Still seen by many as outsiders. Plus why one man in japan is embrace the Cultural Heritage that he once wanted to hi. Im melissa chan here watching d. W. News asia thank you for joining us the Investigation Continues into the deaths of 39 people found in a truck in the u. K. Prosecutors say they were victims of a global ring of human traffickers by now we know they came from asia we dont know much more you may remember that early reports said they might be chinese next they might be vietnamese asia is where much of modern slavery in the world takes place almost 25000000. 00 people in asia are victims of slavery thats 6 for every 1066 percent of them go into forced labor. Burger and india china and pakistan have the highest absolute numbers of slaves but Southeast Asia sees a lot of activity poor job prospects natural disasters and military conflicts there are all factors behind waves of displaced people and migrants for more we have rachel smith with the Human Trafficking foundation w
Im melissa chan youre watching d. W. News asia thank you for joining us the Investigation Continues into the deaths of 39 people found in a truck in the u. K. Prosecutors say they were victims of a global ring of human traffickers by now we know they came from asia we dont know much more you may remember that early reports said they might be chinese next they might be vietnamese asia is where much of modern slavery in the world takes place almost 25000000. 00 people in asia are victims of slavery thats 6 for every 1066 percent of them go into forced labor and india china and pakistan have the highest absolute numbers of slaves but Southeast Asia sees a lot of activity poor job. Prospects natural disasters and military conflicts there are all factors behind waves of displaced people and migrants for more we have rachel smith with the Human Trafficking foundation with us rachel tell us what you know about Human Trafficking to the u. K. From asia lets start with china thats where investig
Im melissa chan youre watching d. W. News asia thank you for joining us the Investigation Continues into the deaths of 39 people found in a truck in the u. K. Prosecutors say they were victims of a global ring of human traffickers by now we know they came from asia we dont know much more you may remember that early reports said they might be chinese next they might be vietnamese asia is where much of modern slavery in the world takes place almost 25000000. 00 people in asia are victims of slavery thats 6 for every 1066 percent of them go into forced labor and india china and pakistan have the highest absolute numbers of slaves but Southeast Asia sees a lot of active. Poor job prospects natural disasters and military conflicts there are all factors behind waves of displaced people and migrants for more we have rachel smith with the Human Trafficking foundation with us rachel tell us what you know about Human Trafficking to the u. K. From asia lets start with china thats where investigat
From the Kurdish Border region. And the u. K. Edges closer to an early election after the Opposition Labour Party throws support behind a prechristmas poll. The lawmakers are still wrangling at this hour over the date of that vote. Im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. Tonight, lebanons beleaguered Prime Minister Saad Alhariri has announced he will resign. The move follows almost two weeks of protests across the country, demanding political change. Many lebanese are unhappy with what they see as a corrupt and incompetent political elite. The Prime Minister failed to satisfy demonstrators with his announcement of a series of anticorruption measures as well as political reforms. Today he headed to the president ial palace to submit his resignation. Earlier, we spoke with our lebanon correspondent and we asked him about the fallout from hariris decision. The first action that we saw on the protest square [indndiscernible] they want to tak
Ordinance which is not the way out. We will continue our fight no matter how much they prosecute us. Such extensive disruptions are punishing our city, the city we love. And, many of us have helped to the verge of a serious situation. [chanting] demonstrations that started as opposition to carrie extradition bill morphed into broader resistance to the government, the police, and political interference from beijing and an erosion of their rights. Violence escalated as lam refused to meet mans. Police demands. Teargas,taliated with upper spray, rubber bullets, and batons. Vandalism, and civil disobedience continued even after lam acquiesced and withdrew the bill. Frayed, positions entrenched, hong kong is a city on edge. I am stephen engle, and welcome to this special, hong kong on edge. It calls itself asias world city, the semi autonomous gateway to china, and a Key International finance and commercial hub, and that is coming under increasing threat multiple fronts. You have the politi