Aljazeera. Where every. 23 years of the sovereignty was returned to china and hong kong is facing the biggest threat yet to its prized autonomy china now plans to get directly involved in the Territories Affairs through a new National Security law so is this an assault on hong kongs democracy this is inside story. But everyone im come on santa maria one country 2 systems dont be so sure about that because with china moving to pass a National Security law for hong kong they could see the most significant reduction in its autonomy since it was handed over by britain in 1907 well there are definitely changes afoot chinas premier league chang announced the bill at the n. P. C. The National Peoples congress chinas biggest annual political gathering the draft law has 7 articles and will almost certainly be approved by the n. P. C. Wants passed it would allow chinese agencies to operate in hong kong to quote prevent stop and punish acts endangering National Security the thing is hong kong is
Emergency for tokyo, osaka and six other prefectures. Last week the government canceled the nationwide declaration for the other 39 prefectures. Officials are focusing on infection statistics in tokyo as well as in osaka where one new case was reported on monday. Amid the decline in new cases the government is urging people to maintain social distancing measures to prevent the second wave of infections. In total more than 16,300 people have tested positive for the coronavirus here in japan. Now, face masks made by members of japans new minority are in high demand. They gained nationalal attenti after the cabinet secretary wore one. It beaars patterns that the ain people believe wards off bad things. They have a backlog after receiving orders for around 1,200 masks. Translator we have received emails from people across the country and its their wish to avoid bad luck. Im glad theyre embracing our culture. It takes at least one hour to stitch the pattern by hand. The pandemic is having a
Netanyahu whos still facing corruption charges mind you cant form a new government with his main challenger meantime israelis take to the streets and protest were going to discuss all of that sit tight its time to boost your news i. Q. And breaking news just moments ago into our news room the department of justice has dropped the case against former National Security adviser Michael Flynn now this after internal memos were released that raised serious questions about the investigation that led to flynns 2017 guilty plea for lying to the f. B. I. Now flynt was President Trumps 1st National Security adviser who became a key part of that russia gate investigation. And moving on the corona virus pandemic continues to unfold worldwide there are now 3800000 cases more than 264000 deaths so. Here in the u. S. Alone still leading the way 1200000 cases and more than 73000 deaths and the virus stricken state of new york officials are now reporting an unexpected spike in their death toll reaching
Testament to a new way of life most people staying home for as long as science and the government decide they must also on lockdown in Windsor Castle her residence outside london the queen 93 years old reminded britons that this crisis too would pass we should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure better days will return we will be with our friends again we will be with our families again we will meet again but the government is worried about isolation fatigue and a minority of people embracing the warm spring weather to picnic and sunbathe in the parks on prominent and beaches the more people follow the rules then the faster we will all be through it so i say this to this small minority of people who are breaking the rules or pushing the boundaries. Youre risking your own life and the lives of others and youre making it harder for all banning all this the ability to go outside to exercise in public as the Health Secretary has said he might have to do would be intole
Spain which is and you know very hard is mike hanna has more in what the governor of new york is doing to try to curb the spread of the virus. The Governor Cuomo words 1st lee has ratcheted up controls in new york city ordering that all playgrounds in the city be shut this because he says people were simply not being compliant with the social distancing regulations so he had no option but to shut down the playgrounds no more basketball he insisted its a game that cannot be played during this particular crisis the governor also once again reiterated the absolute seriousness of the situation speaking in new york state generally the past 24 hours or more than 390. 00 fatalities so this of course is a significant figure and its continuing to rise the governor also spoke to the alliance that hes forging with neighboring governors in new jersey and connecticut talking about how theyve got to Work Together and this just highlights the lack of federal leadership in this crisis its left to the