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
Im melissa chan and 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 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 wasnt just stuff. Station that he experienced Police Brutality 1st hand. One day when i went out 9 Undercover Police officers took me in a car to the Police Station and the Interrogation Room they tried to force a confession they took out the battens they
Designed to highlight Racial Discrimination has sparked a backlash in japan. Jevon ashwood support and speaking of japan the cost of delaying the take care of them pigs is revealed organizers say the current virus bespoke mint is likely to set them back a further 2800000000. 00. Hello welcome to the program saudi arabias foreign minister says he is hopeful a deal could soon be reached to end the bitter dispute with cats are its been 3 years since saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt imposed a land sea an Arab Blockade on cata for ministers of qatar and kuwait also say theres been progress towards resolving the crisis. Has our report. Crucial days a hand for gulf nations talks aimed at and during the 3 and a half year blockade of qatar seem to have achieved significant progress kuwaits foreign minister whos country has been be generally mediating and and to the crisis says hes confident in fact that a constructive and fruitful talks have taken place recently where all the parties
Settlements and forced from their homes. We need the feel p. And so fled to sudan and are now desperate for help. Im joining us though with Sports Major League Baseball star Robinson Camaro has been banned for a whole season for doping and must fulfill his 24000000. 00 salary. Thank you for joining us. We start this news hour with the coronavirus funday make and the race to find a vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show, promise in protecting the most at risk groups. A strong immune response was shown in those age over 70. The vaccine is being developed in partnership with Oxford University and is now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings. The positive news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to mount. More than 2000000. 00 cases have now been reported in africa, but low rates of testing means the caseload is sought to be much higher across the 54. 00 country, continent globally cases have surpassed 56000000. 00.