of the business day that we entered his line from berlin, israel's basis increasing international pressure over its attacks. on garza, the us defense secretary will later travel to israel to push its leaders to scale back in military campaign. as france calls for an immediate and durable troops, also coming out of hong kong, media, mobile and pro democracy activists. jimmy lane goes on trial arriving at court under time security accused by raising of conspiring with foreign forces. we live in hong kong for the latest, on the 76 year olds,

case the article fairly welcome to the show. we start with growing international calls for israel to scale back its assault on gaza. they include it's closest ally, the us who's defense. secretary is on another diplomatic tour of the middle east. lloyd austin stopped off in bahrain on sunday. ahead of plan talks with israel's prime minister and defense minister austin is expected to discuss israel transitioning to a new phase of the war, which the us hopes will include more targeted attacks on, on us, which is considered a terraced organization by the us, the you and several other countries for collecting and burying the dead now with daily ritual in the gaza strip. for those able to retrieve the bodies

of their loved ones. many remain trapped under the rubble of bummed out building. these latest victims were killed in rough in the south. a supposedly safe stone for those clean the fighting in other areas of gaza at the clinic and they hit every place they targeted everywhere. they've got a big target. the night a children are all was scared and they wake up screaming because of the sound of the bombing when they're a big targets everywhere and rough. uh, but unfortunately there is no safety. another recent a salt and rafa killed a french foreign ministry worker who had been sheltering inside a residential home. news of the death came just as francis for administered arrived in israel. paris was condemned the bombing and is demanding an investigation on the door. is. i've also come here to reiterate the importance of a new humanitarian truce. we need to return to

a general truce in a truce that will enable us to work towards a humanitarian see spot now. but israel says a ceasefire would be nothing more than a gift from us, giving it time to regroup and strike again as soon as we will eliminate mass on release or not hostages. and we promise, because it wouldn't become a search for tara once again to that includes disabling from us as a vast network of underground tunnels. like this one, according to these really military, it goes down some 50 meters underground and is wide enough for vehicles in germany's foreign minister. and the case for and secretary had also expressed support for a cease fire, but only if it can be sustained in a joint opinion article. they right. we do not believe that calling right now for

general an immediate cease fire, hoping it somehow becomes permanent, is the way forward. for now, the pair are pushing for further humanitarian pauses to get more aide into gaza and hostages out the rising desk tool and the accidental killing of 3 hostages. by these really military has raised concern over israel's strategy in gaza. the us is pushing for transition to smaller, more tactical missions into the territory in tel aviv thousands of protesters have been taking part in weekly riley's calling on the government to end the fighting and pursuit a peaceful solution that would allow the remaining hostages to return home to hong kong now where the trial has begun for media and local and pro democracy activist, jamie ly. he's accused of conspiring with foreign forces under a strict security law imposed by china. the 76 year old was arrested more than 3

years ago during a crackdown on hong kong is pro democracy movement. my time to come to a couple more years ago. it was the day you do me lie new was coming. on august the 10th 2020 police made the media and local watch as they rated the offices of his newspaper who daily. earlier that morning he was arrested on charges of violating home commons national security little. his newspaper was defiant, apo daily must fight on the headline. that fights continued only for another year until home comes lodges pro democracy paper was forced to shut down. people cute tobias last edition which month to the end of an era for press, freedom of a to lie himself, smoked free on bales. but it was clear that he was in the cross has a vision. you mean beijing? he told the domain news, he would stand and fight. i was sitting with the ship because this pace gave me

everything. you know i, i didn't death to this phrase. i'm very grateful to what these skip football is pretty. that's good to be. i'm 73 almost. so may be is a payback time jimmy lie, sledge, mainland china for hong kong. at the age of 12. he began working on the flow of a government factory and they ended up in charge of a closing and media empire. and much, many who rose to the top and hong kong light chose not to stay quiet. he became a leading voice in the pro democracy movement. the home congress, he's a hero. beijing sees him as a threat. in december 2020 lai was sentenced in 86 years for fraud charges he's supposed to say were politically motivated. you could now face a life sentence under the national security law. his family size of ethics is a full conclusion. i have no confidence that the trial will be fired

in any uh, any form of this 3 government appointed judges and there's no jury they the security minister boasted of a 100 percent conviction. right. and so i said it, this is not going to be centralized this. i don't think there's any a thought about the china cmc time in to make an example of the outspoken media tycoon which it might only make him a malta for hong kong pro democracy movement. more on this, i'm joined by the w. corresponded phoebe congress who joins us now from hong kong. good to have you with us. this is a landmark trial. phoebe a very symbolic 1. 2. what do you expect from the coming days and weeks? watching the live faces motivated. charge us on pollution with foreign towers on the aging. impose the national security law by calling for international sanctions

against aging and home home officials. the also spaces, other sufficient complication charges related to his articles, published on apple's 80 and also on other platforms. so even though it is the nice or the trial not, or the charges and will face a 2 day long like theory here, like at the court building just behind me and all the other defendants are, who are like a former chief executive, a former chief additives of hapless 80, the newspaper founded by jimmy line also out of senior management, has already paid a due t l, and some of them will testify gave jamie ly, uh as the prosecution witness. so that would be one of the focus of these trials and many see this trial as like a test to hong kong, freedoms and independence. uh, traditionally and also the trust freedom because like jimmy nice. not only, i mean his high couldn't, but also uh like a pros houses and an applicant support democracy. so

a lot going on um and this we saw in a court room to realize appears in the court room like in about a peaceful experience by he smiled sometimes the greens and the ways tends to come together. recently. we also had a chance to spoke to his wife who brought so he's sony central says the child today that he says that like she said, she feels good. um, she's happy to save human life today. mm hm. you mentioned the charges there, but just as a reminder to our viewers, because he has been behind bars now for 3 years as white as bathing. consider line to be such a threat. how did we get here? was the national security charges, as you might say, things to put him in the show for a live. so this is the most serious offenses under the national security law. and vision is how long i criticized stimuli as the so called mazda minds behind the rise and protests of hong kong, and that he has been the stabilize the home phone for that case. like through his

involvement in advocacy and also um. 7 through his newspaper uh, which was the one uh, one of the leading boys on that is really vocal and critical off on the call time to turn his comments party. so a lot, it's really a separation of picker and base. you see his life as one of the leaders and one of the items that they say is that they have to cross the say, sat by the he's the guy left behind or the k o is widely expected that he'll be found guilty. how is the international community positioning itself here? well, the fact that she knew lice probably is also a high post alcortez on his own international level. we have all read this in on that the u. s. government and that you take government just recently. i called for to relies release very explicitly is probably one of the 1st time that you take out

memphis. so calling to me lie us a bridge of citizens and calling for his release. and uh, like did you, yeah, they the european parliament and the canadian commons, etc. i have a release of similar statements call him for his release. so we are like the sad thing like some reactions from the international community. um, let me see this pays us like an icon and also something that reflects how badging is the co pay with the whole situation at the moment. and the fact that we see uh you see me like now standing behind the barricade. amazing is really concerned about like the security and this tells here how high profile this case. it is always ready to come today as the w correspondence, he becomes reporting from hong kong. they're great speaking to you. thank you. and a quick look now at some of the other headlines making news around the world today . south korean and japanese officials, a north korea has fired. what app appears to be long range ballistic missile into

the sea of japan. believe to be north korea, 2nd ballistic missile launch in less than 24 hours. john young has conducted a record number of missile tests this year in violation of un sanctions. serbian president alexander rouge its claims his party has won a commanding victory and parliamentary elections. projected results suggests the populace, serbian progressive party is on track to when the pro western opposition, serbia, against violence says it doesn't recognize the projections. both the opposition and election monitors have warned of serious irregularity. in australia, hundreds of people have been evacuated as the flood waters in on day to the north east. raging waters shut down in the airport and washed a crocodile into town. severe weather warnings are in place with more rain forecast . authorities say damage is already in the hundreds of millions of yours

and julia attempts to adopt a new constitution of sales for the 2nd time. on sunday voters and a referendum turned down, a conservative proposal to rewrite sheila's current charter which dates back to the military dictatorship in the seventy's and eighty's. last year they rejected a draft written by left when parties buying a larger margin. after this latest failure to bring about change, there seems to be little appetite to try for a 3rd even actually, and voted on a new constitution. the air was thick with apathy, a fatal. i feel a little and motivated because it's a tiring process. this is the 2nd time to somebody in the civil sense. i hope we won't have to vote on this again. so we should instead stress things that people have demanded earlier. health education and pensions a soon, even soon. julie currently has a child to the dates back to the times of military dictator, august open a chant,

the drive to scrap. it began a widespread anti government protest in 2019 literally in schools when major social m. b, the refund left leaving patricians then proposed a new constitution promoting access to abortion on protecting indigenous rights. it was hailed by many as the was most progressive charter. but it was rejected by bolton's on sunday chileans voted on those 2nd proposals this time put forth by leaders of the found right. critics say it is even more conservative than dictate to pay no chance trotter. and so people have rejected that to president gabriella burridge says that the vote shows actually is a democracy regardless of the results for you today as has been reiterated in recent years, we are carrying out a new civic journey that beyond any result string sends out democracy bo ridge

also say this was his last attempt to reform chiles constitution according to very no such. and as both of you watching the news from berlin coming up can artificial intelligence safe plants and animals from extinction? that's a on shift. we'll be back with more about half an hour the words people have to say, that's why we listen to every weekend on d w. hello guys. this is the 77 percent. the platform for offices use, the issues page share id.