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A very warm welcome from our team here in moscow this is r. T. International and im neki aaron for our top story this hour china has approved a resolution to impose its security law in hong kong angry anti beijing protests have again been intensifying in the city r. T. As it sounds get a look so whats at stake. With current of ours dominating the headlines since february many of the stories have to fall into the wayside but one making a comeback as the wild starts returning to normality the hong kong protests are now up to several months of spite stay so serious scuffles and the not came off to thousands of protesters took to the streets on wednesday the day ending on a really sour note with around 300 arrests and Police Using Pepper Spray bullets because they suspected some of the protesters had weapons including pecial bombs. But. Thanks. Ok. Ok we know that anti China Sentiment has been building in the region for almost a year but that was reignited last week off to beijing announced plans for a new piece of legislation the National Security all that has now been approved the bill has been approved by chinas legislature and it is possible that could even come into effect within a matter of weeks now that would ban treaty on terrorism really any behavior that threatens National Security also this week m. P. s were debating and not a bill about the National Anthem and that would criminalize insulting them on could see people face fines and potentially even jail time so frustrated people poured onto the streets chanting things like hong kong independence its the only way they see beijing and more and more to fear and hong kongs of frags which seems strange because of course it is technically china but since 1907 the area has enjoyed and large degree of or. Anomie under its one country 2 systems rule not one country that has taken a perhaps unusually high level of interest in the end to the facts of hong kong is that you asked and on wednesday before Congress Section state my compared to clad the hong kong could no longer be considered selfgoverning no reasonable person can assert today that hong kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given the facts on the ground while the United States once hoped that free and prosperous hong kong would provide a model for authoritarian china it is now clear that china is modeling hong kong after itself washington has said that it will take action if now when the bill passes and this is what president trouble all that mysterious he had to say on the matter were doing something now i think youll find it very interesting but i wont be talking about it today ill be talking about it over the next couple of days ok whats exactly on the cards and well have to wait and see but one thing is certain this is not going to do anything for us china relations the 2 are of horse economic competitors something washington does not take kindly to so weve seen trade wars shop rhetoric but in the wake of that ninetys this fragility has really turned into an open tension as the u. S. The latest china for the pandemic against all of this beijing has said that it will not tolerate any type of interference. With the question of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region National Security legislation is entirely chinas internal affair no foreign country has the right to interfere if anyone insists on harming chinas interests china will have to take all necessary measures to firmly hit back some say that beijing has good reason to adopt such a strict turn after all in the past we have seen u. S. Government employees meeting with some of the hong kong protesters and and washington from the outset has very actively encouraged what it claims is hong kongs fight for democracy so it seems that while the wildest of moving on and beyond that 19 the strain between these 2 nations is not easing at the moment it looks like hong kong might well become the battleground where that clash plays out larry i spoke to one when the professor and executive dean of tongue young get in such a financial studies iran when university now he says baiting has every right to push ahead with the security law and to be concerned by other countries interference. Every big country has its own money because you know all the United States has routine has france has so i think theyre trying to who has won so this National Security law is a formulated under the free work of one country 2 systems so we just are. Supreme and of hong kong basic law and it does not affect hong kong of freedom so at present some people you hong kong im not what about its freedom but do not recognise a chinese is to do not and you can as a china and hong kong actually should so long is a religion of what china is purely China Internal Affairs has allowed trump as valid a stronger response say they plans legislation what has the us got to do with the hong kong case and might this be seen as foreign interference it is a very foolish year for term penetration to india barely. Finance so this is a typical foreign intervention so i challenge you to chinas law or in it chinas sovereignty so its a very hard to imagine how the white house would have reacted to how why you ask if a country want to or individually so i also asked some hong kong people to not to have a little hole for americans so in fact from the perspective of many countries in the middle east or in the north africa syria iraq libya is it true the more unity is built in the variance the more child get back there and youll be. Cams for the elderly and vulnerable have become coronavirus hotspots in scotland where nursing home on the isle of skye made headlines after it was revealed a quarter of its residents died from covert 19 we talked to john gordon his father was one of the victims. In the last few years having them in charge such shaking hands with men i was with him pretty important to men who were surveyed say them whoever you are had and she does. And for us it was very poignant last year made us wait when we often go morning to see that he was a better person my sister her family and myself were able to piece things with them. Literally said our goodbyes to him and as my sister and her family myself were talking we could see without breaching his hands the same as beds for our hero he was in full p. P. With her blue gloves on and it was a really great moment because it was such a reassuring thing from it and we were there the whole my dads hand you know we were denied our opportunity to be with them just in those final hours and when we think of the most wonderful in our society you know our Elderly Population some places theres theres his were with people with disabilities and they dont have this embrace that we need again and again with them and they are into these homes you cared for to be protected and this is not happened it was found almost all of the residents and 29. 00 staff in the home farm nursing home contract its kovac 1910 residents including johns father have passed away since the pandemic started police are now investigating 3 deaths at the care home there are allegations that a lack of testing and negligence in protective measures led to the tragedy according to the National Record of scotland as of may 24th the country has registered registered 3700 deaths from covert 19 almost half of those were in care homes scotlands 1st minister Nicola Sturgeon has promised an inquiry. Of course there will be a Public Inquiry into this whole crisis and every aspect of this crisis and that will undoubtedly include what happened in care homes but in the home and probably had locked down probably affecting news earlier so as a family we were reassured that they were really weeding the way and terms of dealing with the pandemic in everything that happened and we felt that our father was our secure environment so it became absolutely shocking within our community when it became evident there was such a high number of cases of of coordinating with an a bomb you know or there was a lot of stuff movement the wrist stuff coming in from other areas to work with a new home. My understanding was there was a list of isolation that that there should have been the staff werent properly fitted a n. P. P. That is becoming more evident and needs to be. Really mapped dont in terms of what went wrong here year there has been huge feelings. Italy has worried somewhat with his plans to ensure people respect social distancing the government says it will recruit an army of volunteers snoopers side defense kicks planes. How do you fancy a brand new role in a bid to help keep your country safe well given the current pandemic the idea of doing your bit may perhaps hold a lot of appeal but what if i told you that the position is one not paid and 2 you could be accused of snooping on your loved ones who perhaps not so peeling now well if its early next week this is the cool that people will be expected to own so weve seen early entry in you know when theres a gradual recovery productive activities and citizens are returning to populate cities day to day now is the time to recruit a loose citizens who want to help the country by demonstrating agree civic said. Its hope theres an old me of 60000 volunteers will help of the gatherings as its only tries to emerge from a virus that is killed tens of thousands nation white as the summer heat and restrictions are eased footage of crowds is trickling fees that infections could see again so much so that in the v need to area a video with images of patients in intensive care was broadcast on t. V. To convince people to comply with Safety Measures even within the Italian Government not all agree about a volunteer army whispering on what neighbors may or may not be doing the proposal of the socalled civic assistance makes no sense to me not only was the move not shared with us we absolutely oppose it public gatherings are a problem but this is not what citizens need what they need is responsibility and seriousness from their politicians we have to stop being a rational Italian Interior Ministry which is responsible for maintaining order also claims not to have been consulted while another Political Party is cool to proposal muchness the government claims that this is up. Civic or sponsibility about Community Services such as taking groceries to people who need them but cant convince people to sign up or are tallying suspicious that this is essentially the job of an informant jerry rescale sued i mean there is a concrete risk of a culture of also because they will put us against each other it will be a typical war between the poorest people. In iraq and we dont was still dont and stunted that paid a lot and who caused them groups too much confusion about the work of these civic assistants who are already too many cameras around road people may get to the lawyer and they begin to serve their dissent it may possibly civic assistance could be useful because in this phase 2 people are getting more relaxed over the Safety Measures. In my believe it so any disservice must be carried out by the local Police State Police and other Law Enforcement agencies there is a risk of developing a culture of suspecting everyone in any case we dont want for the truth we need actual. It would mean the control of the government is already very strong and this would only worsen the situation and its not the 1st time italy has tried to recruit volunteer tattletales back in march the mayor of broome authorized a system allowing people to report on those not following the lock down other gatherings of people you think are contrary to the Nations Health rules you could report of them directly to the relevant authorities through this aegis official website. So are you ready to snoop for your country if not be alert to those who might just be watching the show even ski altie tyrus. Still to come 750000000000 euro to recover economies ruined by the pandemic find out how the plan has been met by the e. U. Member states after the break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to get us out of the world of politics or business im sure business ill see you there. Welcome back our governor of minnesota as soon as the situation in minneapolis has turned extremely dangerous as after a protest against the death of a black man during a Police Arrest turned violent and run into the night. Hundreds took to the streets demanding justice for george floyd the 46 year old man died on monday are after an officer pinned him to the ground by placing a need on his neck for almost 10 minutes although the rally started out peaceful things took a violent turn with protesters throwing bottles and police using tear gas there was also vandalism and looting with one shop owner shooting dead and the alleged looser there are reports the city has requested the support of the national guard. And the make has put the Global Economy into shock the European Union has proposed a Recovery Plan that includes hundreds of billions in loans and grants for Member States aunties piece all of it in berlin explains the details. European Commission President on the line was in quite generous mood on wednesday she was talking about budgeting in funding up to 1. 85 trillion a year 01 point one trillion of boxes the e. U. Budget for the next 7 years but 750000000000 is in corona virus aid to help those countries that have been worst affected in making the announcement the e. U. Commission president is very one for all and all for war d in our union people in business and companies depend and rely on each other in our union cohesion convergence and investment good for all of. This is about art of us and it is really bigger than any of us this is europes moment but there are those that are feeling a little less in the mood to share the debt which would come up with a sort of on the Alliance Plan theyve been called the frugal for their made up of the netherlands denmark sweden and austria they arent all that convinced by the plan and may take certainly some convincing if its to get put into action those that are very much on side where this does you might expect that those that need that money the most one of those is italy their Prime Minister just said become today seem very contented with what us live on the line have to say. Signal from brussels it goes exactly in the direction indicated by italy 500000000000 in grants and 250000000000 in loans and you could figure now lets speed up the negotiation to free up the resources sued the plan that was put forward by osullivan the lion on wednesday has a rather lot in common with a plan that was put forward as the preferred route when it comes to corona 8 by french president to money was gone and german chancellor Angela Merkel just last week they put forward the idea of a 500000000000 euro fund with the debt being shared now that is part of the plan but has comes with an added 250000000000. 00 euro that would be available in loans those that arent convinced about this world they come from the populous parties within europe who are asking just how is all this going to be paid for it we didnt want it but the introduction of new taxes to finance the Recovery Plan will inevitably impact on Small Businesses and consumers. This is completely wrong this is nonsense this is a huge price for citizens to have to pay so youre just spending as if there was no tomorrow. The European Unions response to the corona crisis has come under fire in a recent poll now people were asked the question in italy france and germany did the European Union and the institutions response to the corona crisis actually undermine the case for there being a European Union after all 40 percent of those asked that question agreed with it here in germany 47 percent in france 61 percent in italy people let not very happy at all with how brussels responded to the coronavirus but when it comes to that budget financing for the next 7 years for the e. U. That is live on the line was talking about on wednesday dont expect it to be agreed anytime soon theres an 8 year Council Summit next month but im going to merkel suggesting that there wont be any agreement amongst european leaders until well the autumn she said that would give them enough time to have it reviewed and agreed in National Parliaments and enough time to have it reviewed and agreed in the European Parliament as well before the budgets due to come into effect on the 1st of january next year. Bennett dany a professor of modern european history at the in super University Says the e. U. Is Recovery Plans may not be enough. The and there will not to be enough certainly because the damage caused by the lock down immense i think of this plan actually is a combination of grants. Interest by the finish of the law. For the repayments of these laws whatever does the. Money come from its not clear what we will possibly to engage and also the future generation up to the 2058 to be those that i dont think are there all the 27. 00 states to. Be willing to do a cup of the plane or share the burden so basically what they think they use up is really a turning point or. Distorting point. Can be fatal can be lethal for you we are not united against this virus. Of the European Union or maybe every thinking of completed the sinking of the rupee and. Donald trump has threatened through strongly regulate social media platforms that after twitter decided to flag the president s post about voter fraud as misleading with its new gets the facts label the president accuse the social network of stifling free speech especially against republican. Republicans feel that social media platforms topi silence conservatives voices we will strongly regulate or quote them down before we can ever allow a stamp and we saw what they attempted to do and failed in 2016 we cant let a more sophisticated version of that happened again. In a tweet that was called out by twitter trump said that allowing people to vote by mail would lead to widespread fraud the social network as a get the fact link leading to a statement saying that experts say mail in ballots are very rarely linked to voter fraud we got reaction to the spot from legal and media analyst leinil out of the 5000000 tweets that hes tweeted why is this so important regarding ballot mail in ballot why is that theres an old expression this is you only catch flack when youre over the target and some people think i did president things that there must be something to this i must have hit a nerve twitter base of the allows only certain forms of information only certain areas certain air now what twitter always says is where a private company we do whatever we want and where private company what do you if you can nobody makes you go on twitter you dont have to go into it or i always thought they were put up a billboard a limb a billboard you decide what youre going to put on that billboard if its wrong or a vigil right thats not their problem they just sell the space is between individuals theyve now been forced to to involve themselves so the rules up till now are going to have to be rewritten because right now the 1st amendment does not apply to private companies and by the week the reason why the hate is the most he used their platform for his benefit its killing them. Russias capital has extended the lockdown in moscow until june the 14th but hes also relaxing the rules a little to give people a chance to exercise in some businesses the opportunity to reopen our teams dont quarter has more. Well moscow is definitely exercising caution as it takes its 1st steps towards lifting the lockdown starting monday residents will once again be able to walk freely around the city on specified days of the week no permit required as long as they remain within 2 kilometers of their home and as long as crowds dont get too big people will also be able to resume exercising in the newly reopening parks and public squares in the city now most places around the City Restaurants cafes beauty salons will remain close may or sit down and didnt say after all that this is going to be somewhat of an experiment which im sure theres a very difficult decision im going to read everyone will where they want and as much as they want to have something resembling a may day demonstration in moscow there is no simple measure therefore we suggest doing this in test mode and making a shadow that sets out when citizens living in particular buildings can go for walks it will be a simple scheme but it will mean the not everyone can go for a walk at the same time live like this for a week or 2 and see how the situation develops as for mask and gloves those are still going to be mandatory for anyone on the street and of course these new relaxed rules dont apply to people who are a threat to Public Health that includes people who were recently diagnosed with copd 19 or have been confined to quarantine yesterday russian president Vladimir Putin said that the country avoided a worst Case Scenario in moscow or around half of the hospital bans are remaining empty and the authorities intend to keep the situation stable with these new measures thanks for taking on the International Way back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines for you dont. We go to work so you stay home. Every single culture on earth has prohibitions against kill. At the same time virtually every culture on earth will reward you enormously if you use killed the right person and in one setting it is the most horrendous damaging thing imaginable and in another setting is a little wondrous thing that they will give you a medal for that people will vote through you because of that the people will mate with you because youre good at doing that sort of say. Show me the cost and charting the future we didnt do any good theory to recede it is time to is this the economic game just as the prices change the game look on the entry if theres going to be a recovery well kind. And are there lessons to be learned. In the 1996 something happened different a Company Called purdue pharmaceutical came out with a drug called oxycontin and they started a myth and falsely promoted that opioids were rarely addict maybe only one percent of the time could you get to addicted to no. That was not true then and it is not true now and never was true that was a false statement and the other companies jumped on the bandwagon of making money and the false lies spread and the false marketing spread that they are guilty of lying about these tricks and they cause the slip. I believe with every fiber of my be. Back in 1906 the 1st Promotional Campaign for it was broadcasted we found it. We doctors were wrong in thinking that opioids cant be used long term they can be and they should we used to think theyd stop working all the patients would become addicts or theyd be sent to. The 6 cases show how wrong those fears were. In this little film the public was assured with certification. Of addiction despite its high concentration in opium to make it believable a real doctor and real patients witness. That this treatment usually reserved for patients in the terminal phase of cancer can be used without any danger for common pain. Can enjoy every day you know you can really enjoy must say i have been on this new pain medication i have not missed one day of work and this medication does not turn you into a zombie it is turned me into an active person again. Whereas addiction is the 1st known risk of an opioid the figures shown by pretty farmer a purely and still be unreliable some patients may be afraid of taking opioids because theyre perceived as too strong or addictive