With the taliban and as afghanistans government frees hundreds of fighters prison it urges the militants to extend the troops. What is this the moment the bundesliga title slips through i dont think youre strong schwartzman and 5 minutes are celebrating after notching up what could be a decisive victory. Well im terry marsh and welcome to the program in Hong Kong Police have fired pepper pellets at crowds of prodemocracy protesters and made dozens of arrests in the city center riot police surrounded the Legislature Building in anticipation of protests the territorys prodemocracy demonstrators want to voice their opposition to a bill criminalizing disrespect for chinas National Anthem which lawmakers are currently debating. Of more now lets go straight over to alvin young hes a member of Hong Kongs Legislative Council and leader of the prodemocracy civic party thanks for being with us mr young where do you stand on the proposed National Anthem law. Hello terry thank you for having me simply speaking the democratic camp is united in opposition to this controversial National Anthem law we see that you do not regulate people and legal restrict people from respecting a National Anthem or even a country you earn your respect you do not make laws to make people to respect you ok the law on the National Anthem is one thing that beijing is preparing to impose a sweeping National Security law on hong kong with far reaching implications what do you pack do you think that will have. It on the cuts hong kongs legislature it doesnt go through the legislature and in fact beijing simply to what impose is an accurate way to talk about to say because beijing doesnt consult hong kong people they just say you have to take it and more importantly this Controversial National security law will undermine hong kongs high degree of autonomy and also to freedom that guarantees of columns success if beijing is determined to exert more control over hong kong is or really anything you can do to stop it. Well in practice perhaps its very difficult to stop beijing from imposing such a controversial piece of legislation on hong kong but on the out of hand hong kong people would not stop fighting please compromise us a common take it. Over to pos you will witness thousands and thousands of hong kong people talk to the streets in opposition to the dent controversial extradition extradition bill this year when it comes to National Security people are equally angry about it and obviously people would take their chances to voice out and more importantly hong kong is no ordinary city of china this is an International Financial hub and we are doing everything we can to tell the rest of the well so that the rest of the well understand as stand with hong kong and worse just seeing some pictures of some police on the streets clashing with protesters to some degree were hearing that there is a Massive Police presence in hong kong there surrounding parliament stopping and searching people even using pepper pellets how concerned are you about a total Police Crackdown in hong kong. Extremely we have according to the reports there are over 3500 policemen august street on duty today i personally with his countless Police Officers in food uniform. Uniforms surrounding the legislate Legislative Council building but come on this is the people politicians in theory and they are trying to stop people from getting close to the pilot was sort of pop what sort of government or part of his estate is so when they are trying to pass this National Anthem law and try to earn peoples respect they are basically doing something to the complete opposite how confident are you that other countries will come to hong kongs aid given chinas importance on the International Stage at the end of the day is up to each and every country and they have people. You would speak up for hong kong this is not only about interests i know a lot of countries including germany have a lot of People Living in hong kong you have your investments heat here but not only it up hong kong has long be a member of the free world we share the same values we share the same liberty and freedom and now when china is trying to take this away from hong kong we expect the rest of the well we speak a flops mr ewing thank you very much for talking with us today that was open you dont remember of Hong Kongs Legislative Council and leader of the civic party thank you. Now to the corona virus pandemic heres some of the latest developments the number of people who have died of covert 19 has passed 350000 according to Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. United states itself accounts for about a 3rd of those deaths thailand has extended its state of emergency laws for another month until the end of june the government says laws are still needed as the country gradually eases restrictions indias top Biomedical Research body has backed the use of the malaria drug hydroxy clora keen as a treatment for corona virus this comes after the w. H. O. Suspended its trial of the drug citing safety concerns and spain has begun an period of National Mourning in honor of the victims of code 19 for 10 days flags will be hoisted at half mast in public buildings across the country. Here in germany the federal government and the 16 states of agreed to extend social distancing restrictions until june 29th this comes amid debate over how quickly to ease the measures that have helped the country maintain a relatively low death rate in the coronavirus pandemic germany has already reduced some restrictions just in time for the summer tourist season. Its quiet at the daily Farmers Market in potsdam a small city near berlin social distancing is no problem on days like these. On tuesdays and wednesdays its pretty empty but fridays and saturdays are very very busy the queue goes back from my stand right back to where the cars are parked everyone 1. 5 metres apart people do people stick to that yes yes they do the big debate is over easing the corona restrictions gradually and steadily as the Central Government once or allowing regional states like to wring the freedom to loosen up more rapidly if they want. And im in my view to reinjure is moving too quickly all the states should get together and agree on a strategy on a united way forward in a and it is critical and i had his hand on companies at 1st i thought it was good that there was a joint approach but now there are regions where there are hardly any new infections and i think there should be regional differences. Aside. The Eastern States have to reengineer is loosening the restrictions social distancing will not be enforced next month because the premier says theres no longer any justification for infringing peoples rights thats why we see 239. 00 known cases of infection are not a legal basis on which to say to more than 2000000. 00 residents we will be knocking on your door and asking whether there are too many people Drinking Coffee together in your house mentioned in some coffee. But the premier of bavaria is warning against making dangerous assumptions to cloud corona for anyone who thinks corona is over is being naive since we dont know exactly how the science is going to develop the sensible course of action. Ends the same staying calm and prudent and acting on a step by step basis that. That caution gets a mixed response in pottstown but polls show 3 quarters of germans agree with the measured approach being taken by bavaria and in but. So you look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today u. S. President has accused twitter of interfering in the u. S. Election this comes after the social Media Network attached a fact check label to 2 of his tweets its the 1st time twitter has tagged a tweet as unsubstantiated. There been protests in the u. S. State of minnesota the death of a black and detained by police the death of george floyd has drawn outrage after a video showed a white officer kneeling on his neck as he cried out that he couldnt breathe. And irans newly elected parliament has convened president rouhani urged lawmakers to cooperate with his government to fight u. S. Sanctions and the current virus iran is grappling with the deadliest outbreak in the middle east all 268 lawmakers who were in attendance have reportedly tested negative for the virus. A cease fire between Afghan Forces and the taliban has ended with reports of renewed fighting on wednesday morning the taliban offered to uphold the historic ceasefire which began on sunday to mark the eve celebrations at the end of ramadan with the truce raising hopes of a lasting peace in the long running conflict the Afghan Government is also pushed ahead with confidence building measures. These men are among hundreds of prisoners the Afghan Government has released as part of a 3 day cease fire deal with the taliban and the movements 10 were not expecting. I spent 6 and a half years in background prison im still almost speechless its such a surprise its only when i saw reporters that i realized were free we have no media access inside the prison i didnt know wed be free today. Before being released prisoners have to sign written pledges not to take up arms again. As per the guidelines of our leaders and based on the agreement we will not return to the battlefield we are committed to the leaderships orders and we will continue our life normally. In the least i didnt get the vehicle. After nearly 19 years of fighting many here hope this ceasefire could mark a turning point as does the Afghan Government who released these prisoners in an effort to extend peace talks with the taliban. As was hiller the region we request that the ceasefire continues so that the Afghan People can rest and that we can turn this peace effort that we have made into a process that will pave the way for the release of all prisoners and the forthcoming peace talks. About the weather corpulent you know. While the stages of these talks remains fragile and any possible outcome still life far in the future this cease fire has given these men a new lease on life or for more now lets cross straight over to kabul where correspondent ali latif is covering events for us on the ground there tell us whats the status of the cease fire now that this prisoner release has happened. So it seems as if the cease fire is holding there were a couple of instances in the east of the country implemented by both sides of the conflict but so far it seems as if its holding but one thing is i was recently in mind on that province in the east and i saw that you know there were convoys release taliban prisoners coming down the road you know with flowers and cameras and you know 10 and 12 cars at a time welcoming them back and what was really interesting is that on the road from the provincial capital to the districts where usually theres very little Security Forces presence especially out on the road itself with their vehicles and with the Actual Police and military you saw that this time not not only were the convoys passing by but that there were military humvees and that there were Police Forces stopped on the road ready in case anything happened but so far it seems that if you know the talabani is making sure that their prisoners get it get back safely without being hot and cross fire and without risking anything and i think that the government is being overly cautious to make sure that you know their worst fear of these people returning to battle a doesnt come true. Which is a sprucing a release mean for the Peace Process in afghanistan because theres a lot riding on the negotiations underway currently between the taliban and the Afghan Government. Its actually a very big deal because what were seeing is that the taliban has reacted very positively their representative in doha their spokesman in doha sent out you know a statement saying that theyre happy with what the other side is doing which is a very different use of terminology in their efforts of the kabul government they also assured that they would start releasing more of the government prisoners in considerable amounts they said so the hope is that because the fall of on you know implemented this cease fire themselves after a very bloody month of april the hope is that this prisoner release will give some confidence of the toll of on and it will also give some confidence of the government that these fighters wont return to the battlefield and that you know finally these in travel on talks can become much more of a reality and they can move towards actually holding them ali thank you so much for bringing us up to date that was correspondent on the la t. V. There in kabul. Youre watching t w news still to come the job nobody wants to do how one venezuelan migrant ended up picking up the bodies of the coveted 19 dead in. Like germany japan has emerged from coronavirus lockdown with a relatively low toll on Public Health but economy has taken a big hit the e. U. And japan a pledge to work more closely in restarting cross border trading goods and services that will come as music to the ears of businesses in japan. Japan has had some of the worlds most relaxed lock down measures it was not until the 7th of april that japan declared a state of emergency the government didnt even enforce a general lockdown citizens were only asked to stay at home this week shops opened again even for many japanese japan is moving too quickly. For us leave by 8 was. I think lifting emergency measures came a bit early but many wont survive if companies and shops dont reopen fast. Enough. That. You the abbaye government is in a hurry although the coronavirus pandemic in japan has been relatively mild with only 850. 00 deaths it has caused the worlds 3rd largest economy to slide into a recession in the 1st quarter and ill be. Looking at the g. D. P. Days or from january to march we think the coronavirus measures such as social distancing had an impact on the public. In the 2nd quarter the damage from the covert crisis will worsen experts expect an economic slump of 20 to 30 percent this year to get the country back on its feet tokyos implementing whopping stimulus packages worth nearly 2 trillion dollars but the japanese are no strangers to stimulus packages and there are questions whether the worlds most and. Yes and country can afford that kind of spending. European fisherman are used to weathering all sorts of storms but the coronavirus pandemic is a new one fish markets and seafood restaurants are shut down supply chains are broken and large vessels are anchored in harbors thousands of fishermen are at risk of losing their job which. Normally this part of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of france is busy with boat and yacht traffic but the seas are quieter than usual and thats a problem for many small scale fishermen in this area april to june are their most important months while normal orders have dried up some fishermen are turning to a service from mill year to many home delivery. Our usual clients are restaurants and we lost them due to the shutdown the remaining customers are private citizens so we have to start delivering fish to most of them we fish in the morning and do deliveries in the afternoon that makes for long work days. Thanks to corona virus sales are down by half but these fishermen say deliveries on the phone are helping them stay afloat just to judy i have some nice ones weighing around 700 grams maybe a kilo and have some smaller ones too. From the docks to your door thats the service these fishermen are now providing as big buyers like restaurants and caterers remain closed for business. But the same people catching the fish are also making the deliveries work days can last from 4 am to 9 pm. In the town of on t. V. Fishermen now have permission to sell their catches directly important for fishermen that have to wait out the storm longer term there are some aid measures but these locals say they prefer to work as much as possible while keeping necessary precautions in place. In some parts of the mediterranean and black sea more than 90 percent of fishing boats have already stopped operating meanwhile in anted and elsewhere along the european coast fishermen are trying their best to keep working. International donors have pledged over 3000000000 euros to support refugees and migrants from venezuela as the coronavirus pandemic worsens their plight the pledging conference was hosted by the European Union and spain and involved around 50 u. N. Agencies and Financial Institutions or than 5000000. 00 venezuelans have fled the economic chaos under president Nicolas Maduro whos the story of one of those whove left. Its a job no one else wants to do grueling dangerous work recovering bodies of covert 9000 victims. Used to work as an electrician in his native venezuela before he migrated to peru 2 years ago to escape the dire economic crisis back home in his new job he and his fellow workers from the funeral home collect as many as 10 bodies a day more than 400 since march. Here they are picking up the body of a man who committed suicide because he couldnt get treatment after testing positive for the virus john always worries the dangerous work yes to do might end up harming his family before returning home he always showers and wash this is closed