Under age girls 1st sexual abuse and danger in distrust in rios favelas says corona virus cases skyrocket they are people in those longs are now seeing cases themselves plus its been a cathedral a mosque and a museum now in stamboul famous i associate could become a mosque again a controversial and political move that could have implications for the worlds 2 largest religions. Im burnt off to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome it has been 23 years since the u. K. Left hong kong now britain is offering hong kong a way l. The u. K. Has pledged to allow up to 3000000 people from hong kong the right to live in the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson made the offer after beijing in. Posed a Controversial National security law on hong kong it out walls public displays of program dependent sentiment and it carries a life sentence the potential of a life sentence for offenders the measures have drawn international condemnation. Tensions in hong kong on the rise one day after beijing implemented its controversial security law the Civil Liberties hong kong this had been promised and to 2047 gone london says beijing is guilty of what is described as a clear and serious violation of a treaty that paved the way for who comes handover from britain to china in 1970 and close to 3000000 hong kong residents have been promised a pathway to british citizenship basis for all International Relations we make clear mr speaker that if china continue down this path we would reach introduce a new route for those with British Nationals overseas status to enter the u. K. Granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the u. K. And theyre off to to apply for citizenship and that is precisely what we will do to us truly is contemplating a similar move. We are considering very actively in their proposals that i asked to be brought forward several weeks ago and the following touches a being put on the rise and also be considered by cabinet to provide similar opportunities and we think thats important and very consistent with who we are as a people. Beijing is demanding both britain and australia stop interfering in what it calls its own internal affairs it also accused london of violating pasta agreements the Chinese Embassy and the 4 hong kong was returned to china the United Kingdom clearly promised it would not grant United Kingdom residency rights to British Nationals overseas travel document hold as in total disregard of chinas solemn position the u. K. Has obstinately changed its position and its now overing a route for residency and citizenship for these people to. Beijing maintains that the passing of the new security law was necessary to prevent the repetition of violent protests that paralyzed hong kong for months but few on the streets of hong kong buy into that narrative some already say they are ready to accept britains offer to meet there if possible that you like a ring to it could really provide me an opportunity to settle in the u. K. That i dont necessarily have to stay in hong kong or dialogue gives us one more way out which i still love him come very much but our reapply for the British National overseas passport 1st and decide whether to stay or leave after the details a confirmed. But not everyone is eligible to apply for citizenship some people will have to stay in hong kong and learn to live with the new reality. There for that now im joined by Sophie Richardson she is the china director at Human Rights Watch she joins me from new york its good to have you on the program let me start 1st with this new law what can hong kong expect with this new security law now in effect. Well they can expect ambiguity which is exactly what they doing hasnt mine the way the law is worded really leaves almost any kind of speech or behavior subject to being prosecuted under the new law and so where in the past congress have been free to attend protests or run for office or engage in other kinds of civic activities without any fear of reprisals they will now have to think twice about that in any other papers in what does that mean then for britains offer of a pathway to citizenship for hong kong residents i mean could hong kong or his be arrested and charged with colluding with a foreign power if they were do except this offer. Inferi yes its a great point but ive never the less i think its important for governments to step up and off the offer people can come from people from hong kong safe haven if thats what they want but i think there is still lots of details to be worked out even in the u. K. Is on offer. And even if hong kong are able to get to the u. K. What about the possibility of ever going back to hong kong. I think that really remains an open question it was only been in effect for 48 hours and certainly theyve been a very distressing 48 hours but i think it remains to be seen over the coming months what sorts of behavior the authorities really are going to go after how hong kong courts are going to handle those cases if in fact theyre given the opportunity to you know the fact remains that International Human rights law still pertains in hong kong and so i think were going to see people continue to try to use the space thats available to them whether some people even for a while now and try to go back i think its just a little bit too early to tell mr jim what do you see happening china is now flexing its muscle in hong kong what would happen if it were to try to do something similar regarding taiwan. Well i think that would take us down a different path given the degree of International Support for china i want to add so you have a distinct country an entity. But theres no doubt that beijing is becoming much more aggressive diplomatically the fact that the way the National Security law for hong kong is written it suggests that it actually appliance all over the world such that the conversation you and i are having right now could be considered sedition or form collusion and we could be prosecuted for it if the local authorities where we were sitting agreed to that but whether its at the u. N. Security council in the york and Human Rights Council in geneva whether its in other International Bodies the Chinese Government is absolutely taking a much more aggressive an anti rights position and its really up to other governments to push back forcefully against that. So he richardson with Human Rights Watch joining us tonight from new york mr richardson we appreciate your time your insights thank you thank you. Well heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world an explosion at a building above one of irans underground Nuclear Enrichment facilities is being downplayed by the countrys Atomic Energy agency a spokesperson who rushed to the scene told state television that the incident effected only and industrial sched the facility has been targeted for sabotage in the past the worlds mountain of discarded t. V. s mobile phones and other electronic goods grew to a record high last year a year when banks reports estimating the amount of easy ways piled up globally was more than 53000000 tons now that is the equivalent of 350 giant cruise ship. The u. S. Economy regained almost 5000000. 00 jobs in june as businesses began to reopen across the country that pushed the Unemployment Rate down within 2 points to just over 11 percent the rebound may be short lived however with a new round of closings and layoffs being triggered by a resurgence of the corona virus. The british socialite just plain maxwell the former girlfriend of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested in the United States the 58 year old is said to have recruited girls to give epstein massages during which they were pressured into having sex abstain was arrested last year in new york and apparently killed himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges and indictments made public thursday says the girls abused were as young as 14 maxwell has previously denied any wrongdoing. The acting u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york says maxwell played a Critical Role in epsteins alleged Sexual Misconduct maxwell lied. The truth. As alleged was almost unspeakable maxwell in tights to minor girls got them to trust her then delivered them into the trap that she epstein had set for them she pretended to be a woman they could trust all the while she was setting them up to be sexually abused by epstein and in some cases by maxwell herself this is an Important Development in this case to talk about it was bring in. Our correspondent in washington good afternoon to you. I mean this is a Big Development but it makes you wonder why did it take so long to get a hold in a rest someone who was so close to Jeffrey Epstein. Well in part because she was so close to him of course and it was also not possible to find her just lay maxwells whereabouts were a misery since epstein committed suicide a years ago and the charges made against Jeffrey Epstein put her next well under pressure as well you have to understand max will have been accused for years to lure young girls into sex abuse with Jeffrey Epstein but there were never there was never a criminal charges resulting out of these accusations and that would have certainly changed with the trial against Jeffrey Epstein but as he was awaiting this trial he committed suicide last summer in 2000 and team in a jail in new york and it seems like just when just plain maxwell went into hiding after that so she could not be charged further slowing down the proceedings and apparently she was living on a property in New Hampshire that you bought last year with cash also using a limited Liability Company to hide her identity and it was there where she was eventually arrested on thursday to date by the f. B. I. No you know people have been asking me questions about which high profile personalities may have been involved with jeffrey obscene we dont know that how high would you say is the chance that now with his longtime associate infringers lee maxwell charged but we will finally find out the true extent of the crimes that it was accused. Of the chances are of course that were going to learn more about Jeffrey Epstein and maxwells criminal doings maxwell lived for years with epstein she played a crucial role allegedly in finding victims for Jeffrey Epstein she knew him pretty well of course and also played a crucial part of a very Important Role in his doings and the prosecutor said that macs will help epstein to recruit and abuse young girls so she is also accused of participating in that abuse and will be able to talk in full detail about activities simply because she was part of them and so many victims now are hoping for justice after decades of waiting and one victims of one of the victims attorneys today said that his clients were relieved by the charges made against. Maxwell the big hope of course is that we are going to learn the truth about this alleged sex trafficking operation that was carried out by Jeffrey Epstein allegedly and just lean maxwell yeah its a big mystery and lots of Unanswered Questions rich remain oversell on the story boards in washington all over thank you. On to the United States were going to stay in the United States which is approaching its 4th of july holiday this year many people are swapping the parades and fireworks for solitude and social distancing americas corona Virus Outbreak is getting worse nearly 50000. 00 new infections confirmed within the span of 24 hours yesterday thats a new record the soaring caseload is stretching many hospitals to the breaking point. A hospital in San Antonio Texas the intensive care unit is full they thought they had the pandemic under control but theyve got more patients now than before they dont have enough beds or ventilators. For yesterday was probably one of my worst days that ive ever had and why i got 10 calls all of whom are young people who otherwise would be excellent candidates to be able to put on a more of a theyre so sick that if they dont get put on they dont get that support theyre probably going to die i had 3 beds. 37 u. S. States have rising numbers of corona virus infections people wanted to get back to everyday life and get the economy back on track but now bars and restaurants are closed again as our beaches and that ahead of july 4th Independence Day ill agree with being told that we cant do anything expression on a holiday that this country is supposed to be celebrating independence i feel like people dont get their stuff together were just going to be doing this for barry a long time President Trump is playing down injection rates preferring to praise the American Economy for creating jobs. 80 percent of Small Businesses are now open 80 percent. We think were going to have some very good numbers in the coming months because others are opening and especially as we put the flame out while authorities work to reinstate corona precautions trump has been preparing for Independence Day fireworks and flyovers in washington. Were now into the favelas of Rio De Janeiro in brazil where corona virus infection rates have dropped jumped through rather dramatically there is concern that the government is drastically under reporting 19 numbers so much so the residents have taken it upon themselves to do the counting. Nothing is the same since the pandemic hit Rio De Janeiros 5 fellahs adults are out of work children are home from school and cramped unhygenic Living Conditions greatly increase the risk of infection. Im scared my children will catch the virus we dont always have Running Water most of the time we have to haul it from far away and the children dont have any space to play. Experts estimate the number of unreported infections in the fellows to be extremely high thats why local residents have started counting the cases themselves. But many of those who died from chronic virus in our fellows didnt show up in the Health Authority statistics we know several examples in our circle of friends. Volunteers go door to door and record new cases not included in official data. Told you that there are several cases of the virus here. Some survive some dont. With the help of local residents volunteers are creating a log of cases in the bore real neighborhood. They use whatsapp to collect data on the latest infections not registered by local authorities. This state has been completely absent here ever since the fellows were built in rio we always have to reinvent ourselves and find new ways to survive in the. Brazilian president job also naro who still refuses to wear a face mask has consistently played down the danger the virus poses he has been heavily criticized for repeatedly manipulating the number of covert related deaths. The Old Fashioned counting method and transparency must be maintained you cant whitewash the figures. The exact number of corunna infections in brazil is not known too little testing is being carried out leandra nevus had typical covert 900 symptoms but was never tested if. I left our neighborhood so i wouldnt infect anyone. I slept on the beach at infinium for a week and a half and thought about my neighbors the whole time. Its social status in brazil that appears to dictate whether someone is officially infected or not the real numbers tell a very different story. And for more now im joined by correspondent mike he is a bird he is in Rio De Janeiro good evening to you once years you know weve weve heard this question now many times regarding the United States regarding russia and now regarding brazil why has this country why has the region in south america had such a great difficulty in controlling this virus. On the one hand there is a rebuilds naru a president who dont plate always the risk and the danger of this pandemic but on the other hand public administrations here on the continent are really weak or incompetent in some ways dealing with this crisis which is much more complex than others before the hygiene circumstances are not the best often poor people and not always have access to green king water and poor people always have to go to work in order to have their income so the virus can spread in the buses and the metro so yeah these are some problems we have to face here and some politicians did mistakes and for example in citta which reopened economy and and daily life and too early so after that president pinera had to go back to stronger measures had to decree a lockdown so there were mistakes and president s like also narrow often enough said that he wants more to protect economy than to protect lives and we know what the cost of doing that is least weve seen that in south america or our countries in south america are they working together at all to try and stop the further spread of the barnes we can see that so far because here in south america you dont have such a strong union a Political Union like we do have in europe so there are not same measures which have been taken or steps done so we can see or hear much cooperation since the beginning of the crisis the the borders where the borders there was not no or no access anymore to the neighbor countries the politicians stop any exchange so no they are not really working together especially in the spend demick what about the International Response to what is happening in latin america. We see some help from some countries for example germany sent some by road just to ecuador in piru they are actually in pirouette helping their the authorities to deal with the crisis but its not its not much they can do here at china sent some some help from some medical equipment and so on in the beginning of the crisis but its not the same extent of help them logically because. People of the countries are dealing with their own crisis around the world so we dont see a similar execute as we see when there is a quake or Something Else happening right correspondent much he has a birds in Rio De Janeiro what do you think you. Are going to return now to our top story the u. K. Offering residency to hong kong or is who want to leave the former british colony it comes as hong kongs new security law has gone into effect many saying that this new law will crush human and civil rights in the territory the leading prodemocracy activists and former hong kong politician nathan walt departed hong kong earlier today he confirmed that he had left the city in a tweet and he tweeted this so i bade my city farewell as the plane took off the runway i gazed down at the skyline i love so much for one last time he ended with the words glory to hong kong where nathan joins us tonight and i have to say joins us from an undisclosed location nathan its good to have you on the program i mean what she did does not happen without some serious risks which you are aware of how are you doing right now. Yes well under the national secretion law movement been doing campaigns nationally could be seen as a bridge of the law and it will lead to or even lifetime imprisonment and also possible extradition to china so thats a serious threat to was anyone who has been campaigning for hong kong issue internationally so i think for this piece of law it is to make full a squee saying the room for international africas you work fall hong kong activists so i think this is one of things that is why i chose to do my International Advocacy work on an International Level because that is the only way that we can keep the momentum and the spotlight on home call and get the well to do not shift out a phone call and knew that you were able to leave the territory is that a realistic option though for the majority of hong kong or who may be want to leave there are lots of prodemocracy activists for example who may want to leave the territory is that realistic for them or it depends on whether they are the possible outcomes as the case that whether they carry. Criminal offense with them so the government has been abused saying. Hold judiciary system to suppress political activists so a lot of them both the kennel the phone call because they call. That hospital being confiscated that that condition there is concern is that with this crackdown now in hong kong by china that were going to see the creation of an entire generation of hong kong refugees what do you say about that do you think thats going to happen. Well i think whether that a lot amount of revenue is refugees is a pending question by saying well reflects. From the incident that numerous country offering safe boat plan phone Company Voice actually hong kong mostly talented people they have a pretty good language cues and comic ition skills and they have good working experience and i think this is also the talent that these countries wont take the National Security indeed in post. Threats and also a sense of fear to the times the people and i think that would definitely home phone call in this. Most fundamental way what do you say. About britain and australia offering a pathway to citizenship for hong kong or if you want to leave well of course its a reflection of how serious the crisis that if you look at the past. Attitudes to us im calling issued a mostly quite tough if for now they indeed offer something that we couldnt have expected doing so so i think the National Security law indeed changed and shaped the narrative of the way it was on call which phone call is no longer no longer all parliaments and that one country 2 system is a blatant lie that the well see that and they said weve got about 20 seconds just want to ask you for the prodemocracy demonstrators in hong kong do you seem them having much of a fighting chance now moving forward. Yes indeed even though the future is green but i think the spirit of the phone company so they have really determination so i think the future weve got a future ahead orions nathan wall hong kong accidents joining us tonight from an undisclosed location and we appreciate your time. You sharing your story with us thank you very much thank you. Youre watching the w. News live from berlin after a short break ill be back to take you through the day tonight the United States and a perfect storm for a super spreading of event the 4th of july but no more up next. To. My smiling. Face he. Painted me. I come from a school there you see. New to me. My concept. I am an honest soldier the original. Secret of the sun starts july 3rd d. W. Im not laughing. Well i guess sometimes i am but i said nothing when. Thinks deep into the german culture looking at the stereotype the question if you think the future of the country that i found i. 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