from parisis wilill use and a as from france. twenty four i'm margot and these are the headlines. thousands of people are running through the night in hong kong that protesting against a bill to allow extradition to china. the jail russian journalist has been free. that was public outcry the chanting of even on the cooling off. and things that have been set up by the kremlin. hugs in the court room and gather rona spots wanted becomes the latest african nation to decriminalize homosexuality until not gays lesbians rick wrist a seven year jail term. their relationships. publicly exposed.

thank you very much for being with us. thousands of protesters a settled in for the night in hong kong this the continuation of the weekend protest against the plan. to pass a little to allow extradition to china human rights groups say the move threatens freedom the former british colony and business sources say there's already evidence that the move. is making investors think twice. in spite of the protest the chief executive of hong kong says the lord will be passed. rain and thunderstorms didn't stop thousands from coming out an online petition called for fifty thousand people to surround hong kong's legislature building at ten pm tuesday. and stay until morning that's when the legislative council

which is dominated by pro beijing lawmakers will resume debate on a contrtroversial extradition bill. one that would allow people to be sent to mainland china for trial. that maybe we should. do something less violent but more effective wayss for example like we i am not going to schoo. some of the s shops are closed. one day to show their stands and show how important it is for the chief executive -- to care and sing twice before. that kind of a wider social action is expected on wednesday small b businesses are gearing p for a o one day shot down and groups have called for a boycott of work and classes. in spite of the public pushback compounds leader chief executive carrie lam has consistently defended the legisislation as necessary to close legal loopholes. and tuesday she warned against further protest.

until he the life for you sir right hand i cool on schools parents institutions corporations and unions. to consider sereriously if they advocate these radical actions. and what kind of benefits they will bring to hong kong society. the legislature's president andrew leon has scheduled a vote on june twentieth opponents have vowed to keep up the pressure. simone this being rolled why his so his fellow at the asia pacific program at chatham house well thanks for being with us this -- seems in many ways like the irresistible force. meets the immovable object and something clearly at some stage has to give. i think so and i have but it does l look as thohough the hong kong government is set on going through with this legislation and of course they have the numbers in that i just did you counsel to do so.

that it doess seem all that they are unable to take account of the huge j jack outpouring calls and descent and worry as seen. by the people of hong kong and you would expect the government to be more responsive t to that. how reall a are the city is fulf freedom in hong kong and the like to this new low? i think it comes at the end when it comes. following a long process of i have what is seen as encroachment upon hong kong's at freedoms by and byy maiainland china and of course the the thee concerned really. about a possible lock extradition to people from hong kongng to mainland china do the very onset. gal system that is thatat i'm the waway that the mainland houe no qualms about thatt. i had sold mobile. putting up chaharges against

people whom they don't like and want thank you. i think likike the canadian michael codebreaker has these charges against him add that rootot had he been in hong kong probably have put in extra time. that is a no doubt he of course to human rights problems that beijing has -- continues to be questioned upon a hong kong because for many years has been a very different place going back to british -- colony statu- and ofof course the difference between hong kong and china has been huge. i wonder what the the future holds them for these protests this -- what does all this leave them? at leaeast i a increasinglgly ay and frustrated yeah and because there is no sign as i said that the government taking. any substantial notice all of them but it is a it is a message to the government dot you know the p people of hong konong cany deeply about their future. and this needs to be -- properly

consider. as hong kong goes goes forward and it does seem to me that it was a an ill considered moved by the government -- to introduce this legislation but having introduced it. the absolutely firm about that continuing with it. i thank you for much indeed for joining us realize the ship of the asia pacific program at the chatham house think tank thank you so very much for your time and for your analysis. nextel live from paris yvonne -- golan office says he will continue his investigations into corrupt politicians. john this was released from detention after a huge outcry over what seemed to be a bogus drugs conviction three major russian newspapers pledged their support for him. by publishing the same front page on monday the russian public also demanded answers from the kremlin of what looked more and more like a setup. june saying in celebration as an

emotional live on the little guys free after russian police drops drugs charges against the investigative journalist. it was a very good over it i will continue my work as i did before. i will continue my investigations. because i need to justify the belief of those who have supported. by general. i hope that this experience will change the way things work. and i hope that the situation won't happen again to anyone else in this country -- it's a major climb down for russian authorities came under pressure as allegations mounted that the charges have b been fabricated t in the furnace. a progression a decision was made to terminate the criminal prosecution of citizen g going . to the lack of evidence of his participation in a crime. i believe that regardless of the professional affiliation of any citizen. is right should always be protected the the sugar.

go on nov is known for taking on stories exposing corruption among the operations of moscow city officials. followowg his arrest lastt week protests spiraled w with e even mainstream newspapers coming out to his support. police later admitted that photographs of what appeared to be a drug flat but donald's apartment hadn't in fact been taken that. and even russia's parliamentary speaker the third most senior official in the country raised questions about the case. the offices involving dylan office arrest have now been suspended pending an investigation. more senior police officials could also face repercussions including that own dismissal. nextel live from paris to don's protest and opposition alliance says its suspending a campaign of civivil disobedience and a jumble strikee this from wednesday. and untitil further notice strie it brought much activity in the capital khartoum to a standstil. as the declaration of freedom and change forces alliance tried to pressure sudan's ruling

military council to relinquish power. at least a hundred eighteen people have been killed since june the third after the army stormed peaceful civilian sit down protest it's the military headquarters. the bugs in the court room in cacap around as botswana b becae the latest. african nation to decriminalize homosexuality previously gays and lesbians wrist a seven year jail term. relationships will be hidden by necessity will not ended in legal terms is tuesday hello plowed in what a society remains to be seen. it's the end of a law that is more than one hundred years old on tuesday but this one is high court ruled to overturn nineteenth century laws that criminalize homosexuality. in its ruling the court said quote that human dignity is harmed when minority groups are marginalized adding the laws that ban same sex relations. were discriminatory. for l. g.

b. t. activists the decision was just common sense -- they mostly for decriminalization lad and basically that i'd stow expression freedom of expression and the rights to privacy -- mad that i to equal protection of the law. and then the union the gays. that said that -- this is so with an enginene that. lalake homosexualility is nonotf i am i free can. and they see it as an atm thing. homosexuality has been legal in botswana since the late eighteen hundreds back when it was called bechuanaland the laws were introduced by british colonial rulers. up until the criminalization people who engage in same sex relations could face up to seven years in jail. homophobia is still deeply rooted across africa where same sex relations are outlawed in more than thirty countries. just last month kenya supreme court refused to strike down similar colonial era laws that

criminalized homosexuality. the prime minister of molly his visit the site of one of the country's worst massacres this used. up we see say was seeking to reassure terrifieded residents after the attack that left at least ninety five people dead. the village in a largely ethnic doggone enclave in central maui was the target to pull the hallmarks of violence much of a gym buy ethnic tensions. which is claimed hundreds of lives the last eighteen months. the scandal over the corruption conviction of brazil's former president lula da silva has reached the supreme court judges ought to debate an early releas. of the left wing i called his conviciction and imprisonmenentp them f from running for preside. an invnvestigation by journaliss hahas revealed s suspicicions oa setup stop is almost certain victoryy.. a corresespondent catherine ausn says. in court is to review this case out of the day on the twenty fifth of june.

they say they may review the case today a and if not today on the twenty y fifth of june. and they do appear to be taking these new facts into account -- not one but two of the supreme court ministers have said that they are serious facts and the date you know can be considered in this case. and really listen it's has already been reduced on this one case so it's possible that the court could could reconsider he has several other series corruption charges against him pending so. this was the first in the fastest one that moved against him -- unfairly fast many analysts said and really that caused him to be an eligible to run in the election last octobe. so even if he you know defeats the hurdle of being able to be releaseded from m prison part t. because this i information it wl be facing further charges down the line as well.. the most one ira reported that in we hahave. next donald trump says he'll give asylum to anyone from venezuela fleeing the mature administration. the dark reversal jumps out at

you to other mike when seeking to enter the united states economic reasons from latin america. trump the first will be to recognize the claims of that as well as opposition leader who won quite -- as the self proclaimed interim president in some fifty countries have followed suit since. and a former manson italian town is going on trial accused of facilitating illegal immigratio. the medical lucano openly encourage americans to move to this town. in calabria because there was a population crisis he admits wanting to show integration of michael could work.. this is trusust alsoo knew monts metal acted in this place by by e far right and anti mike went legal party. this is the yeah gee a small village in southern italy like many of the country's villages the action was faced with the prospect of becoming a ghost town as its youth move to large cities. inin its elderly passed away. more than twenty years ago the mayor of the aceh dominical con- began welcoming hundreds of

migrants in the hope of rejuvenating the small calabria in village. migrants and refugees were giving six hundred euros in local money if they agree to workrk i in local trades and cr. for years the village was seen as a model for integration but fast forward to twenty nineteen and the mood has dramatically changed. some of the least see me so no v. these villages are beautiful they're not liveable they're phenomenal i mean and they must not gonna change at kelly then yeah monday most certainly not to be kept alive the massive redeployment of rescue. must see able. we call that that case hello and silently anthony is safe. so stick to soon at the nuka. the rise of far right populace across italy led to many of the country's aid programs for migrants being scrapped that effectively ended the i ching model at the same time lou kinda was hit with accusations of mishandling town contracts. and facilitating illegal immigration by ranging taken marriages for refugees who had

seen their asylum request rejected. look on his trial began on tuesday and the city of local. he offered to a shelter the scene the roof as mayor i made the choices that you know to be closer to the people who have no voice. will check in on on and every day the call my own i imagine a main society. knots and in humane society as influences of mine in on this. one in the meantime look i know is banned from entering the algae which is nonow veer to the far right in recent elections. the former mayor has also been bannnn from holding public office. time to turn around a business and for that i'm pleased to announce can't movies with us getting to you catch my here in france the wine industry braces for the possibility of higher tariffs. from the united states donald trump has accused the european union of imposing unfair restrictions on american wine sales -- monday he told cnbc he

wanted to o quote do something about it. made a similar threat last year so far nothing has come of it well the european union does impose higher judy's on sales of us wine and vice versa. and it buys just a fraction of the bottles that it sells to the u. s.. european negotiators have said that agriculture including the wine industry will not be part of trade discussions which is set to kick off the wood washington later this year. french wine growers meanwhile said they were concerned about the possibility of higher tariffs. confident that their one would still find a market. this is for the best on my children we will be losing out in terms of trade volume. in terms of revenue. and in terms of business in general since the us market is our first globalal customer. or more above welcome all of so- so now we will see if europe is strong enough to face this problem the phonene as the usa represents a huge market for friends and european wineses.

will bouncy. as you can in the day's trading action now the major european indices managedd to hire close thatat acts up nearly 1 1% in frankfordd as shares of german carmaker's rose. wall street had a muted close after pat crossing back and forth over the flat lined up for the majority of the session. us commerce secretary wilbur ross dampening speculation about a possible breakthrough in the trade war with china he said there could be progress at the g. twenty summit later this month. but that was not the venue for a definitive agreements. nine eight us states and the district of columbia or filing a lawsuit to block a proposed merger between mobile up providers t. mobile and sprint. the companies argue that the twenty six billion dollar type wouldd improve covoverage in pel areas and lowower prices. but the state's lawyers say it could cause irreparable harm to consumers colspan reports. processs we we t. mobile for pot emerging with veteranan bible in the compapany about the deal with lower prices for consumers we laid out in detail how the news on tuesday all ten american

state saiaid it would do just te opposisite. filing a lawsuit to block the twenty s six billion dolollar m. led by california and new york they say it violates antitrust laws. when it t comes to corporate por bigger isn't always betteter that's why we're going to court to stop this merger and protect our consumers? because this is exactly the type of consumer harming job killing mega merger are anti trust laws were designed to prevent. the proposed merger would bring together the country's third and fourth largest wireless providers. and it already has preliminary approval from ovid hi the head of the federal communications commission much please save that marks a departure f from past fc leaders. deals that would leave the us with fewer than four major telecom firms. first sprint and t. mobile say the deals needed to build out five g. telecom networks and a promise not to raise rates for the next three years. either way the merger still needs the green light from the

justice department. will decide whether it violates laws unfair competition. the african development bank the fifty fourth annual meeting is kicking off equatorial guinea. the organization encourages the the investment of public and private capital in projects and programs across the continent. some three thousand delegates are gathering to discuss the future economic growth and development on the afafrican continent. and what challenges lie a ahead pressing for his uncle is covering that meeting she says that china is p playing a growig role in the constants economy tackles. china is a major investor just last year beijing on sixty billion dollars worth of financial supports two african that's on top of another sixty billion. that they've already invested since twenty fifteen it also holds some 20% of african external government debt b but maybee more imporortant than eir of these is the fact that china is a huge. trade partner for africa last

year imported nearly a hundred billion dollars worth of goods from african countries huge boost for economic growth. howewever thatt privilege econoc partnership between china and africa could cost the african continent economic growtwth in e coming years especially if trade tensions between the us and china continue to intensify. that's what i was explaining to usus our team h here and now abt my hundrdred more sees thehe afn development banks macro economic policy director take a listen. if. these scenarios with materialize meaning f from just the uncertainty to actually -- kind of impacting the international trade between the us and china this with the fact of coursese africa which is a major source all. imports for c china and we estimate that it with -- we found on the and economies to

materialize five zero point 7%. it's a lot of predictions and focus their mark on the challenges ahead for africa on cool and our team there will be covering all the developments throughout the waiting for more from them thank you kate for him should be capable of business as a great to see. it's close to the james crayton waiting -- with a decision mediawatch of course. and a decision by the new york times international issue to scrap its political cartotoons yeah about all right well a lot of people are unhappy but that decision i i a bone. on the surface it's partly due to a scandal about two months ago when this cartoon appeared. at what they do is they have a range of cartoon is the use and this was at a portuguese -- cartoonist -- by the name of antonio and this was seen by many as having antisemitic tropes and it's a sort of a blind donald trump during the the kippah and kind of being le. by -- it by benjamin netanyahu in the form of i don't know water goals. anyway in any case a lot of people like accident. that it did the people did

people in like it and it was it was it was it was taken down the was an apology. but i wash wanted pretty clear is that the that this was already probably in the pipeline and you it used to be the international tribute which was kind of you may be a separate publication to the new york times but same. same same company same publishing company and then it became the gold edition so it's a kind of a re okay progressive absorbing all the intransigent into the national attention or at least anything that used to diststinguh. at the global edition disappearing because cartoons only appeared in the global edition people are very unhappy but mark this is shabbat to was one of the star cartoonists at for the global dition. as saying at that for me this is the end of an adventure that began twenty years ago but the stakes are much higher and then he linked you can see first will the cartoon you did in the aftermath of charlie hebdo. wiwithout humor we are all dead. and indeed the new york times it took a very strong stance in favor of freedom of speech and in favavor of political cartoons after the charlie hebdo attacks. at this is a blog and longing at two eight shots and i just highlighted one quote their

political cartoons were born with democracy and they're challenged. when freedom is at french cartoons such as a little too for the moment he responded as well very critical of the decision? and many others this is political whose -- not for kurt worker new york times really did fail this time decisions not long political cartoons -- body the opinion section is spineless so a lot of people reacting that way mark you also had. and what else did you have that this is -- on i tell me it's over the washington post she canceled her subscription and she said this is the standard message she got back. which was about striving to maintain the spirit of open debate separate separate she obviously kind of doesn't really buy into that when. decisions like this being made. at this is a also service some of the smaller sings in a sweep of the new york times i'd be inspired by the je suis charlie- movements at the time. and this is by -- cartoonists drip drip trams who is often picked up by -- the koreans nothing out here -- what he see he he sees this is kind of -- a form of censorship mark as you

can see here that the cartoon being cracked is dick the dictatorial approach and then the the rubber. or did the eraser at being at the liberal approach of the more subtle approach i'll finish with this is the french cartoonist alalone blocked. and after controversy the new york times. gives up on political cartoons and you have thehe empty space therere. in place of what would be a cartoon i guess. the rest journalist even a golden off -- has been freed -- in moscow this after a massive public outcry allegations that he'd only been put in jail because he was becoming a barrister because investigations were exposing so much corruptio- in moscow politics that's right and he he's based it was a in riga latvia at a party because he felt that the kind of turns me was doing couldn't be done inside of russia's this is russian language. journalism in at in lafayette at this is me do that which also publishes an english even good enough it's free. and they have a message on their

websites from the editorial boards and we are glad that the government is this is the people at that's how it should be when injustice. occurs and so they're really fetching this mark and this is not a max said on of the financial times. he's fighting the the the the moves will think it's an unbelievable turnaround and the only right thing to do when the evidence was clearly faked response was reporting. several top cops have been fired as well it shows you how scared the kremlin is of public protest after such a big outpouring of support. at noo just to remind viewers. this was at the front page yesterday of three major dailies including commerce on in russia with the same headline -- even cooling off and the russian press took a very kind of it's such a solid at approacach unprecedented approach. for ginny's reproach against this it seems to have worked you also had for example journalists of working for us. at the media that he's working for me do the talking about how his all of his work was being re

published and released -- from a unit and being freed from creative commons licenses and what not. so actually the whole thing is more more attention was going to the the investigations that he'd been doing. and in fact it was clear that photos showing that he did drugs ob and it's apartment were faked they weren't taken in is it apartment. so at the it was a bit of an embarrassment for the authorities and the fact that the visits camp media campaign. seems to have worked this is all over carol of the independent on the london evening standard based in moscow quick calls on this this is a victory for the unprecedented unified russian journalists collective. boss. part of another much stronger collective has been humiliated today he's talking about i suppose the powers that be. in because clearly quite clearly and he said it's naive to expect that they won't that they'll take this lying down so he's somewhat pessimistic about this being a turning point. and another example of fake you set in russia james and to leave it there all right -- tells about justin bieber taking on tom cruise in the boxing ring but we'll save that for another

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