A pandemic a looming deadlines for a new trade deal with the e. U. The syrians take to the streets in the rare antigovernment protests the Prime Minister and sacked as public anger and throws out the war torn countries economic friends. Im serious oh my god its good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has authorized sanctions against International Criminal court staff investigating possible u. S. War crimes in afghanistan and retaliation for the probe the administration will block assets of Court Employees and put visa restrictions on them and their families and anticorruption investigation into the i. C. C. Is also in the works secretary of state michael pale has lashed out at the court. We cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a Kangaroo Court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next especially those from nato countries who fought terrorism afghanistan right alongside of us lets get some perspective on the story with neos message hes the u. N. Special reportorial on torture and he joins us from Geneva Switzerland mr nasr thank you for joining us 1st of all i want to get your impressions were you surprised by this announcement from the u. S. Well unfortunately i must say that was not surprised because obviously such. Trump has made similar statements before. I think it was extremely disappointing to see that there are actually 4 will only knock on the earlier trust. Of the whole added humans of the court be illegal illegitimate and corrupt obviously is not a new argument the same argument have. You have lupus lulu in the yugoslavia tribunal with the. Tribunals for right now its been a term do go to the i. C. C. So this is not really to give more credibility to their argument but it removes it undermines the credibility of the United States. And its willingness to hold itself accountable to the seeds that it so readily and one has to other states mr moss i do want to point out that previous administrations before the Trump Administration also declined to ratify the treaty that founds the i. C. C. So its not party to this Court Washington has not and it says it has no business examining what the u. S. Did in afghanistan because that jurisdiction is not recognized so doesnt the trumpet ministration have a point here that the court has exceeded its authority. Well its a formalised point but you see i mean nazi germany wasnt part of the charter for a number of trial and error you could not be a certainly were not part of the deal to create you dont have to track you will i think at some point you have to recognize that these types of crimes are criminalized under Customer International law and credit to a treaty certainly strengthens that regime but not credited to a treaty does not mean that these remarks which are matching crimes deserve to be prosecute mr bouncer as youve been making a link there to what nazi germany is than in the past i want to ask you about a tweet that you sent out earlier as a reaction to this announcement we have images of back here you said that this is part of a painful process watching a great and inspiring nation being turned into a rogue state by men with no sense of responsibility for their people other nations and to future generations surely the u. S. Is showing responsibility for its citizens here by putting them 1st ahead of a court that again they dont recognize its authority. Well you see if you quote the American People because the people there will be indicted a war crimes tribunal you basically equines american citizens generally with the war criminals which is certainly not true i know who lives in the United States and most of us citizens would agree that rape torture and murder are serious crimes that deserve to be prosecuted the reality is that the United States does not cross a few ds crimes when its committed by its soldiers weve seen a Senate Committee confirming that a systematic policy of torture by the cia not a single engine president been prosecuted had other examples and roams way as well and that we see that a threat to the i. C. C. In its very function to try to prove a perpetrators to justice their addition to you can advance the system. The u. S. Is not the only country to criticize the i. C. C. But what precedent do you think that this move sets. While the United States is probably the most powerful and influential country in the world to help establish the nuremberg trials a victory in the 2nd world war standards by which you know criminals should be measure and so unfortunately just as if it was just legacy that the United States has contributed to threatens to collapse under this withdrawal from the United States from the possibility of facing justice un special rapporteur on torture kneels meltzer joining us from geneva thank you for so much for sharing your insights with us. And you very much. Now britain is facing its deepest recession in 300 years due to the coronavirus pandemic the economy shrank by a record 28. 4 percent in april the sharp drop reflects the impact of the countrys kovac 1000 locked down it is bad news that the country had for braggs it with important deadlines looming. Once again the European Union is waiting for Boris Johnson once again he missed an important deadline and once again the british Prime Minister is taking his time johnsons government has until the end of june to decide when and under what circumstances his country will leave the e. U. Britain has registered more than 2000000 unemployed since march the bank of england calls this the worst recession in 3 centuries is Boris Johnson teetering on the brink of a brigs a disaster Stephen Norman c. E. O. Of british car manufacturer vauxhall recently commented. You know. Michel barnier the e. U. Representative in free trade talks with britain is losing his patience to the agreement should have been reached by the end of the year but now the talks have become so bogged down that a further postponement seems likely Boris Johnson could ask for an extension but time is set to run out on june 30th. If he doesnt apply for an extension it will result in a no deal brigs it with customs duties supply bottlenecks and another round of long debates in the british parliament. But we can speak now to hes the executive director of the German British Chamber of industry and commerce and joins us from london thank you for being with us are you confident that there will be a trade deal between the e. U. And britain. Im not very confident that there will be a trade deal between the e. U. And the u. K. Because the the governments position in the u. K. Is so entrenched as well as the e. U. s position and it doesnt seem possible to find a compromise so i think theres more than a 50 percent chance that we will have a no deal scenario at the end of the year what do you think that means for the british economy where he said that the economy shrank by a record 20. 4 percent in april if there is no trade deal what is the outlook. The outlook will be even worse so with the corona crisis g. D. P. Overall is expected to shrink by between 12 and 15 percent this year rex it will compound that effect and will make it even worse in these difficult times but the governments position at the moment is that they dont want to reset the economy tries to have to reset the economy because of the coronavirus and then they want to have the reset because of the exit at the same time but it may lead to very shoot costly exco in the end without having all these 2. Really negative things for the economy coming together and therefore the at the Business World is really concerned about the let looming nobody objects that of course they prepare for it but it is huge concern church of Many Companies what does the government need to do to ensure that britain remains an attractive place for investors and trading partners. I think britain will always be an attractive place it has the worlds languages it has a Global Outlook whatever the brics debate has shown so in the longer term it will be competitive place to do business but i think in terms of the last chances because of threats that there will not be that Many Companies coming here that would otherwise be so its really about lost opportunities which are i think no country can afford at the moment with the corona crisis just to create some extra loss of opportunity but this is at the moment the government will so set on it so much into making bricks it now really happening it means it has happened but in terms of the we are setting in that on the 1st of january next year and that is hugely dangerous for the economy well they hope executive director of the German British Chamber of industry and commerce thank you very much for joining us youre welcome. While countries worry about a 2nd wave of the corona virus many parts of the globe still havent seen the worst of the 1st outbreak yet correspondence filed these coronavirus updates the Nigerian Government continue to emphasize the use of face musts and other protective measures but many people have become one concerned about getting the virus im more interested in getting their lives and businesses back. As wave. Never pressing green on new mosque nor. Not keeping. His distance its scary. Its scary he found most interesting because many people as to who you. Know so on the phone know where india face mark them. Where was the. New zealand steam a 5000000 crushed 19 but the celebration was short lived as that very same team now faces a long road to economy recovery ahead obviously we have a lot of and media issues to address and im point man. International travel and also just basically getting the services that Small Businesses i mean im very hopeful that it wont take as long as should mine dissipate. And things are back to normal but you know we have the full disclosure of the flight will make it a bit trickier as we open our borders that will be a challenge and often the tourism is what brings some money to the smallest team to our rural areas so i think thats going to and pitch the very strongly there is still around 8000. 00 new corona virus infections in russia every day and restrictions are still in place in most regions across the country but by lifting the lockdown in the capital the author already have given people across the country the sense that russia has essentially beaten the virus. Lets check in now on some other stories from. Around the world a supporter of president jar both in our own has tried to destroy a memorial to the 10s of thousands of People Killed by the coronavirus in brazil and n. G. O. S wrecked the crosses on the beach in rio to protest against olsen aros handling of the pandemic. Global stock markets have fallen over fears that a resurgence of corona virus infections could derail any economic recovery asian share sledge sharply with indexes losing ground in Hong Kong China and japan earlier u. S. Stocks also saw their worst declines in weeks. Protesters have set fire to Lebanon Central Bank as the countrys currency plunged to a new record low demonstrators took to the streets in several cities to voice their anger lebanon is experiencing its worst economic turmoil in decades a crisis made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. Youre watching news still to come on our show child labor in the Central African republic some say it is saving kids from militia recruiters we need one that was trying to make school the alternatives. But 1st to syria where president Bashar Al Assad has fired his Prime Minister it comes as there is a deepening currency crisis in the country and demonstrations against the Syrian Government protesters are calling for us to go blaming him for their economic pain. The old. Syrians back on the streets calling for the end of Bashar Al Assads regime a rare sight in recent years after a violent crackdown on protests in 2011 triggered civil war so they doubt a government controlled city in southern syria hadnt seen unrest or in the conflict but this week dozens of people have been demonstrating they blamed the regime for the countrys deteriorating economy and the collapse of its currency. The syrian pound has plunged dramatically since the start of the conflict reaching new lows this week. People across the country are reeling from the crisis. Like the drop in the syrian pound is killing us we dont have any dollars we earn syrian pounds the syrian pound has fallen and the dollar is getting more expensive its killing us oil is getting expensive what used to be 500 syrian pounds is now 3500 no one can afford to live in. On thursday assad removed Prime Minister iemma comus who had held the post since 2016 c. Media didnt give a reason for his departure but he has been the focus of criticism over the countrys economic crisis a crisis that could be exacerbated by a new u. S. Sanctions set to come into effect later this month they target any country or company that does business with the syrian regime. The aim is to erode assads power but critics fear the sanctions could cause serious battered population to suffer further. For more on the story we can speak to simon maybe hes a middle east analyst at the university of lancaster in england hi simon syria is still a country at war but what has caused this dramatic currency crisis that were seeing. I think its the complication of a large number of things coming together and essentially in a perfect storm we know that syria has been really struggling with conflict and in recent years well the conflict is still ongoing there have been efforts to try and facilitate the process of reconstruction trying to rebuild the state which of course will come to massive Economic Cost so theres not theres also increasing tensions in the visions within the syrian states and divisions between shuttle and sudden key figures including that i mean more proof who is a close Family Member of the shot and someone who took around 5 percent of every single business deal across syria demonstrating the huge level of corruption across the state so theres that does the crisis in lebanon which is frozen a huge amount of Financial Assets that would have come into the syrian economy to keep everything moving and then there are worries about this socalled seize an act about u. S. Sanctions and the impact that may have on on the syrian economy so theres a huge number of issues all coming together at the same time which is meant that the syrian economy has dropped around 0. 70 in march or april and you call this the perfect storm i mean how serious is this crisis for president assad. Well lets not forget hes been dealing with crises of this sort since since 20102011 of different sorts prior to that of course but i think one of the reasons why this is perhaps even more of an extension challenge for him is that there is perhaps less hope for support from the previous barcas including iran and russia who facing their own challenges in terms of covert 19 and alcohol getting increasingly frustrated. The behavior of the assad regime and those involved so i think that assad is going to be facing a number of serious challenges as people get more and more hungry on the streets of syria descends in opposition will return but without the support of those external baucus then there could be serious issues for the regime middle east analyst Simon Maidment speaking with us thank you very much. Thank you. As a pandemic pummels the Global Economy the u. N. Warns that millions of children are at risk of being pushed into under age labor the situation is already dire in the Central African republic where extreme Poverty Forces children to do dangerous and exploitative work to support their families. And want to thank god we still live in his old and hes a waiter in this restaurant in benghazi the couple of the Central African republic. That we and his mother fled the war in bunbury in 2017 he works here for 9 hours a day every day for a salary of just 355. 00 thats a little less than a year a day after my father was killed my mother is very ill that. I go out to get money so we can buy medicine for my mother so we can treat her and so that we can buy food for us selves. According to the lookout enjoy up on some front here there are more than 600000 children in distress all over the country following the conflicts says 2013 however like many of these children god with the situation remains problematic they funneled through our country is a poor theres no one to help this child were teaching him how to earn money so he can take care of himself in future if we leave him stranded rebels could come and persuade him to join their ranks to earn some money thats why were helping him in money i dont find anything wrong in that. And if i make a lot of. Marital bliss couple in head of a local n. G. O. S making an awareness raising and Community Communication campaign a priority market good morning i understand you want to help him get some studying italian but hes too young and his future would be better if he gets to school im not here to make it in this neighborhood many under aged children who cannot be looked after by the our own families are taken advantage of by businesspeople. In your own there is a lack of Awareness Among recruit us. Doing dummy just india will be in these little boys school age we make a commitment to follow this child on to we can remove him and get him to school because the Central African republic has one of the highest rates of tried liberal in the world the situation is precarious and is linked to 3 countries is the ability nevertheless Child Protection organizations are trying to address all forms of child abuse in the country. We can speak now to shackle from the ngo save the children in nairobi she is an expert on the situation in the Central African republic thank you for joining us many children in the Central African republic they are vulnerable and as we saw in our report they have to work to survive how is the pandemic exacerbated that situation. Lives in the pandemic cases abating the situation not just in the Central African republic but throughout the continent of africa and this has happened in many ways we get close all schools we realize that on the continent schools did not just provide. As of education but they were also providing protection as well as a lot of children were relying on schools for School Feeding programs and so now with a pandemic resulting inclusion of schools were having children who cannot access the nutritional needs then the longer protected from and which had marriage and child labor and therefore you find a situation getting less the 2nd level of impact is because of governments is issues of movement and government derrick tears were finding more and more parents and guardians and able to go to work and therefore on an income or the ability to generate income is impacted and therefore you find everybody who is able bodied within the household is then forced to go to work and so were finding missing increasing numbers of children working as families adults negative coping mechanisms to me to get the effects of 1000 besides having to work we saw as well the children specifically in the Central African republic they are also facing the risk that they could be recruited by armed groups by militias and we heard the sentiment that its better that they go to work then to be recruited by these militias and whats your take on that. I think its there its the bottom line is that you having children and their families getting caught between iraq and the had place the best Case Scenario is that children go back to school is that governments like the Central African republic government and all other governments in africa and even in the rest of the was actually put in place social protection mechanisms that are able to help families be more resilient in seeing out the transition of this. Conflict 1000 phase of our lives right now so the choice is not between getting recruited into militia and going into into trial but the solution is actually for aristotelian of childhood for us to protect the rights of children and facilitate parents and guardians to actually protect their children and have resilience so weve seen a number of governments in the in the in the continent being able to do door to door food distributions being able to develop an Economic Framework that allow. Parents and guardians to work but real so seeing social protection programs being effective and having cash transfers being given to families to meet with him to wear that this is a huge will have to leave it there kid josh hakken from the n. T. L. Save the children thank you very much thank you thank you. Temper sports now byron munich can wrap up an 8th straight bundesliga title on saturday if results go their way they have won 9 Straight League games and are also now in the german cup final and Unstoppable Force or could there be a late twist in the tale. By and munich have experienced almost everything in football but winning a bond as they get a title in front of empty stands would be a 1st. After last weekends frigging win at leverkusen that is exactly what by and will achieve its rivals dorman blues at the sold off and the bavarians then beat mention glad back at home. Before to comeback win at labor which featured this superbe team goal was followed by a tight german cup semifinal win over frankfurt in midweek the bye and juggernaut just keeps rolling. Is unfortunate as it is simply a fact that we have a feeling in this group that every game we can get better that is there in the team its part of the d. N. A. Of by and munich so duty in our series of you are never happy you always want to improve and for all. 7 points ahead with 4 games left but there is a sliver of hope for the chasing pack experience forwards robert levin dusky and Thomas Miller above suspended from the game against Champions League chasing glad back after bookings in labor much to their annoyance. However dawsons trip to the hold off is also not straightforward the hosts are dead. The points given they sit in the relegation playoff spot. Dont wonder not giving up the title yet but expect a difficult game. After missing one so we must be very well prepared against such an opponent. I have watched a lot of those hold off games and recently they have been in good form. If dont win lose in the early game then any buy and win will do but the title celebrations might be a little strange in coronavirus times with lots of fun as but no fans. Spains league became the 2nd Major European League to return from its coronavirus just last night. City rivals to no in front of empty stands fans congregated outside the stadium despite official calls to maintain social distancing many supporters watched in bars at times their emotions got the better of them watching their teams for the 1st time in 3 months said he has witnessed close of the clubs outside title. Thats your news out there will be back at the top of next hour thank you for watching. Enter the conflict zone with tim sebastian. 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Look in detail at how beijing uses its National Security laws on the mainland you dont really understand the real situation in hong kong i ask you if youll come back to the situation in hong kong how one country 2 systems clearly operate hong kong never meets the news for long these days now its the draft of a new security law to be imposed by beijing thats provoking controversy and protests joining me this week from hong kong is regina if a member of the citys Legislative Council and chair of the probate