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all knowledge is the. anger mounts in hong kong after police shoot a man during morning rush hour protests. you're watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha i'm very you know brigade also ahead of us president resigns after weeks of post-election protests but ever more rollo's says his removal from office is a coup. the u.s. calls for early elections in iraq and for an end to violence against protesters.
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and how china's biggest online shopping blitz is expected to break sales records. follow a protester in hong kong is in a critical condition after being shot by police the shooting happened as demonstrators attempted to stop traffic going into the city center earlier police fired tear gas and water cannon in an effort to disperse protesters and just in the past hour there is also a video circulating online showing a man being set on fire after an apparent argument with protesters hong kong police confirmed details of that incidence is the most shocking incident some bright just cold frame of only click onto a person and set him on fire. demanded me to hospital in critical condition and the case is under investigation by regional crime unit of
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new territory so. let's bring in sara clark who's joining us from hong kong so ever since that. police statement on the latest incident of a man being set on fire sara have you heard learnt anything new. well as you mentioned that particular probe supporters the way he's being described the place have said that the rock has a what they describe as rock as the protesters did down and he called lot as a result with regards to the protest the smalling on monday morning he was shot with a round of live ammunition by police he's still i believe in a critical condition according to hospital authorities and that's where we are now inside one home which is a district on the eastern part of hong kong island this is been a flashpoint throughout the day simply because this is where that incident happened to the police have confirmed that 3 rounds of live ammunition were fired during that incident but it's not just here and saw one home where there's been violence and chaos and we have a number of districts where these this kind of chaos has occurred at least 4 of the
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4 that we know of as well as straight campuses tear gas rubber bullets and sponged even the water cannon have been fired and i should say in central hong kong guess who spied on onlookers in the public as well as some protesters in a very busy part of queens road right in the hot of the central business district district and that's quite unusual simply because it's a wig and it's doing business hours and as you can see behind me you might be able to see behind me as i mention here is a flash point here is where that protester was shot earlier this morning the riot police have been moving in and out when they move out the protesters come back in and set up more barricades and monday was all about a general strike and the focus was to create transport disruption on the route and the track of the vehicle on the bus the highway networks and i have we have 20 trying sections of being closed major highways shut and as you can see these roads behind me are still closed and the protesters in see behind me they're moving back in once again are you getting a sense of the both sides in the protests or are escalating tensions.
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differently we had another advance on for a death on friday this was a student a 22 year old undergraduate student who died of a cardiac arrest stuffer suffered a brain injury during a protest earlier last week that certainly triggered the angered some members the public as well as the protest movement and we've had the weekend quite violent clashes and confrontations throughout the weekend and once again we have it happening again today and as i mentioned before when the right place to move into these places of these areas these public areas on the streets they are heckled and there's abuse being held at them not just from the protesters but from onlookers and the public who are gathering these thoughts but some of them are being tear gassed and being caught by surprise and that certainly angering these people but this kind of situation is becoming the new norm as we now enter the 5th month of demonstrations in hong kong all right sara clark thank you for that update
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bolivia's president has resigned after weeks of protests against his reelection in a disputed vote but every murali says it's a coup lot america's longest serving leader also accused police official in a warrant for his arrest which was denied by bolivia as police chief protesters packed the streets of the capital apos to celebrate morale this is announcement he was stepping down after almost 14 years in office a little moment i'm resigning from my position as president in order that people from coach obama and the poor people are not tried in on anymore i'm resigning for them we don't want there to be confrontation early this morning we met ministers and we decided to resign in order for there to be new elections so we all for bolivia or for live or for the country marianna sanchez has the latest from the parts. well former president evo morales has said that an arrest warrant has been issued he said this on twitter saying that an illegal arrest warrant had been
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issued and that a policeman. out there to arrest him he is apparently taken cover with the members of a he's a longtime allies the cocoa farmers in the area of cochabamba he has said that he will stay in bolivia but it's unclear what he will exactly do however the government of mexico the foreign minister marcello doubt has said that they have a long tradition of granting asylum they have given asylum to already 20 members of the legislative and executive branches of the levy a few hours ago and if former president evo morales requests the asylum that they will give it to him now tensions are growing here in the capital. past there's roadblocks there's people protesting there are some explosions being heard sporadically and ambulances or sirens rather on and off as well as
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tensions growing in. the allies of medallists are calling for all the supporters to join in an indefinite march that would start on early on monday turkish state media says ankara has begun deporting captured eisel fighters one american has already been repatriated with more german fighters expected to be sent home on thursday president. more than 1200 ice will presenters are being held in turkey with a further 280 detained in syria ankara has warned the fighters will be repatriated even if their citizenships have been revoked. now the u.s. is calling for early elections in iraq and for an end to violence against protesters. security forces opened fire on protesters again on sunday killing at least 9 people at least $325.00 people have been killed across
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the country since protests began at the start of october iraq's parliament is set to discuss protesters demands later on monday let's bring in mohammed joining us from baghdad so the u.s. is backing that call for early elections any sign that that will happen. well that and we've heard many times from numerous officials over the past couple of weeks that. the parliament here was going to work on some type of electoral reform bill but what we've not heard are any concrete details as far as when that's going to take place and what exactly that kind of reform will look like and let me read you a little bit more from this statement from the white house it says the united states joins the u.n. assistance mission to iraq in calling on their iraqi government to halt the pilots against protesters and to fulfill president bottom fox promised to pass electoral reform and hold early elections now that's in addition to
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a statement that released last night from the united nations mission for it off in which they made several proposals. in the deadlock here they asked for it up the officials to release all peaceful demonstrators who've been detained not to target peaceful demonstrators to investigate the abductions that have taken place here we've heard over the course of the last 2 weeks that many activision even medics have been kidnapped from protest sites in different parts of the country and also to prosecute and punish those responsible for the use of the show support the statement from your nominee also called for election reform all this being said though we just don't know when this is going to happen certainly there is more pressure building on there it up the officials to do this but the fact of the matter is we've heard from ed up the official saying they want to we just don't know when it's going to happen and we don't also know if it's something that the protesters here will accept that and we saw more protest on sunday resulting in
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more civilian deaths what are people telling you what's the mood amongst people there. so look we're going to hear square right now did he know right now it's fairly calm in certain quarters of the square the mood is positively jubilant a short while ago we were walking through a that oh my that's a very well known historic park here in this part of that you. many tents set up different types of activists we saw a group of high school students that were marching to demand education reform we spoke with women women's rights activists saying that there's a much greater participation rate from women when it comes to the protests this time versus protests in the past that they were committed to continue to come out we also spoke with a group of women that were that were making a a homemade remedy to combat the effects of tear gas so it really goes to show a there are hundreds of at all these out here today continuing to try to get the
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linda helping hand to their fellow protesters all that being said that what typically happens over the course of the past few days is while the crowds are sparse during the day on weekdays as it gets later into the afternoon then the tensions start rising the new usually see protesters trying to march towards those bridges that connect this part of the city to the part of the city with government salacious of the part of the city where the green zone is located and that's when you usually see clashes taking place and security forces trying to push those protesters back into tahrir square where we are which is the epicenter of the peaceful protest movement really no indication as to how things are going to turn out today people we're speaking with are hoping that it will not be another violent day but at the same time they're also prepared there are medics here there are many others that are going to try to help any protesters that may get injured in any type of violence that occurs with security with security forces that he. will be speaking to throughout the day thank you for the time being. still ahead on
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al-jazeera president xi jinping arrives and this chinese investment to revive is greece's biggest port. on the front line of a boa how health workers in the democratic republic of congo are fighting mistrust and fear to treat ebola patients. hello again it's good to have you back well we did see a landfalling cycle and here in vietnam that was new cree and you can see the clouds right there beginning to dissipate but just over the last 24 hours we have still seen about $122.00 millimeters falling along the coastal areas things are going to be getting better as we go towards the next couple of days we're going to be seeing a lot more clear skies across much of that area but we are going to be watching what happens here just to the east of the philippines notice the circulation right there that is going to bring very heavy rain as we go towards wednesday towards
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central philippines and probably on thursday get even worse so we'll be watching that very very carefully down towards the south though it is going to be raining in jakarta with attempt a few of 33 degrees what we are looking at a very significant situation here across much of southeastern australia we're talking about new south wales as well as queensland the fire danger has been quite extreme and i take a look at what's been happening here just in new south wales we are looking at now 60 while far as burning and we're only talking about half of them being contained right now as we go towards tuesday the situation gets even worse with very windy conditions across much of that area and temperatures are still going to be quite high city is going to be about 37 degrees gusty winds across much of the area and brisbane attempts a few of 34 degrees there. capturing a moment in time. snapshots about the lives. of the
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there's also a video circulating online showing a man being set on fire after an apparent arguments with protesters. latin america's longest serving leader has resigned following protests against his reelection in bolivia but ever more rollo's has called it a coup against his government and has accused police official in an illegal warrant for his arrest bolivia's police chief denies this. the u.s. is calling for early elections in iraq and forward and to violence against protesters security forces opened fire on protesters again on sunday killing at least 9 people iraq's parliament is set to discuss protesters demands later on monday. spain's ruling socialist workers party has won the largest share of the vote in the country's 2nd general election this year but it's again fallen short of a majority that will find it difficult to form a stable governments the far right vox. party saw its support surged to almost double april's results meanwhile unrest continues in catalonia out with separatist
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protesters blocking a major road link between france and spain jonah hill reports from madrid. muted celebrations for the socialists in spain who win once again the largest share of the vote but not a majority forming a government will be fraught with difficulty he does not believe that the socialist party has won the elections for the 3rd time this year i would like to thank the millions of spaniards who were summoned and took part in these elections because this is good for our democracy. caretaker prime minister pedro sanchez called this election after earlier coalition talks failed and believing the socialists would improve their standing in april's vote the gamble hasn't paid off he will now be under immense pressure to negotiate a coalition likely to include the extreme left universe party and even relying on catalonia separatist parties for support even if this party is a socialist of them must most of the counseling nationalist are left leaning
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parties they're very different they have different interests the catamounts of course want independence these those very much against the size of the socialists catalan separatists have been hugely influential in this election and the last one in april and it will be unthinkable to many in spain that they might provide the key even if just through some voting arrangement to unlocking a socialist government. in barcelona delighted at what some will see as a victory for the independence cause and to make matters worse for the socialists the ongoing capital and drama that threatens the breakup of the spanish state has provoked a shift in public opinion to the right the conservative people's party has been rehabilitated and the far right vox party has doubled its share of parliamentary seats to become spain's 3rd political force. ok i'll get started because it's just i think we can be very proud despite the uncertainty we all face in the future
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because a patriotic social alternative has been consolidated in spain that demands national unity and the establishment of constitutional order in case alone with the unforgiving application of the. no one wants to see another election but whatever governing arrangement arises out of this fractious and fragmented political landscape it is likely to be neither stable nor longstanding don't know how al-jazeera madrid. china's president has arrived in greece for a 3 day visit focused on investment and trade xi jinping that greek president procopius a pub and he will hold will hold talks with the prime minister later on monday president xi is also set to visit pray on the mediterranean sea port controlled by china's state own shipping company cosco it's his 1st visit since the approval of china's $680000000.00 plan to expand that port john serrata less has more from athens. stomach this block us has no doubts about the benefits of china's presence
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and greece's largest put his crude repaints ships but during greece's economic crisis they lost most of their work now that's changed. the work has increased 5 fold the chinese reported because they came as a large entity with money and customers trust large companies like us and his crew are going to repaint this 50000 ton tanker the paris port of origin shipyard couldn't normally have handled such a large ship but 3 years ago the state owned china ocean shipping company cosco bought a controlling stake in the port and last year it brought to floating docks to expand its ship repair business costco has big plans it's going to build births for. the world's largest cruise ships and turn the ports empty warehouses into 4 and 5 star hotels costco has increased piracy contain
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a business sevenfold during the decade that it's been managing it there's no arguing with the numbers costco has invested $2000000000.00 here over the past decade and created 2000 direct new jobs and it plans to invest almost another $1000000000.00 in the next 5 years to create another 2000 jobs such growth would be unimaginable under greek state control the question is what are the political ramifications of such as to teach chinese state investment in greece the 3 month old conservative government here has reaffirmed the country's ties to the e.u. and us but greece and china commercially important to each other the institute for international and economic studies estimates that paris is now the entry point for 10 percent of china's exports to europe that's worth as much as 50000000000 dollars to the chinese economy but many say greece isn't reaping the full benefits i think
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that the greek side may not be gaining more than one percent of the overall benefits to be drawn from this project compare the overall worth of those commodities to what is actually getting into greece in state coffers and you'll see that there's a huge gap between the 2 think it's when chinese president see jinping and greek prime minister has me to thank yous meet that may also be a major subject for discussion jumps are all pull us out jazeera paredes. and al-jazeera investigation has found a number of countries have been violating the united nations arms embargo imposed on libya and the documentary the egyptian foreign ministry has revealed that cairo set weapons to libyan warlords and for half the forces a number of times on a hercules transport aircraft it adds that training camps for half that. forces are being held in egypt under russian supervision russia denies those claims a separate draft report from the u.n. says the u.a.e.
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a violated the arms embargo by providing a half that with an advanced air defense system and a warship that report also found the sudanese government sent a 1000 if it's rapid support for system eastern libya in july to support have tatars attack on tripoli i met harbors director of research and analysis of the arab center washington d.c. he says this latest revelation is deeply concerning but what we're learning is that basically the code is the case and the documentation necessary for establishing the age of the u.a.e. are in the interviewing in a very very bad situation of the case why the same time publicly speaking there was no doubt there are support of the international agreement and the united nations we all regarding that we are now were you know we are you know we will discover that they don't mean that they're just simply. supporting them and
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libya which is the unconscionable you know that needs to find its peaceful means social political economic these are 78000000 people are living in these conditions is 111 and that is not on me for this anymore and it's time that you've just been the unity that hands off. at least 13 people have been killed across india and bangladesh after cycling bulbul tore through coastal areas in the bay of bengal millions were evacuated from their homes ahead of the storm's arrival when speeds reached 120 kilometers an hour closing down ports and airports and both countries. the state of emergency has been declared in the australian state of new south wales as firefighters continue a battle to contain wildfires authorities have warned of a catastrophic threats and residents on the outskirts of sydney are being urged to
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leave their homes emergency crews say high temperatures and strong winds are likely to further fuel the flames at least 3 people have died and thousands have been left homeless by fires and region. on the catastrophic conditions the cyclist in you can do is not the unit at risk area the catastrophic conditions but the focus is principally and foremost on loss life the loss is at risk when it comes to catastrophic conditions and as we've said addicted to them we cannot guarantee i saw truck at every home we cannot guarantee an aircraft will be either head every time a fozzy impacting on your property we cannot guarantee others someone will knock on the door and give you a warning that this was the bomb and we certainly cannot guarantee that despite our best efforts the technological tools available will deliver you a message and on health workers in the democratic republic of congo say violence and mistrust are contributing to the spread of ebola but they say despite the
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challenges where people are being treated and fewer are getting sick help and so i has this exclusive report from benny. doctors at this a polar treatment center in beni struggle to keep an 8 year old girl alive. and she's in the late stages of the disease and her pain is unbearable. we call her cavour to protect her privacy this doctor who's heading of with care his patients are often brought to late share a bit of a viral load. now today she's a little bit worse than yesterday. not so conscious anymore feeling playing. giving some fluids controlling. diarrhea in another section of the center there's a case doctors are calling a medical miracle baby was born prematurely 3 weeks ago her mother died immediately after giving birth but she's not sick her doctors tell us this could be one of the
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1st such documented cases since a baller was discovered decades ago she was really positive her blood. the placenta was supposed to have don't believe court it was supposed to be legal it was posted to this alive inside of the baby mom who was posed as you but the blood of the baby is always negative those who come to see it man centers on time are getting more people also getting vaccinated many now understand that this is a dangerous disease and getting help on time is a matter of life and death this latest outbreak of ebola started last year and has killed at least 2000 people in parts of eastern democratic republic of congo. burials are harder now than at any other time grieving families here frederick new kids relatives watch him being carried away by health workers to a mass grave far from home a ball is most infectious when someone dies. his wife whose 2 children have also
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died trying to come to terms with their debts weeks after they were buried at least it is very sad to see people i love dying i cannot even send them off with a proper christian burial or even a proper prayer it's very painful. health workers higher see fewer people are getting sick. but there's still a lot of mistrust and hostility from some genuinely looking we're coming from a burial when our team was attacked by a group of people they were very hostile and had barricaded the road they stoned our car and beat us up we are lucky we escaped back at the benny treatment center baby and is getting stronger she will have to be taken to and often age was she gets the all clear her father is in hiding how grandfather says he can't take care of her. on the other hand is still fighting for her life catherine saw al-jazeera many democratic republic of congo
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a court has ruled that there are sufficient evidence to go ahead with the corruption case against the former malaysian prime minister. faces allegations he and his family looted a state investment fund a multi-billion dollar fraud scandal spanning 6 countries the former leader maintains he did nothing wrong. chinese e-commerce giants have reported booming sales for the annual singles day shopping events singles day or double 11 as the world's busiest online shopping day and this year many retailers are turning to video live streaming to catch people's eyes during the consumer or and slow it has more from beijing. singles day or double 11 used to be a strictly chinese retail event but in the last 10 years or so it's going to be much more than that sellers on digital platforms across the region are taking part and here in china it's not just home grown brands that want a piece of the action but also international brands including makers of luxury
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goods consumers can get almost anything they want from groceries to even real estate a 1st for this year's single state now politics may affect this year's sales somewhat last year hong kong was the largest destination outside mainland china alongside russia and the u.s. this year protesters have urged shoppers to boycott the event and he government protests that have lasted more than 5 months that's not expected to dent sales much however because the numbers coming out a staggering more than 200000 brands and more than half a 1000000000 shoppers expected china is forecast to overtake the u.s. as the world's largest retail market by the end of this year according to a market research firm and what's driving this is of course growing wealth but also a rise in online shopping e-commerce makes up about 35 percent of retail sales that's a far higher percentage than any market in the world the roll out of 5 g.
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technology is expected to be a game changer foster mobile internet speeds will open up new retail opportunities but don't rule out physical stores like these ones just yet they still dominate with 65 percent of market share and what it does mean however is that it's going to be a tough fight for them to take a lot just slice of the expanding chinese retail market. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera a protest in hong kong is in a critical condition after being shot by police the shooting happened. traitors tried to stop traffic entering the city center earlier police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters and in the past hour there's been video circulating online showing a man being set on fire after an apparent argument with protesters hong kong police confirmed details of that incident. in the most shocking incidents some brightest
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cold frame it will likely onto a person and set him on fire. demanded to hospital in critical condition and the case is under investigation by regional crime unit of new territory self for the b.s. president has resigned after weeks of protests against his reelection in a disputed vote but says it's a coup lot america's longest serving leader also accused police official in a warrant for his arrest and said his home was attacked by violent groups protesters packed the streets of the capital the past celebrates his resignation after 14 years in office both russia and venezuela are calling it a coup with moscow denouncing what it called a wave of violence by the opposition. the u.s. is calling for early elections in iraq and for an end to violence against protesters security forces opened fire on protesters again on sunday killing at
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least 9 people iraq's parliament is set to discuss protesters demands later on monday after spain's 2nd general election this year the ruling socialist workers party has won the largest share of the vote but it has fallen short of a majority the acting prime minister petro sanchez his party won 120 seats the far right votes party saw its support surged to almost double that in april. a state of from urgency has been declared in the australian state of new south wales as bushfires spreads fire fighters have warned of a catastrophic threats and people living on the outskirts of sydney are being urged to leave their homes at least 3 people have died and thousands have been left homeless those are the headlines on al-jazeera eyewitness is coming up next thanks for watching. us president donald trump is about to host takis president red chip day and i do want the white house with their countries and odds
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