Im melissa chan welcome to news asia were glad you could join us hong kong has made Headline News week in and week out pretty much ever since spring of 2019 when we saw the start of a series of massive prodemocracy protests at 1. 20 percent of the city took to the streets what happens when you deal with tear gas not just once but countless times over a stretch when you face off against Police Brutality again and again it takes a toll takes a closer look at the Mental Health of people of hong kong we start with the story of henry thats not his real name but a pseudonym speaking with journalists has become a liability in this once free territory. 22 year old protester henry struggles whenever he passes fire Police Station in hong kong it was in just such a station that. Experience Police Brutality 1st hand. One day when i went out 9 Undercover Police officers took me in a car to the Police Station in the Interrogation Room they tried to force a confession they took out the buttons they h
A moment of reconciliation and or maybe rather an admission of guilt. In poland plants act of humility marked the beginning of a close friendship but that changed when the populist law and Justice Party rose to power in 2015. 70 years after the war they say they want more than what they call empty gestures they want reparations from germany lawmakers in berlin have refused such demands many here dismissed it as an attempt by the polish nationalist government to score cheap political points by stirring up empty german resentment but some are more open to the idea how many feel like maybe germany did take the easy way out because our polish neighbors were so quick to accommodate us maybe its not such a bad idea to talk about reparations just as we discussed erecting a memorial here in berlin the polish victims of the German Occupation here. 50 years on the relate. Unship between germany and poland looks as bleak as the weather did on that fateful december day but on suggests just serves
Has said the talks will continue until wednesday but no further you can say whether or not that is the final deadline for these trade and security in negotiations and deep both sides have said they will keep talking up until the final minutes indeed coming out of downing street in the u. K. Today they say theyll talk as long as it takes so long as we think that it deal is to be done and they have admitted though that these talks really are going down to the wire and of course just to give you a sense of that british newspapers today one saying history has its eye on wrecks it say remains to be seen of course whether or not that deal can be done in the coming days but the public here among those that weve spoken to there is a sense of fatigue now as these negotiations drag on and on theyve been going on and in one form or another for years now take a listen to what people on the streets of had to say. Im not worried about it because we need to get something so detailed. We need to make
Maduro claim things sweeping election victory after less than a 3rd of the country turned out to vote as the countrys economic crisis deepens what when mean for venezuelans struggling simply to survive. Im brinkerhoff its good to have you with us tonight time is quickly running out to make a post break sit trade deal the reality british and european negotiators have once again been locked in talks for hours today with no sign of a breakthrough now british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to head to brussels for a last ditch attempt to reach a deal to ease chief negotiator Michel Barnier is downbeat about the chances of an agreement saying key sticking points remain. Despite growing fears of economic chaos of britain leads without a deal london has said that it will not extend the negotiations. Hard for more now we want to bring in our correspondent in brussels barbara they saw in charlotte just until in london good evening to both of you barbara let me start with you lets start with
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