at the police station who then rich responded with the tear gas and we believe also non-lethal i mean ition is called possibly rubber bullets were fired we'll have to confirm that later but certainly a lot of tear gas and then the crowd seems to have dispersed we are hearing about other disturbances in other parts of hong kong there was a you know there are a legal machover on hong kong island that again resulted in 3 some clashes with police but it has to be said they do not seem to have been that serious and then there was the see there was also $11.00 assembly that was allowed which was in victoria park and we don't know whether people did attend that one or not so that's the situation we have here at the moment is police seem to be back in control of the streets they are out in force it does seem as though they were not going to take much nonsense if you like they were going to they were going to assert their authority and that's what they seem to have done here we're getting into the

evening and it's difficult to see where the protest is a show all right rob mcbride live for us with the very latest in hong kong where things at least temporarily have calmed down rob thank you for mr lincoln defense minister accused of war crimes is hoping to become the country's next president or allies being held in colombo where it's anticipated goto by russia pastas candidates and will be announced by his brother and former sharia law president horace mahinda rajapaksa quoted by a raja pasko has been accused of our saying extrajudicial killings and war crimes during sri lanka's decades long civil war and now fernandez ather rally in the capital colombo so just 5 years after their raja pasko a return now. that's right have any in 2015 when the rajapaksa. was voted out not many people thought it would be this. such

a short period of time before the prospect of a rajapaksa was talked of again but that's not the case here these are give us in the stadium the convention of the s. and p. p. the new sort of political front set up by the former president that's putting forward we hear the former defense secretary go top be rajapaksa that convention is taking place in the auditorium behind me in fact the former president giving his speech to the party party faithful as we speak and quarter of the rajapakse are being talked about his his formal kind of no mean mission is still awaiting a few minutes before he mounted stage but till then the former president is talking it up and talking about the fact that it's only them 10 can bring what is needed to sri lanka one analyst who i spoke to earlier in the day saying that the failure of the current government which is the one that got rid of my in the rajapakse in 2015

that their failure to deliver on promises and fulfill election pledges has created gautami rajapaksa in his car incredible guys as a credible potential candidate so is he has a long record in being an official rate he's he's the charge with accuse rather what the human rights abuses will not actually matter. gautami rajapaksa oversaw the defense machine in sri lanka he was a former military man he had left the country during the war spent over a decade outside the country but came back with his brother took over as president and basically had a free hand in prosecuting the war the difference was that he didn't have the kind of restrictions politically and you know in other spheres he could basically have a free reign he put in he's planned he's considered

a good administrator now there have been accusations that the sri lankan military had sort of committed human rights abuses basically that was conducted during the war v.c. both sides were accused so those are all shadows following go tubby rajapaksa but right now in terms of his sort of followers it's all about he being able to bring back on track and so that's the feeling among that camp ok well for now the latest on a common al thank you. tianmen where separatists in the south have taken effect of control of aden and that is to say that the internationally recognized government a cease fire was called on saturday evening but it appears to have been broken by a saudi led coalition air strike and the u.n. says at least 40 people have been killed in the last 4 days of fighting or manly has more. heat battles are braced for 4 days in yemen 2nd city 8

since who the rebels took over the capital sanaa in 2015. aden has been the seat of the country's internationally recognized government now key areas including the president to palace have fallen to southern separatists analysts say their goal is to win back the independence the south lost in the 2 yemens united in 1990 this is what they have been fighting for since 2007. that's about. more than 10 years now. since. separation. moment and now. i think also the regional. national and international circumstances will be. there favor of this

is what is highly likely to happen the separation this represented south yemen when it was independent between 1967 until 1998 group doctors without borders is calling the city a battlefield. after dozens of their soldiers were killed in a hoot the attack on aug 1st sudden separatists accuse the internationally recognized and saudi backed president of failing to protect them and called for the government to be overthrown. many people have flat. trapped in their homes including this a. we hear the sounds of mortar shells from time to time without knowing the source or the target to be hit some houses in the city are directly hit or fire fragments into the houses or the cars for example a group of men sitting in a cafe survey where helped by a mortar shell the battling side to once part of

a saudi led coalition they've been fighting hooty rebels in northern and western haven't for more than 4 years the latest violence threatens to open a new front in the 5 year war which is killed tens of thousands of people. al-jazeera and secretary general antonio terrace has condemned a car bomb attack that's kill 3 united nations employees in libya and the explosion in the eastern city of benghazi happened moments before a u.n. convoy passed through the area security council to discuss that attack and the latest developments in libya i join others in condemning in the strongest terms today's attack on the u.n. convoy in benghazi we send our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims u.n. exists to help and protect people and attack against its representatives is an attack on the international community. the work the un's minnis doing in libya

at the same time as the assistant secretary general said schools of libyans have also been injured safely the libyan representative coming convey my country's condolences and sympathies to his country and to his people and peacekeepers have also responded saying the attack will not stop their work in libya. it serves to highlight the continued danger of terrorism across the country and the limits of effective security control in the absence of one government and one military and police force walking across the country it also confirms that this latest both of those stupidities is creating a vacuum easily exploited by hard to call humans that's try on cows and violence the united nation doesn't in turn to evacuate from libya

for the foreseeable future i would place remains a long sigh the libyan people earlier let me have more water cliff a half star said his forces will observe a cease fire during a holiday starting from saturday international recognized government in tripoli has already agreed to a un request for a truce after us forces launched an offensive to take the capital tripoli and april . security remains tight and ministered kashmir although some restrictions have been eased to allow people to celebrate. paramilitary forces continue to patrol the streets of car they were deployed before the government revoked the autonomy of the disputed region on monday telephone and internet connections are still cut off a brief lifting up the lockdown on friday was met by almost immediately with protests al-jazeera has access to both sides of the line that divides india and pakistan shortly we'll have a report from pakistan administered kashmir 1st test male has met people on the

indian side who live with the constant threat of gun and artillery fire. a serene and picturesque landscape just a few kilometers from the line of control between india and pakistan administered kashmir but for those living here. their reality is very different. with a sock was hit in the back by a stray bullet 2 months ago it's a risk base by many people here who are caught in the crossfire between indian and pakistani forces but they say they can't leave. we would we go bullets hit here all the time when the situation gets even a little bad bullets start flying but there's no option to leave my elderly parents are here. whatever we have is here live or die here. down the road there are more signs of conflict 2 years ago this village was evacuated for months after it

was hit by shells but people have returned and built reinforced concrete bunkers going to meters or more underground in case the firing escalates again and this time they say they will leave but you've got to. we'll move the elders and the children from here but we'll stay we have the bunkers. and animals because we're dependent on them. many here are forced to choose between law. and livelihood this village is only about 3 kilometers from the line of control separating indian and pakistani administered kashmir despite the recent tensions most people here are deciding to stay if cross border firing intensifies but others who left before are scared to risk coming back. about a dozen kilometers from the border this school has been home to some villages for more than 2 years after facing gunfire they're not afraid of a little rain but they are scared of going back to their homes. there was so much

shooting our homes were destroyed. but there's no water no rations. my kids travel fofa school life is hard. distant gunfire breaks the serenity locals know the danger of living here but many say trying to decide whether to leave or stay is like choosing between a rock and a hard place as jimmy el al jazeera indeed administered kashmir it's civilians along the line of control in pakistan administered kashmir are also living in fear of conflict. reports. these explosions are what the sri use fear the most. disastrous safety been mortars and artillery shells hit the area. both sides exchanged fire regularly across the line of control that divides india and pakistan . these images were filmed on the pakistani side just days before india revoked partial autonomy in the part of me to overseas civilians and both sides have

suffered when tension increases between the 2 militaries one child was killed and others were injured in needham valley in the latest shelling from the indian side. pakistani soldiers to cluster munitions are used and hundreds of unexploded bombs are scattered over an area approximately 10 kilometers wide. but many homes were hit with traffic from artillery rounds. of was a year or 2 particular heritage we didn't see anything we just heard the sound of our house was filled with smoke my grandmother cars for a vehicle and then they took us to hospital the pakistani military did not allow us to film in the open because it says there is danger from posts like this one on the indian side behind me is the district of wildwood shore the proximity between pakistani and indian administered kashmir and how people are caught up in the violence in another village near to korti crossing there is an uneasy. being close to the frontline people here are under an ever present threat. they are trying to

teach their children to forget their fear from the last time they were hit by mortar shells. that are here we live in danger our children are always scared we don't have the shells to hide in the night we can't sleep every time there are shelling our children's education is affected because they can't get to school for weeks along the line of control like this one have begun to appear villagers here have been telling us that they have built these this is in case shells begin to drop from the indian side they want indian forces to stop targeting civilians and remind the pakistani government to live up to its promises to provide better security in the. because. they can begin shelling at any time as they have done before all these bunkers were built with our own money and the government gave us nothing despite promises full compensation and funds to build shelters the disputed kashmir region is one of the world's most dangerous flashpoints between nuclear rivals the region the right is in india and the one on

the left is in pakistan it's on to around $2000000.00 people and multiple un resolutions already exist on the issue but the latest crisis has again highlighted 72 years of failure in finding a solution for kashmiris. down to 0 at the line of control pakistan administered kashmir. thousands of venezuelans have taken part in a protest against u.s. sanctions after new measures came into force this week president nickles fedora trust supporters at a rally in caracas he says his country will resist what he calls the us president's racist government talks are planned in norway this week between mentor o. an opposition leader was. pulled out and protest and prosecutor has also rallied hundreds of supporters with an upbeat message of defiance against u.s. sanctions but its critics say that message will do little to help them as whalen suffering from severe shortages of essential goods living on an island once

a paradise or reportedly trying to survive on just a few cents a month as traceable reports many on towels are finding it hard to feed their families. the island of toss in the lake of magic i was in northwest venezuela was once a tourist destination. now its residents are struggling and people like pina are trying to help out we went with him to. house her brother george is 33 he's autistic he's also undernourished this will be his only meal today. i need help he has no bed to sleep we have no diapers his situation is getting worse every day nobody helps us he's been losing weight and we can barely feed our family and what complicates the situation even more is that your god has a problem in his throat but there are no doctors to diagnose him his source says

there are many cases like his around the island and even though he's trying to lend a hand it's not been easy. i don't have much but i started to ask people to give me just one spoon of rice to feed them times are difficult for everyone nobody has much food to give away those who take care of their relatives with disabilities are suffering and cannot give much. his hooves is also helping out at least 8 others in this island of around 10000 people many have already migrated somewhere else because of food and medicine shortages who told the water sanitation plant is broken and there is no gas or electricity. if we went to the house of my kailee just seen a mother of 5 she has no money to buy her children clothes or diapers even though her husband works as a fisherman she says they barely have enough to eat people here are desperate they

don't have running water they don't have gas and this is the only food they have for the whole family the situation is so dire that they were forced to sell this window in order to be able to buy medicines for the children. michael lee says all government help has been gone for months the venezuelan government says boxes of subsidize food but they're not arriving fast enough. for the little food we have is because we were given one government box last week after 6 months the government is gone and if they have something they give it to people that vote for them we don't follow it because we don't have an id. economy say the crisis in venezuela is caused by a drop in oil prices corruption and mismanagement of government resources. it's the 1st crisis that last so long in an oil producing nation it's the 1st oil nation with hyperinflation and it's the biggest collapse of an economy in

a country that did not go to war the impoverishment in the country is brutal now with an increase in u.s. sanctions many fear the situation will deteriorate even more on saturday precedent or lead a protest against the united states the sanctions implemented by donald trump an opposition leader. all of this making this all of this brutality has been requested an openly supported by this despicable outlaw traitor to the homeland named one dog. but in the island of course most people say the crisis began before the u.s. sanctions they're desperately waiting for a solution that will help them survive there is a war to cedar and venezuela. and a moment we will have the weather with kevan also still ahead on al-jazeera.

defying a crackdown on protests russia's capital sees its biggest opposition rally in years . a performer's pushing experimental theatre to its limit at the end of a festival. i don't support a tougher than expected class 1st or anyone says she bends to enter her 1st tournaments and the birth of her daughter. tropical storm a kima continues to make its way towards the north just to the north of shanghai right now you can see the clouds and the rain with the storm and over the last 24 hours we have seen some very heavy rain coming out of the storm about $270.00 millimeters of rain just from a weakening tropical storm so the threat of flooding that flash flooding is still

going to be very great as we go towards monday as well as into parts of tuesday as well the rain is not only for parts of china but also over here towards north korea we're going to be watching those conditions very closely over the next 24 to 48 hours we're also watching what's happening here in parts of india because we have seen flooding across parts of west central india over the last few days where it has been deadly across much of that area take a look at the video that has come in across this area showing what they are dealing with right now we have seen over 90 people died because of the flooding and hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated across much of this area conditions are still going to be very wet as we go towards the next couple days much of the rain continues across much of the western part of those provinces and we actually see some of that rain expanding particular here across the central areas where neg her is going to be seeing some very heavy rain over the next few days mumbai very heavy rain as well as been bengaluru with attempt there of 27 and the by at 30.

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documentaries and live news. i'm watching al-jazeera let's take a look at the top stories this hour israeli police have injured dozens of palestinians inside of the on some mosque compound unrest began right when jewish groups demanded access to the site under a status quo agreement for only allowed in on certain days a ceasefire in southern yemen between separatists and government forces appears to have been broken that's after a saudi led coalition air strike hit an area around the separatists to control the key positions on saturday. placed in hong kong and fired tear gas at

anti-government protesters thousands are rallying to demand greater autonomy from china it is the 10th straight weekend of unrest. david's vegas professor emeritus at hong kong university of science and technology joins us via skype from toronto we appreciate your time so much are you surprised the that the of the ferocity of these protests going into the 10th week now. i'm not really that surprised i think that the young people just have the will to to hang in there because the government has refused to make any kind of concessions beyond the initial concession of tabling. extradition go and those other requests that did not seem that silly that ridiculous you know i think that what's really happened is that the young people have drawn a line in the in the in the sort of in the sand and said to both the hong kong

government and the big government that we don't want any more constraints on our freedoms and we're remembering to hand in on this line you know you tried more again in the again and again this is the point at which we are going if we can to really confront you and try and stop in the further encroachments on freedom carol lam executive came out a few days ago and. when everything was happening at the airport and said you know you're hearing the economy etc etc did that seem a bit out of touch to you because the point of her protest is disruption disruption is what they're trying to do you wish she actually talking to the thing that the government is still really out of touch with what's happening. no i sense that she's trying to mobilize people within china within hong kong who are getting hurt economically so the business community is getting her

a few days around that time the property developers you know there's about 3540 percent of the people in hong kong who are pretty probe aging and have voted that way consistently for the last 25 years and so i think that's in part the audience she's speaking to and the extent to which you can get middle class people who might be leaning towards the students or the young people and just get them to say look this is really starting to cost us money people are coming in for business this is really bad for business and there's no doubt it's bad for business but i don't know who started it one of the demands can she saw i mean she's the one if she can get beijing to agree she's the one who's going to be able to solve this the young people are not going to stop being you know she said at that same time stop the violence and that if you stop the violence i'll talk to you but until you stop the violence i won't talk and the truth is that without violence she's made no

movements on the initial concession was based only on the fact that the young people had the doctor in some degree of violence who do you think has the upper hand right now. it's very hard to say you know some people would say that the young people are as long as they stay mobilized that they are in a a strong position. no absolutely i mean this fox i'm concerned they're going to keep i guess we'll see a critical point will be when school comes we come back to the university and whether people will go to campus you know this is a this is a movement far beyond just the university students i think society is very much mobilized within there's a strong force in hong kong so in that sense you know in support of this so i think that that gives them gives the movement a lot of strength on the other hand you know the government is in the strong

position if it wants to make concessions the government you know i think being the leader of china is trying the same strategy now that he did in 2014 which is basically no concessions and just wait them out so we'll see how long they can wait but they've proven themselves pretty good david thank you so much we appreciate it so ok. things south korea has open the last of 3 hiking trails along its side of the demilitarized zone the government hopes initiative will promote cooperation with the north it coincides with the launch of several short range missiles by pyongyang has more embodied for what they were going into the 3rd and last hiking trail along the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea is now open to the public well once marked by fences and land mines along this highly militarize the border public access was restricted for decades until now it's just a. little aside that has been forbidden to the public is now open for the 1st time

i believe this symbol of division will become one of peace. the program is part of an agreement signed in september by the 2 korean leaders that seeks to ease the decades long military standoff with the north would say leaders hold summits continuously and now more than ever people aspire to peace hyper unification can be peacefully achieved unlike other tourists to give the general public on president access to a demolished guard post in the demilitarized zone or d.m.z. it was set up after a split between the north and south but tensions have remained high since the truce ended the korean war in the 1950 s. but despite efforts to build trust the provocations continue north korea recently launched a string of new short range missiles and rockets an apparent warning against what it calls hostile joint military drills by south korea and the united states. your

north korea is one of the most isolated countries in the world for many visitors it's a rare opportunity to get a glimpse into the secretive communist state for the 1st leg of the d.m.z. peace trail was opened in april the 2nd in june while this program hopes to bring peace there is still a long way. go towards normalizing ties between south and north korea can't see a loop through so the young al jazeera. questions are being asked over how to american financier was apparently able to kill himself while being held in the u.s. prison cell on suicide watch if he had stayed was found dead in detention on the saturday he was waiting to be tried on child sex trafficking charges in the f.b.i. is investigating his death chair bhutanese has more from washington. jeffrey epstein faced a maximum of 45 years in prison for the trafficking of girls as young as 14 to his homes for sex he pleaded not guilty after being denied bail last month the 66 year

old had been found unconscious in a cell with marks on his neck and reportedly placed on suicide watch however there are conflicting reports as to whether he was on suicide watch when he was found hanged in his new york jail cell early saturday morning epstein worked in finance reportedly managing other people's food chains he presented himself as a billionaire and he lived an extravagant lifestyle but the source and extent of his own money is obscure his social circle was extensive and influential documents show former president bill clinton britain's prince andrew and donald trump were all acquaintances and before he became president trump called epstein a quote terrific guy he likes beautiful women as much as i do trump said that added quote many of them are on the youngest side however since epstein's arrest the president has distanced himself i was not a fan of jeffrey yet and you watch people yesterday saying that i threw him out of a club i didn't want anything to do with it now it's many many years ago it shows you one thing that i had think that you have along with allegations that he

supplied young girls to his circle of influential men all denied by the man in question just on friday thousands of documents were unsealed from a legal case against one of his associates that alleged a young girl was forced to have sex with quote many powerful men including numerous problems american politicians business executives foreign presidents a well known prime minister and other world leaders and quote epstein was 1st indicted in 2007 on similar charges that could potentially have led to him spending life in prison if he served only 13 months in a private wing of a county jail in florida following a plea agreement under the terms of that deal investigations into his activities were ended and the extent of his crimes and who else was involved concealed the federal prosecutor who negotiated that deal with alexander acosta who subsequently became donald trump's labor. secretary he resigned following renewed scrutiny of that plea deal it would be selfish for me to stay in this. and then you talking about a case that bloggers old rather than about made it on to me right now even after

epstein is released as a registered sex offender he mixed in the elite circles but in july federal prosecutors ordered his arrest again his house was searched and crews of evidence seized it's expected that civil proceedings will continue against epstein's state and perhaps the truth of who epstein was will be settled. more than 50000 opposition protesters have rallied in russia's capital the demonstration was the biggest of its kind in years they were protesting against some candidates being excluded from local elections next month or than 200 people were arrested step bos'n reports from moscow. this huge turnout shows that the government.