The latest from frankfurt. And coming back from cope with germanys governing coalition approves the largest economic stimulus package since the end of world war 2 chaps are live arkell says the aim is to give of the next generations a future. Plus the disappearance of a british toddler Madeleine Mccann from a resort in portugal has been unsolved for 13 years now police in germany think they may have a new lead. Time sumi so much got to thank you for joining us thousands of hong kong hours have lit candles across the city to mark the anniversary of beijings crackdown on Tiananmen Square in 1989 chinese troops are thought to have killed thousands of prodemocracy protesters 31 years ago an official death toll was never released a todays commemoration comes despite a bad. And on gatherings in hong kong Authorities Say they refused to give approval for the events because of the corona virus but critics say it is another move by beijing to suppress freedom of assembly and speech in the tour territory and well have more on chinese president xi jinping is hard line on hong kong in a moment but 1st lets go live to our reporter on the ground who is covering the story for us phebe kong hi phoebe youre in hong kong right now and hundreds of people including some prominent democracy leaders broke through some of the barriers at Victoria Park where this vigil is held every year what is happening there right now. Amongst us we understand tens of thousands of people have shown up in the Victoria Park which is the traditional than you are and the only carol i mentioned over the past 3 decades so theyre there to the final police band on the kettle a vision gathering so they have just anticipated in a sound way of the how to encourage her. To hold a candle light to mourn the victims in yemen are correct now 30 years ago although one years ago and the pay tribute to defectives for one minute and so this is something like. A new show in hong kong because over the past 30 years we have seen gatherings year by year that people tend are hundreds of 1000 of them showed up in that time and to say. That turn our lets them on the past because many of them they are afraid to come out because of the police and and now the thought you can try to ban such gatherings are worth over 8 people so. We also see that people are trying to change the slogans like and one party rule and democracy for china now so on they are still a channel just cannot go that they are afraid that this could be the last time for them to say its all a big party and ackerman of the national of the law as youve been talking to be weve been looking at live pictures of whats happening right now in Victoria Park and as we said really big crowds gathered there and today as contacts are you know the Hong Kong Legislature passed a law criminalizing insult chinas National Anthem and there is that new a National Security legislation you mentioned that beijing is set to enforce where the protesters say their Movement Goes from here. Parts when you see it like in the telling crackdown when morial gathering people keep saying that this guy. You know last time to express our anger and express our concern about it one part of china so this is such a cool in the Mainland China but hong kong is one of the plate or probably now the only place on the on the chinese territory in ways that allow such an open commemoration in such open office and so people are really afraid that the upcoming National Security law what further will press their freedom of expression and free speech that they are no longer allowed to say such things like in the future and talking about laying the upcoming protests we we have the empress 3 of antigovernment protests next week. Calls have been made on social media and online people are asking if i dont come out again to play to to express their concerns open of Police Brutality and also. This content government but so far like under the context of like theres a social distancing rules and the public gatherings are limits that we are not sure whether this will happen but our fit for the them are the momentum of the social movement is still there people are still willing to express their concerns. In procession of National Security all right as we said protesters a defying a ban gathering in Victoria Park tonight in hong kong our reporter phoebe kong reporting for us thank you so much. Well chinas president xi jinping is known for his tough approach not just to hong kong but as a part of a broader strategy to assert chinas authority on the global stage as we report making china and himself look strong has been one of shes main goal since he came to power 7 years ago. Back in march 23rd when she became the president of china if you could have known what kind of leader he was going to become. But it soon became clear that he planned to take a hard line especially with people he regarded as a threat to the state one of his 1st moves was to target both high and low ranking officials in a Sweeping Campaign against corruption indicting more than 100000. 00 people on charges of graft or abuse of power. This turned out to be the start of what she viewed as an Historic Mission to restore china to its former greatness but fishies goal to be realized the Chinese Communist party needed to consolidate his power and exert more control in all areas of life. In 2014 this led to g. s 1st major showdown with prodemocracy protesters in hong kong. The demonstrators that a new edict from china would prevent opposition politicians from standing for election. But she was also encountering opposition at home after rounding up more than 202. 00 human rights lawyers. Critics said the move showed a new determination to silence dissent and cause any possible threat to communist party rule. At the same time he was also projecting strength in other ways beefing up chinas military muscle. And building artificial islands in contested waters of the south china sea. But the real game changer came in march 28th seen when she stunned the world by scrapping president ial term limits effectively making himself ruler of a one party state for life. But the covert 19 outbreak in will hand was another turning point as the epicenter moved to other countries he was able to cast himself as a savior by providing aid. He also said chinas reported success in containing the disease compared to other countries prove that his authoritarian style of rule was superior to other forms of government lets get some perspective on the story now we have all back with us shes a china expert and senior fellow at the think tank of the German Marshall Fund micah good to have you with us so today the Hong Kong Legislature passed this law criminalizing insults to chinas National Anthem and the new snooze security bill by beijing is said to be in force as well are we seeing the end of the one nation 2 systems concept that is under penned hong kong until now. What were seeing is that really a series of measures and lost that are meant to erode possibilities for freedom of expression possibilities for expressing dissent and possibilities for organizing Civil Society against measures that would otherwise be imposed on hong kong now to me especially really National Security law that they jane has announced that point half is an actual game changer because if the National Security law from the mainland is any indication it is incredibly vague it can be and forced purely randomly against a large number of vaguely defined crimes so it makes it all but impossible for Civil Society to organize against any future measure as it also sets a president precedent and the chance that is passed by beijing rather than by the local legislature is so i think activists and opposition politicians who think. Will be very different after those have a point we talked to a part about to say activists in hong kong earlier in the day and he appealed for International Pressure here to make a difference but what can the International Community realistically do. The thing is the one country 2 systems. Arrangement under which hong kong have a special status is not a one way street that is only granted by beijing it also depends on acceptance by Foreign Countries about how special treats will chunks. So i do think there is and the United States has done this europe has been a lot more cautious i do think europe has a lot more leeway here to state that if hong kong autonomy is completely taken away that will be reflected in how europe starts treating hong kong and that nation may be to europe no longer thinking about the one country 2 system arrangement of the quad but i think we actually have a lot more of us than that and im most european politicians what would make it seem right america altered from the German Marshall Fund to speaking to us thank you. U. S. President donald trump is getting credit criticism from his own military chief for threatening to send soldiers to deal with civil unrest huge demonstrations against Police Racism and brutality have swept the country for more than a week after the killing of a black man george floyd in Police Custody trumps response to the unrest has been widely criticized and now pentagon chief mark esper says he does not agree with trumps threat to send in troops. Or police in riot gear continue to watch over crowds gathered near the white house. Theyve become a constant presence here in washington since george floyd an africanamerican was killed in Police Custody last week. On monday police forcefully drove back protesters in order to enable President Trump to visit a nearby church. Before he stood outside st johns bible in hand he had threatened to deploy the military to quell the unrest if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents then i will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them sals ins of National Guard troops have already been called up. But trump is facing a backlash from all sides in a blistering attack on the President Trumps former defense secretary jim mattis has accused him of dividing america. Hes also criticized for even considering using active duty troops for Law Enforcement. Meanwhile trumps current defense secretary ma casbah has opposed the use of military force the option to use active duty forces in a Law Enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations we are not in one of those situations now even general milley the highest ranking figure in the u. S. Armed forces has issued a statement reminding the military that they swear an oath to support and defend the constitution and the values imbedded within it and that it also gives americans the right to freedom of speech and Peaceful Assembly as this apparent rift between the president and his top brass emerges protests continue across the u. S. Lets get around about some other stories making news around the world troops fighting for libyas internationally recognized government say now they they now control the borders of the capital tripoli and a source for Opposition Forces attacking the city under general say they are withdrawing it is the latest in a number of recent defeats for have to us forces russias president has declared a state of emergency over a fuel spill in a region of siberia last friday some 20000 tons of days a leaked into waterways after a fuel reservoir collapse that a power plant near the city of no real sick a criminal probe has been launched. And it looks like lufthansa will slip out of germanys index of Blue Chip Companies the dax as the coronavirus pandemic drives down its share price a decision is due later today and the carriers just announce a major restructuring involving thousands of job cuts last week the government agreed to a 9000000000 euro rescue package. The European Central bank has announced extra stimulus measures for the eurozone the banks head Christine Legarde says it will issue another 600000000000 euros in emergency bonds to lessen the economic damage from the Coronavirus Crisis that is on top of a 750000000000. 00 euro package announced in march the e. C. B. Says the euro zones combined economy is shrinking at an unprecedented rate and the bond buying will continue until at least june 2021 the latest economy indicators and survey results confirm a sharp contraction of the euro area economy and rapidly deteriorating labor Market Conditions the coral navarra spend demick and the necessary containment measures have severely affected both the money fracturing and the Service Sectors taking a toll on the productive capacity of the your royal economy and on the mystic demand lets bring in our financial correspondent Chelsea Delaney in frankfurt for more on the story hi shelby there were high hopes that the e. C. B. Would come up with another bazooka in terms of Monetary Policy is this in line with what analysts expected. Its actually a bit more aggressive than than most people have been expecting from that you see the real big part of this is that they are going to be adding about 600000000000 euros to this Bond Buying Program thats a little bit more than the 500000000000 euros that people had been expecting and what this really allows them to do is to make sure that companies and governments within the e. U. Are able to continue to get financing at quite cheap rates so theyre going to be adding to that but theyre also going to be extending the timelines for this program until 2021 as you said it was expected to expire at the end of the year so now theyre taking that forward and a couple of their other programs theyre extending until 2022 so they are indicating that theyre going to be released providing the support for the european economy for several for several months and even for even for years depending on how quickly the economy recovers and what also Christine Legarde been saying about her outlook for the euro zones recovery. Shes really acknowledging the difficult and mixed outlook right now so in the in this press conference she did discuss new forecasts for the e. U. Economy they now expect the e. U. Economy to contract by about 8. 7 percent this year thats much steeper than they had expected in their last report in march they also are really not quite sure about the outlook for a recovery at this point shes shes really acknowledging that a lot of people do expect the economy to start recovering throughout the rest of the year but so far a lot of the data were seeing is just not rebounding as quickly as some had hoped so there has been all of this talk about a bottoming out in the european economy but the e. C. B. Doesnt seem quite convinced that that were heading back towards normal anytime soon and the other big point that she is driving home and this and this press conference is that theyre very concerned about price stability right now because demand is so weak in a lot of a lot of businesses are are very concerned about being able to raise prices and this is really the inflation outlook that shes that shes expressing a lot of concern about right now it indicates that that they dont have a lot of confidence and the strength of the economy right now so its really a mixed outlook. Financial correspondent Chelsea Dillon you reporting for us from frankfurt thank you. Now to the biggest a stimulus package in germany postwar history the measures agreed on by the government after marathon talks are aid to helping the countrys economy recover from the coronavirus law found the 130000000000 euro plan includes cutting the sales tax giving cash to families and providing extra funding for minister polities. After 2 days of intense talks their marriage with 50000000000. 00 euros more than anyone expected and a dramatic surprise aimed to get germans reaching for their wallets the 80 will be cut by 3 percent until the end of the year. Does see it would know that the long run and we need to make sure that everyone has the courage to invest again and to make sure that the consumer demand rises to unseat. For weeks Industry Leaders have lobbied hard for american see help in the end there was a little for everyone thought and if you thought. There would be a great number of further measures aimed at reviving the economy and we will agree on a bridging Program Using exiting means for middle and Small Businesses are among the measures families will receive 300. 00 euros per child the government will help local municipalities cover billions in touch shortfalls there will be bonuses for companies that keep Training Programs despite the pandemic and purchase incentives for electric cars in all the package has 57. 00 promises and economists are pleased with the outcome of the package has 2 sides one is to boost consumption in the short term its not about sustainability we have to revive the economy and then there is a part with future investments thats climate protection by investing in infrastructure there are a lot of points in the well thought. Out. Missing amid the measures long hoped for purchase premiums for cars with petrol and diesel engines here even the mighty Auto Industry could not prevail lets get more of the story with our Political Correspondent kate brady hi kate you know germanys government has for years now avoided debt and championed this balanced budget policy are we witnessing a shift now. We certainly are seeing a shift and it seems that those days at least for now in the initial response to the economic fallout of the current virus pandemic those days of penny pinching or cent pinching at least here in germany do at least for now seem to be over and lets not forget they say a stimulus that was announced late last night after a mammoth 21 hours of talks isnt just the only financial measure that germanys been implemented throughout the pandemic and also in the coming months we also at the end of march saw an announcement from the German Government again of a Financial Aid package to the tune of some 750000000000 euros and we also have seen the German Government decided to take a new debt as well a massive to do here in germany so it seems that they really are pulling out all of the stops to make sure that germanys economy the largest economy in europe stays on its feet kate take us through some of the big takeaways of this package. Well there are several quite broad wide ranging measures so some of the things that really stand out things like finance Financial Aid for families so families are going to be provided with an extra 300. 00 euros per child were going to see a v. A. T. Temporarily reduced as well until the end of the year from 19 percent to 16 percent say really an incentive to get german spending again and on top of that as well theres also going to be a government supported rebate for purchases of electric cars and also it was noting included in this package is a 50000000000 euros to address things like Climate Change innovation and also digitalisation within the German Economy so this is already been seen as a chance for innovation as well an opportunity to move forward in germany something that german the countrys been lacking in recent years and how is this all being received here in germany. Well in germany theres been a reasonably positives of response sorry there have been some calls for some more spending for social welfare but a lot of the concerns are actually coming from outside of germany theres already been concerns raised in some of the. Leading figures sorry in some of the week. It could only economically weak you states and there are worries that the shia scale of this economic boost in germany could actually worsen the financial imbalances within the euro zone our Political Correspondent kate brady reporting for us thank you. Lets take a look now at some other coronavirus developments global confirmed cases have risen to over 6500000 more than 384000 people have died malaysia has reported 277 new virus cases its biggest daily increase it comes after an outbreak at a Migrant Detention Center critics accuse the government of failing to protect Foreign Workers france has cancelled this years best deal day military parade instead it will hold a socially distanced ceremony to pay tribute to Health Workers who are fighting the pandemic and the Philippine Government says it is allowing churches to resume mass and other religious gatherings in areas with a low risk of infections. Police here in germany say they have identified a new suspect in the 2007 disappearance of the british toddler Madeleine Mccann despite a vast International Search and intense Media Coverage her fate remains a mystery authorities are asking for the publics help for any information that could link the new suspect to the case. When Madeleine Mccann disappeared from her room in this results in portugal she became a global story and her face was instantly recognized from news bulletins and missing post is. In spite of her parents efforts to raise awareness and an extensive search by the police this 3 year old was never found. Now 13 years later a suspect has suddenly emerged a german man who lived in this house near the resort when madeline disappeared the top of his to go store just off the suspect is a german citizen and was 30 years old at the time of madeleines disappearance heres currently in prison in germany because of a sexual crime and drug dealing from 1905 to 2007 he was in portugal almost continuously and it lived in a house between pryor de lucia and lie of course for a couple of years. Like the german counterparts British Police are appealing for information linking him to madelines case. Their very people in the past who because fearful have come forward to the place my message is to anybody that has information. Did he speak to you in confidence and tell you what happened that night 2 vehicles could offer up clues this video camper van and this jack us said on a full 2 have been in the suspects possession. Madelines family can now hope that vital questions will finally be on said. I dont have any definitive information to say whether she. Is alive or otherwise as from 2011 weve always treated this as a missing person inquiry does the disappearance of madeleine ill continue to focus on trying to understand what happened on the 37 but theres little chance of a happy outcome the German Authorities are now treating the case as a murder investigation. Lets get a recap now of our top story at this hour the European Central bank has boosted its stimulus measure for the eurozone by 600000000000 euros taking very emergency Bond Buying Program to 1. 3 trillion e. C. B. 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