Goes next. I british my misery welcome to dublin news asia its good to have you with us chinas foreign minister has said a recently introduced security law was needed to bring peace to the streets of Hong Kong Wang he made the remarks earlier in the day as he met German Foreign minister. Just outside berlin wang said hong kong i didnt care also the high point of street protests and the law which critics have described as being draconian was required to calm the protests just more force he said. Over 80 per cent of the people in hong kong think that their lives and rights have not been affected by the National Security law. Besides all foreign nationals and by Foreign Companies in hong kong can have their benefits legally and sufficiently guaranteed through the law isnt that a good thing if you who call the shots you. Really are someone who may know if that is indeed the case but 1st here is what German Foreign minister heikal must set at the same press conference. And i am currently trying to make it clear to my dialogue partners those who visit me and who i visit that they must be prepared that europe will represent its interests more confidently in the future we will not allow ourselves to become the plaything of a power competition between the us russia and china we want to do this in dialogue with everyone talk to. So what do these statements mean for those facing try and crack down on human rights and free speech joining me in the studio is former hong kong lawmaker prodemocracy activist and welcome to the loop what do you make of the statements of the foreign minister as well we all know that the west has been adopting a peace and engagement strategy to china for pasta case but in fact it does not work we thought that china will go to a more democratize or open the russian with a growing up population a wealth in a country but its going into the opposite way so i would be having dollar for them but it should not be as an excuse for us not to take actions for now we need to be really aware of the chinese expansion is also a terrorism and to take problems actions in order to contain that do you think that the west is not aware or of chinese intentions and chinese are these therefore appeasing the chinese well weve had a long period of mistrust and i think this is. A lot of politicians ive talked to several of them and they also said to me that they thought china that the problem of all the credit regime will be fixed when people rise up more middle clause more wealth for legal rights and so and so forth but in fact that is not the case and i think this is coming to a consensus that we need to take actions and we need to be more assertive and critical towards the system than we had before change through trade is because we would have voted during this is really been the cornerstone of german policy for example. Were trying do you think germany is following correct policy with regards to china when it comes to Human Rights Violations say in Hong Kong Well starting from. The German Government has been having interaction with china and of course weve been hearing. A little for german top officials saying that they want to fix to solve the problems by half and double before us we would clearly understand. Its not enough of course we need to so if interaction we need to talk to each other but. Most important is we need to come to my shows we need to understand that while incidents concerning concentration in the humorous alesha in hong kong is not going to be fixed by just talking to china we need so have a coordinated actions and a coalition on defending Democratic Values so that we could get something work what would you have the German Government do well i think 1st of all we have to recognize that actions is needed and we need to be based diplomacy and a coalition with other western democracies and also democracies like japan and korea so that we can have you know into funds to go against these old rotarian regime because it is clear that. Abusing not only abusing the rights of people in the country but they also importing also a talent. Into the democracies so that to dismantle and discredit us and is it important for us to take actions that protects our democratic rights and also the rights of people in maine and china and hong kong you spoke up for united front to look to expand to be your producer because you. Got to be on the go to. Germany he was in france and in fact you followed him or to interview him you were protesting in rome when it comes to be European Union do you see some sort of a united front developing against china well i think the consensus building up is important and we see it any issue that every single policy and effort single country could join in and should join in and. To protect our shared fairly all democracy so i think the trend is just a matter of how we can accelerate it and make it done before its too late do you think europe is policing treed before human rights in its remissions rich or is it important that we remind ourselves we should not prioritize trait interest over human rights were not talking about we should cut all the types with china its quite impossible under the globalization era but its important that we interact with them with the see what the up to our values and we are not being. Too broad to bring up issues that really are concerns and that our values should allow us to bring up so its important that we 2 of allies and even though we interact with them we speak it loud and i think you speak about values but then the reality is that when it comes to germany for example china is a very important trip for produced in turn do you remember when there was close to 200000000000 euros worth of trade when it comes to the European Union china is also one of the top 3 treated as youre talking were big sums of money here do you think values will be more important when it comes to trade well i think for us quite disappointing for us the thing though if we taught this issue to china and we will lose all the interest because we should not be abided by the faults we should be confident to our economy our products our exports and wish well as a giant democracy germany it has been through a traumatic period in history and we all understand that something in the values that we fought for yes it should not be replaced and cannot be replaced by merely monetary interests so its important that yes we continue to have dialogue yes we continue to arm well have trait but. That should be he my closest and that should be actions that to contain that expansion us today so thats a protects our democracy it is not only the thing for hong kong people for seeing john people of all the people in concentration camp but its a fight that we work with together you left hong kong just a couple of months back when the good role was about to be imposed demos are still the party that you would have thought a long redress for warm have to be disbanded as a result of the you said that you want to be here in the worst so you can bring the issue of chinas human rights abuses on an international stooge how exactly do you plan to go about doing it well of course its very difficult for an ex out of the us to plan is to share but i remind myself that i carry a huge responsibility to be out here and when the. Need for me to be a voice a phone call i will be until this time when chinas foreign minister is having the europe trip. And not be represented by the. Representative of china so i what im here and im speaking up for hong kong people and fight for freedom and democracy to report to go the beautiful model maker you know sort of one of the youngest all because hong kong and now you know one 3rd of the new Hong Kong Security law where do you think see things headed in hong kong needs and. What can we expect in the coming few months or years yeah well i myself as a story. Its enough to reflect how erodes at home can see some or has been well i was 14 and i was elected as the youngest parliamentary and i was gel it into 17 and whats my seat in the lodge co and then i am intensely 20 being a solid and i can see that deterioration and for me in hong kong we are in the time that the government. Really used the National Security you know the prosecutor political activists and our freedom of expression is lost so its important to let the well knows that the situation in hong kong should not be repeated in elsewhere and if we do not be aware and take actions towards this expressionist communist party then will suffer from it just one last question very briefly do you think hong kong has changed forever well i think its important we have to work there gotta the International Community to put pressure on china so that there will be changes and by the time there are changes. And system hong kong could have a chance to be better with them over leave it there but thank you so much for your good. Thats a from. The start of. The protests in hong kong. Displaying political speech could result in arrest so theyre leaving their signs but blank im sorry were back moral of. The. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona update. Covert 19 special next on d w. Belonging to one official estimates more than 1200000 venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. Why return to. Visit friends is that i dont think id ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i dont know so im not sure. Witness global news that matters. Made for mines. Covered 19 has made life difficult for families and it has had those with Handicapped Children especially hard many of them like kids with down syndrome have a weakened immune system and are forced into isolation during the pandemic. But being isolated can have dramatic consequences for kids with special needs they need social contact to not feel outcast its crucial for their development. This is your cover 19 special im chris core blend it is good to have you with us homeschooling online classes. Its all become a new normal for kids and their families but the transition from classroom to living room has often been rough particularly for youngsters who need special care in india the problem seems to be particularly pressing with a recent survey suggesting that because of the pandemic many of the countries children with disabilities could be dropping out of the Education System entirely. Kartik you like to look closely at the colors of the Story Building blocks before he starts playing with them. He can only see to some extent large objects and colors. He was born with only logical disorder visual impairment and have troubles with fine motor skills. The 9 year old studies in the 2nd grade of a Government School along with children without disabilities. The school does not provide him with a special educator are the crucial resources he needs to study. As a result he is almost entirely dependent on his mother for his education. That is challenging enough now the shutting down of schools during the covered lockdown has put him at risk of missing out on formal education. But talking about impaired to other children disabled children are lagging behind and studies now even more than before but theyre facing many problems he cannot see properly what can you understand from a small phone screen and sometimes there are Network Issues too because of which he cannot attend the classes there the lack of inclusion in the Education System for children with disabilities has never been more pronounced than now. According to some recent surveys majority of students with disabilities are finding it difficult to cope with Online Education at the same time many nongovernmental organizations which address the needs of these children and provide them with academic support are also reeling under the impact of college 19 and the Lockdown National association for the blind in delhi is one such organization that helps children with visual impairment and multiple disabilities to build a foundation in learning so that they can lead to join means school one of them dormant were not receiving many donations now. So were not able to pay our staff or provide the facilities for the differently able to. Warm up over weve also not been receiving the funds we normally get from the government from reformatting our experts feel that during this pandemic the special needs of students with disabilities have been completely left out from education policies which any we kept them on the sidelines. Has shifted to online and systematically nor should it be to cater to them you know its good because ability particularly there is a was in accessibility and engender the information Communication Technologies it out learn those with disabilities not ready developed a magazine then there are also issues or nonavailability or internet devices that despite all the hardships he faces is unlikely and happy child like other children he has dreams one day to be a doctor another be a single. The Education System or is it to him to be more inclusive. For more lets bring in christine comment shes with the United NationsChildrens Fund unicef welcome to g. W. Christine give us an idea of the global scope of the pandemics impact on the lives of children that are already physically and mentally challenged. And there have been 19 children everywhere are at risk surgery and physical disabilities are at high risk without mitigating actions of the end that affect them disproportionately on the one hand they media high risk of complications from comit Underlying Health reasons and yet at the same time information on how to protect themselves from introduction may not be in a format they can understand. Support. Including on how education have been suspended just when the children meet and most and parents who are themselves struggling under the pandemic may not be able to step in or they may themselves fall ill with code that. Children with preexisting market teams are also least likely to benefit from Distance Learning solutions when schools are closed so they me and they are at risk of falling behind and all these factors can lead to increased stress fear and sense of isolation as actually i mean difficult for them to understand the changes and how life chrissy mental and physical impairment of children are a challenge for them and their families even under non pandemic circumstances now that the whole world is concerned with not contracting the virus to the concerns of these kids with special needs go on dressed. And the fact of permits are affecting total disproportionately as i said the poor and the most marginalized children and there you are at it is that and our banner will situations are affected most like children living in cook communities countries and girls in particular children operated and living in countries actings or exposed to it disabilities and it was not an impact and lifelong of the consequences of undamaged risk plunging them further into hardship or marriage and labor many children for example may never return to school as they have to support their families and when schools are closed they may also become my marriage because many have dependents who meet us as their only or a similar situation on the move to live in cannes or added settlements the situation is particularly difficult this nearly impossible for them to protect themselves from the pirates and have the same time most likely to be excluded from support and Education Services or learning. So this looks at exactly what needs to be done them to improve the current situation. This is an unprecedented crisis which requires unprecedented solidarity and all of Us Government and the public the private sector must Work Together to keep surgeon how safe and planning and the jugular focus must be on the most honorable and just surgeon so you especially must ensure that surgeon communities not only recover from the crisis but also become more brazilian for the future and this requires urgent and in education and Child Protection and help in your question. And whats also very important is that we listen to children and young people and were along to design a Better Future and overcome this crisis and prevent this from becoming a sustained type rights crisis forseen common of unicef thank you for your insights. And now its over to our science correspondent Barry Williams who is hard at work and serene your questions about the coronavirus. How efficient are saliva tests. Pretty much all of the experts agree that that fast simple accurate testing is a cornerstone of fighting the spread of coke at 19 but the conventional Testing Process has some some major disadvantages weve all seen a medical professional takes a swab that that looks like its like days long and they stick it way down your throat often via your nose i havent been tested myself but people i know who have been say its really no fun at all which is why the news that saliva tests are now being authorized for years is its pretty important stuff not only because saliva samples are easier to acquire and new methods make them cheaper to process but also because at some point at least you could potentially take the sample yourself and just send it in and removing the sample takers from the equation doesnt just get rid of a bottom bag it also means fewer people being potentially exposed. But how accurate are spit tests can they can they can pay or to conventional swab p. C. R. Tests that they get it right around 95 percent of the time well if you trust its developers the most recent saliva test to gain emergency use authorization in the u. S. Is highly accurate and the Research Team behind it says that their tests agree with benchmarks swab tests over 90 percent of the time now that data hasnt been Peer Reviewed so it still has to hold up to scrutiny but but if its correct it could be a real money. Stone and work aimed at slowing the spread of the disease through really wide scale regular testing fast accurate tests would for example is our common conscience when it comes to sending kids back to school because it would help us detect and control outbreaks much faster. And finally for every villain there are heroes to fight them in the ongoing going pandemic that would be all the Health Care Workers battling the coronavirus and helping those affected by it and how can we show our appreciation for the work well 2 siblings in california had an idea. But the dedication of Health Care Workers across the country siblings probably in an montage but decided to give back to San Francisco area teens launched cards for covert heroes working with schools and local scout troops they quickly collected over 260. 00 cards and sent them to people working on the front lines can you see from their faces that a small now of in charge met with a small 10. 00 gift card can go a long way to encourage them and to help and they do they have ahead of them while the tech savvy teens have also created an ecard option they personally deliver most of the cards to hospitals themselves on their website they share their heroes reaction to each little surprise. During these times of darkness and uncertainty we want to try to shine some light on that we do have true heroes working on the front lines who are trying their hardest to save peoples lives and thats all we write. A great idea thats social across cobra thanks so much. To kick off. 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Maps go away she says for a much longer return to school and to work saying theyre suffering from corona fatigue to find out why many are no longer sticking to pandemic restrictions. Im phil gayle welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump is on his way to the troubled city of could no should despite pleas from regional leaders to stay away an ocean has been rocked by often violent anti racism protests following the Police Shooting of a black resident jacob blake last month tensions are running high in several cities including portland in the west coast state of oregon. Another nights and another protest in Portland Oregon left wing antiracism demonstrators have been taking to the streets here for more than 3 months since the killing by police of africanamerican george floyd in minnesota in may but the last few days have seen an unusual rise in tension that has both Law Enforcement and locals worried. It follows the shooting dead of a far right to trump supporter at a demonstration on saturday the exact circumstances are still being investigated but regional leaders fear this could lead to an escalation of violence its in the middle of this volatile atmosphere that tramples decided to visit another flashpoint city no she was constant despite a plea from the man to stay away we always have room for president s to come to visit our families to come to visit thats the process that you have and its something that we would repression have people do but the timing on this we felt was not good and so we did make a request for him to do with a different time. And she raises and demonstrations and mostly peaceful has been taking place in can share since police shot a black president jacob blake in the back in august. But they too took a turn for the worse last week after a 17 year old white man allegedly kills 2 black climbs much of protesters and injured a 3rd on monday trump appeared to defend the teenager fueling fears that the president s presence would cause further division in the city. And he was trying to get away from them i guess it looks like and he fell and then they very violently attacked him and it was something that were looking at right now and its under investigation but. I guess it was a very big trouble for some alleged trumpets hyping the unrest ahead of the election to shift the focus away from his failure to manage the pandemic democrats opponent joe biden has a step further accusing champ for mentoring the violence fires are burning we have a president who faired the flames rather than fighting the flames. But the fear among trump critics is that he will use the disturbances in places like portland to ramp up calls for law and order that only he can provide. Well the w. 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Election campaign he gave us this assessment of the president s Campaign Tactics prompts polling numbers and such have not really gone up in favor bill your ratings are not going to biden still lead in the race but support for the black lives matter protests is shrinking especially with white suburban voters and thats a group that you know has turned its back on trump since you know actually helping him win the 2016 election but because of his inflammatory rhetoric a lot of people felt like it was becoming a bit too much now trump is now it looks like its pretty successfully employing a strategy that Richard Nixon used in 68 where he was you know essentially painting unrest civic unrest as a threat to suburban voters and you know the safety of suburbia and essentially try to scare suburban voters back into his fold a recent poll from wisconsin show that support for the black guys matter also theyre down by more than 20 points since june especially among white was consonants. Rather dial now hong kong has begun mass coronavirus testing in an attempt to stop a food wave of infection chief executive carry lyme was one of thousands of people tested but distrust surrounds the program prodemocracy activists fear china will use the test to collect d. N. A. Data Hong Kong Government says no personal data will be attached to samples. We get more from v. W. Phoebe kong in the territory or welcome favor so what does the government say its trying to achieve with this. So they must have think program is one of the measures to tackle the 1st wave of infection we have so a new wave of infection over the past 2 months that now the curve in lashley let you say so the government now they want to nail this thing a scheme to find out those 8 emetic patients by operating testing to their citizens freely and voluntarily so everyone can be so i wanted to take this have what i was going to i wanted to conduct these tests are not on their own so the government really hope to achieve that even before they can relax its social distancing restrictions and also to consume the economic activities. And how have people responded originally the Hong Kong Government i mean to target 5000000. 00 residents in hong kong which accounts for 2 thirds of the population in the city but so far less than 10 percent of the populations thats actually signed afford it have things so the turn now is way lower than the fasting area expected by the government. In the 1st place and on the 1st day there are 80000 people who have come back to the terrorists and that has will last for 2 weeks so. More people will take that house but its not very optimistic thats. Better are people who distrust this program so whats concerning. Well. The the content of irony is not only a Public Health issue in hong kong but also highly political in the city and then how the government has been trying to raise the 6 mass casting him as a helping hand off by the Central Government in beijing so this is like but on the other hand i many opponents and the prodemocracy activists and law makers that you have mentioned in the story that they question the effectiveness of the team and they feel about their d. N. A. If they are and samples could be sent to me on the part used as a way of mass surveillance so this is what they are afraid of and also there are also some medical professionals in the city questions about the effects that the effectiveness of the mosque has been without a city why in lockdown so so this is really highly controversial and and this must have Something Like whats hot in the middle of the political. Thank you for back. In Hong Kong Chinas foreign minister has condemned a group of czech parliamentarians for crossing a line by visiting taiwan a check Senate President the last visit to chile is leading a delegation to taipei where he did a bit of postulate speech in Parliament Saying that he was i would need china claims taiwan is its own territory diplomatic dispute spilled over here in live today times foreign minister if you think hes german counterpart. The w. s chief International EditorRichard Walker was at the News Conference given by the 2 ministers welcome richard the seems to have been something of an argument. Yes thats right phil i mean taiwanese always a very sensitive issue for the Chinese Government theyre very very prickly about anything that could give the impression that taiwan is some kind of independent country that can stand on its own 2 feet and thats exactly the impression that they feel that this czech delegation visiting taiwan gives off and just yesterday before arriving in berlin. The Chinese Foreign minister really openly threatened the leader of that delegation he said that he would pay a heavy price for the visit so in this press conference with his german counterpart heiko mass just earlier today he really doubled down on that explaining why he made that threat and for his part heiko marse really shot back at him saying that that wasnt really in order so lets have a listen to what they said drug war ship that is foreign interference in chinas internal affairs. Sure china must respond appropriately theres only one china in the words and taiwan is part of chinas territory thats the consensus in the whole world and. Were going to stand up for our values use borders as well as within them and we will no longer accept threats against this commitment. From all. So Richard Walker why was mr wang at all. Yeah this was meant to be an exercise a kind of diplomatic patching up with europe after months that have really been overshadowed by just an enormous set of problems and in fact your relations between china and the e. U. Its pretty safe to say all is not well with them and this really goes back of course to the beginning of the corona virus pandemic which of course began in china and there is a sense of many questions about how open china was at the beginning of that pandemic whether it could have been more transparent about the beginnings of it something that could potentially have given other countries more time to prepare for it to arrive on their shores but thats far from being the only issue or a whole host of problems arrests or in kind of geopolitical tensions with the americans particular trade but of all sorts of other things where europe is in a bit of a pickle about where to position itself there are Human Rights Violations going on in grand style in chin jang in the northwestern Muslim Minority province in china and of course whats been going on in hong kong where a new National Security law was imposed by the chinese just this summer something the german see as stripping away very very important commitments that were made to hong kong when it rejoined china from being a british colony back in 1997 so all of these major issues on the table and at the same time the chinese and the europeans ostensibly want to agree cotton investment treaty that is particularly important of the europeans because they say they want it to give their Companies Better access to the Chinese Market but of course with wang he coming to these diplomatic talks with hamas today with the cloud of having openly threatened the european lawmaker hanging over him they werent necessarily the most or special circumstances to make big progress you mention controversial security law in hong kong did that come up. Yes it did and i read. Said that the concerns of the german side of expressed about this havent gone away that the chinese have not been able to provide assurances that germany has taken some steps in response to this relatively minor ones but for instance suspending its extradition treaty with hong kong so that being a signal that it really has no longer has trust in hong kong legal system. The chief International EditorRichard Walker thank you. Well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world starting bella ruse where riot police have detained at least 18 University Students protesting against your heart president Alexander Lukashenko the students were marching through the capital minsk on the 1st day of the Academic Year calling on the president to step down one rights group has reported that some students were beaten no. Powerful typhoon as it japans Southern Islands on is making its way up the Korean Peninsula typhoon may sacrifice brought to rental rains and dangerous winds of orators in the uk in our region are urging residents to evacuate. Despite the coronavirus recession germanys economy minister has revised upwards his Economic Forecast for this year because of is now expected to shrink by i point 8 percent thats less than most feared in the pandemic of aids or for growth forecast for next year have been adjusted down. Demonstrators attending gatherings of more than 100 people here will have to wear masks from now on the new ruling comes after many and to protest against coronavirus restrictions last weekend failed to observe and distancing moves the city initially tried to ban the rally on Public Health grounds for the court overturned the ban the movement against virus control measures includes a far right extremist. And a short while ago de delhis chief Political Editor behind other asked of germanys economy minister peter out of my about the protests and the far right symbols on display so minister there was nazi symbolism on the steps of the bundestag here in germany these are pictures that have sparked intense debate here in germany will the German Government now discuss the right to freedom of the simply and also conditions of limiting that german is a free society of free country is a democracy freedom of opinion freedom of expressions are guaranteed by our legal order and will be guaranteed in the future this has been a Political Action against parliament against government but there are enough remedies for dealing with that and for maintaining public order i do not see the need to reduce freedoms under the fundamental law of my country