Fighting to bring his daughter and grandson. Welcome u. S. Secretary of state mike peo is visiting denmark to try to persuade it to stop walk on the north stream to gas pipeline passing through its waters denmark has just given the go ahead for the work but pale hopes to get the danes to change their minds the u. S. Believes the pipeline to make germany dependent on russian gas. Eiffels last week that pompei or Want Companies involved in the project they would be subject to u. S. Penalties if they didnt hold fair work. On the baltic sea gas pipeline north stream 2 is still moving forward albeit slowly the u. S. Has threatened sanctions for Companies Participating in the project so right now there is just one russian ship laying the pipes for the remaining 160 kilometers. The pipeline runs parallel to the north stream one pipeline from russia to germany 1200 kilometers across the baltic once complete it will allow russia to supply double the current volume of gas the United States says germany is making itself dependent on russia earlier this month u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o warned against continuing to build the pipeline this action puts investments or other activities that are related to these Russian Energy export pipelines at risk of u. S. Sanctions its a clear warning to companies aiding and abetting russias malign influence projects will not be tolerated get out now or risk the consequences germany has rejected the criticism and says sanctions would be contrary to International Law now denmark has given permission for additional vessels to work on the last phase of the pipeline within its territorial waters that means work on the project may soon pick up speed angering pompei oh and the white house. But how has the German Government reacted to this latest u. S. Diplomatic offensive against north stream to the Political Editor became a cure for spoke to German Defense minister. System allstream is a project that is also being debated among but also nato member states. Too there is concern that germany could become too dependent on russian gas a concern we were able to diffuse but its also about the concerns in the interests of ukraine and poland which have to be negotiated into the contracts this was in front went to the u. S. Right if sanctions and government have the clear position that these are not in accordance with international rules. And the character of who conducted that interview joins us now from our politics studio because. It isnt just germanys defense minister shes also the chair of chancellor Angela Merkel c. D. U. Party and a close ally of the chancellor what else did she have to say about the nord stream pipeline controversy. Well its quite clear that the whole question of how countries in the e. U. Relate to russia is also an overarching theme of germanys you presidency that is currently taking place and those meetings of defense ministers that honestly have come combo or will be chairing and there shes been talking to many countries who either see a very concrete threats particularly in the east and in the Baltic States and other countries that take a different asked who dont want to see more cooperation and heres germany that also again stiff resistance from many e. U. Member states is pushing ahead what it took a very long time for under machall to actually accept has a political implication that pipeline between russia and germany germany may be in the right when it comes to International Law but with a defunct World Trade Organization at the moment and those tense relations to what it says is its closest allies across there across the atlantic and washington this still is a very open and a very difficult spot for the dont govern and to be in better ministration in washington has taken a very hard line on the not stream pipeline but with u. S. President ial elections due in 4 months time do you think mccain other berlin is thinking of just sitting this one out. Well i mean its not for saw who will win those elections they are wide open and the democrats can that too biden may be in the lead for now but still several months off until november and that is a very long time in politics when you are dealing with such a concrete threat as congress has a big say in that of course as well and the big question is how much damage will have been done whoever becomes the next president and what 1st seeing those damaged relations can be continued for now this remains an issue would germany also cant back out because that would be conceding to what in the end also other National Interests across the atlantic so its still a very open situation it havent you Political Editor because thank you very much now to some of the other stories making news around the world is very protesters have blocked roads Near Parliament in jerusalem demonstrating against registration that would grant the government the right to bypass lawmakers to combat the coronavirus that follows a night of protesting at the residence of Prime Minister binyamin netanyahu. U. S. President donald trump has told americans to wear masks when social distancing is not possible say face coverings can have an effect against a total novice trump has previously done played the impact of mosques and has been reluctant to wear one himself in public. The u. S. City of Portland Oregon has seen further clashes between protesters and federal Law Enforcement officers sent by President Donald Trump to end anti racism protests there 990 s. Have been hunted the essence of death of george floyd in Police Custody in may. And staying in the United States where the government has ordered china to close its consulate in Houston Texas saying it was necessary measures to protect American Intellectual property within hours of the detective being issued firefighters were called to the consulate responding to reports that paper was being in waste bins beijing has told us order a political provocation and a violation of international norms. Lets speak to tyson baka from the Truman National security project here in berlin tyson what more do we know about why the u. S. Has taken this step well clearly this is an s. Clip tory step on the part of the u. S. And we dont exactly know the reasons they have the u. S. Is not given exact reasons but we do know is the kind of atmosphere around this the u. S. Has unsealed a an indictment the department of justice on tuesday involving 2 chinese hackers that have been infiltrating Research Centers looking into it 19 back seems the as you mentioned earlier might pump a 0 is doing a trip through europe he was just in the u. K. Pushing for other countries to ban walkway so the relationship the tension and ration ship this pro is where does this leave diplomatic ties between the 2 countries. Theyre theyre extremely fraught right now i think when you look at the kind of Global Landscape china and the United States are crisscrossing our allies partners pushing for partners to take a tougher stance because of the the out there the chinese have become quite aggressive here in europe for example with what theyre calling a world war your diplomacy pushing. Partners to allow walkway for example to take part to participate in 5 g. Infrastructure development places like germany. Its quite tense and in the United States this idea of you know a great power conflict with china has has credibility has it given credence in a bipartisan way theres a lot of support for this in congress as well do you think that the trumpet missed ration is also hardening its position on china given that we are in an election year. Well you know there is obviously a political overtone to this the Trump Campaign has made a point of saying that that trump President Trump is tougher on china that joe biden will soften china that he was supportive of integrating china into the global trade system for example in the ninetys and early 2000 that he has a record that doesnt match well with with trumps record. Its not clear that thats going to work the rhetoric coming out of the Biden Campaign its very similar to the term fredricka and a lot of the support for toughening sanctions measures in the senate and house which are moving right now banning to talk for example on federal devices thats all coming from the democrats as well as the republicans are suboxone from the Truman National security project in berlin thanks so much thank you. Books have not been a safe trade in hong kong for several years some booksellers mysteriously disappeared 5 years ago and turned up a few months later saying theyve been held in Mainland China now with the tough new security law imposed by beijing last month a growing number of hong kong authors publishers and bookstores are moving their businesses abroad or censoring their own products publishing books in hong kong hasnt been easy for a while especially one about the last years protests for publisher raymond the new Chinese Security law has changed everything about his current project a collection of articles written by thousands of people who took part in the demonstrations right man and his team have been taking a word some pictures that could. They have even changed the book cover these tax on patience mark some of this socalled to boost. Because if i can make a likability most of the political slogans were removed such as the popular protest slogan or liberate hong kong revolution of our times which has recently been declared illegal to hold on hold here we also deleted the current house which we advocate or imply secession but no one can tell us how exactly that red line is drawn not even lawyers its the most painful project ive gone on for years ive also been a. Clerk was to have been published 2 months ago but that still hasnt happened as 5 printers have rejected it because of the sensitivity some ask raymond to change part of the content that rarely happened in the past this trip it has bookstores also turned it down. Beijing sweeping law is not only deterring new publications but its also affecting older ones jimmy page a federal publisher who has worked in the industry for over 3 the case has also felt that he has to spend a further publication after book police last year to mark 30 of any of those 3 other tim. The remaining copies wont be put on display at book fairs anymore. I think this is the biggest crisis facing the whole industry everyone is anxious we dont want to be revolutionaries but free speech and promote knowledge the Water Quality do our citizens this diversity and enlightening ideologies vanish into combat hard to restore once there. I can make to see. Whats going on in hong kong is more than selfcensorship at least 9 written by opposition fighters have been moved from Public Libraries in order to review what are they breached and the law. And all other do the same if any. Possibly illegal. A growing number of hong kong authors publishers and bookstores are moving their businesses abroad neither jimmy ponyo raymond yo are ready to quit writing this book is taught to freedom thats what he wants to practice this fight the challenges they face a little you talk its frustrating but i will try to publish it in hong kong this book itself is a form of resistance the only way to keep the freedom of publication in life is to actually say that here and not to abandon the rights we do sound. Quality and dollars and i handled. But hes in the minority many more people in hong kong observing the situation from that time to fear for now beijings clout to speak up. In ukraine a hostage taking incident has been dissolved in an unusual way a gunman took over a bus with 38. 00 people on board in the western city of lights the gunman threatened them for 12 hours but he released them after president selenski agreed to his bizarre demand to recommend to people to watch a film. The egypt of insanely significances ukraines president recommends people watch a film about Animal Rights for those 6 seconds the man in this bus holding hostage is a complaint and surrounded by armed police is arguably the most powerful person in the country. The driver and his passengers were stuck on the bus for over 12 hours and as the evening approached tensions rose. But they took to avoid a bloodbath and the president made his video. Hes the man if it was obvious he needs to take this step actually if we can do anything without a soul shift if we can avoid persons life to respond to these principles i live with that have lived with continue the communities for motion. And it worked the hostages were freed within minutes of the video being posted on facebook their ordeal was over. And soon the man who had held them at gunpoint ended up like this. Really throughout their lives for more of the work hes not a balanced person he drew his own world in his head he came up with his revenge on this well formulated some feces. So its good everyone has a knife in another situation the special forces would have killed him thank god everything works out hes facing a very long prison term. The hostage taker face justice is 6 seconds of power unknown called. The mobile phone. Now to some more stories making news around the world chinese Emergency Services say theyre managed to rescue most of those trapped by flooding in the province last weekend more than 3000000 people have been hit hard flooding which worsened when levys doctor keep floodwaters back field on sunday. 7. 8 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of the alaskan peninsula in the u. S. State of alaska there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties or thought is have not cancelled the tsunami warning initially zeroed for the coastal area. Irish Budget Airline ryan at has announced that it will close its base at frankfurt on. Its also reported to be considering closing its hubs at. The decision is a response to german pilots as rejection of proposed pay cuts because of the covert 19. 00 business dumped on. You know us all the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic around the world more than one in 5 people in the indian capital delhi have been infected with the coronavirus according to a new antibody study that would mean more than 6000000 cases have gone undiagnosed in that city brazil has approved Clinical Trials for a potential vaccine under development by u. S. And German Pharmaceutical Companies brazil has reported 41000 new infections in one day bringing the countrys total to more than 2100000. 00 cases and face masks are now mandatory in public in the australian city of melbourne and the state of victoria of which melbourne is the capital has recorded its highest ever jump in infections with 484 new cases on wednesday had and its a dilemma many european governments face what to do with citizens who joined the socalled Islamic State in syria and iraq among them women and children many of them are living in kurdish controlled refugee camps their status in limbo European Countries are reluctant to bring their citizens back home preferred ng them to face trial in the region instead but human Rights Groups say governments should respect 3 of their citizens especially the most vulnerable and deal with them on home grown. The Biggest Group among these are french citizens including 400 women and children in our next report we meet and 21 whos fighting to bring his daughter and grandson back to france a quick note the man asked us not to use his real name. On turn is standing his ground the former trade unionist has defended workers rights his whole life but when 5 years ago is 26 year old daughter suddenly left to join isis in iraq he had dropped bottom. If. It was my house came tumbling down on top of me. She had always been a good student and we didnt see this thing coming at all her family is ignore stake but she converted to islam without telling us i told to you know what youre getting yourself into and who these people are that youre joining he. Last year his daughter was captured by the kurds and brought to the whole camp he kept in touch with her until she and her baby born in syria than just 5 weeks ago on one is today saying his face on camera for the 1st time he says he has nothing left to lose. I dont know exactly what she did but im not the judge she should be held accountable for her actions and she has the right to a fair trial like everyone else thats the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship where creating a 2nd going to meet there and what about my grandson 18 months old hes responsible for nothing more you know. The french government has only repatch rated about 30 children from the council and refuses to bring that women and men. We are proceeding according to International Law people should be judged in the country where they are alleged to have committed crimes we take back Young Children if and when the mother agrees that we should take charge of them. But this lawyer representing the families of 14 women in the camps says that approach actually goes against International Law. So the kurdistan doesnt exist so there are no judges anti us people are being arbitrarily detained plus their crimes started in front of it i think they are accused of joining a terrorist organization could move on should be judged here and these children are in mortal danger 300 of them died as a whole than 29000 jews to the Living Conditions france has an obligation to protect them but its leaving them there to russias. France is not the only country reluctant to repeat the trait its citizens were left to join the socalled Islamic State about 1000. 00 western europeans are still being held in syria and iraq only a few of them have been brought back so far. Together with other families on twan has gone to court to force the government to bring back his daughter and grandson he believes repatriation is actually in the governments own interest. In the recent attack on one camp the kurds just open the gates and some women escape to join i asked so leaving these people in the cabs is a lot more dangerous than bringing them back we always wonder if they managed to get away there is a real risk that they might commit more attacks here in france or you know hes determined not to lose hope so that one day he can finally meet his grandson. Joining me now is dr tim young of an from the International Center for counterterrorism think tank in the netherlands dr van ark welcome you are writing a book about foreign fighters and the fate of the children do you think your opinion countries adopting a goal slow approach to repair treating their citizens. Yes. In many respects governments have. Chosen to focus on the lack of public support and Public Perceptions in their Decision Making instead of focusing on what is available to them within the counterterrorism immigration and criminal law legislation and the tool kits that theyre available within them it is very clear that if individuals were repatriated into their country of citizenship theres more did nothing to legislation to bring them in to trial and or to impose administrative measures. If there is criminal behavior it has started in the country of citizenship if these individuals were radicalized it started in the country of citizenship and a country citizenship needs to take responsibility you spoke about a lack of objects or amongst other things thats just one focus on that isnt 3rd born out of a feeling that there could be security risks in bringing foremost under state members to your home for instance some of the patterns of truckers 115 of the brussels attack as a vendor 16 have links to Islamic State. This is this is true. But at the same time were talking about hundreds of individuals. All of whom are painted undeserving of state help and state support and while some may be a Security Threat it is not all that or a Security Threat and certainly not to children and almost all of the children and i regard it as causing a future Security Threat because of alleged criminal behavior of their parents separately we still have to look into what is the evidence available that the parents have indeed engaged in some criminal behavior. And in many respects because there is a lack of public support and western states are very unwilling to invest Political Capital and resources into sitting the p. T. A. Sions even of children unless theyre all front what do you think your opinion governments should be doing to tackle this situation. One of the things that they can do is if they can facilitate or at least make it easier for individuals to return to a country of citizenship. This is borne one of their responsibility for their citizenship too because any criminality alleged community would have started to confuse it isnt ship 3 the conditions in the camps and being described as deplorable and reaching the trash a living human in degrading treatment as recently as last week by the u. K. Court of appeal this situation and the really severe risks of physical and Mental Health can trigger even further to be furder radicalization instead of actually taking these individuals for rehabilitation and that is that would pose a longer term Security Threat we leave it there for the time being but thank you for joining us dr manion afghan from the International Center for counterterrorism thank you for having. Now to the story of a teenage footballer in russia whos got to be one of the luckiest people alive and they need to look out for that fleeting moment when the blinding lightning flash strikes the page of a small moscow stadium that was evens of what else was knocked unconscious his jersey burned and smoking tributary to the only evidence of the strike is a ban on several schemes chests. Another look at the flash shows the stunning part of lightning which somehow spared the 16 year old boy. Youre watching you know been used as a reminder of story. U. S. Secretary of state. Is trying to. Walk on the north stream to pipeline. Thats despite having just given the go ahead for the work of 5 russian gas through germany. Youre watching live from berlin dont forget you can keep up to date with the news on our website thats coming to. An instagram at. As ive finished energy now back in 15 minutes. Ok your distain. Corona virus has changed almost everything. How we live. 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