A very warm welcome its 11 am here in moscow and youre watching off the international with me the key erin our top story this hour china has approved a bill to impose its security low in hong kong its off to the autonomous territories and Legislative Council failed to pass similar laws because live to aussie sauce to tell it for more now saskia whats the reaction in hong kong to this. Well with current of ours dominating the headlines since february many of the stories have to fall into the wayside but one making a comeback as the wild dogs return to normality the hong kong protests are now up to several months of response they still serious scuffles came off to thousands of protesters took to the streets on wednesday the day ending on a really sour note with around 300 arrests and Police Using Pepper Spray bullets because they suspected that some of the protesters had weapons including petrol bombs. Ok we know that anti China Sentiment has been building in the region for almost a year but that was reignite last week off to beijing announced plans for a new piece of legislation the National Security that has now been approved the bill has been approved by chinas legacy to and it is possible that could even come into a pact with then a matter of weeks now that would ban treaty and terrorism really any behavior that threatens National Security also this week m. P. s were debating and not the bill about the National Anthem and that would criminalize insulting them could see people face fines and potentially even jail time so if the street people are frustrated people poured onto the streets chanting things like hong kong independent its the only way they see things more and more has to be arranged in hong kongs press which seems strange because of course it is technically china thought. Since 1907 the area has enjoyed a notch to 3 autonomy under its one country 2 systems rule not one country that has taken a perhaps unusually high level of interest in the un tun the feds of hong kong is the new apps and on wednesday before Congress Section state might compare declared the hong kong could no longer be considered selfgoverning. No reasonable person can assert today that hong kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given the facts on the ground while the United States once hoped that free and prosperous hong kong would provide a model for authoritarian china it is now clear that china is modeling hong kong afterward self washington says it will take action if or not when the bill paul says and this is what trump had to say on the backs of all the mysterious he also weak. Were doing something now i think youll find it very interesting but i wont be talking about it today ill be talking about it over the next couple of days. Whats exactly on the cards well have to wait and see but one thing is certain this is not going to do anything for us china relations the 2 are of course economic competitors something washington does not take kindly to so weve seen trade wars shop rhetoric but in the wake of covert 19 this rigidity has really turned into an open tension as the u. S. Planes china the pandemic against all of this beijing has said that it will not tolerate any type of interference. With the question of the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative RegionNational Security legislation is entirely chinas internal affair no foreign country has the right to interfere if anyone insists on harming chinas interests china will have to take all necessary measures to firmly hit back. Some say that beijing has good reason to adopt such a strict turn after all in the past we have seen u. S. Government employees meeting with some of the hong kong protesters. And washington from the outset has very actively encouraged what it claims is hong kongs fight for democracy so it seems that while the wildest of moving on and beyond hope at 19 the strain between these 2 nations is not easing and at the moment it looks like hong kong might well become the battleground where that clash plays out. Thank you for those days hales. Ok well lets bring in a guest now were joined by one when the professor and executive dane chong is chief for financial studies at redmond university of china welcome to the program its great to have you with us now many in hong kong are viewing beijings decision to impose National Security legislation as an attempt to strip away basic freedoms is that wasnt whats happening. I think every big country has its own money was a kid you know the United States has routine has france has so i think theyre trying to should have swung to hong kong as a part of china as you said it of course we need to be a National Security law so this year is just to make up so this National Security law is a formulated under the free work of one country 2 systems so which is the. Supreme and to hong kong basic law and it does not affect hong kong to freedom so at present some people in hong kong im not a what about freedom but do not recognise a chinese system do not and you can as a china and hong kong actually should so i think this is a basic and reality so from a legal perspective does beijing have the authority to establish this law and hong kong. Of cause this question is a very interesting dont forget the hong kong the full name is hong kong is 8 are wouldnt that mean that its a Hong Kong Special and and the meaning is treaty for legion yeah i mean the hong kong is a region of china as a 1st or 2nd it is a very special because as you there they had to before 997. 00 hong kong was a colony of u. K. And after the 9997. 00 be counted as your enemies treaty of china so its all is has always been the things or the warranty to earth youve got a National Security so this is your legislation as if guarding National Security even hong kong is a are is purely China Internal Affairs we should not be in the very by any other foreign country but what critics are saying is that if this is implemented it will be used to criminalize protests like weve seen in hong kong over the past year are they right to be concerned about this. As i said just now in hong kong. About one 3rd of the restaurants freedom from the meeting ended to hong kong before. Sixtys so they dont like the Community Party system so no matter what beijing does namely all opposing it so i believe dance at the launch of hong kong were not affected their freedom but if they. Join connection or security as a foreigner so there is a nationally a lot more to palaces and. I dont know trump has about a stronger response say they plans legislation what has the us go to do with the hong kong case and might this be seen as foreign interference. So i think they had to as a chinese i think. It is a very foolish if for term penetration to endure barry. France so this is a typical foreign intervention so i challenge you to chinas law or hannah chinas so its a very hard to imagine how old the white house reacted to how or why you rescued if a country want to work in the very so i advise americans do not. Good to do such a 46 so i also asked some hong kong people to not to have a little hope for americans so in fact from the perspectives of many countries in the middle east and in north africa syria iraq libya is it true the more United States in the variance the more chow dick there will be and we watched how u. S. China relations have plunged amid the pandemic do you think hong kong could become a potential battleground for these rivals. Yes also know what i dont mean. We all become the topic of Public Opinion in the struggle between the 2 countries between you have histories and china back to hong kong will not be the new afghanistan 980 s. When the cold war between United States and it will be union make afghanistan a new battlefield a future so i believe that evie and hong kong people are in canada and can thoughts of those problems also all china has an ability to prepare the hong kong National Security internally. Well one professor and executive dean of chung institute for financial studies at Renmin University of china thank you for your time. Thank you and you. Have homes for the elderly and vulnerable have become coronavirus hotspots in scotland while nursing home on the isle of skye made headlines after it was revealed a quarter of its residents died from cave at 19 we talked to john gordon his father was one of the victims in the last few years have been the main char thoughts she began to read i was in bed important to him and whoever service a them whoever you were had had to shake his hand and for us it was very poignant last year when morning to see that he was a bit to pass and my sister and her family and myself were able to be straight with them im literally say our goodbyes to them and as my sister and her family myself were talking we could see with our beaches hands same as beds for our hero he was in full p. P. With her blue gloves on and it was a really great moment because. Were shooting the increment and we were there the whole made us hand you know we were denied our opportunity with them just in those final hours and. When we think of the most wonderful in our society you know our Elderly Population some places theres theres his were with people with disabilities and they dont have the same ways that we did again and again with them and they are into these homes you cared for to be protected and this is not happened it was found almost all of the residents and 29. 00 staff in the home farm nursing home contracted kovac 1910 residential including johns father have passed away since the pandemic started police that are investigating 3 deaths at the care home that are allegations a lack of testing and negligence in protective measures led to the tragedy. As of may 24th scotland has registered 3700. 00 deaths from kovac 19 almost half of those were in care homes scotlands 1st minister nicholas sturgeon has promised i think an inquiry of course there will be a Public Inquiry into this whole crisis and every aspect of this crisis and that will undoubtedly include what happened in care homes the home and put she had looked on probably affecting these earlier so as a family we were reassured that they were really weeding the way in terms of dealing with the pandemic in everything that happened and we felt that our father was secured by them and so it became. Absolutely shocking with an r. Q. Me when it became evident that there was such a high number of his of of commitment within the home you know or there was a lot of stuff movement there were stuff coming in from other areas to work within the home. My understanding was there was a list of isolation the there should have been the staff were probably going to die in p. P. Is becoming more evident and needs to be. Really in terms of what went wrong here yes there has been huge feeling. Italy has worried some with this plan to ensure people respect social distancing the government says it will recruit an army of volunteers snoopers. Explains. How do you fancy a brand new role in a bid to help keep your country safe well given the current pandemic the idea of doing your bit may perhaps hold a lot of appeal but what if i told you that the position is one not paid and 2 you could be accused of snooping on your loved ones who perhaps not so pealing now well look its early next week this is the cool that people will be expected to. Weve seen early entry in you know where theres a gradual recovery productive activities and citizens are returning to populate cities day to day now is the time to recruit a loose citizens who want to help the country by demonstrating agrees civic said. Its hope theres an old me of 60000 volunteers will help of the gatherings thats it he tries to emerge from a virus that is killed tens of thousands nation white as the summer heat set up and restrictions are eased footage of crowds is trickling fees that infections could see again so much so that in the v need to area a video with images of patients in intensive care was broadcast on t. V. To convince people to comply with Safety Measures even within the Italian Government not all agree about a volunteer army whispering on what neighbors may or may not be doing the proposal of the socalled civic assistance makes no sense to me not only was the move not shared with us we absolutely oppose it public gatherings are a problem but this is not what citizens need what they need is responsibility and seriousness from their politicians. We have to stop being irrational the Italian Interior Ministry which is responsible for maintaining order also claims not to have been consulted while another Political Party is cool to proposal this the government claims that this is a Civic Responsibility about Community Services such as taking groceries to people who need them but cant convince people to sign up or are italians suspicious that this is essentially the job of an informant shirleys care sudha me there is a concrete risk of a culture of also because they will put us against each other it will be a typical war between the poorest people. In iraq and we dont close still dont and stunted that paid a lot and who caused them groups too much confusion about the work of these civic assistants who are already too many cameras around rude people may get to the lawyer and they begin to serve their dissent freedom a process for the civic assistance could be useful because in this phase 2 people are getting more relaxed over the Safety Measures. Feed my mobility to army to service must be carried out by the local Police State Police and other Law Enforcement agencies there is a risk of developing a culture of suspecting everyone in any case we dont want for the truth we need actual. Between the control of the government is already very strong and this would only worsen the situation and its not the 1st time italy has tried to recruit volunteer tattletales back in march the mayor of broome authorized a system allowing people to report on those not following the lock down. Other gathering such people you think are contrary to their notions or health rules you could report of them directly to the relevant authorities who they see just official website. So are you ready to snoop for your country if not be alert to the. You might just be watching the. Ski. 750000000000 euro to recover economies ruined by the coated 9000 pound demick how has the plan been met by the e. U. Member states details after this short break. Seems wrong. Just dont call. Me. Yet to shape out the attic. And engagement equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Part of something is better than 100 percent of nothing and so losing money has is part of the Money Laundering model as a model of Business Model and we look at these unicorns these startups and Silicon Valley like the ones you mentioned we work. That way fare goober. We were left there all losing money exponentially so many after the ouster stuff well maybe the model is to lose money and so who is laundering the money who is longer in the money. Welcome back the pandemic has put the Global Economy into a shock the European Union has proposed a Recovery Plan that includes hundreds of billions in loans and grants the Member States offer more on this we go live to piece all of in our pizza give us the update. Hello well as lavon the lion was talking big numbers when it came to money on wednesday in the European Parliament the European Commission president putting forward essentially 1. 85 trillion euros worth of funding 1 point one trillion of that is the e. U. Budget for the next 7 years with 750000000000 being put forward as best you packages either in grants or in loans for nations that have been suffering at the hands of the coronavirus well while making the announcement it was all very well for all and all for warner for us live on the line. In our union people in business and companies depend and rely on each other in our union cohesion convergence and investment good for all of this is about our of us and it is really bigger than any of us this is europes moment. But there are skeptical voices in amongst the e. U. Member states the socalled frugal 4 of the netherlands denmark austria and sweden arent all that keen on taking on board debt from other nations that have suffered worse than they have jury in this crisis one of those nations that has suffered more than most is italy their Prime Minister to separate content a well he seemed really quite happy with what was announced by the on the line. Excellent signal from brussels he goes exactly in the direction indicated by italy 500000000000 in grants and 250000000000 in loans or an adequate figure now lets speed up the negotiation and free up the resources sued. Well the plan that was laid out by on the line the European Commission president had rather a lot in common with what was put forward as a preferred route by french president to manual on the german chancellor Angela Merkel just last week they proposed a one off 500000000000. 00 euro fund with the debt being shared now on the line plan co