up to $10000.00 people have gathered here in central hong kong it's almost a celebration this thanking the us of a backing this bill which would as a result could potentially introduce economic sanctions on hong kong if the u.s. believes that the hong kong government isn't bicycle fulfilling its human rights and democracy commitments and as a result these people here behind me it's become almost a party atmosphere and of course this is in light of the less than a week after the city's district council elections were voted in the pro-democracy politicians in a landslide victory so certainly it's been a good week for the hong kong anti government supporters of the protests as you say the fact that the us has signed this bill it's a show of support for what their message is which is an anti government message calling for greater political reform in the city so it's a very different reaction from the hong kong government as well as china's reaction on both there are a similar message that told the us to stay out of their internal affairs that describe this bill is unnecessary and unwarrant

hong kong. members of the older and younger generation are attending this assembly here in central hong kong across generational divide the web is united in the polls for political reform this peaceful gathering is demanding the government make the 5 demands which include an independent inquiry into place conduct and investigate accusations of police brutality they also want the government to push back on china's tightening grip on this former british territory. to some parts the youngsters. all men have nothing to lose in my life they come so full of dicey about even though it's tough to bring the kids out to the rally we want to tell the government we aren't scared no matter how many ways they try to suppress us we will still come out this really comes a week after the pro-democracy camp secured a majority in the district council elections that victory has bolster the protest movement with more rallies planned for sunday in home from. the president to suriname has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder they see protests see was convicted of killing 15 political opponents in 1982 the cour

hong kong sara what's the atmosphere like. with city of a peaceful gathering we have here in central hong kong you mentioned that this sort particular assembly has been organized by secondary students were high school students but they've invited the older generation to attend so we have representation from the older and the younger generation here to cross generational divide but the united in the calls for political reform are there also calling on the government to hold off conduct an independent investigation into what they describe as police brutality the place of being accused of using excessive force on protesters over these 6 months of demonstrations so it's a you know i describe it's a peaceful gathering of it certainly with this is one of a number of rallies we're expecting i'm over this weekend we had last weekend's district council elections where the pro-democracy kept secured a majority and that certainly bolstered the protest movement and on sunday we have a rally where people where we're expecting large numbers together and march to polytechnic university you mentioned earlier the political universe is where we had a

generation they are referring to them to symbols so behind me we have several 100 people gathering in central hong kong in a very peaceful assembly and what they want is the 5 key demands which involve a push back for china to china's tightening grip on hong kong as well so want political reform now this rally comes a week after we had the district council elections and we saw the pro-democracy perhaps secure a landslide victory in those elections so certainly last weekend's elections has bolstered the protest movement and we have a number of rallies scattered across this weekend's puts the planning for tomorrow's. early game we've got 3 protests that we believe are happening on sunday but one in particular goes for about 6 hours is what they've shared tools and this particular one is going to take place in calhoun and it's actually going to be back near the polytechnic university which you referred to earlier we had a a siege that took place for about up to 2 weeks there we had more than a 1000 protesters and students holed up inside that campus pushing back the police now we had more than 1100 arrest

sanctions on chinese and hong kong officials seemed responsible for human rights abuses and the sarah clarke reports from hong kong fisons are celebrating the u.s. move. in central hong kong they gathered to say thank you to the united states president donald trump signed into law the hong kong human rights and democracy act on wednesday the pro-democracy protesters embraced it as a sign of support i think is a good thing for ha ha biggest given the special are how do you say that the economic. situation of our car to all mainland china actually yeah. i think it was affecting. the whole situation i'm very organised to be a part of the whole college stay standing here. i'm not saying the word sarah brady but to to. to share one delightful moment of being here yesterday for this remark was that thank you mr speaker i thank the legislation had rare broad bipartisan support in both the u.s. senate and the house of representatives and for the people of hong kong it allows the u.s. to introduce economic sanctions against hong kong and withdraw the city special trade status if it believes the government is failing to protect democracy and human rights pro-democracy act

which of power lies parts of hong kong seems june so certainly a different a very different response from the hong kong and chinese government but the atmosphere in central hong kong on thursday here at this protest movement the pro-democracy movement has been one of celebration all right sara clark thank you for that update from hong kong. armed groups are carried out new attacks in the eastern democratic republic of congo 2 health workers were killed in the world health organization base the violence comes as residents protest against what they see as inaction by un peacekeepers tossed with keeping them safe reports from goma. another tense day in bengal. a protest is shot dead by a policeman on saturday. the policeman was later killed by an angry mob. they marched through the city with his body in a way to the area where he was shot in the head. the bodies one of 6 people who have been killed. over the weekend people here are not and their anger is directed to the un peacekeeping mission called one school they blame the peacekeepers for failing to protect them from attacks from an armed group in the area called allied democratic forces or. the un miss

in hong kong we've also just been informed in the next hour they're going to create another flash mob in central hong kong and we've seen this over the last few days where tear gas has been fired in one of the busiest areas in the entire the city and certainly seen this new strategy of protests taking place on week days what sort of impact is this having that. what's having a huge impact on not just on the university students or the protesters in the place but the general public simply because they're scattered these flash mobs and these protests and the transport kind of strikes across the city the university grounds have certainly been the focus of the last few days but as i mention central hong kong during business hours during weekdays and during the lunch hour now the public has been caught in the crossfire when the tear gas is being fired and and all schools being canceled that's obviously having an impact on everyone across hong kong now the government overnight wins that evening had hardly ever all senior government officials met at government house and this certainly raised speculation

hong kong. members of the older and younger generation are attending this assembly here in central hong kong across generational divide whoever is you know. for political reform this peaceful gathering is demanding the government make the 5 demands which include an independent inquiry into place conduct and investigate accusations of police brutality they also want the government to push back on china's totting grip on this former british territory. even though it's tough to bring the kids out to the rally we want to tell the government we aren't scared no matter how many ways they try to suppress us we will still come out this really comes a week after the procedure moxy camp secured a majority in the district council elections that victory has bolstered the protest movement with more relevance planned for sunday in hong kong. has been more violence in eastern democratic republic of congo rebels have killed 13 people in kuku tama that's near the city where 28 people died during an attack by armed groups on tuesday catherine surely is in goma we are being told that residents are now feeling that it

meddling in hong kong's freedoms have now entered a 22nd week asian has indicated it may now tighten its grip when it said you told him this territory. her. clothes of tear gas fill central hong kong as pro-democracy protesters gathered 1st 22nd week they were met with forceful police responds. oh. you wanted to get behind the mob again get right on some people what i think it makes more people hate the police i know my. it creates more hatred and off i just got out. and that animosity was clear as the 2 sides clashed in the central business district with officers firing tear gas and rubber bullets and some demonstrators destroying public property the chaos has battered hong kong's reputation as a secure financial hub. for the feeling to know the truth of home god today. was fun to look at the. blue shopping district coming right down on you today though to look at us not to occur to people not in. saturday's rally although not legally sanctioned started out peacefully in victoria park but police were showing no toller ends the clashes then moved to the central business district police arrested dozens of people fulfilling beijing's promise to tighten controls mainland ch

and hundreds of high school students surrounding in central hong kong they're calling for democratic reforms and they're standing against what they say was police brutality during the anti-government protests. there's been fighting between the police and anti-government protesters in chile demonstrators threw rocks at officers who responded with tear gas and water cannon several people were arrested the rallies began in early october over a rise in metro fares which was later reversed but the demands of the protesters widened to demand social equality british police have identified the man who killed 2 people in a knife attack in london last man card was shot dead by the police shortly after the incident the 28 year old was convicted of terrorism related offenses in 2012 paul brennan reports from london. it was a life or death struggle witnessed by hundreds of shocked bystanders the man in the gray sweater is pinning the london bridge attacker to the ground and police drag him clear and as the attacker rises the police officers fire trying to get off the bus because i can't and i sta

perceived meddling in hong kong freedoms of now and today 22nd week beijing has indicated that it may now tighten its grip on its semi autonomous territory. clouds of tear gas fill central hong kong as the democracy protesters gathered for a 22nd 2 week they were met with the forceful police response. to the mob i think it frightened some people what i think it makes more people hate the police i know my. it creates more hatred and or up i took out a loan. and that animosity was clear as the 2 sides classed and the central business district. officers firing tear gas and rubber bullets and some demonstrators destroying public property they chaos house battered hong kong's reputation as a secure financial hub the feeling to know all of. the money the loot are you got to do something that's true right now are you that don't look at our notes will come up to the people that. saturday's rally although not legally sanctioned started out peacefully in victoria park but police were showing no tolerance firing tear gas on the cloud. the clashes then moved to the central business district police arrested dozens of people to filling beijing's promise to tighten controls mainland c

perceived meddling in hong kong freedoms have now entered a 22nd week beijing has indicated it may now tighten its grip on its semi autonomous territory. clouds of tear gas fill central hong kong as democracy protesters gathered for a 22nd 2 week they were met with the forceful police response. to. frighten some people but i think it makes more people think the police. creates more hatred. and that animosity was clear as the 2 sides clashed in the central business district. officers firing tear gas and rubber bullets and some demonstrators to. strong public property they chaos house better hong kong reputation as a secure financial hub for the student you know through all of homecoming today. just got on to our. blue something that's coming up right now are you today don't look at our students we're putting people on. saturdays a rally although not legally sanctioned started out peacefully in victoria park but police were showing no tolerance the clashes then moved to the central business district police arrested dozens of people feeling beijing's promise to tighten controls mainland china shows no signs that it will meet calls for greater democratic freedoms while h

she herself sa she has two bosses, hong kong people and the central government in beijing. after thelections, hong kong local media quoted unnamed sources saying that beijing is very shocked about the election result, and they might consider removing carrie lam as the hong kong leader. that might be one of the possible responses. laura: that would be pretty extraordinary. what about the protests themselves? what direction do they take? zhaoyin: right, so the protesters at the moment may b enjoying a sense of triumph. but they will not completely forget about the five demands overnight. they are certainly waiting for more meaningful responses from the hong kong and beijing gornment. if tnoy don't get it, it i impossible they will return to the streets with more disappointment and anger and even more radical tactics. in the worst-case scenario, unfortunately, we are going to see the spiral of violence returno the hong kong street. laura: how about president trump? what if he were to supportre co's pro-democracy act for hong kong? zhaoyin: president trump is under a lot of pres

clashes yesterday today there was this big event that you just mentioned here in this park in central hong kong it was granted by the police possibly because it is a prayer event the police has less possibilities to to to to prevent to prohibit. religious events and it has been very emotional very. peaceful and. of a very. event and that was trying to what was displaying dignity people laying down flowers it was a vigil this one has just ended for the let rest of the week and it's not so clear what's going to happen the organizers of the event have called on everybody to go home and continue protesting tomorrow and on monday all right let's he has been. monitoring events in hong kong for us we thank you very much. you're watching news it's day 2 for our ongoing coverage commemorating the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago thanks very much. why i subscribed to d.w. books your favorite writer to finish i like to see myself as the kid stein in the strange grown up world where your books are new to. syrian born american visits a local bar in berlin. he lives just opposite with a friend who was a

hong kong for an unprecedented 5th week day demonstrations. remain blocked in schools and universities a closed. has more from central hong kong i think joining the morning friday morning here on word went out on social media. flash mobs to be formed baby all. this is the scene now. said the district of hong kong where 100 people at the moment turned out possibly they'll be joined by all those they are as we've come through.

hong kong. up to $10000.00 people have gathered here in central hong kong it's almost a celebration there thanking the u.s. for backing this bill which would as a result could potentially introduce economic sanctions on hong kong if the u.s. believes that the hong kong government isn't bicycle fulfilling its human rights and democracy commitments and as a result these people here behind me it's become almost a party atmosphere and of course this is in light of less than a week after the city's district council elections voted in the pro-democracy politicians in a landslide victory so certainly it's been a good week for the hong kong anti government supporters of the protests as you say the fact that the u.s. has signed this bill it's a show of support for what their message is which is an anti government message calling for greater political reform in the city it's a very different reaction from the hong kong government as well as china's reaction on both or over similar message that told the u.s. to stay out of their internal affairs they describe this bill is unnecessary and unwarranted and basi

t time for hong kong governnt to act will be short. in central hong kong today, a prominent pro-beijingti polian had to be escorted stom her office by riot police amid jeering, hoile crowds of . out on a street corner this evening, this man was thanking his supporters. he is one of a handful of pro-government counsels who but he says it has been a nightmare for the pro-government camp. >> everything is wrong. we have to start with government policies, governme strategies, conversaon on all kinds of things. the cabinet and what have you.of very loud voiche people that they are not happy what they have been going through the last six months.rt ruanyone looking for a hopeful si from beijing today got nothing. the foreign ministry spokesman again insisting hong kong is china's internal affair, and everyone else should mind their own business. but tthout some acknowledgmen of what happened here on sunday, the celebrations could sooturn back to violence on the streets. rupert wingfield-hay, bbc news, in hong kong. laura: for more on the results spoke w

these are just crazy scenes here in central hong kong. everyone's running. move, let's go to the side. one month later, i ran into x at another protest. no time to talk. another time and x takes off, disappearing into the mob. it will be the last time i saw him in person. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: move back. >> we're prepared to die. the stronger our passion is the stronger we will be. >> reporter: by november, the violence becomes deadly. another protester shot with a live round. and an argument with protesters leads to a man being doused and set alight. a new tactic emerges, protesters occupy several college campuses, paralyzing the city. inside the polytechnic university, students show me how they're fortifying the school. >> and then you light up -- >> reporter: but the hardcore battle prep is hereby n that molotov cocktail factory and training ground. within days, the police attack. the and the school is under siege. rubber bullet ts flying in and tear gas. police move in on the campus, so protesters set fires in walkways, on police-armored vehicles, a

joins us live now from hong kong sara so another day of transport chaos across hong kong tell us what's been happening. we've just had a flash more protest up here in the central hong kong with a couple of 100 people blocking some a key roads in central but where we are now we're polytechnic university just on the calhoun side of hong kong and this appears to be the new battleground we've got protests is a few 100 as far as we've seen inside this particular campus and are now barricaded themselves in their guts they creating petrol bombs they've got large numbers of bricks they've got these know they handmade homemade no devices but it's getting down across the road behind me at all entrance points to this particular university and i'm not sure if you can see right behind me but there's some flashing lights down there that's where the number right place of the last couple of hours have been building and we are expecting those right place to move in on this particular group of protesters and as i mentioned they have barricaded themselves in with everything they can get their hands on from a pot plant strong bellows to chairs desks you name it so this appears to

hong kong where students have invited older demonstrators to join. members of the older and younger generation are attending this assembly here in central hong kong across generational divide whoever is united in a cold for political reform this peaceful gathering is demanding the government make the 5 demands which include an independent inquiry into place conduct and investigate accusations of police brutality they also want the government to push back on china's totting grip on this former british territory i come here to support the youngsters. nothing to lose in my life they. even though it's tough to bring the kids out to the rally we want to tell the government we aren't scared no matter how many ways they try to suppress us we will still come out this really comes a week after the pro-democracy camp secured a majority in the district council elections that victory has bolstered the protest movement with more relevance planned for sunday in hong kong. opposition leader keiko for him already has been released from prison off the 13 months. she was detained pending trial accused of receiving bribes from a brazilian construction company hundreds of

protesters arey occupying central hong kong for a fourth straight day.y over escalating violent confrontations with police. protesters are blocking major roads. schools have been kept shut until sunday. the government has denied reports of curfews. pro-democracy protests have been going on since june when the country tried to introduce an extradition bill that many thought would stifle dissent. >> the polytechnic university in hong kong has become a rallying point for a growing number of protesters and students who blocked themselves in the campus behind me. this number has been growing throughout the day. they have created a barricade. you can see the students hiding behind that waiting for the police to arrive. they also blocked off major thoroughfares. these roads, scattering breaks as well as nails, stopping police from entering. protesters have blocked more than 20 traffic arteries across hong kong. sections have been closed, with more throughout the evening. police have described this as mob behavior, one step closer to terrorism. protesters are co

time for the hong kong government to act may be short. in centralkong today, prominent pro—beijing politician regina ip had to be escorted from her office by riot police withjeering, hostile crowds. out on a street corner this evening, paul tse was thanking his supporters. he's one of a handful of pro—government councillors who survived the election. but he says it has been a nightmare for the pro—government camp. everything is wrong. i think we have to start with the government policies, government strategies, the composition of all kinds of things, the cabinet and what have you. i think this is a very loud voice of the people that they aren't happy with what they've been going through the last six months. but anyone looking for a hopeful sign from beijing today got nothing. a foreign ministry spokesman again insisting that hong kong is china's internal affair, and everyone else should mind their own business. applause but without some acknowledgement of what happened here on sunday, the celebrations could soon turn back into violence on the street

time for the hong kong government to act may be short. in centrale by riot police, withjeering, hostile crowds. out on a street corner this evening, paul tse was thanking his supporters. he's one of a handful of pro—government councillors who survived the election. but he says it has been a nightmare for the pro—government camp. everything is wrong. i think we have to start with government policy, government strategy, the composition of all kinds of things, the cabinet and what have you. i think this is a very loud voice of the people that they aren't happy with what they've been going through, the last six months. but anyone looking for a hopeful sign from beijing today got nothing. a foreign ministry spokesman again insisting that hong kong is china's internal affair, and everyone else should mind their own business. applause but without some acknowledgement of what happened here on sunday, the celebrations could soon turn back into violence on the streets. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. the jury in the trial of the match commande

hong kong. members of the older and younger generation are attending this assembly here in central hong kong across generational divide whoever is united in the calls for political reform this peaceful gathering is demanding the government make the 5 demands which include an independent inquiry into place conduct and investigate accusations of police brutality they also want the government to push back on china's tightening grip on this former british territory . we have nothing to lose in my life. even though it's tough to bring the kids out to the rally we want to tell the government we aren't scared no matter how many ways they try to suppress us we will still come out this really comes a week after the pro-democracy camp secured a majority in the district council elections that victory has boasted the protest movement with morelli is planned for sunday in hong kong. police in chile have fought with protesters in the capital demonstrates is through rock said officers who responded with tear gas and water cannon several people were arrested the rallies began in october when the government decided

hong kong where the older demonstrators those that have retired are out in force saying they support the students. members of the older and younger generation are attending this assembly here in centralhong kong across generational divide whoever is united in a holes for political reform this peaceful gathering is demanding the government make the 5 demands which include an independent inquiry into place conduct and investigate accusations of police brutality they also want the government to push back on china's totting grip on this former british territory. to support the youngsters. nothing to lose someone lied. about even though it's tough to bring the kids out to the rally we want to tell the government we aren't scared no matter how many ways they try to suppress us we will still come out this rally comes a week after the pro-democracy camp secured a majority in the district council elections that victory has both of the protest movement with more relevance planned for sunday in hong kong. for the 1st time facebook has added a correction notice to use this post saying the original message contained false information it complies with an order from singapore's government concernin

hong kong sara tell us what you've been seeing. but we've had 2 flash mobs are called rallies today and on thursday both are on central hong kong island one was in central where the water canon i believe has just arrived at about 15 place have come in to disperse those protesters which were gathering in central another one at the eastern part of hong kong island in an area called the smaller but where we are now is a polytechnic university on the calhoun side this is a very busy almost a construction site if you may be able to see behind me this is all the students who are gathering assembling here at this particular campus barricaded themselves in this particular university they created barricades and they're also they've blocked all access points or areas android's into this particular campus pretty much creating almost a full life force life experience that we have a number of riot police here really but they seem to have. further behind us and this is where they fired tear gas on these students the protesters early on thursday morning but the moment they've created the bricks scattered across the number of nile devices that they'v

of today but this is just this is just one spot we know of another lot of other areas in hong kong island central hong kong where tear gas has been fired the networks have been damaged 20 empty that's the train system here in hong kong 20 train stations have been closed major highways have been blocked and as you can see behind me we still have right place and police deployed across the entire of hong kong trying to clear those blockades that have been set up by those protesters and i can also confirm that university classes have been suspended at a number of different universities and a number of different campuses other schools have also canceled their classes and children have been sent home as a result of today monday's general strike and what we've seen today that particular protest are being shot by a live round of ammunition by police. and sir are you getting the sense that both sides the riot police and the per the right police on one end of the protesters on the other both are escalating the tension in the aggression. yes by all means and we've heard no huge crowds gather back here at sa

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time for the hong kong government to act may be short. in centrala ip had to be escorted from her office by riot police, withjeering, hostile crowds. out on a street corner this evening, paul was thanking his supporters. he's one of a handful of pro—government councillors who survived the election. but he says it been a nightmare for the pro—government camp. everything is wrong. i think we have to start with government policy, government strategy, the composition of all kinds of things, the cabinet and what have you. i think this is a very loud voice of the people that they aren't happy with what they've been going through, the last six months. but anyone looking for a hopeful sign from beijing today got nothing. the foreign ministry spokesman again insisting that hong kong is china's internal affair, and everyone else should mind their own business. applause but without some acknowledgement of what happened here on sunday, the celebrations could soon turn back into violence on the streets. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, hong kong. priceless jewe

and so on and today friday again they have brought some various areas of hong kong island to a standstill we are in the central area of hong kong this is that paper street and until about half an hour or so ago hundreds of people were walking around the streets many of them black protesters who have been clearly taking part in these protesters protests for months now but interestingly being joined by many office workers who were clearly office workers who had come down and deciding to use their lunch hour to protest or demanding these 5 demands that they have been demanding since the very beginning calling on people to stand with hong kong to fight for freedom now they have dissipated have left in the last half hour or so the police arrived just a couple of minutes ago and they are now in the process of reopening the streets with some a bit of an obstacle course down here as you can see lots of bricks have been left in very interesting kinds of shakes to stop the traffic they have all got to be cleared away and then hong kong gets back to normal again but it was in the demonstrations that took place in this sa

time for the hong kong government to act may be short. in centralcian regina ip had to be escorted from her office by riot police, withjeering, hostile crowds. out on a street corner this evening, paul tse was thanking his supporters. he's one of a handful of pro—government councillors who survived the election. but he says it has been a nightmare for the pro—government camp. everything is wrong. i think we have to start with government policy, government strategy, the composition of all kinds of things, the cabinet and what have you. i think this is a very loud voice of the people that they aren't happy with what they've been going through, the last six months. but anyone looking for a hopeful sign from beijing today got nothing. a foreign ministry spokesman again insisting that hong kong is china's internal affair, and everyone else should mind their own business. applause but without some acknowledgement of what happened here on sunday, the celebrations could soon turn back into violence on the streets. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong k

hong kong. couple of 100 people are gathering here in central hong kong in a vigil to remember the 22 year old student who died last week after being involved in a protest when he fell from a car after the 3rd floor the 2nd floor suffered a head on friday died of a cardiac arrest now this is after the protests on sunday here in hong kong where 6 districts were targeted we saw some violent confrontations during these protests and the focus today on sunday was. that we had a number of the shopping centers damage and damage and some barricades were set on fire by those protesters and the police did make some arrests now also on sunday we saw the release of an interim report by the international panel into the ongoing investigations of these protests and international was critical of the watchdog it said in the hours. and i get them into the system and also question its like the resources and ability to do its job and this comes after 5 months of protests and this week on monday we have another general strike lives on by this. a thick blanket of toxic small because again engulfed india's capital new delhi

hong kong. a couple of 100 people are gathering here in central hong kong individual to remember the 22 year old student who died last week after being involved in a punter's. when he fell from a top of the 3rd floor the 2nd floor suffered a brain injury and on friday i died of a cardiac arrest now this is off to a day of protests on sunday here in hong kong where 6 districts were targeted we saw some violent confrontations during these protests and the focus today on sunday was shopping malls and we had a number of a shopping center is damaged and to yasser damage done some barricades were set on 5 abbado's practices and the police did my summer recess now also on sunday we saw the release of an interim report by the international panel into the ongoing investigations of these protests not that international panel was critical of the watchdog that said unless the power to make a momentum assessment and it also questioned it's one of the sources not an ability to do its job now this comes after 5 months of protests and this week on monday we have another general strike up planned by this anti go

protestersusands of gathered in central hong kong thursday night for a thanksgiving rally to celebrate u.s. legislation that requires annual reviews of the city autonomy. -- the city's autonomy. the foreign ministry said no one should underestimate china's resolve to safeguard sovereignty. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on tic-toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm yvonne man. this is bloomberg. rishaad: let's get more on china's retaliation threat. the key question is how beijing might hit back. joining us is the bloomberg opinion editor. everything seemed to be on track for the phase one deal. it is kind of like what we had in may. what is happening? what do we know? >> everything was on track. trump said we were in the throes of an agreement. equities were rallying. the s&p hit another record high. and then, trump signed the hong kong bill. the hong kong bill could put some of that into jeopardy because china does not like a lot of foreign government's meddling in their affairs. things could slow down. rishaad: tha

people they're describing as violent protests now on thursday we have another rally being held in central hong kong and this rally is a protest that's being called the thanksgiving rally and of course so this is all about the hong kong human rights and democracy act in the fact that this has been signed on the day of this rally will no doubt attract bigger numbers for this this assembly and meanwhile the remnants of what perhaps was the most sustained challenge against the author it is in hong kong. university campus the search is going on there presumably the security forces old the authorities at least looking for evidence that could be used against those who are to be charged. yes montane a good number of people yesterday which is a wednesday teams from the university went in to look for the last of the protesters the people thought was still holed up inside after about almost 2 weeks they found no one so on thursday the government and police teams have gone in on a search of their own but of course as you mentioned this search is looking for evidence that is petrol bombs any devices that may ha

one way i was i was but what i was al-jazeera had already pro-democracy protesters occupying central hong kong for a 4th straight day. was. the they're angry over escalating violent confrontations with the police burst esther's are blocking several major roads and the cross harbor tunnel schools are being kept shut until sunday but the territories government has denied newspaper reports a curfew could be put in place pro-democracy protests have been going on since june when the government tried to introduce an extradition bill many feared would be used to stifle dissent sarah clarke has more on this now from hong kong. the point university young cullen side in hong kong has become a rallying point for a growing number of protesters and students who barricaded themselves in the campus behind me now this number has been growing throughout the day and have now created a barricade which you can see the umbrella's and the students hiding behind that waiting for the police to arrive it also blocked off some of these major thoroughfares these roads through talent throughout the day scattering bricks