Seriously. Im on me and he said good to have you with us more than 300 people have been arrested in hong kong at a bend demonstration reports say at least 10 arrests were made under a controversial new security law imposed by beijing the law makes it illegal to advocate independence from china and carries stiff penalties up to life in prison prodemocracy activists worry this could be the end of hong kongs autonomy. Despite the new law will and a ban on holding marches doing that corona pandemic hundreds of protesters showed up. After a short warning it just took minutes for the police to roll into action i. One protester was arrested for holding the hong kong independence flag dozens small were arrested later. At a News Conference prodemocracy lawmakers found themselves in a peace our situation now not allowed to speak english or address the media. I usually say a few words of english today the National Community and the media but the high court. Because of this law. If i say anything to you. Ill be arrested without a walkout. 2 at a flag ceremony earlier in the day the territories leaders mark the 23rd anniversary of its return to chinese control after british rule. Chief executive carol lam hailed a new law as the most Important Development since the handover. The purpose of this piece of legislation is not just to punish it is also to deter to deter people from committing such serious off fences as cessation some 30 in a state power terrorist a to the t. S. And so on and so on at the same time chinese troops are stationed in hong kong held a joint military exercise showing off their military might. Not some of the other stories making news around the world. Uganda has temporarily opened its borders to thousands of people fleeing violence in the eastern democratic republic of congo border crossings had to stop because of the pandemic leaving refugees stuck in a remote area the un says violence in the eastern d r c has to be displaced over a 1000000 people since january. Germanys Defense Ministry has ordered the partial dissolution of the countrys elite commandos force following reports of right wing extremism in the ranks the unit specializes in anti terror and rescue operations and faces reorganization the defense minister is quoted as saying the unit has a quote toxic leadership culture. Mississippi the last us state with a confederate symbol on its flag has lowered the banner for the last time and retired it to a museum the ceremony was held a day after the governor approved changes to the flag in the wake of Racial Justice protest the commission is to come up with a new design. Germany has taken over the rotating presidency of the European UnionCouncil Standing in front of berlins Brandenburg Gate foreign minister heiko must symbolically receive the baton from his croatian counterpart croatia held the presidency in the 1st 6 months of this year germanys spell at the helm is set to be dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout one of the 1st challenges will be to make sure the block 7 year Financial Framework is approved by member states. We want to solve the most important problems that are the basis for quickly getting out of the economic downturn into which we got as a result of the corona pandemic this has to happen in solitary to no one should be left behind even in europe Everyone Needs to do well because only then we would be able to profit from each other we want to ensure a europe becomes united and just see as a united force against a background of competition between the major powers the United States russia and china we will only be able to defend our values or interests in future if we do so as europeans help encourage them to get us out. U. S. President trump is dismissing allegations that russia paid bounties to taliban linked fighters to kill and kill u. S. Troops in afghanistan and hes dismissing claims that his administration failed to act on the intelligence its not clear how many u. S. Casualties in afghanistan are under suspicion but the white house is coming under increasing pressure from from lawmakers of both parties to provide answers. 3 American Marines killed by a car bomb in afghanistan planted by the taliban the radical Islamist Group allegedly received a bounty for the i. P. L. 2019 attack thats according to a report by the New York Times which details of money transfers from Russian MilitaryIntelligence Services to a bank account linked to the taliban the American Secret Services have reportedly known about the transfer for months the allegations have set the white house on the defensive did President Trump know about the alleged russian bounty as the New York Times article suggests. Trump hit back at the allegations on twitter claiming that the report was just one of the story concocted by the Fake News Media an attempt to hurt the Republican Party the white house defended trumps handling of the issue saying that he couldnt have been told about the intelligence reports. Or an asset to the president does agree and he also consumes intelligence virtually if this president ill tell you is the most informed person on planet earth when it comes to the threats that we face the white house said trump was not informed of the alleged bounty plot because different intelligence agencies had reached different conclusions on the credibility of the information you want nevertheless the information was considered important enough to register according to the u. S. National security adviser we distribute this one teligent even though it wasnt verified because we were concerned about it we gave it to u. S. Forces and we gave it to Coalition Forces to make sure they could have force protection that means u. S. Forces. In afghanistan would most likely full blown up a possible russian bounty attack if trump was privy to the information why did he not confront russia with it political analysts cite trumps approach to russian president Vladimir Putin could be characterized as being served by many saying his days of doing business in russia could even make trump susceptible to blackmail there must be some financial connection there that is made president scared of taking any action against the resistance to do so and hence oftentimes when the president is interacting with. You its more like a supplicant like a person who is wanting to keep an investor happy as opposed to someone that is standing up for u. S. Interests. In the president ial candidate joe biden took the opportunity to take a swipe at trump. The idea that somehow he didnt know what version of being briefed it is a dereliction of duty its acetates and if he was briefed and nothing was done about this thats it very much in the. U. S. Marines killed in action by the taliban have now become embroiled in a controversy as the president ial Election Campaign heats up. Were joined now by our correspondent in washington all over salad all over thanks for joining us so the president called these claims a hoax but his ministration his has been briefed and theyve been briefing now that members of congress about this so even if trump didnt know about the intelligence could we assume that at least others in the administration did. We can assume so yes and that since quiet sometime because reportedly the white house was 1st informed of all these russian volunteers an 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 inter 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 kailey 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 the. Well the americans are generally tired of wars and president tom has been getting a lot of support for pulling out troops off 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 interests 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 sponsor the killing of george floyd and that is very much reflected in polling right now and the president is losing support in his key battleground states all over south in washington thank you now russian president Vladimir Putin looks set to extend his hold on power into the next decade with 90 percent of the votes counted in a weeklong constitutional referendum Election Officials say nearly 80 percent voted in favor of putins proposed changes the allow him to run for 2 more terms as president. President Vladimir Putin is probably the only person who came to this moscow polling station without a mask. Today is the last day of the russian wide vote the kremlin even declared a bank holiday so that as many people as possible could take part. The constitutional reform has already been legally approved by the countrys national and regional parliaments to a public vote to validate the move the investments provide for many popular social changes including regular pension increases and a minimum wage but theyll also allows law to me putin to continue running for president theoretically he could remain in the kremlin till 2036 this man voted no he says i dont need a new czar i like it because im afraid of change whenever things change in russia we end up worse off than before. And you. At some polling stations voters were only required to show their passports election observers were not allowed complete access and while voting was still in progress the 1st results were published with the procedure is highly questionable the vote itself the whole process was invented solely for this purpose a referendum like this is not even provided for in the constitution. Going by already published preliminary results it looks like a big majority favors the amendments. Now while many countries are still fighting to curb the pandemic its a different story in the Czech Republic people there celebrated a perceived end to the Coronavirus Crisis with a Massive Public dinner party in the capital large crowds gathered on pragues charles bridge and sat down to dine at i just cant take 500 meter table. Were not seeing pictures of that right now but i can tell you the country has now eased most restrictions which have been which were introduced fairly early on in the pandemic the Czech Republic registered fewer than 12000 coronavirus cases this is the charge bridge youre seeing now and a dinner party there registered 12000. 00 front of virus cases over the past few months but the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic is not over and precautions still need to be taken. Now thats the news im always on is a from berlin dont forget you can get the latest on our website thats t. V. Dot com or you can follow us on twitter and instagram as well youre watching t. V. News stay tuned and thanks for watching. Language courses. Video. Anytime anywhere. W