That. Kind of. I think you thought about it we have the for you to thank you thank you think through undertaking an impartial independent are of crimes are investigated. You can hear about very clear on the streets and there were no nos on it that we are reconsidering our system which is built on consensus because it is power lines down incapable of swiftly executing decision as he said. People you have to hang them because theyre responsible for what happened just so corrupt and so criminal. Also on the day President Trump imposes a sweeping ballad on chinese tech what does the u. S. Descent into cyber nationalism mean for the future of communications. If we were the. People from china in the us we have to find another solution that could cost the world but politically it will be getting more difficult. Leadership is facing growing anger over the deadly blast that killed more than 150. 00 people and injured thousands more opponents accuse the government of corruption incompetence and failing to give an economic meltdown and now there are demands to know why nearly 3000 tons of explosive Ammonium Nitrate was sitting at the port for years but if people have now lost patience with the political debate. And the eruption of the anger that has been mounting in lebanon over the last few days police fired tear gas to disperse a small but enraged crowd on thursday night with some throwing stones at the officers. A return of the Anti Government demonstrations that had been ongoing before the explosion of beirut support their call for change has now even been acknowledged by lebanons president a longtime member of the countrys scorn delete. Their. We are reconsidering our system which is built on consensus because it is paralyzed and incapable of swiftly exit cutin this citizens which have to be consensual and go through several authorities. There were 4. But the change president own is willing to promote is not enough for lebanons distraught people a major protest is planned for saturday in central beirut. As investigations into the cause of the explosion continue the leader of hezbollah has denied any involvement hezbollah is the main shiite Muslim Political party as well as a militant group and part of the lebanese government theyre going to zation has been accused by different sides of bearing responsibility for the explosion. Leader haas. Said neither weapons nor explosives belonging to hezbollah were being stored at the port describing also such accusations as false. At the blast site rescuers are working in difficult conditions to try to locate those who are still missing likely buried under the twisted metal and broken concrete they are still hopeful of finding people alive 3 days after the explosion that shook beirut to its core. So how did we come to this Robin Roberts chats a g. s Deputy Editor in chief of german language magazine he joins us from berlin welcome to the w. Lets start with the investigation french investigators are already assisting the lebanese government with this investigation and there have been calls for an independent inquiry the president says the independent investigation would dilute the truth what do you think. Well a lot of different claims are being made some of them are contradictory nothing with clear at this moment. Into the test for the feet the lebanese government puts must manage to set up a Crisis ManagementCenter Giving updates on the status of the investigation and the rescue operation president pretty much and now wants his own plan probably surprising even this holes and a lot of this from from outside as well that very far to the center of reform of the political system. So do you trust the lebanese government to launch and conduct a thorough investigation into this. Were presented to us of the lebanese government at this moment almost seem to be afraid to face their people and the anger of within especially the population especially in the areas that have been hit hard is how even going so far literally demanding Capital Punishment for their political elite so theyre walking a very tight rope they can still claiming that there are a democratically elected government and then a change has to take place within within the institution and the procedures laid down in the constitution on paper thats right but any attempt of meaningful reform that has. Been undertaken by this new government of Prime Minister has and has been stall for. The minister of foreign minister of his government if you just a few days before the test if he resigned and then there are criticizing the lack of will meaningful reform with this that means the government now youve written this week that this explosion marks seek professional peak of state failure and corruption that has plagued lebanon for decades so is lebanon a failed state. It has been a failed state that has feeling function in this quiet a while mainly because it could bear on the spur of the transfer of huge amounts of money and have another way of failing state still afloat so basically the lebanese government always bet on the feelings of the lebanese for their compatriots at home the real divide unleavened on in the population now its really between those who are part of benefit from the system of distribution and those who are not and even these systems of tissue groups they grow or even that. By far up as much as. Before to pay for the contingent and the basic bottom of the party its definitely rolling but this still has held sway and thats one of the population especially in the countryside and thats where elections are being reviewed determined thats where all the basic services that the lebanese and that the state doesnt provide like being distributed by local networks connected to the political elite so any attempt at freefall will have to start at this level and have to take into account this really very special set of the lebanese political landscape. Effectively this to system of patronage seems to come up time and time again but its hard to see whats to do for the best and when because the country is now in the middle of a National Disaster is that the right time to change of government would not just add to the chaos. Thats certainly the argument. That the government would bring in for the soul whats the alternative and its another question at the same question that the protest movement of faith. For busy when they took to the streets and actually did not only protest. Youth the sentence to come up with alternative models of any station i think you can see the spirit of selfhelp and Community Based organization right now during these rescue efforts and by route where its really on a neighborhood basis open with asian people or even expect any help from the state but even from the parking that works although of course they offered to get in and of course they need to prove that they have some value for society at this moment i think we should have a closer look at how their own truth themselves are able to organize themselves with all of the big conference being held and i think that these very little efforts should be definitely supported. And at some point a political reform will be necessary especially with election laws but the Community Base of them daisho and especially in this part of space where its about reconstruction. This is a good approach thank you for joining us not minding that so for us robert chaff a jew from zen if magazine. Well. Lizzy United States extending its trade dispute with china from the physical world into the Digital Space u. S. President donald trump best related tensions with beijing on thursday by issuing an executive order that forces americans to stop using chinese owned apps to talk and we chat the move against the worlds Fastest Growing social media site was expected at the ban on beach at wasnt. In just 6 weeks those uploading videos like this one to mobile app tech talk could find themselves on the wrong side of u. S. Law. The u. S. Has around 100000000 tech talk users but not for much longer. On thursday washington issued an executive order banning u. S. Transactions to tick tocks Parent Company the white house believes the app threatens National Security saying it allows Chinas Communist Party to spy on u. S. Citizens china refutes that saying the u. S. Is merely upping the ante in the ongoing trade conflict with the u. S. Taking National Security as an excuse frequently abuses National Power and unreasonably suppresses companies of other countries this is an outright hegemonic act china is firmly opposed to it the controversy centers around this company by dance based in beijing it owns numerous apps including tech talk and residents in beijing were not happy about the american moves. Because i dont agree with this move from the u. S. It restricts the free Business Growth of tech talk but it also affects those American Youth who like tech talk so much. For having me well i dont want to use American Products anymore and i will support the chinese alternatives and economic selfreliance that wouldnt be that way that. Recently u. S. Software Company Microsoft expressed interest in buying tick tock from byte dance the white house says if a us Company Bought that up the ban could be avoided the u. S. Governments executive order also focuses on 10 cent holdings the chinese owner of we chat hugely popular in china the messaging and social media could soon be banned in the United States as well. As take a closer look at this with an injunction is professor of Communications Studies at the. Diversity of North Carolina and shes an expert on china and Digital Technologies and welcome to you professor lets start with these u. S. Allegations that the tick tocks threatens National Security and then on Chinas Communist Party to spawn u. S. Citizens all those on occasions credible well this is a very interesting because. The white house has not offered any a concrete evidence so far that ticktock is defying u. S. Security standards and that he has engaged in National Security reaching activities and to talk in fact as publicly stated that its american ringback user data is stored in the United States back up in singapore and none of which is subject to the chinese law so. It seems that when it comes to Cyber Security and there is a lot of concern over foreign influence its quite understandable. Is it i look at this and youre the expert so you tell me i dont i wonder how a chart the Chinese Government might weaponize data it collects from people who are links that sinking to music videos. Yes i think. To many people this seems to be somewhat of a leaf right from lip sinking and dancing videos to National Security. And i think these fears are grounded in what at the chinese Cyber Security laws that have been recently developed dictate chinese Cyber Security law while you know promise same protecting user privacy does allow wealth already used to collect and use personal information without user consent and of course this frame boruc is applicable applicable maining to chinese own networks its own citizens and so territory the you know this question about whether to talk or 10 cent or other chinese social Media Companies can act at the Chinese Governments b. Has to really open question because we have seen what happened before was u. S. Company and you know requested by u. S. Government and they say to turn over user data from abroad for u. S. Government so i think its a really open ended question right ok lets lets look at the wider context here youve tweeted about this space by will take a look at what you wrote with trump bonding to talk it into that freedom is officially over in fact it was over when snowden revealed the n. S. A. s massive spying program now was he stopping other countries in a huge Asia South America to do the same to u. S. Firms if circumstances that are alive so so lets pick that parts of professor why does one country i t against a company on National Security grounds so and Internet Freedom. Well the idea of Internet Freedom and came along you know when. The United States back in 2010 protested against the Chinese Governments. Actions against google at the time google at the time actually had a presence in china and google felt compelled to leave china at the time the u. S. State department including secretary Hillary Clinton actually talked about the importance of Internet Freedom the idea that information should flow freely between countries across borders without in her section and thats sort of reflecting you know the offline 1st amendment freedom that we have enjoyed in much part of the United States in the United States in large part of the world that idea of a free flow of nation as we have seen recently has come under a lot of pressure because of the political rivalry between the United States and china. This is this this notion of freedom is an interesting what is it because what should the internet break free why shouldnt National Governments control information that flows into its jurisdiction and out of its jurisdiction as it does with telephones with electricity with whatever why is the into that different. Well this is an interesting notion that i think we have been debating for a long time and i think. For a long time people of the you know heyday of Internet Freedom and really believe that internet is ultimately a force for good right and by we have recognized over the past decade or so that the internet is certainly not an unmitigated blessing while you could play a really supportive throw in toppling for example authoritarian governments doing you know arab spring can also be used by talk or seeds to spread propaganda and why not. In the recently liberal democracy we have seen that the internet has also being a big sort of a groundswell for online hate speech and spread of false information and even played a role in you know recent elections so i think increasingly countries around the walled are grappling with these difficult question is. And you know internet as a general Purpose Technology it really cuts both ways in both you know autocracy is and democracies is so incredibly difficult and briefly that i do think that mr trump would be quite as belligerent if the Company Involved wasnt chinese. That is a very interesting question we have seen those who move from the u. S. Government directing its restrictions mainly. You know countries that they label as authoritarian particularly with china and i think this is a really important to recognize that this is a continuation of what the United States government has been. Doing for quite some time early and we have seen u. S. Actions against the huawei right c. T. E. Chinas telecom company. And this is a sort of a continuation of that same dynamic and the u. S. And china are really at the moment are locked in a chill political rivalry right to see who is the worlds number one and who is the worlds number 2 ok and when this dynamic is going on its incredibly difficult to talk with you thank you for joining us professor judd from the university of North Carolina thank you. Ok indias coronavirus caseload has topped 2000000. 00 more than doubling in less than a month Health Experts fear the true numbers could be even higher especially in the countrys densely packed megacities where theres limited access to Health Care Despite this restrictions are still being lifted. 2000000 cases of a deadly highly contagious virus these are not the scenes you expect yet india seems to have taken cool with 19 minutes trade. Shopkeeper than the tour is keeping busy in. 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