Support. Michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests 53 prodemocracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new National Security law the move has been condemned by the worlds leading democracy has Rights Groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition wont i dont think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic. Certainly the massive arrest that happened earlier this year is about a primary being held there last year it involving 5060 people who participated in a primary in preparation for last years election ok so so far the basis of the. Primaries involves a lot of candidates whose election platform. Volley. Article 22. 00 of the National Security law which is to paralyze the government to stop everything from functioning to basically opposed every si
For eyes are by john but it has led outraged armenians to storm their own parliament plus the world welcomes news of a Coronavirus Vaccine that appears to work and so far shows no negative side effects. And the palestinians mourning the waltz of one of their own voice i have ever caught has died from coded 19 he was an architect of the 2 state solution with israel and. Im off to those of you joining us on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome we begin with security and terrorism here in europe leaders in the European Union say they want to improve their shared security after a recent spate of terror attacks in france and austria. Chancellor Angela Merkel in berlin joined today a Virtual Summit with the leaders of austria and france in paris president emanuel is calling for a swift and coordinated response and he denounced what he described as the misuse of europes asylum laws by people seeking entry for sinister reasons and he said the fight against i
Is blocking the process that allows for a seamless transfer of power and that is unprecedented i bring golf in berlin this is the day. Not unusual should not be alarming it looks to me is not over far from the present crop its 100 percent what it is right to look at the allegations of irregularities what we are seeing is deeply alarming at some point here well find out finally. It was certified in each of the states. Conservative republicans. To intervene but just because theres no reason for alarm. Also coming up in the walk downs of the pandemic going shopping means going online it has been a boom for the online retailer amazon but the European Union says amazons growth comes with a price that consumers should not have to pay and we have now come to this preliminary conclusion that amazon illegally abused them in the situation as a Marketplace Service provider in germany and france the biggest market spaces for amazon in the European Union. Which you our viewers watching on p. B. S.
For eyes or by john but it has led outraged armenians just stormed their own parliament. Coffins good to have you with us we begin tonight with security and terrorism here in europe leaders in the European Union held a Video Conference today to discuss their shared security it comes after a recent spate of terror attacks in france in austria german chancellor Angela Merkel in berlin joined the Virtual Summit with the leaders of austria and france in paris and other heads of government for its president emanuel is calling for a swift and coordinated response and he denounced what he described as the misuse of europes asylum laws by people seeking entry for sinister reasons he said the fight against islamist extremism must be a joint effort. All our capitals all of us who are here together have been affected and terrorism from paris to brussels berlin vienna utrecht london madrid barcelona copenhagen stopped home nice vienna now and so many of this is a european reality to which we must
Several 1000 have been detained but the demonstrators are not giving up these are protests on a scale russia has not seen in a long time. One of the demonstrators this 19 year old anastasio for most of her life she has known only president Vladimir Putin and his policies her protest is mixed with the anger about the brutal treatment of the opposition and the suspicion that putin might be enriching himself without measure for many young people in the stars just hometown of the locust nets this is the 1st time they are taking part in a political protest. Was disgrace disgrace and we are the power people chant in the center of no coups nets siberia here answering the call of the arrested Opposition Leader alexei navalny. Among them 19 year old activist and as you stated. You matter the next day at the police with a protest was held in the city park of new york whose needs. She says she protests against restrictions on freedom of speech perspective and the poor standard of living in russia