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People you have to hang them because there was sponsible for what happened so corrupt and so criminal. Also on the day President Trump imposes a sweeping ballad on chinese tech what does the u. S. Descent into cyber nationalism mean for the future of communications. If we want to grow bored with people from china and us we have to find another solution that could cost the world but politically it will be getting more difficult. Leadership is facing growing anger over the deadly blast that killed more than 150. 00 people and injured. Opponents accuse the government of corruption incompetence and failing to move economic meltdown and now there are demands to know why nearly 3000 tons of explosive Ammonium Nitrate was sitting at the port for years but if people have now lost patience with the political debate. And the eruption of the anger that has been mounting in lebanon over the last few days police fired tear gas to disperse a small but enraged crowd on thursday night with some throwing stones at the officers. A return of the Anti Government demonstrations that had been ongoing before the explosion of beirut support their call for change has now even been acknowledged by lebanons president a longtime member of the countrys score and delete. Their. Yeah i heard it we are reconsidering our system which is built on consensus because it is paralyzed and incapable of swiftly exit cutin the citizens which have to be consensual and go through several. There were 4. But the change president own is willing to promote is not enough for lebanons distraught people a major protest is planned for saturday in central beirut. As investigations into the cause of the explosion continue the leader of hezbollah has denied any involvement hezbollah is the main shiite Muslim Political party as well as a militant group and part of the lebanese government theyre going to zation has been accused by different sides of bearing responsibility for the explosion. Leader has. Said neither weapons nor explosives belonging to hezbollah were being stored at the port describing all such accusations as false at the blast site rescuers are working in difficult conditions to try to locate those who are still missing likely buried under the twisted metal and broken concrete they are still hopeful of finding people alive 3 days after the explosion that shook beirut to its core. So how did we come to this Robin Roberts chats a g. s Deputy Editor in chief of german language magazine he joins us from berlin welcome to day w. Lets start with the investigation french investigators are already assisting the lebanese government with this investigation and there have been calls for an independent inquiry the president says the an independent investigation would dilute the truth what do you think. One whole lot of different claims being made some of them are contradictory nothing is clear at this moment. Into the test should feel the lebanese government has must manage to set up a Crisis Management Center Giving updates on the status of the investigation and the rescue operation president pretty much and now wants his own plan probably surprising even this holes and a lot of this from from outside swelled with that very far to the center of reform of the political system. So do you trust the lebanese government to launch and conduct a thorough investigation into this. Were presented to us of the lebanese government at this moment almost seem to be afraid to face their people and the anger out within especially the population especially in this area. Hit hard its high even going so far and literally demanding Capital Punishment for their political elite so theyre walking a very tight role they can still claiming that there are a democratically elected government and they change has to take place within within the institution and the procedures laid down in the constitution on paper thats right any meaningful reform that has. Been undertaken by this new government of Prime Minister has and has been stall for the minister of foreign minister of his government that he just a few days before the test repeat resigned and that are criticizing the lack of will meaningful reform with this government. Youve written this week that this explosion marks seek professional peak of state failure and corruption that has plagued lebanon for decades so its not been on a failed state. It has been a failed state that has feeling passion in this quiet awhile mainly because it could on the spur of the transfer of huge amounts of money and have another way of failing state still afloat so basically the lebanese government always bet on the feelings of the lebanese for their compatriots at home the real divide unleavened on in the population now its really between those who are hard of benefit from the system of distribution and those who are not and even these systems of tissue. Growing even with ball are by far not as much as capable as before to pay for contingencies and the base of often at the party its definitely running but they still have held sway in the house floor of the population especially in the countryside and thats where elections are being really determined thats where all the basic services that the lebanese and that the state doesnt provide. Distributer by local networks connected to the political elite so any attempt at 34. 00 will have to start at this level and have to take into account this really very special set of the lebanese political landscape. Effectively this the system of patronage seems to come up time and time again but its hard to see whats to do for the best and when because the country is now in the middle of a National Disaster is that the right time to change of government would not just add to the chaos. Thats certainly the argument. That all men were bringing in for the soul whats the alternative and question at the same question that the protestant moved faith. For when they took to the streets and actually not only protest. Youth the sentence to come up with alternative models of any station i think you can see this period of selfhelp and Community Based organisation right now during its rescue efforts and by route where its really on a neighborhood basis open with asian people or even expect any help from the state but even from the parking that works although of course they offered to get in of course they need to prove that they have some value for safety at this moment i think we should have a closer look at how they wrote if their turf are able to organize themselves without conference being held and i think that these very little efforts should be supported and at some point political reform will be necessary especially with the election laws but Community Based on station and especially in this part of space where its about reconstruction. This is a good approach thank you for joining us not minding that for us robert chaff a jew from zen if magazine. Blysse United States extending its trade dispute with china from the physical world into the Digital Space u. S. President donald trump asked me to tensions with beijing on thursday by issuing an executive order that forces americans to stop using chinese owned apps to talk and we chat the move against the worlds Fastest Growing social media site was expected at the back we chat wasnt. In just 6 weeks those uploading videos like this one to mobile app ticktock can find themselves on the wrong side of u. S. Law. The u. S. Has around 100000000 take talk users but not for much longer. On thursday washington issued an executive order banning u. S. Transactions with tick tocks Parent Company the white house believes the app threatens National Security saying it allows Chinas Communist Party to spy on u. S. Citizens china refutes that saying the u. S. Is merely upping the ante in the ongoing trade conflict with the u. S. Taking National Security as an excuse frequently abuses National Power and unreasonably suppresses companies of other countries this is an outright hegemonic act china is firmly opposed to it the controversy centers around this company by dance based in beijing it owns numerous apps including tech talk and residents in beijing were not happy about the american moves. Because i dont agree with this move from the u. S. It restricts the free Business Growth of tech talk but it also affects those American Youth who like tech talk so much. That it will be a while but i dont want to use American Products anymore and i will support the chinese alternatives and economic selfreliance what have you that way that. Recently u. S. Software Company Microsoft expressed interest in buying tick tock from byte dance the white house says if a u. S. Company bought the app the ban could be avoided the u. S. Governments executive order also focuses on 10 cent holdings the chinese owner of we chat hugely popular in china the messaging and social media could soon be banned in the United States as well. As take a closer look at this with an injunction is professor of Communications Studies at the. Diversity of North Carolina and shes an expert on china and Digital Technologies and welcome to day w professor but lets start with these u. S. Allegations that the tick tocks threatens National Security and the lives Chinas Communist Party to spawn u. S. Citizens all those on occasions credible well this is a very interesting because. The white house has not offered any a concrete evidence so far that ticktock is defying u. S. Security standards and that it has engaged in National Security reaching activities to talk in fact as publicly stated that its american ringback user data is stored in the United States it was back up in singapore and none of which is subject to the chinese law so. It seems that when it comes to Cyber Security and there is a lot of concern over foreign influence its quite understandable. Is it i look at this and youre the expert so you tell me i do i wonder how a chart the Chinese Government might weaponize data it collects from people who are links that sinking to music videos. Yes i think. To many people this seems to be somewhat of a leap right from lip sinking and dancing videos to National Security. And i think these fears are grounded in what at the chinese Cyber Security laws that have been recently developed dictate chinese Cyber Security law while you know promise same protecting user privacy does allow authorities to collect and use personal information without user consent and of course this framework. Is applicable applicable maining to chinese own networks its own citizens and so territory the you know this question about whether to talk or 10 cent or other chinese social Media Companies can act at the Chinese Governments b. Has to really open question because we have seen what happened before was u. S. Company and you know requested by u. S. Government and they say to turn over user data from abroad for u. S. Government so i think its a really open ended question right ok lets lets look at the the wider context here youve tweeted about this they spawn will take a look at what you wrote with trump bonding to talk it into that freedom is officially over in fact it was over when snowden revealed the n. S. A. s massive spying program now was he stopping other countries in the e. U. Asia south america to do the same to u. S. Firms if circumstances that are alive so so lets pick that apart so professor why does one country acting against a company on National Security grounds so and Internet Freedom. Well the idea of Internet Freedom and came along you know when are the United States backing 2010 protested against the Chinese Governments. Actions against google at the time google at the time actually had a presence in china and google felt compelled to leave china at the time the u. S. State department including secretary Hillary Clinton actually talked about the importance of Internet Freedom the idea that information should flow freely between countries across borders without in her section and thats sort of reflecting you know the offline 1st amendment freedom that we have enjoyed in much part of the United States in the United States in large part of the world that idea of a free flowing of nation as we have seen recently has come under a lot of pressure because of the chill political rivalry between the United States and china. This is this this notion of freedom is an interesting one is it because what should the internet bridge free why shouldnt National Governments control information that flows into its jurisdiction and out of its jurisdiction as it does with telephones for good right and by we have recognized over the past decade or so that the internet is certainly not an unmitigated blessing while you could play a really supportive throw in toppling for example authoritarian governments doing you know arab spring can also be used by talk received to spread propaganda and why not. In recently in liberal democracy we have seen that the internet has also being a sort of a groundswell for info if you know autocracy is and democracy is just in quite a bit difficult and briefly that i do think that mr trump would be quite as belligerent if the Company Involved wasnt chinese. That is a very interesting question we have seen those who move from the u. S. Government directing its restrictions mainly. You know countries that they label as authoritarian particularly with china and i think this is a really important to recognize that this is a continuation of what the United States government has been. Doing for quite some time early and we have seen u. S. Actions against the hallway right chinas telecom company. And this is a sort of a continuation of that same dynamic and the u. S. And china are really at the moment are locked in a chill political rivalry right to see who is the worlds number one and whos the worlds number 2 ok and when this dynamic is going on its incredible a difficult good talking to thank you for joining us professor min judd from the university of North Carolina thank you. Ok indias coronavirus caseload has topped 2000000. 00 more than doubling in less than a month Health Experts fear the true numbers could be even higher especially in the countrys densely packed megacities with its limited access to Health Care Despite this restrictions are still being lifted. 2000000 cases of a deadly high you can see just why it is these are not the scenes you expect. Yet india seems to have to conclude with 19 minutes trade. Shopkeeper at the reader is keeping busy. The business is fos lower than what it once was he is just glad to be up and running once more secure life has to start again everyone knows that we need to take precautions people know that they have to maintain social distancing because things are going to stay this way. Despite the high caseload people are still finding via shortens compile the numbers out of every trick over 1000 patients in india have recovered the official mortality rate is low as well and delhi has set an example. In june that he has care cost october ben by a dramatic rise in cases but thats the best thing ive finished today that would probably be its time that 90 percent there could be more than meets the eye in the Sample Survey the Delhi Government found that a fault of the people tested had had the quota and i was. This would mean 5000000 cases in delhi alone yet people seem confident. But the light doesnt keep setting at one place and you have to move on and safety basically is theyve been handed leave you have to take precautions and move on and look at the hospitals are doing better people were getting pushed around while in line for treatment but now theyre getting help theres no longer anything to be afraid of theres no problem were doing ok. India does have the was fostered growing our great normalcy however seems to be steadily fighting its way back. In well here in germany hundreds of students have been sent into schools in the northern states of matter west and. After a student teacher tested positive for the corona virus in the 1st week of the new school year Health Officials across the country are worried about a steady climb in infections was the number of new cases nationwide exceeds a 1000 for the 2nd consecutive day. Summertime and the leavings easy the threat of the coronavirus is waning for many in the country. I dont think about it at all not at all. I know one day how do you remember to wear your mask. But when you leave public areas its easy to forget im sure old. Discipline is falling to the wayside people are letting their guard down because the threat doesnt seem so serious anymore according to the psychologists. The soft people are at a point where they think of testing the limits some see maybe i can take my mask off here when its actually necessary then another person sees that and then theres a Snowball Effect of not Wearing Masks least. The numbers are rising germanys Public Health institute has recorded more than 8000 coronavirus cases twice this week the highest number of new infections in 3 months officials are growing concerned. And shocked so how does a sweeping the virus in check is a marathon and a team effort we can only do it together you might see. An increasing number of clusters have emerged theres also the danger of people bringing back the virus from other countries Frankfurt Airport is offering free voluntary tests and starting this saturday returning to germany from high risk areas will be required to take a test free of charge if its taken within 3 days. Of a voice i am very aware that this is an infringement on personal freedom but i think its a reasonable one if. Those who dont get tested in time face a fine of up to 25000 euros. So will there be steep fines for those who dont wear masks or practice social distancing this Government Official says yes. There are states in germany that already have penalties in place and i have the feeling that people are becoming more aware of the importance of Wearing Masks but if its necessary then tough penalties should be implemented so youd. Care for a summer while trying to contain the virus a balancing act for germany. Oh day is almost done they come sation continues live you can join us on twitter either. News or you can follow me to. Get to use the hash tag the day. Of the. Motor sport is it still a mans time no way. To compete in research money. And their winning. Our reza motorsport Expert Consensus the fastest female wrestler car driver is a long time. Lets. Read. News on t. W. Heidelberg as romantic as ever at the top are staying away because of the coronavirus. What does that mean for local bookstore if so like me. Whats the big. Like. Destination for people from all over the. Media even more romantic than before check in. In 60 minutes d w. Is for me to be told is free news. 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