ah, ah ah, hong kong media tiger jimmy lie, he's given a new jail term protecting pass and the pro democracy protests. ah, hello, i'm can maria here in the world news from al jazeera us human rights council is to investigate whether crimes were committed and the conflicts between israel and huh . i think it's 5th wave of code. 19 iran is struggling with the worst outbreak in

the middle east. and candidates under threats doesn't run up to back because i feel like ah, in hong kong, the media tighter and jimmy lie has been jails again for his role in anti government protests in 2019 the part democracy activist and billionaire is already serving a 14 month prison term on similar charges lies. assets were frozen earlier this month and debating national security. there are 7 other leading activists who have also been sentenced. katrina, you in beijing. it seems that jimmy lie just goes from court to jail, the court to jail these days. that's right, and it's not going to be the last time. so jimmy law was set in stone, friday to 14 months in jail. he's already behind bars for participating in similar

protests earlier in 2019. and this brings his total time in prison, so far to 20 months. now some others were also given a verdict today, including former lo make a albert holland. there was sentence 212218 months and 2 others were given suspended sentences. but it does seem like the chinese authorities, the hong kong government, is really horny and on jimmy ly. he's facing a raft of other charges and drew back in, in court, in june. and some of these charges are quite serious. some of these offenses are under the national security law, and we found guilty of those. he could face up to life in prison. now the chinese government is really the same, really try to make an example of jimmy ly. they see him as a tracer, as a threat to hong kong piece. he's not only a democracy. activists is also a billionaire who made his fortune founding very successful clothing chain. also the he's also the founder of the public newspaper,

apple daily. and earlier this month, his assets were frozen and just this week, aging gave a notion to any bank holding his account, saying that they're not to touch his accounts. otherwise they could face themselves 7 years in jail. and then more widely, katrina over hauling will, hong kong legislature, i should say overhauling the electoral system there. i cannot imagine that's going down well with a lot of people that's why it's not a good time for the pro democracy movement in hong kong. just this week we saw hong kong legislative council passed these changes which will see the transformation of the electoral system. what it does is reduce significantly the number of seats given 2 elected officials. and the main feature is that it allows aging to vet any candidates for the top job of in a leader in hong kong. and currently that's held by carry land, who many consider a puppet of beijing. now this change has received

a lot of criticism from around the world and namely from the u. s. we've seen us secretary of state anthony blink and release a statement saying that this change undermines democracy in the territory. and that it prevents hong kong people from having a say and what happens in hong kong. now, china has not capitulated at all to this criticism. it's instead, double down beijing foreign ministry spokesperson today said that this is china's internal affairs. and this is crucial for maintaining stability in hong kong. this in addition to the national security law imposed in the middle of last year under which we've seen hundreds of activists detained and imprison. because participating in these protests that took place in 2019 and many see this is another move in the direction of hong kong looking and feeling more like just any other chinese province. ok. katrina you with those updates from beijing? thank you. we've talked about the pro democracy purchase and it's look closer at

the clamp down on those in hong kong. more than 2 and a half 1000 people are being prosecuted on various charges for their roles in the pro democracy approach. as those already sentenced people like the veteran campaign at martin lee, he is known as the father of hong kong democracy and has been pushing for direct elections ever since. the 1980s when hong kong was still under british rule, they're younger, active as joshua wong, you may remember him has been prosecuted and given jail sentences. nathan law, for example, he's fled the country to avoid being arrested. many like him going to the u. k. or taiwan, as they tried to continue their activism beyond the reach of the chinese authorities . we spoke to steven vines, who, the broadcaster and writer, he wrote a book called defining the dragon, hong kong and the world's largest dictatorship. and he explained why hong kong was already see jimmy lie, in particular, a such a threat. number one, the only media group that is actively supporting the democracy movement. number 2,

he has very good relations with political forces as seems that they are running a targeted campaign, just both phone calls and the post, the parent, china, and certainly use a very tough carrier that they stop with him. and he just blink, it really doesn't like the newspaper, it's still running. the white speculation here is that the offer is one way or another. we find the way of closing it down. they announced the fun yesterday that despite the fact that jimmy live assets are frozen, they've got enough money to carry on to 18 months. the readership both online and the physical paper has actually increased in response to the arrest the jimmy live . and there was very active trading in the company share the us today. this is a patton that often follows action being taken against the big boss jimmy lies. so

it's still there. the wind expectation is not much longer on to other news and the you and human rights counselors to investigate potential war crimes during the 11 days of conflict between israel and hamas. it'll be looking at abuses from all sides across the occupied territory. and israel palestinians a welcoming the move while israel calling it's shameful is more from the u. n. in new york with kristen. so let me as palestinians in gaza, look for away forward amid a tense cease fire with israel. the un human rights council is looking back at the conflict and how it played out. the organization of islamic cooperation along with palestinians requested an investigation into possible violations of international law. her masses, indiscriminate rocket fire into israel was a clear one. according to high commissioner for human rights, michelle bash lay, but she says israel's response which killed 254 people, including 66 children,

might also qualify as a war crime. this by israel cleans the menu, is building one of hosting armed groups or be used for military purposes. we have not seen evidence in this regard. such like re serious concerns of wild compliance with the principal distinction and proportionality under international law. the council voted 24 to 9 to open investigation. israel however, refuses to participate. another shameful day for the un human rights council, which not only defends democracy trying to protect its people. but it, what washes a brutal genocidal terrorist organization that don't only indiscriminately attacks is ready civilians, but abuses palestinian civilians in gather using them as human shields. the u. s. who secretary of state recently visited the region and other western allies,

did not support the move saying it, threatened to imperil recent progress towards peace, but the palestinian authority in mos welcome the move my head. a few of those are what happened in the gaza strip is a fully fledged war crime that the world watched happen on their television. now we need a further step to be taken, which is to actually punish the occupation, but away from the politics. many see this investigation as important for shedding light on the ongoing struggle of palestinians under occupation. what has come up? and this coming up in this room guys, council is the tackling an investigation of what is called the root causes of the recent round of bivens. and these are the institutionalized discrimination and method oppression that israel imposes on palestinians. this is at the heart of what is happening right now. the united nation has been down this road before on israel and palestine since 2005, the human rights council has had 9 sessions on the situation in gaza. and while

israel sees this as bias, others in the international community see it as evidence that something has to change. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations, hundreds of people in indonesia, rallying in support of the palestinians, protested the denouncing the israeli occupation of palestinian territory. they have been multiple demonstrations of a previous weeks, many urging us to support palestine. united nations is asking for $95000000.00 in an emergency appeal for garza, this would cover humanitarian needs for the next 3 months. that money is mainly for rebuilding hospitals, schools and sewage and water facilities. the united states is putting more pressure on a p o p to end the violence in its northern te gray region, the countries and import an american ally in the horn of africa. but a senior white house official is warning, new sanctions could becoming an fisher with this report from capitol hill fighting brooklyn to the c o. p s t 3 region,

6 months ago. your p and trips back by allies. the industry and army claimed the t great people's liberation front was behind the tax on your p and military bases. us as seen, the government has a strong ally in the horn of africa, but is growing frustrated at the scale of the fighting. the senate foreign relations committee was told, the situation is horrific with thousands dead. we estimate that there are approximately 2000000 internally displaced persons. 63000 refugees, and 5200000 people in urgent need of assistance. the united states condemns in the strongest terms, the brutal killings, sexual violence, including gang rape, forced removals want destruction of civilian property. and there's a stock warning. the war could spark ethiopia 1st famine in more than 40 years in ki gray. after more than 6 months of hostilities, approximately $5200000.00 people are in need of assistance out of a total population of $6000000.00. approximately 2000000 of them are children. joe

biden wants me to cease by the senate has unanimously called for the withdrawal of if you will be in troops, secretary of state antony blinking, says, what is happening in the great amongst 2 ethnic cleansing. but with testimony of brutal sexual assaults as well. the us isn't ready to declare war crimes are being committed just yet. we are acutely aware of the need to determine whether the conduct meets the legal standards for atrocity crimes. and we are lee, and we are acutely waiting for that determination as we haven't any of us. we believe in fact, these are war crimes and crimes against humanity. so, and i understand the concerns of such a designation, but we cannot turn blindly away when such things happen in the world. yoyo has been one that faces strong economic sanctions if the fighting continues,

but it has dismissed us interference in its internal affairs. the us invoice to the region is headed back the next week, hoping strong messages from washington might force a change on the ground island fisher. i'll just see the capitol hill. meanwhile, about a quarter of all the schools in the tea gray region have been damaged by the ongoing conflict. according to our port from human rights watch, it is documented attacks by all sides. the group accuses government troops of using a high school as a military base. witnesses also sold troops bring women into the school who would leave beaten days later. let's have a beta is with human rights watch. the horn of africa director and one of the author of that report and says they've called on the european government to stop the practice of occupying schools. what our report shows is that who are warring parties have been implicated in attacking, pillaging, but also occupying schools across the p k region. now we hone in on one particular

school, which is a very hit story school in the capital of the region. mckinney, which is the actually your hominy school where we basically find, found that for months and on 2 separate occasions, ethiopian government forces occupied the score, but not only be occupied it, they 40 find it. they used it as a key watchtower and based in the capital mckinley, but they also destroyed a lot of property and find it and can age much of the property the school. so this is not only an impact on school, children's ability to receive an education. now, but also has a much longer term impact on school children's ability to, to, to receive the education they've been missing for the last 6 months. a key part of this is obviously going to be ensuring accountability for the abuses which these

communities have seen happen. as i said, there is a real fear of returning to school because forces that have abused and have destroyed the schools often around in the news ahead, economic shock how the withdrawal, the foreign troops from ghana, some businesses and people. molly's military says, detain transitional leaders, have been freed just fine. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello, the skies ripening up nicely now across western parts. if you are so welcome, sunshine coming back in here and they will warm over the next couple of days. now, thanks to this area of high pressure, just squeeze in the cloud and the rain out of the way. there is

a fair bit of rain further east. we will see some heavy down pools there into that western side of russia just pushing down across ukraine into romania and also into ball guerria. russia shouts to around the baltic states lamphier. valerie, sing some showers. she was in poland and also into the northern parts of germany. but large you find and try across the u. k. one or 2 shall close western parts there into the the irish sea with these showers will get squeezed out of the way by our area of high pressure. and it looks like a pretty good thank holiday weekend here actually with warmer weather to come see move into next week. so fantastic news. there will be some showers, danica, southern parts of france, northern areas of spain, looking good for the football in portugal. unstable. seem fine and dry weather into central parts by the state, but a few showers over towards austria and the wet weather continuing a little further east across the maddest fine and tri, warm and sunny that warm, stretched across northern parts of africa and the showers the season she was now doing quite nicely for west africa sponsored pay cut on

airways. be part of the debate itself defeated and closing in the us or in the u. k. because it will just come back again when no topic is off the table. what we wanted to talk about where the man was white, man touching a dream, where a global audience become a global community. jumping to the comment section and part of the discussion there are like kinetic efforts to silence fell opinions on the online page on al jazeera . ah, ah ah. what else is the secretary at the top stories?

i'm home media talking, jimmy lies been jailed alongside 7 others were taking part in anti government protests in 2019 the actors to millionaire was already something a month from some of the challenges for you and human rights council and voted to investigate potential war crimes during the 11th day conflict in israel and it'll look into abuses from all sides across the occupied territories. and that is for the us warning of new sanctions. if the violence of his chick regional stop, the senior official told the senate foreign affairs committee that the region written famine, if the conflicts continued in many 80000 lives unknown to have been lost, a coven, 19 in iran government officials can see many more have died and after 4 waves, the middle east was hit. country is now facing a 5th of

a bake. as this report from tat run, running the bodies come in one after another. thereon largest graveyard back visitor. the rough loaded and prepared for burial families wait patiently for the loved ones washed and shrouded. according to wisdom tradition, they are handed over, prayed over, and then already for burial. ah, this graveyard is fast. the dead buried 3 deep and more grapes have been prepared. 64 year old mohammed lives out it died from covered 19 died. give me what the situation is really bad. i myself scott kroner 6 months ago but i recovered my father got it from his labors. my sister and her husband got it but recovered. he got suddenly during the 4th a, it was the u. k. body, and he was a calm person. he said he didn't want to be a burden on his children. he didn't want to go to the hospital saying he was okay.

you got me. are you there? his mother said a final farewell to his son. every. go and tell the story. and this great guy just died. should have told the running and based on sundays, struggling to deal with the number i say. before the pandemic about 70 to 80 funerals, a day were held here at the peak of the pandemic. there were more than $400.00 graveyard officials. i've told people they need to attend funerals in the lower numbers to observe health protocols. but because so many people are dying, still a considerable amount of morning. one of the father of a can not through the cooler it is an unprecedented crisis over the past 50 years until may 22nd. we have had more than 30000 this due to kronos. it is about 40

percent of the total crow, not this last year in the wash, but is with water. and even now in the most of the muslim countries, it is not done. but here we do all religious procedures. one would compare here with other countries around has an accepted living. iran has bought vaccines from both china and russia, as well as working on developing its own. it's hoped to us is over and there won't be a 5th wave, but that's of little consolation to those who have already lost loved ones. i felt bake. i'll just thereon. molly's military says the president and prime minister have been released from detention after agreeing to resign. colonel, see me go to one of the military officers who lead last year, who arrested the transitional leaders on monday. nicholas hawk has moved from banneker. molly's president, bow endow, had it coming, says, but your bundle gera, 9 months after taking power. the security social and economic situation is getting

where he says, after a 3 day detention at the military camp in county, the pm and president announced their resignation. the military, june 10 now claimed they've been released bundle president bond dollar needed to go for the sake of the country. they seem incapable of running the nations affairs taking incoherent decisions in the lead up to the pm and presidents arrest the country's largest trade union organized nationwide strikes. and the government was accused of failing to address their grievances among those protesting is teacher. get a we met him in 20193 years on his demands for what he calls. decent wages have still not been met. members, calories, and what we want is a government that delivers the promises made up. and if they don't, we will protest. even if it means the downfall of the government and just before the gender over through president kita, last august, crowds looted homes of politicians and destroyed the national assembly in the

national assembly and just throw away. we cannot film it because its being guarded by the military. government has become a symbol of not the rule of law but browser agreed as corruption with many here believing that elected official well off the back of the mountain people. instead of protecting the interest of the military june, his action has drawn international condemnation, the west african body eco was direct and sanctions. as molly delved into a deeper crisis in its struggle to fight off armed groups, young mountains are upset with their leaders, inability to lead ameliorating to see the way our military is acting in a country at war. our county should be fighting under frontline for a country not for government positions. 60 years after gaining independence from frowns, molly is still dependent on french and un troops to insure security that the state has so far failed to provide. gara is among those millions who see in this crisis

an opportunity to bring back a strong state that works not against but for the peaceful. the meantime he says some sacrifices have to be made. nicholas hawk algae rock, but my co there are fears of an oil spill as rescue boats battle of fire on a container ship off the coast of sri lanka, the ship's been on fire for 8 days now. apparently it started because of a, nitric acid leak finale to decades. now, the international military presence in afghanistan has actually been a source of income for thousands of afghans and local companies. that is, failure, contra free reports from cobble. now the departure, the final foreign troops from afghanistan is now having an impact on their livelihoods. the life that existed at these warehouse with trucks transporting goods to foreign military bases across again is down,

is gone. this local company has been supporting international troops for more than 15 years and was providing an income for more than a 1000 african families. only a handful of employees remain. they will also be jobless in days, when the company shuts down completely. the owner does not want to be identified for fear of attacks. after working with foreign troops. it's very sad when i see this. it brings tears to my eyes. i'm not sure what will happen to employees of mine who are getting paychecks. had their own shops in the market and took rice and beans for their families. if i don't have this operation, i cannot support them. the company owner says once there were more than $22000.00 african companies like his contributing millions to the local economy. most he says, have closed or are in the process of shutting down. business connected to the international military presence has decreased dramatically since 2014 when they

don't ended it's compet mission enough, ghana stem. the departure of the last foreign troops by september will be the final blow to thousands more afghans who depended on them for a living. the bush, bizarre in kabul, named after the us president who started the war, is a shadow of its former self. it once had close to a 1000 stalls, most a wash with original american goods destined for us troops station here. now it's flooded with cheap imitations and items i barely any one buys. i was oral exams. after 2018, the business became ruined. and right now there is no business at all. i'm looking to back my things because i'm an old man and being a shopkeeper, it's difficult for me and there is nothing for me to sense. yes. 2 years ago, more than half of again his dance population lived on less than $2.00 a day. that number is risen to nearly 3 quarters. covered 19 hasn't helped. so time

of mary says foreign investment is essential, but unlikely. now if you put it into the problem, wasn't enough on the font, i see the chance for you slam. why would people take that money coming to us on and invest where there is no guarantee? what is going to happen tomorrow? which means the african people will be left to fend for themselves. another challenge for a country already devastated by complet, folio contrary al jazeera cobble with looking at mexico, now were more than 80 candidates for next month. local elections have been murdered . the president blames criminal gangs in his 1st report from the area john, home and reports from mature can state on how drugs, cartels and gangs findings the control when, when a local candidate come away in mexico's film, the video to start his campaign,

he didn't expect this the shot summed up the major issue in the biggest elections in mexican history in a little more than a week. most positions in the country will be voted on minus the presidency and criminal groups of fighting to get their candidates into power, wiping out rivals. there have been more than 80 politicians killed during the campaign or going to come up with i was, this is a truck of memo valencia running for mayor of morelia on a security platform. he wasn't in it that he himself was accused of involvement with the car. so when he was a mere one of many because most violent regions, 8 years ago, he maintains that the clean governance is all but impossible. i want to keep it and they are, but as soon as there is, there are municipalities with 3 cartels operator. imagine

a life of an official there between a rock and a hard place. finally, on the one hand, the presence of really dangerous mental groups and on the other, the difference the authority that could go from many of the most violent parts of the country. but politicians are just victims. they can be benefits deciding with the criminals to power money in certain regions. it can seem like everyone's in on the game. those questions arose again when it emerged the candidate for the ruling party. marina, the measure of the town of, with humble, was wanted by the us drug enforcement agency, the d. e a. we went, that was kim. why is that exactly? why i'm on that list. i don't know, but i think it's because of a situation that my father lived through once upon a time. i deny categorically that i'm a criminal but were helpful to you. does recognise the criminal groups have a grip of politics in his state. there are many public official specifically mature can that have looted the municipality and that directly linked to other criminal

groups whoever gets into office a mix because violent hinterlands is likely to feel the threat and lu, organized crime that can only be bad news to democracy. and mexico citizens john home and i'll do it a michu account. and john has a new special on this coming up. the premier of the full report, living in mexico kills own is at 1930 g, m t on sunday may the 30th. so a couple of days away you can find that's all they are on al jazeera and of course it will be online, out to 0 dot com. ah, will take you to the headline now and hong kong media tech and jimmy lives been jailed alongside 7 others for taking part in anti government protests and 29. seen

the activists and billionaire is already serving a 14 month sentence on similar charges well, day and taking part in an authorized.