achievement of all the hong kong with with the courage and determination of hong kong there is still quite freedom and democracy to stop the progress we're going on through the hong kong is china's hong kong and hong kong affairs are purely china's internal affairs no foreign governments or power has the right to intervene. also coming up phasers doctors concerned about antibiotic resistance are increasingly turning. viruses that kill bacteria untreatable by other drugs a thing that fitch therapy is getting more and more important because. i think so or more and more fearing. people are actually dying because so the infection can be treated. and china has reacted angrily after u.s. president donald trump signed bills backing hong kong pro-democracy activists beijing says it will take firm countermeasures against the u.s. for meddling in its domestic affairs the new legislation means they'll be an annual review of the favorable trade status that washington grants the territory. pro-democracy demonstrators thanking u.s. president donald trump for signing legislation that ensures the u.s. backs democracy in hong kong. there was music in the including the star-spangled banner. trump

will check whether hong kong remains democratic as a prerequisite for keeping hong kong's special trade status the government in beijing is really angry. young sure. is china's hong kong and hong kong affairs are purely chinese internal affairs which i'm going no foreign government or power has the right so when something more than a go. to. beijing says it will use countermeasures if the u.s. continues quote down the wrong path. more on this from d.w. washington correspondent pablo foley. public do we know why the president president trump signed these bills. told me well you know with president trump it's always very difficult to interpret why decisions are made at a specific moment in time and this would be one of them the president said that he signed it out of respect for president xi jinping of china he said he's done that of respect for china and also for the people of hong kong now it's also been pretty difficult to work out at times one president trumps interpretation of the ongoing protests in hong kong has been you know he said that he's with hong kong at times he's also said that you know the chinese president xi jinping is a great guy now before

will check whether hong kong remains democratic as a prerequisite for keeping hong kong's special trade status the government in beijing is really angry. is china's hong kong and hong kong affairs are purely china's internal affairs which i'm going no foreign government or power has the right so when something more than a go. to. beijing says it will use countermeasures if the u.s. continues quote down the wrong path. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s. president donald trump says he's restarted peace talks with the taliban 3 months after ending negotiations the announcement came during a surprise visit to afghanistan where he met with president ashraf ghani and american troops mr trump also said he wants to draw down the number of u.s. soldiers in the country. medical sources say iraqi forces have shot dead at least 25 protesters in the southern city of nasiriya as unrest continues to grip the country on wednesday demonstrators set fire to the iranian consulate in the city of najaf outrage over an employment government corruption and perceived iranian influence at the fueling widespread and government protests. no

it's good to have you with us over the 6 months of protests in hong kong china has repeatedly claimed that foreign forces under arrest in the tide of tree now it has used to try to prove. a former employee of the u.k. consulate in hong kong says he was tortured by chinese police while on an official trip to the mainland in august simon chang had been tossed by the consulate to report on the protests in hong kong he says that could be one of the reasons he was detained by police chung has claimed that while in detention police wanted him to confess to the u.k. was instigating in the territory and to extract this confession police used torture as a. i paid hank coughed and i've been playing for . this not to torture for example i. probably had stop and cough and for several hours and that's you feel very painful. and then for example we need to do a lot of extreme exercise distract task stack for example again into something like this. for several hours as well and you will get a little shuffle in a standstill and if you try to sit down or stop what would happen they were pitney china h

when hong kong was handed over to china, that was agreed with the british government. the leader said that hong kong would stay for 50 years under its own ecosystem, not being part of china. in fact, there recently had been discussions revisiting that idea. that china thinks that was unnecessary. that policy was because china back then lacked the confidence as an economic power. now china believes hong kong does not need one country, two system to prosper under the... you are basically saying they are saying this no longer works, we are going to... the integration of hong kong into china will be escalated after this event, but how fast, at what pace, that is the question. let's get some other answers. eunice, we have heard over the course of the past week the protesters blaming the excesses of the police. the police blaming the protesters. do you see any middle ground and where would it come from? there is no middle ground in hong kong. we are not seeing any middle ground. 0n the other hand, we have beijing. and the statement two days ago. i think they signalled that m

last sunday's election in hong kong may have been strictly local but it sent a signal straight to the heart of made land china in the face of an increasingly violent standoff between 12 democracy protesters and hong kong's beijing backed government a record number of voters turned out for the poll and handed a landslide victory to pro-democracy candidates for the city's local district councils the resulting defeat took hong kong to be legal government by surprise and up the pressure on beaching will that make a crackdown on the protesters more difficult or more than likely hong kong elections wake up call for b.j. . our top. mother. welcome to to the point we've invited 3 highly knowledgeable guests to exchange views on what the hong kong election result could mean hunks when lead born in hong kong works for 5 years at doj of ella as a t.v. reporter and also on our china desk and she says what happens in hong kong should be a wake up call for the whole world the chinese regime is a danger to all free societies. which is an expert with german. renowned battle's money foundation and he says beijing's reaction t

will check whether hong kong remains democratic as a prerequisite for keeping hong kong special trade status the government in beijing is really angry. sure. is china's hong kong and hong kong affairs are purely chinese internal affairs which i'm going no foreign governor. georgia power has the rights will be more than new go to. beijing says it will use countermeasures if the u.s. continues quote down the wrong path. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the multis cabinet has held an emergency meeting amid a widening scandal over the murder of journalist daphne cairo and i guess. earlier police arrested and questioned the prime minister's former chief of staff keith scrambly he was rate later released without charge this week and 2 government ministers resigned after being linked to the case north korea has test fired 2 short range missiles according to south korea and japan observers say the move could be an attempt by pyongyang to pressure the u.s. over deadlocked nuclear talks the north has set an end of year deadline for negotiations to restart. sudan's justice minister says the government has repealed laws regulating wo

yes, when hong kong was handed over to china, that was agreed with the british government. hong kong would stay for 50 years and its own ecosystem, not being part of china. in fact, recently there had been discussions revisiting that idea, that china thinks that was unnecessary. that policy was because china back then lacked confidence as an economic power. now, china believes hong kong does not need one country, two systems. hong kong can prosper under the chinese system. xijinping is basically saying they are saying this is no longer works, we are going to... even people in hong kong believe that the integration of hong kong into china will be escalated after this event. but how fast, at what pace — that's the question. let's get some other answers on that. you look at comparative politics all over the world. eunice, we have heard over the course of the past week the protesters blaming the excesses of the police, the police blaming the protesters. do you see any middle ground and where would it come from? there is no middle — in hong kong, we are not seeing any middle grou

hong kong is china's hong kong and hong kong affairs are purely china's internal affairs no foreign government or power has the right to intervene this will only make the chinese people including our compound trips in hong kong more aware of the sinister intentions and had monic nature of the united states it will only make the chinese people more united and committed the us probably doomed to fail. and we have didn't use clifford couldn't with us he was a correspondent in china for over a decade hi clifford thanks for joining us here it is still unclear how exactly china will respond in terms of concrete action what's your analysis well i think looking at the verbal reaction it's kind of predictably angry they're talking about hedging money and they're using the language that of the struggle and they're talking about plots and they're clearly very angry about this they see that they see it as an attack on their internal affairs and that's a been a big that's always a big issue with china whenever there's comments about human rights or democracy people chinese reaction is always this is our in

hong kong is a passive china in hong kong of fears a purely chinese internal a fuse chinese media to say nothing about opposition parties doing well this is monday's china day printed on sunday night before the results play out inside it suggests the high turnout is good news for pro stablished parties but since the results come out nothing no update on the website of this newspaper at school and nothing in any of china's official media on the substance of the results . we stopped people in beijing to ask them what they thought of the result. the response was confusion there was this oh you go make had no one we spoke to had heard anything about them without him on. the one man who did want to talk said this broad throughout history i haven't paid too much attention on this vote in hong kong yet but i think stopping the violence and chaos is the priority now we are too soft on the hong kong facts tolerance has to have a limit. the chinese central government should strike them hard. but do you know the result of the vote

. >> hong kong is china's hong kong. hong kong affairs are purely china's internal affairs. no foreign organization, foreign government, or foreign individual has the right to interfere. >> the protesters are calling for fully democratic elections and also protests started back in june. >>> president trump spend his holiday weekend in florida. here's how this is a surprise trip by the president is also reviving peace talks. >> after a 50,000 mile flight. >> we love them. >> a welcome treat for troops on a day when we all pause to give thanks. >> this evening as manies of families sit down at their dinner tables back home they'll be saying a prayer for the men and women serving our nation in afghanistan and deployed around the globe. >> plenty of photos and of course service by the commander and chief to those when being here have already sacrificed so much. a stronger than ever military. the removal of terrorists. the president also used his first trip to afghanistan. announcing the u.s. and taliban have restarted peace talks but the u.s. insisted on a cease fire. >> the tal

hong kong protests. they passed it over china's objections. question is, some would say that the hong kong police have fought back against the protesters some say they have been accepted in force but china seems to be holding back and has shown restraint. what do you think this is going to mean with their relationship with the u.s.? how is president trump looking at this? chinese side, interfering in their domestic affairs is something that is incredibly sensitive for them. there are redline issues around this. there are a few issues more important to the regime here in beijing. it is very sensitive. in terms of how they are responding to the protest in hong kong, the view has been that they have been holding back and letting the authorities and hong kong, the police and carrie lam, pleasant deal with it. they have been trying to wait this out. there is a view from china's senior leadership that if they were to take a more aggressive sending inr example the help of the hong kong police, that would cause such a major issue in terms of capital f

will check where the hong kong remains democratic as a prerequisite for keeping hong kong's special trade status. the government in beijing is really angry. jungle sure. is china's hong kong and hong kong affairs up you know to china's internal affairs. no foreign government or power has the right so intervene most in need of. beijing says it will use countermeasures if the u.s. continues quote down the wrong path. now no matter what china says pro-democracy protesters are determined to continue their campaign in hong kong and during their demonstrations a fog of tear gas has become perhaps the defining image of hong kong police have fired more than 10000 rounds against protesters sure gas is used because it can temporarily disable people but residents say is having a lasting impact on their health. when kathy jew and patricia leave rented their green room apartment in hong kong to mourn the 2 roommates how did was a good deal price was reasonable and the building in good shape but now they wish they had never moved here come along my nose often it is in my skin feels dry i feel very uncomfortable and i have diarrhea that usually lasts for a few days. and he'd g

he's always said that come of the issue and hong kong is really a china story and a hong kong story. be what the rest of the world does. and lest china does something militarily, you can probably still hold that line and get away with it. but the house and the senate aren't going to let him get away with it. he's going to have to make a decision at some point. ben: i kind of agree. this is taking place on a bit of -- bit of ak to parallel track. think we've entered a new trading range for phase two. i don't think we will get any resolution on some of those issues, much thornier, having to do with trade policy and things that into the future. from a market perspective, it just means we are going to be writing those waves for some time. alix: this goes into, how much risk do you want to be taking on? when i mentioned the japanese export data, a lot of that is going to be south korea and the trade issues they have, but the we -- but we know that the trade has issues. that is either going to mean something separate or is part of the same thing. vincent: i think it is going to be part of

hong kong thanks president trump for legislation supporting democracy in the territory but china is condemning the u.s. for meddling in its domestic affairs and promises firm counter measures. demonstrations in hong kong with a look set to continue with yet more tear gas being fired the gas expanded warfare so what are its health the facts or president the protesters as presidents a lot. of small government holds a late night crisis talks over the murder of an investigative journalist the prime minister refuses to pardon a key suspect who wants to tell all in a case thought to implicate top officials. are brought in thomas great to have you with us climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th fridays for future global climate strike now they're demanding that governments step up their efforts. to cut carbon emissions and they're sending a message as well to the un climate change conference that begins in madrid next week now we're going to say more than 3000 strikes are planned around the world today here you can get a sense of the scale of the rallies that are takin

hong kong police. the response from beijing is striking and all-too-familiar note. >> stopping the violence and restoring order is the paramount task for hong kong. hong kong is china'song kong. >> the pro-democracy protest want greater autonomy from china. their demands include direct elections to the chinese legislature and a direct inquiry into the police brutality. this election result shows hong kong ours overwhelmingly back the pro-democracy movement. all eyes will be on how the government response. phil: now to some of the other stories making news around the world. israel has expelled a high-profile human rights activist, accusing him of promoting a boycott of the country. he has a director of a human rights watch and a u.s. citizen. he is the first activist to be expelled f for supporting boycotts. iranian government supporters have turned out to condemn days of protests. demonstrations erupted when iran's leaders raised fuel prices by 50%. amnesty international says at least 143 people have been killed in the unrest. officicials in kenya safe five more people have been killed in overernight floodingng, bringine death toll from torrential rains to 65.5. a co

report on whether export controls and sanction laws are being enforced by the government of hong kong or whether china is using hong kong to evade as a backdoor to evade export controls and sanctions f says that if hong kong ultimately returns and passes that extradition bill that china wants, the president has to present a plan to protect americans from this law. and last but not leakers it asks -- it requests that the president -- it mandates that the president identify and sanction foreigners, the president determines based on credible information foreigners who are responsible for arbitrary detention, for torture, forced confessions inside of hong kong or any other human rights violations in hong kong. and by the way, would also allow blocking the assets of these persons if those assets are located in the united states. and so in a moment here as we continue to gather -- we're awaiting the arrival of companion legislation -- i would yield the floor because i know we have a lot of important sponsors that are here that want to speak on this subject. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer:

, they're legitimacy as a money center depends on hong kong, so the stakes here are very, very high for mainland chinaely that leads me to think that they have to crack down because even without that crack-down money is fleeing hong kong, losing its place in the global financial order, i don't know how china really walks away from this. >> the big question for the last 25 years is will hong kong take over china or china take over hong kong, right now it looks like it's going in the wrong direction. david: does, indeed, fedex blasting "the new york times" over expose claiming the company paid zero dollars in taxes, steve moore spoke to ceo fred smith this afternoon, he has the inside scoop on how he is firing back and steve will tell us what's going on. i am alfa romeo. it's how we bring hope to our patients- like viola. her team treated her cancer and strengthened her spirit. so viola could focus on their future. cancer treatment centers of america. appointments available now. cancer treatment centers of america. i wanted more that's why i've got the power of 1 2 3 medicines with trelegy. the only fda

is china's hong kong hong kong if as purely china's internal affairs no foreign organization foreign government and foreign individual has the right to interfere with the u.s. legislation comes less the way got deployed democracy party secured a landslide victory in the city's district council elections that year has been a morale boost for these protesters but so far the government is showing no signs of compromise in meeting these demands for political reform sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. 41 people are confirmed dead following jesus powerful earthquake in albania rescue workers are trying to find survivors in several countries and sent teams to help and this was the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in decades john says that one of the worst hit cities duress he says most people there have fled for fear of aftershocks. i'm standing among a group of apartment buildings and hotel buildings along the beach front of the resort town of buddhists and as you can see these apartments above me are completely uninhabited. and renters have fled t

we have seen where there is unrest in hong kong. >> -- shery: thank you. the china open will get the views of prominent hong kong businessman. we continue to reach out to voices on all sides of the debate on hong kong's future. push to get them over the finish line. we will discuss the prospects. and conservatives remain uncomfortable in u.k. election. we will analyze the effects on the sterling, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: is on the move after indicating the conservatives could when a healthy majority. watching this.is we saw the spike in the sterling earlierthe currencies but we are seeing those gains being paired back. why? is the pollt indicates that conservatives will win a majority of 68 feet, but there is a caveat that says they have a double-digit lead in most polls, and models says the lead goes down. , it has been a little bit -- it ise, so trade very tough for them to jump on this bandwagon because they have been burned before and they do not want to be burned again. paul: we saw the pound making gains on the euro. what does this mean? obviously, if

china's hong kong hong kong if purely china's internal affairs no foreign organization foreign government and foreign individual has the right to interfere with ongoing the u.s. legislation comes less a little way to promote democracy party secured a landslide victory in the city's district council elections that too has been a morale boost for these protests but so far the government is showing no signs of compromise in meeting these demands for political reform sarah clarke 0 hong kong. still to come here on al-jazeera we're going to mars and beyond europe's multi 1000000000 pound plans to explore new frontiers in space. and it's the worst disaster in british sporting history 30 years on there's a verdict in the hells from manslaughter case. how the weather's looking you could still dry and a little more settled across the middle east we've had some patchy rayman drizzle for a time and some wetter weather the next the carrier cloud just spilling out of syria towards iraq easing across iran but not too much right on this for the time being so we

in hong kong protesters inside the university campus there refusing to surrender to the police. britain summoned china's ambassador for the allegations a consulate employee in hong kong has been tortured simon chang says the police chinese secret police changed him up and beat him most amount of information but activists leading the protest in hong kong. a bahraini dissidents has made a formal complaint to the police in the u.k. he says staff at bahrain's and besieged try to muddy him by pushing him off the building's roof lawrence lee reports from london. if the bahraini authorities harbored any hope that mussa mohammed's campaign against them was over then they were wrong because here he was at a police station in central london entering the formal complaint that staff working at their embassy in london had tried to murder him it was in late july the mohammed climbed up to the top of the embassy roof to protest against the imminent executions of 2 anti government activists in the gulf states. footage from the ground shows an apparently being beaten with sticks on the edge of the roof he claims the dip

summoned the us ambassador telling him to stop meddling in hong kong affairs and threatened retaliation. >> reporter: hong kong is china's hong kong. hong kong affairs are china's internal affairs, no for an organization, foreign government or for an individual has the right to interfere. >> reporter: is the two nations get close to signing phase 1 of their trade deal analysts say retaliation would hurt china more than the us. >> they are huffing and puffing using all sorts of over-the-top language, they're not really going to do anything. >> in hong kong police continued operations moving into the polytechnic university, scene of recent major classes, there is still believe to be 20 students hold up inside with molotov cocktails, this may yet escalate. it remains to be seen of china will retaliate but certainly's tensions between the two countries. chrismac thanks. south korea's military says north korea has fired two short range projectiles, the weapons will probably send from what it says is a superlarge multiple rocket launcher, the move comes 3 days after the north and its troops conduct artillery drills near its di

they say is greater democratic freedoms in hong kong, will see this asa freedoms in hong kong, will see this as a victory, something that supports their cause. china warning all along that it sees the signs of foreign meddling and foreign influence in the situation in hong kong, is clearly going to take a very dim view of this. coming on top of those election results this week, this will be seen as only complicating things further, which is why i think we are seeing such a firm response. you have to wonder, in a way, if it plays into the hands of the leadership in beijing was trying to betray the protesters as an unrepresentative minority, but also puppets of foreign powers. that is a claim we have heard them make time and time again throughout the many months no unrest in hong kong. of course, supporters of the us human rights and democracy report would say that far from threatening to meddle in hong kong's affairs, in a way that threatens to resort to the status quo. it threatens to remove hong kong's special privileges if this assessment process that is put in place deems hong kong's autonomy to have been eroded significantly under chinese rule

destruction the chinese nations endeavor to realize the great and you'll remind the us that hong kong is part of china and hong kong affairs the chinese internal affairs where no foreign government will interfere in this act will only further expose the malicious and hedge monic nature of us intentions we urge the us not to continue going down paths with china which it countermeasures and the us must bear all consequences the hong kong human rights and democracy act opens up sanctions for human rights violations and makes it easier for arrested protesters to obtain u.s. visas it also requires an annual review of the weeds and special trade status and hong kong will qualify only if it has enough autonomy from beijing this could potentially poses a threat to the city's position as a global financial center if hong kong special status is revoked it would be subject to the same sanctions imposed by the us on mainland china the same goes for trade tariffs and banking restrictions limits could also be placed on sensitive technology sold to hong kong hong kong's economy is already suffering as a result of th

both true and stopping the violence and restoring order is the paramount task for hong kong at the moment hong kong china hong kong some of those who. do when they join the pro-democracy protesters want greater autonomy from china their demands include direct elections to the territories legislature and an independent inquiry into police brutality. was this election result shows home conners overwhelmingly backed the pro-democracy movement all eyes now i will be on how the government responds. now to some of the other stories making news around the world israel has expelled a high profile human rights activist accusing him of promoting boycotts of the country omar sheikh here is a regional director for human rights watch under a u.s. citizen is the 1st activist to be expelled for allegedly supporting boycotts of israel and its settlements. and have thousands of iranian government supporters have turned out on the streets of tehran to condemn days of violent protests demonstrations erupted earlier this month when the iran's leaders abruptly raised fuel prices by 50 percent rights group amnesty internation

hong kong protesters. it requires annual reviews of china's -- hong kong's trade status. the move threatens to complicate trade talks with beijing. citigroup believes the prospect of an agreement is unlikely to be derailed, and the deputy chief of the hong kong monetary authority told bloomberg the immediate impact will not be huge. >> it is not welcome news, but as you can see, the market reaction has been pretty calm i have talked to feel the immediate impact of the bill is not going to be huge. nejra: we are joined by yvonne man and tom mackenzie. great to have you on the show. is this likely to have in hong kong, will it fueled protests? that will be a key question, and galvanizes the protesters on the back of this election we got last week where there was resounding support for the democrats as well. momentum building, though we see some calm in the city. there have been flash mobs in parts of the city, but we heard from the monetary authority, the banking system has been robust and resilient. when it came to things like capital outflows, they have not picked up when

emily is in hong kong and has the details. >> hong kong and china denounced the u.s. legislation as gross interference in its internal affairs and a violation of national law china has summoned the ambassador to hong kong. adding the u.s. has to shoulder consequences if it continues this way u.s. attempts to interfere in hong kong affairs are doomed to fail they strongly regret that president trump backsigned legislation that backed protesters, it is interference in affairs that is unnecessary and groundless trump had earlier expressed reservations about the bill because of ongoing trade talks now that the act has been signed into law, the state department will have to certify annually that hong kong keeps enough autono autonomy president trump saying i signed these bills of respect for president xi, china, and the people of hong kong. they are being enacted in the hopes that leaders and representatives of china and hong kong will be able to am ka bli settle their differences >>> let me ask you, best case scenario, this is just a diplomatic spat after president trump s

ambassador telling him to stop meddling in hong kong affairs, they also threatened retaliation. >> hong kong is china'song kong, hong kong affairs are purely china's internal affairs, no for an organization from a foreign government, or for an individual has the right to interfere. >> as they two nations get close to signing phase one of their trade deal, analysts say any retaliation would hurt china more than the u.s. >> short term, the chinese are huffing and puffing using all sorts of over-the-top language but they are not really going to do anything. >> in hong kong, please continue operations moving into the polytechnic university, seen of recent major clashes. >> they are still believed to b0 students hold up inside with molotov cocktails meeting this may yet escalate. it remains to be seen if china will retaliate but certainly it heighten tensions between the two countries. >> mike: south korea's military says north korea has fired two short range projectiles and says the weapons were sent from a super large multiple rocket launcher. the move comes three days after the north said its troops cond

hong kong is china's hong kong. china's internal affairs no foreign government power has the right to intervene. this will only make the chinese people including all compound trips in hong kong more aware of the sinister intentions on nature of the united states it will only make the chinese people more united and committed the u.s. probably isn't doomed to fail. but. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world hungary and prosecutors have charged the captain of a cruise liner in connection with a deadly boat collision on the danube in may the ukrainian national was charged with misconduct leading to mass casualties and 35 counts of failing to provide help 27 people died nearly all of them tourists from south korea turkey says 2 of its troops have been killed in a mortar attack in the town of kali on the border with syria the mortar round was reportedly fired from syria near areas that turkey and syrian ally seized last month turkey says its forces retaliated. apple has agreed to russian

mentioned it's already had a number of negative consequences for hong kong and you know indirectly at least this will always affect. china and we know that chinese trade was already being up there has been going through hong kong are going to have to buy the trade war. so you know as you noted there have been some talking about not entering the market others leaving the market one thing though that you know we see that chinese i.p.o.'s have not have not been deterred and it's not yet clear this will encourage or discourage them from listings in hong kong but i think we can also look at the announcements yesterday in china liberalizing the financial services sector in mainland as a media tactic to possibly upset and some major announcement yesterday and today with that in mind. donald trump has of course gone back and forth when it comes to those trade talks with china but do you think he'll go ahead and sign this into law . you know his problems are magnifying it he desperately needs the support of the senate given the impeachment hearings in the house can appear to what he can afford if you're soft on china even though

china trade board and asian markets crept up on friday on positive vibes coming from china hong kong added half a percent of the nikkei gains 0.38 speaking as an economic forum chinese president xi jinping said he wanted to reach an initial trade pact with the usa based on quote mutual respect and equality relations between the world's 2 largest economies have come under strain after the u.s. congress passed 2 bills backing hong kong protests. and speaking of those hong kong's polytechnic university has been an important place of learning over the years not least in computing and digital engineering but over the last week it has been the site of a siege involving anti-government protesters and students a small call remained mobile phones the main outlet to the world beyond the comes online has been as important a battleground in the protests as any other it has helped galvanize the dissent but it has also become increasingly possible for the chinese government to use technology online to work against and suppress the protests. earlier today my colleague kris kobach spoke to order tan

china's hong kong hong kong as a purely chinese internal affairs no foreign organization foreign government and foreign individual has the right to. the u.s. legislation comes less a little wake up to promote democracy party secure a landslide victory in the city's district council elections that too has been a morale boost for these protestors but so far the government is showing no signs of compromise in meeting these demands for political reform sarah clarke 0 contact . 3 world health organization workers have been killed in democratic republic of congo in attacks on to it voter virus treatment centers is the latest in a series of attacks in the east of the country this is protests were held outside the united nations peacekeeping mission in the regional capital goma just to say the u.n. is not doing enough to protect civilians and accuse one of the soldiers of killing a protester on monday or the 70 people have been killed in attacks by different armed groups since the army launched an offensive last month. the french president continues to sta

china's hong kong hong kong as a purely chinese internal affairs no foreign organization foreign government and foreign individual has the right to tell me which i'm going to the us legislation comes less a little we're going to blow democracy party secured a landslide victory in the city's district council elections that too has been a morale boost for these protestors but so far the government is showing no signs of compromise in meeting these demands for political reform sarah clarke 0 hong kong. in the united states a key witness in the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump has been accused of sexual misconduct 3 women have made allegations against gordon tsonga and the u.s. envoy to the european union they claim he retaliated against them professionally after they rejected sexual advances songlines testimony linked president trump's decision to withhold aid from ukraine with investigations into his political rival joe biden. and trump's personal lawyer has been accused of pursuing lucrative business deals with ukraine officials wh

with the donald trump administration's use of human rights issues to exert pressure on china starting. now in hong kong and so on the attorney's leadership is also concerned with the strong opinions of course for human rights issues in china including the crisis in hong kong he believes in the coming presidential year actually income he began each from only fishing will come on come on pleasing the group. in the united states. luis is trying to stir them but it is see aim of the sanctions well it really is an effort to totally sabotage hong kong demonstrators they're not demanding democracy imagine they're demanding sanctions on their own city sanctions everywhere in the world this economic warfare and it's strangulation why on earth would anyone in hong kong make a demand that sanctions be passed on hong kong there is an inch and they may not be aware these are young people without a future. and that's because of what has been imposed on them from the west. this hour the russian olympic committee says there are no objective obstacles to its national team taking part in next year's olympics it adds tha