the count of. 3. fires and explosions as hong kong police storm lee university occupied by protesters. below amounting to an issue with al-jazeera live from doha also coming out food and fuel shortages in bolivia's main city as supporters of former president morales block growth and stop supplies. return of the rajapaksa former defense chief winds sri lanka's presidency promising strong leadership after the easter attacks

plus. i'm from either mill and i'm in the kalahari desert in south africa with the world's fastest cars being tested to break the land speed record. a tense standoff between protesters and police is continuing at a hong kong university the hours long siege came to an explosive end just before dawn as police a police moved in but a group of demonstrators a still holed up inside and police want them out they've used tear gas and water cannon but some protests as are refusing to leave sara klug reports from hong kong . with parts of the polytechnic university a blaze police moved in to clear the protesters they barricaded themselves on campus students fled as riot police fired tear gas and made arrests. at intervals of mobile. well. this

came after a marathon standoff with protesters blocking all access to the university making petrol bombs and devices to keep police riot squad surrounded the university after a day of violence confrontations an officer shot by an arrow some students fled on roads and an overpass others refused to leave i wanted democracy and freedom with coming home that is sincere this is still let's just fights at the last moments to see this. and just get. hong kong central cross harbor tunnel remains blocked causing major traffic congestion on monday schools are also shut for a 2nd week as well as classes at major universities this area remains in lockdown major roads are blocked in one of the busiest parts of hong kong as riot police moved in to micro wrists and crackdown on those protesters who by this area the new

battleground the anti-government movement. demonstrations now in their 5th month the government has warned it will escalate its efforts to still come in a city that's been rocked by its worst political crisis in decades. when go live now to sara to get the very latest on sara does this standoff around the university campus continue. its way at the polytechnic university in color and this is the buying campus in a very busy part of hong kong and this standoff has been ongoing for hours now we have a heavy police presence the rock place in front of me there also across all of these overpasses and now early this morning when a number of them the students protesters fled the campus the place fought a number of rounds of tear gas on those students on. this particular university now we still have a large group holed up inside in the last 10 minutes or so we've seen some of the students walk out with their hands up surrendering. arrests have already been made

about 2 hours ago we saw about 100 arrests toward the 100 arrests on the streets in front of the students who left the campus early this morning that that large group that's refusing to believe they're holed up in the building behind me behind that actual overpass and we also believe there's a number of casualties still within the university and we believe we've been told that the the ambulance has been denied access to get on that particular campus so certainly the i'm at the place right now is to try and get remove remove the the last of these protesters behind me i can also do you know confirm or update you with regard to the high court decision in the last 10 minutes or so our local media is reporting that the high court has basically deemed the mass ban that was introduced under the emergency powers the high court has deemed that unconstitutional so certainly a timely update from the high court on monday in hong kong right where that will be welcome by the protesters were. by and large sara is it fair to say that there is

a hardening on both sides of this conflict both on the part of the protesters insofar as they are becoming more violent more demanding and indeed in terms of the way the police are responding. yes we've seen violence escalate on both sides are certainly in the last 24 hours it's been described described as bloody clashes that we've seen at the polytechnic university and this seems to be. the key battleground for the students they've been holed up in here since friday and the police described it as a weapon factory we've seen canisters of gas that have. actually around that particular gas canister inside we've seen various nails been made into devices we've also got a huge number of numbers of petrol bombs that were used overnight on the place of certainly we're seeing an escalation or intensification from the tactics from both sides as these these protests are now in their 5th month of demonstrations all right sara for now thank you. kirk there with the very latest from hong kong. right

to bolivia now where people are facing food and fuel shortages and supporters of the former president ever more or less continue to block roads the new interim government says it's created what it calls an air bridge to the main city la paz with the military planes delivering supplies and the working on similar plans for other cities where morale is resigned and fled to mexico after winning an election that many believed to be ring but he still has a lot of support in the poor rural areas our correspondent today is a bone reports from one of the former president strongholds in central bolivia. the city of sack of or in the province of cultural bias in mourning. a penis was shot during a protest carried out by a will more or less supporters here his relatives say she was shot in the head. we are said and her to because he is not the only one that was killed he took the

others a few hours away we want a solution because when we took him to the clinic we had to pay a lot we want justice. even what alice resigned last week after being accused by the oas of committing fraud in the presidential elections but for these people he was the man who dignified them most of the people are from indigenous communities and are coca leaves growers and they were trying to go through the main road towards the capital pass by they were prevented by the police they had to escape and they're telling us that they were ambushed right in this. piece facebook live video was filmed by one of the protesters sister. was 18 years old and was shot in the stomach while filming the clashes live. she was killed that day certainly there is always the public there are militarizing this whole area because they want to believe we are criminals they shot at us from everywhere. because.

the actions of security forces are currently being investigated they're accused of using live ammunition and excessive force on demonstrators the interim american court of human rights says at least 9 people were killed and over 130 were injured . man says the response by the military was disproportionate. what happened was a massacre in this country they want to say it was a confrontation on friday the government issued a decree that exonerates the armed forces of any killing and one hour after that decree the police and the military started using live ammunition against protesters . the government says the protesters were infiltrated by foreigners and were using improvised weapons. we have asked the attorney general to investigate what her unit he told me the delay was we couldn't rule out of did not want to be the bodies we have asked the attorney general to investigate this as soon as possible because

tropic was the launching pad for it will more or less political career as a leader of the growers federation many people here remain loyal to him and do not trust in the new interim administration many say at call for elections and political negotiations over crucial to prevent further loss of life. now to chile where the president there has condemned police violence for the 1st time in the 4 weeks of protests over social and economic inequality sebastian pinera criticised the police he accused them of using excessive force prosecutors are now investigating more than a 1000 allegations of abuse 20000 people have been killed thousands have been injured in the past month last week the government agreed to hold a referendum to replace the current constitution which protesters say discriminates against the poor. during the past 4 weeks chile changed the chileans changed the

government changed we have all changed because the social pact under which we have lived cracked down and showed its wounds and cracks we all need to renew the social pact together. they've been 2 explosions in the afghan capital kabul they were suicide bombs and they went off near a military training center the interior ministry says at least 4 members of the security forces were injured. that a language from the defense chief is due to be sworn in as the country's new president quite soon got a buyer rajapaksa oversaw the defeat of the tamil tigers 10 years ago and his campaign was marked by nationalists rhetoric and promises of better security he has the task of lifting the country out of an economic slum made worse by devastating bombings earlier this year but this myth reports from the capital colombo. to his

supporters mainly from the senhor produce majority got a buyer rajapaksa is the president sri lanka needs they believe he can strengthen security after the easter sunday suicide bomb attacks 263 people were killed the government ignored intelligence warnings that the bombings were imminent it's paid the price for that and other perceived failings at this election national security was. a car coming the. trading people were crying in fact every other day there were some agitation and obviously they were waiting for opportunity to join the government rajapaksa is a divisive figure many tamils in sri lanka's north believe the former defense secretary should be tried over allegations of killings and disappearances during the final stages of the war against the tamil tigers the country's muslim council says his victory realizes all our worst fears their fear food because. this. election campaign stressed national security

and national security to the ethnic minorities something a little bit fearful because it means that they are the ones being viewed as security threats and for the muslims in particular they have bad memories of the period before 2015 because there were riots against them even good there was a very good military under. the military and the intelligence didn't protect the muslims and i hope that that will change in the future as all the brother and former president mahinda may now become prime minister as the rajapaksa family returns to frontline politics. excited and super excited and happy for the country and that majority of the sri lankans have been expecting for a long time. we want to someone like this to save the country so the taught children the future generations will have a country one of gotta buy rajapakse as priorities is to rebuild state intelligence

and surveillance networks he says they were dismantled by the outgoing administration and international pressure i asked about those allegations of human rights abuses when he was defense secretary but now president elect says people should stop talking about. bernard smith al-jazeera. lots more to come here without just hearing including campaigners celebrated as a death row inmate in the usa to texas gets a temporary reprieve. hello iran has not done with the trouble from snow although you don't see very much in satellite pictures these great tools here in the north a lot more white top players from kuwait eastwards this is rain and this because the height above sea level of course in

a good part around is more snow we've seen snow in toronto be an awful lot more in the mountains just to the north a little bit further south shiraz looks very wet q 8 city the rain is moving towards iran out of kuwait and out of iraq so the picture for monday is a dry one still 18 in 11 years and 16 anchors are warm really for the time of year but this is the active weather moving south and it will move south that's where it gets to by tuesday so let's follow it down towards the gulf it runs for saudi arabia of course it hits bahrain home monday might start to show itself in qatar as well is quite slow moving so it will be rain with some thunderstorms and maybe some decent downpours as well a wet day seems likely in die hard and a draw day in riyadh with occasional thunderstorms south of that nice weather 30 for example reasonably dry in the into code or in eastern. as for southern africa well the winds are swirling still but i don't see many showers for costa johannesburg it's going quite hot again though in would hope.

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are let's have a look at the top stories here are down to 0 this morning a tense standoff between protesters and police is continuing at a hong kong university the hours long siege has come to an explosive end just before dawn as police stormed in but a group of demonstrators still inside meanwhile hong kong's high cools has ruled that the government's ban on wearing masks during public gatherings is unconstitutional. sri lanka's former wartime defense chief. is to be sworn in shortly as the country's next president his rival conceded crossed the required 50 percent mark in early results. for live in defacing food and fuel shortages the supporters of the former president continue to block. the interim government says it's created what it calls an air bridge to the main city. with military planes delivering supplies. the former malaysian prime minister najib

razak is back in court on new corruption charges he's already involved in 2 other cases currently passing through the courts now faces allegations that he and his family looted a state investment fund in a multi $1000000000.00 fraud scandal spanning 6 countries and this latest skates will examine accusations that he tampered with an investigation looking into the financial scandal that denies the allegations and says the change in charge is a politically motivated. now russia says it will return 3 captured naval ships to ukraine on monday ahead of a planned peace summit the vessels have been moved to a handover location which is thought to be in the black sea russia sees the ships off the coast of crimea a year ago more than 13000 people have been killed in eastern ukraine of the past 5 years in fighting between pro russia separatists and ukrainian forces. there for

more than 5 months in schools of protests as were killed in violent crackdown in sudan now a human rights watch report on that city in protests says what happened could amount to crimes against humanity let's take a closer look at some of the points outlined in the report human rights watch says sudanese forces opened fire on protests as they starved they raped and false protesters to crawl through sewage witnesses say sudanese forces were seen throwing bodies into the river nile at least 2 were retrieved from the river with bricks tied to their body is a paramilitary units commanded by the deputy head of sudan's transitional government is accused of leading these attacks the report says the abuses by the rapid support forces amount to crimes against humanity activists are demanding an independent inquiry and that those responsible are held to account ever morgan has more from khartoum. walking down the street brings painful memories for

he he says he was here on june 3rd one of found participating in a city that had been going on for 2 months when soldiers raided it he gets in the car to show us the scar left by the bullets. the soldiers came from all directions and started firing at the protesters they burnt the tents where some of the protesters were we ran and hid inside a nearby building but they raided that and started beating us when i saw them beating the girls who were also hiding i told them to let the girls go and beat the men instead that's when one of the soldiers took an aim and told them to shoot. the sit in started in april after a month of anti-government protests against former president bashir the demonstrators demanded bashir step down accusing him of corruption and mismanaging the country which he ruled for 30 years these after the sit in fact the military council forced him from power and took over but it continued even after he was gone

as talks between protest leaders and the military council dragged on they argued over who should run the country during its transitional period protesters demanded a civilian rule. after nearly 2 months the system came to a deadly end. medical groups aligned to the protest movement say 120 people were killed and over 400 were injured during the raid by soldiers dozens were reported missing. the june 3rd attack did not just involve shooting it on armed protesters women and men reports of being raped a survivor reported witnessing protesters some still alive being tied to a block and thrown into the river while a few feet away oh the rights group human rights watch says what's happened bad day could amount to crimes against humanity the evidence points to a clear pattern that is widespread and systematic and points to

a policy that the government had adopted of using live ammunition against peaceful and unarmed protesters when crimes like this of the serious nature are committed as part of a systematic pattern of attack they can qualify as crimes against humanity a committee to investigate better cause that's a by the transitional government sworn in in september it includes members from the military and the police sides protesters accused of being involved in the attack. there were offenses. and that took place on that the. offenses all of all it was not all or was committed by individuals not even even if it is executed by force. protesters say they want justice for the lives lost that day and they won't rest until it's delivered people morgan al

jazeera hundreds of their supposes of a texas man who was facing execution have been celebrating a brief reprieve in his case rodney reed spent more than 20 years waiting to be put to death for emerging he always claimed he didn't commit after the state governor refused to intervene an appeals court has now ruled he should be allowed to present compelling new evidence is john hendren in austin texas. this is what relief looks like with. roderick reed's brother rodney was scheduled to be executed on wednesday for the 1906 rape and murder of stacy stites but since a texas appeals court granted a stay on friday. his family and supporters are celebrating one more chance to make his case for innocence i cried the kids adored him thanks for the news i think he told me to get up if you got mo 50. 000 reads lawyers are

preparing a dramatic legal appeal with new witnesses some support read story that he was having an affair with a victim an affair that could explain why his semen was in her body when she was found strangled with her own belt other witnesses point to another potential suspect stites fiance former police officer jimmy famille in a new affidavit a former member of the arion brotherhood who was in prison with the now says financial confessed that he killed stites because she was having an affair with a black man and brother come forth. that tells you something. it's time for a change and everybody was to know that they want the truth and justice this is what it's all about just this one new witness says it's state's funeral finance said you got what you deserved today comes after a broader array of celebrities and politicians from oprah winfrey to singer rianna to texas senator ted cruz called for

a reprieve for reid people see the truth and i play. as one of rodney reed lawyers and he was visiting reed in prison with the reality television star kim carr dashing in west when the warden brought in word that reid execution had been stayed for the lawyers now the hard work really just begins he is presumed guilty in this appeal and in order to spare him from execution they now have to show that he's not we were relieved please we are also be excited to be honest with you the opportunity to present what we believe to be some component of evidence without incident since from the witness statements to the medical science to the information that we think incorporates another suspect here in texas where 566 people have been executed since 1902 he's only the 4th to see a reprieve the fight continues right now still endeavor oh that was the 1st leg of it we got it we got alone straights and that's get him in his new and get him home

until that happens if it does rodney reed remains where he spent the past 2 decades a world away from home john hendren 0 austin texas. haiti's president juvenile moyes says he's holding talks to form a unity government he says his country needs international support after 2 months of anti-government protests that have made a dire humanitarian situation even worse there's widespread anger over high inflation crime and allegations of corruption haiti's effectively been without a functioning government since march because of a stalemate in parliament. we are meeting with civil groups we're also talking to important people of the moderate political opposition such as those of the radical opposition we are also talking to people from civil society from the private sector now i see that all people are agreeing with

a solution to the crisis but opposition politicians are rejecting his call for unity. we say that the solution to the crisis is through the resignation of president john l. boys there is no possibility of sharing anything with juvenile boys he has to resign to reach a transition that is different from what we have not before. algeria's presidential candidates have launched their campaigns as protests on the streets continue 5 candidates who are in the running for dissenters election demonstrators they don't want any vote to happen until figures linked to the old political establishment step completely aside weekly protests have been going on since the longtime president after lizzie's buttafuoco resigned in april. people are against elections helpless way we've been protesting for 9 months to saying no to the gangs no elections with the gangs no new do you know you're here to say you know that

allegiance won't happen elections won't happen until people decide they will the people are the ones to decide when and how to organize an election. that's called the blood hound and those who believe it will soon be the fastest car on earth a british team assessing it in south africa's kalahari desert and we sent our correspondent from either miller to have a look. it's developers say it's the most straight line car ever built it's aim to break the world land speed record at a speed of 800 kilometers an hour the bloodhound eleazar is one of the world's top 10 fastest cars but it aims to double that speed next year it's been bold to break the record see it more than 20 years ago at 1227.9 kilometers an hour it is very difficult to describe because it's a bit like flying a jet fighter and it's a little bit like driving a high performance racing car but since most people haven't done either of those things that probably doesn't help. in very simple terms it's very hot the cockpit

it's very noisy there's a lot of acceleration as a lot of g.'s slowing down again and. the simplest thing i can say is the ground goes past very very quickly despite the sweltering heat. and reagent deep in the kalahari desert provides the ideal test. ground the open flat surface has been carefully prepared by hundreds of local community members who have removed tons of rock for a smooth ride organizers say it's the largest area of land ever cleared for a motor sport event and at full design speed the car covers 1.6 kilometers in just 3.6 seconds it's powered by a rolls royce each a $208.00 engine normally found in a euro fighter typhoon jet the thrust produced is equal to 360 family cause the 90 kilogram solid element in wheels have been specially designed for the desert

surface they're built to spin at up to 10200 revolutions a minute more than 4 times faster than the wheels on a formula one car at top speed but how projects been are going to turn years. and it's done an amazing job of inspiring people to get involved in engineering over the years it almost was too good at doing that and it means there are probably itself almost fell by the wayside because it was too good at doing their job creation chartering and a project that most went bust last year trying to ministration that's when i got involved once testing is complete the car will return to the united kingdom for any modifications before it attempts to break the world record a bloodhound l.s.r. is a combination of fast jet f one car and space ship the engineering team says it's bolt the world's fastest car to inspire people everywhere from either miller al-jazeera band in the northern cape. the damage from floods in the italian city of venice is

likely to amount to about a $1000000000.00 is the worst such disaster in well over a century schools shops museums and historic landmarks like some large square been shut for a 3rd day elsewhere flood warnings are in place for florence and pisa. are let's take a look at the top stories here in a tense standoff between protesters and police is continuing at hong kong university the hour was long siege came to an explosive point just before dawn as police stormed in but a group of demonstrators and fill holed up inside meanwhile hong kong's high court has ruled that the government's been a wherry mass is unconstitutional. sarah clarke has the latest from hong kong

the i'm at the place right now is to try and get revote remove the last of these protesters behind me i can also do you know confirm or update you with regards to the high court decision in the last 10 minutes or so our local media is reporting that the high court has basically deemed that the mass ban that was introduced under the emergency powers the high court has deemed that unconstitutional so certainly a timely update up on the high court on monday in hong kong sri lanka's former defense chief is about to be sworn in the country's new president got a buyer rajapaksa oversaw the defeat of the tamil tigers 10 years ago his campaign has been marked by a nationalist rhetoric and promises of better security he now has the task of lifting the country out of an economic slump made worst worse by the devastating bombings earlier this year. but libyans are facing food and fuel shortages and supporters of the former president continue to block roads the interim government says it's created what it calls an air bridge to the main city led powers with

military planes delivering supplies chile's president has condemned police violence during the 4 weeks of protests over social and economic inequality it's the 1st time sebastian pinera has criticised the police accusing them of using excessive force prosecutors are investigating more than a 1000 allegations of abuse 20 t.v. will have been killed thousands were injured in the past month of rallies iran's president says families will start to receive financial assistance on monday in the money will come from a steep rise in petrol prices was it which have triggered protests around the country has some rouhani condemned the protests in which at least 3 people have been killed in clashes with the police but those are the headlines 101 east is next . knowing me made the offer as i put it from questions to my special guest and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here

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