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00:00:00I can't imagine it, if it were to happen, then that would be
00:00:03one shareholder where I would predict that then the election results would still be
00:00:07questioned, that then someone's long
00:00:10fingers would have sinned there. If defeat comes,
00:00:14uh, then could we also expect some kind of
00:00:17Capitol riot-like
00:00:19thing?
00:00:22I would like to hope not, I haven't really seen
00:00:25such an analysis from analysts in America that
00:00:28it is considered probable.
00:00:30"But Trump has surprised me before, so I wouldn't really believe in its repetition today.
00:00:34Well, it has also been said that it is feared that
00:00:38he will also weaken NATO.
00:00:42Yes, NATO is also definitely one of the critical issues
00:00:45that needs to be monitored, meaning that if he is still
00:00:49deeply offended, then Ukraine,
00:00:52NATO, and
00:00:54such
00:00:56handover, we were aware of liberal-democratic principles are also those that
00:01:00uh, the election results are such that
00:01:04Republicans win in both chambers,
00:01:07mm, then will we look at the rest of the world with
00:01:11such a gaze that the elections were
00:01:12rigged?
00:01:15I don't believe we will, because uh, some
00:01:19processes in that country still
00:01:22function, and going along with such
00:01:26a questionable theory, I think, will
00:01:29not do any good for democracy.
00:01:33However, we will definitely see a very confident Trump,
00:01:36who wants to beat his chest and say that everything he has done
00:01:39so far has been right and should be continued in the same way. However, he still
00:01:43has a problem, because his
00:01:46rating today is around -20-30 in the
00:01:49latest polls, meaning that this delta is
00:01:52negative, and when politicians' popularity ratings
00:01:55fall into the negative, it is usually
00:01:58very difficult to come back
00:02:02from there, Republicans, regardless of Trump, would still want
00:02:06the next president to be from their party, so it might happen
00:02:10that a problem arises
00:02:18is currently very closely connected to America. The war in Iran has
00:02:22affected all of us since February.
00:02:25We looked back at the wars in which the US has participated with
00:02:28the Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Committee and Iraq War veteran Leo
00:02:32Kunnas, asking where it has won and where it has lost.
00:02:46The United States has been among the victors in both the First
00:02:50and Second World Wars, meaning that actually the current American
00:02:54hegemony in the world is based
00:02:57on these two wars. This naturally
00:03:00transitioned into the Cold War, which the United States also
00:03:03won. We also have to admit that since
00:03:07the beginning of the 20th century, the United States has won all
00:03:10small military conflicts or operations that they have conducted
00:03:14in South and
00:03:15Central America.
00:03:19But we also have in mind the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan,
00:03:22Iraq, Vietnam. Undoubtedly, these are not won
00:03:26wars, and we still judge the victory or defeat of wars by
00:03:30whether political goals were achieved or
00:03:33not. And the first, although the Korean War
00:03:36ended in a so-called draw, if you can say that, then the Vietnam War was
00:03:40a very clear defeat, and basically the whole of Vietnam became
00:03:43communist, meaning that war was the first of those great
00:03:46defeats. Well, the second undoubtedly is
00:03:48Afghanistan,
00:03:53meaning in Afghanistan, where we also fought with other
00:03:56allies for a total of 20 years.
00:04:01"but we condemn the Taliban regime.
00:04:15It is not only repressing its own people, it is threatening people
00:04:18everywhere by sponsoring and sheltering and
00:04:22supplying terrorists, by aiding and abetting murder,
00:04:25the Taliban regime is committing murder.
00:04:30In the war, of course, we did not achieve any political
00:04:33goals, meaning the Taliban, just as they were in power
00:04:36there before, are in power again. The loss of Afghanistan was
00:04:40bad in the sense that it very seriously encouraged totalitarian
00:04:43states, both China and Russia, that if such a withdrawal,
00:04:47as unfortunately happened, had not been so unsuccessful, then
00:04:51probably Russia might not
00:04:54have dared to launch a widespread
00:04:58attack against Ukraine at all. With Iran. are the United States on a winning or rather
00:05:01losing course? Well, right now it's clear that political
00:05:05goals cannot be achieved in the same way, or here there has even been the
00:05:08problem of what the political goal even is?
00:05:12military began major combat
00:05:15operations in Iran. Our
00:05:19objective is to defend the American people by
00:05:22eliminating eminent threats from the
00:05:25Iranian regime,
00:05:27vicious group of very hard,
00:05:31terrible people. Israel's goal is clear,
00:05:35Iran must not have the capability to
00:05:37create nuclear weapons. Israel is simply so small, half the
00:05:41territory of Estonia. So a couple of nuclear strikes and, practically,
00:05:44well, the state of Israel would essentially
00:05:47be over. So they have a very clear goal, which are the United
00:05:50States' goals in this war, well, if the
00:05:54President Trump administration cannot properly
00:05:57formulate them, then it's even harder for me to
00:06:00do so. At a time when the White House is spending its resources on Iran, a new Cold
00:06:04War is essentially underway, and the opponent
00:06:08this time is pragmatic China. But, of course, if we
00:06:11compare this current Cold War with the previous Cold War, it's clear
00:06:15that the leading country of totalitarian states,
00:06:18China, is economically much stronger, so this is not
00:06:21comparable to the Soviet Union, and that is why this
00:06:25confrontation is much harder, and its outcome is also much
00:06:28more unpredictable.
00:06:33Last week, an extraordinary ceasefire took place in
00:06:36Ukraine's Olesky. This is undoubtedly a very welcome
00:06:40initiative, but unfortunately it also seems to be.
00:08:51USA, Melania Trump. We highly appreciate these efforts, and
00:08:55of course, this can become a precedent. Yes, Melania
00:08:58Trump and her initiative played a decisive
00:09:01role, but only because she is Donald
00:09:04Trump's wife, and Putin has now met
00:09:08Donald Trump. Ceasefire, Tuesday, 27th.
00:09:42that this is the first time since 2022
00:09:45that a ceasefire has been established over such
00:09:48a large section
00:09:50of the front,
00:09:54a humanitarian mission was accompanied by film crews from one Ukrainian and one American TV channel
00:09:58and about a dozen and a half Russian media outlets. After
00:10:02spending several hours in Olesky, members of the humanitarian mission distributed
00:10:06humanitarian aid to residents who had decided to stay in the city. Those who wished
00:10:09to evacuate were taken to Russia as well as to
00:10:13territory controlled by Ukraine. Melania Trump wrote that 800
00:10:17people
00:10:18managed to leave the city.
00:10:21SVO, they occupied this.
00:11:34I believe that this was only possible exclusively because
00:11:38it is absolutely clearly linked to the elections in
00:11:41the United States and agreements between Putin and
00:11:45Trump. In my opinion, the pre-election effect of this action
00:11:48in the USA will be minimal.
00:11:51Americans are primarily interested in the internal situation.
00:12:25Kherson came under attack again,
00:12:27the city hospital.
00:13:13era began after 2020. With the support
00:13:16of Beijing's influence, a new reality is being imposed, as the
00:13:20documentary that will begin
00:13:21shortly shows.
00:13:27Discussion on the show "Impulse". Writer Mihkel Mutt published Juhan
00:13:31Viiding's farewell letters without the permission of the heirs. I still
00:13:35want this law to apply equally to everyone,
00:13:38so that no exception is made
00:13:41for Mihkel Mutt, a very famous and respected
00:13:44writer. These are personal
00:13:47materials. Undoubtedly, permission must be asked. Who owns
00:13:51the legacy of great creators? Among others, Robert
00:13:54Linna, Jim Ashilevi, Indrek Tarand and Ülle
00:13:57Rajasaar discuss on Tuesday evening at eight on "Impulse".
00:14:32last November, I was arrested arrival at Hong Kong
00:14:35airport.
00:14:40As these police officers escort me through the terminal, I
00:14:44discreetly filmed the scene with my mobile
00:14:46phone.
00:14:52Will you explain me why I am banned to enter home? so we
00:14:56considered all round the situation and all the
00:14:59factors concerning your request for
00:15:02entry in Hong Kong, we are apologized to say that you are refused for Hong
00:15:06Kong.
00:15:11after questioning me about the purpose of my visit and detaining me for 3
00:15:15hours, the authorities put me a flight
00:15:18back to France and banned me from the
00:15:20territory.
00:15:37I've been here many times before, I used to work in China, but they said I was
00:15:41endangering national
00:15:42security,
00:15:45expelled in the middle of the night, I watched Hong Kong disappear into the
00:15:49mist through the aircraft
00:15:50window.
00:15:55The Twilight of a city that is now off limits to
00:15:58me.
00:16:07To tell Hong Kong's story from the inside, we worked
00:16:11undercover.
00:16:15Closely monitored, our cameramen had to evade surveillance by these
00:16:19plane clothes
00:16:20agents.
00:16:29The former British colony once free-spirited and defiant,
00:16:33now lives in a climate of fear.
00:16:43In Hong Kong today, dissidents are imprisoned, the media
00:16:47censored and activists hunted down even
00:16:51overseas. I'm more of million dollar, and this is
00:16:55not a metapor, it is a price that the Hong Kong government put on
00:16:58my head for just wanting a say in our
00:17:02future.
00:17:06Those
00:17:22They all know it, by speaking out their taking
00:17:24risks.
00:17:31This filming will be considered an offense by the national security law in Hong
00:17:33Kong.
00:17:39From Hong Kong to London and
00:17:42Taiwan where dissidents have sought refuge in
00:17:45exile. This is the story the Chinese authorities have
00:17:49tried to prevent being told: how China silenced Hong Kong.
00:18:41For many years, Hong Kong was an island of
00:18:44freedom. Foreign journalists were welcome, the
00:18:48press was free, the judiciary independent, and the
00:18:51political opposition vibrant.
00:18:54An exception within authoritarian
00:18:57China. The city enjoyed a special
00:19:00status, a high degree of autonomy secured at the time of the
00:19:04Handover.
00:19:13Ladies and gentlemen, welcome
00:19:16to the Handover ceremony for Hong
00:19:18Kong.
00:19:21In 1997, the United Kingdom returned this small
00:19:25territory to China. Seized
00:19:27in the 19th century, it had been ruled by the British crown for
00:19:31156
00:19:32years.
00:19:35China will tonight take response.
00:20:16I was a high school student at that time
00:20:19and we were taught to um to sing the national ambulan
00:20:23of um China like um
00:20:25maybe one year before to prepare for
00:20:28it.
00:20:38I went to watch the firework,
00:20:42people around me have kind of fastic mood
00:20:46at that moment.
00:20:59I also went to
00:21:02see how the PLA
00:21:05tanked you, drove to a military
00:21:08camp in
00:21:09Cowdentown.
00:21:15This were the same troops
00:21:18killing you.
00:21:32It was such an uncertain moment to me,
00:21:36I was worried about
00:21:38whether the existing human rights
00:21:42and rule of law could be preserved after the
00:21:46the fact that we were handing over Hong Kong.
00:21:51to a large communist
00:21:53tyranny,
00:21:58now Hong Kong people are to run Hong
00:22:01Kong, that is the
00:22:04promise, and that is the
00:22:08unshakable destiny.
00:22:12I made a speech pointing out the we were, and we wouldn't forget Hong
00:22:16Kong, and it was very moving.
00:22:21'my name's Chris Patten,
00:22:25um, I was the last British governor of Hong Kong.
00:22:37On that July evening, Chris Patton handed the colony over
00:22:41to its
00:22:41destiny.
00:22:45The empire withdrew slowly beneath Hong Kong's
00:22:49humid rain.
00:22:57Just before I left, um, I was visiting a mental
00:23:00hospital, and one man calls to
00:23:03me, Governor Patten, he said, would you
00:23:06argue that Britain was the first great
00:23:09parliamentary democracy, free society, and I said,
00:23:12well, I'm not vain, but lot of people would say
00:23:16that, and he said, would you say that, China is the...
00:23:20last great communist
00:23:22tyranny, and I said, well, I put it in quite
00:23:26those terms, but I see what you mean, so he said, well, can you explain this to
00:23:29me, how is it that one of the greatest democracies in the
00:23:33world is handing over to a free
00:23:36society to a communist regime without
00:23:40ever asking people what they wanted, and I
00:23:43said to my private secretary when I came away, it's extraordinary
00:23:47thing, the man with the most significant question in Hong Kong. is in a mental
00:23:51hospital.
00:23:55when he left office, Chris Patten departed, hoping that China would
00:23:58honor its promises and
00:24:02that Hong Kong's special status would be
00:24:04preserved for 50 years until 2047, as
00:24:08agreed.
00:24:11For the first few years after we left
00:24:15Hong Kong, um, the Chinese didn't behave too
00:24:18badly. did all go so smoothly um until
00:24:22china started breaking its word, which it did, and we know now
00:24:26the Chinese don't keep their word.
00:24:43after the handover, new generation emerged in Hong
00:24:47Kong, neither British nor truly.
00:24:50Chinese
00:24:53as Beijing tightened its grip, young people
00:24:56forged their own identity.
00:24:59They now identified themselves simply as Hong
00:25:02Kongers. I'm Carman Law and I was
00:25:05born and raising Hong Kong, I'm now 30 years old
00:25:09in
00:25:142012 there was a student
00:25:16movement because the government.
00:25:20uh were trying to reform the educational system
00:25:23again and they want to put out a
00:25:26patriotic education.
00:25:30lead one of the concern group in our secondary school,
00:25:34that time was the first time that i really
00:25:37involved in the social
00:25:38events.
00:25:44concerned by china's growing influence, young hong kongers
00:25:48began to become politically.
00:26:09Faced with the student mobilization, the patriotic
00:26:11education reform was abandoned.
00:26:15Joshua Wong became the face of opposition to
00:26:18Beijing. Two years later he would once again be
00:26:21on the front line as the protest movement spread throughout Hong Kong
00:26:25society.
00:26:32For three months, more than 1 million people occupied Hong
00:26:36Kong's main
00:26:36roads.
00:26:40The population demanded the introduction of universal
00:26:43suffrage, a promise made at the time of the
00:26:46handover. To disperse the peaceful
00:26:50protesters, police used
00:26:52force.
00:26:55The police are used tear guests to crack down
00:26:58on the protests and people try to protect themselves.
00:27:02using
00:27:03umbrella,
00:27:08so this was the symbol of a non-violent civil
00:27:12disobedience, so it was called by the
00:27:15media as umbrella
00:27:17movement. my name is kim,
00:27:21was a professor in Hong Kong,
00:27:25never thought of i would become the leader of
00:27:28democratic movement.
00:27:36After two and a half months of demonstrations, the government
00:27:39crushed the protest
00:27:40movement.
00:27:44China, now led by President Shing Ping, won
00:27:48its first major showdown against the pro-democracy
00:27:51activists.
00:27:58I brotherly prepare myself for the worst
00:28:00scenario. because this is the way to show to the
00:28:04community that we are committed to democracy, we are
00:28:08willing sacrifice our freedom, but at the end, you know,
00:28:11I was sentenced for 16 months of
00:28:13imprisonment.
00:28:16Meanwhile, Joshua Wang was convicted for the first
00:28:19time, six months in prison. It was the
00:28:23beginning of a long series of sentences to
00:28:26come.
00:28:41So, by July 2019, my wife and I were sure
00:28:44that it was Hong Kong's last chance.
00:29:34people were afraid that uh these extradition
00:29:37treaty would be weaponized by the
00:29:41CCP so that they could take
00:29:43anyone or any dissidents in Hong
00:29:46Kong into China. In
00:29:49China, the conviction rate was and is still over
00:29:5399%. If you are investigated and
00:29:56prosecuted, you're definitely going to be
00:29:59convicted.
00:30:05In the face of the street protests, the extradition bill was
00:30:08suspended, but the movement showed no sign of losing
00:30:12momentum.
00:30:15Five years after the failure of the umbrella movement, Hong Kongers were
00:30:18once again demanding universal
00:30:20sufferage.
00:30:23Joshua Wong's charisma and ideas continued to inspire the
00:30:26movement. At just 23 years old, he had become
00:30:30one of the leading figures of Hong Kong's... pro-democracy
00:30:33movement at the time he shared his concerns
00:30:36with me as he prepared to challenge Beijing through the ballot
00:30:40box election in Hong Kong is manipulated by
00:30:43Beijing, even they lock me up in prison, censor me out from
00:30:47bailot, our determination to fight for democracy will never
00:30:51be
00:30:51eroded.