And distrust in rios favelas as Current Affairs cases skyrocket amid reports infections you are being severely under reported by the Government People in the slums and now counting cases themselves. Thank you for joining us britain has pledged to allow up to 3000000 people from hong kong to live in the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson made the offer after beijing imposed a Controversial National security law on hong kong a former british colony it outlaws public displays of Pro Independence sentiment with potential life sentences for a fantasy the measures have Gone International condemnation. Although you know the attention. In hong kong on the rise one day after beijing implemented its controversial security law the Civil Liberties hong kong this had been promised and to 2047 gone london says beijing is guilty of what is described as a clear and serious violation of a treaty that paved the way for home content over from britain to china in 1970 and close to 3000000 hong kong residents have been promised a pathway to british citizenship basis for our International Relations we make clear mr speaker that if trying to continue down this path we would reach introduce a new route for those with british nationals overseas status to enter the u. K. Granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the u. K. And theyre off to to apply for citizenship and that is precisely what we will do to us truly a as contemplating a similar move. We are considering very actively in their proposals. To be brought forward several weeks ago and the following touch is a being. Considered by cabinet to provide similar opportunities and we think thats important and very consistent with who we are as a people. Beijing is demanding both britain and australia stop interfering in what it calls its own internal affairs it also accused london of violating pasta agreements the Chinese Embassy and the 4 hong kong was returned to china the United Kingdom clearly promised it would not grant United Kingdom residency rights to british nationals overseas travel document holders in total disregard of chinas solemn position the u. K. Has obstinately changed its position and is now offering a route for residency and citizenship for these people to. Beijing maintains that the passing of the new security law was necessary to prevent the rep. Titian of violent protests that paralyzed hong kong for months but few on the streets of hong kong buy into that narrative some already say they are ready to accept britains offer to move there if possible that i do think it could really provide me an opportunity to settle in the u. K. That i dont necessarily have to stay in hong kong or dialog gives us one more way out which i still love him very much but our reapply for the British Mission overseas passport 1st and decide whether to stay on leave after the details a confirmed. But not everyone is eligible to apply for citizenship some people we have to stay in home calm and learn to live with the new reality. One that the place thats closely watching developments in hong kong is taiwan officially known as the republic of china its been independent since 1950 that its a year off to the Chinese Revolution both the communist party to power in beijing now china considers taiwan a renegade province while taiwan has been lobbying for International Sanctions against beijing now we asked the taiwanese representative engine many if that was realistic. Look what the American History on they have sanctioned they have put strain on their sections and they are trying now is confront it was a big problem and if the European Countries do the same soon to get that we see not only the trump but also with the us we use japan elsewhere in europe in short we still want all freedom then chinese the Chinese Government there ought be confined that would be scared only thats the only way only talking and warning wont help so how is germany planning to respond to beijings actions neither has the put that question to nels annan hes a diplomat and member of the social democrats who are in a governing coalition but chancellor merkels conservatives. Minister of state the autonomy in hong kong basically ended yesterday is the German Government simply going to put up with this fact we are very concerned as minister mas yesterday said in an address to the german bundestag and i also want to make it very clear that we have to clear expectation that guarantees that have been given to the International Community but also to the people of hong kong must be on it and what we are seeing right now with the new law that has been signed by president xi is also putting in question guarantees that the Chinese Government made to the International Community and also how dedicated they are still in terms of the principle of one country 2 systems so its a serious matter and we are treating this as a serious matter but what is the German Government actually going to do well 1st of all im very happy that we have clear statements coming from the Senior Leaders from the European Union and we are joining in expressing our opposition to that law so we will continue to work with all Member States with our partners to have a unified european position that is necessary because they believe otherwise. Also in the long term it will not be hard to beijing and thats what we are working on the opposition parties here in germany are calling for a cancellation of the e. U. China summit is it actually a good idea for europe to sit around a table with china at a time when beijing is undermining its International Obligations producing a slogan producing line doesnt equal doing politics and i believe what we need to do is 2 things we need to unite the European Countries china that has not always been the case as we all pretty much know but we also need to talk with the chinese ship we are in a very International Situation right now there are many things that needs to be addressed and the German Government has always been able in. Its relationship with the chinese leadership not only to talk about economic relations which is and remains important but also about human rights how realistic is it that the German Government will actually succeed in getting europe to speak with one voice when it comes to china given that there are initiatives like this 16 plus one including some e. U. Member states and germany that can go to beijing and will be received by the trying to sleep that is not always the case for smaller membership members of the European Union so strengthening you cream cohesion also offering those colleagues the ability to have face time with Chinese Students is extremely important and thats another reason to have the summit and leipsic been organized. Minister of state thank you very much thank you. Now to some of the stories making news around the world 1st as 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 backs the proposals that were put forward by mr putin himself an independent Monitoring Group say if the vote was. Germanys foreign minister has made his turkish counterpart. In berlin discussing topics including bringing an end to the syrian war germany has a special place in International Diplomacy right now as it holds the presidency of both the e. U. Council and the u. N. Security council. The exgirlfriend of the late Geoffrey Epstein get laid back has been arrested in the u. S. On charges she helped under aged girls who were then 16 the abused by epstein a wealthy financier if seed was awaiting trial on charges of trafficking minus when he was found dead in a jail cell from an apparent suicide. Well in man must say at least 100. 00 people have died in a landslide at a jade mine it happened off the heavy rains hit the whole back onto region in the north of the country bearing people and though a wave of med schools more has been trapped its one of the worst accidents to hit the region in recent years. We spoke to correspondent david greene about whos lived in myanmar for years we asked him why warnings of heavy rains were not heeded. Even 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 for people desperate for money we should point out that totally these were not the people actually work 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 aid that was left over and sometimes they do find some j. They got missed by the Mining Companies and get quite a bit of money from out of occasion 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. Thats correspondent dave bomb on the deadly landslide at that my in myanmar. Now any of this yet again a magical call the coronavirus pandemic the biggest challenge the e. U. Has if a faced now the country has begun its 6 month holding to of the e. U. s rotating presidency its a chance for germany to help lead the year old europe of the crisis and tackle a host of other challenges facing the bloc. Richard walker reports now from brussels. Brussels is coming back to life with the lockdown easing people are returning to the citys bars and cafes on the down side brussels busy roads are getting choked up again but most importantly here in europes capital city the European Union is swinging back into action this is the European Council its the body that represents all 27 countries that are members of the e. U. Get toasty when you put that summits between you ladies every 6 months a different country takes on a key role in a rotating presidency now its germanys turn this is where it all happens the e. U. Council chamber where the summits take place at least where they usually take place this chamber hasnt seen much action at all in the last couple of months during the coronavirus pandemic all of the summits took place by Video Conference but the plan is for this all to be back in action very soon for the 1st summit with germany in the hot seat that means angle americal has a long and daunting to do list were going to look at the top 2 items on it. Number one is kick starting the economy after years of steady growth europes economic numbers of fallen off a cliff pushed over by the pandemic and the lockdown analysts. Has been studying europes response a plan for a Recovery Fund that merkel is pushing hard for their idea is really to put together a fund of 750000000000 euros to make sure that europe recovers from this crisis it will mean some countries having to dig deep to help others the e. U. Thinks spain italy and greece will suffer the most which brings us to challenge number 2 bricks it britains Prime MinisterBoris Johnson insists he wants to finish the brics process at the end of this year that means a huge rush to work out a trade deal crucial for business on both sides germany has a big stake in this but there are doubts whether britains hardline government really wants a deal its about the political well its not so much about certain policy areas its really about having a common approach and what you see at the moment is unfortunately no willingness especially on the u. K. Side to find a deal beyond those top 2 challenges relations with china problems with migration Digital Transformation and Climate Change are also major issues facing europe this year but our guest says setting priorities will be key i think we need to lower the expectations concerning the German Council presidency because the task ahead i huge i think it would be a success if germany already manages to have an agreement on the recovery front that is good and finally if it manages to find a brechts a degree meant then it would be extremely successful so germany has plenty on its plate in the next 6 months and a lot is riding on help reforms so watch this space. And Richard Walker whos filed that report that youve just seen joins me now from brussels hello richard so im going to machall has just been talking to the press about her agenda what did she say. Thats right she was speaking just after holding a Video Conference with the European Commission here in brussels thats the body thats sort of like the europe the e. U. Use executive and talking through everything that they need to do and afterwards she was really stressing that message that you just mentioned earlier of just how serious the situation facing europe is saying that it is in the most risky and dangerous situation that it has been in its history since the European Union was founded. And really saying that europe has to come together over getting that Recovery Fund that we saw mentioned in the report going and the crunch time for that was going to be the middle of july theres going to be a 2 day summit in the chamber that we just saw in the report there where im going to merkel you can expect her to be knocking Heads Together trying to get agreement on that here and to staying on going to medical richard shes working with a close ally in brussels tell us more about that. Thats right she certainly is also taking part in the press conference to surlier was fondling she is the president of the European Commission and interesting thing about her is just a few months ago uncle merkel was her boss was found alive and used to be a senior minister in the german in the German Government so these 2 women know each other really well and that means a lot of these issues they can work much more quickly and effectively together than perhaps 2 people who didnt know each other so well but they will be wary of coming across as too cozy and appearing like a kind of national German Government within europe so i think theyre also very important to rankle merkel is working closely with emmanuel markov france the french president and she has been doing that in the last couple of months in advance of taking on this german presidency to show that france and germany the 2 biggest powers in europe are closely aligned ok thank you richard thats Richard Walker chief international it is in brussels now to the favelas of Rio De Janeiro in brazil where corona virus infection rates have jumped dramatically there is concern that the government there is stress tickly and the reporting caught that 1000. 00 cases so much so that the residents have taken it upon themselves to do the counting. Nothing is the same since the pandemic killed Rio De Janeiros 5 ehlers adults are out of work children are home from school and cramped unhygenic Living Conditions greatly increased the risk of infection. Im scared my children will catch the virus we dont always have Running Water most of the time we have to haul it from far away and the children dont have any space to play. Experts estimate the number of unreported infections in the fellows to be extremely high thats why local residents have started counting the cases themselves. Many of those who died from corona virus in our full bellies didnt show up in the Health Authority statistics we know several examples in our circle of friends. Volunteers go door to door and record new cases not included in official data. There are several cases of the virus here. Some survive some dont. With the help of local residents volunteers are creating a log of cases in the bore real neighborhood they use whatsapp to collect data on the latest infections not registered by local authorities. This state has been completely absent here ever since the fellows were built in rio we always have to reinvent ourselves and find new ways to survive. Brazilian president job also naro who still refuses to wear a face mask has consistently played down the danger the virus poses he has been heavily critic