The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutns for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ros im ros atkins china is warning interference into hong kong, reiterating huawei into telecoms. We want to make china a hostile country, you have to bear the consequences. Ros america sayshat live in brazil to talk about that. We w look at why postal voting hasecome a major issue in the u. S. Welcome to the program. Ngwe will start in hong it is been a week since hong kong past a law. We got to see the powers it gives hong kong police. Here is emily reacting to this. Hong kong has gone fm this mainland reporters dream to striking the fear of law into anyone who wantso talk about dissent. While authorities published details of this monday night, here are the main points we picked out. Under what it calls urgent circumstances, police can search a place without a warrant. People undernvestigation can be prevented from leaving hong kong. If police consider what they call a message on an electronic platform to endanger nationalcu ty, they can ask them to ban the user. Whatsapp, face back facebook and h twitter said the paused the request for using the data in hong kong. Facebook says we have a government process. We consider facebooks laws human rights standards. Schools hav been ordered to remove any books i dont comply with this National Security law. Stephen mcdonald is reacting to that and says as it is plain for everyone to see, the line from beijing and carrie lams administration, the law would only impact a handful of violent extremists. By all means, defend the law, but dont lie, he says. Prodemocracy activists made this pa today. With the risk of our personal safety, we might be worried and also being targeted by beijing, but we also encourage the Global Committee to let our voice be heard in the world. Once we still have any worldility, we want the to know that now is the time to stand with hong kong, a it is to keep and it is the time to keep our mentum. Ros we saw the pushback. Last year, the u. K. Offered hong ng people a path to citizenship. E Chinese Ambassador to britain set this today. The u. K. Government making irresponsibleks remn hong kong. Through its socalled making unwarranted accusations against the National Security w. Even talks about changing their this most constitutes gross affairs. Internal ros we have thi response from the u. K. s foreign secretary. The real issue here is one or t. And if china can be trusted to its international responsibilities. That is the message we are telegraphing among many of our alliesto beijing in particular to what we see in hong kong. Ros ts new law in hong kong we not be the only thing to impact china . Relatio here is Prime Minister boris johnson. I am determined to get broadband into every product this country reaching out of the whole of the u. K. I am also determined that the u. K. Should not be in any way vulnerable to highrisk state we have to think carefully about how we handle that and will have comep with the right Technological Solutions would also make sure we deliver the broadband u. K. Needs. Ros political calculations. A lot of the conservatives are quit unhappy about the involvement of huawei in the u. K. s 5k network. Iteventhe majority, there have been nerves about whether or not downing street can get this bill through. What has changed . That is been consistent for several months. What hasng c is the u. S. Decision to impose sanctions on huawei. What that has done is to effect how it is able to manufacture its processors, and there are concerns that may now be less safe and less secure. That is the report we understand being considered by the government at the could signal this shift and change whe this whole thing is bound there i here in west minister, but v other thing to remember is if huawei were not be involved, there could be consequences things like the delivery of broadband. Th was a key conservative nifesto pledge to roll out full 5k broband everywhere. There was a lot going on here. Ros there are those domestic considerations, but there was pressure to make an e. He is the former head saying the u. K. Should bar huawei from the five key 5k network. They should and firm with rising chinese tension. Heres paul adams on more of a global diplomacy in the story. There has been a shift since january when the British Government announced it would let huawei take up around 35 of the 5g network. Infrastructure for that network very clearly there has been a report drawn up in recent weeks. It has now been submitted to the in that report says because the United States hasmped sanctions on huawei, it means the technical, the offer that is being made by huawei to the britishno government, i longer a safe is no longers safe and secure. Huawei will have to rely on other technologies since i cannot access americancr rocessors and software. That is causing the British Government, whichas argued the security of the nwork is actualat paramount. S causing the government to rethink, and the next week to three weeks, we will find out what the outcome of that rethink is. Ros from u. K. china relations to the coronavirus pandemic, the u. S. Has closed a 3 mcalion confirmein women 52 52,000 new cases and sunday. Florida is a big area of concern. The tota infections in that part, 200,000. 11,000 of them were reported sunday. The beach in miami, it was shot and a citywide curfew was in place. This is why florida is taking is so seriously. Its infections rose by 168 in june. Its daily infection rate is now above any recorded by european country at theeight of the pandemic. Florida is right in the mile of this. So was texas. Cases there have passed 200,000 and more than a thousand peopleh arepitalized were hospitalized on sunday. Spitals may reach capacity within two weeks andhere is an ongoing debate abo whether the state needs a stayathome order. From texas to arizona, infections are wrapping infections are rising. Gyms, bars, andinas are close until the end of the month. In arizona, hospitals may reach eir limits. Here is one emergency doctor. It is absoluty terrifying. We are having whole families end up in the hospital had one family with two memberst that ended up icu. Devastati it is florida. For those of us as healthcare workers are holding their hands in their moments of need. It is challenging because our workspace is in the hostal and is totally full. It takes an entire staff or team and respiratory therapists, nurses and our admin support to really be able to take care of patients. We are not able to, both because the degree of sickness the patients have, how muctime it takes for each patient, and our exhausted workforce. We have been on deployment since march, and it is simply tiexhaus. People are ending up with huge stress. Ros lets turn to latin america. I will have updates on brazil and el salvador in a moment, but first, bolivia. It been faring well. The numbers are moving upwards. Infections have passed 38,000 and there have been over 1300 deaths. Ted Health Minister has t positive the mining minister in the master of the presidency have, too. Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in latin ame. Its Health Systems is illequipped to cope with the pandemic. He are pictures from a badl hit city. Thesare workers diggingma shift graves. This is shockingil footage that strates the pressure bovias resources. This coffin holds body of a covid19 and was left on the streets fce hours because teries had to close their doors. In el salvador, the chief of the cabinet, he has tested positive for covid19. The saadoran government has imposed the toughest measuresn latin americaeeping cases below 8000. For the reopening of the economy has beens. Delayed by two we brazil is the epicenter of the pandemic in latin america. Cases have passed 1. 6 million. There have deaths. Ore than 64,000 some experts believe brazil is on track c to become thountry with the highest death toll by late july. This graphic shows san plo is the worst effect state and is more than 320,000 infections. Thbut even a crisis worsens, saolo p is getting back to business. Hair salons, bars and restaurants of all reopened. Lets speak to ky watson. Help me understand the justification for this reopening. What is the case for doing this, given the case number . Simply that they think they can cope. You take the example of sao pao, it is one of the wealthiest cities in brazil. They have looked at the occupatint ofsive care beds, the death toll, and they have labeled across the state, they have labeled vanessa pallet and a series of five phases. Situation in five phases. In sao paulo, they have been able to reopen. The last three month,en there he estaurants in beauty salons closed. It has been dead just Walking Around in the space of a couple of blocks, there are several restauras all getting ready to reopen, and it feels much more erive. Many e are saying this is coming at it completely the wrong time. Ros those businesses, which are opening, have to follow rus . One i walked by, you can see the yellow arrows painted on the floor to show which way you need to walk to restaurant. Od in a i saw another, several restaurants with had sanitizer waiting there. And sanitizer waiting there. They distanced tables as well. Osof the measures they are agoing in, but a few days one reopened its rio reopened its bars and restaurants. Showing images of people packed into the bars, not wearing so, that is the concern tlet pere now desperate to get back to some kind of normality, but we are far from that sense that normality here in brazil th the death still rising. Ros thank you very much. In a few minutes on o source, we will turn our attention to postal voting in the u. S. Iwhy hbecome such a controversial political issue . Ros the British Government has announced emergency funding for theaters, galleries andeu m. Theaters, music venues, cinemas and museums across the country have been brought to their knees by the covid19 pandemic. Many saying they will be back up within that arrived today. The secretary announcing a 1. 57 billion rescue package for t culture and heritage section sector. Arts leaders say they can see a way for their organizations to ivsuthem at least until the spring. The total amount, 270 Million Pounds will be made available as loans. The vast majority coming in the form of grants. There are likely to be many winners, but the money has come too late for some venues, which have been forced to close, while others just clinging onto the hope of a post pandemic return faringde postpc return. S we are here in the bbc wsroom carried newsroom carried questions about huawei postural and u. K. Telephones. Lets take a detailed look at why the seemingly dry issue a postal voting has become a Major Political issue in the u. S. The president ial elections are meansember and covid19 voting will take longer if a longpolling booths. Pres. Trump i think mail in voting is a terrible thing. If you vote, you should go. Mailin ballots are. Dangerous. And thousan ballots, thenusands they will send him back. Who knows who signethe ballot . Is anyone acknowledging that that was mr. Smith . This will be the most corrupt election in the history of our country, and we cannot let this happen. Ros just as donaldmp tays mething repeatedly, it is not true it does notean is down onok at back postal voting in america. Four years ago, one quarter of ste ballots were posted, and the rate variee to state. Some had to go to a polling station unless you had a v id being over 65 is one andm iving away fme is two area half the states allow registered rotors to vote by post registered voters to vote by post. The number has doubled due to the pandemic. Postal voting is on the rise and we are expecting state to further ease restrictions as we headbe towards nov the issue follows the political de. Decrats are keen and republicans are not appearing understanding the reasons why ontells us about the selec ase hea from the president , he things postal Voting Results are flawed. The Republican Party is putting that message. With ads like this. Are you tired of driving all the way to a polling location to vote . Sick of having to remember your id to get a valid . Worry no more because the fix is in. Introducing valid harvest. Get fresh ballots right to your door. Make your voice heard as many times as you want. We rigged our system to turn out ballots for every living thing in the country. Millions a day ros people who study elections sayas that is not theof fraud is common among postal voting, but there are individual ories. New jersey made its municipal elections in may postal pnly due to tdemic. Two councilmembers have been charged with fraud. That is connected with the diovery of hundrs of ballots in one mailbox in the city of patterson. Two years ago Congressional Election hadoe rerun out of the Republican Campaign seemed to break the law. The Campaign Consultant is facing criminal charges related delegation he hired people to collect postal bel. N fill them postal ballots and fill them in. The results were annulled. At the board, he said thesh resultld not stand. I believe a new election should be called. It has become clear toe that the publics confidence in the ninth district in this electn has been undermined to an extent that a new election is mandatory. It is very hard to fight fraud. Thereit is verye from, but where we find it, it is systematic, and it is meant to overturn elections. What i am concerd about in thiser election is theption of fraud, and how that might lead to feelings of the legitimacy of people votes, and you know, a feeling that if election is in jeopardy, maybe it is not h feel the election is free and fair. The whole enterprise of democracy becomes more difficult. Ros some of theru names has something it had not done before. It put a warning sign xt to a tweet saying the claims we unsubstantiated. If the president s claims about fraud is false, why does he keep making it . Well, this may help explain. President trump expanded explained on theta issue of p voting proposal that he thinks it will help the democrats. On fox news in march, he said they had level ofoting that if you had agreed to it, you would not have a republican elected in this country again. There was this intericew in President Trump peeking to politico says mailin voting could cost him reelection and the bigs risk was legal challenges is campaign had to and postal voting. What the president is saying about increased turnout hurting republicans is the reality when it comes to postal voting may be complicated. There is no evidence that we see that utah, for example, and arizona, are states that are vote by mail states republican states. You have california, oregon, and washington that are blue states. They are e vhere by mail or high vote by mail states, so we dont t st it helps one. Rty or another and so, you know, it hopes whatever party is biggest in your state. Ros there is concern among reblicans that in a close election, postal votes may tip the balance against them. While there has not been widespread fraud, you know, it is usually about 1 , according to an Institutional Technology study, part of the issue is in a closed session, like in 2000 remember the florida recount . When it is a clo election, and you have the potential for individuals who take advantage of the system, it can make a big difference. Ros republicans have tried to strike down postal voting in some states before the election. Things go against President Trump in november, there is the option of doing so after the vote if he chooses to pursue that. His critics alleged by casting doubt on the process now, the president may be laying the ground to challenge the result later in the courts. His challenger, joe biden said it is my greatesconcern is president will try and steal the selection President Trump trying still the election. Peter nicholas is a reporter and the president honored the peaceful transfer of power if it meant admitting failure . Th offer a stepbysp gde what may happen in President Trump loses th election, but refuses to concede. Many people thi it is putting it too strongly. What everyone can agree on isco that the outme should be peaceful. Bear in mind, some ugly scenes back in 2016 with rights in oregon and oth places after Hillary Clinton lost. Esis time, there are worri again, about how some of President Trumps supporters might react. These are pictures of a heavily armed biker gang filled patrolling a trump rally in tulsa. They call themselves the cowboy militia and said they were there elsewhere in the country, other militia groups have threatened violence if presentrump is we will speak to anthony who is live in washington. Anthony,n the sue of postal votes, the republicans not acceptes that the pandemic cre an environment in which it would that kind of votindo more of anthony i think that is a surprising thing here, while theris concern in instances you talk about of someud f it is not widespread, and when you balance that against the greater od of allowing people to vote without putting their health at risk, you would think that everyone would be in support of republicans to vi this as a threat and ha explicitly said they think it could assist democrats, and the reason democrats are pushing this is becse they see the political advantage. Like Everything Else in this country, it has been swept up in this partisan divide with bothn sides digging what appears to be a battle for advantage politicay. Ros we only have a minute, but in terms of what donald trump has said, he has an explit to go if he loses . Anthony he has. There was talk back in 2016 of donald trump not leaving not accepting the results of the telection if he we lose to Hillary Clinton. All of that talk is coming back up w agald i think more likely, all of this talk about possible voter fud is setting the stage where he will find in a cues are stepping down. Ros anthony. Thank you very much indeed. Lots of other stoes besides lots of other stories on the bbc news quote w