and here's a roundup of other stories making news around the world a canadian former diplomats accused of spying in china is waiting to hear the verdict against him he and another canadian citizen have been held for more than 2 years canada maintains the cases are in retaliation for its arrest of a top way executive so the government says 137 people have been killed in terrorist attacks gunmen riding motorcycles targets at villages

wasn't alone though imposing sanctions over china's human rights abuses inching jiang province the u.k. the u.s. and canada also approved penalties so use this to china you know. the chinese people and the basic response i heard is that we should use if you all know to be sentient by. the u.s. you countries because we have successfully safeguard national sovereignty. the u.n. says at least 1000000 weaker muslims are detained in camps with reports of forced labor torture and sterilization beijing denies the claims and says the camps provide folke a tional training and help in fighting extremism. experts are questioning whether this coordinated pressure campaign goes far enough to cause a real impact on china. earlier we spoke to reinhard basic of a european lawmaker from the green party who is one of those targeted by china's retaliates resign sions we asked him whether they each used action would push china to improve its treatment of the week goes. i really believe that the china would not have responded with that much anger if they wouldn't feel that our sanctions are playing a role they're not playing a

and canada are imposing sanctions on chinese officials for u.s. rights -- four human rights abuses. chinak of the eu with broader sanctions on 10 european nations. and, a massive fire has looked through a refugee camp in bangladesh, killing several people. and destroying thousands of shelters. it is thought drug been started by cooking gas cylinder. the leading opposition candidate in the republic of congo has died, one day after the presidential election. he was being transferred to france for treatment for covid-19. but his supporters claim he was poison. their suspicious of the president, who is expected to extend his 36 year rule. malcolm webb reports. reporter: supporters don't believe that he died of covid. many here outside of his party headquarters think he was poison. they were expecting to win the republic of congo's presidential elections. they must do an autopsy to know if he really died from covid-19. reporter: he had traveled to paris, his dental to announced early on monday. >> really seemed like a distance reality, something that affects older people in richer countries. p

arrested 2 years ago the pair are accused of spying in a move widely seen as retaliatory over china canada's detention of men wang show and executive from chinese telecoms giant while way. now brazilian media say the mayor of rio de janeiro is ordering the closure of the city's beaches this weekend to cut the spread of the corona virus and to be the 1st time they've been closed since the start of this pandemic and it follows a dramatic increase in infections and deaths across the country which is pushing the health system to the brink of collapse whereas mit is also appealing to the federal government for the resumption of financial aid for struggling students this will be because this will never be that often people do not have the means to bring food so i want to appeal to president both sonora to congress that it is not possible to imagine a country like brazil we 90 percent is under lockdown a blockade with a frozen economy that there is no stimulus that they are no effective measures for the transfer of income that there is no type of aid for business people for merchants so that we can

speaking to us let's start with the trial of michael spad war and this diplomatic standoff between china and canada over the huawei case which hasn't been resolved in 2 years now what do you make 1st of the timing of the trial and what message is china wanting to send here. well it's difficult to know what the timing intentions are because again trying to system is so opaque and this isn't being driven by a regular legal process but more of a political directives from a so it's tempting to think that this decision to hold the trial around the same times as the u.s. china talks in alaska taking place that somehow there's there's causation i'm not entirely convinced of that but it is possible that will make it much more squarely on the agenda so the fact that they've been under under arrest for over 2 years without any evidence being produced or any progress so far does indicate highly political position of the 2 cases now and the fact that a canadian officials were denied access to the trial of michael. moore doesn't bode well does it for for the canadians. well i mean i think if you look at it your

china from europe and north america changed. the countries. european union united states canada and britain today all sanctions on chinese officials the 1st major international response to human rights offenses committed against. china has now hit back with us. think shootings of its own also coming up a huge fire sweeps through a real hinge a refugee camp in bangladesh thousands are left homeless and several of the aid groups say immediate help is needed and germany's never ending lockdown the country is struggling under a 3rd wave of coronavirus infection transfer on the medical wants to roll back some recently lift the restrictions and extend ventures for another long. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us after years of reports of widespread abuses against the weaker minority in china western powers have now issued their 1st major diplomatic response the european union the u.s. u.k. and canada have all imposed sanctions on chinese officials there the toughest penalties the e.u. has imposed on beijing since the $1989000.00 square crackdown in response china has slapped

michael covering who's accused of espionage he was detained in 2018 soon after canada arrested a cd a while way executive china's held separate proceedings for another canadian facing similar charges michael spada was trial ended on friday without a verdict. despite. the international agreement to china has signed under the vienna convention that would allow. consular officers access to hearings for their citizens we are being denied that access we've made we've requested access to michael writes hearing repeated repeatedly but that access to the tonight. is you know. michael clover has been detained for more than 2 years now. he's been arbitrarily detained and now we see that the court process to itself is not transparent live out of beijing out as is katrina you is the force katrina is being held in secret so details of what do we know at this stage about michael called brics trial. as far as we know it's still going on and we're not expecting a verdict today this is a very long drawn out legal process he was arrested in december 28th and wasn't charged formally with espionage until about 18 months later so bo

well china has defended its handling of the covered case and accuses counted a meddling and its internal affair as choosier least it was actually in canada has brought together some other countries diplomats in china and point fingers at china's handling of individual cases that is interference in china's judicial sovereignty we reject that and will by no means accept such interference michael covert and michael spade or are suspected of in danger in china's national security and china's judicial organs will handle the cases and guarantee their rights and interests. let's get more on this we can speak to katrina a year who's in beijing for us katrina good to see you what can you tell us about the covered trial given how tight lipped china's been about the whole process. well unfortunately don't have too much information on how that's going to day so far we have no verdict from this trial which has lasted for a few hours now and this is really the climax of what has been a long drawn out legal process michael covered along with michael spade or they were both arrested in december 28th and it took 18 months for them to be charged with espi

joined the us britain and canada in imposing sanctions against china for the 1st time in 30 years. as recently as december the e.u. signed a new investment agreement with china to the dismay of the united states now it has sanction in the country for human rights violations against the muslim minority independent human rights organizations estimate that 100000 other muslims have been detained and mistreated in camps and. for a long time the e.u.'s top priority was trade with beijing now following the example of the us brussels is also playing hardball. we have taking this. response who will for human rights. in 6 countries. china north korea south. korea and russia. for their role in prosecuting l g b t plus people brussels is stepping up sanctions against russian officials most recently the e.u. impose sanctions on russia over the poisoning of now imprisoned kremlin opponents. by imposing sanctions the u.s. and the european union are slowly tightening the screws. but how much further is europe really willing to go. let me put that question to motor mount in your opening statement