a leading pro-democracy activist was barred from standing for election the authorities say that agnes chow cannot stand as a candidate in a local byelection because her party's political platform violates the territories electoral law rules the twenty one year old is a member of a home kong group that wants more autonomy from china it's the latest move in the government's crackdown on opposition politicians if you go palin has more now from hong kong. many people here say they are angry and confused by the government's decision to bar agnus china the government says agnes child is not eligible to run in these elections because of her party's political stance they advocate self-determination and more autonomy for hong kong but until now all of agnes chows papers were in order she in fact gave up her british passport to stand in these elections so many are saying that this decision is unexpected and a half no basis legal experts also say that this is decision could set a precedent perhaps in the future barring candidates from the elections based on some high level officials decision or perha

leading pro-democracy activists has been barred from standing for election the government says agnes chow can't be a candidate because her party supports self-determination for hong kong corruption is the main focus at the thirtieth annual african union summit underway in at the sap about it's the first summit since emerson took over in zimbabwe from the ousted leader robert mugabe and leaders there are expected to issue a response to don trump's recent the rocketry comments but african countries those are your headlines coming up next time around as they are it's witnessed thanks for watching by. as witchcraft is sorcery killing spreads across papa new guinea. exposes shocking human rights abuses. of the specific mission stark's not. used at this time on al-jazeera. and i would given my. very heart. of. your. day. and. one of the. within. the. way it had. in mind. when the woman. in the. thank you. i. just. didn't. feel. good. about what the sun. might have a human would say then i get off my god i said i like what. do you. mean if you. want to raise a family. everyone watch the show whe

streets in hong kong to protest against the disqualification of a young pro—democracy activist, agnes chowon. her candidacy was rejected because her party supports self—determination for hong kong. ms chow said there was no doubt about the government's motives. the government's move to disqualify me is telling us, telling the world, and all people of hong kong, that the people of hong kong are not allowed to vote according to our free will. we can only choose candidates that the regime favours. we can only choose people that the regime accepts. this is not an election. also this hour, at least ten people have been killed and dozens injured during heavy fighting in the yemeni port city of aden. it followed clashes between separatists who want independence for south yemen, and forces loyal to the saudi—backed government. the yemeni government has called for a ceasefire and urged arab allies to intervene. a day of mourning has been held in the afghan capital kabul for more than 100 people killed in saturday's bomb attack. funerals have been taking place and relatives have been searching hospi

prominent pro-democracy activists has been barred from standing for election the government says that agnes chow cannot be a candidate in the byelection because her party's political platform violates the territories electoral laws child's party wants more autonomy from china. in honduras the inauguration of president hollande hondas has been marred by protests demonstrators say there were irregularities in vote counting that sohan does win a second term in november john holeman reports from to go seek help. inside the national stadium or to rangers president juan orlando and monday's was sworn in for his second term. and outside things were different. it sums up a nation divided by elections in which there were serious irregularities we are demanding our votes be respected we voted and defeated the narco dictator even with all his resources we defeated him you can see the protesters trying to advance on the national stadium but there is a big line of military police aren't letting them get anywhere near and it's turned into a little bit of a pitched battle with tear gas and stones. numbers were

prominent pro-democracy activists has been barred from running in a byelection the government says that agnes chow cannot be a candidate because her party's political platform violates the city's electoral laws twenty one year old is a member of a hong kong group that wants more autonomy from china the decision is seen as the latest move in the government's crackdown against opposition politicians. u.s. president donald trump has called for decisive action against the taliban after it claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in afghanistan ninety five people were killed one hundred ninety one others were injured when explosives hidden in that ambulance were detonated in a moment we'll speak live with jennifer glass who's in kabul with the latest but first here's her report. another day of carnage on the streets of kabul this time the bomb was in an ambulance the driver pretended to be taking someone to a nearby hospital but instead he detonated his device on a crowded street the taliban said it was targeting policemen having lunch but as so often happens here afghan civilians going about their dai

streets in hong kong to protest against the disqualification of a young pro—democracy activist, agnes chow. her candidacy was rejected because her party supports self—determination for hong kong. ms chow said there was no doubt about the government's motives. translation: the government's move to disqualify me is telling us, telling the world, and all people of hong kong, that the people are not allowed to vote according to our free will.