Probation member of Hong Kongs Legislative Council and deputy and Chinas National Peoples Congress he says the log needs clarification so why does he still support. Michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you. Hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests 53. 00 prodemocracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new National Security law the move has been condemned by the worlds leading democracy has Rights Groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition. Well i do think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic certainly the massive arrests that happened earlier this year is about a primary being held last year it involving 5060 people who participated in the primaries in preparation for last years election ok so so for the reasons of brother or sister the primary involves a lot of candidates who
Of while building a war mexicos president meets donald trump at the white house. Thank you for joining us we begin the program with some breaking news the Prime Minister of ivory coast amadou gone coulibaly has died at the age of 61 the president says the nation is in mourning bally was taken to hospital after he fainted during a Cabinet Meeting he had to return to ivory coast last week after a prolonged stay in france for a heart exam lets speak to nicholas talk to now who is in senegal a force as some of us 1st of all what else do we know of around what happened. Well the death was Just Announced moments ago but it happened around midday today he was just before he went into the company bidding he went on twitter to say that hes back into the country and hes back in action and on twitter hes working for the decades to come and for the future generation really setting the tone that he will be the next president ial candidate for the upcoming election in the vendor in iraq. Coast just
Conflict foreign interference has reached on precedented levels and building relations while building war us president tales what he describes as a tremendous relationship between his country and mexico. And the thank you for joining us the Prime Minister of ivory coast am a dual gone coulibaly has died at the age of 61 the president says the nation is in mourning bally was taken to hospital after he fainted during a Cabinet Meeting he had returned to ivory coast last week after a prolonged stay in france for a heart exam because more now from dakar in senegal. This is a big blow for the president because with this comes a political crisis a political void the question is now who will replace coulibaly who was the chosen successor to want to or are expected to run in the next upcoming president ial election in october and whoever will come next will have to defeat the candidates which are only going to be a former president of ivory coast a heavyweight of the opposition and the young n
Have sparked controversy after weeks of racial tensions in the country. Anger in china in india forgive me any china protests erupt across the country in the wake of the border toss in a disputed himalayan region Prime Minister Narendra Modi blames in beijing for the violence and warns her of his military capabilities. On next peiser welcome to the Program China has unveiled more details about a new National Security law being drafted for hong kong it says beijing will set up a new National Security bureau in hong kong supervised by the Central Government to crackdown on dissent in the city critics fear it will crush wide ranging freedoms that are seen as key to hong kong status as no Thomas Financial center. Lets cross over to correspond its been 2 years building are in beijing and phoebe kong in hong kong the tears 1st with you what are those details. Yeah these details are quite shocking to those who might have been hoping that this might be some kind of a milder version of that a l
A border clash in a disputed himalayan region Prime Minister Narendra Modi blames beijing for the violence and warns of his countrys military capabilities. Spicer welcome to the Program China has unveiled more details about a new National Security law aimed drafted for hong kong it says beijing will set up a new National Security bureau in hong kong supervised by the Central Government in order to crackdown on dissent in the city. Means the end to the regions autonomy and relative political freedom. Lets cross over to correspondent. Hong kong 1st with you what are those details. Yeah these details are quite shocking to those who might have been hoping that this might be some kind of a milder version of that a lot of the jurisdiction might still stay in hong kong so the Hong Kong Government will form a National Security agency chaired by the chief executive and that National Security agency this committee will also appoint the judges. Will handle these cases so this is one very problema