if you want to help save the world. with a tough security law in place people in hong kong this side which democratic candidates they want to run an election. time sam is a that and this is al jazeera live from coming up the largest broadcaster in the philippines abs and shuts down for good this spite months of protests. 25 years after the genocide in strive and it's a somber day marked with special ceremony it's. called between the fighting and

trying to find a better life we meet a migrant who's decided to call libya. let's begin in hong kong where voters are casting their ballots to narrow the field of democratic candidates who will run in an upcoming election campaigning has been underway for several hours people will be voting over the weekend but a newly imposed national security law reserve a shadow in the lead up to the main vote in september sarah clarke reports. these images of a mob indiscriminately attacking protesters journalists and civilians in you know last july turning point in the hong kong demonstrations journalist with hope was

live streaming when she was targeted i know that the prachanda live broadcast of me being beaten up by gangs and lobsters it's terrible to watch but the thing is you know why. that so many people they went to you know after that because they watched barca it was this incident and last year's months of anti-government protests that inspired going to toe to enter the political arena for the 1st time she'll run as an independent candidate in the new territories at the legislative council elections in september despite china's newly imposed national security law she's prepared to take the risk and fight for greater democratic reform in hong kong of course i'm concerned about my future of course the people here concerned about the future we also know that if we do not do something if we do not resist the offer tarion or even to the tarion rule there's no future at all for us to concern about you know in last year's local council elections the pro-democracy camp secured 17 of the 18 districts and that's put greater competition in the pro-democracy bloc

more young independent candidates are now standing for election to the city's legislature the probation camp which holds the majority acknowledges it might lose some seats but it's confident voters will support their central policy to restore order in a city rocked by months of political unrest. the upcoming election will be a tough one we will focus on issues such as restoring social stability because of last year's social unrest people hope the city can go back to normal soon as possible china's new national security looms over this campaign analysts say it effectively empowers authorities to disqualify candidates from local and pro-democracy camps who are critical of the chinese government this year i think china is taking up a much stronger position against the opposition so i guess. the opposition candidates make out this wildfire the national security law has already seen some

parties withdraw from this election because some members fear the risk of imprisonment should the pro-democracy cap secure the majority that would leave than the power to. an act of laws and reject or prove the budget and in extreme circumstances they could even try and force the resignation of the chief executive order over the final results on september 6th the coming months are unlikely to narrow hong kong's political divide sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. pollen joins us now live from hong kong so how is the campaigning and turnout going that. well sami. organizations we spoke to say they estimate about $60000.00 people have already cast their ballots and if that is the case that's not a bad turnout particularly due to the fact that they targeted a total of 270000 they still have until sunday night when the ballots closed but organizers have faced an uphill battle right up until the early hours of this

morning where police raided the polling institute that's meant to be monitoring these ballots and eventually counting the votes they say police say it's related to 2013 projects that the polling institute did has nothing to do with these primary elections but democratic can activists and the democratic camp are questioning the timing of this saying it's very suspicious also a lot of the venue's that were your marked as polling stations have suddenly pulled out and they say it's because their landlords have been putting pressure on them saying that they don't want their property used for political means so organizers have had to become very creative about this in trying to push forward this process 3 district councils here in fact and if you're wondering why i'm at a bus station they harden a bus to use as a polling station that that red and yellow bus you see behind me and so they say they can circumvent a lot of the issues by doing certain things like this by being creative and using

certain means that perhaps the government or the probate camp would not have envisioned originally. and to what extent even if the democrats make a big win september elections how far does that go to altering the balance of power between beijing and hong kong. right so the whole point of these primaries is so that the democratic camp can consolidate their support and eventually when $35.00 or if not more than $35.00 of the 70 seats at the legislative council elections and september and that is that prospect that beijing will not be happy with because it means that their support within the legislature would lessen the question now though is even if they do win those seats or even they managed to get through these primaries and stand in elections will they still be quote disqualified due to their support of protest or

that previous actions that one of the people standing in these elections is just about won he is contesting these primaries but he is currently facing charges of illegal assembly hall says face jail time so even though he is running there are very huge questions about whether he would actually be able to contest the elections but he says this still is a very important process and here is what he says about it. the director. is not. a small. man. in a primary election that. we probably hard. there are many questions as to what this process will eventually lead to and what weather would be how would it be viewed under the national security law many here say part of the reason they haven't seen a huge turnout as they would have seen maybe a year ago is because of that law and the vagueness off it but the democratic camp

says they are determined to push ahead and keep hong kong's movement democratic movements going even under these circumstances sonny all right thanks so much to vic apollo and the largest broadcaster in the philippines will remain permanently off the air after m.p.'s refused to renew its license no appeal was filed before the saturday deadline president of the bigger the territory has repeatedly threatened the a.b.s. c.b.s. corporation network over its critical coverage was forced to go off in may after its license expired. alan dogon joins us live from manila so is this the end of the road for c.b.s. now. well essentially it will be the end of its position for a new renewal of its franchise essentially the voting yesterday killed the existing application and now what they have to do now is possibly apply for

a new franchise license for them to be able to air and broadcast on live television earlier we heard statements from the house speaker basically appealing to the public for understanding we were seeing basically a narrowing space for a legal remedy for the a.b.s. c b n but we're also seeing growing public outrage over the decision of congress as you can see the vote was quite overwhelming 70 out of the 84 voted against the renewal of a.b.s. e.b.m. the what they see basically according to congress is that 1st the public should read the decision that the last 12 congressional hearings were fair although executives of a.b.s. even said that all of the allegations thrown against them were basically answered and they were all cleared and the house speaker encouraged the few days ago for congress to vote according to their conscience but as you see me this is a congress largely allied with the president

a president who actually basically made the statement several statements against a b a c b and in the past who basically himself said that he was going to see to it that he be a c.b. and will not be able to air and you know it's lunch it's franchise during his time how are people reacting to this. well then people are basically saying that the priorities of the government is misplaced that there is a global pandemic and since over 3 months now more than $3000000.00 filipinos have already lost their jobs because of this pandemic hundreds of thousands of them are overseas filipino workers are coming back without a job they have been displaced and basically now you know with the closure of india's c.v. and it's also threaten the lives of $11000.00 more filipinos it is also what they say is an injustice so those who live in the far flung communities they impoverish to live in the far flung communities whose only access to free information before

was a b a c b m so that would be a means to be seen how this will be played out in the coming weeks or so if there is going to be another another legal remedy or maneuvering from both sides but you see it is not the 1st time basically that a.b. a c b n has been shut down it happened in 1972 when former president for it marcus basically ordered for it to be closed during the time when he declared martial law it was opened in $1008.00 is extreme the people power revolution so critics are basically saying that history continues to repeat itself and what has happened here basically as their accusation is the president's grievances has actually cost the nation even more trouble and injustice not just to the employees but also to the public deprived of public and free information and i will leave it there thanks so much a commemoration is underway in eastern bosnia herzegovina for the 25th anniversary of the strabane needs a genocide. more than

a 1000 bosnian muslim men and boys who are under the protection of u.n. troops were murdered by bosnian serb soldiers the trimmings the only massacre on european soil since the 2nd world war to be ruled a genocide or most of the remains have been recovered many victims still haven't been found when they're going to go explains. an expanse of grave stones each one a victim of the genocide perpetrated here a quarter of a century ago the fathers grandfathers brothers uncles and sons of. those they left behind come to pray here but the trauma of what happened is present . i only wonder why they killed my children they were my neighbors and my oldest son's wedding day i invited them 1st my serb enables. the widows and mothers of srebrenica left with their photos their memories for

lost her 3 sons and husband the body of her eldest has never been found every day she is haunted by the last time she saw her youngest son. and. he hung on to me when super soldiers came to take him he said mother don't leave me i stroked his curly here and said i won't leave you. they took him and i followed i don't know if they hit me i don't remember anything it was this man retcon lad teach the commander of the bosnian serb forces who gave the order to exterminate the muslim men and boys of srebrenica here he reassured the younger they had nothing to worry about before condemning them to a massacre. together with a war time leader of the bosnian serbs rather than courage each the unleashed an atrocity the like of which had not been seen in europe since world war 2. they were

later found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity by a un real crimes tribunal both are now serving life sentences in the hague. but the failure of the dutch forces acting as un peacekeepers sent hundreds to their deaths many of the victims fled to the un designated safe zone only to be handed over to the bosnian serb forces. lost his entire immediate family in the killing that ensued he succeeded in holding the netherlands partly liable for their deaths. here. with the army. you. was always a. bystander while of genocide was. now there is a new generation of young people many may have been born after the genocide but it

is never far from their minds or their family history as is the need to preserve the memory of those who were killed and i grew up near here i keep an eye on the cemetery i lost a lot of family then i lost my grandfather keeping the memory of the victims alive and for their families a chance to remember them in dignity so. al-jazeera. part of their mission joins us now live from strober needs this year's calmer ations a little bit different because of coronavirus right. yes it is everything had to be scaled down due to the pandemic initially since it is the 25th anniversary or a century anniversary the plan was to for this to be a big memorial service honoring the victims but that just fell apart the commemoration is going on at this moment and it's quite a lengthy one there is

a lot of speeches most of them pre recorded underline center speech justin trudeau emanuel mccrum icon peo bill clinton united nations secretary general of the terrace most of them were announced that they will be they will be attending here but due to the pandemic they couldn't be here also the pandemic took its toll on the crowd the crowd is much much much smaller than what we used to see here in the in the in the recent years but most importantly the pandemic took its toll on the number of victims that are buried that will be buried today some families couldn't be here they don't live in boston any more they went to western countries as refugees now there are there are citizens there they couldn't be here so they had to withdraw their consent on the burial so only 9 victims of the 7 it's a genocide will find their eternal peace 25 years later. how much of an open wound

is not only 70 the issue of recovering remains a quarter of a century on product. it is still an open wound in the process the process is far from finished there is more than a 1000 people still missing yet to be found now in the official number of persons who were killed and genocide the 8372 in the cemetery behind me around 6600 victims have been buried identified. 7000 have been identified wonders to explain this difference we have to go back to the to the summer of 95 so when in july when the killings were finished the victims were buried in mass graves but then in the late summer came the outcry from the international community and a looming nato intervention so they're both already went back to these mass graves

with heavy robust machinery and relocated the bodies since this was done with heavy machinery. remains of a single person and it up in different locations. there is this infamous case of a 14 year old boy who is the remains have been found in for their friend locations now this cover up operation created as you may imagine a nightmare for those who had the mission and the job of recovering the bodies and identifying identifying them now since everything was done with robust machinery. the fact is that in the cemetery there is practically not a single grave with a full skeleton and not just that there there are many much more grays than one might imagine with containing only a bone or 2 so when they say that someone has been identified that means that that

that can mean that only a bone or 2 has been found now the final say on whether or not to bury remain stands with the. understandably and for some. that that's enough a bone or 2 is enough but understandably again for some of them that's just not enough to make their final piece all right thanks so much part of. still ahead on al-jazeera. refusing to back down a 4th day of protests in serbia over the government's handling of coronavirus. find out why millions of lives are at risk in syria as the u.n. security council fails to meet an important deadline.

but. we've got lots of hazy sunshine but so lively shall is to ask the usual across a good part of southeast asia we've seen some very heavy rain into malaysia recently subtree kuala lumpur and singapore 155 millimeters of rain in the space of 24 hours still plenty of showers in this region actually as we go on through sunday usual splattering if showers all the way across borneo into the philippines and further north as well little time to just drift a little further east which as we go through the next day or 2 wanted to show was there in the heat of the day indonesia plenty a shot was recently making the way across southeastern parts of australia as well and even pushing a little further north into the far south of queensland this weather system here this cold front that will gradually slide little further east which as we go through the next couple of days coming up a little unsettled some very very heavy rain damaging winds a possibility into parts of new south wales eastern areas of victoria i.c.t.

seeing some very heavy rain some of that western weather also affecting the southeastern corner of queensland planted them right that will make its way towards new zealand some lively downpours on that staying disturbed for a good part of the week ahead into southeastern areas of australia. on countering the cost of war games in the south china sea washington sends an aircraft carrier is beijing flexes its military and economic muscle by jury gets ready to export gas as big oil prepares for a post prove it world plus global remittances plan counting the cost on al-jazeera . every.

quarterback you're watching out this is time to recap our headlines now on kong's pro-democracy camp is holding a primary vote to decide on its candidates for september's legislative council elections they say a newly imposed security law is threatening freedoms in the territory the largest broadcaster in the philippines will remain permanently off the m.p.'s refused to renew its license a.b.s.e b.n. corporation ended broadcasts in may after its franchise expired. a commemoration ceremonies underway in eastern bosnia herzegovina for the 25th anniversary of the genocide more than 8000 bosnian muslim men and boys were murdered by bosnian serb

soldiers during the 1905 war. protesters in serbia's capital belgrade have attempted to storm parliament amid growing anger against the government police were pelted with flares and rocks in the 4th of protests. shallop ballasts reports. this is backlash against restrictions to stop coronavirus and sue the police and the parliament building on the receiving end the frustrations. the protests began when she stands by a proposed weekend shutdown of belgrade people complained it threatened the jobs and businesses. the proposal was drops the protests have morphed into wider anger with president aleksander who change. now from him i came here to stand for the rights that are based on the constitution but the president is denying that to us the

majority of protesters are peaceful scenes like this have spread across syria this week many blame government decisions to allow soccer games religious celebrations parties and parliamentary elections for a 2nd wave of infections as a result. i think the people who gathered it didn't have many chances to talk seriously about what comes next and to say what brought us to the streets there is a lot of anger was serbia has recorded nearly 18519 infections and 370 dates friday so all the highest aimed jump in 3 months with 386 cases and 18 deaths belgrade's hospitals are almost full the government blaming this once protests for the spike in numbers as people who defied a ban on mess gatherings is abroad is that sure there will be time for protests a sin as we see that the numbers of infected are under control but believe me our

health system will see a great number of these people who protested they and their parents receiving hospital treatment. serbia's president denies new restrictions were introduced to help them gain power he's blaming the opposition for the demonstrations in paris for diplomatic talks he seed. a big people please let's keep our health safe nobody is going to take power by force power is taking at the elections you can protest as much as you want when the epidemic is over if you don't understand this and you want to bring some tycoons to power let me tell you this is not going to happen protests that started over coronavirus restrictions and now about the president's leadership as a whole these people convinced it's not their health that's a concern that the health of sobeys democracy challenge dallas al-jazeera. the u.n. security council has missed a deadline to reach an agreement to keep cross border aid flowing into syria russia

with the support of china wants to cut the number of crossings in use but the u.s. and other council members say that what deprive syrian civilians of lifesaving supplies our diplomatic efforts james bays now. the delivery of medicine food and other vital supplies to hundreds of thousands of syrians is at risk the security council deadlocked on details of the authorization of a brought into northern syria from turkey the council's now voted 5 times in just 4 days on a new resolution 3 versions written by russia didn't pass the result of the voting is as follows. 2 other texts drafted by both human germany were blocked the draft resolution has not been adopted owing to the negative vote of 2 permanent members of the council even though everyone else on the council supported them russia and china use their veto. the key sticking point until now has been the border

crossings that can be used to bring aid into syria most council members want the 2 existing border crossings to remain but russia backed by china wants that reduced to just one leading aid agency is very clear on this point does it matter to you how many checkpoints there are as it stands right now on the northwestern syria is served by 2 cross points and both of those are extremely important at both of those service huge amount of people and by chopping away and in excess point you are simply just trying to interrupt they'd operation and it has as no relationship with the actual situation on the ground and it will be significantly more difficult to deliberate if that s's. another effort a compromise is underway and it's a concession to russia it's been proposed that the bubble show while crossing will

remain open but. will be given just 3 months to wind up operations james. at the united nations libya has long been a transit point for migrants and refugees attempting to reach europe the recent fighting between the forces of the un recognized government and warlords after has made matters worse for them some say they're still willing to stay in libya though as long as there's work for them al-jazeera malik traina reports from the coastal city of misrata. every friday misrata city center becomes a flea market it's known for its cheap products and laborers come from all over the city to buy and to so they're mostly from other african countries and came to libya looking for work to provide for their families back home so. these are people who are looking for opportunities and they can make a decent living in the country so they come here

a stable libya would mean many of them will be able to find work and make a good living here alice will eman is from niger and works at this wedding hall it's been closed for nearly 4 months because of the covert lockdown now he's preparing for its reopening and. i came to libya to look for money i have 2 brothers a sister and my parents i send the money every month. ali says he's been promoted twice and given a raise he's happy he could support his family. but the money ali began working with us as a laborer we immediately noticed that he was a hard worker so we developed him now he's an assistant supervisor there are many like ali who are looking for opportunities for work they are a very important segment of our economy. while many people focus on libya being a transport hub for migrants attempting to reach european shores others come here to provide for their families back home some here tell us

a stable libya would likely lead to fewer people making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean. and many like him say they have no interest in going to europe he says after a few years of saving he will move back to niger a sort of family a stable income here in libya allows him to do that mali training. misrata. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now hong kong's pro-democracy camp is holding a primary vote to decide on its candidates for september's legislative council elections they say a newly imposed security law is threatening freedoms in the territory. has more from hong kong the primaries so they call it were delayed by a couple of hours due to the fact that police raided the polling company that was supposed to monitor these elections and count the ballots police say it was because

of a project they did in 2013 where data was leaked but there are many questions particularly among the democratic camp at the time. the largest broadcaster in the philippines will remain permanently off the air after m.p.'s refused to renew its license the president has repeatedly threatened the a.b.s. e.b.m. corp over its critical coverage the network was forced to go off the air in may after its franchise expired. a commemoration ceremonies underway in eastern balls they had to go vina for the 25th anniversary of the structure needs a genocide more than 8000 bosnian muslim men and boys were murdered by bosnian serb soldiers during the 1995 war. of people have protested for a 4th day in serbia's capital they're calling on president alexander to resign in

part due to his handling of the corona virus pandemic a french bus driver has died almost a week after he was attacked by passengers when he reportedly asked them to wear masks 5 men have been charged thousands of people took part in a march on wednesday to denounce the attack the u.n. security council as mr deadline to reach an agreement to keep cross border aid flowing into syria aid agencies are warning of dire consequences for displaced people at least 23 people have died and thousands have been displaced by flooding and landslides in the path dozens are still missing with rescuers searching remote areas. those are the headlines it's counting the cost now. they signed up for a luxury cruise but some would never come. the

money mr gates sealing. on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finighan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a look at the world of business and economics this week war games in the south china sea washington sends an aircraft carrier is as beijing use its economic might to expand its territorial ambitions. big oil gets ready for a post covert world with billions in white balance by jiri it gets ready to export gas to europe. but no money to send home families struggle to pay for food and rent it's global a bit and says plan to use the pandemic.