asked. managed by from. this is the devaney is coming to you live from the united nations urges hong kong authorities to deescalate a university standoff the protest has many of the students barricaded inside the campus have turning themselves into police but the un is warning that the humanitarian situation for those still inside is deteriorating. also the program the establishment of israeli civilian settlements in the west bank is not per se

inconsistent with international law. the u.s. breaks with decades of middle east policy saying israeli settlements in the occupied territories are not illegal. and this refugee camp was meant to house $3000.00 but now it's home to over $13000.00 why greece is finally moving refugees out of the morea camp on the island of less cost. plus why this magnificent animal could be only one of a kind the very last free building elephant left in southern africa biggest forest . i'm with that shima parents of some of the students who are holding out in abysses hong kong unit. city campus appealing to authorities to take

a softer line towards their children last protest says had left the building but early tuesday but those remaining have been labeled riotous by the authorities a term that comes with a 10 year jail sentence during the 3 days standoff the polytechnic university campus has become the focus of the pro-democracy movement opposing the growing influence of beijing on the tree after days under siege some of the last protesters finally leave defeated exhausted and in some cases in need of medical care many cover their faces in the last attempt to avoid identification and punishment. but police are waiting for them. they have threatened to charge those who occupied the campus with rioting. with some demonstrators still barricaded inside the building that parents begged off storage fees to show

compassion. they are terrified of the consequences if their children do not leave voluntarily. i haven't slept for over 30 hours many parents including myself stayed here last night during the clashes we didn't leave despite being surrounded by a rounds of tear gas all night i just hope my son is safe i urge the government to listen to our youth and understand what they think. hong kong's embattled leader kerry lamb said she had urged police to act humanely but could not rule out violence police themselves issued a stop warning. so let me tell you this you can run but you cannot run forever just like on other days people identified by as have been arrested offenders that have escaped will eventually be caught. fearful of long jail sentences they may be but many here have fires to continue their fight late on

tuesday protesters on the streets clashed again with police new front suggesting this month's long battle is far from over. and for the very latest on the situation in hong kong i'm joined by charlotte chaz and bill hi there shot of flu foes 1st of all tell us why you on what's happening around you. rita we are at a religious ceremony at the moment about half a kilometer away from the university these people behind me i've come out in support of those students who was still inside the university it's believed that somewhere in there were fewer than 100 protesters still left behind in a university at the moment is very peaceful atmosphere here we've had prayers we've had messages from teachers concerned for the students who've been caught up in this now 3 day stalemate with police at the university at the moment the situation on

the ground here is comparatively much calmer to that of yesterday when they were running street battles by this time between police and protesters who had come out to demonstrate in support of the students who were still inside the university is a much more somber feeling here now as more and more of those students in the university coming out and starting to surrender themselves to police shallots we are hearing reports of some of those who barricaded themselves inside this campus have begun coming out in the recent hours what are you hearing and what's happening to those who have surrendered to police. there we've seen several people being marched away from the university campus their hands tied behind their backs mostly in ones and twos but we did see a group of about a dozen protesters with their arms on one of the morning of the shoulders being marched away from the university campus as some of the students have been leaving

one in particular called out his name and his phone his parents' phone number and asked the people who were waiting nearby to call his parents to let them know that he had left the university and was being arrested we do know though that there are still a number of people inside that university but we are hearing that the conditions there are deteriorating they're running out of food. and walter the hygiene conditions are said to be very bad of course after this 3 day ordeal standoff with police they will course be very tired as well so we are hearing more and more people are considering leaving the university but there will be those who feel that they've come this far they know that they face almost certain rest if they do leave the university campus there won't be those who try and stick it out for as long as possible there will also be those as well who be continuing to be looking for escape routes a lot of people did manage to escape the university over the last 2448 hours and

some will of evaded arrest that way and judging by the situation tonight charlotte is this standoff drawing to a close because we've been hearing internationally of course for restraint the u.n. has also asked for restraint and said the situation in the campus is deteriorating . i think the next few hours will be very telling amrita it really depends what happens with the remaining protesters who are still inside the university campus whether police make a decision at some point to simply storm the campus and pick up the the remaining few who are still holed up inside there lingering over this entire stalemate over the last couple of days has been up threat that came from police on sunday night that they would be prepared to use live ammunition if protesters didn't put down their weapons that's something that alarmed a lot of people particularly parents who were waiting anxiously outside that

university campus to hear about the face of their children and their loved ones the fear that a police moved in this could become a very bloody very violent situation a lot of parents telling me that they simply just want their children to be able to leave safely they will deal with the legal matters later as to whether or not this standoff will is the end of this standoff will bring in more of an end to this protest movement i think the likelihood is not this is been going on for more than 5 months now is their protest is continually find different ways of expressing their anger of taking to the streets of those having their voices heard and of keeping them message in the news i think it's very unlikely that given the number of people who have been arrested that this protest movement this unrest is ending any time soon and of course the supporters of the protesters behind you praying for their welfare seana children bill in hong kong thank you very much for that update from there. let me now being updated with some other stories making news around the

world a swedish prosecutor's dropping an investigation of rape and sexual assault against wiki leaks founder julian assange due to insufficient evidence a solution is serving a prison sentence in britain for jumping bail to avoid extradition to sweden where a woman accused of rape steering a wiki leaks conference in 2010. 11 is parliament has postponed a session shedid for today after protesters in beirut attacked cars carrying m.p.'s and blocked roads the protest took place despite heavy security demonstrators say the session was unconstitutional. opted in mid a tuber amid an economic and political crisis. the u.n. says it has reports that indicate dozens have been killed in iran during days of protests sparked by increased fuel prices it condemned iranian security forces use of live ammunition against demonstrators and urged restraint the government insists

the price hikes are necessary to filed fund social welfare programs. in a major policy reversal the u.s. has said it no longer views israel settlements in the occupied west bank as a violation of international law the settlements have long been a major obstacle in peace negotiations the us decision refers to israeli communities established on occupied land in the west bank and east jerusalem more than 600000 israeli settlers now live in the area which along with the gaza strip and the golan heights makes up the palestinian territory ballasts an incest condemned the u.s. policy change saying the country is choosing the law of the jungle over international law the us 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 benjamin netanyahu who's in serious legal and political turmoil welcome the new stance. this is a historic day another great policy achievement of the president trump recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel recognize our sovereignty over the golan heights the u.s. administration have now put an end to the lie that settlements are illegal. the palestinian authority is outraged israeli settlements in the occupied palestinian territories including his jerusalem. not only illegal under international law they are war crimes 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. the israel palestine peace process has been stalled figures now and washington's latest move could jeopardize future negotiations. u.s. president faces more potentially damning testimony in the ukraine scandal as critical. hearings get under way the house intelligence committee is set to hear from formal witnesses about president donald trump's dealings with ukraine 2 of them heard of the july 25th phone call themselves they are left in colonel alexander benjamin the officer of the national security council and jennifer williams his counterpart. vice president mike pence is office both say they had concerns as trump spoke with the newly elected ukrainian president about political

investigations of joe biden and his son after the 2 appear on tuesday morning the committee will hear from former n.s.c. official timothy morrison and kurt volker the former you create special envoy in the afternoon. let me not drawing a bureau chief in washington alexander phenomena alexander will be here strong evidence today the president did abuse his power and position. well we are certainly in the crucial people tle week of the impeachment inquiry in the house and as you said the 2 witnesses that are scheduled to testify in the morning are key witnesses because de listed in on the phone call president trump had to with the president of ukraine jennifer williams. that she started at this phone call was inappropriate and the usual lieutenant colonel vin 2 men

testified that he thought that he was profoundly concerned disturbed by the phone call because he thought that it was wrong and he was a word that there was a quid pro quo express in this form call that's why he expressed his concerns repeatedly to the national security council's top lawyer and he is a very important witness in this context context because he is a reward a decorated iraq war veteran ukraine experts he showed today on capitol hill worrying u.s. army uniform with medals on his chest he comes across as full of owner patriotism and duty and it will be difficult for the republicans i think to dismiss his testimony. based on the testimony we elected to hear today are there any signs

that republican senators might turn their backs on donald trump. not at all and rita on the contrary the republicans in the senate and in the halls are able to hold their ranks together their strategy is to distance president strong from the whole investigation they strategy is to depict the witnesses as never trumpeters as career diplomats or or public servants members of the deep state they are going that are going after president because there are unhappy with he's pulled this is and president trump himself repeated to the tech to the 2 witnesses that we are going to hear from today in the morning and it will be interesting to see if he's going to take to twitter again today and let's see all sense of the american public's reaction to the hearing still fall xander well according to a poll that was published yesterday 70 percent of americans think that it's wrong

to ask a foreign power to investigate a political opponent but only a slim majority 51 percent are in favor of the piece from an inquiry and in favor of removing president from his office and according to another interesting very telling poll published today only 65 percent of americans cannot imagine any information circumstances during the impeachment inquiry that can change their mind they opinion they had already on the impeachment inquiry so it will be difficult for the democrats to make their case to the american public and troubles to iowa last week and my impression was talking to a lot after talking to a lot of people that they really think that pietschmann inquiry can district attention from the election come pain that they think that it's very important.

alexander phenomena. in washington thank you very much for that assessment. denning out of research plans to transfer some 20000 asylum seekers from the energy an audience to the mainland over the coming weeks and they include many on the island of les voss the site of the overcrowded morea refugee camp did of years on the n.s.f. and mocks sunda have this report from the island that's become cold for thousands of refugees desperate to leave. their. friends bid farewell as the buses wakes. more than a 100 asylum seekers are leaving maurya camp for some after a year of waiting was. the joy is palpable but so is the pain in the uncertainty that 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 justice and in the morning i cried still to know my friends came to see me. has lived 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 her things and leave. i merely is one of thousands of asylum 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 let the islands breathe again. 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 this bed in the rest of greece it's much lower. than they like to. the refugee reception center on 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 from afghanistan but it shows us where he lives with his family a single mylan tent for 5 people with winter on its way finland men had you only been 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 but 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 the blankets they're relieved as they are registered on european soil but few know about moria their next home. this is a pile of discarded life jackets that were worn by those who made the dangerous crossing to less boss but the risks and the conditions of moria 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. in the last post we're right at the landing she collects her bags as the ferry to athens pulls its cargo. just an worry about because i have lots of stuff here and learn a daughter it's difficult. i hope but i was wrong. and she holds her bags onto the ship she doesn't know where she lived next to choose certain that she would never go back to moria. in other news now returned to mali where the military says 24 of its soldiers died in what it's called another extremist attack group. carrying out an operation and the reason to track extremists linked to simple islamic states and al qaida when they came under attack over 100000000 troops have died in

a surge of the sorts in recent weeks. the ailing former prime minister of pakistan nevada sharif has left the country heading for london after a court ruled he could seek treatment for chronic health should be 1st prime minister for 3 terms a 7 year jail for corruption he denies any wrongdoing. thousands of supporters of former believe in president evo morales have again taken the streets of the political capital they're demanding the resignation of the self-proclaimed interim president xi nonna on the as bolivia's catholic church a school for a national dialogue and to end more than a month of violent protests. researches in south africa believe that this elephant here could be quite unique they think it's the last elephant in the region not confined to a national park or a game it's been tracked down in southern africa with more then

a $60000.00 hack says it's the largest forest in southern africa. a very rare sight these speedy mail and fans might be the only one left of its kind in this 1000 case. these images were captured by special cameras set up by researchers. over the course of 15 months with i think cameras we had a span across the elephant range for this and the same elephant cow we think by yourself about a 140 different times times and it's our our conclusion was that it very unfortunately seems like this anyone if and lived. in the 19th centuries or used to be hundreds of free roaming elephants in the forest but years

of logging hunting and culling have brought the numbers down authorities consider introducing more elephants into the end fenced area bringing in a small core bringing in time and bringing in small herd those all come with risks and benefits as well and all of those we will continue to do the respect the notice is worth as well as going through a broader stakeholder process where the public feel about their view about having our cell phones in their backyard for now they lose the female known as the matriarch walks alone along the path strode and by the feet of the ones who have gone before her back when they still rule the forests. football and germany play their final year of a 2020 qualifier on tuesday because you got him loads squad face northern ireland in frankfurt germany have already qualified but a win will boost their seeding in the drawl. yogi live still has

a few tricks up his sleeve in the remaining euro 2020 qualifier germany have already secured their place at next summer's tournament so live wants to shake things up against northern ireland. planning some changes because i want to see certain players in action again this year and give them a chance and show my faith in them and give them the spice they may be neat. enough in light of my big new ticked goalkeeper mark andre chest dagon is among the players expected to start he has been vocal about wanting more playing time for the national team ahead of captain manuel neuer for live all that matters is that the team finishes top of the group. of let's not go we want to win the next game against northern ireland we want to end up ahead of holland that would be nice it needs to be our goal but we can also use the game to develop and give certain players a chance to develop themselves you know couldn't you can we can 2019 has been

another shaky year for the germany team but the match in frankfurt gives them a chance to go into the new decade on a high note. he was in need of a new schedule because of the top stories that we're following feel hong kong's chief executive carry. a peaceful resolution to a standoff between police and around $100.00 activists told to be still barricaded inside the polytechnic university that you have scored an entire teams to keep the action strictly proportionate. and a major policy shift the u.s. says it no longer considers israeli settlements in palestinian territories a violation of international norms finalist indians have condemned the move as another blow to the cause of peace. coming up next on news. from protests to politics museum some of the 1st time candidates running in hong kong's council elections. funding from grain. longtime

dolling of democracy on song suchi is named in an international north suits or $100.00 role in the me a monster looking back prices. and a historic papal visit pope francis will be the 2nd photo is the thailand in 35 years and preparations are in full swing. dozen more stories coming up on news asia show he just a video w. if you get.

kicked off the dog. he has an excellent reputation bob so far he's been a bit of a disappointment but. really could you know what i was supposed to go by or munich get back on track because she's a. card doesn't fit her stride. well to her culture much is it

a stellar career. 60 minutes d w i. it's coming. from the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate clicks on the from the books from 250 if they were working on the for the discovery. expedition in blood on dino. and now could be a fictional agent but as affectionately as you can. slap the mirror putin in the middle of his election campaign in the year 2000 a documentary was filmed for russian television but director vitali munson captured much more was to turn the camera back on of course you're going to the film secretly chronicled a power grab actually everything was precisely planned structure. featuring tom

supporting roles to the freedom of russia. and of featuring a lead role like you've never seen before let me be clear with you. so that we are 7 years of age to the ends justify the means. to do things witnesses starts december 13th on d. w. . this is the that good news asia coming up running for change 1st time candidates for all the hats at the rink in hong kong's upcoming open elections from the city on the political novices placing their faith in democracy as for testers fight for it on the streets bust. the peace i can't drag to court over what the u.s. holds genocide some time searching is mere positive factor made up and now on the

role so it is demanding action against tough for doing enough to help the rohingya .