me, oh, i japan seizing states and emergency a month out for the tokyo olympics. but corona virus concerns remain. ah, the whole rama watching on there were like my headquarters haven whole. so coming up executives of the pro democracy, newspaper and hong kong, arrested and accused of polluting with foreign enemies. both for high cost of living. we look at the worries for people in iran a day out from the vote for a new president, wilson man on the line with the crew. don't the trying to say thanks for the 1st time.

ah, welcome to the gun japan has just announced its ease incurred a virus restrictions a month out from the start of the olympic games. prime minister sheet, a single sign as a state of emergency will be lifted into k and other areas on sunday. but in its place, the government will bring in what its calling a qualifying state of emergency. it also limit the sale of alcohol on the opening hours of bars and restaurants. well it's, it's very late as well. correspondent for the selma who's in the capital, take a hugely significant announcement. athletes and the public at large. we're very interested in what's being said. absolutely no, we're almost just over one months from holding the index and holding this international event under state of emergency situation wasn't the best condition.

that's all that many people were criticising, actually, but i mean, there are 4 interesting on holding that was in big. so now he has some good news for people on could at least try to convince them that this is this big event, the international, the big event can be held in that safe and secure way i see. but on this, we're hearing that. so within one hour, who's going to hold the discount for 6, been more about lifting the state of emergency in tokyo on the other 8th pictures. but the tokyo will still be under the partially fit for emergency. if you like, restaurants there will be asked to go by it's b. m. many of the dining and whining establishments are indicated on the source of the spirit of conviction. but although the state of emergency is being lifted, there is still very much scotian regarding the research of the infections just

yesterday. the infections in tokyo, they came back to the 500 number. they were 501 cases where reported for the 1st time in 2 weeks. and although the total number of infection have decreased from 7000, when the state of emergency was declared almost a month ago to 1700 bailey. but still, as i mentioned, many experts are warning that we may say we may see research in the infection numbers during the coming weeks and months. of course, the prime minister will expand wait until the whole sort of caution and concern for tokyo. because obviously if those numbers doing crease there are sort of a full back positions for the authorities to, to, to actually we might say put those restrictions back in place. again, everything is possible, the prime minister, even his experts, medical experts,

they mention, they have all the same regulations or the same measurements and procedures type procedures in place and just ready to be announced in case of any decision and then research and in the number of infections, but some experts are saying that for you, we may say we may see another increase of 2000 infections that day. by the time the olympics were held under 2025th of july for this element in take care. thanks so much for joining us. now, hong kong, largest pro democracy newspaper says press freedom is hanging by a thread after police arrested 5 of its executives under beijing's national security low. those detained include apple daily's, editor in chief, the accused of clothing with what the government calls foreign enemies to harm china. the security, the secretary security secretary of security possibly has worn journalists not to

use their work as tools to break the national security though adrian brown has more local. the police operation appears to be over the media of now left outside the opposite of the apple daily. earlier on the course, there was plenty of action when in coordinated rate, to cross hong kong, police arrested 5 executives from the apple daily. they were led from their homes in handcuffs. then at the same time, please put into the headquarters of the apple daily. they moved into the newsroom co journalists to get out with an exam in computers and notebooks. during that time or the stop had to remain in the canteen for several hours. of course, this is a 2nd time in less than 10 months. this office has been a crime scene in august, jimmy ly, the owner of the apple daily, was arrested. and of course, he subsequently being charged under the new national security law. he's currently so in jail setting, a string of sentences for taking part in

a number of unauthorized assemblies in 2019, in the past few hours, we've been hearing from the secretary to security and hong kong john lee. and this message was essentially this journal to play with fire. we'll get burns in hong kong. the suspects has been arrested on strong evidence that they are conspiring to endanger national security. the action is taken against the criminals who make use of journalistic work as a tool to further their criminal activities. now the, the arrest today come at a course at an interesting time. the timing is always interesting. and these sorts of occasions because in just 2 weeks time the communist party across the board, it will be celebrating it's 100 anniversary. and the one thing the party wants more

than anything else. right now is stability. and that includes stability in hong kong. though the 1st crew to be sent to time as these space station don't do short time ago, the fusion which neurons as blasting all from this one launch center 37 hours ago. now the 3 extra notes on board will stay for 3 months from the closing lab. i love more missions or plans in the next year and a half to complete its construction showing katrina your correspond basing, who's been monitoring a very exciting day for the chinese. and apparently the mission is dr. so to speak . so what are the authorities saying about it? what time does national space agency has declared this mission a complete success? so now there's 3 astronaut lifted off from china's go be does it this morning local time, around $922.00 a. m. and about 7 hours later, they successfully docked on china's 1st space station. now this crew consists of 3

astronauts including veteran near hi shang who at $56.00 is the oldest chinese astronaut to be sent to space and they'll be performing maintenance tasks during the 3 months on board. so they'll be doing minded construction. they'll also conduct some face, walks, making sure that everything on the spacecraft is running smoothly and they'll be living on board the chan her, which is the cool module of the space station which itself is only sent into or but 2 months ago. now they've described their main task as setting up house. the colleagues will be said to the space after them and they'll be staying for long distance about 6 months. and really this space station will mark the continuous presence in space for china for about 10 years. at least, of course is being used really as a stepping stone, isn't it for china's plans to explore? explore space have to keep my teeth in the katrina beyond you might say the milky

way. well that's right. china has big plans to space president. she didn't pay the chinese communist party. one, china to become an international space power and to one day perhaps even dominate the us in terms of it's or an ambition. so china 1st sent a man into space in 2003 and into 2011 nasa band china from being involved in the international space station. and since then, paging is how the plans for this space station it's or in the can go, which translates as the heavenly palace and china really has poured billions of dollars into exploring space. they have not only this space station which will be completed if all goes to plan by 2022. they also have already sent a rover to the far side of the moon. they were the 1st country to do that. in 2019 dismay, they sent a robot to mas becoming the 2nd country to do that. and they've also nonce plans to

join up with russia to build a research station on the moon within the next 2 decades. and as you mentioned, not only is this a significant achievement in terms of space, exploration for the chinese government. this is a powerful piece of propaganda. we're heading into china's 100 year anniversary of the chinese communist party and aging is really reaching for different examples of its success during its rule. then definitely holding up the space station is just one example. it is katrina, you that force all correspondent in beijing. the wall china admit, sits a bit late to the space station game. it's saying it's cutting edge facility will likely out last the international space station or the i ss as it's known. so how do they compare? well, when completed at $66.00 metric tons, 10, joan will be 80 percent smaller than the ss it can accommodate. up to half of the international space stations crew assess, was built during more than 30 missions of

a 10 years. china hopes to complete its station. within 2 years needing just a dozen missions, those stations will be orbiting similar altitudes of around 400 kilometers. but the, i assess is nearing the end of its lifespan, and it's you to retire in 2020, for potentially leaving town jones as the only space station in orbit. well, phil had here on out there that bill disagreement on issues like human rights. but the us and russian president say, tools have been positive and constructive. and i because prepared for him coming home, present lower bank though 10 years after he was arrested for crimes against humanity . those stories after the break. ah hello, nice to see we have had some thunderstorms toward that se, australia,

new south wales into queensland as well. and some of these have been severe, but the bulk of that energy now off toward the tasman seats. now on friday, here's our weather pitcher just some showers skirting toward the se, but look at this disturbance. i'll move your head now towards saturday because we're going to see a brush up against new south wales is going to pick up the winds and we do have a bit of rain to come as well. so we look at sydney, we could see wind gusts on saturday, up to 75 kilometers per hour, expecting about 10 millimeters of rain. now that same disturbance is going to swing wet weather 1st to the north island and then the south island of new zealand. and here we go on saturday, we're going to have a big impact. forgive spend, want to show you the 3 day forecast here because look at this wind, us could approach 80 kilometers per hour. the winds will ease on monday, but we'll see them pick rate back up on tuesday for se, asia, it looks like this will get some spells of sun in here. but then we've also got some afternoon thunderstorms rumbling up for the philippines. lose on island. looks

mostly dr. but again, running the risk of seen some thunderstorms for manila and a lot of what whether toward the sound. so devil is city of white a on tap for you. on friday, the was a bag energy and change to every part of our universe. or small to continue the change all around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business. ah

the me. you're watching over there with me. it's a whole rom. no reminder of all top stories. japan is set to eat crow to virus restrictions a month out from the start of the games. the state of emergency will be lifted in tokyo, but the opening of bars and restaurants will still be restricted. please rest, retired executives of the apple daily newspaper under the national security. the are imposed by beijing accused of polluting with what the government calls forward enemies to harm china. of the 1st crew to be sent to china. his face station is dobbs, which i do 12 fish and blasted up from the sheen con launch center with restaurants will stay for 3 months in the floating lamp. a promise of going to diplomacy after the 1st meeting between the us and russian president, joe biden,

and vladimir putin se talks have been positive and constructive. including resuming discussion on arms control and returning on bassett as to each other's capitals. but the still disagreement on key issues like cybersecurity, ukraine, and the fate of opposition leader alexi, the valley natasha butler has more from geneva, an elegant 18th century villa overlooking lake geneva was the setting for the high stakes meeting. russian leader vladimir putin arrived 1st. he was greeted by the swift president who then welcome joe biden. the 2 men looked 10th as they stood for their 1st official photo handshake. bailey broke the ice relations between washington and moscow. at the lowest point. in decades, the face to face talks were aimed at improving them. as i said outside and i was always off to several hours behind closed doors. there was some agreements pledges to repose them, buses extend an arms control treaty and disgust. cybersecurity both said the

meeting was pulled the tip, but there was little progress on other issues, including the conflict and ukraine and human rights, who to dismiss biden's concerns about the legs in a valley. calling the rush opposition leader, a law breaker. ignoring the rules of law, this person went abroad for medical treatment. he arrived back in russia deliberately trying to be arrested. he knew what he wanted. biden was clearly unimpressed by putin's attempt to compare russia, treatment of opposition activists to the u. s. capital right. i response is kind of what i communicated, but i think that's that's ridiculous comparison. it's one thing for literally criminals to break through cordon, go into the capital, kill a police officer and be held accountable. and that is for people objected marching on a capital one said you are not allowing me to speak freely. there were no major breakthroughs

in this summit. and clearly, little common ground to put the return of us from russian. i'm buses to that is clearly a step to reopening communication between moscow and washington. so putin, this was a moment back on the world stage. likely to play out well is home for fight and it was an opportunity to put down red line and distance himself from his predecessor donald trump's approach. often accused of being soft on russia, why didn't may be closer to the more stable relationship. he said he wants with moscow, but he's still unlikely to be a predictable one. natasha butler jazeera geneva. though there's reluctance amongst people who fled conflict in the most east to return home to the current, a national defense full said it would stop fighting in cairo state. the urns office for humanitarian affairs is calling for more assistance with come for the display, social to food. and there are signs of disease reading,

tiny change reports from may, hong soul. on the time me and my border this is some of the a that's been hastily pulled together by for any organization and time to be sent across the border. and to me i'm, we're still more than a 100000 people sheltering from fighting with very little shelter themselves and very little food or drinking water. they've got blankets here to protect them from the cold rain jackets. it's the monsoon season, the water medicine and hit food up at the front, but also big plastic buckets for storing water and cooking pots because they think those people are going to be there for some time. there has been some fuzz announced in certain areas, but many people are reluctant to return home. those that have found bodies lying in the streets where they were shot. many houses destroyed by heavy artillery fires set by me and mommy and a lot of people are concerned that what they're saying now is a repeat of what the mommy did in the 1990 is when they conduct to the policy of

sports for thing the car, ready out of their homes, burning everything behind them, and forcing them across the border into thailand. woven 700000, bring your children across asia, a severe discrimination and denial of basic rights. not finding of a report by said the children to mark world refugee day. it says many wrangler children are denied access to education and legal protection. and this can expose them to abuse, trafficking, child labor, and child marriage. it says most i can get children with outside the home country of me in law, many in refugee camps in bangladesh, some children. so charity work because they're afraid to leave camps a fear of being deported as so called illegal immigrants last bloom. chris stays the asia humanitarian policy and advocacy managers to save the children. he's also involved in writing that report enjoys me now via skype from bangkok. good. have you with us on the program. so the issue of their

a hing is often the top new story when it comes to sort of persecution and escape from me and more. i mean, how easy has it been to forget the impact on children? oh, absolutely. i think that's a very valid question on that. it's often very easy to forget that this is crisis, that doesn't just spawn generations. and it really stands borders of all broken jobs and seeing me more for decades. and there are many countries, nation that host printer communities. as we review the report today, we're talking about 700000 boys and girls just in the 5 countries on the majority. in fact, no actually live outside of the alarm. in the countries we have some smaller communities and some large community. what they all have in common is the really living lives from the margins. their rights are routinely violated. they are constant risk of abuse and exploitation. the like you said yourself, they're often treated as criminals. just for the fact of having for prosecution. there was, there was a boy was booked in relation for example,

who told us that he was afraid to even golf and play with his friends because he was a for him. i get arrested on the portal by police in terms of the attitude towards the writing gives, in the case of children. how worse has the situation? because the issue of the ringer has been going on for decades around about 30 to 35 years. that impacts on children generationally as that parents were under the same sort of situation. no, absolutely. and i don't really think it's an exaggeration said we'll look at the prospect of a last generation of 3 in jace. and now i think one thing that really goes to the heart of, of our report is the lack of education, of the lack of access to education and opportunities to go to school. none of the children, none of the 700000, she'd been really have access to quality school. they had ration. it's a little bit different than from come to use a little bit better in other countries by, in general, were hinder, children don't really have the ability to, to, to get the quality,

quality accredited education that would help them improve their own lives on the lives of their communities, and that's something we really want this report to be a call to action to governments to, to rectify the, i mean, to get that education, you have to really, and you have highlighted the fact that you need safe havens offering neighboring countries. and they're not all what they seem to be in terms of providing century for people that need it most. what more can 2nd countries that are hosting wrangler communities do to help i think there's a lot that can be, do it done in the short term. i think something that's really, really key if we really want to reach out the house, some form of legal recognition in these countries, whether that's an identity card or whether it's refugee rights that will be absolutely crucial to, to ending this def lives to help with their sort of living in constant fear. we'd also like to see legal deformities company to make sure that refugee is of the same opportunities as all the children talk instead of cation on health care. but it's

also really important to remember that this is not phone for another region can do alone. this is some international academy international responsibility sharing donors must come through. we think some alarming aid cuts to, to many of these refugee communities are last few months. and donors really, really need to step up and provide the provide the funds that are needed to support the communities that we have for the moment and place from save the children. thanks very much for joining us from bangkok. thank you. around struggling economy will be on the minds of voters when they go to the polling stations on friday to select a new president, unemployment, and inflation, or at an all time high. and one of the new president 1st tasks will be to bring those tickets down as a boat pulls from the capitol, thrown on the streets of iran. there's one topic that everyone is talking about, the economy hit by some of the toughest sanctions iran has ever seen. as well as what some believe is government mismanagement,

the coven pandemic has caused the economy to plummet further in 2019 the country. so widespread demonstrations after a fuel price, like, according to the iranian government, more than $200.00 people were killed in violence, the still unrest, but it's not limited to fuel prices. the muslim social goods, we saw our basic necessities since last year. prices of some items have gradually increased by 30 to 50 percent pastor noodles salad dressings, tuna tomato paste. everything you can imagine has had a 30 to 40 percent price rise in just $1.00. yeah. iranian carpets a famous around the world. but even this trade has been hit hard. hello, long can they blame it on many reasons, but usually it's the sanction we have to live, but we're struggling economically. certainly the main reason that the thanks and the management has a significant role to the new president would have an uphill challenge when it comes to the economy. when he can show us that we didn't have

a room in the chronic problem with always faced his inflation. it's always been high in the past decade. was 40 percent on average. we had to inflation shocks in the last 4 to 5 years. inflation in the short term could be controlled by interest rates, which in turn leads to recession. we can't continue going on with the card 40 percent inflation anymore. the government should phillips budget deficit and implement reforms in the size of their on many people and less than $150.00 a month. the world here have adverts for laborers, usually paying less than the minimum wage and get the cost of living is very high. it's very difficult. people have many problems, rents, and other miseries. you don't know whether to pay to rent or do shopping only got helps. official should think about us renters, the youth in the future. i just feel ashamed when i can buy something for my kid a times. i can't really buy what i want for her. that it cannot be conditioned or

very bad. the price of cooking oil used to go up once a year, but cooking or butter went up $4.00 times. last year. we can, we can meet our condition wasn't good, but it wasn't very bad either. now i can't buy butter or cheese, i expect from the new government to make goods cheap in this poor neighbourhood, some still hope things can change its working class areas like this one across iran . the pick to stablish relies on fritz core support. and the working with standard of living must be improved. if the new president is there any sorts of success? i said vague. i just there are there on ivory coast full of present. lower back those about julie brussels to return home. it's since he was arrested for crimes against humanity. the international criminal court eventually quitted him back by refused to step down after losing the presidential election in 2010, setting off a full month's civil wolf. an interest reports not from amazon. in the predominantly provide district, if you up

a call activists opposed to the former president are working on ways to frustrate this return. they want him held accountable for stockton. what they say was an unnecessary conflict that killed 3000 people and just thousands. but i gave them a noodle. we don't want him to receive a here as welcome because he sanction killian's in this country. if anything he can come home like any other boy, but support to say he is no ordinary gordian and he's coming home. he, once we don't like people who want to use our pin i what i walk back to your pan within a little compatriots to monday, predict in for a particular reason for that. those who want to manipulate 0 know we, we are and what kind of come up, but we're not pan from because by boat, if he strikes up defeat toilet sand water. i the current president elections 20 years ago. there was a full month stand off that sparked a wave of violence will mess. i'm beauty equally body korean says his leg was blown

off at close range by government soldiers under the former president in the post election crisis. calamity about us for reconciliation to happen. truth must be told, there must also be reparations. my little girl keeps asking me what happened to my missing leg. that hurts, it's hard to forgive. this man must be held accountable to the ivory and nation. the government is restoring certain privileges. a former president you entitled to these include a decent all and personal security bubble and an 8 to trial of the international criminal court for the late role in the post election violence which included murder, rape, and persecution. there were kid of crimes against humanity 2 years ago by allowing loring by vote to return. the government is taking it who to gamble. the former president is popular among many i borders and he decides to join active politics

that could fall to charge a volatile political scene. but the government says, because of the existing divisions in the country, not worth the risk. some political analysts have little doubt the former president can have a positive effect with an opportunity. his coming back is also good for reconciling, not only the country, but his divided party bag boy is a politician, that's what he knows best. he could run in 2025. he's eligible but most i've already unpopular front party is a need of reification after the formation of a break or function during his abscess. i says, government in civil society have for 10 years try to unite dave, audience, and field. what about was return? we'll have the reconciliation effort or divide it further remains to be seen. army degrees, algae 0. i be job. now will slips of the walls, the largest diamond to be bind has been left in botswana,

the $1098.00 current stone is more than 7 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide. it will be valleys in a couple of weeks time. the jam is fairly lighter than the 2nd biggest. i'm in discovered in 2015 also in botswana. the largest remains the colony and found in south africa in 19. 05. ah, don't you just bear with me. it's a whole rom, the reminder of all the top stories. japan is that to ease quote, virus restrictions a month out from the start of the olympic games. a state of emergency will be lifted in tokyo, but the opening of bars and restaurants will still be restricted by they sell. irma is all correspondence reports to you. we are almost just over.