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the be . the best. this is the good news coming to you live from bali and the united nations are just hong kong authorities to deescalate a university standoff with pro-democracy activists some students have been barricaded inside the polytechnic campus for 3 days begin handing themselves into police as the u.n. says humanitarian situation inside is deteriorating. and really civilian
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settlements in the west bank is not her say inconsistent with international law. the u.s. breaks for decades of middle east policy saying israeli settlements in occupied territory and not illegal. and this refugee camp was meant to house 3000 people but now it's going to look. like greece is finally moving refugees out of the morea camp unless was either. lost the south african teacher who's moving with the times. must. be a classroom that's taking a different approach to learning. and welcome. good to have you with us. parents of some of the students trapped inside
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of the seize hong kong campus appealing to authorities to take a softer line towards the children protesters have left the building but early tuesday the bills remaining have been labeled riotous by the authorities a tilde that comes with a 10 year jail sentence during the 3 days standoff the polytechnic has become the focus of the pro-democracy movement opposing the growing influence of beijing on the. after days under siege the last protesters are running out of supplies. still determined in pursuit of their demands exhaustion has set in nonetheless some need medical attention and awaiting to be evacuated. but watching scenes like this playing out beyond the campus walls many a terrified to give themselves up to police they fear a lengthy jail sentences if they were arrested on charges of rioting just now all's
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quite desperate because only. to serve and. being being charged and. with been trying to escape since yesterday morning. couldn't find a way out. some managed daring escapes overnight on monday shimmying dined ropes on to waiting motorbikes though it was unclear if they avoided arrest others tried to flee through the sewers but were unsuccessful. the last determined protesters continued to collapse with police surrounding the university. but by tuesday morning the scene was all ministry quiet. outside desperate families gathered to back the or thora cheese to show compassion. they just want to share.
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ideas for they just don't come back but. i'm certainly not. going to get you. caught because slowly and slowly that's what. hong kong is in battle leader said she had told police to handle the situation humanely but she did not rule out the possibility they would resort to violence the reason i cannot give you an absolute guarantee is because the situation is changing for argument's sake if we were suddenly seeing some very major life threatening. incidents on the campus that as i search the police are on the reactive side and the police have to take the necessary action. more protesters surrendered on choose day but for those left inside there is a very real fear this standoff will end in bloodshed. i spoke to the
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corresponding seana chaz embed in hong kong and began by asking what was not about the fate of the students who've already surrendered. gradually we are seeing more and more students emerging from the university campus just a short time ago about a dozen walks past us here where the press is standing arms on one another's shoulders some of them appeared to be from the church affiliated group protect the children prior to that we've seen people coming out in in ones and twos one of them shouting out his parents' name urging people who were standing and watching the people leaving to call his parents now we know that as of this morning 100 protesters were still left inside the building chief executive carrie lamb said 600 had left 200 of those are under 18 now they have been allowed by authorities to leave to go home but they did have to provide their names and details and the
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police do reserve the right to arrest them and potentially charge them at a later date now though the other 400 who have left those that have been arrested they do face charges of rioting potentially which as you mentioned previously does carry up to 10 years in prison the shunting university campus seems to have become a flashpoint in the standoff between police and protesters what are conditions like inside. but it's believed that one of the reasons that these protesters are now leaving is that their resources have been dwindling this is now the 3rd day of this standoff food has been unable to get into that campus to sustain these protesters now then are said to be running very low a number of people as well said to have been injured inside the university campus so people are now slowly starting to emerge the mood of course will be very dark inside the university among those protesters they know that if they do you manage
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to leave that they will face arrest by the police officers who are still surrounding the area prepared to take them into soon as they emerge some know have managed to escape so perhaps those remaining inside the university are still hoping that there's a chance that we saw some very daring images emerging last night of protesters scaling down a drain pipes and being picked up by people waiting on motorbikes below we've also had reports of people trying to escape through a drainage systems so the hope potentially among those who are still left inside the campus is of an escape but the reality is that there are so many police waiting outside that arrest is almost inevitable they shot as we heard not report family members have been gathering outside the besieged campus what are their concerns what are they saying. that's right parents have been out scientists campus waiting for any news of their loved ones of
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their children some have been holding vigils today now a number of the parents that we have spoken to over the last 24 hours have expressed a real fear that police could move and they say it's very uncertain what would happen if that occurred particularly given this warning from police on sunday night that they would be prepared to use live ammunition of protesters didn't drop their weapons one father told us that he just wanted his son to emerge safely. in hong kong thank you very much. in a major policy reversal the u.s. has said 8. settlements in the occupied west bank is violating international law the settlements have long been a major obstacle in peace negotiations the u.s. decision refers to israeli communities established on the occupied land in the west bank and east jerusalem more than 600000 israeli settlers live in the area which along with the gaza strip and the golan heights makes up the palestinian territory
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palestinians have condemned the u.s. policy change saying the country is choosing the law of the jungle over international law. the u.s. gives up a decades long position on israeli settlements. establishment of israeli civilian settlements in the west bank is not per se inconsistent with international law israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law because they are built on land occupied by israel during the 1967 middle east war the settlements are one of the main impediments to peace with the palestinians. acting prime minister binyamin netanyahu who's in serious legal and political turmoil welcome the new stance. this is a historic day another great policy achievement after president trump recognized as the capital of israel recognize our sovereignty over the golan heights the u.s. administration has now put an end to the lie that settlements i am legal. the
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palestinian authority is outraged israeli settlements in the occupied palestinian territories including his jerusalem. not only illegal under international law they are rhymes and the statement of mr secretary of state of the united states is absolutely. rejected and in response to pompei of the european union's foreign policy chief federica more greeny said the e.u.'s position on israeli settlements had remained unchanged the e.u. considers them illegal. buz real promise during peace process has been stalled for years now and washington's latest move could jeopardize future negotiations. they've been having with some of the stories making news around the world the lebanese parliament has postponed the session due to happen on tuesday after protesters in beirut attacked cars carrying m.p.'s and blocked roads the
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postponement comes despite heavy deployment of security forces demonstrators say the planned session was unconstitutional. amid an economic and political crisis. the u.n. says it has reports that indicate quote dozens have been killed in iran during days of rioting sparked by increased fuel prices it condemned iranian security forces use of live ammunition against demonstrators and urged the government to rein in its use of force the government insists the price rises are necessary to fund social welfare programs. the informal prime minister of pakistan the via sharif has left the country heading for london after courtrooms he could seek treatment for chronic ill health surely for spawn mr for 3 terms he's a 78. he denies any wrongdoing. thousands
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of supporters of bolivia's ousted president evo morales have again taken to the streets of the political captain. they're demanding the resignation of self-proclaimed interim president genea on the as livia's catholic church has called for a national dialogue to end more than a month of violent protests. the latin american thousands of protesters in neighboring chile are stepping up their demands for a new constitution and the resignation of president sebastian pinera many have suffered serious injuries in recent anti-government demonstrations they accuse the police of brutality and intentionally shooting protesters in the head will drop of bullets president pinera says any excessive use of force will be investigated. nelson campos fears he will lose his eyesight he was shot by a policeman cheering a recent demonstration in chile's capital santiago. they will
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have a detached retina and i have internal injuries inside my eye it's not looking good . this shooting happened during recent antigovernment protests demonstrators have been hit by water cannon or rubber bullets some filled with metal and it's not just happening to violent protest is peaceful demonstrators even random bystanders are being targeted videos like these published on the internet aren't difficult to watch medical professionals are alarmed. when some bullets just scratch the surface of the eye but some hit them directly 99 percent of the patients if not all end up going blind for sure seeing it as a water it seems unlikely to be a coincidence more than 200 people in chile have lost their eyesight in this way police have been accused of aiming at people's heads human rights advocates say the
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violence reminds them of the dark times of the chilean dictatorship. amnesty international has investigated some of the latest cases. for the police yelling the police are deliberately targeting certain body parts they're using their guns in a way that can lead to lethal injuries where this book is the littlest chile's president sebastian pinera has sent all cases of disproportionate police violence must be investigated while it exists aka said the committee any excessive use of force and breach of police protocol needs to be investigated by the public prosecutor use and brought to justice. but so far little has happened many police officers don't wear id badges that makes it almost impossible to prosecute them for nelson campus that's no longer
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a priority and we'll. have children then why would i need to be able to work and earn money whether i wanted or not. i need to forget my fears but i'm still full of fear and panic. by legal nelson's life is now dominated by the injuries he received at the hands of the police. you're watching the news coming up ahead to keep down teaching music unconventional methods to connect with. and become a viral hit. the 1st of. a $20000.00 asylum seekers on the edge in islands to the mainland over the coming weeks they include many on the island of les voss the site of an overcrowded morea refugee camp did the n.s.f. and max zonda have this report from the island that's become home for thousands of
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refugees desperate to leave their. friends bid farewell ask the buses which. more than $100.00 asylum seekers are leaving maurya camp for some after a year if. the joy is palpable but so is the pain in the uncertainty of having once again into the unknown how do you feel now that you can get on the bus and leave and leave very happy but i have lots of friends here i really miss for everybody just. in the morning i cried and still to know my friends came to see me just. live with her daughter for a year in morea a camp she describes as the worst on earth she was notified yesterday and given only hours to pack all our things and leave. i mean is one of thousands of asylum
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seekers greece plans to move from the north aegean islands to the mainland before winter comes. and. deputy governor of the north island says this rush to transfer asylum seekers is not a permanent solution but he says it will with the island's breathe again. eat them our basic goal is for the islands to be decongestant for there to be a better distribution of people all over greece. it's insupportable that we have a ratio of one migrant to 5 locals here and madonnas this in a bed in the rest of greece it's much lower. than they like to see the refugee reception center lesbos is not just overcrowded it's often described as the worst humanitarian crisis in europe. more a camp was built for 3000 but more than 4 times that many people live here thousands of them outside the fence. that are here we meet not to belittle it from
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afghanistan but it shows us where he lives with his family a single mylan tent for 5 people with winter on its way finland man hits on me then i've lost all hope. only god can help us again are the chances i pray we will be rescued from this hellish plans and with what i'm good better i am. at its northern edge morea is expanding a group of men are breaking ground for a family who will spend their 1st night here. no one we talked to here expects the population to shrink anytime soon. in the middle of the night yet another arrival a frantic spot carrying migrants rescued off the coast of last boss this time 33 of them including women and children. everyone gets a bottle of water a snack and a blanket they're relieved as they are registered on european soil but few know
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about moria their next home. this is a pile of discarded life jackets that are worn by those who made the dangerous crossing to less boss but the risks and the conditions of moriah camp won't keep more people from coming. for the past 3 months numbers of arrivals have far outpaced the numbers of departures but if the government's transfer program succeeds the island of lesbos once again could become what it used to be a brief stopover on the way to europe. rather marie is on the last bus to arrive at the landing she collects her bags as the ferry to athens holds its cargo. just i'm wary about because i have lots of stuff here but i am alone. if accords. i hope. i was right. and she holds her bags onto the ship
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she doesn't know where she will live next but she is certain that she will never go back to more. or less false and he joins me now welcome i mean do we know where. the woman basically a ripple because she is now we have kept in touch with her and she told us she's not at all where she expected to be now a lot of people in the camp when they got on these buses and went to the port they thought they were going to athens because the ferry of course did go to athens but because of greece's policy to distribute migrants around greece they don't all end up in athens they are just taking them from the ports in athens to other places around greece she ended up in northern greece near me in a migrant camp and then i saw a box another shipping container and she said she was crying all day because she was looking out a window and all she could see was woods and she thought at this point after leaving moria that she would finally have something that she would compare to
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freedom but of course she's still in the asylum process now while all these thousands of refugees stuck on the list goes on and why didn't the greek authorities move them out to within greece all outside this is a direct result of the 2016 deal between the european union and turkey so the e.u. gave turkey money in order that turkey would accept all the field asylum applications back from greece in other words a lot of these migrants are passing through turkey to get to greece and if they feel their asylum application then that greece could just ship them right back to turkey but there's one stipulation and that's their only taking p. . from the islands so these islands have become kind of reception centers for people who are waiting to see if they get sent to mainland greece or if they go directly back to turkey and of course this process takes over a year sometimes and it's become really crowded on the greek islands so why has greece decided to transfer some of the refugees now and is this operation looking
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a few things came together this autumn and that's why greece has stepped up the transfers one of them was because of the conditions in the camps have been deteriorating there was a fire in september that killed somebody also it's becoming winter when we were there we could see our breath so this is a situation where you would want to sleep outside in a tent another reason is because of turkey's incursion into syria and greece rightly so predicted that a lot more people would be coming to the greek islands so they stepped up these transfers and it seems to be a parent i mean the transfers are happening almost daily when we're on the i mean if if thank you very much for your reporting as well as your insights. gyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi is gandhi was in jail need to attend the compact with africa conference hosted by charles the on the american medical and a c c i expected to address the summit later today on sisi has already met the president to steinmeyer the north african the deal wants to expand from the ticket relations and attract an investment germany's foreign ministry has scored for an
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improvement in the human rights situation in egypt the contact with africa conference to facilitate german support for reform oriented states in africa. turning now to south africa and every outside of cape town known as skip flats is often associated with crime and violence the job is increasing went there to find out about a local teacher who is unconventional approach is inspiring students to overcome the harsh realities of their everyday lives. i. believe in the. loop break down the dominance of old teacher and if you sit down to listen to the speech i knew it will have some sort of the way with politics in my listening to teach me i keep my views on the ground
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i literally want to sleep what fascinates me and when i try to catch 22 embassies cover the people talking and do research on 2 things at all with the continent and they can spy of the very. first line. in the news the boy on. the side of the solid is disgusted of being raped. well the sound of my voice if this comes along both mean anything woman. been dumping them and giving. they do face a lot of challenges in their households we talk about poverty we talk but gangsterism and all other social ills within the community but i've seen
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a different type of child that has been stigmatized for what people simply should lay this as and for and i always tell them i'm more than what i'm being seen. within the society itself is very innovative and supports us alert and helps us when we're going to difficult times the system that has been bold and so. skilled the creativity of the children still missing a limb is really holding something good sound like dancing in this. now please. allow. i was there to the radio one morning and this song came up as on your 1st of being from
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a boy to some points you can be seen with confidence at the end of the day so then i thought wow this can actually be. quite a powerful thing to inspire that this family will take my place and posted it on the facebook the video going viral i think the most thing that i like about my job is the fact that i can influence someone positively i know what these children are going through i'm not immune to their challenges and i feel somehow i feel contribution to a positive change. you know country. it was the 1st step here's a recap the top stories after funding field hong kong's chief executive carrie lee is urging a peaceful resolution to a standoff between police and some $100.00 activists still barricaded inside the
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politic make university campus the e.u.'s cordon law enforcement authorities in the ted 3 to keep the action strictly proportionate. to other major policy shift the u.s. says it no longer considers israeli settlements in palestinian territories a violation of international you'll fall listenings of condemned the moment as another blow to the cause of peace. and coming up next kick off with a special look at bundesliga transfer phillipe continue stay with us.
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