sunday in central hong kong and this time demonstrators are expected to target china's my office sarah clarke al jazeera hong kong. russian police have arrested more than a 1000 protesters at a banned march in moscow it was demonstrating against the barring of some opposition candidates from the local elections opposition leader alexina valley was jailed on wednesday for calling for the rally homes and offices of several candidates were also raided and they were detained ahead of the march so negate the reports. they chanted this is our city as they came up against the power of the russian authorities it was supposed to be a rallying call for band opposition candidates to be allowed to run in local elections in moscow. but it was met with a baton carrying of right police soon after the arrests began. i believe this is political pressure ok and to make the independent candidates is

just standing there in the street had the right to do that. we of freight around the streets of oil city this is nonsense it's a shame. the un authorised protest had been called by the jailed opposition leader . of mauritius had banned local election candidates from running because they said the candidates in question had not collected a sufficient number of genuine signatures in their support a charge rejected by the opposition movement who say the candidates are being unfairly excluded for. all that is being done is an attempt to intimidate and we need to show that they cannot intimidators with these methods the protest also comes at a time of serious questions over president vladimir putin's popularity discontent and anger over falling incomes under rise of the national pension. age appeared to

have caused a slump in putin's approval ratings that have been denied by the kremlin. but the opposition sees this latest crackdown as a struggle for its right to challenge what it says is a legislature loyal to the president and attempt to be seen heard and represent those who want to change in moscow's political scene sony vaio al-jazeera. you know at the news hour live from london much more still ahead international condemnation after bahrain executes 2 men convicted of terrorism charges despite concern about the senate's of their trial we're going to be live in mexico where the president and his honduran counterpart are announcing a new initiative to stem the flow of migrants to the united states and them in sport qualify nightmare or are you head of the chairman graham prayed.

at least 13 people have been killed in an ass strike on an open air market in the syrian city of a rehab province children are reported to be among the dead and dozens of others were wounded more than 100 civilians have been killed in a blip in the past 10 days by syrian government and russian as stright un human rights chief has condemned what she says is the world's indifference to the rising death toll in the rebel held province of you echoed by the residents of the latest city to be hit. by wrigley you know they're all known. only. to people. well at least 55 bodies have now been recovered off the libyan coast after a wooden boat carrying about 350 migrants capsized on thursday 115 of the migrants who are mainly from sub-saharan africa still missing $134.00 were rescued and taken back to libya many to detention centers the u.n. refugee agency has called it the worst mediterranean tragedy of the year. now the

european union has criticized bahrain for executing 2 men convicted of terrorism calling the use of the death penalty cruel inhumane and degrading bahrain went ahead with the killings despite international concern about the fairness of the trial of the man who was shot by firing squad. has more. the she our protesters in bahrain had gone to the streets to protest against the death sentence given to 2 men who'd been convicted of terrorism related charges on saturday the government executed and. who were in their twenty's it said they were guilty of breaking into a prison killing a police officer and carrying illegal firearms but their families say they were coerced into false confessions they are present as family. to feel that there are at their prisoners whereas torture. and one of

them that he was on wheelchair during that period when he was in the jail. on friday a protester climbed on top of the behind the embassy building in london going on britain's new prime minister boyce johnson to intervene in. the international human rights groups had warned against the executions and called behinds actions shameful a last minute appeal by the united nations special repertoire on extrajudicial killings was ignored agnes calamine said the men were allegedly tortured prevented from attending their trial and sentenced to death in abstention but the behind the embassy in washington compared it to capital punishment in the u.s. adding the trials were conducted in accordance with the laws of the kingdom of bahrain which maintain international standards and the situation to execute these 2 young men came one day after the united states announced that they were going to

start federal executions again which of course you know the politics in the gulf you know that the gulf states always feel like they need a green light to commit the violations that they commit from their allies in the us . i some see the executions as yet another crackdown on shias and the opposition by behind sunni led government says the 20. an arab spring protests hundreds of people demanding the screw form as well as human rights activists have been jailed silenced and forced to leave. the u.s. president donald trump has attacked another african-american lawmaker this time taking aim at democratic representative elijah cummings for criticizing his mexican border policies trump called him a brutal bully and said his baltimore district is far worse and more dangerous than the border he also said cummings should concentrate on cleaning up his own district

which he called a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess the senior congressman responded saying mr president i go to my home district daily each morning i wake up and i go and fight for my neighbors patty coleen is live for us in washington so obviously some very colorful language used by president trump but tell us more about what prompted this latest outburst. well i think 1st is important to take a step back and just point out that this is yet another norm that has been broken by this president us president donald trump think about this this is an american president degrading and demeaning one of the major cities in the country this is not normal this is not something that presidents do but like the other congress people that he's attacked they have been on the news criticizing his immigration policy at the southern border we saw this past week elijah cummings he's a very powerful questioner he's very experienced he went after

a trump administration official about their policies on the border he said basically this is disgusting america's better than this this is not how we treat people who are seeking refuge that's fired up the president now a lot of people out of the pundits are saying it's not just about the criticism although the last time he attacked 4 members of congress who were women of color it's was after they criticized his border policy a lot of pundits are saying this is simply about firing up his base and it did didn't seem to have any impact no republicans really came out and told them to sit down when he did that with the congresswoman cummings might be a little bit different you have to keep in mind washington d.c. he is one of the most respected members of congress he's a civil rights icon who helped and segregation in this country so this is going to hit home to members of congress he has friends on both sides of the aisle but so far every time the president says anything pretty much every public and stay silent

so we'll have to wait and see if it changes when he's gone after the civil rights icon and legend within the u.s. congress as you say patty we have consistently seen during this president see the traditional norms and boundaries of behavior and conduct being breached breached can we expect to see a kind of excessive ration of that as we going to 2020. it is just going to continue and there's no signs of it it's going to be any time soon here's the president's strategy he's made it abundantly clear he thinks if he fires up his base his core supporters of mostly white americans that that will be enough to get him across the finish line that is making a lot of republicans nervous because if they look at 20161 of the big factors remember how close this election was in those few key swing states if you look at the voter turnout among african-americans among hispanics it was very low for in

2016 the african-american vote hadn't been that low in 20 years so while he's fired up his base he's also firing up the opposite side and they didn't really come out in big numbers in 2016 and there are some polls that show that this racist language is having an impact there was one poll done and we're going to want to see if there were more of course will be more done we want to see if there's a trend but in the poll that was done after he told 4 women of color congresswoman of color to go back to their own countries his support among hispanics dropped 16 percent so now he has 23 percent among the support among hispanics and his support among african-americans after those comments dropped 13 percent so the president does still have some support among people of color but it is dropping after he made those comments so we'll have to wait and see if it drops even further now that he's gone after baltimore which is a majority african-american city thank you very much with the latest on that story

from washington patty call hain. in other developments the leaders of mexico and honduras are meeting in vera cruz to announce a new initiative to stem the flow of migrants to the u.s. 6 at you to announce a development plan fondu as aimed at discouraging people from leaving the country the meeting comes a day after the u.s. and guatemala signed a migration agreement under the deal migrants from el salvador and honduras who pass through guatemala would be required to stop and seek asylum there 1st. migrants who fail to do this with them be ineligible to seek asylum in the united states well al-jazeera is money or opera is live for us now but the location of that meeting in mexico so obviously an important meeting taking place between the honduran and mexican presidents what can we expect them to ultimately propose. this meeting taking place between the 100

president the mexican president is happening in may not the plan in the state of veracruz where we are this is a very it's a much anticipated meeting between the 2 world leaders given that a majority of migrants from central america are from honduras or the honduran president's visit is rather timely what we can expect is the announcement of a development plan that was created by the mexican president where he's committed $100000000.00 toward 3 central american nations and solved or brought amala as well as honduras this is being sold not as a handout but rather a hand up with the promise of job creation that is something that many migrants from central america repeatedly cite as being the reason why they're fleeing a lack of jobs a lack of opportunity so along with that development plan that's going to underscore subsidies in agriculture we can all also expect the back to the mexican president to continue to call on the united states government to do more to participate more and to invest in this development plan as a more sustainable strategy to address the ongoing migrant crisis. now we know that

the u.s. is it appears to be pleased with mexico for bringing down immigration numbers now could this joint initiative between mexico and honduras stem the flow of the central american migrants even more. the united states has praised mexico for playing a very important role in bringing down those immigration numbers however to say that this one time $100000000.00 development payment is going to solve the migrant crisis that's very unlikely in the case of wonders to truly tackle the migrant crisis and there would need to be a comprehensive strategy a comprehensive plan that look specifically at the not not only at poverty that's a that's a major major issue given that honduras is one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere one of the poorest nations in the world but also the issue of widespread violence the the number of people that are killed every year in honduras

is welzel solved or as walls guatemala honduras there's also the question of government corruption we know the statistics point is somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of all government revenue is stolen by politicians this is government corruption that goes all the way to the top all the way to the office of the honduran president who happens to be visiting mexico meeting with the mexican president today thank you very much money about joining us there from mexico. and other stories we're following quakes have killed at least 8 people in the north of the philippines 2 tremors with magnitudes of 5.4 and 5.9 struck early on saturday in the bataan is islands many were asleep when the 1st quake hit at least 60 people were injured and there's been significant damage to homes and other buildings as well 2 people have died in south korea after a night club balcony collapsed at least 17 others were injured when the venue's upper floor gave way early on saturday morning in the southwestern city of you

dozens of people were pinned under the collapse structure many of the injured were foreign athletes competing in the world swimming championships. and then some news from india where 700 people have been rescued after being trapped on a train for around 9 hours it got stuck between stations near mumbai after a river near the tracks overflowed because of heavy rains boats divers and helicopters were sent to rescue the passages. much more still ahead protesters in puerto rico have forced the governor to resign but now they want more. we need a family's end nor the neon matan apart after marrying that doses off to men in china in the hope of a better life. and in sport rugby world cup has japan i'm making good less than 2 months out from the tournament.

well the heat waves are over effectively no record breakers to come the last couple of countries the brits just serbia still venia and actually finland so the highest temperature is on saturday now we've still got high pressure sitting over scandinavia and as you probably have heard the waters drifting away towards green and the east coast agreement and the cutting in from the atlantic as this is produce plenty of thunderstorms this is all sundry stuff and they're still going to be in the forecast next 2 days but temperature wise well this is the picture on saturday nowhere particularly extreme as you can see and the wind is rather more telling that coming down from the north is don't particularly woman he weighs stockholm's got $29.00 and miss lee so has bourbon that's maybe helping to feed what is required to produce the thunderstorms and these are they from the age attic coast anywhere up through central europe to the west to has dropped away middle to low twenty's from london dancer much of france only 30 madrid i'm sorry 30 it is

not particularly want this time the the sun's back out things warm palm monday the one storms rather few an extent the temperatures haven't dropped very much but it's nothing extreme about this but those winds are mostly actually over land not affecting the north coast of africa which is sitting pretty in the sunshine. tom it could be the biggest land grab in history. as powerful nations lay claim to territories under the ocean $21.00 geologists are secretly plotting new borders. as the struggle for resources intensifies some of the world's most powerful scientists speak out. oceans manakin on. the plundering of armenia's natural riches has uprooted residents and desecrated

the habitat of some of europe's most endangered species. but a remarkable campaign by local residents is challenging the miked of the country's investors and pinning high hopes on its newly elected prime minister people in power investigates armenia mining out the left. on a. welcome back look at the headlines now hundreds of people in sudan's capital and back on the streets protesting against the findings of an investigation into the deadly

crackdown in hard to last month it blamed rogue soldiers for the violent breakup of that sect 10 police in hong kong have fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who defied warnings not to march in an area where a mob attacked protesters at a train station last sunday. and russian police have arrested more than a 1000 protesters at a banned march in moscow. they were rallying against the barring of some opposition candidates from the local elections. well now to tunisia where the 1st democratically elected president. has been laid to rest in the capital tunis the french and palestinian presidents were among the world leaders who attended the 92 year old funeral as david chase reports now from tunis. foreign leaders came to pay their respects at carthage palace to the man who helped guide tunisia to a new era of democracy. they praised his leadership courage baiji

a subsea came out of retirement to become the country's 1st democratically elected president in $24.00 she forged a link between the secular and religious sides of the political spectrum here avoiding the clashes that tore apart so many of the country in the arab spring uprising. his coffin carried on the back of a lorry with a full military honor guard passed in the capital on the final journey to the city's 13th century cemetery i everybody here has been out all day lining the streets open to give and pay their last respects to the legacy of the president and of. his history and what he did we can. so to him now is our grandfather and our grandfather just died as if. we lost him and we crying about this whole truly the next on. and make god protect our country but a big. test of the cervical suit you feel the patriotic soul people

public and policemen are all hand in hand today. as of the today 2 museum lost a real man of the state the man who worked a lot for his country and he saved many time from bloodbaths i'm proud of him. but there are clouds on the horizon unemployment is still increasing in fuel and food prices rising there is no doubt about that that you cannot have a surviving democracy without solving the economic and social problems i think most political actors it is yet aware of that it was a dignified and to such a political career but a new and much younger generation must now shoulder the burdens of state and those burdens are set to grow have you by today. al-jazeera choose.

puerto rico's governor a card or a sale will step down in one week as resignation follows a scandal over offensive text messages and frustration with government corruption but protesters are calling for wider change and gallagher reports now from san juan all what's next for the u.s. territory. on the airwaves of puerto rico's radio stations dominated by one topic the resignation of the island's governor following a tech scandal and accusations of corruption have shocked puerto rico recorder a seo will leave office in days with speculation that wanda vasquez who's next in line will play a role in selecting a new governor rather than replace him political commentator osvaldo carlos says it's the chance for a new start attorneys from the states. here in puerto rico investigating agents of the f.b.i. and the other jurisdictions we have a lot of activity and i believe that this is the moment to to clean the slate and have

a government that will really response to me to the people the governor's mansion is now a place of celebration where people come to take selfies and revel in the governor's removal as puerto ricans look to the future expectations high mostly on better governance a better government in general. that really can connect with the necessities of our people we're brothers and sisters in the eyes of god and eyes of the nation and we are on the eyes of the whole world and we need to keep unite everyone they've been elected have to understand that they work for the people totally my constitutional experts in human rights activist judith birken is optimistic about the island's future she tells us change may take time but it's coming so there may not be a temporary solution that's going to be. quick many way but i think nonetheless the

way the protest in particular it's a nation of an otherwise apathetic generation will mean a long term fundamental change puerto rico then is it a political crossroads it's not yet certain who the next governor will be but it is clear that the future leadership of this island needs to reset its moral compass win the trust of its people and give them hope there's now a new generation of young voters here and they're joined by the events of the last 2 weeks and they may very well shape the future of this u.s. territory and gallacher san juan puerto rico. i levelled at it for me on mars in bangladesh to tell wrangle refugee camps and convince them to return home hundreds of thousands of rangar have been living in squalid conditions in camps in cox's bizarre since fleeing atrocities by myanmar's army in 2017 and he still fair for their safety if they were turned to me on my by the muslim minority has faced decades of oppression that. spoke to some refugees and cox's bazaar.

several 100 running a race were destroyed together near the center where the myanmar delegates is supposed to meet with the community leader they wanted to have the opportunity to see them maybe have the opportunity to question but they were dispersed by the bangladesh police now we spoke to a few of them this is what they have to say. we came here to meet the myanmar delegates to get some answers to our questions but we were not allowed to meet with them. if you recognize this rowing isn't to give us a citizenship card we'll go back there in one second our experience talking to the rowing as months after months in this camp they have something fundamental demands before they even consider moving back to me on mars one of them is they be recognized as a growing goes they get citizenship and there is a guarantee of security by the international community what the mayor and more delegates really we have yet to see but from the rights groups and others we know

their environment is not conducive for them to return. and conflict in myanmar as north as forcing more people from their homes 8 years since the collapse of a ceasefire between the government and independence army and catchin state instability that has increased families are being put at risk particularly women who are being trafficked to china. explains. along me in mars border with china in this camp for the internally displaced the stories are full of sorrow. as singer hour works she contemplates the desperate choices she's been forced to make how work dried up when the 17 year old ceasefire between me and more government forces in the kitchen independence army broke down in 2011 how being unable to support her family let's sing route to a decision that still rocks her with guilt has had all the my daughter was still young i didn't want her to get married at 1st but the chinese family said they

would take care of her well my relatives they greet she should have a better life so i made the decision for my daughter to marry a chinese man. the groom promised to pay almost $7000.00 to sing rao but ended up paying only around half of that saying raus daughter who were not identifying for her safety eventually returned home. my friends keep asking me how it was to marry and live in china was it fun were you happy i told them it wasn't fun and that i'm not happy i was very sad and disappointed to get married the escalation of hostilities in kitchen state has resulted in a huge increase in the number of displaced many people who used to cross into china to earn a living as day laborers can no longer do so saying come who works with the kitchen women's association says that makes the situation more dire for the internally displaced. and that a growing number of families are now forcing their daughters into marriage alone i

i think many of the parents want their daughters to marry a chinese man because they thought their have a better life in china they thought the chinese government would take care of china's citizens berry road for some there is a darker side to finding a new life away from the kitchen and out of me and more yeah according to human rights watch traffickers are increasingly preying on the despair of women who feel they have no choice but to seek work across the border this woman who are also not identifying for her safety was trafficked to china hong kong on my last suffered i lived in terrible conditions they were abusing me with sexual violence i do want to sleep with them about was forced i begged them to let me go but he was not listening and he raved manta became pregnant. as you see the contacted china's ministry of foreign affairs for comment but has not received a reply human rights watch says another reason the situation is worsening is

because for every year since 1987 the percentage of women in china has fallen a gender imbalance that is leaving many chinese men without wives for now concern is growing that more traffickers will try to take advantage of the increasing desperation of people who are already vulnerable. as does either. france says it's proceeding with plans to tax revenues of big technology firms despite u.s. president threatening to tax french wine companies finance minister bruno lemaire said donald trump shouldn't mix digital taxes with wind tariffs other european countries are having similar taxes but on friday trump blasted what he called president not cons foolishness for pushing ahead with the levy and said his administration would announce substantial reciprocal action not makes to do you choose to keep questioning now is not the question of carries on one of these whole can we get a consensus on this issue of digital activities and further or did you do

it. to poland now where thousands have rallied in the country in support of gay rights protesters waved rainbow flags and condemned the violence last weekend upright march in the conservative city of bell stock they say the government is failing to protect them all is running law and justice party has made gay rights a campaign issue ahead of parliamentary elections in october and many polish politicians say pride marches from unnecessary public displays of sexuality 5. forensic experts are analyzing bones extracted from 2 chambers in the vatican as part of an investigation into the disappearance of the daughter of a vatican clerk in 1903 after anonymous tip off investigators open to tombs earlier this month to see of her body was hidden inside nothing was found there but the vatican then said it had located bones under the floor of the pontifical to tonic college it's these bones which are now being analyzed. ivory

coast is known as the world's leading coca produce at last found known as its other export coal and it's output reached record highs last year and pharma say that determined to become the world's number one producer and the southeastern town of of hill when interest reports. pruning call it for us to get more not. over the last 3 years farmers here have been improving the way they work and the yield from this 7 hectic collar not farm has doubled. 4 years ago zombie sizzle there was a cocoa farmer. unlike many others he says turning to colonise has been easy. for him having been a cook from before i had a little experience that is helping me for me or for a new adventure it's not been much at the moment but i think it's worth

a try. west african trade is especially from roger area come here to ivory coast to buy some of the goods find their way to the middle east in 2013 ivory coast produce more color for me did 3 years and for about half that of nigeria the world's number one producer but farmers here say they can be given over a leader if they were given the same support and financial hub as a country school performance. there is little in the way of government support for the farmers but help is coming from elsewhere with researchers helping to improve farming techniques. it's essential for the farmer to be paid a good price per tonne access to new markets is also important that will ensure that they keep doing what they do. in africa color not mostly used in traditional ceremonies but also used to make drinks and pharmaceutical products so many here

say their potential is huge traders and pharma say if their government could help them get a fixed price for their goods they would prosper and others would be encouraged to take up farming and that way they say their country would not only be the leading global producer of cocoa but of color not to. trees. i will feel ivory coast so i have for you on the program new york post the 1st ever live well card by game as many of them under 16 are battling each other for the top prize of 3 $1000000.00. and celebrations in colombia as it prepares for its 1st towards france.