on some of the other stories making the news today on kong democracy activists joshua wang and agnes chao are in court they're standing trial for involvement in civil unrest that rocked the territory last year before entering wong said it was not time to give up the democracy fight that despite on kong's draconian new security law those recently by the communist party in an age. chill a into lease of used tear gas to break up demonstrations importing the rights of the country's indigenous peoples violent clashes are picked up in recent weeks in the pooch a people fight to have their ancestral lands and chile's southern region return. it's to india now where prime minister narendra modi has led a ceremony to inaugurate the building of a new hindu temple that has been at the center of a bitter century old dispute between his 2 induce and muslims in india the temple will be erected on the side of a demolished mosque after breaking ground and praying at the site modi for claimed the beginning of quote a golden chapter and cold the temple a symbol of unity and love in his decision widely criti

high will so we can just with this we have to be very frank civil a statement in freedom also by agnes chao probably the female figure head of hong kong's pro-democracy movement no stranger to police detentions and holding her bail notice she spoke of her experience this time. to be honest the arrest happened so suddenly i was mentally unprepared for it it's been 8 years since i joined the democratization movement in hong kong i've been arrested 4 times before but honestly this time i was the most scared and it was the hardest. the new security law punishes anything china considers subversion or terrorism in hong kong supporters say it will bring stability after months of anti-government protests critics say it crushes hong kong's freedoms. for more let's speak of the democratic fund and feed the kong who joins me now from hong kong with more f.e.b.a. you were covering the police raids on monday that led to those arrests what is the mood today amongst pro-democracy supporters in hong kong. on the those senior line as activists arrested on monday and now or released but we have know that the

on kong democracy activists joshua wang and agnes chao are on trial for involvement in the civil unrest that rocked the territory last year. says now is not the time to give up the fight for democracy despite the harsh new security wall imposed on hong kong by beijing. where. now for a change of 2 concerts and the coronavirus 4 months musicians have been live streaming from their living rooms madonna even addressed her fans from her bath tub but when and how will we get back to rio in person concert where we have some answers for you tonight from right here in new york. this is probably the easiest way to feel safe and keep your distance to get out into nature the audience seated on a lake amid pastures and cows the biggest threat to the musicians is of getting their feet wet. larger scale events have also successfully taken place the summer opera is back on stage but outdoors like last week in naples with soprano on another trip cohen tosca the orchestra members were seated far apart and there was no stage set. in verona to the approach was less opulent with fewer people in the audienc

even several other arrests under the new legislation a police source said pro-democracy activist agnes chao as one of 10 people who've been detained verified facebook account said she'd been arrested for inciting secession under the national security law. meanwhile china has imposed sanctions on 11 high profile americans including senators marco rubio and ted cruz said in response to the u.s. freezing of the american assets of hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb along with 10 of the senior chinese officials washington says beijing's crackdown of pro-democracy opposition voices in hong kong is could tailing political freedoms china has accused the united states of interfering in its affairs on out tibet or ruse the main opposition candidate in the country's presidential election is disputing early results that show a landslide victory for alexander lukashenko with more than 80 percent of the votes that would extend his 26 years in power to a 6 term so taken off sky it says she is gathering proof that the poll was raked. we don't agree with the election results we have absolutely opposite

these individuals, many of whom have been released on bail, including jimmy lai's two sons and agnes chao freelance journalist, have been released on bail and they expect to go through the prosecutorial process in hong kong. chinada: we are hearing has given its blessing to the extension of the current legislative term in hong kong. what is the significance of that? >> it represents the second time in as many months that china's parliament, the standing committee of the npc, has weighed in to interpret the basic law. the first time was june 30 with the implementation of the national security law. this time, the standing committee unanimously passed a resolution to continue operations of the current legislative council session for no less than one year. even the terms of those lawmakers who had been disqualified previously for the september 6 election would be extended. the election was postponed for up to one year by carrie lam under the pretext that it wouldn't be held safely under the coronavirus. many pro-democracy candidates and those who were disqualified politicalt was more persecut

just prominent pro-democracy figures like jimmy lai who've been detained so to have people lie agnes chao just 23 years old she too is facing the prospect of being charged under this new national security law she suspected of colluding with foreign powers now under the national security legislation adrian it basically says that if someone is you know accused of a crime that touches on you know foreign affairs also defense matters then that person could possibly be tried in china because it would become a complicated case now remember they are facing as i say the prospect of being charged with you know colluding with a foreign power and that leads to a life sentence so that is sent a real chill in hong kong a paradox of all of this is that jimmy light today has become an even richer man because shares in his media company have soared as people buy you know stakes in the parent company of apple daily that is you might say a bit of you know sort of investor activism and we've also seen you know a sort of other sort of silent type of solidarity. going on at the moment people have been buying

agnes child when ivan lamb are facing charges relating to a protest last year against an extradition bill. chao has previously pleaded guilty and faces up to 5 years in prison another case is also taking place. for a bail hearing that will test hong kong's existing laws and beijing's new national security legislation. sarah clarke is following developments in hong kong so how are those procedures going on in court right now. well the bail hearing is still underway in the high court and this is the case of the fellow tonguing kitsa he's a 23 year old man who's been and was accused by the police of riding his motorcycle into a group of police on july 1st and then this is the day of large demonstrations in hong kong it was also the day that the beijing introduced the national security laws now on the back of his motorcycle he had a flag and on that flag it was bearing the words liberate hong kong now he's the

appeared in court again in hong kong joshua one agnes cello and ivan lamb are facing charges relating to protests last year against an extradition bill chao has previously pleaded guilty and faces up to 5 years in prison their cases were adjourned along with an application for a bail hearing for activists tonguing kid whose case is being seen as a test for hong kong's existing laws and beijing's new national security legislation joshua one was defiant disease spoke about his court appearance where political prosecution that we face and under the fret of beijing is not the time for us to render is no reason for us to live in fear even the government tried to prosecute us we have to protest ring last summer outside of the police headquarters is still not the time for us to give up and surrender. the number of people who've died from corona virus around the world is now past 700000 that's being reported as the australian state of victoria announces 725 new cases officials in melbourne of imposed a nighttime curfew and restrictions on movement hundreds of military personnel have been deployed to help enforce isolation orders and on breaking t