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Were put on hold due to coronavirus the restart. Hong kongs government says it will work with beijing to introduce a new National Security law as soon as possible Chinese Premier League jang announced the bill at the annual National Peoples congress were expecting more details later but its believed to ban sedition subs secession and sub version of the Central Government in Hong Kong News of the plan has already been met with protests and leading prodemocracy figures call it the end of the one country 2 systems. Adrian brown hes in on hong kong and were getting much reaction now. Well sadly this is been a very dark day for those people here in this city state who were already worried about hong kongs worsening autonomy and freedoms yes there have been some small protests here in hong kong as well as scuffles inside hong kongs legislature involving pro and Anti Government supporters there were of course clashes in that same chamber on monday now this new law this proposed law as you rightly point out is supposed to deal with things like sedition treatment treason as well as foreign interference now the latter is a reference to the United States because chinas government has always consistently believed that the United States has been helping to stir up unrest here in hong kong the United States denies that but china also wants a law that deals with other things like the desecration of its National Flag and the damage is often done to its symbols outside its buildings here in hong kong just last month a man was actually sentenced to 20 days in jail for damaging chinas National Flag and chinas officials were c. Then over that saying he should have got a much larger sentence so its fair to assume that in the future once this bill has become law someone would face a much longer jail term for for such an offense. All right adrian brown bear dating also on the situation from hong kong and also coming in from the National Peoples congress there for the 1st time in decades china will not so i think growth target primarily told the 3000. 00 delegates promoting development would be set aside as beijing repairs an economy badly hit by the pandemic katrina use in beijing with details of the konami plan. The theme was that the chrono virus has had a huge impact on china theyve managed to get that under control theyre still fighting the war no measures no resources have been spared but because of this the economy has suffered heavy losses but in premier league chungs words that was a price worth paying and because of this and because of the uncertainties due to the pandemic and trade no g. D. P. Target has been set in china for the 1st time since 1988 he went on then to elaborate on a few measures that will be implemented to bolster the slowing economy the 1st being to stabilize employment that is key and he repeated that throughout the speech 9000000. 00 urban jobs will be introduced and they will also invest in Group Projects and boost agricultural related jobs as well 114000000000. 00 worth of government bonds will be issued to tackle card 19 and a Defense Budget was also raised 6. 6 percent it will be by 6. 6 percent this year thats actually the lowest growth rate weve had in recent years and the most telling instruction of all all communist Party Government officials all levels of government here in china will be told to tighten their belts there was some good news though the 2020 goal of eradicating extreme poverty will still stand and the government will continue to try to implement the phase one trade deal with washington but of course many economic difficulties and this is the setting a very different torrent a lot less flowery language a lot less triumphant language and. It seems that many a leak a child here is really ushering in a new era of starting here in china. Has speak now to emily lau in hong kong she is the chairperson of the International Affairs committee of the Democratic Party a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council good to have you with us so its. Let me read to you what the former hong kong chief executive why leung said he said even democracies like the us like singapore have strict National Security laws is beijing then to how do you respond beijing proposing something thats really unusual well actually if they would only sit and talk to the prodemocracy can see what their concerns are each side make some compromises i think they can have a consensus but they refused to do it they just want to boo does it through it tried into almost 3 fail and now theyre trying it again and this time they dont even want to take it to the Legislative Council they just want to do it in beijing and then foisted on us and in so doing beijing is declaring the end of one country 2 systems. If thats the case its going to be one country one system we have will be just like any other chinese city but listen what pro beijing lawmakers in hong kong say they say theres been enough time for consensus for consultation but the failure really is on the part of the territory 23 years they failed to pass a National Security law. Well as as as i said age tried and failed in 2 or 3 since then they have not really made any attempt and the Legal Profession has suggested that maybe the administration can publish a white paper some kind of consultative document and let the whole community discuss it but that never happened so they never came up with a proposal again let alone trying to discuss and to a compromise and to reach consensus they never did that and now suddenly raging did it or is going to vote on it next thursday and even the hong kong people who belongs to the National Peoples congress when they travel to beijing yesterday to attend the meeting they didnt know about it it just begun just sprang it on everybody that it was so shocking and disgraceful do you expect more protests for the Democratic Party be organizing and calling for rallies. Well im sure there will be more protests. And my party will be were working with the prodemocracy parties organize a ship to plan the protests but of course now we have a virus here so people have Health Concerns and also their social distancing groups and so people have to be careful because if we break the rules there could be arrest us and we will be charged i may be we have to go to jail so everybody has to be aware that this school happened but still i think many people just will not wear it they will come out to protest and we want to be International Community to speak out and particularly we want the British Government to speak out because britain handed millions of people over to communist rule in 97 and if you look at the statement by the British Government yesterday saying they will want to turn the situation it is so relay team and so weak i think its quite disgraceful all right thanks so much for coming and giving us your thoughts on that one. For a season India Bangladesh are restoring road links and electricity in areas hit by the regions most powerful cyclon in decades the death toll has now risen to at least 96 cycle and made landfall in india its wind speeds reached 170 Kilometers Per Hour in kolkata the streets were flooded in trees and power lines torn down there are concerns coronavirus could spread among people in emergency shelters to get an update now on the situation in kolkata india rajaram is standing by live for us there is a how does it look now. The situation is quite bad in west bengal and thats take a look at the for example where there are still falling trees which will take quite some time for the civic authorities to feel which also means that some prospect kaka off and essential services are not able to reach people that is a major concern mr lawson and called 900 find them a quick people cannot move out freely another aspect is overhead cables which are lying on the road which could be life by us and that is also a major concern lets also talk about how Containment Zones at the demarcations are a blog right now because of the fallen trees and the barricades which have the job this because of the cycle that again causes another danger to civilians improve got the sense that the district and the remote areas are far worse because as far as the restoration work is concerned it will take a long time for the state administration to us to assess that the indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took an Aerial Survey office that goes along with chief minister month of energy and it does not and has announced an initial grant of 142000000. 00 us dollars for the states and has also said from the Prime Ministers to be fun a grant of 2800. 00 us dollars will be given to the families of the deceased as well as 700. 00 us dollars to the families of those injured so these are the initial steps being taken by the Central Administration as needed medication of course is doing its best to try and assess the situation before they can start restoration brooke back to you all right thanks so much. Neighboring bangladesh people have been unable to return to their villages off to some left on the water a storm surges flooded low lying areas food parcels are being given to those left homeless time to chaz rejoins us live from dhaka in bangladesh where people emerging from some of those shells are finding the entire village is gone what happens to them. Very much so its a very difficult situation considering that the government estimated that about 200000 Village Homes have been destroyed in southwestern bangladesh a lot of the people are now living in the shelter and this time off 19 pandemic is going to be very difficult to maintain this social distancing on this crowd of circumstance rather many aquaculture farming and hatcher has been destroyed nearly 180000 of them government says about 146000 hectares of farmland totally destroyed the relief minister disaster. Over a 1000000000. 00 off loss so far what they can estimate the real problem with is where will the hundreds of thousands of people will go because their houses are destroyed these people are subsistence farmers that depend on the crops land and the fish farming over there and this comes in a time when pandemic is going on they have to have maintained certain distance to avoid the disease so a very challenging time for the government do to lock down the economy also slow the economy has slowed down and we have believe dating for this people in the long time is going to be a major challenge for the government in coming years our days and weeks all right so i mean so much to be a challenge. So ahead on aljazeera as many countries continue to open up its a different story out at sea by thousands are still stuck on cruise ships. But. Weve got some rather lively showers now moving across india China Southern parts of vietnam pushing down into cambodia thailand seeing some rather wet weather from time to time the heat of the day showers and those showers also affecting a good part of the philippines little trough of borneo for a time as we go on through saturday you push out into sunday and i think we will see a few more showers starting to feed their way in here at that stage rather wet weather there for a time into indonesia once again with some live shot was or longer spells of right now we got some rather wet weather making its way to east and west in pass of all stripes down to the east well start there but this intense area of low pressure this system made its way across victoria we saw the rare events of a tornado in jail long and still some very wet and windy weather piling in across a good part of the state into southern parts of New South Wales as we go through the next couple of days those winds will tend to a so this has been a local call that that will grassy make its way towards new zealand setting a little drier a little less when they should we say as we go on through the course of sunday but temperatures no great shakes 19 celsius in sydney 15 celsius in melbourne so this can be wet and windy on the other side of australia as well this is the remnants of a Tropical Storm moving in the sunday. But. Ask a critic of bodies on the line indias biggest on earth but the industry stunt performers are unknown and under when i won a state for the men and women risking it all for the brought lots of bali on aljazeera. If you want to help save the world. Theyre shouting sneeze into your own. Horn. Welcome back youre watching ill just have time to recap our headlines prodemocracy activists in hong kong of condemned new National Security legislation planned by china beijing is aiming to pass a law that could be the biggest limitation to hong kongs autonomy since it was handed over by britain. China isnt setting a growth target for the 1st time in decades has been doing work to repair its economy premier league chang told the annual National Peoples Congress Development is not a priority during a pandemic. Least 96 people have been killed by the most powerful site flown to hit eastern india and bangladesh in more than a decade so i clone made landfall wednesday up through to thousands of trees and destroying our minds. Fin ited states has announced its pulling out of an International Arms treaty the us president accuses rusher of routinely violating the terms of the deal rob reynolds reports. The open skies treaty ratified by 34. 00 countries allows an armed military surveillance flights over each countrys territory it was primarily intended to promote openness and transparency between Nuclear Superpowers the u. S. And russia allowing both nations to gather information about each others military forces and activities now President Donald Trump is withdrawing from the agreement saying russia took unfair advantage of it russia didnt adhere to the treaty so until they are here we will pull out but theres a very good chance well make a new agreement or do something to put that agreement back together among other things u. S. Officials say russia barred u. S. Flights over certain heavily militarized territories use the treaty to attempt to normalize its forced an accession of crimea and tried to gather nonmilitary information about critical u. S. Infrastructure with a possible view toward disabling it during a conflict in moscow a Senior Foreign Ministry official said the us was not behaving as a reliable partner and that abandoning the treaty will force russia to employ what he called a plan b. Without elaborating another official called the u. S. Action unjustified meanwhile the Troop Administration wants to begin a new 3 way arms control dialogue including china along with russia trump is optimistic were probably going to make a deal with russia our arms treaty and china will be maybe included in that well see what happens u. S. Officials say both countries are aggressively expanding their Nuclear Arsenals regarding russia a white house official says theyve adopted a highly provocative Nuclear Doctrine that embraces early ask lation and use of Nuclear Weapons what the Russian Military is calling escalate to when the u. S. And china have not. Strategic arms negotiations and there are no signs that beijing is interested in 3 way party arms talks beijing like moscow is intent on building up its Nuclear Forces and using us forces to try to intimidate the United States and our friends and our allies u. S. Officials say they will strongly press russia to help bring the chinese to the negotiating table robert oulds aljazeera. Protests have broken out in the indian capital over the suspension of labor laws the changes to working hours wages and health and Safety Standards and kick starting the economy after 2 months of covert 19 locked down but unions say theyll lead to exploitation oh india correspondent elizabeth for enaam has more. Protests here in the capital. There was called to protest against changes to labor laws broken up by police that is because structurally. Remains in place to stop the spread of the current i was never the less people gathered to protest against those changes and that. Was 7 a Popular Support there for. The 220000000 people. Have scrapped almost. 3 years that these people. Had gathered to protest against. The state had made the changes so it was. Working and working out. All the time observational health and safety and. The 1st thing the people who are protesting. Patient would. Say that the changes are necessary to just. After 8 months. And states which are ruled by probably little everybody just the brother you know. The government. Was. Using. To do so the price. Of. Latin america is fast becoming the new at the center of the pandemic has infections rise peru was among the 1st to impose a lot but that hasnt stopped the surge in new cases i descended on path he reports body could lectors carry a victim of 19 down the dusty hill of this working class neighborhood on the outskirts of lemur. Its dangerous work few peruvians are willing to do as the corona virus spreads with alarming speed through the country many of those who do dare to take the job or poor venezuelan migrants now thrust to the front line of the pandemic. Im always afraid afraid to infect my family when i go home my children but its something i have to face to continue working and to be able to put food on the table on march 16th became one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a Strict Lockdown but now more than 2 months later its one of the regions worst affected by coronavirus with more than 100000 cases. Experts say peoples behavior is to blame in a country where more than 70 percent of the population lives hand to mouth president. Says the government has done everything it can to flatten the curve of contagion we have always acted looking at what was best for the people and we will continue doing so even more considering how delicate a context we are. With the number of confirmed cases having doubled in just 2 weeks hospitals are under increasing strain from the capital lima all the way to the amazon leading to shortages of medicine emergency oxygen supplies in Critical Care beds. Medical staff at this hospital in lima protested the lack of protective equipment they say substandard hospital conditions have laid bare that gave being cold improves underfunded health care system. Its like a horror movie inside looks like a graveyard of dead bodies patients die in their chairs in wheelchairs or regular chairs. And in the last few days basic medicines have become scarse across the country with authorities shutting down some pharmacies accused of raising prices its crisis upon a crisis in a country that moved in time to stop the virus only to find itself hit with deadly force a lesson that. Now if you run out of things to watch during those lockdowns heres some good news production of some film and Television Shows has resumed but with new safety rules in place new zealands government has approved domestic shows international ones will follow once border restrictions have been reviewed hollywood sequels for avatar on duty resume in june but in hollywood itself Television Movie and Music Production have to wait a little longer theyll reopen when Los Angeles County moves to stage 3 of its recovery well i could happen in the next few weeks of cases they dont increase productions wont resume in the big apple though until theyre at stage for a stay at home order of remains in force in new york city disneys theatrical production and frozen wont resume its war of 1st musical victim of the pandemic david conley is the executive graphic effects producer it wetter digital and effects company thats worked on lord of the rings planet of the apes and avatar he says plans to resume major productions are an encouraging sign. Well were working closely with the government to help open up the borders or work within the restrictions and guidelines for bringing movies back into new zealand and this is a positive and encouraging sign we look were looking at other opportunities for more movies to come into news in the very soon so what were doing is were looking at variety of new different techniques that employ both tool effects post production techniques and shooting techniques that elevate the standards of hygenic practices on set so will be the test case if you will for those types of movies but we do have practices in place now that encourage social distancing among crew persons among the actors and were hoping that there will be a variety of Digital Solutions that we can employ to help finish films the. Entire economic. Impact wont be known for at least another year but yes across the world weve had a number of productions that have shut down and we have been fortunate that weve been able to finish a few movies while they coronavirus shut. Production down but what were hoping is with the resumption of filmmaking that we will be able to start making movies again the true impact will not be known for at least another year the french result of can and should be running out the red carpet to celebrate some of the biggest names in film with the annual Film Festival postponed people have been making the most of the drive in cinemas on the beach front even spielbergs classic scene was one of the main features with the space kept between cars to observe long down restrictions. Tens of thousands of cruise ship staff remain stranded at sea 2 months after the pandemic crippled the industry they say theyve been abandoned many are being paid and some of gone on Hunger Strike and the gallacher reports from miami. Sailing the open seas dancing on deck and seeing the world from the comfort of a Floating Hotel thats what the cruise line industry is supposed to be about since the outbreak of the corona virus that image has been tarnished outbreaks of covert 19 claimed lives passengers were eventually allowed to go home but crewmembers many of the migrants from poorer countries like the philippines have all but been abandoned crewmember caio saldana ha centers these videos from onboard Celebrity Cruises hes been moved from one vessel to another told he was going home only for plans to be canceled all of which he tells us is taking a huge mental toll there are still people there you can see their eyes. But they are there they are hanging. Out wide in truth. Theyre trying to do something so forget it there are some people like me in their eyes you know they are in a way of the situation and have something to say and once to do so it can not only for me it works for everybody its thought that at least 7 crew members of died from covert 19 well over 500 have been infected by the coronavirus Cruise Line Companies say theyre steadily repatriating staff but the process is slow and complicated in april the c. D. C. Ban cruise ships from u. S. Waters and to the police late july other nations are insisting on strict testing and the Cruise Company should pay for land based quarantine while some crew members have returned home tens of thousands remain in cramped conditions with no pay one vessel there was a food strike while several suicides appear. Reported lawsuits are now being filed on behalf of crew members in what some legal experts say is bordering on a humanitarian crisis by the term hoosier promoting sweatshops for years not only is the situation not for them that there are thousands of miles we dont know whats going on dont know when theyre going to get there not necessarily but theyre being fred can speak out i mean youre really couldnt think of a worse situation. Caio here in happier days is a crew shit d. J. Told us he never wants to work in the industry again for now he simply wants to speak out for others. You were lying to you dont have 3 new value as a human being you are just a number right now we. Know our psychological. Getting crewmembers off the ships has been complicated by nations closing ports strict restrictions and lack of coordination but many say the industry could and should do more for loyal staff facing an increasingly desperate and dangerous future and to gallacher aljazeera miami florida. Lets take you through some of the headlines now prodemocracy activists in hong kong of condemned new National Security legislation planned by china beijing is aiming to pass a law that could be the biggest limitation to hong kong autonomy since it was handed over by britain adrian brown has more reaction. The Hong Kong Government has issued a statement saying that it will fully implement the decision of chinas National Peoples congress to introduce a new security law and also stressing that the people of hong kong will continue to enjoy their freedoms well those words have rung very hollow to the prodemocracy camp here in hong kong one of their spokesman took part in a Media Conference on friday morning and he said it was clear that president xi jinping no longer cared about what the rest of the world thinks and that hong kong and china were now on the road to confrontation once more now china isnt setting a growth target for the 1st time in decades as beijing works to repair its economy premier league chang told the annual National Peoples Congress Said Development Development rather isnt a priority during the pandemic indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken an Aerial Survey of areas affected by side flown punned of origins are struggling to restore road links and electricity unpin was the most powerful site flown in decades the death toll has now risen to at least 96 in neighboring bangladesh people have been unable to return to their villages after many were left under water a storm surges flood the low lying areas food parcels are being given to those left homeless the United States is announcing its pulling out of an International Arms control treaty the open skies treaty permits 35. 00 countries to operate surveillance flights over each others territories the us president accuses rusher of routinely violating the terms of the 28 year old agreement. Forces loyal to the u. N. Recognize government have seized control of another tally west in libya 9 fighters allied toward holly for huff there were killed before the surrender of a lot. Of headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after one a one the. One a Prime Minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that call means a lot to the countrys fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world were living again breaks it was a slogan that one of the Prime Minister Boris Johnson counting the cost on aljazeera. T. V. Rice that terrifying speeds leap off sky scrapers and jump through fire. Stop before most of the Unsung Heroes of indian cinema for a meager wage they put their bodies on the line for the countrys biggest stars. Not everyone. Whos stunt man north saved not only light. They made him look good while green but accidents on film sets a comedy some even and didnt do. 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