and tonight on air. and online. thousands of protesters broadcom kongs main roads as legislators meet to debate a controversial extradition all. fully back to you watching al-jazeera live from my quarters in doha and also coming up. on each word as it relates to paul. is an ethiopian envoy says sudanese protesters will suspend their general strike and resume talks size the military agrees to release political prisoners a surprising u. turn in rochelle authorities drop charges against an investigative journalist who's a restaurant anchor and reunited with their families but political prisoners

released in nicaragua say they won't be inside next. thank you for joining us thousands of protesters have blocked hong kong's highways and surrounded the government headquarters as legislators me to debate a controversial extradition bill. the demonstrators are angry the bill could allow suspects to be sent to mainland china for trial protests have been ongoing since sunday when and 1000000 people took to the streets to express their anger and speak to scott who's watching those protests for us live from hong kong now tell us what's happening 1st scott outside the legislative council this hour huge crowds from what we've been seeing this morning . absolutely full of big big big crowds all around the legislative

council building up the block building behind me and in the foreground you can see thousands of protesters on this side the east side it's also on the other side of the building as well and because of that we are hearing that some of the legislators who are supposed to participate in this meeting that was supposed to start this hour they are not able to get into the building on time because of the roads being blocked because basically the door is being blocked so we're hearing there probably will be a delay to that meeting there are other agenda items in addition to this controversial extradition bill this is the 2nd reading of that bill so they'll be discussion about it but again we're hearing possibly could be a delay because of what we're seeing behind you when the discussion began. what impact will the protests and the huge crowds that we see in the past few days have on the debate itself on whether or not this. well it's looking like every everything is go for the legislators to pass this bill

obviously that is why you see so many of the same most of the people out here are young are students a 1000000 that marched on sunday from all walks of life here it's predominantly students and we're hearing that the protest today has been organic it's been organized by the people here and just by word of mouth whereas sunday that there was a distinct organizers who put in the petition to have this march on sunday this is more organic but we're also hearing too that those organizers for sunday's protest are here as well not that they're organizing this now but that they are also here so obviously this is going to grow the numbers here now as far as what's going to happen with this bill it looks like it's straight on with what the legislators want and that is the passage of this bill they recognize what's going out on the streets but they say that the legislators say that that's part of what hong kong is known for protesting so they are exercising their freedom their freedom of speech and the right are doing out here the protesters though you talk to them what they view this how they view this is a continual. roshan of the identity of hong kong so that's why they're out here in

the big big numbers maybe it's not going to have any impact on the bill but they're out here to show that they're against it just remind us of just why this ban is so controversial and yet the chief executive of child hong kong rather is standing by it she supports it. it's very controversial because essentially as they see it you know we had a very big movement 5 years ago the umbrella movement and actually i'm standing in the exact spot i was there were not really kicked off and that was to minimize beijing's influence over hong kong you know this is a. territory of china but the influence from beijing as to how hong kong is ruled has steadily increased and that's why they're so concerned about this extradition bill because what it will give the legislative council and the courts here the power to do is to extradite people who are charged in hong kong extradite them to beijing and other places so that is

a big big concern because they view and the international community views the judicial system and the courts in the trials here to be much more transparent than they are in mainland china so that is the big concern they're also concerned that there could be trumped up charges against critical voices of what's happening in beijing that they'll be charged with something and then extradited to beijing so that is the main main concern here and again it all goes down to this what they see as an erosion of the identity of hong kong and they've seen that steadily increase over these last 5 years thank you for that reporting there live from hong kong well as you heard china's leaders are voicing support for hong kong's chief executive adrian brown reports from beijing now where legal experts are defending the proposed law. china began aggressively pursuing chinese fugitives over seas 5 years ago that's when president xi jinping began an anti corruption campaign that continues in the words of state media some suspects were persuaded to. returned

others were extradited from one of more than 30 countries that now have a treaty with china a criminal lawyer i represented 2 suspects who ended up on a plane back to china both received suspended jail terms proof he says that the rights of suspects are being safeguarded in china. some people in hong kong oppose all warry about setting up extradition system with china and i personally think is unnecessary because the positive size way overrides the negative side because he says it would ultimately help to reduce crime in both hong kong and china chinese officials say there's nothing sinister about hong kong needing a new expedition they say the territory has become a haven from justice for hundreds of criminals who can't be prosecuted because of the legal loophole china's legal system is controlled by the communist party and

say critics is biased towards a presumption of guilt especially in high profile or politically sensitive cases like those involving human rights lawyers government statistics report a 99 percent conviction rate in 2017. is one of a handful of activists still prepared to talk to the foreign media he says the hong kong protesters are right to resist the plan's new extradition laws. hong kong is the only place under communist rule where people can take to the streets to express their opinions and i support them the last time we did that in mainland china was 30 years ago. china's state media says the violence after sunday's rally in hong kong was premeditated and planned. but concedes the protest was a reminder that more needs to be done to explain why the law change is.

in other world news there are signs of a breakthrough in the sudan crisis after more than a week of violence destruction and deadlock mediators say the military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the formation of a council dorsy the transition to civilian rule they've pledged to honor previous agreements on issues such as a structure of a transitional government the opposition is suspending its civil disobedience campaign and general strike for its part the military has agreed to release all political prisoners one of the conditions for talks laid down by the protest leaders negotiations collapsed on june 3rd the start of a violent military crackdown on protesters which according to a doctor's group killed 129 people and in the last few hours the un security council has unanimously condemned the violence and called on both sides to find a solution to the crisis rights groups are warning of war crimes by paramilitary forces in the darfur region of sudan attash ago name has our report. this fire in

darfur was retribution for allegiance to the protesters nationwide strike according to the sudanese professional association the group says on monday about 10 people were killed and stores and homes were torched by a peer a military group called the rapid support forces or r s f amnesty international says it has evidence proving the r.s.s. is committing war crimes in the region and internet blackout and reports of electricity outages in the capital mean information is slowly trickling out tuesday it was the 3rd day of a nationwide strike intended to show the transitional military council that protesters may not have weapons but they have power. protesters say last week's military crackdown that killed almost 130 people only fortified their

resolve the good thing that the syrian community is going to buy anyway to. neighboring their. writing food providing water for the neighbors when needed with an ethiopian delegation mediating the 2 sides reached an agreement to return to negotiations or guarding a future government. agreed to take confidence building measures including the political. spark. to call off the. protest leaders are also demanding the transitional military council restore access to the internet lift restrictions on journalists and ultimately allow civilians to determine the next phase of governance in sudan experts say it won't be easy for the military to relinquish power after decades of dictatorship and they very much fear accountability by the.

control over election. commission and they fear being told to get out of their war in yemen. or. people may return to work shops may reopen and cars may once again fill sudan streets but protest leaders say life will not resume as usual and they reserve the right to return to their campaign of civil disobedience until their demands for civilian rule are met natasha going to name his era. yemen's hoofy media say the rebels have attacked the airport in saudi arabia with a cruise missile riyadh has not confirmed the attack and at have been protests against the presence of saudi troops near yemen's border with oman the demonstrators want the saudi iraq equalisation to scale back its military presence

in the province of. the a promise to hand over the cities in their control to yemeni forces and that hasn't happened during school because a former u.s. assistant secretary of defense now a senior fellow at the center for american progress he says saudi arabia is risking its relationship with the u.s. the saudis basically have gone all in and they've had a tremendous amount of force that they've applied and led to you know in numerable those civilian casualties which have turned the united states congress against our involvement there in trying to stop the all arms sales so there's really not too much more they can do other than sending in ground forces but their ground forces are not good i mean their air force was good with their ground forces on not very good in fact you've got the sudanese forces are in there trying to help the saudis at some point you know the congress has passed 22 separate resolutions to stop

particular on sales to the to the saudis and they're getting more and more republican support we will cut it cut it off because the congress and the american people have basically turned against the saudis in this war and of course with the way they handle what happened to mr cruise shogi so at some point the saudis are going to have to change because if they don't they're going to lose american support. still ahead on al-jazeera at the u.n. the war is it can't get aid to thousands of people in northwest syria paula trapped by intense fighting and mexico sends troops to it 7 border in a bid to stem migration flows into the u.s. . hello again or welcome back we have been dealing with some flooding here across parts of southeastern united states over the last few days things are getting

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and watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories this hour the start of a debate over a proposed extradition bill in hong kong has been delayed after protesters lost politicians from entering the building thousands of demonstrators have surrounded the government headquarters there worried about the law change which could pave the way for the suspects in serious crimes to be sent to mainland china to stand trial ethiopian mediators say sudan's military joined in opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on transition to civilian rule protest leaders have suspended a civil disobedience campaign and general strike the military says it will release all political prisoners and who the media are reporting that yemen's who the fighters have attacked port in saudi arabia with cruise missiles saudi arabia has not confirmed the attack. that dozens of people mostly children have been killed in

an attack on a village in the mopti region of central mali houses of the god. hunters went back down and they're on a more scaled during sunday's violence the un has called the attack an act of unspeakable barbarous same al-jazeera. from bamako and a warning his report contains graphic images. the silence is deafening. the smell of dead bodies hangs low in the air. the attack on the dog on village of sudan who started at dusk and went on deep into the night few survived hiding as their loved ones were being killed now at the turn they immediately circled the village and shot at everything done to move every were people who were screaming trudel war screw me who tried to run were shot down the survivors believe they know who the killers are it is they're following the neighbors they say both communities

have been fighting each other for control over land. armed groups have called on full on east to join their ranks accusing the government of backing doggone militias. ethnic tension is at breaking point with each community calling for avenge attacks in this spiral of violence both communities are fleeing their homes it is in this open air slaughter house on the outskirts of the capital that some full on these have sought refuge. all of the people living under this tent share one bowl of rice and millet children show clear signs of malnutrition there's not enough water to go around so there's the threat of water borne diseases this is where they sleep eat and cook despite the calls for peace lonnie's continue to be the victims of violence. president. says the country's national unity is under

threat. i would like to call on all our brothers to keep calm and stay russia no more than ever. while the 14000 u.n. soldiers in mali and forces on the ground failed to prevent these killings don't go to hunters call this latest attack on their community a declaration of war saying revenge will come. because hawk al-jazeera barnacle mali was serious state news agency is reporting that the government said defenses are intercepted an israeli missile attack that targeted the town of. it's considered a strategic lookout point over the occupied golan heights and is in dire op province elsewhere the world food program is warning of a catastrophe in the northwest of syria following weeks of a government offensive the u.n. agency says it's been unable to reach at least 7000 people in the area. where there's been intense fighting in neighboring hama province syrian government and

russian air strikes have killed at least 27 civilians most of them women and children the government's push to recapture the last rebel strongholds has killed more than 300 people so far there is a catastrophe unfolding in the northwest region of syria as we speak constant bombardment has pushed hundreds of thousands of people their homes from the northern parts of. it we know that there is more than 300000 people displaced and those who are lucky enough to reach the holding camp. so refuge there. there continues to be dozens and dozens of people who are unable to make that journey. russia has dropped charges against a journalist who was under house arrest saying the accusations haven't been proven avon was charged with drug offenses last week sparking protests among journalists and other supporters who said he was framed go to

a novice known for his work exposing corruption among moscow's political setbacks and has more from russia's capital iran was greeted with cheers when you were released from house arrest emotionally he thanked everyone for their support the announcement by the interior minister that he was free from all charges came as a surprise and an expected turn of events in a country where it's not unusual for critics to be framed in drops cases in an effort to silence them very hard you're going to. thank you very much for all the support i still hardly understand what's happening i'm happy that justice has been served and that the criminal case was dropped i hope the investigation will continue and i hope no one will find themselves in the same situation as well his release is significant because i chose to many here in russia that we can actually influence government decisions for a long time to has been this feeling of apathy how this will play out we'll still have to see but for now it's unprecedented because also some high ranking police

officers will possibly be removed from their positions and journalists and others have said they won't rest until those who frame. will be brought to justice. the u.s. is reportedly pushing saudi arabia to complete its investigation into the killing of jenna's just before the 1st anniversary of his major trump administration official told the reuters news agency is surging the saudis to show tangible progress towards holding those responsible to account shoji was killed after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul in october last year. u.s. president donald trump says he thinks something positive will happen with north korea after receiving what he called a beautiful letter from kim jong un washington stocks with pyongyang have sold over its nuclear program but trump says the country has tremendous potential no nuclear testing no major missile tests nothing like when i 1st got here when i 1st got here

it was a mess we have a very good relationship together now i could ferment because of the letter i got yesterday. i think you know i think that something will happen that's going to be very positive but in the meantime we have our hot back the remains keep coming back we have a relation but you know all trump has also been speaking about venezuela he says he's looking into the possibility of granting asylum to those fleeing political turmoil in their country our white house correspondent kimberly how kate's has more . u.s. president donald trump on wednesday indicating that he may consider offering temporary protected status or even asylum to those in venezuela wishing to flee political persecution this suggestion has a lot to do with editorials that ran in newspapers here in the united states in the last week or so essentially calling the president i have a crib for talking tough on venezuela criticizing the leader in venezuela nicolas

maduro of calling him a brutal dictator but then doing nothing to support the people in terms of offering them the opportunity to leave the troubled nation so as a result it may be that donald trump is responding to those allegations of hypocrisy we know already that 3 point $4000000.00 venezuelans have left but they've been absorbed mostly by countries with far lesser means than the united states colombia peru ecuador chill a argentina we do know earlier this month they're rather earlier this year in the house of representatives democrats put forward a bill to try and offer some sort of asylum to 72000 venezuelans a similar measure introduced in the senate but getting very lukewarm support from republicans so it appears that now the president may have a couple of things on his mind not only those editorials that may be sort of pushing the president to soften his immigration stance but also the fact that many

venezuelans that do flee do live in the u.s. state of florida one that will be very pivotal for the president in the 2020 presidential election and it may be another reason knowing he will need those votes that the president is now reconsidering his tough immigration stance mexico will send thousands of troops to its southern border with guatemala on wednesday and spot of a deal struck with donald trump to curb the flow of central americans seeking asylum in the u.s. the u.s. government says a number of people call crossing the southern border will likely reach a 1000000 this year these are castro has more from an apostle texas. 60000 children are among the migrants who crossed into the u.s. in the last 40 days some came alone others with families fleeing violent homes in central america to walk thousands of kilometers north to now test whether the united states will receive them this is

a place where you can historically. if your violence and persecution you come in you will get some kind of protection i mean people is coming with that mentality would that be from entirely they're going to calming they're going to brace claudia some more left what amala with her 11 year old son 18 days ago. there was so much violence where we lived many games it became too dangerous but the u.s. government says this cannot continue president trump has pressed mexico to deploy troops to stop central americans from advancing toward the u.s. they're moving right now 6000 soldiers to their southern border whatever it is that you think we had that the weeks ago still weeks ago tell you what we had we had nothing but as migrants seek more remote routes to evade capture the danger increases here at the rio grande river that marks the boundary between the united states and mexico 5 bodies were recovered in 3 days those migrants who make it

across the waters alive are then arrested and detained in squalid and overcrowded conditions 6 migrant children have died in u.s. custody is mostly children are the ones who suffer the most we can take it but they suffer more the trumpet ministration says children are being used to gain entry into the u.s. and that human smuggling here has grown to a $3000000000.00 business but these families say if it weren't for their children they would never have wrist coming castro al-jazeera el paso texas. nicaragua's government is releasing dozens of political prisoners under a controversial amnesty law it's an attempt to free those detained last year for their role in anti-government protests and to ease the country's been its all standoff has not yet happened over the details. of the anti-government protesters and you can i were reunited with their families on tuesday many of these former

political prisoners had been jailed for months the government agreed to the demands of the opposition leaders to release political prisoners by june 18th. the news director for an independent media outlet critical of nicaraguan president daniel ortega was just released after 6 months in prison as news channel was shut down but i was and i don't know is the reason they shut down my channel the wealth of the news source is its credibility it's been close to people and telling them the truth that's what our t.v. channel has and if they steal our infrastructure then we will simply start again from the bottom but of course we will continue we will continue to form the people . for the freeing of political prisoners was announced as part of a controversial new law which grants amnesty to anyone who participated in last year's unrest the amnesty law has been criticised by dozens of human rights groups who say it makes it difficult to hold pro-government paramilitary groups and

security forces accountable for the deaths of more than $300.00 people since the start of the country's political crisis more than one year ago no i believe that they cannot be amnesty for crimes against humanity these are crimes that remain and no law signed by the government to protect those who perpetrated these crimes i mean it was many former political prisoners expressed relief for having been freed but said they would continue to demonstrate against the government and demand justice for the killings of hundreds of peaceful protesters was look we will continue to fight we are united as political prisoners this government wants to divide and conquer but we are united for free nickelback you are. the negotiations between the government and opposition groups continue to barely drag on since the political unrest began some 800 people have been thrown in prison or thousands of others have fled the country it remains a criminal offense to hold a public protest against the nicaraguan government lit up a little. and

again i'm fully back with the headlines on al-jazeera the saga of a debate over a proposed extradition bail in hong kong has been delayed after protesters brought politicians from entering the government headquarters them and straight isn't worried that law change could pave the way for suspects in serious crimes to be sent to mainland china to stand trial scott heideman has more from hong kong big big big crowds all around the legislative council building up the block building behind me and in the foreground you can see thousands of protesters on this side the east side it's also on the other side of the building as well and because of that we are hearing that some of the legislators who are supposed to participate in this meeting that was supposed to start this hour they are not able to get into the building on time because of the roads being blocked because basically the doors being blocked so we're hearing there probably will be a delay to that meeting there are other agenda items in addition to this

controversial extradition bill this is the 2nd reading of that bill so they'll be discussion about it but again we're hearing possibly could be a delay because of what we're seeing behind you after more than a week of violence there appears to be a breakthrough in the crisis in sudan ethiopian mediators say the military gentle and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks soon on the formation of a council to oversee the transition to a civilian government the opposition is suspending its civil disobedience campaign and general strike. transitional council's agreed on building trust between parties in doing so the council has agreed to release all political prisoners from the side of the declaration of freedom and change forces show its willingness and it's agreed to suspend the civil disobedience on june 11th . yemen's houthi media say the rebels have attacked the. radio with a cruise missile the saudis have not confirmed the attack the world food program is

warning of a catastrophe northwest syria following weeks of a government offensive the u.n. agency says it's been unable to reach at least 7000 people in the area of my dick where there's been intense fighting all charges against russian reporter even go to not have been dropped after a campaign of support investigative journalists had been accused of drug dealing but his lawyers say the drugs were planted by authorities and mexico will send thousands of national guard troops to its southern border with wednesday it's part of a deal struck with donald trump to curb the flow of central americans seeking asylum in the u.s. those are the headlines on al-jazeera earthrise is up next stay with us.

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