he's accused along with fellow activists agnus child, ivan lamb, of his involvement in a protest there police headquarters last year. it was part of demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill on this following events at the court in hong kong. at the moment the prosecutor is laying out the evidence against joshua long and the other 2. they're playing footage of that night on june 21st of the protesters around the police headquarters blockading those building. they say joshua war and the other 2 were incited the protests. they charged them with illegal assembly the, the video that they're showing is of them chanting slogans and calling on the police commander to come out and face the public. now, as you said, that joshua long has pleaded guilty to 2 of those charges which includes organizing and inciting on lawful assembly. before going into court, he spoke to the media saying he would not be surprised if he is sent to jail right after the session. he says the charges he faces are relatively mild compared to the thousands of protesters and activists who have been arrested i

last june when protesters laid siege to the police headquarters marking the start of months of unrest agnus child who turns 24 on thursday burst into tears as the sentence was read out joshua one was in characteristically defiant mood shouting tough days are ahead but we will hang in there. is due to return to court next year she was arrested in august under a harsh new national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers but has yet to be charged. mixi lamb is a former local politician and a supporter of that law there are a lot of people some of. such as joshua one and it's child was actively. trying to promote in the home going to penzance and that is a fight i know some of them which are trying to say whoa we didn't ask for it but look at the look at the facts and look at the evidence hong kong's leader kerry says she's restored order after last year's unrest part of that process the almost weekly prosecutions of young protesters including now its best known ones adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. israel could be heading towards its 4th general election in less than 2 yea

joshua wong, ivan laghman, agnus child all expect jail terms for inciting and organizing. an unauthorized assembly charges related to a protest outside of l.a. headquarters in june of last year. that's it. you're up to date up next tomorrow. today. data science show with a look at the fake news and how it differs around the world of more headlines at the top of the hour. in the meantime, there's always our web site day w dot com. i'm rebecca riches from a and the entire saying take a basic law for smartphones in the dark. dark mode is meant to protect our i preserve our batteries and help us sleep better . but researchers aren't convinced the gym door can really do to morrow to do it. next place, give us your country in the world will make you rich people. oil will provide you with jobs. we'll take good care of my future has to be a big one. fever took hold on the west coast of gone out in $2700.00. visitors made big promises. but years later, reality looks very different. litters beaches drinking water shortage. my attention, i'm a good dad is a pleasure to me, but i'm ju

joshua wang ivan lanman, agnus chalo, all expecting jail terms for inciting and organizing an un authorized assembly. the charges are related to a protest outside of police headquarters in june of last year on kong's pro-democracy movement has faltered since beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the territory and has severely restricted political speech. before entering court, joshua wang had a message of defiance for his supporters. neither person boss, no election, both nor any other arbitrary power, will stop us from activists on. what we are doing now is to explain the well off freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love so much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of our all prepare for the fin, chance of walking free. may god bless hong kong and we will continue to fight for freedom. and now it's not a time for us kowtow to beijing and to surrender. thank you. strong words that if i just will one for more, i'm joined by material burning up in beijing mathias. the defendants including joshua wont of the figurehead, some might say, have pleaded gu

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a national security operation that has seen several people detained among those arrested activists agnus cho tang and media tycoon jimmy lie lie as one of hong kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists campaigners and an outspoken critic of beijing's policies in the territory lies own newspaper reported he was being held for suspected collusion with foreign forces under the national security law introduced in june this was the moment of arrest to be lie put into an on mock police man outside his home in hong kong. then driven away. police raided the publisher's office late in the morning. he was then later brought to the offices of his media company mixed media the paper itself released these pictures mr large being escorted around the office by police officers. police said they were looking for evidence but did not specify what exactly. the 71 year old jimmy lie is among several arrested in a police operation focused on his group of media outlets including the popular top lloyd apple daily. in a statement police said 7 people have been detained on suspicion of fraud and colluding wi

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we have trump and agnu comparison here.at this point clearly i am innocent of the charges against me. >> it was a complete and total exoneratio exoneration. >> pardons hang over nixon as everyone knows from the way he went out and with what trump is doing. how important is it do you think we have a knowledgeable enough civic culture to say well, the pardon is a communation of and a reference to your guilt? >> yes. exactly. and that we have some, i think, renewed and more discussion whether the pardon power can be used corruptly. if the pardon power is used to prevent the discovery of another crime or to prevent the implication of the executive himself or herself, that -- i mean, i know the pardon power is black letter law of the constitution, but it's -- if it is used for corrupt purposes, is it potentially something that could be pushed back on by the judiciary. you saw that with judge emmet sullivan raise that in open court when he had to announce formally that he would -- the flynn case would end because of the pardon th

republicans and democrats have together, including joe machin, agnus king, doug jones, mark warner, along with about a dozen republican senators, we've all been working to see if we can't address this. there are somee, 30 democrats and 30 republicans that have all written house this ship and said, approach of the trust act needs to be included in the mexico relief package in the hero's act, if you will. the approach is quite simple, create a process, a to address rocess each one of these trust funds individually, so a committee for look at how hem to to make them solvent on a long erm basis and if we reach a bipartisan conclusion, then that an come to the floor on an expedited basis. we have to address the solvency trust funds. they are vital to our seniors and to our entire nation. to finally deal with the amount of debt that rescue ding up, as we appropriately the american terrible covid crisis. one here. last questions. >> first -- [inaudible] difficult to negotiate -- to come out with an -- with the democrats. you were talking about $40,000 -- in this payment legislation sohe what els

hong kong democracy activists have been jailed for their role in last year's protests joshua wall agnus charo and ivan land were found guilty of unlawful assembly one received a 13 and a half month sentence all child were jailed for 10 months and 7 months respectively edgy and brian has more from hong kong it's become an end of the day ritual outside west magistrates court a crowd chants defiant slogans as prison vans take away those convicted on trial over last year's unrest but the throng was bigger on wednesday so it was impossible to see which of the vehicles contained the 3 high profile activists among the more than 2000 people prosecuted since last you joshua one agnes char and ivan lamb avoided a heavy a sentence after pleading guilty last week the trio's detractors celebrated with champagne in spite of tightened covert 1000 restrictions banning public gatherings of more than 2 people for the activists supporters though it was another blow and this is their choice our off law. yaphet we have very disappointed but we are at all clear where or they are not rightist one of the one w

missed the last september the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions agnus kalama she launched a damning report on nigeria i'm sorry and the human rights abuses of your security forces she said that she spoke of countrywide patterns of abuses include the police military's excessive use of lethal lethal force in violation of the political international standards i'm sure you read the report and she is not a person who makes these accusations lightly indeed i did but i would have been much more impressed if example was. given now you must not forget that then you has been locked in in a war of attrition with a book for almost a decade and the kind of. war we're fighting is a war amongst people. and. even then the military has been very careful to ensure that as much as possible rights are not valid now i've also read about reports of people who claim that there isn't balloted simply because they have been arrested by any of the security agencies and they've been asked to go through or due process but i know their support is in this government does not volatile

sincerely, art agnus." and another, which i won't read in its entirety because it is too long, and it starts, "i'm a pre-school teacher at the pacific primary pre-school. we met briefly this summer at the children's playground when your team gave a presentation to a group of teachers about how the playground was designed. my class of 5-year-olds were on a field trip, enjoying the new playground. the design is wonderful, especially the natural elements, like the stone." etc., etc. my students had a lot of questions and they started calling out, and the workers so patient, friendly, and knowledgeable with us. as they worked, they explained to the children what they were doing and one. one man in particular, fred, was particularly kind and helpful to the children. a big thank you to you and your team for including even the youngest s.f. residents in your work. as a result, giving them a strong sense of stewardship and responsible for their park. general manager, please tell fred we appreciate him being a good

on some other stories making news around the world hunger condom ocracy activists joshua awad and agnus chauhan are on trial for involvement in the civil unrest that rocked the territory last year wang says now is not the time to give up the fight for democracy despite the draconian new security law posed on hong kong by the. and she lay and police have used tear gas to break up demonstrations supporting the rights of the country's indigenous people violent clashes have picked up in recent weeks as the people fight to have their incest all lands and southern region richer. india's prime minister night and imo the has led a ceremony to inaugurate the building of a hindu temple at the center of a century old dispute between hindus and muslims the temple will be erected on the site of a demolished mosque they broke ground and prayed at the site who claimed the beginning of a golden chapter he called the temple a symbol of unity and love last november the supreme court awarded the disputed site to the hindu community in a decision criticized by muslim groups a mosque once on the site was to

here at ed's castle agnus who said to haunt the whole. this story goes that in the 15th century the count's rather rebellious doors are supposed to marry the squire who by all accounts was a bit of a jerk 2 she refused to kiss him and their engagement to how do you think you took him out not so well he disappeared for a year and then finally returned to attack the cops agnes done to her brother's arm and joined the battle but she was killed by her would be fiance. the legend goes that agnes is going to some time scene in the castle pulled out one after midnight . gives new meaning to the term damsel in distress well that's all for this time so until we meet again stay safe and by. the law suit against fear. bella ruse the peaceful mass protests are continuing despite the arrests and use of force and threats from obsolete artists in minsk courageously entreated me to tell the regime you can't intimidate us anymore some kids on the audience 30 minutes on. board. i'm not laughing out of the gym well i just sometimes i am but i stand up in wh

the main agnus lean. freedom has the starring role and there is no evil everyone has to decide for him or herself how much moral power they have to resist an oppressive state this rousing film is a strong competitor with a good shot at the golden bear. today is the last day before gold and silver bears are awarded at the bow then international film festival at the dublin correspondence i mean a safe and scott ross for that welcome chaps now you've seen all 18 competition films who do things going to get the golden best. or my tip for the golden bear is going to have to be the iranian film there is no evil it was a great film you know the director of the courage of the director to make that film and also the important message that's in the film is going to give it a really good standing here at the bit and now i think because this prides itself as being a political film festival but beyond that it's just incredible storytelling almost told in a fashion of a greek tragedy i've seen a lot of experimental fil

hong kong's pro-democracy leaders are back in court joshua one agnus chalo and ivan larimer facing charges related to protests against the hong kong extradition bill last year we're back to the top of the hour stay with us. 15 years ago an explosion ripped through lebanon's capital killing prime minister graffiti and 21 others now the special tribunal for lebanon in the hague will deliver its verdict on august 7th find out what this means for lebanon and for those indicted following all the developments on al jazeera. it's a family that has been at the heart of power in sri lanka for years now that aim to strengthen the whip as voters go to the polls so how crucial is the election this time and why does sri lanka matter this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. or not to buy on behind the. 2 brothers who have long shaped sri lanka's politics they're known for their role in and during the 26 year war against time as separatists now seeking to extend their families are all over the island nation president as party aims to win a 2 thirds majority in wednesday's parliamentary electio

there are suspicions they might not be presented truths because the doctors are relying on different agnus to their best measures for instance and they have to rely on c.t. scans to start with the treatment of the patients and while the test results of the kits are being delayed the doctors get these results of the post very late and also there is a high. number of false negative rate of these tests as a result of this many people dying from 19 are not counted as the cause of. the pandemic. and if that's the situation as it is now if this curve goes in the direction it sounds like it will almost inevitably will the turkish health care system be able to cope at that point. well i'll talk to the head of search medical association they get or they have their arms in all parts of it along cities of turkey and they're all in context and medical professionals and what they report the situation in the hospitals are sort of the order of arms. units are what they call is for portable hospitals especially in crowded cities like. and the medical profession's and also the church medical association is

sentenced in hong kong after pleading guilty to unlawful assembly during last year's protests joshua wong agnus channel ivan lamb they were all taken into custody last month this was after last year's protests which were triggered by the introduction of a controversial extradition bill which has since been shelved and check in with adrian brown on this one in hong kong adrian i'm hearing varying 'd numbers about how many years maybe even down to months that they could expect in jail what can you clarify for us. yes. that's right they're going to be appearing at west kalou magistrates court now the maximum sentence that a magistrate's court can issue here in hong kong is 3 years so that will be the higher level of the sentence that they would expect to get but most commentators seem to feel they're probably receive a sentence more in the term of sort of you know months now they are appearing in court as you say charged with unlawful assembly over events that actually happened more than 18 months ago when protesters laid siege to hong kong to police headquarters that was at the very start of the

government but also of beijing lies detention came just a day after 3 pro-democracy activist joshua long agnus chauhan ivan lamb started jail terms of 1310 and 7 months respectively. more than $10000.00 people have been arrested for protest related activities since last year there is traces on the streets more or less. people are now keeping their cell very worried about the former legislative counselor told her he is the latest to go into exile on thursday while on a business trip to denmark he faces 9 criminal charges including offenses related to last year's protests the apple daily newspaper has called it one of the saddest days in their 25 year history but sent out a statement vowing to continue to monitor the government and keep up the fight for democracy even in the absence of their boss there you go palin are does there are hong kong the top court in central african republic has ruled former president bush can't stand for election a 74 year old plan to run against president forster. later this month but the court says said bush he did did not satisfy the good morality requirement for c

are not really eat trillion dollars how will it be placed under stimulus by different countries the agnus says that's not enough and that's the reason why the need to come up with not without putting there 1st this should be more a discussion it's not going to be coming together the prices for the richest countries to the rescue of countries this is the kind of effort that the i.m.f. is looking at least so far not much has happened if you look at the g. 20 the only thing they came up with was a shortage that be a ready to do what they might. have expected what that means so few people i do actually measure and steps that would actually head was even the crisis and also ahead we're going to cut the process once disease is going again yeah you're speaking there to a leadership vacuum in international geopolitics that is for sure you know we used to talk spending with the latest tonight thank you. well turkey's parliament has said yes to releasing tens of thousands of prisoners as the country tries to reduce overcrowding in prisons and curb the spread of the coronavirus but opposition partie

government but also of beijing lies detention came just a day after 3 pro-democracy activist joshua long agnus chauhan ivan lamb started jail terms of 1310 and 7 months respectively. more than 10000 people have been arrested for protest related activities since last year demonstrations on the streets of loyalists. people are now keeping their cell very worried about these developments former legislative counselor ted hurry is the latest to go into exile on thursday while on a business trip to denmark he faces 9 criminal charges including offenses related to last year's protests the apple daily newspaper has called it one of the saddest days in their 25 year history but sent out a statement of valuing to continue to monitor the government and keep up the fight for democracy even in the absence of their boss they've got talent our desire hong kong bangladesh has begun transferring hundreds of rangar refugees to the island of passion char which the u.n. wants is prone to psychosis and flooding at least 80 buses carrying around 2500 people left the camps and cox's bazar thursday and 1000000 rangar

movement several high profile democracy campaigners have appeared in court again in hong kong joshua wong agnus challenge ivan lam are facing charges relating to protests last year against an extradition bill their cases were adjourned along with an application for a bail hearing for activist tongue in cute. headlines it's inside story now. it's a family the husband of the honcho of paula in sri lanka 4 years knowledge that was aimed to strengthen the with photos go to polls so how crucial is the election this time and why does sri lanka about to this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. go to buy a.

police deemed a gathering one charge police headquarters and to be an illegal assembly that sharon agnus charge she's pleaded guilty she said she willingly took part and as a result she's mentally preparing for the other 2 have pleaded not guilty and that case has been adjourned again to this if i can jump in so just to try and simplify at least the case relating to bail through all the legal leads that's going on is the basic issue that stake whether common law prevails or whether there are these security law prevails is that what's at stake here at least in the bail case that's exactly right what these lawyers are saying is that they are the new legislation being introduced under the national security law it's not spelt out the bell conditions so it comes down to a case of the common law rights which is currently practice in hong kong versus the national security law legislation i should also state that the judges overseeing this case they've been appointed by kerry lam to oversee anything or any crimes involved with the national security law so advice on the fact this is an unproven p

hong kong's pro-democracy leaders are back in court joshua wanting agnus challenge ivan last facing charges relating to protests against the hong kong extradition bill last year. we're back to the top of the hour stay with us. 15 years ago an explosion ripped through lebanon's capital killing prime minister graffiti and 21 others now the special tribunal for lebanon in the hague will deliver its verdict on august 7th find out what this means for lebanon and for those indicted. over developments on a. it's a family that has been at the heart of power in sri lanka for years now that aim to strengthen the whip as voters go to the polls so how crucial is the election this time and why. this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. 2 brothers who have long shaped sri lanka's politics they're known for their bowling and during the 26 year war against.

government but also of beijing lies detention came just a day after 3 pro-democracy activist joshua long agnus chauhan ivan lamb started jail terms of 1310 and 7 months respectively. more than $10000.00 people have been arrested for protest related activities since last year there is traces on the streets of loyalists. people are now keeping it sell the very worried about these developments former legislative counselor ted hurry is the latest to go into exile on thursday while on a business trip to denmark he faces 9 criminal charges including offenses related to last year's protests the apple daily newspaper has called it one of the saddest days in their 25 year history but sent out a statement of vowing to continue to monitor the government and keep up the fight for democracy even in the absence of their boss they've got talent al-jazeera hong kong and you can find much more on our website the address for that is al-jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories u.s. president elect joe biden says he'll ask americans to commit to mosque wearing for the 1st 100 days of his administ

he was joined in court by fellow activists agnus char and ivan, lamb 3 will be held in custody until sentencing next week could face 5 years in jail. last year's protests outside the hong kong police headquarters, triggered by the introduction of a controversial extradition bill. given the pollen is following events in hong kong, the prosecution spent most of the day's proceedings, presenting evidence mostly in the form of video footage, showing the events of the night of june 21st 2019. it shows thousands of people who had surrounded the police station, blockading the police headquarters for the footage, mainly focused on joshua warren, ivan lamb, and i can this child chanting slogans and calling on the police commissioner to come out and face the public. they all have pleaded guilty and could face up to 5 years in jail. perhaps a foretaste wish me to stay in prison. but i would 1st say that neither person boss, no election bios nor any other avatar apollo would stop us from activists. and this would be the 4th time joshua long. he's being sent to jail. his 1st prison sentence is ba

kong up to pleading guilty to unlawful assembly this is during last year's protests just for walking agnus china ivan learned they were taken into custody last month they could face up to 3 years in jail. protests the triggered by the introduction of a controversial extradition bill which has since been shelved in the news ahead joe biden unveils the team he hopes will lead the united states out of a coronavirus economic crisis and wrecked retort versus reality rhetoric i think i mean to say we look at the record of mexico's president as he mocks 2 years in office. but. we have something of a cold arctic blast across much of central america very wintry weather across the eastern side of canada the northeastern corner of the u.s. what an active area of low pressure this one tightly packed i suppose wrapped around that and they dragging in some very cold situation as we go on the through the remainder of choose day coal where to run to the rockies i was there was a western side and that cold plunge if anything takes a little further south it's a nice which as we go through the next couple of

but focusing on the 3 for a long ivan rahman, agnus slogans. and calling for the police commissioner to come out and face the public. it's worth noting that all these 3 are between $22.00 and their mid twenty's all very young. but it is just about 4th time he'll be going to jail the 1st time was back in 2017 when he was just a teenager. back then, the whole city was in shock and he was seen as the city's one of the things 1st political prisoners. but things have changed so much since then in hong kong where the jailing, the charging arrests of democracy, activists or political activists and protesters has become a very frequent occurrence. ethiopia's prime minister has given forces in the northern tip, the region, 72 hours to surrender. government troops plan to encircle the regional capital of mackellar, that city under the control of the take, right people's liberation front. local media is reporting its forces have destroyed an airport in the town of them to slow down the government's advance. also nearly 40000 refugees have fled the fightin

new evidence that the saudi crown prince was involved in hacking the phone of amazon boss jeff bezos agnus color maher who investigated the killing of a journalist in turkey says they've received forensic analysis that shows dots how it was stolen from a basis as phone and that happened after he received whatsapp messages from crown prince mohammed bin so. those are the headlines the bottom line is coming up next on al-jazeera thanks for watching. we understand the different cities and similarities of cultures across the sentimental value take a. current affairs. hi i'm steve clements and i have a question the trial to remove president trump has begun but how does it end let's get to the bottom line. for only the 3rd time in the history of america the president of the united states will face trial by the legislative branch of government according to democrats what's at stake is the rule of law and the future of democracy according to many republicans who hold the majority of the u.s. senate this is a wasteful and divisive charade or to quote president trump a hoax now as the senate turns i

sincerely, art agnus."ther, which i won't read in its entirety because it is too long, and it starts, "i'm a pre-school teacher at the pacific primary pre-school. we met briefly this summer at the children's playground when your team gave a presentation to a group of teachers about how the playground was designed. my class of 5-year-olds were on a field trip, enjoying the new playground. the design is wonderful, especially the natural elements, like the stone." etc., etc. my students had a lot of questions and they started calling out, and the workers so patient, friendly, and knowledgeable with us. as they worked, they explained to the children what they were doing and one. one man in particular, fred, was particularly kind and helpful to the children. a big thank you to you and your team for including even the youngest s.f. residents in your work. as a result, giving them a strong sense of stewardship and responsible for their park. general manager, please tell fred we appreciate him being a good ambassad