A man who lost it but whats being done across the region to prevent the pandemic from bracing even further out of control. Plus its been a cathedral a mosque and now and a museum now istanbuls famous highest of fear is epicenter of the political battle that could have implications for the balls to largest banks. Im christine will welcome to the program tensions are rising over Hong Kong China threatening reprisals if person goes ahead and grants residency rights to 3000000 eligible Hong Kong China has faced a groundswell of criticism from many western nations over its decision to impose a sweeping new security law banning acts offs of 30. Kompany severus of hundreds of prodemocracy protesters rallying against then you know. Now critics fear the new security role will be used to crush any dissent against chinese rule among those critics is a came to hong kong autistic a sea wall in the poss has produced physically charged thats been openly critical of beijing now wal ses whats happening in the city is india glimpse of what lies in still i feel like i was caught one morning and then suddenly it is true 1047 i thats the year until western style rule of law and Civil Liberties for hong kong was supposed to be guaranteed according to a treaty signed by britain and china ahead of hong kongs handover. But its the 1st of july 2020 and hong kongs protesters are fighting a lost battle for freedom and the right to gather and against beijings new security hole every protester risks arrest. For those people who has the guts to come out today you know i salute them because they already oh you know expect. The worst nobody at all dont want to become like china im. Celebrating the 1st of july 1997 the day that hong kong officially reverted to chinese suffer n. T. After 156 years of british rule also toasting the new security law. Everything is peaceful here in this Chinese State t. V. Broadcast. Coherence is also new we see that the Central Government is determined to protect the vast majority of law abiding hong kong citizens from a minority thats trying to undermine National Security saw her. But it wasnt a minority that took to the streets it was millions. Singing glory to hong kong they protested for weeks and months and issued 5 demands such as the retraction of the new classification of protesters as rioters and an inquiry into alleged police brutality. Case the one protester to with art and april last year this performance artwork of the dark premonition of what was to come locked into a cage the performance chant i will not go to china and what has a history of like. For shadow is to come to the west so thats why Western State western countries should have closed their eyes on the for. Today there are far fewer protesters demanding freedom for hong kong because they are in breach of beijing socalled security law. I this police bana states that every protester who violates the law will be arrested and everyone on the streets knows the risk taking. K. C. One dusting. He says he wanted to give this interview because he refuses to give up his right to freedom of expression and stands by the 5 demands. One of the place thats closely watching developments in hong kong is taiwan officially known as the republic of china its been independent since 950. 00 a year after the Chinese Revolution brought the communist party to poly in beijing china considers taiwan a renegade province while taiwan has been lobbying for International Sanctions against beijing now we asked the taiwanese representative in germany if that was realistic look what the american has done their hips sink shouldnt their hair put strain on those sections and there are china is confronted was a big problem and if the European Countries do the same soon to get we see not only we see the trump but also with the us we use japan elsewhere in europe in short we still want all freedom then surely the Chinese Government there ought be confined it would be scared only thats the only way only talking and warning wont help. Now i want to bring you some of the stories making news around the world forces in russia have approved changes to the constitution that allow president Vladimir Putin to run for 2 more terms in Office Officials say almost 80 percent back to the proposals that were put forward by mr putin himself the kremlin has described the outcome as a triumph. Germanys foreign minister has made turkish counterpart. In berlin discussing topics including bringing an end to the syrian war germany has special weight in International Diplomacy right now it holds the presidency of both the e. U. Council and the u. N. Security council. The exgirlfriend of the late Geoffrey Epstein maxwell has been arrested in the u. S. On charges she helped the aged girls who would then be abused by who was of all the fun and sia. Was awaiting trial on charges of trafficking minus when he was found dead in a jail cell from an apparent suicide. Say at least 100. 00 people have died in the landslide at a jade mine it happened to heavy rains hit the. Region in the north of the country burying burkas and the graves of much. Have been trapped its one of the worst accidents to hit the region in recent years. Earlier we spoke to our spawn and dave who has lived in myanmar for you is. Why warnings of heavy rains were not heeded. You know when the weather conditions are great this is still a dangerous business but in this case you know this is a rainy season where storms are common but the thing here is that these people these are desperate poor people desperate for money we should point out that totally these were not the people what she worked for the Mining Companies these are the scavengers who come in after the Mining Company leaves piles of waste and then these people go through it to see if theres any energy that was left over and sometimes they do find some jay they got missed by the Mining Companies you get quite a bit of money from out of the cage and so these are the scavengers looking up for that theyre desperate theyre poor and thats why even poor weather conditions are not going to stop them as long as they can get access to the sites theyll keep doing it out of desperation. At that in now in india the number of confirmed corona virus infections has now topped 600000 but the government is striking back at critics who say it hasnt done enough to fight the pandemic it has introduced a revamp strategy to curb the spread of the virus many the child 3 brings us this report from the worst hit city in the capsule daily. A massive door to do so the exercise has been launched in delhi for its entire population of about 20000000 residents. The State Government is aiming to record the Health Details of each and every household to deal with this praed of. The move has come after weeks of scrambling from measures by the state and the National Government to avoid a Major Health Care disaster in the capital city which has now become the worst hit in the country even the government is nor you know short of what will go to mortal nordberg road so im a little scared but regard to earlier we could step out a little at least to buy essential some groceries but now were worried that if we step out at all we may get infected as part of its strategy to handle the spread of the Delhi Government is taking a range of measures they include increased testing and Contact TracingAntibody Testing developing a plus one bank and providing. The government simultaneously is trying to ramp up its Health Care Infrastructure the daily testing for coverage 1000 has increased significantly. The State Government says that it is now conducting 20000. 00 tests everything apart from plans to start rapid and dejan testing which allows for foster diagnosis of samples regular testing camps are also being set up especially in corona virus hot sports known as containment. Some can be hard one of delhis largest and most crowded informal settlements has several Containment Zones the new testing camps there have already started making a difference. During the past week testing has increased many positive cases are getting detected earlier the testing wasnt so regular now its daily some 200. 00 people are tested at each camp youre dealing anybody testing positive is immediately taken to makeshift quarantined centers crucial for those where home isolation is not an option. The Delhi Government has projected that the number of cases in the capital rise up to hoffer 1000000 by the end of july. To handle such a case load some specious venues in the city are also being converted into covert care facilities. This ashram is being prepared to become one of the Worlds Largest public u. S. Centers essentially an isolation facility it has a capacity of 10000. 00 beds most of which are made of prefabricated cardboard material. Once open it will provide round the clock medical supervision for miles and moderate cases there is pressure on the general Good Health Care system it isnt new to the is one that we were not fully equipped to deal with when it began and it became a pandemic and we have to supplement the gender Health Care System even though lockdown restrictions have been eased to some extent in delhi there is still much confusion and anxiety amongst its residents as the capital continues to formulate and implement new strategies it has a tough task ahead of it so as the challenge of corona virus has now turned into a crisis. Latin america is struggling to get a handle on its outbreak of the virus last week the region last and now the bleak milestone with more than 100000 deaths lengths to 19 and experts fear the worst of the pandemic is yet to come is a closer look at how some of the regions worst hit countries have been battling the virus with mixed results. Row after row of freshly dug graves like no america is home to 8 percent of the worlds population but has accounted for about half of the worlds coronavirus related deaths in the past 2 weeks. Cases are still rising exponentially in many areas experts say the peak of the pandemic is still weeks away 3 of the hardest hit countries are brazil chile and peru. Brazil has the 2nd highest number of infections and covert 900 related deaths in the world it was here that the 1st case in latin america was identified at the end of february since then the countrys response to the virus has been patchy local authorities have imposed restrictions. But president jay of also naro continues to downplay the virus and rail against stay at home measures meanwhile infections are still skyrocketing last week preserve recorded its highest number of new cases to date. Chile is home to just 19000000. 00 people but has one of the highest infection rates per capita in the world after an initial lockdown restrictions here were eased at the end of april too soon Say Health Experts cases exploded again particularly in densely populated poor areas in response restrictions were tightened again in may the capital was put under lockdown in a country that was struggling economically long before the virus struck the restrictions are hitting many hard. Peru had one of the 1st and strictest National Lockdowns in the region nevertheless cases and deaths continue to rise but finally numbers are leveling off. Perus president Martin Vickery announced the lifting of the National Quarantine on wednesday after more than 100 days though targeted lock downs will remain in place and parts of the country. Testing across the continent remains comparatively low so infection figures unlikely much higher and researches say countries may be significantly under reporting deaths as many cases go undiagnosed. And were now joined by ivan briscoe hes the lesson America Program director for the International Crisis group that thats a think tank welcome to you and i understand that your ass from les mis which is dance of blood in colombia that to see if so we see now that several south american countries are really struggling with carlia why is that the case ivan well we have seen since march the introduction of very strict locked arms in most countries across latin america obviously with a big action of brazil. And it hasnt actually proved to be as effective as they thought unfortunately in countries such as peru as you identified in your whole lot a lot of people have to go out and work in the informal economy that are not many other options they live in overcrowded conditions in densely populated cities and as a result the virus has managed to spread despite all the Public Health measures which have been taken that said there are other countries which have been incredibly successful in latin america in curbing the pandemic particularly you will require in power why so its not all the same story everywhere right so so another thing we know is that this pandemic is highlighting problems and weaknesses everywhere what have been the major revelations in the region youre in. Well i think one of the things which weve seen again and again through the introduction the extension of these very strict lock downs with very strict. Controls on peoples movements is that the Public Health systems are have not been up to the job but we see in colombia where im at the moment for example theres great concern as to whether they have the intensive care units whether they have the ventilators to be able to deal with the very severe cases and either is in bogota or the 2nd city made a year and when when it seems that a lot of these ventilation units of being used than the coal to lock down measures comes into place the other concern is of course we dont see people being able to conform with the social distancing measures which are being laid down by governments for these i think of the 2 issues which we see in many countries at a few more seconds on the clock thats what i get this one from you and has there been a sort of coordinated least no response all countries working together much not in the slightest there is virtually no coordination and we see a whole variety of responses as i said incredible testing and contract trade tracing regime in your a quite sue the system in brazil not brazil is an exception the government the National Government as as to not to extend lockdown measures or the local governments are and this lack of coordination has seen obviously the disaster the tragedy of the pandemic in brazil so in general between colombia brazil peru yorick why were seeing all the differences but the general trend is very strict extensive lockdowns which unfortunately dont seem to be having the desired effect and while thats ivan boesky hes latin america part of them tyrants are for the International Crisis group thank you pleasure thank you very much. 3 a Turkish Court has been deciding today whether one of istanbuls most iconic buildings should become a mosque again now the same trees old highest afia is a unesco World Heritage site that has been a church a mosque and is now a museum but with nationalist groups dividing it to be open for islamic praise critics say it has become a political instrument for president at all. Empires have fallen religions have been replaced the city itself has changed names but the dome of the high u. S. Afia has withstood a whole built in the 6th century as a byzantine church it was for centuries the Worlds Largest christian cathedral almost a millennium later it was converted into an islamic mosque during the autumn an empire. But in the 1930 s. It was turned into a museum under the founder of the modern turkish republic ataturk a symbol of the new secular state inclusive of all religions since then it has been a Meeting Point of many faiths but held by none a place where popes run president s have come to pay their respects and marvel at the architecture. The religion is a tool for president richard type of on he has overseen prayers in the museum and raised its status at local election rallies. I also feel subs over the juvenile sort of as you know they converted the higher sophia from a mosque to a museum a while ago. Now we hope to be able to call it a mosque again after the election well or not. I was so just islamic groups have fought to pray at the highest of fear angering neighboring greece which says the building is part of its author docs christian history unesco has warned turkey its conversion to a mosque could violate the world Cultural Heritage convention. A flashpoint of religious and National Struggle whatever its future the high years of fear will remain an icon of istanbul. And standing by in front of the highest itself istanbul correspondent. Hi yeah so take this present richard sipe to one hes a conservative muslim himself and he supports these plans to change the fia status to a mosque why is this so important for you. Well istanbul already has more than 3000 mosques including many very representative one so one could argue there is no need for another mosque but this is not the issue here the iosif there right behind me this monument is for many people here