protests and the financial consequences that these protests are already having the economy here in hong kong one bank going even further saying that it had the incurious drop in profits. about 75 percent in the 1st half of this year alone it says it's also difficult times because you have the protests here on one side and then you obviously have also do a war a trade war between the u.s. and china and all this is making it very difficult for hong kong the 2 sectors that are mostly touched at the moment are tourism and retail now some of the some of the . protesters will tell you that yes they feel sorry that international tourism maybe keeping away from hong kong these days but they're quite satisfied that the mainland china tourists are not here to moment now retailers will tell you completely the opposite because those who come here from mainland are usually have

a very strong purchasing power and at the moment there is no way to b.c. so there's certainly a drop in the retail there. live in hong kong thank you turkey in the u.s. are trying to work out plans for a safe zone in northern syria after months of dispute of of just how big it should be and who controls it the plan would eventually see joint patrols of turkish and u.s. soldiers in the region negotiations on the scope and implementation though a still ongoing but representatives of both countries are due to meet in ankara to discuss the next stage of a joint operations center is to be created in the town of shandy of. or turkey is concerned about the presence of white p.g. fighters in the area as well as the passage of people coming from syria shannon you're for in the southeast it's around 130 kilometers from the border with syria

and the joint operations center will be based there it's also 330 kilometers from that of course is where the airstrikes are on gary see them cause he only has this update. the main concern actually between the 2 sides the americans under turks has been the death of the safe some turkey insists should be 32 kilometers deep and the y.p. g. forces the kurdish part to a group which turkey claims as a terrorist organisation but the us say is that it is the main driving force in the fight against eisel should be out of the region which is 32 kilometers on the other side we've been hearing that the americans have proposed the 1st 5 kilometers the only u.s. and the u.s. and turkish military will be joint patrolling there and after that 5 kilometers turkish military will not be involved so right now it is a question mark about the death of the safe zone it seems like the turks believe

let's enter and then we will go further but the turkish foreign minister has been criticizing this question mark on the death of the safe zone for a while and he has been saying that the u.s. has tried to do a time especially on the project about min bridge which has to be completed completed so far and he accused the u.s. for trying to gain time and protect the y.p. g. forces so it seems like the u.s. is trying to keep turkey on its side which is turkey is a longstanding nato ally and the americans do not want turkey to be befriended by russia in syria only and on the other side they feel like they have to keep the kurdish fighters group y. pretty happy because they are doing a main force fighting against eisel and they don't need to be boots on the ground in syria which is a very cost effective approach for do u.s. military. and to the east of that particular part of syria airstrikes have killed several civilians in opposition controlled towns around

a very important highway the army which is backed by russia has continued its offensive in the province of it live that's in the northwest and it's along the shore teaching the important m 5 highway the government's already part of it government troops have already taken control of parts of it after the rebel withdrawal from the town of handshake on monday. still to come here it out of wildfire has been across the amazon rain forest and brazil's president cues is out as stopping them to make him look bad we will have a plan that will address the immediate challenges of what we cover the program addressing the felt need by the people didn't join prime minister is sworn in and files to build lasting peace to solve the country's economic crisis.

hello again and welcome back we're here cross the southeastern part of asia we are watching a tropical storm right now making its way towards northwest and you can see the clouds right there on our satellite image for the philippines you are experiencing the feeder bands and in those feeder bands storms are pushing through thunderstorms making their way from the north down towards the south but we don't expect to see a landfall with the storm it is probably going to make its way towards taiwan as we go into the weekend otherwise for the philippines though it is going to be heavy rain over the next few days with manila seeing attempts there of 30 degrees well here across the southeastern part of australia we have seems a very windy conditions with a storm system that is now pushing into the tasman sea as well as into the north and the south island of new zealand conditions will be getting better over the next few days across much of the region we are going to see another front pushing

through city over the next few days but for hobart expect to see winds started to decrease and we do expect to see attempts there of about 14 degrees out here towards the west though we do expect to see another from the boundary pushing through person of 16 degrees here on friday the storm making its way across much of the by winds coming out of the south so keeping things fairly dry across much of the area so 17 is going to be expected high there but for alice springs we do expect to see plenty of sun in the forecast with a temperature of 27 degrees. fly qatar airways experience economy class like never before qatar airways going places

together. there are these are the top stories a torrent of water released from an indian dam has left towns and villages in northeastern pakistan underwater floodwaters now cover hundreds of tales in punjab province and the levels of rivers continue to rise high school students rallying in hong kong are showing their support for political reform to the city's government students want demonstrations to continue when the school year begins next month there suggesting a boycott of crosses. turkey in the u.s.

are working out plans for a safe zone in northern syria after months of dispute over just how big it should be into controls in the plan would eventually see joint patrols of turkish and u.s. soldiers in the region. the brazilian president has accused groups of lighting fires in the amazon rain forest in order to make him look bad the number of fires now burning is at a record level of 84 percent on the same time last year and many blame the policies of. gabriel elizondo reports. fires engulfing large swaths of the amazon rain forest the smoke is traveling far and wide it darkened the skies over sao paulo which is more than 2000 kilometers south of the burn area the scope of the fires is massive these satellite images from nasa show how the smoke has covered most of the northern half of brazil which is larger

than the whole of europe. the amazon produces 20 percent of the world's oxygen and is home to more than 3000000 species of plants and animals fires in the amazon are a natural occurrence often started by lightning strikes but that doesn't explain the sudden increase in fires this year which environmentalist say has been exacerbated by cattle ranchers and sorie farmers clearing forest at an increased pace enforcement of amazon burning has been scaled back under president bush the not of a long time skeptic of environmental concerns bos'n r.-o. slashed government funding to environmental agencies and on tuesday suggested the fires were being staged by n.g.o.s to embarrass his government. under the impression that it could have been set by the n.g.o.s because they had asked for money what was their intention to bring about problems for brazil when fires burn

in the amazon the area is so large there's nothing firefighters can do to put them out when these fires finally do go away environmentalists say that damage will have been done here it is really permanently wasted and in a sense. to recruit forest and can never be recruiting the original wave the amazon rain forest often called the lungs of planet earth now filled with smoke and fire and choking one of the world's most diverse ecosystems gabriel's sandow which is either the us president says migrant children and their parents could now be kept indefinitely in detention while judges decide whether to grant asylum the new law would replace an existing legal ruling that falls children from being held for more than 20 days president trump says the changes intended to protect children who are separated from their families from abuse regulations are part of

a wider crackdown. the trumpet ministration on undocumented migrants. so done officially has new leadership after months of political uncertainty and violence a new prime minister has been sworn in as well as a presidential council made up of military and civilian members general abdul fattah al the han who led the military journey to power in april we'll have this council for the 1st 21 months or more than has more from khartoum. with those words advance military junta came to an end and a transitional sovereign council took its place the council has 5 members from the coalition known as the forces of freedom and change and 5 from the military an 11th member agreed upon by both sides makes up the body that will lead sudan's 3 year transitional period a prime minister abdullah one dog who was named by the f.f.c. was also sworn in hours later with a light vision. with the right policies we

will be able to address this economic crisis we will have a plan that will address the media challenges swore to cover the program addressing the felt need by the people issues of inflation. availability of commodities we fuel medicine and all that even if everyone is happy and satisfied but if anything happens and if we do not see anything new from the revolution being achieved will surely hold another revolution and topple the council same as it did with omar al bashir oh no one believes you know all the members of the sovereign council or except the bios the formation of the sovereign council comes after power sharing agreement was signed between the coalition and the military on saturday after months of protests it had been a point of contention between the 2 sides with disagreements over its role and who

will have a bigger say now the council will be led by the military for the 1st 21 months of the transitional period and by a civilian from the forces of freedom and change coalition for the remaining 18 months it will have the role of overseeing the executive council and legislative assembly in which the opposition will have a majority or presentation the forces of freedom and change has been representing the protest movement and the top the former transitional government and all its institutions now people on the 3 things will be keeping an eye on that coalition and the institutions including an independent judiciary to make sure that their demands for justice and accountability and better living conditions are met. the wait now is for the next steps in the journey to a democratic rule i think one of the interesting things here is that we are largely expecting a fairly technocratic cabinet. during the transition period and the political parties. will take their place.

so while there might be you know this issue that happens in the next 3 years i'm certain there will be. exactly it is. offset by the structure of the transition government. the sovereign council is said to be a test in the power sharing agreement between the military and civilians sudanese see if at the end of experience the military does hand power to a civilian government that's when they will know that they're on the right track to democracy people morgan al-jazeera hard to know. now iran has unveiled what it says is a domestically built mobile surface to air missile system as military tensions in the region continue to rise state t.v. showed president rouhani attending an unveiling ceremony for the long range system tensions between the u.s. and iran escalated last year after washington withdrew from the 2015 new clear

agreement and as we've been reporting on the iranian flag tankers being released from the british territory of gibraltar iran correspondent are said big is in the strait of hormuz where a british fly into oil tanker seized by a terror on a month ago remains detained. the british empire was seized by the revolutionary guard last month for what they say were violations of international maritime regulations they say the vessel had changed directions in the shipping lanes it collided with a fishing boat but also tracking systems to avoid iranian forces and iran says the seizure and release of this vessel has nothing to do with the iranian vessel that was seized by british royal marines off the coast of gibraltar although a foreign ministry spokesman said a few days ago that he hoped that the issue would be in front of the court and that the ship would be released very soon now we're told that the crew are in good health and they are still on the boat but there is a concern about the military buildup in the region the u.s. united states is putting together a naval coalition to what they say is to protect the freedom of navigation in the

strait of hormuz iran says that any foreign forces are a destabilizing factor in the region and the countries in this area of free capable of providing security and stability for all shipping 20 percent of the world's oil passes through the strait of hormuz and there is a concern that with the increased tension there is an increased likelihood of a conflict. resembles a human and. has launched into space. for 2 weeks the robot will work alongside russian crew members on the international space station sept 1st and has more plans to claim the lead in the space race. he has the looks and most of the science fiction movie star if you do pushups drive a car and pick up small objects but the human like robot has a serious task ahead of him for the next 16 days he will be working in space as

a crew member 1st under human guidance but his creators hope eventually independently. aiming for him to be able to prepare the customer notes work in space so the customer not only needs to spend one and a half hours outside instead of tell robert will clean up afterwards to this is how he helps the customer not and decrease his time and there's not an oxygen environment which is potentially dangerous the project was nearly lost in 2017 after a futile was put trait shooting 2 guns were it foreign partners stop sending components as a result and russian scientists were forced to complete the robot on their own. need to the office at the birth of your ancestor is nothing to fear. we wanted to demonstrate how quickly this robot can combine the operation of his vision and the movements of his hands it was a technological task but people looking at this is non-experts didn't see the

technological side which was of course a bit of miscalculation on our part futa has become quite a celebrity in russia on his own twitter account we can follow his preparations for his 1st space mission 38 years after he became the 1st human to enter space has big shoes to fill. been struggling to keep its space program up to speed the human eye to robot as the basis praising the way for humans to settle on the moon on mars and put russia ahead in the space race but before future manages to do all of that you 1st needs to prove himself as an assistant on board the international space station step fasten al-jazeera moscow. right up at the top stories here and out in syria a torrent of water released from an indian dam has left towns and villages in

northeastern pakistan submerged floodwaters now cover hundreds of hector's in punjab province and the levels of rivers continue to rise the pakistani army has sent a military base into a relief camp for people who've evacuated their homes some though are refusing to leave flooded areas because it would mean abandoning crops and livestock a solid binge of aid has more from the jhelum river pakistan has been complaining that india should have informed earlier before releasing hundreds of thousands a few 6 of water into pakistani river systems as it usually does but as you know that the 2 countries are at the at the lowest point of their relationship in years because of the distance in here so that is something which did not happen and water is one of those issues that seems to have been weaponized yet again. high school students rallying in hong kong are showing their support for political reform in the regions government students want demonstrations to continue when school begins

next month some students are suggesting a boycott of classes turkey in the u.s. have begun working out plans for a safe zone in northern syria after months of dispute over just how big it should be and who controls it the plan would eventually see joint patrols of turkish and u.s. soldiers in the region so dan's new leaders have taken office after months of political uncertainty general abdul fatah al gore harm the sworn in as head of the sovereign council for the 1st 21 months the new prime minister abdullah says he's ready to work on the economy brazilian president diable sonata has dismissed criticism of his environmental policies activists blame his government for a record number of wildfires in the amazon rain forest this year around 75000 have been detected in 2019 alone president is accusing groups of life in the

fires in order to make him look bad writer today those are the very latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next it's people in power america's guns arming mexico's cartels. millions of people across india miss out on medical but a hospital train is delivering doctors and hugs to those most in need one i want to east towards india is a lifeline explained on al-jazeera. the usas constitutionally in trying to love affair with firearms has given it the highest levels of private gun ownership in the world and a truly staggering rate of gun related homicides but it isn't just the u.s. that's felt the effects south of the border in mexico american sourced weapons supplied to deadly road in that country's drug use today on the rivers has been to

investigate. this is a shooting range in the southern united states. here in texas shooting is a popular and competitive sport ok you're right it's my 1st time shooting a gun magazine goes in a church shoulder correctly. it's an assault rifle designed for wolf. they're sure to shot night at 5 o'clock so i would have taken this person out you know she would be dead definitely. today an estimated $270000000.00 guns

are privately owned in the united states shooting ranges and gun shops everywhere and the arms industry is a multibillion dollar business but only a few miles south across the border in mexico u.s. source firearms are having a deadly effect. we have come to investigate how mexican drug cartels exploit weak u.s. gun laws to arm themselves with american weapons. our journey begins in a hotel in the northern mexican state of tamaulipas. we have a range to meet a group of people whose family members have gone missing it's not known whether they're living or dead the presence of drug cartels on the streets makes it too dangerous to meet them in an outside location along with that in the that are on the unit but he committed this that that is a 30 day you're not

a. minimal many unknowns. in. their voices monitors arms does that. mean yes it is. but the odds of finding a family member a life a low. since 2004 well over 150000 people have been killed in mexico's so-called war on drugs. here in town my only purpose the gulf cartel and the law set as cartel in a violent battle over the control of lucrative drug routes. civilians are often forced to take sides or end up in the crossfire you. seem to be coming from with. some as if it was on a myspace you're here to see me he carries time most of us with those muscles of the roof and. many bodies haven't yet been found because it's too dangerous

for investigators to search the bodies they do get found and up here. at the state attorney general's office in the forensic autopsy center. so when did this body of arrive at the work where we're not sure. if. the bullet traveled at such high speed it continued to move once inside the body it was fired from an assault rifle like the a k 47 or a or 15 the cartels favorite weapons. phrase to such deadly firepower the mexican police have taken on a paramilitary appearance kept in edgar valley who has agreed to show me what his officers have to deal with when battling heavily armed drug cartels.

we've arrived here at a peak in the violence since april 27th teen close to 100 people have been killed in town. including several police so they are on high alert is this how you normally travel in a convoy we never know when. this streets look deceptively quiet but it's in transit. most attacks occur. you can see the normal people walking and you never know who is walking yeah so everybody could be telling exactly the impact of the cartels gun battles is clearly visible in residential areas. because of the bullets over the walls were there was a glass before the cardinals were inside right on the start of. the time there were like 9 people killed. the violence has to civilians from their homes.

empty houses empty places of work that today they have decided to leave because of the violent because of a bias rather go to another state that's kind of over or to the united states north to keep better life. next that god takes us to the cities jail he wants to show us that the cartels weapons are everywhere barely 2 months before our visit to jail was home to a massive riot. it's alleged that the weapons were smuggled in with the help of corrupt prison guards. they had made more than i would say like 6000 bullets inside what weapons did the prisoners how long guns just so similar to the interviewer and certainly we could get some guns but unfortunately we know that there are many guns inside that we don't know where the hey here and you know during the raid 7 people were killed 4 were inmates but also

3 police officers from. and we got close. as i got a. problem you're saying they still have guns inside. they will be able to seal the right so we can harvest the sides. and who controls the other side we're also told right now we're also the other side i'm very glad to see the charge over controlling our. mexico is very prescriptive gun laws and weapons such as these are only legal in the hands of security forces yet the cartels seem to phrase no shortage of firepower. that's what i think is there. do you sometimes feel that the cartels the other side is better equipped than you are. going to suddenly. going to go.

you know that it will be a. very little got to go to some humans and i mean so we're not going to what we're going to enjoy. these weapons have been collected by mexican security forces from crime scenes the cartels obtain firearms from a number of sources including neighboring countries in china but out of the serial numbers submitted to american authorities for tracing 70 percent track to purchases from u.s. gun shops. to take them out of circulation the time i would replace government organizes regular destructions. the illegal flow of weapons across the border is a sensitive issue mexico and the u.s. are heavily invested in trade but the. victim i will say in the governor's chief of

staff is in regular talks with his us clearly you know that i'm the last one of the person but the young fellow who knew the simple you could have been thrown out there much less i'm a sort of bowler in prime. and why you that they specifically in what ways do you think the americans could tell you in their gun legislation to stop the flood of weapons coming across the border or you meant them. busy i was going also in the i'm not. going to see them and most but i'm for both the wall or fence or in. the media or one of. my because because i'm we will do for us when. we leave to follow the gun smuggling route back north the authorities insist that we travel with an escort as the closer you get to the us the more dangerous it becomes we've just reached the border city of reynosa and

we've been told categorically that we can still hear the cartels are fighting each other and dad with the security forces. and then we reach the call of the border queues. on the other sunday it's in the world here in the city of mccallum it's much more peaceful but certainly guns are a common sight the number nearly 5000 the highest for any american state this is the real deal right here this is all the automatic a k 47 it looks ugly it sounds ugly. in scares people of course this is the guy that most of the bad people in mexico like. mildred darrow is a federally licensed firearms dealer we have to find out how traffickers manage to purchase weapons in texas in gun store if somebody comes in and once to buy

a weapon from you what are you required to do by law when you're never filled you know you can only sell to people in your state they have to show some kind of proof of id they need to look below 100 years this is called the fore. or 73 and they're going to ask you if you are using the actual tool that don they're going to ask you are you under indictment have you ever been convicted all these kind of questions can they lie yes they can they can lie in the form. because suppliers must show identification mexican cartels and commission locals to buy weapons on their behalf it's cool to strew purchase since 2011 gun dealers must notify the authorities of multiple sales of the gun it's a regulation introduced by the obama administration to make it easier to spot straw purchases if you buy rifles there or magazine fed. 22 in caliber

you have to do a multiple sale for those 2. but since president trumps election gun owners think tighter regulation is a thing of the post it's been very very slow i love donald trump. i love donald trump but now that trump was on everybody's happy that guns are not going to go away and one is buying anything so. we want to hear the traffic is sullied and the law enforcement officer has put us in touch with a mexican police informant this man used to work for the gulf cartel can you describe to me how the cartels operating the weapons trafficking from the u.s. into mexico it's almost. you know sort of. you. know. what about the mexican security

forces do they make a big effort to stop all of it. so you. know most of the world you know. and u.s. security simply has a different concern as american border forces are more focused on drugs coming in then weapons going out traffickers have adopted their business model. official data about trafficking is hard to come by but some u.s. gun sellers have come to attention such as this super store chain called academies . it keeps coming up as a purchasing point of weapons that have been trafficked to mexico u.s. agencies are limited by law as to what data they can publish but in 2011

a spreadsheet was leaked with thousands of gun traces and academy sports features very prominently academy schools comes up to nearly 100 traces some link to weapons recovered from the. now because the data is a bit old also conservation court documents and academy sports has come up again as a place where u.s. agencies have mounted an undercover investigation into the illegal sale of firearms . academy didn't respond to our interview requests but has denied any wrongdoing in previous statements adding that they have removed tactical weapons from open display. at the federal agency who investigated academy sports has agreed to. it's called the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms a.t.f. thanks jim very nice of you agents franco to go and recall strong work on cases

that involve firearms trafficking this was one. that was seized in a recent investigation of this gun was bought by 2 u.s. citizens on behalf of a mexican cartel the investigation revealed a whole straw purchase a network but their charge was based on lying on the paperwork 7 of them have been prosecuted. in federal court for providing false statements on foreign transaction so what you're prosecuting them for is the fact that they filled in the form wrongly correct there is currently no firearms trafficking statute that we can prosecute someone for in the absence of a targeted federal law traffickers get off with minimal or no punishment. nicole and friend take us along the route where weapons are trafficked south there are 52 border crossings between the us and mexico used by thousands of people every

day this one connects brown's will with the city of. what we're looking at in terms of your work this is your front line in spite of the massive drive to increase border security the a.t.f. has seen a series of budget cuts and the number of agents has been substantially reduced president trump wants to build a wall to keep refugees and migrants out of the united states do you think such a wall could ever stop the flood of american weapons going into mexico that's not the trend that we're currently seeing is the focus in the cross-fire arms by crossing the river crossing in vehicles. through the international bridges what does it take to stop the weapons crossing the border what we could really use is the firearms trafficking statute because that would allow us to go after not only the straw purchaser but the entire network of people that are getting these guns to

our cartel. but some legal gun sales take place virtually outside the law. here in texas so-called private sale is concealed weapons without any background checks. many private specialist websites and i have made contact. a former texas law enforcement has agreed to help us since he still does private undercover work in his face went on to list there is actually somebody. is selling a rumanian a k 658 it's called the package it looks new the investigator takes over contact with the seller he will show us how easy it is to buy a weapon completely anonymous lee so you're texting with tom now told. me it was to. be a case that the vendor has at least 4 other rifles for sale but to me this is in

the course of the more it was perfect commission on the. call you were moved to set up with but. this fellow wants to meet at this service station a busy and public place he's waiting with the a k 47 in the call we record the order. it's all arranged or you know agree so it's not the right yes look no no just chief the extra bag. you have to tell it. very good you. within minutes the deal is done later in a private place we need to look at the purchase it's an a k 47 the cartels favorite weapon of and that pretty extraordinary i mean this is a weapon that was designed for war and it took you about 5 minutes to buy it or to

get to me it was 2 minutes listen to did you at any point of time show identification did he ask anything about your 2nd name no book who you where it was just so but knows me it's very long it could be a quarter. to make sure the weapon doesn't end up in the wrong hands we decided to destroy it. so this kalashnikov actually broke the machine but as really hard actually really hard but nobody is going to shoot. this gun again that's for sure so what can american authorities do to keep track of firearms. our next stop is a 1000 miles north in west virginia. it is here that the bureau of tobacco and firearms traces weapons found at crime scenes including those in mexico we do treat us for firearms for anywhere from 752100 point countries in

2016 alone the a.t.f. traced nearly 10000 weapons found in mexico back to dealers and owners in the u.s. but american laws stop neil from sharing details instead he takes us on a tour. what you'll see are or hallways and rows and rows of boxes u.s. laws only allow the agency to keep records from gun dealers who are no longer in business each month the a.t.f. receives around $2000000.00 paper documents were simply prohibited from creating any kind of a searchable database why. is it that that's just the way the legislation is written. even records submitted by dealers in electronic format must be reversion. guys here are the immediate conversion group pretty soon the documents in electronic form and what we do is take the. macon to image sort of that from

searchable and. that means you're taking something that was easily searchable electronically searchable and you make in a search harder yes that's what happens if investigators want to trace a gun from a crime scene in mexico or the u.s. a.t.f. employees must navigate the amount of paperwork. you life is made so much more difficult all these laws that restrict how you can actually do your work who's responsible for those of those u.s. congress is responsible for for any of the. laws particularly the federal gun laws and it would be literally an act of congress if that were to be changed. washington the place to find out who really shapes us gun laws a group of congressmen is bringing a bill which could further limit the a.t.f. the ability to investigate trafficking. our interview requests to them have gone

unanswered so we try to find them in person congressman evan jenkins is the sponsor of the proposed new law. hi. i'm not from al-jazeera i'm actually looking for congressman jenkins his staff say they haven't received our e-mails and we ascend to way. we go in search of the co-sponsors of the bill sorry are you working with congressman massie. so you include you know this congressman hyde says around today he had already right now. we have records of our e-mails but it's the same everywhere i didn't get any requests real mystery to senator biden ok we've put in a few requests we don't always get you know sometimes they don't do it might you not you must like to go to this ride somehow as the press that we get in touch with you call out ok. but cool we did without results.

finally we are in luck hi good morning congressman you are very well thank you we know that you're supporting this bill which cancels the multiple reporting requirement for assault rifles now the a.t.f. is saying that's one of the few tools that they have to stop trafficking in school purchasing can you just tell us why you support this 2nd amendment is very clear limitation of the government's ability to regulate foreigners and i think the 2nd amendment speaks for itself i took an oath when i ran for congress to preserve protect and defend the constitution in this bill is one of the ways of doing it but it helps to prevent a crime it helps to stop trafficking and straw purchasing congressman interested in stopping crime. this sickened amendment of the us constitution guarantees americans the right to carry weapons. we know the congressman is due you had a meeting so we waited again. congressman anything else be on the

2nd amendment it's not the way. you cry if there is a bill yet that's an anti trafficking bill would you vote in favor of lack of the. would you like to have can i show to you haven't even gotten to the we're getting this afternoon ok thank you very much we will do that we cooled congressman faran holds office several times their oath to he never did provide a response. but evan jenkins despond solve the proposed law which would limit the a.t.f. investigative powers sent a written statement he says he wants to stop government intrusion into the lives of responsible gun owners. with president trump and i were in power lose that target trafficking has become much less likely to get passed. here he is addressing the $27000.00 convention of the national rifle association who contributed over

$30000000.00 u.s. dollars to his campaign rather true friend and champion in the white house no longer will federal agencies be coming after law abiding gun owners. rallies across the country trumpeters has urged him to construct a womb between mexico and the us. a promise president trump has vowed to deliver. that wall is going to help us very importantly with the deadly and heartbreaking cards or quarters of illegal immigration the loss was the drugs that gags the card just the crisis of smuggling and trafficking. but do try and discipline to squid make their freedom to buy guns with the destruction suffered by mexico's people. if america intends to keep drugs and migrants out it should get tougher on weapons going in. ready

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a torrent of water released from an indian has exacerbated the effect of monsoon rains in pakistan submerging times and villages to flood waters now cover hundreds of hectic is it punjab province and river levels are still rising the pakistani army has turned a military base into a relief camp for people evacuated from their homes but some are refusing to leave flooded areas because it would mean abandoning their crops and their livestock loss on a binge of a joins us now a jail in river that flows from northern india into eastern pakistan will someone good to see you what's the situation right now how many people are affected. but really really in the last few minutes you spoken to the national disaster management authority that says that at least 1200 people have been evacuated to safety 800 villages have been affected and 3 completely under water as you mentioned there are few people who are refusing to leave because this is the time

where they're close to the harvesting their crop their livelihood as it's think because their livestock is where they are and they want the government to assure them that if they leave they will have something when they come back or when they go to something they will have some sort of sustenance because they don't want to leave their life belongs behind as you mentioned pakistani officials in the last 48 hours have been accusing india of releasing this water hundreds of thousands of cusack's of water into the pledge of and not informing the pakistani authorities because of their early according to by latham agreements now that communication link has been established and both water commission there are a commissioners are in touch with each other but this monsoon deluge is nothing new it happens every year but what is happening this time around is that it is happening at the at the juncture that pakistan and india are at one of their lowest point in relationship and both countries accuse each other of death and i think everything including water and osama politically things as you mention are

extremely tense as has there been any attempt at an explanation as to why there was no warning. we haven't heard from the indian side yet we've only heard the accusations from pakistan then and there's a lot of diplomatic activity that is happening right now and water has just become one more of those issues that have been added to the list in the last 424 hours we've seen of the u.s. president gone from speaking to beat is on both sides by design the prime minister coming again expressing his views on saying that it is the fascist nazi ideology that pakistan and fish midis are facing in terms of the indian government so it is very very tense between these 2 nuclear neighbors it is worth noting that because of these by lot from agreements these governments are are supposed to inform each other whenever there is there is rain and this is it's like clockwork it happens

every year when there is monsoon season it is very hard glacial ice builds and india releases water what is happening this time around is that probably that phone call or that e-mail did not happen and pakistan has raised alarm bells there of the military of issued statements that the water is still arriving and it has put its forces on the highest level of alert not just on the borders but also in places which are vulnerable to floods some of the nj of a they are reporting a forest is on the thinking restrictions remain in place for some parts of indian administered kashmir nearly 2 weeks after india of all the region's autonomy people in srinagar that's its largest city and barricaded neighborhoods to keep the security forces out explains. these barricades have been placed in the srinagar neighborhood not by the security forces to control people's movements but by the residents themselves to keep the security forces out tensions have been high all

over the kashmir valley since the region's autonomy was revoked and restrictions put on communications and movements locals here say these barricades are a form of protest against those restrictions but for them it's also a form of self-defense. they gave them a new bootleg song. boys have been big and we have no clue from vero how many have been big you've seen us how many distinctions so that they don't let anyone out of the neighborhood people here aren't shy to show their anger towards the authorities area has already been the flashpoint for several protests this month locals expect the security forces to eventually return in larger numbers and tell us what happens after that is in god's hands high school students are rallying in hong kong and threatening to boycott classes when the new year begins next month they've joined demands for political reform in the territories government and of course the demonstrations to continue protests in the hong kong began 3 months ago in

opposition to an extradition bill but they've hoolan into a broader movement against the influence of mainland china in hong kong's affairs well hold up to hamid is live for us in hong kong hi there hold us so protests of course it's become the new normal but now it's the turn of another section of society 2nd school student. yes absolutely and you really do get a sense when you're standing here how much this protests that started because of an extradition bill are now really have a rule when that's involving many parts of own. as you said high school students here teenagers people who actually usually are not involved in politics and many of them told us so judy but who now actually they really have to make their voices heard to they say this is a historical moment for moment kong and what's at stake here is really their future when they become young adults when they become young professionals and in future of

their children as they put it we had several speakers here on this day some of them a bit more seasoned older people who have gone to the wider protests were also warned of the dangers of what they're doing and the impact on their studies the fact that maybe they could be detained the big fact that maybe at school. the teachers there wouldn't like that they're involved in politics for god less so do you 3 spoke just said that they were not afraid of any of that because really they were too much at stake in their view. it's the morning rush hour herman is at the metro station reminding people of recent events and calling those students to carry out civil disobedience on september 2nd when the school year starts he says their future is at stake a new generation can even afford the policy. to hong kong the beijing

government has. promised. universal suffrage and soon back in 2008 but that was not happening in 2008. chief executive kerry lam said she wanted to open a dialogue with the demonstrators but many don't trust her they say she hasn't addressed any of their demands which include an investigation into the use of force by police and political reform there are several wars like this one a round hole where people out in solidarity of the protesters to voice their opinion for example there is free home called stand with home congress fight for your freedom and you do get a sense that there is more to the protests than meets the eye. to need tank added to her note to those at the city university of hong kong she was in london when the protests broke out and is part of a generation torn between

a western influence lifestyle and their chinese roots the tension is quite high so i live with my grandparents and the older generation are quite. they feel. because they feel quite strongly against it and they usually would talk. a lot about it in a negative manner. the magnitude of the protest now in the 3rd month has taken many by surprise jeremy you chances hong kong is going through a transformation the chinese imperial rule. 1000 years is really talking about you know you respect your elders you should learn from them listen to your listen to your mother father so that is kind of why kerry lim speech is a little bit backfire because if she was trying to echo tack kind of morality but

the mere fact that people now or the younger generation they are more open hong kong was under british rule for 100 years until 1997 when it was handed back to the chinese but mainland china doesn't take full control of the terror chief for another 28 years much of what the youth of today will achieve was defied what we look in 2047. and what of course is another side to this isn't there the economics of it or what was the impact of the continued process given that hong kong is obviously a prominent center of commerce. well actually of thirty's here have been warning for quite a while now that all of this is having an impact on the economy something the protesters have also sometimes brushed away saying that that was not the issue at the moment but the finance secretary about

a week ago did warn that was slashing down the g.d.p. forecast for 29000 from between 2 to 3 percent to now between 0 and one percent and he did warn that things could get even more complicated you also had several business man quite important figures in the business community here warning of the same and the now you have some of the leading banks who have actually taken out a full pages in some of the newspapers here also warning of the same there's also the impact of the a trade war between the u.s. and china as a couple both of these together and this certainly making it difficult for some of the businesses now the choose say sectors that are most hit at the moment as we understand it the retail and cheer is usually this is a time of the year where you would have many tourists from mainland china where they have been away from here for the past 3 months and those who usually come here have great purchase.