citing talk anger in pakistan against india's decision to revoke kashmir special autonomous status while india is also rejecting criticism from china which says it shouldn't unilaterally change the status quo. follow on down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up venezuela accuses the u.s. of economic terrorism following new sanctions and the president will do as government. and thousands protest in turkey one of the foreign owned gold mine projects will cause widespread environmental contamination. pakistan says it will put maximum pressure on india over its decision to strip indian administered kashmir of its autonomy the prime minister in one can call for international intervention following india's move to change the status of the disputed region solid than just a begins our coverage from the suffer about in pakistan administered kashmir.

our fight will continue that's the message from these protesters in laughter about in pakistan administered kashmir if you 100 gathered towards the anger against the indian government's decision to abolish its special status of the himalayan region disputed. may you want. my appeal to the united nations to resolve this issue immediately otherwise we will go there to win freedom for our brothers. my opinion is still almost constant if you have seen it come out of your homes and stand with us members of pakistan's parliament in islamabad voiced their anger at india's decision to go cortana me and privileges for the contested muslim majority region prime minister announced on predicted that india will crack down even harder on the people he fears ethnic cleansing and called the ruling b.g.p. steps in line with the racist ideology. you took

a little break here you. yank election manifesto. this is not a decision that b j p have taken out of the blue it was part of their election manifesto all along it is in fact ingrained in their ideology to put him above all other religions and seeks to establish a state that represses all other religious groups. it was a heated parliamentary session where the leader of the opposition says that pakistan has 2 choices now either to hide or take decisive action but people on both sides of the line of control of heard fiery speeches before the feeling here is their bread and and not knowing what is happening beyond these mountains in the indian administered side of the schmear remains cut off from the outside world pakistan's military leaders say they will go to any extent to fulfill their obligation to the kashmiri people of the army spokesman tweeted pakistan never recognize the indian efforts to be legalised to talk a patient of jammu and kashmir through article 370 or 35 a decade to go. nuclear armed pakistan and india have fought multiple wars over the

territorial dispute there are fears that this latest move from india could provoke another. to stand administered kashmir well that's a view from pakistan but the decision to remove the indian administered kashmir is autonomous status has received widespread support in india's parliament as jamil has more now from new delhi. for the 1st time in decades here allow the feeling optimistic because schmear hindu fled with his family from indeed administered kashmir in 1990 because of religious violence he's pleased with the indian government's decision to revoke the region's autonomy under article 370 but has his concerns if we are supposed to go back. why should we believe what is on the home. what shall we. and all shall do in the sea of the. who look after us and who is going to be

a god part of. india's home minister led to his ace charge for change in the lower house of parliament with a bill passed easily thanks to the government's majority and support from the opposition members but many members of parliament say support for india in the kashmir valley has dried up following the government's revoking of the region's autonomy and splitting it into 2 federal territories even those who politically supported the indian government in the region are now lashing out this is not india that i believe. there is a democratic and yeah take it on india. whatever your religion whatever your region. the students studying in your new delhi are worried they've been scrambling to find a way to contact their families and friends in indeed administered kashmir without much success my main guns on that are my parents even ok like they have been

i don't know are they even alive for me. not knowing what they are going to do. so i know what the problems but this is the highest this is the worst kind of situation that is happening now. as many worry about their families and kashmir being cut off others are dreaming of a new beginning their fares jamil al jazeera new delhi india has rejected china's criticism of its move on kashmir priyanka gupta has more now from new delhi. it was completely predictable about china would react so strongly against india's decision to do market led dark as a separate administrative region to be directly controlled by new delhi are the 2 countries have fought a bitter but a brief war in $162.00 you have a could be a both countries claim each other parts of each other 3500 kilometer long border they have been several skirmishes in the past when the soldiers from both countries

faced off each other but what we heard from the chinese foreign ministry is that there is called india's decision completely quote unacceptable. against china's terry to its sovereignty india says it's india's internal matter new delhi has complete right to take decisions on what it chooses to do and it does and since is since it does not meddle in other peoples or other countries internal affairs it expects china and pakistan to back off one of india's best known female politicians former foreign minister. has died of a heart attack the 67 year old served as foreign minister for 5 years she did not join prime minister narendra modi's cabinet in may for health reasons only 3 hours before she died she tweeted congratulating prime minister modi for the changes in indian administered kashmir saying she went in to see this day in my lifetime. several people have been killed and dozens injured in kabul after a suicide car bomber targeted

a police building the taliban that claim responsibility for the attack in the west of the afghan capital the bomber detonated his car a security checkpoint outside the building setting off a huge explosion. now the u.s. says tough new sanctions will cut off funding for venezuela's president washington has frozen venezuelan government assets blocking american companies and individuals from doing business with maduro's government and its supporters stories about reports from caracas. long lines in front of the peruvian consulate in caracas most of those who come here are desperate to leave the country. is a retired engineer she has been waiting for months to get an appointment because she says she cannot continue living year. i have a pension of 40000 bolivar's that i can buy 2 kilos of cheese my son is in peru and i'm going to live with him but i cannot get there. stories like mario when yaz are

frequent in venezuela these days as the country struggles with an economic crisis that has forced millions out of the country for the united states and dozens of other countries worldwide who are meeting in the map to venezuela needs political and economic change the united states and venice will have a historically had a strong bilateral relationship but that relationship started to deteriorate 20 years ago when socialist leader over travis took office and denounced what he called the united states' interference in this country in the past month the situation has escalated even further the united states shut down its embassy here in cat act after and announced harsher economic sanctions to pull out of office in the past the u.s. imposed sanctions on venezuelan individuals linked to model the us government and they base a vinous way less state oil company accusing them of serious human rights abuses drug trafficking and corruption now they're taking things further by seizing

venezuelan assets in the u.s. and banning u.s. companies from doing business in this country so basically one way to summarize this to a business for example is do you want to do business in venezuela or do you want to do business with the united states and i think for any international corporation for their u.s. based european wherever they may be to the boards of directors and shareholders they ought to be asking their management if it's worth risking for a trickle of income from the illegitimately dural government if it's worth risking their business in the united states if the government and the opposition are holding talks in barbados to try to find a way out of the crisis but in the end we are acting on old necessary paschal fronts to achieve a solution to the crisis which is what all been insulin's want the kingdom of norway's mechanism continues because what we are generating at the. dition is for

a real solution to the crisis but the government says that the latest sanctions are a full economic embargo and blames the us for the consequences it will have on the population. it is hypocritical to say that these so-called sanctions that these executive orders protect the purchases of medicines because it is only possible to buy them through transaction banks you have to pay for it but you can't because you can't use the international financial system but for the thousands of people who continue to struggle to find a way to survive and then to the crisis can't come soon enough. the philippines has declared an outbreak of dengue fever a national epidemic of the 622 people died this year more than 146000 cases of the mosquito borne illness have been recorded so far this year after the government banned the vaccine fall of the deaths of dozens of children the been given the vaccine as part of

a nationwide immunization program other southeast asian countries have also reported a surge in the number of cases bangladesh says is facing its worst of the outbreak . in the battle to stop the berner virus from spreading rwanda and the democratic republic of congo have agreed to improve screening at their borders the health ministers also agreed to share information and rwandan doctors will train health professionals in india to better treat patients more than 800 people have died from the disease since the latest outbreak was discovered in the us in a year ago. to malawi now where troops have been deployed to restore calm in the capital following fighting between protesters and the police they've repeatedly accused president. of election fraud since you want to 2nd in april reports. opposition supporters say may's presidential election was rigged to favor peter metallica who narrowly won reelection of opposition leader. many people joined

in the demonstrations across the country they say the want the head of the electoral commission gone. to journalism must resign in the midst of an election. demonstrations for as long as she doesn't. stop. people from demonstrating. against. rights of the people. opposition parties insist there were lots of irregularities analysed many votes were altered using typewriter correction fluid election officials deny this in some areas the army blocked roads to government buildings. president has accused the opposition are trying to sabotage the economy and spread chaos his ruling d.p.p. party denied allegations of vote rigging and fraud but these people on the streets . the way we voted and the results that were announced do not tally there were so

many real ality that is what has prompted me to join the marches. the constitutional court says the election dispute will be heard on august 8 opposition supporters are to stay on the street. outside. there's been a strong explosion outside a tax office and copenhagen the blast shattered windows and damaged the building of the danish capital no one believes have been injured police say an investigation is now underway. buy time for a short break here now just when we come back walking in silence while hundreds of lawyers in hong kong marching against the justice department. and u.k. activists say victims of human trafficking of being jailed in sort of helped we'll hear one man's story more in that state of.

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back a quick amount of our top stories here on the al-jazeera pakistan says it will put maximum pressure on india over its decision to strip indian administered kashmir of its autonomy prime minister in a call for international intervention following india's move to change the status of the disputed region. india's government is also rejecting criticism from china saying other countries should stay out of its internal affairs beijing also claims part of the kashmir region and have denounced india's move as unacceptable. and u.s. national security adviser john bolton says new sanctions against venezuela will cut off funding the president nicolas maduro washington has frozen government assets and blocked american companies and individuals from doing business with your own

government and its supporters. now thousands of people have staged a peaceful protest against a gold mine project in western turkey activists say the canadian based company would use cyanide to extract gold from the mines and contaminate the soil in the waters of a nearby down the turkish government has rejected the claims need backers of the protest site in kind of college province. these are the cast mountains and not too far away from here is the peak of mt ida mentioned in ancient mythology is the place where the gods looked down on the trojan war will now environmentalist looking down on a very different struggle a struggle for the natural environment there's gold in these hills which has led to a massive scar on the landscape 1500 hectares in size. and near that mine this makeshift camp has been set up protesters have been holding daily demonstrations they say they will continue for as long as it takes according to environmentalists 195000 trees have been cut down that's 4 times the number

that the canadian based gold mining company our most gold and its turkish subsidiary. said they were going to cut down in an initial environmental impact report there's also a huge amount of concern about the possible use of liquid cyanide to separate the gold from it saw concerns the cyanide will pollute the topsoil will also leach into the local water supply. well the turkish subsidiary behind the mines say that they will replace thousands of trees but there are worries that time is running out to save the soil concerns about desert afic ation meaning that plant trees will no longer be able to grow here the government has denied that there's any risk of cyanide affecting the saw or indeed water supplies but these people aren't too sure there's been several demonstrations over the course of the week you could see

another war already starting to grow here people coming from a different class of the country to make their voices heard major infrastructure development of green the backbone of the turkish economy in recent years. but there's also a lot of anger here but not enough judy diligence was done before awarding this incredibly lucrative contract for this international company. lawyers in hong kong are accusing the government of political persecution dozens of judges and lawyers dressed in black have staged a silent march demanding an independent inquiry into the mass protests that began 2 months ago only 600 people have been arrested so far in some of the largely peaceful rallies turned violent and lawyers say police are only going after the protesters but not the alleged gang members who attacked demonstrators. lot we call it. just. discriminatory treatment.

under the law they must be given the same treatment they must be given the. name of the people wearing black that you know brought a quote. from all of the other people writing white. rock away and then when the police car. well the protests triggered by a controversial extradition bill have grown into a broader movement against beijing's control over the city and the ongoing unrest is threatening hong kong's reputation for stability which is having an economic impact under thomas explains. in cooling monday strike protesters in hong kong directly targeted the territories economy to make their political points but the protests which started in june have already been having a financial impact. shoppers are staying away. retail revenues in june were down 7 percent year on year figures for july and

august are expected to show much bigger drop still. business is terrible terrible people have lost the desire to spend tourists to a missing especially those from mainland china. mainlanders like us afraid to run in to protest i won't be rushing back i right away and quite down tourists losing confidence in hong kong it's one thing but if international credit rating agencies do too that could be disastrous. and escalate. and become uncontrollable then that will have significant impact on hong kong's credit rating hong kong's current credit rating schools a similar to those of the united states there are a lot better than mainland china's because hong kong is seen as economically and legally independent the process could mean a downgrade either because they make hong kong

a more difficult place to do business or because evidence of beijing asserting itself would undermine the independence that many consider makes hong kong special a downgrade would mean hong kong's government and any firm listed here pays more to borrow. hong kong's economy was already sluggish way down by the us china trade war and sky high house prices were beginning to dip. property is movable and you can't exclude from that impact of the political instability so. many people are willing to enter the market in this kind of situation the protests could tip hong kong into recession it's too soon to know the full impact of the protests economic data takes a month or more to feed through and who knows whether the chaotic scenes here have reached their climax or are going to get worse but what has been lost already is hong kong reputation for stability that will have a cost even if it's not clear yet how great that cost will be andrew thomas

al-jazeera hong kong china's government has banned its movies and actors from participating in taiwan's most prestigious annual film awards announcement was widely expected after an award winner from last year's ceremony called for taiwan's independence china sees taiwan as part of its territory tension between the 2 sides worsened last week when beijing confirmed it'll stop granting permits to individual travellers to taiwan. sri lanka's prime minister has appeared at a parliamentary investigation into the easter sunday bombings facing criticism the government failed to act on intelligence from foreign agencies at least 258 people were killed in coordinated attacks on churches and hotels in april i saw later claimed responsibility the prime minister run away from a single told the parliamentary committee the trunk a must prepare for a new phase of terrorism. a police chief in the u.s. state of texas has apologized after 2 white officers on horseback led to hang tough black man down

a street by rope photos of the arrest of sparked widespread outrage galveston's police chief says his officers showed poor judgment and should have waited for a transport unit. puerto rico is entering its 4th week of political crisis the u.s. territory still has no leader and politicians have delayed the vote to confirm a new governor the supreme court is expected to rule on whether the man who came into office on friday is a miserable for the job. gable is on that has more now from the capital san juan. street protests like this pushed out the puerto rico governor but the fate of the new one pedro pierre lisi is now in limbo his fate now rests with 9 justices of the supreme court who will decide if he's illegitimate governor after the senate filed a lawsuit saying he was sworn in prematurely last friday without their confirmation the court is expected to hand down a ruling in a day in a press conference pierre louis c.

said the supreme court would now be the last word on the matter i then asked him this if the supreme court rules against you or you can resign immediately or he alway i guess i'll have to i don't know what the ruling will be but but we should we should just wait for the ruling and it will speak for itself but the supreme court will decide i trust them and they'll do the right thing for puerto rico many legal minds. acted unconstitutionally the puerto rican bar association has been around for over 170 years aside from the supreme court it's probably the most prestigious legal body here on the island and their opinion on the current situation is very clear it is the believe of the puerto rico that he is illegitimate as governor in a moment and let's see how the supreme court of puerto rico besides maybe today and in the next day so. we are a part. of the shoe we will be. trying to help the court understand

the constitutional issues but always remember one pain is not only a legal. alien. it's not only about jurisprudence this about the people look at rico we're still suffering from some economic humanitarian crisis and how does this affect the people of puerto rico it's very important for us if the court rules against peer louis c. and he resigns street protests like this could erupt again. san juan puerto rico. campaigners against people trafficking in britain are accusing government groups of failing to protect victims and they say hundreds of exploited workers are ending up in jail when they should be in hospital being treated for torture injuries and the hayward has been meeting some of the many victims of slavery. can't forget being beaten having both ear drums perforated his tooth broken by the criminals who kept him as

a slave little wonder then that is trust in people is shattered leave from vietnam doesn't want us to use his real name or show his space and we've disguised his voice after being trafficked to the u.k. he was forced to work inside an illegal kind of response we don't know. they beat me they hit me in the face if anything was to go wrong they said they would lose 100000 pounds the value of the crop in the house and then they'd cut my throat was arrested and then convicted despite telling me or thought is he was a victim of trafficking halfway through his custodial sentence he was placed in an immigration detention center the u.k. home office had mistaken him for another vietnamese man they thought they'd already deported that left with a lasting mental health problems. many times i wanted to commit suicide because i felt depressed and had too much pressure i had nobody to talk to and didn't know

what was going to happen to me lead did when his case against the home office but both imprisonment but his lawyer told us that victims are often treated as criminals by the author. when they enter the u.k. when they're here they're then forced into criminality. and then finally as has happened in this case when when when you're finally found by a public authority for example the police when you think that you're finally going to be saved you are then in fact criminalized and then subsequently detained by the home office in question the times that. many victims of modern day slavery are hidden in plain sight controlled by those intent on exploitation last year in the u.k. just over $3600.00 suspected victims were identified a recent report by after exploitation found that in 28 team more than 500 suspected victims of trafficking were held in u.k. detention centers and campaigners say that its role as an immigration and force are

often means the u.k. home office doesn't deal correctly with victims of trafficking clearly when a victim of trafficking is detained this is this is horrific and should not be happening there needs to be a clear separation of powers between people identifying victims of trafficking and immigration authorities levy is still fighting to overturn his conviction but i want this says the government is committed to protecting the vulnerable and treating those in detention with dignity and respect and it says decisions about detention and whether somebody is a victim of modern day slavery are made on a case by case basis campaigners say the whole system needs an overhaul when sure but cases like that of late don't happen again and i would al jazeera in london. part of a quick check of the headlines here this hour pakistan says it will put maximum

pressure on india over its decision to strip indian administered kashmir of its autonomy. the prime minister imran khan called for international intervention following india's move to change the status of the disputed region india's government is also rejecting criticism from china saying other countries should stay out of this internal affairs beijing also claims part of the kashmir region had denounced india's move as unacceptable. in afghanistan the taliban is claiming responsibility for a car bomb explosion at a police building and dozens were injured when a suicide bomber targeted a security checkpoint in the capital kabul. u.s. national security adviser john bolton says new sanctions against venezuela will cut off funding for president nicolas maduro the u.s. government has frozen assets and blocked american companies and individuals from doing business with a mature a government and its supporters. the philippines has declared an outbreak of dengue

fever a national epidemic 622 people have died this year and more than 146000 cases of the musky borne illness have been recorded so far after the government banned the vaccine but it followed the deaths of dozens of children when given the vaccine as part of a nationwide immunization program other southeast asian countries have also reported a surge in the number of cases battle it is says it's facing its worst ever outbreak. in the battle to stop the birla virus from spreading rwanda and democratic republic of congo have agreed to improve screening on the border and rwandan doctors will train health professionals in the r.c. to better treat patients more than 800 people have died from the disease as the latest outbreak was discovered in the r.c. a year ago. there's been a strong explosion outside a tax office in copenhagen the blast shattered windows and damaged the building in the danish capital no one is believed to have been injured police say an investigation is now underway. and thousands of people have staged

a peaceful protest against a gold mine project in the west and turkey activists say the canadian based company will use cyanide to extract gold from the mines and contaminate the soil and waters of a nearby down the turkish government has rejected the allegations well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after my geneseo statement that such a battle. after 25 years of affording the world's waist china through the global cycling industry into chaos. the growing pressure of agreement skies eaves resulting in change we bring you the stories of the shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera.

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