A scaled down ceremony is held in paris paying tribute to the Nations Health care workers. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show u. S. President donald trump has made good on his threat to end hong kongs special status trump has signed an executive order to strip the city of its trade privileges and bring it in line with Mainland China he also announced sanctions against officials and banks involved in beijings crackdown on Civil Liberties in the territory to their side legislation. And an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppression of actions against the people of hong kong. The hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes wrong in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets a lot of people will be leaving hong kong i suspect well g. W. Correspondent Stephan Simons is covering that story for us from washington d. C. Step on to tell us more about this executive order from trump what exactly could it mean for Hong Kong Well it basically means that any special treatment every professional treatment from the United States towards hong kong as it has a special status for the United States in trade and relationships is that this is over now and that comes on the heels of we just heard of the law which the senate and congress at home as a whole overwhelmingly signed off on issuing sanctions or giving the president the power to issue sanctions against individual and businesses in hong kong all behind this is of course chinas implementation insisting on implementing the new security law in hong kong with that the president says hong kong has to be treated like Mainland China and preferential treatment is over. All right well this executive order and if this law passed through congress and then signed by the president what effect would you be expect these to have. Well well of course relatively immediately if fact Business Done between america the United States and hong kong businesses they have big businesses which needs and enjoyed so far for many many decades since the. Great britain gave hong kong basically away and i did 97 back or back to china i should say. This was 2 systems and one country this is over now at least thats how the president and the United States congress as well as senate sees it and with this business will be hurt by this individuals will be hurt by this as you heard the president saying he expecting a lot of people Financial Institutions for example start up companies all what hong kong actually stands for and made its name off well be leaving probably hong kong because there is no preferential treatment anymore there is no fair trade anymore in the eyes of the president that means he will occur any activism. Off u. S. Companies in hong kong because its going to be not as beneficial and productive for them to do business with hong kong right while relations between it china and the United States have been at a low with the trumpet ministration especially on the offensive in the last few weeks why is from taking aim at china now. Presence on the lot of pressure actually from friend and foe meaning democrats as well as republicans as friends in this case. To be and to display a harder stance against china if you remember during this whole Coronavirus Crisis in the beginning the president was actually. Saying that beijing did a great job and. Preventing p. Did it wonderful job in trying to prevent the coronavirus by the way he did not mention coronavirus or what is going on in this country right now with rising case numbers as well as death in the country he had due to covert 19 he did not mention that at all however days also a little bit of back drop with stealing intellectual property there was if you remember just 2 weeks back a statement from the f. B. I. Director in front of the in front of congress saying that china is the worst in stealing or trying to steal intellectual property from the United States and that is not sitting really well with the president so the president now portraying china as enemy number one if it comes when it comes to a coronavirus the. Hong kong and the new security law and see stealing intellectual property or any other comic secrets from the United States and Stefan Simons in washington d. C. Thank you very much. Well lets go now to some other stories making news around the world maxwell has been denied bail after pleading not guilty to sex crimes charges linked to alleged dealings with her former associate Jeffrey Epstein u. S. Prosecutors say the british socialite is a flight risk shes accused of helping the late financier recruit and abuse minors. A 3rd of bangladesh is under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade Officials Say close to 1500000 people in the north of the country have either been marooned by the flooding or forced to flee their homes rivers are expected to rise further in coming days. Thousands have called on israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to resign in a protest outside his official residence in jerusalem and yahoo has seen his popularity drop in recent weeks as he faces a trial on corruption charges and grapples with a deepening Coronavirus Crisis. Well in france millions of people have been celebrating best deal day the countrys National Holiday only this year its taking place under the shadow of coronavirus public celebrations have been cancelled or scaled back to keep the virus in check in the capital paris for the 1st time since 1945 authorities have canceled the traditional parade along the shot of these day instead of frances leaders paid tribute to the doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus fight. An Emotional Message of thanks for frances Health Care Workers normally its the de france marks the birth of its republic with military pump a marching soldiers but this years but still going on of the essential work is on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. And its not just tributes president mccrone has already promised 8000000000. 00 euros to fund pay rises for existing nurses and care workers and to hire more. But thats too little too late for the thousands of protesters a few kilometers away Many Health Workers are angry that it took a pandemic to draw attention to years of cost cuts that have put Health Services under pressure. I did it 1st of all were not heroes we save lives this day is honoring the military. Because i no longer have confidence not in my country not in my president not in my government not in justice she sees. The cry of alarm has been sounded in Emergency Rooms and other medical departments with some closing maternity wards are closing although we need them. Normally crowds would fill the streets to watch the official celebrations but members of the public were not allowed to attend. Instead family members of medical workers who died fighting the pandemic joined president mccrone to watch a smaller military display physically distance troops will face masks and thats one Health Measure the president wants to expand. This week going to court in the next weeks i would like moss to be compulsory in all close public spaces were doing it already on public transport and it works in a bastille day t. V. Interview mccrone also acknowledged the reinfection rate was rising but he announced plans to reopen all schools in september on the conditions as normal as possible. As front celebrates a national day that was far from normal essential workers hope the attention the pandemic has bought them will bring better pay and conditions long after the applause fades. The trial against a molly jihadist accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity is underway at the International Criminal court in the hague has signed i got the door Mohamed Mahmoud headed the Islamic Police in the mali and city of timbuktu and west africa prosecutors allege he was responsible for torture rape and sexual slavery but his defense lawyers say hes unfit for trial due to posttraumatic stress disorder pandemic Safety Measures meant followed proceedings from behind plexiglass because the International Criminal court in the hague charges him with crimes against humanity and with serious war crimes. One basket. In the period between april 20th and january 2030 in all the members of the dean organization forced the people of mali to follow its ideology and committed serious engine crimes in doing so. As chief of Regional Police is said to terrorize the people of northern mali his atrocities are alleged to have been directed particularly at women torture rape sexual and sleeve meant forced marriage. Other accusations include the enforcement without due process of punishments like the public severance of hands or stoning hes also said to have taken part in attacks on Historic Monuments and religious buildings it is important for us and also for the people in to look through to shed light on the reality of what has happened and whether he is innocent or guilty its the 2nd time that a representative of the Islamist Group dean has appeared before the International Criminal court which says that the trial is a symbol of support for Peace Security and stability in mali. Well while his identity is unknown his artwork is far from that british street artist banksy is distinctive stenciling style and dark humor have made him one of the worlds most famous graffiti artists on tuesday he released a video showing his newest artwork painted in a london subway train and commenting on the worlds response to the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks he presented his new work in an online video the anonymous artists latest installation was done on the London Underground it was titled if you dont mask you dont get. Banksy usually targets Public Places and combine street art techniques with topical things. People on the train at the time may have not known what was going on but probably would have guessed his message with coronavirus related. New. Banks these pieces are often sold for large sums of money leading many on line to joke that this artwork might have just made this train one of londons most expensive. Well soccer news now and Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has lashed out at rivals across europe this after the International Court of arbitration for sport on monday overturned a 2 year ban on man city from the Champions League it was a widely criticised decision but calls it a good day for football. Will be in Champions League next season because what we did with did a programme that is the Manchester City view of a hotly debated topic in europe indeed around the world how can your opinion footballs governing body you wait for level the Playing Field financially so that its not only the really really rich clubs in owners who dominate the way for says man City Management broke the rules and they needed to pay for it. But at the court of arbitration for sport you waive his 2 year ban on city from the big money Champions League was overturned. And street judges independent judges. So todays a good day yes it was a good day for the pool because we play with the same rules of financial play for all the clubs in europe all of them a sign that the club wasnt completely exonerated by the courts you waived was fine against city was upheld but reduced from 30000000 euros to 10 a laughable fine says the german football associations former top money man Christiane Muller believes you way for looks inept and the sport of football looks bad for a fine for someone who says i want success in sports no matter what it costs where money is so to speak the very means to sporting success that is completely absurd. Absorbed still the coach of last seasons premier League Champions and the seasons runners up believes he is owed an apology from other coaches and clubs after his clubs lawyers picked up the biggest win of the season. Youre watching. Dont forget you can stay up to date with all the latest on our website www dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram as well at the unit and play richardson thank you so much for joining us. On the whole. Second season on the. Back environment still about Society Still about planets on the brink we spoke to several leading experts in the 1st