♪ >> a night of protests in hong kong terms of violent as a group of masked men attack antigovernment protesters and commuters inside of a railway station. earlier police fired tear gas to break up the crowd. tensions spike in the gulf as iran host -- voiced its flag on the seas. may chairing asa security session to figure out how to respond. exit polls say the party of the ukrainian president has won an absolute majority in snap elections there. the comedian turned politician is set to take over half the

spots in parliament. in paris, thanks for joining us here on france 24. in france,lawmakers stormed a train of demonstrators, one of them critically. one lawmaker who was wounded in the attacks said it took police at least an hour to intervene. here's more from hong kong leader carrie lam. upwe absolutely do not come -- condone that sort of violent act. again, violence is not a solution to any problem. violence will only breed more violence and at the end of the day, the entirety of hong kong and its people will susuffer asa result o of the lost law and d r in hong kong is -- loss of law and order in hong kong.

genie: i asked our correspondent if she said anything in the coconference today about claims that the police were showed to show up when the police were being attacked. earned as accompanied press conference by a rerepresentati o of the polilice force thatat denied there was ay collusion between the gangsters and the hong kong police force. they explained that the reason that they took so long to respond to the calls, the emergency calls made by the victims of the attacks was that they were completely taken by the protests taking place in mccoy island, downtown hong kong here. the entire press conference really, carrie lam was really under attack with a lot of questions asked about her and what her response would be. a lot of criticisms of the fact that she started by criticizing the violence made against the beijing liaison office in downtown, hong kong, where

emblemsrs vandalized representing mainland china rather than starting with the attacks that hurt 45 people. so really, she is on shaky ground here. genie: charles, you used the word gangsters. do we know more specifically about who these people were >> s the mainack? working. behind his protest. these men dressed in white, wearing masks, beating up people on a subway train, were a part of the triads, basically the chinese mafia, working on the orders of pro-beijing forces. basically to support this idea, they have this one video making fromounds on social media a pro-beijing hong kong legislator who can be seen shaking hands, clapping men

dressed in white in the same neighborhood where the attack took place on sunday night. this obviously incensed the protest movement and this really that there is a connection between pro-beijing forces and these masked attackers. genie: that was charles reporting therefrom hong kong. kong.re from hong theresa may chairing an emergency security session today to discussed how to respond to the iranian seizure of a reddish tanker in the gulf. tehran captured it days ago in the strait of hormuz. the seizure comes after months of mounting tensions between iran and the west that started with the u.s. imposing new, tougher sanctions. terrence garland has the details. uranian flag, flying crowd on top of a british oil

tanker. the iranian revolutionary guard released the images on sunday after attaining it on friday. the u.k. labeleled it and illell hohostile act and insisted thatt be resolved by diplomatic means. upwe have seen a ratcheting of tensions in the straits of .ormuz and with iran as a whole we need to make sure that we go back to the bigger picture in iran and make sure that we protect our international shipping.. >> tamron detained the ship on clclms that itit was involved in an accident that written denies. in radio exchanges, and iranian vessel said they wanted to inspect it for security reasons. >> you are ordered to change your course to 360, 360 degrees immediately. if you obey, you will be safe. has called the seizure a tit-for-tat response

after impmpounding and d iranial tanker in early june -- early july. the u.k. primeme minister, thera may, will hold an emergencncy memeeting to discuss the situatn on monday. and theean mouth iranian media published pictures of what they said were cia officers in test with a group of spyingng suspects arrested in iran, saying that iran has captured 17 spies working for the u.s. central intelligence agency and that some of them have been sentenced to death. nextxt, the pakistani prime minister is in washington today in talks with donald trump. it will be the first time that the leaders meet face-to-face. he is set to pakistan for concrete health on fighting the region and ending the war in afghanistan. last year trump c cut off hundrs ofof millions of dollarsrs in security assistance to pakistan, accusing the country of giving say phase in -- save haven to terrorists. a charge angrily rejected by islamabad.

in puerto rico the governor says that he will not seek reelection next year but is refusing to resign. ricardo rosella has been facing a wave of anger and protests over the leak of some damaging private chat messages that coincided with the arrest of two of his formerr topop officials n fedederal corruption charges. the protests have gotten creative recently, as colin explains. kayaks, horses, yoga mats, lots and lots of pots and pans, a few of the tools that protesters in puerto rico have used over the past 12 days to demand that the governor resign. were sparked by leaks of hundreds of pages worth of online chats, where the governor and his aides exchanged vulgar, sexist, and homophobic comments. for many these messages were the straw that broke their back following years of

mismanagement, corruption, and cutbacks to the u.s. territory, especially after hurricane maria in 2017, which killed nearly 3000 people. >> the governor came with a promise of a clean government. we also went through a hurricane and are still suffering the damage. we know that the relief funds have arrived, but there are still many people who live under open sky and have no roof over their heads. acknowledged -- >> a video acknowledged the widespread anger and said he wouldn't seek reelection in 2020, but insisisted he w would remain in office, even if it meant facing impeachment. collects in the remaining months it's up to me to o continue to work and deliver to my democratically elected successor the government with positive addressinghaviors

the crisis we have felt for years. >> a message that is not likely to discourage protesters who plan a general strike on monday. the ukrainian tv comedian turned presidedent seems to have solidified his grasp on parliament. zelinsky turned ukrainian politics on its head earlier this year when he won the april presidential election. earlier results from a snap election in ukraine said that his party had won an absolute majority. gulliver cragg told us the latest from kiev. votesh half of all the coununted, it lookoks like vladr zelinski's service of the people party has won 200 and 47 seats in the 400 and 50 membmber parlrliament, and overall majority. -- an n erall majority. now there is talk of getting a super majority that would allow them to change the constitution if they had two thirds of seats in the parliament, seeking a coalition with the rock star

party who had also headed to parliament w with a team of novices to have that super majority. that is the talk in kiev here. there is also a mr. of joy and trepidation in ukraine. some people are behind him and think he is really the one that will be making big changes in the country. others a are more trepididation, pointing to the party's links to certain people in big business, part two -- particularly a spececific oligagarch, pointingo members of the old guard who under the former pro-russian president that was ousted in 2014, against two they fear turning so much power to such an untested team and such a mixed team as thisis party was put together so o ickly, it t mighte a risky idea.. in any casase, zelinski has made huge promises in terms of what he's going to do around eradadicating cocorruption in te country andnd he has no e excusw because he has the biggest geordie any ukrainian political

party has ever had. that was gulliver cragg reporting from kiev. otother stories we're covering today on france 24 this monday, israel, worker crews have begun to demolish hundreds of palestinian homes in east jerusalem neighborhood. one of the largest operations of its kind in years after a years long legal battle around the buildings built on the invisible line straddling the city and the occupied west bank. israel said that they were resurrect -- erected to close to the barrier. the palestinian authority gave them construction permits. at least five people have been killed in a bomb attack in somalia. allow to motion was heard in the capital of mogadisishu this by heavyfollowed gunfire. no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the al qaeda linkedd islamic group al-shabaab frequently launches large attacks in somalia.

firefighters andnd portugal say that huge wildfires have ravaged a mountainous region in the heart of the country and are now under cocontrol by 90%. dozens were injured in the blaze that has been burning since saturday. 1700 firefighters were depeployd toto put out the flames in a district northeast of thee capitatal of lisbon. now in india, the country's space agency says they have just launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon. that is a susuccessful launch fr india that comeses after a weekf technical snags that delayed liftoff. >> after a weeklong delay due to a few -- fuel leak, scientists at the indian space research readyzation say they are one billion dreams to the moon. they plan on becoming forth in the world behind the united states, russia, and china to land a lunar spacecraft.

, it isthe moon chariot built almost entirely in india. at $140 million inin cost a frfraction osimimilar missions y other countries. the spacecraft orbiter i is seto circrcle the moon, imaging the surface and studying the atmosphere while the rover will carry out pearman's controlled by scientists in india. e country's space program is a sense -- souource of immense national pride and the prime ministerer has outlined ambitits plans to send a mimission to spe in t nexext three years.. >> when we will have been , orpendent for 75 yeaea even b before thehen, a a son or daughter of indndia could be anyone. they will go to space.

>> monday's launch comes over a decade after india's first mission orbited the moon and search for water back into thousand eight. genie: and finally for you, record heat a have forced new york to cancel its annual triathlon, but othther athletes competed in their own one-of-a-kind event, crawling on all fours. just take a look at this. this is the annual diaper derby. participants must be at least six months old to compete. a total of 31 babies are part leading to the championship round, bringing together the victors. there was a clear winner, fromr, 14-month-old staten island. after the race began he was the only one that moved at all. ared i see was a late bloom starting to crawl, but usually he would come to food, so he would -- we would just put food in front of him and it went straight towards it -- he went straight towards it. >> this is a gang of -- a game of manipulation, parents

dangling something in the hopes that the keys will crawl across the matt. it's pretty amazing, it t is a slow race, rigight? genie: you are watching "france 24," stay with us, i will be back in about 15 minutes with more headlines. ♪ >> in india, a child disappears every eight minutes. in the capital of new delhi, six out of 10 shogun rua go missing are never found. they are called the lost generation. road with someone who has worked for two decades with the child protection ngo.

on his way to a sweatshop where underage children are illegally employed. >> we are going to conduct a raid after many days of operation and are sure that we can rescue at least 25 to 30 children. >> the operation was carefully planned in cooperation with the police and is nonot without ris. >> i have seen the area, surveilled it early. , fromng could happen fighting to throwing stones. it can very dangerous. >> several members of his team have lost their lives either in rescue operations or retaliations from the gangs that employ an exploit children. before everyone else, even before the police. for him each minute that passes puts the children at even further risk. he knows that informants are

everywhere and that news of the raid could leak. >> there's a child in there, taken. >> this building is in the heart of the capital. ininside there is a sweatshop fr dozensns of childrenen are embroidering handmade, luxury items. >> how old are you? >> 16 years old. not 16.w you are go on, it's all right. >> go get your things, you are close. >> some seem lost. others are frightened. soon sealities will off each room. doors.on't seal the

obviously they could come to get their stuff and run away and then the police will be able to find him. on the other hand if he agrees to pay the children what they are owed, the seals will be removed. >> under the law, employing minors is a crime. perpetrators often evade arrest and disappear only to resurface a few months later with a new sweatshop. he is concerned about the welfare of the children. >> have yoyou eaten since this momorning? have you had breakfast? come on, they haven't had anything to eat at all. i knew it. >> these boys are between eight and 16 years old. some of them have been forced to work 16 hour days and have not seen sunlight in months. to be a long day for them. they will now be taken to the local police headquarters.

sincnce they haven't beenen officially identntified, a numbr is assigned to them. there are 42 of them. many more than he anticipated. >> this raid was a real success. describe what i feel after's children. it's wonderful to see them laugh again. we will now finish identifying them and hopefully they will be all to go back to school, grow up and find their place e in society. >> tonight they will be taken to a temporary shelter where the ngo and the police will be in the process of identifying these children and finding their parents. these sweatshop raids were pioneered by [indiscernible] they work for ngo

today. the former engineer husband fighting for child rights since the 1980's and since then he has rescued more than 87,000 children. in 2014 he was jointly awarded the nobel peace prize along with .alala up-ice >> nothing is worse than to deny the dreams of children. >> he runs the rehabilitation center for children who were rescscued but are e yet to bee reunited w with their families. at present nearly 100 children live here. some families were never found, while others have chosen to leave the children in the care ofof the ngo due to financial constraints. here the center is celebrating its 20th anniversary. chanting]

these children once considered themselves voiceless, but here they are slowly regaining their confidence. >> i am so happy. they are fighting child labor. activistually discrete is welcomed like a rockstar by the children. >> it's the most beautiful day of my life. >> i never thought i would meet him one day. >> the organization works to restore the children's confidence and educate them under the watchful eye of his wife. sister. mother, a big i give everything for them. i want them to one day be able to fulfill the dreams so that

they can be in charge of their future. to send the jewelry in order to get the ngo off the ground. for 40 years they have dedicated ththeir life to children in nee. i have been and partners in this fight. otherwise it was not logical. my fight was also against the mindset and that was not easy to convince the people of. thats a kinind of belief children would not that should not be working in these conditions. >> the children are working in the cause but have also become targrgets. >> some of them started getting threats. attacks. turn into the one of my colleagues was shot dead. another was s beaten to dedeath.

>> none of that shook his resolve. >> i just have one single thing in my life, and aim that every child should be free to be a child, to laugh and cry. free to enjoy life. >> in the center, the younger children receive lessons in reading, writing, and physical education. those older than 14 get vocational training and a select few are even sent to university. this boy was rescued when he was five years old. today he is a 11. >> when i ararrived i didn't knw where i was. i was frightened. but when i started talking to everyone, my fear vanished and i started enjoying being here. there are many facilities. >> do you remember r anything about your motother and faththe?

>> no, and now i feel that this place is my only home. >> the ngo has never been able to find the family. five years ago the police would address only one out of every 10 missing children's cases. a meeting is underway in the new delhi office. in 2013 he lobbied them to investigate every single case where a child at than reported missing. he also helped to set up a national database. problem was that it included huhundreds of thousands of photographs.. who would go through 100,000 photos of a missing child or a child that had been rescued? we wanted software's to be after an intervention where they ranrt

45,000 children that had gone missing. >> the results of the project exceeded all expectations. last may four-bagger taste of the managed to identify nearly 3000 missing children.n. the software will evenentually make it easierer to reunite the children with theirr families. in this north indian state is a village home to one of the 42 children rescued in the raid. facial reregnition sysystem, the e authories s were able to locate his f fily. he is 12 years old. his mother had given up all hope of finding him until she received a call a few days ago. >> the phone rang and i heard a voice asking to speak to my son's mother. and then i heard his voice, my son's vovoice, after days of him disappearing. i burst into tears. i couldn't stop. those were fiercrce joy.

i was hahappy to hear him. >> slowly he began talking to his parents about his experience in the sweweatshop. andhey told me how to sew told me that if i followed their instructionsns wouldn't have any problems. but i have bloody fingers because of the needles and i was in pain. i slept in a room with a dozen people, half her children like me but the others were adults. >>'s parents are trying to understand why he fled home. >> my father had no job. i had no more food. i was hungry, that's why i left. >> t tough words for a mother to hear. this is one of the poorest regions in the country. the only source of income here is working in the field, where most people earn a little more than two euros daily. >> you see how we live. we sleep in this or without four children. what do you want us to do. we are pool and we cannot afford

morere. i can and do or the suffering of the world to give him a better life, but i don't want him to run away again. >> he was reunited with his family. his story has a happy ending, but that i irare.

crawford: we start with an exclusive report from myanmar. [jet passing overhead] [explosion] man: the country's military has been accused of turning its guns on another ethnic group. crawford: this time, it is the kachin people, who have been fighting for self-aututonomy for decades. i'm alex crawford in kachin state in northern myanmar, and this is "hotspots." [theme music playing] tonight, we're going to take you behind the scenes of the world's biggest and hardest-hitting stories. we get rare access to the rebel army fighting in myanmar's forgotten war. they really believe that they're going to end up being crushed. when clashes turn to tragedy... man: a g