genie: you are watching g france 24. these are the headlines. parliament toe postpone a sesession meant for today in beirut. it is the latest in a month-long wave of demonstrations. least 100 antigovernment protesters are trapped inside a universisity in hong kong. hundreds more protesters arrested overnight. the white house breaks with a 40-year-old stamp with israel.

the move is a big when for the prime minister. of california becomes the latest to take aim as the trump administration backs o off. washington gears up for what could be a new day of explosive testimony, we will be onset to tell you what is in store. our top story, live from paris.

a standoff between police and protesters is in its third day. holedhan 100 people are up in the campus of the polytechnic university. around 600 people have left the building already. a majority are under arrest. what is the latest from today? >> it has been a quiet day compared to the last three or four. most of the day has been devoted -- the damage on streets, particularly in neighborhoods surrounding the university. there are protesters still within the campus. they do not want to leave.

they were offered the chance to leave over the course of the some minorss and have decided to stay. they were offered the chance last night to leave without being arrested. because of did leave medical conditions. some had hypothermia. it is quite drop. daytime hint -- there were a few others that made an attempt to escape through the sewers. abandoned when they realized there wasn't a way out and the concentration of methane gas was making it dangerous. after a courtmes

ruled protesters could wear masks in the street when beijing said they could not. what kind of reaction has there been to that from beijing? >> yesterday was seen as an afterthought amid this drama. thehigh court struck down mask ban enacted in early octotober. also, we had more or less forgotten about it until this said it when b beijing .ad thee right this separate -- this threatens to separate the power that

this is s something opople are worried about. in thehe past, beijing w would o its political b bidding in the court through thehe loc governrnment. vague -- totose prosecute polilitica opponents. election candidates, if they -- beijingw, they , how cut out the middleman the courts and constitution will be used to govern the city. in lebanon, convoys of people have poured into beirut for another day of protests. they have been weighed down by a political stalemate and

struggling economy. crowds turned out with clashes breaking out between police and protesters. gotparliamentary session canceled. hundreds of thousands have filled streets and berlocq -- and blocked roads. >> protesters said -- set themselves a goal, blocking a sessionnt they used pe to take down barbed wire protecting the building. cars to turn away, making it impossible for mps to access the building. to checkped ambulances if mps were hiding inside. the technique works. parliament had to suspend the vote of the law that would have granted amnesty for various

crimes, including corruption. >> we do not need you or your corrupted laws. everything issued by this parliament or this legegislatotr has been corrupted. >> the courts are blocked by delayed trials. it was meant to settle the less serious crimes so judges could examine cases. financial crimes cannot go unpunished. he argued political leaders have a more urgent task to carry out, forming a government. >> they need to select a prime minister and government. anything else today is refused. >> saad hariri quitt.

women have become a large part of the movement, including along the front lines facing off against the police. >> it is the beginning of a busy day. the young iraqi has been camping in a park. from there, going to visit the front line of protests. >> the huge number of iraqi

women have been drawn into the ongoing protest. >> further away from the , unity has yet to seep into other areas of society.

>> it seems iraq has a long way to go. it is only the beginning of the fulcrum. >> democrats responded skeptically to the announcement. more transcripts were released with potentially damaging information. dammiming,been seeeeing damaging testimony.

this was the release of testimony from behind closed doors. counselor in the united states embassy. he testified he overheard a phone call that donald trump's made to donald trump himself, he assured donald trump that the ukrainian president loved his expletive. to dod he is willing anything, including investigating joe biden. the ukrainians gradually

claim -- gradually came to understand they were being asked to do something in exchange for a white house meeting or for white house military aid. he said there was no effort to bribe, extort, quid pro quo. the testimony is the talk of washington. genie: let's look up what will happen today. fofour witnesses. that i is in a line of nine. once these impeachchment hearins got started, they would be one after another.

we are going to hear from alexander of inman. he testified behind closed doors that he was so alarmed he overheard the actual phone call. he was alarmed by what was shared during that phone call, that he shared his concerns with the top security council. the second witness is jennifer williams. she is a senior advisor to mike pence on europe and russia. wascalled and said she listening to the phone call on

july 25. she said what she heard was alarming, unusual and inappropriate. that led to a lot of concerns, mostly among democrats that she -- that this is witness intimidation. best something at unbecoming, at worst illegal. >> are they watching these live testimonies on the air? >> what we do know is we have some numbers. the first impeachment hearings are tuned in. is less than the watergate hearings.

part of the reason is it was in prime time. they are starting the first lineup today. next two witnesses will testify aroundnd 230 time. it is in the middle of the day. the numbers are lower. doesn't mean americans are interested, probably not, there are a lot of distractions in our age. in to watchns tuned james comey's testimony. but notawing numbers,

anywhere near the watergate hearings. house reversede a settlement building in the west bank. the west bank said it no longer ofsiders those violations palestinian law. our reporter has more on how the settlements came to be and why they are controversial. >> in the west bank, there are 132 settlement. outposts a further 131 built without the government's

approval. there are over 30 in the golan heights. all of the areas were captured and occupied1967 ever since. it's the greatest proportion of settlers, almost 430,000 of them, lived in the occupied west bank. jews make up 13% o othe west bank's population. palelestinians were hoping stats contingency. despite internationonal

condemnation, settler communitities continued to grow year on year. the jewish population in the west bank has more than doubled since 2001. resolutioncouncil says it constitutes a violation of international law. >> prorotests in beirut forced parliament t to postpone a a sen meanant for today.y.

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point 2%. here in paris, around .3%. up almost a full point at midday. >> google heads ininto thehe cl. >> they are launching their streaming games platform today. andia will be available will be competing with companies like microsoft and sony. many are convinced they will replace the physical copies of games on disk, google has t takn the concerns of market participants into account. listen. offering a subscrcription to play is a great way to engage in content. it will be a future business model for the industry.

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solar power could quiet concerns. >> after a man-m-made island, ad artificial desert and rain forest, it is the latest attempt to bypass the scorching desert climate and diversify it economy. uae imports around 92% of its fresh -- of its fish abroad.

>> with outdoor temperatures it makes for a costly energy bill. they plan to o switch to solar power. the current stock of juvenile salmon was purchased from scotland. the farm is expected to sell the first salmon that is 100% born and bred in the united arab emirates.

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