you now some of the other stories making news around the world hong kong pro-democracy activist agnes chowk has become the latest public figure to be arrested under china's new international security law for the territory she was arrested just hours after police detained media tycoon jimmy lay in a raid on his newspaper apple daily the publication said hong kong's press freedom was now hanging by a thread. afghanistan's president ashraf ghani has approved the release of $400.00 taliban prisoners that's after an assembly of tribal leaders agreed to let them go the taleban made the prisoner release a precondition for entering talks with the afghan government on ending the country's civil war. and explosion in the u.s. city of baltimore has killed at least one person and injured at least 3 others 1st responders are searching for other victims in the rubble after several houses collapsed it's believed to have been a gas explosion what caused it is not yet known. over $100.00 people have been arrested during a night of looting and clashes in the u.s. city of chicago the police department says 13

colluding with foreign forces several others have also been arrested including pro-democracy activist agnes chowk critics say it's an attack on press freedom in hong kong meanwhile china has imposed sanctions on 11 high profile americans including senators marco rubio and ted cruz in response to the us freezing the american assets of hong kong's chief executive kerry lam along with 10 other senior chinese officials washington says beijing's crackdown of pro-democracy opposition voices in hong kong is containing political freedoms but china is accusing us of interfering in its affairs the opposition in belarus is disputing early election results saying that president alexander lukashenko has a landslide victory was rigged protesters have taken to the streets demanding a change of power or than a dozen people have been detained with more than 80 percent of the vote it looks set to win a 6th term extending his 26 years in power the opposition candidates that are on the ticket off sky it says she is gathering proof that the poll was raked. loosely is that we don't agree with the election results we h