An action is essential to being able to condemn the actions of violent offices. Many believe the law which applies to both journalists and citizens will lead to a sense of impunity, of police at demonstrations that often turn violent. I know friends who are really scared to go to demonstrations because of the violence, the rubber bullets and the tear gas used by police. And the one thing that protects us is taking a video. The law wants to protect Police Officers so that they can hit people without consequence. Jorma used journalists have been hit and injured by police, especially in the last couple of years. And until now, the Police Version of events could be question thanks to images and videos. Really believe what campaigners here fear that the new security law could have a Chilling Effect on press freedom. They say that of citizens and journalists are dissuaded from filming the police. It may make it harder to hold certain officers to account. The french government, however, says the law is necessary to protect Police Officers in the line of duty. The countrys Largest Police union, which has been pushing for the law, agrees with the government. Davida, olivier revathi says indiscriminate posting of images of offices, especially on social media, has led to a dangerous backlash. Today, several of our colleagues of victims of had a small they or their families are threatened. In certain low income neighborhoods, even find walls with the names of Police Officers saying that their daughter or their wife would be raped. Its completely unacceptable. The new law can protect and put a stop to this recent terror attacks and growing unrest. The protests have prompted the french government to take a harder line on security. But the proposed law is only expected to deepen divisions and fanned further mistrust between the police and the public. And we can join us on in our car now where she is. Shes joining us from paris. So sonia 1st, of all, why is this law being proposed right now . Well, larry king, the country atmosphere in france certainly plays a role. You know, the recent terror attacks and the growing unrest, violence and demonstrations. All that pleaseth ordered and has really pushed the government to take a hard line on security dot com. Teachers here, however, who want to say the domestic politics was wrong. They say the question mark wrong is, you know, with the stop the stance that security is trying to get to voters on the right before the next president ial election, which, which gets under way in less than a year at the heart. So i think those are real concerns here in france, but i think the french government for its part has really defended this bill, saying that the aid is to protect Police Officers and particularly their families and stop them from being targeted in online campaigns. And now as you have been reporting and weve, we watched your report, there has been a lot of pushback, particularly from their reporters unions. This bill, if i understand correctly, would make it a crime if you circulate or fell a police officer. But who gets to decide whether the picture that you talk or the footage that you filmed was intended to harm police . Well learned, that is exactly the problem. You know, there are Rights Groups here and that includes frances own human rights watchdog who say that this particular throws in the bill. Article 24 is very problematic because its big and its open to interpretation and its difficult to pools. And the real question here is how courts would determine whether, you know, images that were published or stood were really published with the intent to cause harm. So i think there is, there is a lot of concern or that there is ultimately the problem here is also how journalists would cover demonstrations and protests and hold, you know, certainly officials accountable for their actions. But to be clear, this is also not only about journalists law applies to citizens as well. And that experts here will say that a lot of video footage, which is, you know, filmed by passers by impulse to the social media, even before the, the Mainstream Media reports. And it has led in the past, in france to cases of police brutality. Coming to the fore and the fear is your proof that just maybe very that just maybe harder if this bill becomes law. Now the bill is scheduled to come before votes in the parliament, so members of parliament will be voting as a whole on the bill as a whole on tuesday. So i mean, will they get a green light . Is this a done deal . Now . I think it will take some time before we actually know whether that becomes law in the last week. For instance, we saw a lot of heated debate in the French Parliament over this particular aspect with lots of m. P. s from, you know, left parties and centrist parties. Was a lot of concerns about this impact of this clause on press freedom. But ultimately that article, you know, was approved after a statement was added same that ganti the right to inform. But i think all of this has not eased the concerns of gabby ners here. And we are definitely likely to see more protests against this proposed law in the coming days in paris, and as well as not the principles i have on the car of reporting from the french capital paris. Thank you. Well next to some football for you. Now when the going to sleep on sunday, mines picked up their 1st win of the season with a 31 victory over fellow strugglers, 5 board or french striker. My tits out was the hero for the your way side scoring all 3 of their goals. Yeah, and maurice least is struggling mines. Arrived in freiburg looking for a change in fortunes. Much would depend on the form of join the strikers. 4 goals in 7 games. The only bright spots in a terrible start to the campaign, and metate to show his worth with less than 2 minutes on the clock. The frenchman charging clear before slotting hunk only one nil to the visitors. Potato was on hand again to make it 2 nil in the 34 minutes prior book keeper, florian muller, making it far too easy for the frenchman, but say to completed a stunning 1st half hat trick. 5 minutes later, the titanfall causing no problems for the red hawks, 23 year old franco got one back in the 2nd half prevention strike. And neils pieces in the 4th and final goal scored at the busy end of the pitch 31. 00 intended 3 goals from a tater and a valuable 3 points for minds. And cologne are still looking for their 1st one to sleep. When the season they lost 21. 00 at home at seward, berlin on sunday, secured all 3 points for the visitors. 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The paks leaders have completed around a 3rd of the route, hammon shown as the great boats in this animation has maneuver to see explore a vessel to 6th place, but also doing his bit for science, a little troubled waters. This research boy is set to record data on global warming. Ok with me and i find that sailing is a great metaphor for the power of nature and natures energy, which i think we should be trying to harness such as an other areas like wind energy for example. And why not have cargo ships with sails . You know, who are going to fox or on this sail as endeavor, great distances, dreams and goals lie ahead of him or is a hello move on day globe. Its a journey hell be on until at least the middle of january. Good luck to have our stick around with you that we do. Spirits manager is up next after a very short break and ill see you again at the top of the hour for the world headlines for now. Thank you for spending part of your day with us. Smartphones in the dark. 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Glad you could join us. Leading hong kong prodemocracy campaigner joshua wong and 2 others could be facing long jail terms after pleading guilty to protest charges. The 3 were taken into custody in hong kong earlier today. Wong and fellow activists, ivan lamb and agnes cho had been charged with organizing, participating in and inciting demonstrators during a protest outside Police Headquarters last june. They could be facing up to 5 years in prison. This is what was said. As he appeared in court. What we are doing now is to explain the well freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love so much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of our home. Im told ive been in charge of walking free. This case would draw the world at pension, could operate power of the criminal justice system. Impartiality is not a ploy by paging crackdown and the systematic financing. Incredibly for more, im joined on prodemocracy activist law. Isnt welcome. Does the rest of joshua wong, you think, symbolize the end of hong kongs proDemocracy Movement . Well, i dont think its symbolized the end of the pull to receive it. But it reinforce the end of one country 2 system. So authorities want to see movement because and those and ifas arrests, these political persecution from the government and then just legal system that inclines to prosecute and suppress prodemocracy activists. So its basically unchanged people because they speak truth to sit freedom and democracy. But the same things were said when hong kongs or succumb to law was introduced. Were back in june. That is the end of the one country 2 systems principle. And this is been said over the last year as well. Why is it special now . And what is the way forward now for the, for Democracy Movement in hong kong . Yeah, i think we all agree that the sweet paying pal of the National Security lawyer makes hong kongs freedom just a lucian for now. So i guess thats the reason why i set a reinforcement of the notion of the end of one time tree to system. Because it really shows that the government has set of legal weapons that can be used to practice it. Prosecute people and we have lost our freedom of speech and assembly. So on the role moving forward. I think its important that we try our best to say got the freedoms that we have left. And we have to defend the professional values in journalism. In could be me, i know education in order to receive these grave threats from chinese authorities say. But how do you do that . Theres a law there appears to be virtually no need to provision left in hong kong for these it games to be pursued. How do you different freedom of assembly . How do you defend for the right to protest, hard to defend the freedom of the press . I think on the only one hand, the International Effort is what we become a very important notion for us to really strive for larger pressure in internationally on chinese human rights alesha. And in order for them to retract that i found approaches in fuchsia. And on the other hand, in hong kong, double talk, a recent resistance in the battle of use of these professional be used, for example of a cation journalism journalist trying to report the truth and test the red line, bottom line, lots of governments. And they have a legal proceeding in that and every goss and putting pressure on de chine ceased, i think, much more subtle, but also a very important notion about a future to fight for. In the future. You have spoken about International Efforts against the Chinese Government in support of the people of hong kong. In fact, you spoke about this the last time you were in berlin. You were in the stored studio and you said the world needs to build a Court Coalition of defending Democratic Values to tackle chinese actions in hong kong and other regions such injuring. Do you see that Coalition Building . Indeed we can see the trend of it a lot more countermeasures from especially you create countries off to the implementation of the National Security law for old european countries. A belief thing, they should the shin treaty with your home call and extending the arms embargo and also the european sanctioning mckennas them is coming out from the European Union. I hope that it could be applied to Chinese Office shows at home call to shows who are responsible for the humerus all asian. So i guess the trend is quite all of us. The European Union is not going back to a very benign relationship. Was china and i think we just need to celebrate that consensus, consensus building process and make sure that democracies see china threats and stop them from infiltrating and expanding authoritarian expansion nature. Theres no real evil there, but the timing of thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much. Traditional ink stamps are used to sign everything from delivery receipts, to matted, sort of forgotten. And thats led to an Office Culture that remains heavily dependent on paper documents difficult to transition to in home office during the push to digitize the nation and phase out the stamp faces an uphill struggle in a country famed for its technology. The land of the bullet train, there are still some things that move at a slower pace than japan. To get digitalisation, the printer and piles and piles of paper remain staples of the japanese office. And so too does this. The hanko, a c. E. O. Used to sign up for an official documents. Some documents require multiple stamps, going up the chain of command. We have 5000 names and seals on file. We have to find the hanko and then stand. And if something is stamped in correctly, then its a huge problem. And then we have to file them all back again to the court to tell us that the practice is even the parts of jokes on japanese television, repetitive strain, injury, anyone that has come under scrutiny. Juror in the coronavirus pandemic with reports of employees being unable to work from home because of having to stamp documents in the office. Of course, some in japan are also proud of the tradition which came from china more than a 1000 years ago. Each handmade stamp is unique. Parents often give them to their children as a coming of age gift. They were going or bonuses for by the even if the c. E. O. Of the made in the same forms. They carry the personality of each craftsman who spends a long time creating them while consulting with clients. That means that each hanko stop naturally is unique in the world. But even hanko support is recognize the need to modernize. And i dont think we need to adjust ourselves to new styles. New areas, though, its a challenge because lots of industries have disappeared because they couldnt keep up with the speed of change. We need to take on the challenge and continue our business. So our industry wont disappear. One of them the government wants to limit the use of seals for select instances. Digital signatures will also be an option, but itll pro