members of communist party who washington says are responsible for abuses well let's speak now to adrian brown andrews in hong kong adrian what are we hearing from officials in beijing and i know this isn't the only u.s. bill that they're unhappy about. yes that's right as predicted we've had a fierce and swift response from the chinese foreign ministry they have called this bill malicious they say that the united states is wantonly smearing china's efforts to try to combat the terrorism problem that it says it has in the far western province of shouldn't jangan its warning of on specified retaliation now why is this so sensitive for china well changing lies at the heart of president xi jinping zambia one belt one road project and for that project to work shouldn't jang has to work in china says for the last few years should jang hasn't been working because of what it says has been a growing terrorism problem china's response to that has been draconian it has set up what human rights groups say are nothing more than reeducation camps cans that china says are vocational training centers where w

deadline for a deal and on wednesday china also said it doesn't have a deadline for a deal now either adrian brown for inside school. let's bring in our guests max professor at georgetown university specializing in ward and chinese history who joins me here in the studio all see yeah jersey is a lecturer at the university of duress in albania has visited camps in. in august and joins us by skype from albania as capital tirana and to mark is senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization he joins us from beijing welcome to all our guests max the the wording of the proposed bill is very strong and these are why as president to impose sanctions on members of the china's political b row is this a new escalation of the already strained relations between china and the united states of america yes i agree this is a serious escalation i think of. the kind of. in tensions between united states and china. do you think that the chinese reaction will be stronger through are they going to reciprocate or do you think they will just become fired to cosmetic or symbolic gestures like visas fresh

administrators sanction for human rights abuses china is condemning the proposed law and is retaliation adrian brown has more from hong kong at 1st china's government denied their existence but then last year state television released pictures of what were described as vocational training centers where ethnic muslim weekers are learning new skills in the remote western region of should jang. human rights groups estimate that more than a 1000000 week isn't being held in what they describe as a 21st century good leg where inmates of being brainwashed and forced to renounce their religion now the united states house of representatives has decided it's time to act it voted overwhelmingly to call on president donald trump to apply sanctions against senior chinese officials the bill which refers to arbitrate detention torture and harassment still needs to be approved by the senate and the president before it becomes on wednesday china's foreign ministry spokesperson read a lengthy prepared statement accusing washington of a random smear urging it to correct its mistake made. the relevant bill to liberally

warned they'll break it up if there's any violence let's go live now to hong kong i was here as adrian brown is there so 6 months on adrian what of these protests achieved. well i think these protesters have probably achieved actually quite a lot they managed to get that controversial extradition bill finally officially withdrawn by the government but of course that was too little too late and by then the protesters demands had morphed into calls for full democracy as well as an independent commission of inquiry into police actions during the past 6 months and of course below me here we have a crowd of perhaps more than a 1000000 could be marching in the streets of central hong kong today and that is also a reflection i think of what this protest movement has achieved i think those who felt that the protest movement had somehow run out of steam which is what i think the hong kong government was hoping have been greatly mistaken many of the people marching on sunday with the same people i think who voted in the historic district council elections 2 weeks ago when the pro-democracy count score

adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. and lebanon thousands of women in march to protest a sexual harassment when men are fighting to change a system they say has been unjust to them and is in a hotel reports from beirut the wider anti-government protest movement has given them a new platform. but they are speaking out in solidarity with those who recently gathered the courage to do so a flash mob was organized by lebanese women to support others who have been sexually abused harassed dozens have broken their silence of the past few weeks since the start of the so-called october revolution in a society where the victim and not the rapist is condemned this is a challenge to the norms of this revolution has given strength for many many many women in the minority. the women speak up including the. choice of. the government taking into consideration. an anti-establishment movement against the ruling elite has given these women a new platform like other lebanese they are calling for an end to corruption unemployment better liv

territory is locked in a dispute right now over the nature of its relationship with mainland china adrian brown is in hong kong for us he says protestors have achieved a lot over the past 6 months. they managed to get that controversial extradition bill finally officially withdrawn by the government but of course that was too little too late and by then the protesters demands had moved into calls for full democracy as well as an independent commission of inquiry into police actions during the past 6 months and of course below me here we have a crowd of perhaps more than a 1000000 could be marching in the streets of central hong kong today and that is also a reflection i think of what this protest movement has achieved i think those who felt that the protest movement had somehow run out of steam which is what i think the hong kong government was hoping have been greatly mistaken many of the people marching on sunday with the same people i think who voted in the historic district council elections 2 weeks ago when the president took a seat count school a resoundingly fix tree taking control of so

raid they said those weapons would have been used to create chaos during the march let's go to adrian brown in hong kong for us as we say adrian getting into the later hour was a lot of people have gone home but goodness me a lot were out on the streets today as well. what we got today was a flavor a reminder of what this protest movement was like when it began 6 months ago powerful peaceful and that's the way it largely was on sunday there was a little bit of vandalism a few mainland owned banks and shops were attacked by a radical fringe of this protest movement but that shouldn't be shouldn't we shouldn't sort of get the impression that this was you know like previous protests which of often ended in in serious violence this was largely peaceful as you can see behind me the center of hong kong is basically back to normal it's just after 11 pm at night here the police are now cleared away the last of the barricades that protesters have have disappeared into the night now the organizers of this march say that this was the last chance for the chief executive of hong kong kerry lamb to see t

that they'll call it off if there's any violence that's collapsed out of hong kong i was serious adrian brown can tell us more adrian 6 months on one of these protests actually achieved if anything. well they have managed to get that controversial extradition bill dropped remember that was the thing that triggered these protests in the 1st place but this protest movement has now led to many more demands being made the protesters want as you mentioned you're in your introduction more democratic for reform the chance to elect their leader and also they're calling for an independent commission of inquiry into police actions during the past 6 months now if hong kong's in battle leader caroline was to a seat to just one of those demands i think it would go some way to diffusing the crisis that is yet she is showing no inclination of doing so just 2 weeks ago of course the government party suffered a crushing defeat in district council elections and that has emboldened the protest movement here it was a belief that election result basically was an indorsement for this 6 month campaign but 6 months

zeros adrian brown reporting live from hong kong adrian many thanks the u.s. is widening its investigation into the attack on a naval base in florida on friday saudi national mohammad saeed ronnie shot dead 3 students and a navy ation school 10 the saudi citizens are now being questioned about the shooting the u.s. defense secretary says that it's too early to call it an act of terrorism. of course we extend our condolences to all the families affected by it and touched by it and our military community downer but no i can't say it's terrorism at this time i think we need to let the investigators the f.b.i. do its work and tell us give us the facts and we'll move out from there where u.s. president tunnel trump says that saudi arabia is deeply concerned about the attack . with the king of saudi arabia. they are devastated and so the arabia we're finding out what took place whether it's one person or a number of people. and the king will be involved in taking care of family and loved ones that he feels very strongly very very devastated by what happened what too

then the movement has broadened with calls for greater democracy and an end to police brutality adrian browneports on the deep divisions that have been created. it began peacefully on june the 9th with a march against a bill for an extradition deal with china and the protest movement might well have ended then if hong kong's chief executive kerry had heeded their demand to go absolutely had succeeded with the withdrawal of the bill to safeguard our freedom nothing would have happened. benson haute never saw him self as a front line activist but that's what he's become he's been arrested and forced to leave home. i told my dad we're going out to fight for the rights we deserve we had a big fight and after that he said move out move out if you don't want to stay at home anymore. bensimon is also there when protesters smash their way into the heart of hong kong's government the debating chamber of the legislative assembly many wearing the hard hats and face masks that have become symbols of this leaderless movement. as the long hot summer rolled on the air became more toxic. it was now a color

imprisoned as part of a long running government crackdown in the northwestern region of jhon jiang adrian brown has the story at 1st china's government denied their existence but then last year state television released pictures of what were described as vocational training centers where ethnic muslim week is a learning new skills in the remote western region of shin jang human rights groups estimate that more than a 1000000 we were being held in what they describe as a 21st century good leg where inmates are being brainwashed and forced to renounce their religion. now the united states house of representatives has decided it's time to act it voted overwhelmingly to call on president donald trump to apply sanctions against senior chinese officials the bill which refers to arbitrate detention torture and harassment still needs to be approved by the senate and the president before it becomes on wednesday china's foreign ministry spokesperson read a lengthy prepared statement accusing washington of a random smear urging it to correct its mistake made. the relevant bill to liberally slanders the hu

territory is locked in a dispute right now over the nature of its relationship with mainland china adrian brown is in hong kong for us he says protestors have achieved a lot over the past 6 months. they managed to get that controversial extradition bill finally officially withdrawn by the government but of course that was too little too late and by then the protesters demands had morphed into calls for full democracy as well as an independent commission of inquiry into police actions during the past 6 months and of course below me here we have a crowd of perhaps more than a 1000000 could be marching in the streets of central hong kong today and that is also a reflection i think of what this protest movement has achieved i think those who felt that the protest movement had somehow run out of steam which is what i think the hong kong government was hoping have been greatly mistaken many of the people marching on sunday with the same people i think who voted in the historic district council elections 2 weeks ago when the pro-democracy count scored a resoundingly fick free taking control of some 17

raid they said those weapons would have been used to create chaos during the march let's go to adrian brown in hong kong for us as we say adriene getting into the later hours lot of people have gone home but goodness me a lot were out on the streets today as well. today was a flavor a reminder of what this protest movement was like when it began 6 months ago powerful peaceful and that's the way it largely was on sunday there was a little bit of vandalism a few mainland banks and shops were attacked by a radical fringe of this protest movement but that shouldn't be shouldn't we shouldn't. get the impression that this was you know like previous protests which of often ended in in serious violence this was largely peaceful as you can see behind me the center of hong kong is basically back to normal it's just after 11 pm at night here the police are now cleared away the last of the barricades the protesters have have disappeared into the night now the organizers of this mosque.

handle a flotation of that size and that's another reminder i think why china still needs hong kong adrian brown thanks very much asked steve sang is the director of the china institute so as university of london he expects protests in hong kong to continue over the coming months dean told has had change in terms of need and focus from this summer. when it all started in june it was about the n.t. is about the extradition. now deportation is really not about the extradition bill it is about governance in hong kong how the priest behaved 'd and whether hong kong can have democratic accountability unless those are being met it isn't that big issue any longer beijing is not going to make the concessions the protesters will continue to protest we already seen them going back to the streets trying to send a clear message to the governments in hong kong and in beijing to get them to go and work for a political solution and one attendees repressive forced and then you also have the government in hong kong led by the chief executive who is frankly politically illiterate and doesn't understand what needs

to stop the bill from becoming law saying it's a domestic issue adrian brown has more on china's reaction and what's what beijing's next step will be. well a short time ago we did hear from the foreign ministry in beijing on wednesday morning not surprisingly they have spoken out very strongly against this bill warning the united states not to interfere in china's internal affairs and i'm calling on congress to basically correct its mistake in their words and not to allow this bill to become law as to what china does next well there are a number of options at its disposal they can carry out all sorts of sanctions against u.s. officials in china or they could restrict their travel in china now when president trump signed into law the hong kong democracy human rights act last week we saw just a few days later china barring u.s. warships from talking here in hong kong it also announced it would sanction a number of u.s. n.g.o.s here in hong kong but it hasn't really specified what more it can do but there is no doubt that what you're looking at here is what in many ways a cold war looks like

deadline for a deal and on wednesday china also said it doesn't have a deadline for a deal now even adrian brown al jazeera i'm. tired i'm going to top stories on out is there a legal experts called by us democrats say president trump has committed impeachable offenses they were testifying on the 1st day of evidence on the constitutional standards for impeachment but in or professor selected by the republicans on the panel said there was no evidence of a clear criminal act the president is accused of bribing ukraine's media for an investigation into a political rival president trump's conduct as described in the testimony and evidence clearly constitutes impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors under the constitution in particular the memorandum and other testimony relating to the july 25th 29000 phone call between the 2 presidents president trump and president selenski more than sufficiently indicates that president trump abused his office by soliciting the president of ukraine to investigate his political rivals in order to gain personal political advantage including in relation to the 2020 el

deadline for a deal and on wednesday china also said it doesn't have a deadline for a deal now either adrian brown al-jazeera home. after heard on al-jazeera a defamation trial of tests about iran last begins i have a comment cave rescue in thailand. how i once again welcome to another look at the international forecast got some rather cold weather on the way for japan as we go on through the next couple of days you see the swirl of cloud up towards the fall north and that's going to drag in the a northerly wind behind this cold front which will continue to sink its way further south with say some snow over the high ground of northern japan into northern arizona on issue 4 celsius in sendai 13 degrees in tokyo when the stock does get into double figures here as we go on through friday and see that when see whether slipping a little further southwards in the process cold enough across the korean peninsula we'll stay below freezing struggling to get. freezing in beijing with a temperature of around one degree celsius into southern parts of china something of a change going on here as well because so

imprisoned as part of a long running government crackdown in the north western region action on adrian brown is in hong kong and says that this is a cold war between the u.s. and china. we've had a fierce and swift response from the chinese foreign ministry they have called this bill malicious they say that the united states is wantonly smearing china's efforts to try to combat the terrorism problem that it says it has in the far western province of changing its warning of an specified retaliation now why is this so sensitive to china world changing lies at the heart of president xi jinping zan vicious one belt one road project and for that project to work shin jang has to work and china says for the last few years changing hasn't been working because of what it says has been a growing terrorism problem china's response to that has been draconian it has set up what human rights groups say are nothing more than reeducation camps camps that china says are vocational training centers where we girls get to learn to try to find ways to improve their lives well human rights groups insists that is

china also said it doesn't have a deadline for a deal now either adrian brown al-jazeera home home. gunman in eastern afghanistan who killed 6 people including a doctor who's the head of a japanese medical charity the vehicle was ambushed in jalalabad and the attackers reportedly then fled no group has yet claimed responsibility for dozens more people have fallen ill with measles in some more over the past 24 hours the disease is already claimed the lives of at least 60 islanders in the south pacific most of them under 4 years old schools businesses have been closed to try to contain the spread jessica washington reports now from the capital abuja a country in crisis scrambling to vaccinate its people and get this outbreak under control. measles is an entirely preventable disease but that's not prevented many parents in samoa from having to bury their own children. who really. we really want to. take. the situation. here. so that they can get healthy the queues for vaccines are getting longer and health clinics around this pacific island nation. to make him. head for the new treatme

in multiple arrests police say the weapon would have been used to create chaos during the rally adrian brown was reporting for us from hong kong and says there was a noticeable change in the atmosphere during sunday's match. what we got today was a flavor a reminder of what this protest movement was like when it began 6 months ago powerful peaceful and that's the way it largely was on sunday there was a little bit of vandalism a few mainland owned banks and shops were attacked by a radical fringe of this protest movement but that shouldn't be shouldn't we shouldn't sort of get the impression that this was you know like previous protests which of often ended in serious violence this was largely peaceful as you can see behind me the center of hong kong is basically back to normal it's just after 11 pm at night here the police are now cleared away the last of the barricades the protesters have have disappeared into the night now the organizers of this march say that this was the last chance for the chief executive of hong kong carry land to see to their demands remember there are not just figur

would have been used to in their words create chaos during the rally let's get the latest now from adrian brown who is live for us in hong kong so adrian huge numbers of protesters have been marching through the streets there throughout the day and into the evening where things stand right now. well the crowd you can see behind me not protest as in fact this is mostly media and 1st a teams the march ended several hours ago it was a largely peaceful march and the organizers say up to 800000 people took part if that is the case that means by my reckoning that's the 3rd largest protests we had here in hong kong since the protest movement began 6 months ago on monday they chanted many things during the march on sunday but the dominant mantra was this $15.00 demands not one less that of course refers to the demand that they protesters are making for there to be an independent commission of inquiry into police actions during the past 6 months and of course they're cool for food universal suffrage but of course universal suffrage is not something that can happen overnight that many of these protesters

but they're warning they'll break it up if there's any violence more on that in a moment but 1st adrian brown is live for us in hong kong say jim you see the huge crowds there behind you what's happening there at the moment. where in the center of hong kong decide to take a gun and i must say i think that today's protest will be a good many on it is a reminder of what the protest group was like not the kind oh most 6 months ago was pounced on peaceful and that's what it has been so far people are counting things like 5 demands not on the last 5 by that they mean they want the government to initiate an independent commission of inquiry into police brutality and also the hong kong of polls to be allowed free and fair elections universal suffrage so those are the 2 principal demands but of course universal suffrage is not something that can happen overnight and many of the young people down there in the streets below me are impatient for change so far carry land the faculty executive hong kong has said to teach this thing humbly to the people that has so far done nothing and people now want acti

deadline for a deal and on wednesday china also said it doesn't have a deadline for a deal now either adrian brown al-jazeera home. villages in guatemala a. government program allowing them to make money from the forest has helped to protect it but it could be under threat with big businesses looking to take over they went to the biosphere reserve to meet the people living off the land and guarding it. deep inside the rain forest in guatemala's northern potential region edom a town searches the forest floor for riches at a town you know earns a living harvesting shot today a palm frond used in floral arrangements in europe asia and north america the value belief is part of the prize in a unique conservation strategy starting in the 1990 s. 9 communities won the right to make a living from the forest as long as they do so sustainably rosa says that her people's dependence on the forest gives them a powerful incentive to protect it. there have been many changes to our quality of life people make twice as much money harvesting shows a timber as another big allowing us to invest in social programs and

bulges there is adrian brown sent us this is says spent of the day's demonstrations in hong kong. what we got today was a flavor a reminder of what this protest movement was like when it began 6 months ago powerful peaceful and that's the way it largely was on sunday there was a little bit of vandalism a few mainland banks and shops were attacked by a radical fringe of this protest movement but we shouldn't get the impression that this was like previous protest which of often ended in serious violence this was largely peaceful as you can see behind me the center of hong kong is basically back to normal if the police are now cleared away the last of the barricades of protesters who have disappeared into the night now the organizers of this march say that this was the last chance for the chief executive of hong kong to see to their demands remember there are not just figure versus suffrage but also an independent commission of inquiry into what they say are police actions during the past 6 months but we thought of course on sunday was a further reminder that the voice of protest in

deadline for a deal and on wednesday china also said it doesn't have a deadline for a deal now either adrian brown al-jazeera home. at least $58.00 migrants have drowned out their boat capsized off the coast of mauritania the international organization for migration to survivors are being treated in the northern city of new why the it says the vessel was carrying at least $150.00 people from the gambia and had been running out of fuel this is one of the deadliest disasters of its kind this year and for the 1st time in all due decades u.s. and saddam plan takes change ambassadors u.s. secretary of state might compare made the announcement and cigars prime minister of the landmark of his it is washington. and sudan shift away from military rule and the establishment of a civilian transitional government was a major factor in the decision daniel shin was the deputy chief of mission at the u.s. embassy in sudan he says the move goes well beyond a symbolic gesture but the details of the plan need to be worked out. it's a very significant decision it's been 23 years since we have had an ambassador and k

brown joins me now from saying where there's been a strong reaction to the u.s. adrian what are we hearing from officials and this isn't the only u.s. that they are unhappy about. well as you might expect the reaction from beijing has been swift it has been furious they were anticipating this bill of course but nevertheless a foreign ministry spokeswoman has accused the united states of wantonly smearing china's efforts to try to combat terrorism and extremism in the far western province of shin jang it calls this bill malicious and the language has been growing stronger throughout the day and the reason why china is so annoyed of course is that what has now happened in many ways represents a defining moment for we good people this is in a sense a moment they've been waiting years for because their plight has now become a foreign policy priority for the united states now a bit of context why it is matter so much to china well this province in the far western part of the country lies at the heart of president cheating pings ambitious one belt one road project and for tha