Hello im christine window welcome to the program we begin with the fight against the corona virus in africa the Organization Says a doubling in confirmed cases to 200000 shows how quickly the pandemic is spreading across the continent and in the Central African country of cameroon the battle against over 1000. 00 is being have put it by political infighting ofter a disputed election the government has banned the oppositions if its just stopped the virus but they are determined to press ahead w. s blaze a all myth some of the aid work is defying the bad and camerons biggest city. These volunteers income ruined i get you really just because it made you provision keats. They are not fish mice and i call b. S. Hans and entices to market in bois the countrys largest city. Come to roost Opposition Leader come to critter doogan as ition to hook up the spread of the current virus. People are happy to get the equipment but authorities see otherwise. The government sees these organisation is it
Taking place on wednesday morning the police blocked these protesters but significantly these protesters were calling for the end of one party rule in china at the end of the dictatorship i spoke to one of the protesters a very own who said that he fully expects to be arrested so these people are out intentionally to test the law now i saw several people being taken away i dont know if they were arrested but the police held back in terms of using the usual sort of assertive actions weve seen during the past few weeks and months carol and the chief executive of hong kong addressed that ceremony that flag raising ceremony on wednesday morning she said this new law was necessary and filled a very big gap she also said the past year had been the most difficult of her career but she said the mainland government had helped to pull her through the storm was passing and was now going to be a rainbow but i think her strategy at the moment is to try to rebuild hong kongs image any way she can pa
Hello im come all santamaria this is counting the cost on aljazeera the way you look at the world of business and economics this week europe does the continent deal with a rising china and a u. S. President who riles his own allies to the threats facing new york from a silent chinese economic takeover before trade war with the United States also as black lives matter draws the worlds attention will look at how Silicon Valley and the world of finance has really failed black people talk to the. State backed Cyber Attacks theyre nothing new but theyre also on the rise during the pandemic and the targets are the vaccine. These are i think we can all agree extraordinary times but zoom out and youll see the big picture is just as unpredictable were focusing on europe this week which is that a bit of a crossroads when you consider the pandemic as well as an expansive china and a retreating United States as we know President Trump has a habit of undermining his allies he surprised a lot of peo
Worlds attention will look at how Silicon Valley and the world of finance has really failed black people talk to the c. E. O. To fund black businesses. And state backed Cyber Attacks theyre nothing new but theyre also on the rise during the pandemic and the targets are the vaccine makers and the bar. These are i think we can all agree extraordinary times but zoom out and youll see the big picture is just as unpredictable were focusing on europe this week which is that a bit of a crossroads when you consider the pandemic as well as an expansive china and a retreating United States as we know President Trump has a habit of undermining his allies he surprised a lot of people by saying he plans to withdraw 9 and a half 1000 troops from germany and a decision to expand sanctions on a gas pipeline from russia to germany has been met with anger and belin. It is the rising threat from the east looming large not only chinas human rights record its aggression towards its neighbors but fears that
Closer to its goal of eradicating coronavirus. Hong kongs government says it will work with beijing to introduce a new National Security law soon as possible Chinese Premier League announced the bill at the annual National Peoples congress now expecting more details later but its believed the bands addition secession and subversion of the Central Government in the semi autonomous region territory news of the plan has already been met with protests in hong kong and leading prodemocracy figures are calling it the end of the one country 2 systems principle lets go straight over to adrian brown in hong kong so what does reaction look like now adrian. Well sadly this has been a very dark day for those people here in this city state who were d already worried about hong kongs autonomy and where it was going are china has said that it wants to enact this new law because its worried about the growing threats from subversion also foreign interference and also separatism and it says this is a la