they were able to shut down one of the world's busiest airports hong kong international there are the pro-democracy activists railing against here gas petrol bombs and the territory's government but hong kong is officially a part of china and beijing is now signaling it may take a different tack on the 2 months of protests and start to crackdown. the protestors already he said late being cold and treated like all christians by the winds down with leila the hong kong dollar use of enduring according to the lol . such deep human eye sanction is a psychological money creation that was one seized by hitler's regime the jungle demonstrators have repeatedly used to dangerous weapons we sent them to attack police officers the police are also suspected she has been cited and how big

a father has been framing the protesters for the sags if the youth into snap just bad became the decent thing because. something much bigger. also on the day a slight easing of restrictions in india administered kashmir but security forces for the most part kept the dispute it reaches the biggest city center and i got our lockdown on the 2nd day of the islamic holy festival. that we among many easing of emotion that one moment you might even mine with the next moment you will have to live it is not knowing what is going back room and when we didn't meet you at home as you left. your viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world a very warm welcome thousands and thousands of pro-democracy activists use their sheer numbers to shut down hong kong's busy commercial airport. it was an old

fashioned sit in and it halted all flights coming in and going out all part of the anti-government protests that have swept this city over the past 2 months china which holds power over hong kong says the protests have begun to show quote sprouts of terrorism words that legal experts fear could lead to the use of anti terror laws and harsh crackdowns and say here is an idea of what frustrated airport passengers an angry protesters were saying at hong kong international the thing. we didn't expect they'd go all the way inside but it's ok because they're well behaved they're actually very nuts they're not intimidating. it's just that our flight was cancelled but i think we'll be able to go home tomorrow. is a kind of income intombi to us all selfishness to post to lot of people but. we

cannot boy just just some mob no i'm not voidable because we fight for our final goal that is all freedom. and our correspondent she becomes spent the day the evening and night at hong kong international airport. ho ho international airport is one of the easiest airport in the wallet that over a 1000 of life's depart and arrive at these aviation hope everything the aim of the post has this is not just to paralyze the airport itself they want to stress that the month and the ngo too was excessive force used by the police police office says they're now with pressing the demonstrations by taking a more hard line approach to the ploy all kinds of crowd control weapons all that was result in more serious injuries despite the aspirates intention beijing is not making any compromise the product comes from eyes to the public but instead they accuse some of the protest this as terrorist was just not going to cool down the situation but more likely to embrace the public and oppose has this or even some of

them they may resort to reward balance act to achieve that goals. t.v. kong there well as a civil unrest in hong kong continues to swell what next for asia's financial hub feel is your list. low is from hong kong she has reported extensively from china and is currently based in berlin so happy to have you here with us in the studio d.d. one of the world's busiest airports a ground to a halt today by this action 2 and a half months now of these protesters there more determined than ever but the authorities are also entrenched in their position where is this headed well. what i hear from protesters in hong kong is that there's a sense that they want to do what they call fried together rather than stop and give up on their fight because there's the man said just in your porch the goal is freedom it's liberty in the classical sense of the word of real liberty and they feel that's been taken away from them and will be increasingly taken away from them

in the future so it's really a fight to the end however they can fight to the end it's existential for them yes but it's also existential for the government in beijing but also the authorities in the territory as well it's existential for them in the sense that they don't want to give up they don't want to share power with the people i mean we must remember that the fight for democracy or for liberty if you like in hong kong for more liberty and more control over over their people's own lives is decades old at this point it began before the british left in 1907 and it's you know it's deepening now the only way that it could possibly go away as i see is that it will be driven underground by state violence well let's talk about that because if beijing were to decide to send the people's liberation army some of it hasn't done that yet but some people are expecting that might be the next move what implications would it have for the future of the one country 2 systems one country 2

systems is a strange. beast or bird of whatever you want to call it when nobody really exactly knows what it means in its concept it was sort of dreamt up by the chinese leadership as a way to get hong kong back and concious i think that one country 2 systems is already mostly dead in the sense that there were promises made for growth of democratic system of direct elections of universal suffrage of being able to choose your own leader those promises if you like have been blocked since at least 2003 when hong kong people 6 years after the handover came out half a 1000000 of them to protest against anti to protests ago. it's national security laws that china wanted or the hong kong government and china wants to bring and that was really the beginning of this entire waves that we're seeing now which is culminating in his fight that 16 years 16 years but how unique is this type of prolonged protest that we're witnessing right now it's unique i mean we are seeing

protests in venezuela in moscow in georgia following call is extraordinary hong kong is a very self managed sophisticated intelligent place you see how polite the protesters are and generally of course as violence going on everyone sees and knows that again it's a question of desperation i mean i think people really have to back up against the wall what they're looking for is compromise from the hong kong government compromise from the beijing government to essentially deliver what they promised they would deliver now the fact that they're not doing that tells us i think that the beijing government never intended one country 2 systems to mean what hong kong people thought it would and i don't think they ever intended for hong kong to have a different political system from china in the long run let's talk about the person who is so conspicuous by absence where is carrie lamb. yeah good question where is carol lam she seems to think that she her presence her public presence would only inflame things further maybe that's true she's genuinely deeply disliked i don't

know where she is i mean the hong kong government should answer that question what could the hong kong government have done more should the hong kong government do more to you know find a settlement to this because it is coming to a head it absolutely is and you know you mentioned earlier about the military come again i think if something like that were to happen would probably see a combination of the p.l.o. garrison and hong kong which is about $6000.00 strong and people's armed police which is the militia which are in china who are supposed to deal with domestic disturbances. working in combination like that i mean china can throw any amount of soldiers at the situation and it would be an absolute international catastrophe i mean the price china would pay is high optics of course not so optics are terrible and you know i why about the volatility of volatility of that situation perhaps even spreading to taiwan i think is overall regionally quite volatile journalist. lower thank you so much thanks.

security forces in india administered kashmir allowed some muslims to walk to a local mosque alone or in pairs to pray for the festival of this during an unprecedented log down still forced most people in the disputed region to stay indoors on this islamic holy day. god god well some of these services had political overtones because of the surprise we took a shine of muslim majority kashmir's a special status last week after outdoor prayers at this mosque worshippers in the capital one searing garb refly protesters in the street on their way home communications and internet access were cut off for an 8th day by indian forces. celebrating it in kashmir at a very uncertain time and what does the change of status of kashmir mean for the people in the valley like to welcome now to the program a sudden i may

a wall street journal columnist and a fellow at the think tank known as the american enterprise institute a very good day sir good to have you on the show now many over fur to kashmir is the forgotten conflict should the world be paying more attention now now that india unilaterally removed kashmir's autonomy status and i think the world is already paying more attention there are a couple of reasons i mean one of the reasons is that obviously this is. disputed territory india is asserting its will by changing the constitutional arrangements that have essentially governed the stirfry for 70 years bob is the un is a party to the dispute they have downgraded diplomatic relations and launched a diplomatic offensive so the calls for a reader right now is you know in a state of flux and so obviously the world should pay attention it is paying attention what has changed for the kashmiris. well

a couple of things you know the the constitutional provision that was removed even though it had been whittled down over ready the decades it essentially gave the kashmiris at least in theory a certain amount of walk on me over which of the laws passed in the rest of india they could accept or reject that has been taken away and even more dramatically because mary sent the shmoo statehood has been taken away the indian government has temporarily and the former state of them would push near in the indian union has now been divided into 2 different union territories which are essentially federally administered territories which will be run directly by someone appointed by delhi. do you think that this sudden move by india to revoke the autonomy status of a kashmir could it backfire. you know we don't know right now it certainly could

backfire right it's been a week so far there are hundreds of thousands of troops there the valley is literally on lockdown people have not been able to use their phones or we haven't had access to the internet. so far things have been quite calm there hasn't been too but you know we haven't we were really going to really see how the people feel about this and what this really entails once some of these restrictions are removed so i think in india the mood is often just optimism but i think those of us who are watching it from afar are very aware that things really could erupt at any moment now because i mean the kashmiris are kept in the dark and cut off so we don't really know what's going on there right now another major question now is how will pakistan respond to these events let me talk for a moment about a sign of just how emotions can be stirred up a bollywood actress a priyanka chopra found herself at an event in l.a. and was called a hypocrite over

a pro indian military tweet now chopra tweeted this back in february earlier this year have a listen and we'll continue right after that. so it is kind of hard to hear you talk * about humanity and leave her happy funny i. think. on heat on dan do you think you have an indian arm for. your age. in matter. and during regime using the war in iraq. you know when you're an adult body sunbeam illegal like he has a body busy mom you know i hear you. whenever you're coming to. and many many friends from august. and i am from india and war is not something that i'm really fond of but i am patriotic so i'm sorry if i'm

going. to people who do love me and have love me but i think that all of us how disorder. a middle ground that we all have to wrong just like you probably do as well the way you came out measuring mountains of my dining out on your farm come to me. all right there was a little testy to say the least of course you can debate you know about how wise it is for any celebrity to weigh in on such sensitive topics the reason why we included this here is that kashmir is just such an emotive and stunningly emotional topic why. you know for both countries the border in the end by the sun is kind of says something about their self definition you know for india even though it has a hindu majority it's dark to secularism it's a secular state without any state religion and so the idea of having a muslim majority state carries great symbolic value because as you know in 1947

when the british left the subcontinent was divided between india and the creation of this new country going to pakistan which is an islamic republic for baucus than you know they see this as the sort of unfinished business of partition why is it that this part of you know of what was formerly british india why is it the this part of that land mass even though it has a muslim majority is with their hated enemy india and so for the bible studies this is really going central to their not only in general terms of how they imagine themselves but to their diplomacy to the fact that the army plays a very large role in pakistan partly because the kashmir conflict is so important and now they see india tightening its grip and i think for them this is a sense that something that they have held so dear even though they haven't been able to do that much about it may be slipping out of their grasp prominently and so there's a little i'm going to push

a little bit back on that mr de may because you know the kashmiris are also not very happy with what has happened they haven't been consulted by india about this latest move i mean they basically usurped their country without telling them anything and took away their autonomy so let's talk about the kashmiris they're kept in the dark they're cut off they don't know what's going to happen next who is helping them. i have no argument there your question was why is this something emotional for india and pakistan and i was attempting to answer that i'm not exactly sure what your pushback is about but yes absolutely there is no question and we talked about this earlier that the kashmiri people have been i mean you know where they're caught up between these 2 much larger countries and the indian state has used heavy handed tactics i think they've both india and pakistan have sort of seen this as a prize in their own terms and haven't been really talking about the interest of the kashmir people so i have no quarrel with that i said not to do may of the think tank the american enterprise institute thank you sir for joining us. thanks for

having me. turning to central america now guatemala's conservative candidate has won the country's presidential election it was forced time lucky for 63 year old alex hunter and he is now tasked with taking on a u.s. president ultra over an immigration deal that few politicians in guatemala actually like. a 100 jemma tae looks pleased and relieved after 3 failed attempts he finally won blah to malas presidential election little goes no it's been 12 long years 12 years of wanting to hold this position and not because i meant vicious but because i have a mission. but it won't be an easy ride 2 thirds of all guatemalans live below the poverty line gang crime is rampant corruption even more so immediate and people

leave here for the same reasons there are just no prospects here. even with a university degree you can't find a job. we want security most of all fewer criminals and the thugs that we need to protect our families and the media. know it's up to gemma tay to make good on his promises he won the election as a conservative law and order candidate with hard line positions he's pro death penalty for criminals and vehemently opposed to same sex marriage and abortion. but his greatest challenge looks set to be the controversial migration agreement with the u.s. become a taste predecessor just agreed to it in july and only under great pressure from u.s. president donald trump. this deal declares guatemala a safe 3rd country which must take back all migrants who've passed through the

country on their way to the u.s. the new president. i would like to avoid this agreement you see the boy's voice done this agreement is not good for us how are we supposed to take in foreigners when we don't have the capacity to take care of our own people. i think the us will have to modify the my good deal if they had that committed to it seek it it seems they would hit. 100 victory is widely celebrated here in guatemala he'll be put to a serious test when he's sworn in next january. and more on the importance of this election now for martin there i skate he is a journalist who covers central america good to have you here in person the eternal candidate has finally what is he the game changer what does his election mean for guatemala and the region well basically he's. conservative politician he's part of the traditional political class so i don't think he's going to be

a game changer at all i think the fight against corruption for chess been very important for guatemala but also for the region. as might actually come to a complete stop and. he has. talked about how he's gonna techno of the main problems of the country like poverty like the violence so i really don't know about that and i guess in general it's a very bad news for the country and for the region because we won't see major changes coming right and what we're going to my needs is change or at least predication of the violent crime that they're seeing there is he the person who will implement the asylum deal that his predecessor signed with the trumpet ministration well i mean he's he's been saying during the campaign that he's against the deal that he won't implemented however he won't take office the till

january 2020. so by the time he takes office the agreement might actually be in full swing however right now go to my. mate till the constitutional court of the country the rule about the riemann. i guess we 1st have to wait for this step and then you can you know can i just briefly what this deal entails just just broadly speaking well broadly speaking it means that central americans who try to. get. in the united states they vill they can be sent back to guatemala and be talking about hundreds of people that is a substantial amount of people there but can guatemala really be considered a safe country well i think that that's been the discussion that has been going on

and in my opinion it's quite ironic to perceive the model as a safe country because you have. you have now on you have a dorian's fleeing their conference but also go to mounds of by the thousands fleeing guatemala to look for a better life in the states they're fleeing violence are fleeing. for parts unities a soul to consider going to save the country in my opinion is. very strange to do so journalist martin arrives here thank you so much things. now an exceptional young woman who is equally at home in the water and in the television studio will a paralympic swimming champion from egypt who is making a splash on television and it's not just her gold medal that sets her apart she also has down syndrome. rock my car lead has truly swum her way to freedom

the 23 year old has down's syndrome right here with her new friends she's in her element. i'm happiest when i'm here practicing with my friends the house and then i chat and play with them. and i feel like a champion with you all. but. their training for the upcoming international competitions. rocked me as mother is often hurt by the cruel discrimination her daughter endure this. but swimming has helped compensate for people's poor treatment. after all she's already won several medals in the international competitions. another thing that makes her special is the morning show she presents on the popular egyptian t.v.

channel d m c before the recording rock my has a briefing with 2 colleagues and some guests rock my has been presenting the morning show for 9 months together with a colleague rockmart always opens the show she's one of 2 main anchors both rock my and the station are pushing boundaries well it was a fuckin side i'm proud and happy because i'm doing something to enlighten society young and tender the society knows that we can do this now. and that were integrated into society. that we belong to it. that one chromosome doesn't make a difference then all the down syndrome makes a special. we won't be discouraged by that label the getting the give me is no getting to the. rock by khalid says her message is well received she's already succeeded in convincing the mothers of children with down syndrome that they are

a gift from god. all right that's it for the day but the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either added overhears or you can follow me at link a lot herad don't forget to use the hash tag the day i am back tomorrow for another look at the day.

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