the, the business, the news life from berlin, a large box of vice and tried in hong kong ends in guilty verdicts for 14 pro democracy actors. we last talked about his funding. pub, this means for the opposition movement. what's coming up? he's reality is, is control of the buffer zone between garza and egypt. it says it's game is to prevent abbas funding weapons into gaza for the move, but also still tensions with egypt. and ukraine says it does not have the means to defend itself from russian edit text, an oscar neutral members to come to its page. we look at why the suggestion is

proving so controversial. the, i'm going to spend as you're welcome, in a landmark case, hong kong cycle, which has found 14 for democracy, x service, given to yourself version. the active is part of the so called hong kong 47, a group for that to part, you know, officially primary election. in 2020, they were charged under the national security law, the aging imposed on home phone. it has wiped out public designs in multiples. once rank shows the city, the active risk would face a lifetime and present data corresponding phoebe gong has been following the case of hong kong and told us how the judge is justified. that of the well, the rest is the largest national security file today. and the phone call seems

facing and because the security level here in 2020, so within, covering following the public with hundreds of members from the public so that they, that the judges half of like comes back to 14 out of 16. also, defendants who feed it, not q t. so only 2 of them were found in this, at the moment. so to get up with all the defendants will see that due to the earlier $45.00 out of $47.00 of them pick 10 of those charge off sufficient conspiracy to suppression. so the judge said if the quote. 5 of that primary um these instruments uh they would have created a constitutional crisis and the defendants where it came to us in this frequently be told the guy from buddies the very next day in order to paralyze the government and the into the into the i'm like met you to that,

that's just in the functions off the floor and regarding the present take out the parts of say, i'm not sure about that intends all set for this patient in the primary so that they found them not duty at the moment. can you talk a bit about the background to this case? maybe why have these activists organized and unofficial, the primary election? so yeah, we will have to take you back to um, 2019 the one that uh, massive antique i've been looking and happened. uh, 5 years ago. um and in that coming uh let's just say people action the opposition came up to i'm getting the majority in the problem. and so, um they organized and then uh and, and the official uh, primary election among the democrats democratic forces. i'm hoping to apply to candidates with the highest time seems to be me election so that they kept pressure

the government to respond to their protesting months. i'm in, that's probably election despite the warning, somebody's saying over 600000 people turn out to vote. and now it has become evidence off of the charge and they, um, offenses all of so cause conspiracy to the person maybe where does today's judgment leave hong kong pro democracy move on? well this is one of the most landmarks that it seems um the security and all bucks put in place in hong kong that is closely monitored by the international communities have. today. we have seen a 1000 south of western diplomats. um um like, uh, coming here to observe. the verdict is not only like um like not a day in hong kong, but it also read the find the room for um opposition last month with theme thats constitution because offset his birthday like action such as like all the nice

thing and an official primary in order to i'm hoping to kind of paralyze the governments or trying to pressure the government to achieve the mom status. the us like criminal in beijing size to be now like unlawful as well. so it's not only like family st. kosa salon, hong kong, but people buried that even like any actions within the institution or at that one, it seems as legitimate in the past could now be a criminal. we leave it there for the moment. phoebe com. thanks so much for joining us today. a quick look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world are the results from the south african election showed that the african national congress is on false to lose its majority. it is telling the mead with about 42 percent of the votes followed by the democratic alliance, positive with around 26 percent. b k and c has moved so that if it goes since the

end of a profit to search for survivors have slowed down. and pop when you're getting after them, then slide buried. hundreds of people as they slipped. rescue efforts have been hampered by the remote location, an unstable ground. only 6 bodies have been repeat, sofa, and see as of a 2nd glance slide, i'm drawing a gunman has shot dead, an opposition candidate for me or southern mexico alfredo company. i was gun donald, that's a political rally or the transfer people are running for local office, have been killing the head of nation by directions that can take place this something israel's ministry say it has taken full control of the strip of land that solves is a buffer zone between gaza and egypt. they is rarely metric names that philadelphia caught it to all provides a weapon, smuggling root into cause a for her most benefits. but it's also a key part of a delicate piece arrangement between israel and egypt is man has also deepened its

encourage them into rough uh, in southern gaza. is really helicopters firing towards rafa near the southern most city. and garza where israel's military says it is seized control of a key stretch of land, the 14 kilometer philadelphia cord or that as long served as a buffer zone between gaza and egypt. every muscle in him. in recent days aside, the forces have taken operational control over the philadelphia, colorado, along the border between egypt and restaurant, she met the philadelphia in colorado. so as an oxygen pipe for a mazda 3, which it regularly transits width into the gospel strip. to shoot this over to bills and cover the capture of the cord or where israel says its troops found these rocket launchers could complicate israel's relations with egypt. cairo is accused

israel using the allegations of smuggling to justify legally occupying the stretch of land. this latest development is also a signal, israel's deepening offensive and southern gaza despite growing international calls for to stop israel's military chief of staff, visit a troops, and rafa assuring them they will push on the why not newport become. we're here for a couple of reasons. this is the last time i asked for a guide that remains with all the tests abilities, molly and we want to dismantle it as well. they can talk about, the fear is rolling system. it needs to carry out the rough operation to rescue the hostages. how mos took emil tobar 7 terre attacks, despite condemnation from allies in a groups a like a civilian casualties mount. it is rarely bombardment and rough on wednesday hit a building in this so um neighborhood. meanwhile,

the homeless run health ministry announced a death tool and the cause of war had risen above $36000.00. the problem is that the oppression has been conducted in such a way that the number of civilian casualties and the destruction of sea beating infrastructure and browsing and presidents and there's no end in sight. israel's national security adviser says the offensive and gaza is expected to go on for at least 7 more months. and i asked the correspondent, rebecca to 1000 generals to them, why is royalties operations in god's or will continue at least till the end of the year? well, barish, israel has maintained since the get go since the very beginning of this war that it's main military aim is to eliminate how about how about us now as we're seeing is rel,

hasn't managed to do that. so i found it continuing to carry on that military. i'm in ross or as you just heard in that report there and will also say fighting was human areas that had been officially created and confirmed. you know that they had pulled down 12 in central and northern gaza. and then i'm also fighting a guerrilla warfare. many experts are in fact warning of what they say might be for revel. you know, as a sort of like insurgency style, welfare happening in gaza. that israel wouldn't be able to come back and say to the as ready population we did it, we eliminated her moss and therefore we're inevitably going to see this war drag on . that's certainly what experts a saying. and of course we have the issue of the hostages there is you heard in that report and we've been talking about now for months is rel, needing to also be able to come back, bring the hostages back to the many people. and it's relevant calling for that. now of course, you've also got the political angle, benjamin netanyahu really fighting for his political survival. and knowing that

when such a time comes that of the war ends, he will have to face questions regarding how something like october 7 was able to happen under his watch. he's made saying it's not fair, it's not right to have to answer those questions as well. as on going and that would come at the end of the war. so there's little incentive on his part as well to, to try to bring this to a close. but definitely the main aim is going to be because of this, this, you know, desire of this state of climate. they're going to eliminate her mouth and bring back the hostages. something that they haven't been able to achieve to the state. and rebecca, how much consensus is there amongst a, is riley's about this ongoing offensive sloth since the very beginning, again, you know, israel has, most is right of the majority of his riley's has been in support of this. they see this is inevitable. they see this as a must have they want to see a must eliminated and that's threat. they don't want to see another attack happen

like what happened on october 7th, all understandable there. um, you know, there are of course voices within israel, a small amount of voices who, who don't want to see this will continue that are calling for say, saw and a small owing number of people who are calling for anything can be done in order for us to just to be able to brought back. so they cooling for, you know, any deal to be made with him also that they loved ones can come home. that things be headed, of course, by the families of the hostages. but that is a growing voice here. but by and large overall, we're seeing, you know, the support maintain for this, for this conflict until it's route it manages to meet that amazon a midnight and come off. but the media landscape here it should be said is very different. the discussion in the mainstream media here isn't what we're seeing on international news and reading and international papers. it's much more focused on the hudson situation and the threat of hamas and, and people suddenly out hoping that the israel will be successful in meeting those

names. and in the midst of all of this and rebecca, the u. n. is wanting a family. and then he's also saying that the amount of demand in aid entered in gaza has dropped by 2 sides. seems is around began this assault on rough uh this month. what is these rarely, goldman saying about that? well, the as riley government paint a very different picture, they say that a lot more 8 is getting in, but the numbers, the way that it's calculated, varies the way that the wind calculates. it calculates it is different to how these riley is doing, is really to include the numbers coming through places like asked on port, which is only as riley sign, but that's not including trucks that then actually enter into israel. so we're seeing a huge drop in the amount of a, the, you insane of a warning for a very long time. but simon is intimate eminence and now is saying, you know, 50 trucks a day or 58 trucks, it should say on average, compared with nearly a 180 before. this may 7 incursion, that is not file file few within the 500 to 600 trucks

a day needed to stave off. the humanitarian catastrophe that's unfolding may, may not live with the for the moment, but thanks so much for joining us. rebecca auditors introducing them. meanwhile, the chinese president eugene being has promised him the gaza strip and spoken in favor of a peace conference saying the wall cannot continue indefinitely. at the meeting with the top representatives of out of the countries, he indicated trying to support for the creation of a palestinian states to move on tending g shirts. and the china family support the senior, the 10 percent off of independence, the state of palestine that enjoys followed sovereignty based on the 1967 borders with east jerusalem as a capitalist of having go as to sir palaces, having totally let us hope that supports pulse times full membership into un. okay . and supports a more broad base. authoritative and effective international peace conference. go

neo shows you all the good chinese president. she didn't being that she out in europe. michel foreign ministers. i do to meet in prague later today with ministry aid for ukraine. expected to top the agenda. you were a secretary of state anthony pink and has already arrived and checked capital had to be informal gathering. the us is under increasing pressure from allies or what is this fictions that prevent your brain from striking targets in russia? you know those bands, the guy isn't prod, following the summit. good to see your band. what can be expect from today's beating? will help for ukraine, more munition, more weapons and most sustainable head. this is the main topic in prague. the minutes is deliberate also of what is shall happen if donald trump wins the white house again, in the fall of what will happen to the 8 then. so they want to be more independent

from the united states because from seems to be reluctant to have ukraine. and the other phone issue is the question should restrictions on west and weapons a be lifted for ukraine. so if i, ukraine is not allowed to use weapons, something i'd states to strike back on russian territory. they're probably the president of ukraine, valard me as he lives because have, that's unfair. he, once this was changed at no country by country, the extra bit accepting that front lifted its restrictions. and now all depends on the united states and germany. do you think that it's going to be a consensus that's going to be reached on this particular point? but it's going in that direction because anthony, blinking, the us secretary who was in prague already said that he wants the roots to be changed to be adapted to the current situation on the battlefield. and that is

a hint that also the united states will allow ukraine to strike back on the russian of airports and launch pets in russia. and only the germans holding out. because chance has showed, says he doesn't want that he doesn't want to become germany or nato. that'd be a part of this war against ukraine construction. wheeler leave it there for the moment. thanks for joining us today. those band to be good talking to us from prague as bank results are reporting that ukraine has called on nato allies for more help in protecting its cost is warning that he does not have the means to defend itself from russian. add a tax. keith is running low on air defenses across the country, leaving its forces and cities, bottom of the russian drone. and besides the strikes, good air, raid sirens sound over keep last year. while overhead air defenses shoot down most

of an incoming russian attack. russian missiles continue to strike targets across ukraine, including the vital part of odessa in the far west of the country. ukraine's president, the loading there's a lensky, has called on natal numbers to set up an air defense shield over his country to protect it from russian missiles in an interview with the new york times. so lensky said, so my question is, what's the problem? why can't we shoot them down? is that defense? yes. is it an attack on russia? no. us made patriot surface to air missiles are expensive, but effective. some types have a range of over 100 kilometers. a patriot missiles have already been deployed inside needle members, including poland and romania, which border ukraine. a natural air defense field could protect parts of western

ukraine including odessa. but the capital key would be out of range. supporters say that would take pressure off ukraine, allowing it to concentrate its resources on the front line. while some german politicians have embrace today to air support. it's an idea of the government has so far rolled out and i did, i talked with the ministry on this frank led bridge. i asked him why the idea of nato countries providing at defense cover over ukraine is so controversial. the reason is it, it's extremely significant weather's to happen throughout the 45 years or so. the cold war, alita, so with that experience is highly competent. it made every effort to avoid western troops, a tough trip to us troops of whatever kind, coming into open conflict with russian or soviet military assets or indeed soldiers . those are the risk that of, of course,

and this would constitute itself escalation of the truck. the lives of coast escalation in all was, operates as a ratchet effect. the lex, escalade top doesn't come down. so then what, what happens when these competent troops is they, would that become good hit the differently, i would suggest whether it could be deployed in ukraine itself by russians, watson. and the answer is of course, further escalation. so it's a real danger and they said, of course, the implications of the us eventually be drawn into this. i suspect that will be reluctant to do that, but we will say, but more than 2 years of all we have crossed the point of escalation, many times have instead of being one of those of escalation from russia, for example, that have been nuclear plants. for example, and nothing much has come to pass on the, i'll be not entering a new phase in the war in which creative ideas are required for the next steps. well, is to put, to put it mildly and of course what we have now did not have in 2022 is the real

prospect of the crating defeat. it's every asset we've made in the past has largely failed during sanctions now costing about for ideas. but this will be very significant to be having a weston combat troops engaging with russian forces and that is extremely significant. and by the way, we talk a lot of new came up there, all kinds of steps between this kind of action a nuclear. and there are options available on both sides. but the point, the fact that was that we're talking about options available on both sides. the situation by the way, but russian has what's called escalation dominance is really disturbing. and people should think very carefully hello taking steps like this. that is also debate about allowing ukraine to strive targets inside russia using western weapon systems and french president of under the macro has been saying that you've been, should be allowed to quote, neutralized bases in russia, from where it strikes uh, launched. that sounds like

a reasonable argument doesn't yes i need operates around particular on cock it, but i think the point might is fat and they do the rest of the psyche training forces and you kind of construct back in what school counts a battery fine otherwise. so i can knock on says rightly the load sites off of rest and miss thoughts. however, another policy doesn't make much sense, is that the russian re, a, the russian as to the operational rate is quite, quite large. but of course, it is very experience most, it's a great difference in striking someone like crimea and the claim plans, but the training lines of the don't pass a striking with west in ms. laws into metropolitan associates. so i need a person has made it very clear that there's a significant step change and it got cancelled. so we'll have to get into an a most important thing is if we were to allow the practice to do this, that those are very strict. absolutely, for ro, cod commitments on that talk to type only military targets. we kind of have where

this to happen. civilian casualties up be a very serious step on a very serious misstep. but to take place a would that with i think the rest of the driving could without taxes other just so much reason for, for, for retail actually it's large scale civilian casualties were involved. but, but for purely minutes we talked this is a good argument for it. i suspect, but obviously the friendship bridge massage do that. i can't see the americans agreeing to have an election yet. they don't want to come directly involved in this . all those goals with escalation with nature. there's always the risk of that happening. i don't think we're going to see us themselves, cheating this. and then there's another problem by the way, not stokes, the french and the british don't have a deep stocks. they're already digging into the supplies on a suspect. the, the numbers of mess up all will be very limited and therefore the effect quite limited. i will leave it there for the time being. thanks so much for joining us today. and if alice frank leverage, thanks. bush,

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detected around 10, suspected short range ballistic. besides fired from an area and you have the capital strong yang, the new provocation comes one day off the south korea choose the north of sending hundreds of balloons filled with trash and suspected extra month over the board up the south calling it a low class, dont hundreds of these balloons arrived in south korea overnight and are scattered across the country, the gary trash, and what the army said, looked like feces sent across the border by north korea. it has left locals and so worried he does okay. in terms would have to go with his home. it was so creepy and scary that the balloon must have full. and then because north korea designate a specific target worthy, i mean everyone was scared at that moment. i wonder what would have happened if

there was some just rubbish sheet. and so even though, but viruses or chemicals they can put on a pedal continued and i thought war could break out right away down the deposit is a little strongly. that's how i felt. if this situation where since that would be war, since security don't know how far north korea will go, i was very anxious. they think they put on. of course, north korea has said that the balloons were in retaliation to these inflatables, which were sent by south korean activists. they contained what north korean authority is called propaganda leaflets alongside you as b, 6 with gape up content. south korea has called this latest act, dangerous. it has deployed its military to inspect and collect these bags of field from across the country. and that's it for the moment coming up next off the rate.

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