Im all minister of good to have you with us more than 300 people have been arrested in hong kong at a band demonstration to mark the anniversary of the territorys handover to china reports said 10 of those arrests were made under a new security law pushed by beijing which makes advocating independence illegal and carries stiff penalties prodemocracy activists say this could be the end of hong kongs autonomy. They see it this might be their last chance to protest. Tuesdays flash mob in a Shopping Center was small but defiant everyone knew things were changing some fear to show their faces. Today i feel on the top of that its very sad because they cant ask god and they even dont know the details of the law and they just pass it with no one really cared so. I think most of all not people theyre scared its all. The details have now been released the Chinese Security law will crack down hard on what it terms terrorist activities it criminalizes subversion and succession efforts as well as foreign interference and could enable chinese authorities to operate in hong kong those convicted could be jailed for life and will be barred from standing in elections. It was scenes like these last summer that prompted the law huge demonstrations in favor of democracy and against chinese influence overwhelmed hong kong and embarrassed all storage fees hong kongs leader kerry lamb told the United Nations the law was nothing to worry about it will only target an extremely small minority of people who have preached the law while the life and property basic rights and freedoms of the overwhelming majority of hong kong residents will be protected but fear is reaching prodemocracy activists joshua one is now in hiding but expects to be arrested he says hes resigned from his group to protect them adding if my voice will not be heard soon i hope that the International Community will continue to speak up for hong kong and step up concrete efforts to defend our last bit of freedom. The last cool to support hong kong is in the scared new world. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world. At least 18 people are dead after an explosion at a Medical Center in the capital the iranian capital tehran the blast is believed to have been caused by a gas leak that sparked a blaze that firefighters have since brought under control. In ethiopia 3 blasts injured and killed a number of people as thousands turned out to pay their respects to the s. S. Who was shot dead monday evening on the s. There was a former political prisoner who rose to prominence during prolonged antigovernment protests in 2018. Tens of thousands of people have marched through sudans capital khartoum calling for reforms and investigations top of the list is justice for those killed in last years uprising that led to the ousting of president Omar Al Bashir the Prime Minister says his traditional government is listening to the protesters demand. Theres been uproar in washington this week after reports that russia paid bounties to taliban linked fighters so that they would kill u. S. Troops in afghanistan its claimed the white house was informed about the alleged threats to u. S. Forces but didnt act on wednesday President Donald Trump called the allegations a hoax tweeting that the story was made up to discredit him and the Republican Party this despite u. S. Intelligence believing the claims to be true both russia and the taliban also deny the claims 20 u. S. Troops died in afghanistan last year but its not clear which if any of those deaths are under suspicion. Were joined now by our correspondent washington oliver salat oliver thanks for joining us so the president called these claims a hoax but his ministration has been briefed and theyve been briefing the members of congress about this so even if trump didnt know about the intelligence could we see that at least others in the administration did. We can assume so yes and that since quiet some time because reportedly the white house was 1st informed about these russian volunteers in early 2019 already at the time this information appears to be unconfirmed then later this year in february this year some more information reached the National Security council in the wide tells that was that was collected from internal geisha by captured afghan militants also the International Community into the excuse me also the Intelligence Community learned about suspicious militant cash flows so the big question here is who knew about it and why has there been no action as of now some of the most senior cabinet members it seems were informed like secretary of state mike pompeo who openly talked about that in a press conference he said that his administration receives intelligence off that scale every single day and that each one is addressed the official line of defense though that were getting from the white tells is that the accusations are unverified until today thats what came the meccan and he says those spokes personal President TrumpPresident Trump as youve already mentioned by the way goes by a line of defense that hes been using very often in his presidency by calling this a hoax and the Trip Administration has been in talks to pull troops out of afghanistan and this has Popular Support in the u. S. Do you think of these revelations could change Public Opinion on that. Well the americans are generally tired of wars and president tom has been getting a lot of support for pulling out troops International Conflict so the revelations were hearing here rather sounds like another reason for the American Public to say we should not expose our soldiers to these dangerous waiting for them in afghanistan in particular if it happens if its true that russia is paying bounties on american soldiers about what we could also see is that this leads to a sort of public call for retaliations in the form of sanctions for example against russia and the u. S. Election is also coming up its still a ways off do you think that this would affect his chances at all what were seeing what were looking at right now is just another unflattering revelation really for President Trump and weve just gotten the new book former National Security advisor john bolton whos accusing president trouble putting his personal interest before the National Interest but lets be very clear on this this these types of revelations never hurt the president just think of the mahler investigation for instance what does hurt him right now is the handling of the penn demick his National Infectious disease expert is warning that we could reach 100000. 00 infections per day soon and also there is spawns to the killing off george floyd and that is very much reflected in polling right now and the president is losing support in his key battleground states. In washington thank you. For the 1st time in history a reigning king in belgium has expressed regret for his countrys brutal colonial rule and what is today the democratic republic of congo and thats as the country mark 60 years of independence belgiums king felipe acknowledge the racist legacy of belgium in a letter to the president of the d r c he expressed quote deepest regrets for the harm done to millions of congolese people by belgian colonizers. Today colonial rule is confined to the pages of history books but the memory of it is still very much alive in the d. R. See. It was 60 years ago that belgian flags were taken down in the capital of what was then called the Belgian Congo guided by independence leader Patrice Lumumba the republic of congo declared itself independent from belgium after a 75 year colonial rule the mobo went on to become the countrys 1st elected Prime Minister. Kept a violent chapter of history millions of congolese were enslaved and killed during belgiums colonial rule. In a letter to d. R. C. President she said katy the belgian king expressed regrets for the suffering and oppression caused by belgian colonizers in kinshasa people had mixed reactions to the letter. Yes its not bad as its from belgium and i cant really take it seriously especially since they are still responsible for all the crimes against humanity committed in the way they see the good thing about almost all of those who are responsible for instability in the d. R. See take the example of belgium a former colony that is asking for a pardon. For forgiveness from the congolese people and all those who are the stabilizing the congolese people well one day i ask for forgiveness. This Year Celebrations to commemorate the countrys independence were toned down. Because of the coronavirus pandemic no big ceremony was planned. But the thoughts of many congolese will be with. The assassinated leader who to this day is considered a National Hero for leading their country towards independence. The Israeli Cabinet could be poised to debate whether to annex several jewish settlements in occupied west bank the move would inflame tensions with the palestinians and hamper any future peace negotiations over the status of the territory beit is a palestinian enclave on the west bank just outside jerusalem and completely surrounded by a village of Israeli Settlers soon the settle land could become part of israel the palestinians say that would make life even tougher for them correspondent tanya kramer reports from beit except. This time the road leads to the palestinian village of beit exeunt next to the security barrier that separates israel from the occupied west bank at this particular spot the fence of the israeli barrier was built around a house belonging to one Palestinian Family that i have slipped in this almost unique enclave right next to a jewish settlement at the entrance gate and cameras are remotely monitored. Like other palestinian solders and i have wonders what will happen to his home if the settlement becomes officially part of israel a move based on the controversial you as peace proposal put forth in january. But. I consider the annexation that were hearing about to be a show of american and israeli arrogance in order to confiscate more land the israeli and american governments just want the land but without the People Killed its only a many and. So far israel hasnt presented any official maps to explain which areas it could next cursed and where the lines would be drawn and i have this concern that the move could lead to yet more isolation and further restrictions on movement is specially since the tram plan and visions only limited enclaves for the palestinians. That. Theres no future. Theres no hope of. My hopes are gone that so the support we see for the israeli nobody cares about us palestinians out off of the work shop with all of the movement between different parts of the occupied west bank is already very complicated for palestinians so now we also want to go to the settlement its just literally and lead away from us but to get there we have to drive to the nearest checkpoint and it will take us some time. Its more than an hours drive to cross the kalandia checkpoint. Only palestinians with an israeli permit can cross from here. From there we return to the settlement of given her. Son. Who is one of the settlements founders like most residents hes waiting for more details on the an exception plans from the Israeli Government a development for 2 shia holy although significant things that could come out of this plan is. That it can open up a very positive opportunity for us to expand or settlements for our children and its also good for the people on the other side of the fence if an exaggeration goes ahead its expected to be a long process on the palestinian side of the fence uncertainty is crowing us once again maps rb figure that without the People Living there having much say about where the lines are drawn. Now the 2021 africa cup of nations which will be hosted by cameroon has been postponed to january 2022 the confederation of african football postponed the tournament due to Coronavirus Crisis the biennial cup of nations was due to kick off on january 9th next year the exact date for the rescheduled tournaments is yet to be determined. Youre watching d. W. News dont forget you can keep up to date on our website thats d. W. Dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram as well at t w news im mommy and use of thanks for watching. What secrets lie behind. 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