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for 60 minutestime live around the world. protests turned violent in hong kong as tens of thousands came out into the streets. a move from the government to postpone a debate on the bill has not been enough to calm the protest. a five-year-old boy dies after becoming the first cross-border case of ebola in the outbreak
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that has hit the democratic republic of congo. inre are two more cases uganda. protest leaders in sudan call off ththeir civil disobedience campaign and have agreed to go back to the negotiating table with the interim military rulers. video gaming takes to the cloud as the industry's congress -- conference in los angegeles. closer look.a there is a sunken roman city in the bay of naples. not as authentic as it may seem. more on that coming up. on liveur top story from paris.
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tens of thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of hong kong today. that has forced the parliament to postpone a second round of debate on an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland china for trial. for protesters, that is not enough. they say the bill will endanger judicial independence and give beijing more control. the picture we have been seeing violence we have not seen before in hong kong. tell us what has been happening. >> the protest started off peacefully this morning. there was a lulull in the mid afteternoon. by the end of the day, police started to push back on the protesters. they used tear gas, pepper spray, and reports of rubber
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bullets, to try to take back a lot of the ground around the government district. have the protests calm down or are there thousands out in the streets? a a lot have retreated to nearby mall. some streets have been semi-cleared. it is a bit of a lull, but i do not think it is over. brought supplies with them. they have food, water, surgical masks, goggles. they look like they are ready to stay. genie: has there been a response kong chiefng executive? >> not that i have heard yet. she said she will try to push the bill through. she says it is important to close the loopholes in hong kong.
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thank you for that. is with me onset to talk more about this. a aow peopleould from hong kong to be extradited to mainland china. these legal china in just these legal changes were initiated after a young hong kong man allegedly murdered his girlfriend. he fled to hong kong. he could not be extradited because there is no extradition treaty between hong kong and china. that is when the government says we have to close these loopholes . the government is pushing for that bill to go through but it has taken stock of these protests.
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council hasive delayed its second reading, the wasnd reading for that wednesday. a, escalating with tear gas, rubber bullets being fired, , as well, and d these attempts to storm governrnment buildings. genie: talk about the relationship between hong kong and china at the moment. are things at a low point? britishkong was a colony until 1997. there was a law that was worked out to make sure hong kong was protected, they were given certain rights of assembly or
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free speech. one aspect of that law is judicial independence. this goes to the heart of what is happening in the streets today. extradition law or to go ahead, activists say this mean judicial independence would be undermined. hong kong would be exposed to china to judicial system and there could be abuses, for example, they could be extradited on trumped up corruption charges to china. the people out on the streets, they want to preserve hong principle of, this one country, two systems. emphasis people, the is on the two systems part of that. they want to keep the judicial independence. it is interesting to note the
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business community has been supportive of these protests than it was in the last round of protests because there are concerns the law could end up ofng used agagainst members the businessss community in hong kong. genie: thank you for that. in russia, close to 100 were detained, including the opposition p politician. callinge at a protest for punishment for police officers involved in the framing of a journalist. drug chargesd the against him the day before. his supporters say he was framed for exposing corruption among moscow city officials. diede-year-old boy has after becoming the first cross-border case of ebola in the deadly outbreak that has hit
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the democratic republic of congo. he crossed into uganda with his family. two more cases of ebola have been detected in uganda. border checks and preventative measures, authorities have been fearing this moment for nearly a year. crossing intoa the country from the democratic republic of congo. killed overas 11,000 people in the 2014 outbreak. it has taken the lives of 1400 people in the drc. despite a new and effective vaccine, stomping out ebola is proving difficult. conflict in the country has kept health workers from accessing the ill.
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prior to the child posco case, if uganda vaccinated 4007 hundred health workers and trained them to recognize symptoms. protest leaders have agreed to end their civil disobedience campaign in place since the current military rulers long stay deadly crackdown on demonstrators nine days ago. they agreed to restart stalled talks. luke reports. >> for three days this was the state of khartoum, closed doors and shuttered businesses as .rotest leaders campaigned stalled negotiations are to start again. takeey have agreed to confidence building measures,
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including the release of political prisoners. has agreed to call off the civil disobedience. -- sudan isecret seeking a way back to d democra. discussionons installed last moh as the agreements remained elusive over the makeup of a council and collapsed when paramilitary forces cracacked dn on a sit in, leading to several people dead. >> we want a civil government.t. we want the military council out of the government. we need our lives back. we want a civil government. youtht the people in the to take to the streets. the bloodshed left concern
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mounting on the global stage, with the united states sending it secretary for africa to khartoum to make sure talks remain on track. there is a call for the military rulers and the protesters to work towards a solution. is stepping up security after almost 100 people were killed sunday night. fears of a flareup of interethnic violence. razed to the ground, this is what remains of the village. many victims were shot in the back. >> when they arrive, they set
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fire to the houses and forced people to get out. those e who went o outside weret down with rifles. those who stayed insidee burned to death. demand the state send troops to secure the village. the women and children are all gone. authorities have launched an investigation into the massacre. perpetratotors a notot known. the atrocity comes after flflareups in interethnic violence. targeted a large village almlmost three months after the gogovernment killed 10 in the same region and prompted the government to resign. the prime ministeter visited the aftermath, pledging to step up security. what happened here is a tragedy.
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>> the presidentnt has cut shora visitand is expected to the village. >> the u.s. house of representatives has voted to authorize committees to soothe the trump administration to get information for their investigations. contempt resolution follows months of tensions. on whatjames has more this could mean. >> the power of congressional committees just got more potent.
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they voted to allow them to sue. it is now easier for committee againsto file lawsuits witnesses who defy subpoenas because they won't have to seek a full chamber vote each time. they believe the trump restrictingon is access to delay their inquiries. obsesseddemocrats are in investigating the president. >> it is just a desperate attempt to relitigate the molar investigation. >> officials could be taken to court. this includes don mcgann, who
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defied a subpoena to testify in may at trump's direction. quickly asmove as possible to go to court. any subsequent witnesses who disobey a subpoena. with relations between democratic leaders, this resolution is likely to make them worse. nicaragua has released 56 political prisoners that frees people who were arrested in antigovernment protests while protecting police and others who clamped down on the demonstration. under the amnesty law, former prisoners are banned from
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participating. the top human rights official has blasted legislation as a way thosent impunity's to involved in the crackdown. there is a sunken roman city waited to be discovered. the former gegetaway is notot as authenentic as it might seem. >> it is a forgotten world, hidden under a thin layer of the below the surface of mediterranean. statues, mosaics, and the luxury villas of ancient rome. >> it is incredible.e. >> from 100 bc, it was a remote
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town. built in a crater r west of naples, archaeologists know it slowly abandoned in the seventh century as parts began sinking. >> tourists travel on glass boats. >> many artifacts are no longer below the sea. of volcanice wear irruption's, others the ravages of seawater. >> the lowerer part was buried
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land and preserved. even if copies have r replaced origiginal statues, the mosaics and wallsls offer a glimpse. 2000 years later, what came before. genie: protests turned violence as tens of thousands turned into the streets. a move from the government to postpone a debate on the bill has not been enough to calm debate on the protests. a five-year-old has died after becoming the first cross-border case of ebola. casesare two more ebola in uganda now. theirt leaders call off civil disobedience campaign and agreed to go back to the negotiating table with the
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interim military rulers. time foror our biness updadate. you are starting with the state of play in the global video gaming industry. streaming services are a hot new trend. >> e3 is the largest annual trade fair. it is underway in los angeles. they have teasesed new high powr consoles. year r has theme t ts plplayers like google, apppple,d ubisoftlaunching -- and launching new services. convention opens its doors, it is time to unwrap the latest developments in the world of gaming. at this event, the word is strereaming.
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gaming is the next to go. with major industry players like xbox and sony getting behind the trend, playing games on the cloud could be more popular. >> the promise of cloud streaming is taking your gaming anywhere. on your phone, your tablet, your work laptop. google'sg heads is entry into gaming. ubisoft allowed -- unveiled access to its gaming library online. internet speed needs to be guaranteed. if it is not fast, the fun will not last. there is also the draw of owning the game itself.
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>> i buy more digital movies than physical, but when it comes to games, i want those cases on my shelf. trends like these are the lifeblood of the videogame world. with the industry pulling in $135 billion globally, to invest or not is the multibillion-dollar question. ceo has thoughts on why his ipo did not go as planned. they are trading below its ipo price of $45 per share. many point to their large strongly losses, despite revenue growth. c caused by thehe u.s. china trade war are behind the lackluster performance. >> the timing of our ipo was in line with the president's tariff
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wars. we got caught up in a bit of a market swirl.. there is nothihing you c d do abouout that. > european inindexes sliding. energy sector leading the way. they are off over half a percent. frankfurt dax is down 4/10 of a percent. european commissisioner gets closer t to disciplinary action. more of the business headlines at this hour, -- has agreed to buy a firm in a cash dealal. the french software group says it strengthens the position in life sciences and should boost earnings. nissan's new ceo is under
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pressure. he has s struggled to mend the company's relationship with renaudult. company has a the decent shot at a record quarter, seeking to calm investor fears at the shareholder meeting. tesla is expecting to settle on a location for a european factory by year end. p production f facility for animal feed is creating buzz. >> a dutch firm has opened one of thehe largest fararms. they are using flyly larvae for protei
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feed companies are lining up to take a bite. king, nott for a exactly. country'sught the king to the table. it h has the environmental sciee world buzzing. this process, we can put this back into high quality proteins. this facility, fly larvae is the name of the game. they hopope to produce m milliof them, be ground up into pace, and be sold as animal feed.
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they have already signed a supply deal for fish feed. one problem, using animal underns is banned european law. uses.are other petfood, chicken farmers, and soil fertilizer at the top of the list. genie: entrepreneurs are getting a leg up. >> square is partnering with the networking u.k. to provide card readers and training to refugees to help get their small businesses off the ground. twitter has been c criticized to give hate speech a platform. they say everyone can benefit
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from the diversity of bring to establishihing economies. >> we need to welcome folks of every background, especially hardships, and build a new community. genie: we will see how it fans out and practice. coming up, the fugitive monkey who helped smooth tensions between israelel and lebanon, if only to get him safely home. details after the news.
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