Foreign minister celebrating after scoring what could be a decisive victory. Thank. You so much god its great to have you with us in Hong Kong Police have fired pepper palettes at crowds of prodemocracy protesters and made more than 200. 00 arrests in the city center riot police have surrounded the Legislature Building in and as a patient 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. Right lets get an update on the story now we can speak to tom grundy editor in chief of Hong Kong Free press tom thanks for joining us you are currently on the streets where protests as we understand have been escalating give us an idea of whats been happening. Well a bit of us tense standoff at the moment in montauk were up to about a 240 arrests some of them children in uniform weve seen pepper balls have to spray been fired by police we understand 3500 officers the quoit in this huge security operation today with alleged or surrounded by water. And now it seems we may be descending as we have for the day and so sort of. Situation between the protesters and the police as monk called the shopping districts of calls a day and the central districts Central Business district became sort of giant. Of the police and protesters giving chase but a lot so arrests today with them being loaded on to at least vans tom we understand that protesters today are protesting against this National Anthem law and we dont do know that other countries also criminalize desecrating the flag or the National Anthem so why are they out protesting this law today. The difference is in hong kong this law is passed as it most certainly well people could face prison or 3 years or a large fine for mocking the insulting or parodying the National Anthem but this comes in tandem with the National Security law as well which many here will be an affront to Civil Liberties and freedoms and freedom of speech so that certain people on the streets because that will be inserted directly into hong kongs mini constitution just in the next few months without any bogus sites tom we see the police there just lined up right behind you and president xi jinping said china is going to be stepping up its military preparedness so if these protests continue to ask to turn violent what kind of pushback you think we might see from beijing. Well the o. The local Army Garrison chief has also made similar threats we do hear these things about you know the military in hong kong but the idea of this national legis National Security legislation is that it will empower hong kong itself as well as the National Security services who could end up being faced. To prosecute people for succession sedition and suppression unfortunately we dont have clear answers as to how exactly they may that may affect the Civil Liberties freedoms and core values that were used to in hong kong as a semi autonomous region. And tom weve been speaking to protesters i mean what are they saying in terms of what they expect from International Support well weve seen some support i suppose from donald trump and will make a strong statement this week also trying when taiwan but just around the corner here ive seen people are feeling both overseas countries to intervene but this is one of the things that may become outlawed just in a few months along with our mocking the National Maybe even calling for an end to one party rule or chief executive to step down thats a big thing about this law we dont know what it will entail and seeing how these laws are rolled out in the mainland there is concern that we may never know the exact definition of what is allowed and what is not because its often purposefully applied in a very vague and broad manner all right tom grandy editor in chief contrary press reporting there on the streets thank you so much. Lets check in now on some other stories making news around the world protesters have taken to the streets in the u. S. State of minnesota after a black man died while being detained by police the death of george floyd is drawn outrage after video showed a white officer dealing on his neck as he cried out that he could not reach. A cease fire between Afghan Forces and the taliban has ended with reports of renewed fighting the truce ended after hundreds of taliban prisoners were released as part of a u. S. Deal of this ceasefire was announced by the taliban for the ied at celebrations at the end of ramadan. Medical supplies including masks appliances and Building Materials have washed up on beaches along australias east coast the items were from a cargo ship that lost dozens of containers in rough seas over the weekend the singapore flag the ship had been moved from china to melbourne and spains royal family has left the country in a minutes silence in honor of those who died of code 19 the country started an unprecedented 10 day period of National Mourning nearly 27000 people have died from the corona virus in spain making it one of the worlds worst. Heres a look now at some of todays other coronavirus developments the number of people have died of cover 1000 has surpassed 350000 according to Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. And the United States 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 the laws are still needed as the country gradually eases restrictions indias top Biomedical Research body has backed the use of the antimalarial drug hydroxy chloroquine as a treatment for the corona virus and that comes after the w. H. O. Suspended its trial of the drug citing safety concerns. Here in germany it will be another month of keeping your distance the federal government and 16 states have agreed to extend social distancing restrictions until june 29th it comes amid debate over how quickly to ease the measures that have helped germany maintain a relatively low death rate in the corona virus pandemic germany has already started easing lockdown restrictions in time for the summer tourism season but with fear is of a 2nd wave of infections many lawmakers including chef on america are urging caution. Well the European Union is laying out its strategy to combat the fallout of the coronavirus later today Commission President was enough on the line will present a plan worth hundreds of billions of euros for the e. U. To bounce back from the recession triggered by the pandemic that includes a 500000000000 euro Fund Proposed by germany and france based on common e. U. Debt at the same time fund a line will introduce a proposal for the blocks 7 year budget plan and lets bring in our correspondent in brussels standing by for us hi barbara good to see you so this is a giant revival deal that was a life on the line is going to be presenting what more details do we have on this plan. What she fought once for corona recovery is the sum of 750000000000. 00 euros thats even a bit less than was expected and that is to come in 2 parts the 500000000000. 00 you mentioned they are supposed to be given away as grants to the most affected countries and then theres going to be in another segment of 250000000000. 00 which is supposed to be given as loans money that has to be paid back bought the interesting part of course is going to be the detail in this now who is going to get the biggest part of the money is if this is calculated according to the fall in g. D. P. It might be spain italy and france that get sort of the the the biggest lump sum if the european the Eastern European countries want to be included of course you would have to probably calculated on the bases off Edition Figures of rising unemployment so there is a huge political battle looming because the what the Eastern European country scene now is under their very eyes theyve become from net recipients of e. U. Funds maybe to net contributors poland for instance has seen the coach relations and theyre already jumping up and down and also so this is not yet a done deal of course and it is going to be a very big political fight to get there and to get agreement of all the 27 member states. Barbara faisal reporting there from brussels now International Donors have pledged over 3000000000 euros to support refugees and migrants from venezuela as a coronavirus endemic worsens their plight more than 5000000 venezuelans have fled the economic chaos under president Nicolas Maduro heres a story of one of those. 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 p. Durango 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 and always worries the dangerous work yes to do might end up harming his family before returning home he always showers and washes is closed with disinfectant sometimes he gargles with salt water. Im always afraid afraid to infect my family when i go back home to my children but its something that has to be faced and i have to continue working to put food on the table. Peru has over 108000 confirmed covered 9000 cases and over 3000 deaths the 2nd hardest hit country in latin america after brazil the current lock down conditions are making it even harder for the estimated 850000 venezuelan migrants in peru to make ends meet and has to keep working and hoping theyll stay healthy for his family including his elderly parents who remained in venezuela. Ok sports now and the biggest game in any bundesliga season is 1st a dork meant against byron munich and with other major leagues still on hold because of the pandemic sports fans around the world tuned in to watch as dortmund took on fire getting a win to keep their season alive but it wasnt to be iron held their nerve to take home the way. The biggest game of the season had arrived at the 1st fallen star the bye and munich took on the closest challenges for the title in a stadium that would usually be rocking but was instead empty. The match kicks into top gear in the very 1st minute a mix up in the pie and defense handed early holland a chance to score passing in the norwegian striker a big man a well neuer only for jerome but saying to clear off the line. By i responded to that wake up call at the other end says cannot very well just as close to cash peace take the man in the right place at the right time. It would take Something Special to break the deadlock and yours you want to make provided exactly that. Breathtaking chit from the midfielder outfoxed dortmund keeper roman burkey who got a hand to the shots but couldnt keep it out. Of a disappointing end to the half for him and dortmund he brought on jake and son joe in search of inspiration but it was holland who went close next after the flash 5 replays showed the shot deflected off by the tangs no penalty was given and dortmunds hunt for an equaliser continues not many decades tested noir but there was a sense it wasnt so big that day robert leaven dusky almost settled the time when he slammed a shot against the post. By an inches away from securing a massive win the nerves of the Club Officials present jangling. But not for much longer when the referee belief a full time it was clear that both teams knew how decisive this result could be. To be realistic by a 7 points ahead as long as nothing goes wrong theyll bring the title home and all the bringing it was a match that came down to the finest of margins. But the outcome is that 10 days after it restarted the bundle a good title race is old but all of a. And now we bring you the story of a mountain bear and a brave boy this video you see here shows 12 year old who was out hiking with his family in trentino in northern italy when he noticed a bear behind him in the brush as his companions given quite instructions i listened to keeps calm and keeps walking slowly down the mountain he told italian media that he was a bear lover and he couldnt wait to see what. Lets get a reminder of our top story now here in riot police in hong kong of use pepper pallets to break up prodemocracy protests in the citys Financial Center and that comes as Parliament Debates a bill that would prevent allies of any disrespect to the chinese National Anthem. 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