hong kong people elect. organization that focus on. africa if you walk on the u.s. so it does not directly involved in the local ground protest in hong kong right but it's called the hong kong democracy council and it seems to have direct links to lobbying in washington for laws that suggest unless hong kong enact legislation that helps washington there should be u.s. sanctions on china well i say. call rationale behind though is when china is found out to. commit itself to the promise off on the british on declaration well it's a toad it accountable because the declaration is time and by british and chinese government and it is tabled in the united nation so my now talking about the professional treatment of hong kong that is the major premiss of that which is hong kong remains autonomous so if home going on the direct autocratic control from china it is just an ordinary chinese city so why the well should all the perpetual comment on home i think this is the logic behind the i don't i don't think the way to country use the use of words and the rationale behind. hong kong human rights and democracy that help the discussion except is not the will do that it's a tiny minority of countries nat

that influence and pressure i mean we as we've been saying a year ago now you founded this hong kong democracy council you were very active with lobbying around the hong kong human rights and democracy act which president signed last year and that was about sanctions now since then with a lot has happened now that the u.s. has rescinded hong kong special status and that will have consequences for people on the ground in hong kong do you agree with that choice. i think that this is something that needed to be done and it's really the responsibility and that the response relies on the government and the chinese government they are no one wrote one country 2 system and and us policy has to back out and they should he actually has been working as you said not only on the right ocracy at. all essential that has come down also we're trying also to preserve some of the protection for hong kong so the holocaust safe harbor act and a number of our immigration refugees protections that we're promoting right now is meant to punish russia on this its. rights access. to safety and protection for us so those i thin

democracy activists leave hong kong overfear of being arrested. one of them is nathan law, a founding member of the territory's now disbanded, main pro—democracy party, demosisto. he was elected to hong kong's legislative councilprison on bail in 2017 after being jailed for his role in the 2014 umbrella movement protests. after leaving hong kong upon fear of being imprisoned under the new security law, nathan law is now in london and joins us live. it's good to have you with us. we heard this announcement that the uk is suspending the extradition treaty with hong kong and extending to hong kong the arms embargo. i know that the opposition leader wants to go further, you have been speaking with members of the opposition party, what extra would you like to see the uk to? we have spoken with mps and they are in support of the democratic movement in hong kong and there is a structural shift. it is becoming more certain that this is shared by both the opposition and the incumbent party, and for them there are several ways we can move things forward. for example, making sure there are more people eligible for that and providing necessary health, working closely with our allies in europe and around the world to make

nominations have opened for candidates in hong kong's legislative council election in september pro-democracy groups say they face a major hurdle the government has the power to disqualify candidates because of their political views it's the 1st election since a new security law was opposed by beijing which critics say restricts freedoms brown has this update from hong kong. the picture behind me speaks of prosperity but it's also a picture that in many ways belies the mood right now here in hong kong and i would categorize that mood by being one of suffocation suffocation from the effects of this new draconian national security law and also suffocation from the restrictions arising from covert 90 min mixed in with all of that we've also seen displays of the defiance on saturday as candidates begin submitting their nominations for those elections due to be held in exactly 50 days time on sunday september the 6 but not all candidates submitted their nominations on saturday especially those from the more radical wing of the pan democrats including people like joshua wong and lester shroom that'

we begin in hong kong way 12 opposition politicians have been disqualified from running in september's legislative council election leading pro-democracy activist joshua wang is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong electoral authorities have asked the candidates about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt and for the 1st time in hong kong police have used a new national security law to crackdown on pro-democracy activists online 4 students have been a rest said there a key is a posting content that calls for hong kong's independence from china beijing impose its controversial law 4 weeks ago david palin has more from hong kong. hong kong is particularly sensitive issue for the u.k. as hong kong used to be a british colony in the u.k. signed a joint declaration with beijing before it was handed over in 1907 and the ambassador had mentioned that to saying it hadn't violated the joint declaration but the u.k. and the rest of the international community see this national security laws impos

security council votes to extend humanitarian aid to syria failed to pass aid agencies say the decision could lead to dark consequences for millions of people. and hong kong's pro-democracy supporters are holding a primary vote to pick candidates for september's legislative council election and be the 1st vote since the imposition of a new national security law. now the largest broadcaster in the philippines is just hours away from shutting down for good that's after m.p.'s refused to renew the a.b.s. c.b.s. license the channel has until late on saturday to appeal against the government's decision about 200 employees protested outside the network's headquarters in manila a.b.s.e b.n. has repeatedly been threatened by the president for its critical coverage china was forced to go off air in may after its franchise expired that in a raw is an associate professor of journalism at the university of the philippines dilemma and he says m.p.'s should not be regulating the media. right now there is a beam me up but what will be in the going to be the landscape. that only god would really need to be you know out every now and then longer if should not be there. than to be selecti

hong kong next. the government there has disqualified 12 pro—democracy candidates from upcoming legislative council elections it says the candidates were not fit to run for office. unsurprisingly, the candidates themselves see it differently. here's one of them. when the national security law was passed, i said that one country to system is finished. today we are seeing the results of being relentless that this regime is starting. one country two systems is the policy which up till now has given hong kong a high degree of autonomy from mainland china. the man that you just heard, dennis kwok, is an elected member of the legislative council, for the civic party. the party is considered relatively moderate. but four of its lawmakers, who you see here, are among those disqualified. the others you see here, many are prominent activists, like lester shum and joshua wong. lester shum was elected as a district councillor last november, as part of a pro—democracy party surge in those elections. they took 17 out of 18 districts. and there's some suggestion that might be a calculation here. joshua wong tweeted: i was

hong kong. we learned earlier that hong kong is barring pro-democracy candidates from the legislative council electionre now hearing from the shanghai -- south china, excuse me, warning post, saying joshua fromis barred from those the hong kong election. , june in retail sales hong kong, down 28.4% year on year, a little bit worse than the expectation of a drop of 24%. earlier we spoke with credit --sse ceo, scott stein gomas koch done -- thomas ottstein. thomas: we have good results ,oth on the p&l, the revenues or on the balance sheet. very pleased. >> what happened with the share one ratio? a lot of people were expecting it to go down and it has actually gone up. thomas: we were obviously cautious when we gave guidance at the end of the first quarter because we did not know how much risk rated assets would increase, and at the same time we generated more capital through our earnings come and that is why our ratio is at 12 points 5% -- at 12.5%. thecine: talk about structuring of the merging units. thomas: even with my predecessor it was already a topic. 2015, clearlyn the two had to be separated be

hong kong's political freedoms he says this is qualifications were were promoted or rather were motivated by the government's fear that for the 1st time ever the pro-democracy camp could win a majority in the legislative council elections that would be a prospect that would infuriate beijing because it would allow the pro-democracy faction to have more of an influence in hong kong's of ferrous rules and regulations and in the way it deals with the central government in china he also said that the national security law that was imposed in hong kong just under a month ago was one of the main issues that is. threatening hong kong's democratic movement the political system and tongues freedoms now the government had said that most of the those candidates were disqualified because they did not support that national security law but it also he also mentioned that joshua long also mentioned the 4 young people that were arrested on wednesday night for as posting on social media advocating hong kong's independence says they were arrested they're still in detention and he said that also is another violation of hong kong's rights and he said it's just a matter of time before he too is accused of violating the national s

hong kong's preferential economic treatment. for candidates who won in hong kong's recent primaries are calling for gracie unity within the pro-democracy camp ahead of september's legislative council election they say there is no room for division in the face of china's crackdown on the territories freedoms. at least 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from media have been killed as fighting escalates at the border the 2 former soviet republics have been in conflict of an enclave inside azerbaijan controlled by ethnic amin. where hundreds have been arrested in belarus for rallying against the electoral commission's exclusion of the 2 main opposition candidates from august's election protests erupted after it rejected valerie it's up carlo and victim applications to take part in the polls the president alexander lukashenko his main rivals you're saying crowe is currently seeking a 6th term in office the e.u. says the decision undermines the overall integrity and democratic nature of the election. protesters have rallied for a 4th day now in far east russia and what's said to be the biggest demonstrations there in 30 years they're angry at the arrest of their regional governor on murd

hong kong's preferential economic treatment. and the candidates who won and hong kong's recent democratic primaries are calling for gracey unity within the pro-democracy camp ahead of september's legislative council election they say there's no room for division in the face of china's crackdown on the territories freedoms. now the united nations is warning that tens of thousands of migrants mostly ethiopians stranded in war torn yemen at least 14 and a half 1000 have been rounded up forcibly moved around the country and some even detained out of fear they're spreading private 19. has this report. trapped in yemen one of the most dangerous countries in the world there's little these ethiopian migrants can do except for a. most were headed to saudi arabia for work hoping it could pull them out of poverty about the pandemic stop them in their trucks now they're among tens of thousands of migrants stuck in the country in its 6th year of war. the situation worse. is careers and lives are risk and as a result suffer exclusion. in addition to the forced removals fears about 19 have lived departments in yemen experience verbal physical harassment used tension and movement restrictions the majority of mig

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military maneuver is 12 opposition politicians in hong kong have been disqualified from running in september's legislative council election leading pro-democracy activist is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong electoral authorities and also candidates about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt well those are the headlines i'll have more news here for you on al-jazeera after rewind stay with us. frank assessments seeing that. there's. been this informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of breakdown many. region are actually under a de facto state of knowledge and seek critical debate after to use a proxy because look at a recent interest the philippine people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al jazeera. hello and welcome to rewind i'm come all sons of maria over the last 10 or so years here at al-jazeera english we've built up an incredible library all of your winning documentaries and on rewind we're taking another look at some of the best of them and seeing wha

is also weighing in on primaries held over the weekend to choose pro-democracy candidates in hong kong's upcoming legislative council election. the territory's government warned the unofficial vote may have violated china's new national security law. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo said the warning demonstrates the chinese communist party's fear of democracy and its own people's free thinking. >>> a chinese law professor known as a critic of xi jingping has been reportedly fired. he was detained on what his friends describe as false accusations. xu zhangrun had already been suspended by the university for writing an article in 2018. in it, he denounced beijing for removing presidential term limits which enabled xi to stay in office indefinitely. most recently xu a accused the government of mishandling the coronavirus outbreak. he was detained earlier this month and released on sunday. police reportedly told his wife he was detained for allegedly soliciciting prorostitution. his friends say the move was meant to discredit xu. >>> a a major attraction at festivals in hong kong are majestic paper floats known as fl

in hong kong 12 opposition politicians have been disqualified from running in september of council election leading pro-democracyactivists joshua warned is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong russia has denied trying to destabilize bellerose ahead of its upcoming election but barely says it said mercenaries to incite riots state media are reporting that a criminal case has been launched against more than 30 alleged russian mercenaries it claims that they were working with opponents of president lukashenko to rest. the forward time when he's president to have us all the islands transition from dictatorship to democracy has died at the age of 97 the tanguy was president from 1988 to 2000 those were the headlines nick clarke will be hit with the al-jazeera news hour in half an hour but next it's the stream to stay with us. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on

security council agreed on friday to a compromise that leaves only one border crossing with turkey open. turnout has been higher than expected in hong kong's primary polls held by pro-democracy parties the results will decide which candidates run in legislative council elections in september. mali's president is promising to form a national unity government in this over the constitutional court to bring him back and cater is attempting to address issues raised by protesters who want him to resign. thousands of people have blocked traffic in bulgaria capital so fear in protest against corruption for a 3rd day demonstrators called on the prime minister and chief prosecutor to resign and anger was sparked on thursday after the offices of the president were raided part of 2 separate investigations president ruben rather has also been a vocal critic of the prime minister's cabinet. people in poland are voting in a presidential runoff that could shake up political parties and the facts relations with neighbors the office is largely ceremonial but the president can veto legislation from parliament sunday gager reports this is a stark choice for voters in poland one which will shape

2nd crossing open failed to pass at the un security council there's been a high turnout in hong kong a primary polls about being held by pro-democracy parties these will decide candidates for the legislative council elections in september that vote by the 1st since the imposition of a new security know by china hong kong government minister has warned that those involved may be committing an offense under the law but pro-democracy candidate joshua was told al jazeera that every vote cost is a message to beijing. fight for democracy is such a battle just like the battle of life sometimes we might be difficult and also under pressure but a friend can't defeat us make us even stronger determination and just like thousands of people come out of what it just already a lot beijing you know that even they have to turn to hong kong to do that we feel is it and we never called home and we never surrender mali's president abraham says he'll form a national unity government it's an attempt to reduce some rest after several people were killed during protests calling for his resignation. the united states has reported another daily high for new

security council agreed on friday to a compromise that leaves only one border crossing with turkey and turnout has been higher than expected in hong kong's primary polls being held by pro-democracy parties the vote will decide which candidates run in legislative council elections in september. president has promised to form a national unity government and dissolve the constitutional court. is attempting to address issues raised by protesters who want him to resign. billions of dollars of banknotes printed in russia are being widely circulated in libya the internationally recognized government in tripoli says the rival dinars to the central bank's currency are counterfeit some libyans are refusing to accept the new dinars because the currency is funding the wall of trade for half the military campaign trail reports from the former rebel stronghold of misrata more than a $1000000000.00 worth of new libyan bank notes found in 2 shipping containers a couple of months ago were yet another sign of russia's influence in libya the cash on the mediterranean island of malta was only from the printed words from moscow to leave the have to use forces in the eastern libya the us government w

northwestern syria depend on aid coming in from turkey hong kong's pro-democracy supporters are voting for candidates for september's legislative council election it'll be the 1st poll since the imposition of a new national security law the largest gold cost in the philippines is hours away from shutting down for good that's after m.p.'s refused to renew a.b.s. c.b.s. license the channel has until late on saturday to appeal thousands of people are protesting for a 4th day in serbia's capital belgrade they're calling on president to resign in part due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. mourners are gathering in the east and buzzed in the head to govern for the 25th anniversary of the shrub and its a massive more than 8000 muslim men and boys were murdered in the town in 195 by bosnian serb troops it was the worst crime of the bosnian war a french bus driver has died 5 days after he was attacked by passengers when he reportedly asked them to wear mosques phillipe mungo was left brain dead after the assault in the city of buy on 5 men have been charged those with the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness

and this is our just these are the top stories now hong kong's pro-democracy camp is holding a primary vote to decide on candidates for legislative council elections they say nearly impose security laws threatening freedoms in the territory the vehicle parliament has more from hong kong the primaries they call it were delayed by a couple of hours due to the fact that police raided the polling a company that was supposed to monitor these elections count the ballot police say it was because of a project they did in 2013 where data was released but there are many questions particularly among the democratic camp at the time the largest broadcaster in the philippines is just hours away from shutting down for good and he's refused to renew a b.s. c.b.s. license on friday the deadline to appeal the decision expires in the next few hours the president has repeatedly threatened the network over its critical coverage. mourners are gathering in eastern bosnia-herzegovina for the 25th anniversary of the struggling to genocide more than 8000 bosnian muslim men and boys were murdered by bosnian serb soldiers during the 1995 war it's the only mass kill

hong kong's preferential treatment. candidates who won and hong kong's recent primaries are calling for greater unity within the pro-democracy camp in september's legislative council election they say there's no room for division in the face of china's crackdown on the city's freedoms. and at least 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from media have been killed as fighting escalates at the border of the 2 former soviet republics have been in conflict over and on trade inside azerbaijan controlled by ethnic amin and it's. now u.s. researches say the 1st phase of testing an experimental curve in $1000.00 vaccine has shown promising safety results and produced an immune response the human trial run by the biotech company madonna tested the vaccine on 45 healthy volunteers of those who received 2 doses had higher levels of virus fighting had 2 bodies compared to others who had recovered from the corona virus and no serious side effects were reported. well now japan is calling on the united states to better manage the spread of the coronavirus at its military bases after more than 130 soldiers tested positive in okinawa the local governor says he was shocked by the clust

open failed to pass at the united nations security council there's been a high turnout in hong kong for primary polls that are being held by pro-democracy parties these will decide candidates for the legislative council elections in september that vote will be the 1st as the imposition of a new security law by china the pro-democracy candidate joshua long told al jazeera that every vote cast is a message to beijing fight for democracy. just like the battle of life sometimes we might be difficult and also under pressure but the fret can't defeat us make us even stronger determination and just like. it just already a lot beijing you know that even they have to turn hong kong. back we've feels it. and we never surrender mali's president abraham says he'll form a national unity government it's an attempt to reduce unrest stop to several people were killed during protests calling for his resignation. the united states reported another daily hyphen ear infections of covert 19 more than 66500 cases were confirmed on saturday came as president from publicly wore a mask for the 1st time during a visit to a hospital governments are struggling to

go on for most of saturday nominations have opened for candidates in hong kong's legislative council election september pro-democracy groups say they face a major hurdle is the government has the power to disqualify candidates because of their political views it's the 1st election since a new security law was imposed by beijing there's the headlines more news here on al-jazeera right after inside story that's coming up next. counting the costs cold war true could the u.s. break hong kong spread to the dollar. of another currency shot turkey at war in libya and syria and president putin hope to kick start the economy this year but i would pay for his big plan. counting the cost on al-jazeera. taxes taxes taxes a group of millionaires just governments to raise taxes to fund a coronavirus recovery they say charity is not the solution but will governments also they're called and how popular is this idea this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura kyle the coronavirus crisis seems to be spinning out of control on thursday the world record its worst single day rise in infections almost a quarter

he was infected. 12 opposition politicians in hong kong have been disqualified from running in september's legislative council election leading pro-democracy activist long is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt well those are the headlines and i will have another news update for you on al-jazeera the inside story stay with us. big mistrust of big tech the u.s. congress questions the heads of apple amazon google and facebook and he competitive behavior how the internet giants become too powerful and is there any need for a new laws to regulate this is inside story. hello welcome to the program on. google and facebook for company.

turnout has been higher than expected in hong kong's primary polls being held by pro-democracy parties the vote will decide which candidates run in legislative council elections in september. mali's president is promising to form a national unity government in dissolve the constitutional court that brought him back ok is attempting to address the issues raised by protesters who want him to resign. a 5th consecutive night of anti-government protests has been held in serbia with demonstrators again calling on the president to resign saturday's rally was peaceful in contrast to the previous night when police fired tear gas the rallies were sparked by anger over the government's handling of the pandemic they've grown into why the discontent. people in poland voting in a presidential runoff election that could shake up political parties and affect relations with neighbors the office is largely ceremonial but the president can veto parliamentary legislation so new guy a go reports this is a stark choice for voters in poland one which will shape its identity in europe and the rest of the world are going to be on mars this is the incumbent crowd pleaser and

pro-democracy parties in hong kong have been choosing candidates for september's council elections. thousands unofficial polling stations across the city the parties want to show there's a popular mandate for the candidates the authorities might try to disqualify. and kong has been following developments and has more from hong kong. over a 100 thousands of people have turned out to cast their vote in this election which is higher than expected by the organizer just as we saw no one at the polling stations here while we can find people lining up to post the other day it's not only to pick the candidates part upcoming legislative elections but they see him as the 1st public opium poll if not the referendum to quantify this content among opposition came support it says the implementation of the national security office specially is now too risky for them to take part in protests as we were told earlier today. if we don't turn out to vote today there seems to be no other way for us to voice our anger towards what the government is doing we are afraid to this might be the last chance for

boys were murdered by bosnian serb troops hong kong's pro-democracy camp is holding a primary vote to decide on its candidates for september's legislative council elections they say a newly imposed security law is threatening freedoms in the territory. has more from hong kong the primaries as they call it were delayed by a couple of hours due to the fact that police raided the polling at a company that was supposed to monitor these elections and count the ballots police say it was because of such a project they did in 2013 where data was leaked but there are many questions particularly among the democratic camp as to the timing. the largest broadcaster in the philippines will remain permanently off air after m.p.'s refused to renew its license the president has repeatedly threatened the network over its critical coverage the a.b.s. e.b.m. corporation was forced to go off air in may after its franchise expired rights groups say the decision is a major blow to media freedom hundreds of people have been holding a protest in israel calling on prime minister binyamin netanyahu to step down. is on trial for corruption charges the attorney general has

turnout has been higher than expected in hong kong's primary polls being held by pro-democracy parties the vote will decide which candidates run in legislative council elections in september the pro-democracy candidate joshua one tells our just every vote cast is a message to beijing fight for democracy in such a battle just like the battle of life sometimes we might be difficult and also under pressure but a friend can defeat us even stronger determination and just like thousands of people come out of what is just already a lot beijing you know that even they have to turn hong kong. back we've built it and we never called home and we never surrender. president his promise to form a national unity government and dissolve the constitutional court it brought him back ok today is promising to address issues raised by protesters who want him to resign poland's 2nd round of voting is underway in a presidential election that could shake up politics the runoff is between conservative incumbent president and the very do that and the liberal mayor of warsaw. united states has reported another daily high for new infections of covert 19 it came as president tr

he was infected 12 opposition politicians in hong kong have been disqualified from running in september's legislative council election leading pro-democracy activists joshua one is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt well those are the headlines and i will have another news update for you here on al-jazeera the inside story do stay with us. big mistrust of big tech the u.s. congress questions that heads of apple amazon google and facebook on anti competitive behavior how the internet giants become too powerful and is that a need if the new laws to regulate them this is inside story. hello welcome to the program on amazon apple google and facebook for companies that have changed the way we live work shop and stay in touch with our friends and family but the american tech giants have long been accused of abusing their power to drive out competition and mishandling user data the u.s. congress has been investigating their business practices for years old wednesday politicians question the firm's chief executives as they

hong kong next. the government there has disqualified 12 pro—democracy candidates from upcoming legislative council electionselves see it differently. here's one of them. when the national security law was passed, i said that one country two system is finished. today we are seeing the results of being relentless that this oppression. regime is starting. one country two systems is the policy which up til now has given hong kong a high degree of autonomy from mainland china. the man you just heard, dennis kwok, is an elected member of the legislative council, for the civic party. the party is considered relatively moderate. but four of its lawmakers, who you see here, are among those disqualified. the others you see here many are prominent activists, like lester shum and joshua wong. lester shum was elected as a district councillor last november, as part of a pro—democracy party surge in those elections — they took 17 out of 18 districts. and there's some suggestion that might be a calculation here. joshua wong tweeted: i was just disqualified from legco election, despite being the biggest winner in #hk primar

others as everyone else but 12 opposition politicians in hong kong have been disqualified from running in september's council election leading pro-democracy activists to joshua one is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong electoral authorities had asked the kind of it's about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt and for the 1st time police in hong kong have used the national security law to crackdown on pro-democracy activists online 4 students have been arrested they're accused of posting content that calls for hong kong's independence from china beijing imposed its controversial law 4 weeks ago saying it's needed to restore order. a car bomb in eastern afghanistan has killed at least 18 people and injured more than 30 others explosion happened in the city in logar province it comes after chooses announcement by the taliban to hold a cease fire during. no one has claimed responsibility. we live in a better and noble a country today because of john lewis the late last just one of the tributes

legislative council elections that's a prospect that is very unpalatable to beijing because it means that the democracy count will have far more and fluent in the inner workings of hong kong as far as rules regulations and to a certain extent the justice system goes so the government is saying that this is old unfounded this is not politically motivated but as you can see that here there have been a large number of disqualifications and the authorities have not ruled out more disqualifications today today it's also the last day that the candidates in the elections nomination can put up their nominations which i mean is that after these qualifications the democratic camp doesn't really have much time to front new people to replace them so the government is they said they fear the government is likely to disqualify even more of them in what's seen as a purge of the democracy candidates and also given this there's also concern that as we said that these elections will be postponed and we're also hearing that in the coming hours the government is due to make a press conference or hold a press conference above these elections and very likely make that announcement we're going

military maneuver. 12 opposition politicians in hong kong have been disqualified from running in september's legislative council election leading pro-democracy activist is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong electoral authorities and ask the candidates about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt well those are the headlines i'll have more news here for you on al-jazeera after rewind stay with us. what are you seeing. it's an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many calls or region are under a de facto state of emergency a critical debate after the french people is not the person enters the bill if you feel in-depth analysis of the day's political headlines.

cases were registered on friday nominations opened in hong kong for candidates and legislative council elections to be held in september but pro-democracy groups could face disqualification for their political views it'll be the 1st election since a new security law was imposed by beijing which critics say restricts freedoms a controversial new anti terror law is being enforced in the philippines that allows police to bypass the court system arrest suspects without a warrant they can be held without charge for up to $24.00 days critics are concerned that the endangered civil liberties and may be abused to target opponents of president taze government of iraq the crown prince mohammed bin zeid is reportedly being investigated for complicity in acts of torture in yemen according to the news agency a.f.p. a french judge is looking into crimes perpetrated in yemeni prisons by u.a.e. forces the proceedings name i haven't been ziad as the commander in chief of the armed forces and those are the headlines we'll have more news for you on al-jazeera after one hour one east next. we know what's happening in our region we know happened get the dat

hong kong also signed an executive order ending hong kong's preferential economic treatment. candidates who won in hong kong as recent primaries are calling for greater unity within the pro-democracy cound in september's legislative council election they say there is no room for division in the face of china's crackdown on the city's freedoms united nations is warning of tens of thousands of my ignorance mostly ethiopians a stranded in war torn yemen at least 14 and a half 1000 have been rounded up forcibly moved around the country and some detained out of fear they're spreading covert 1000 sell high that has this report. trapped in yemen one of the dangerous countries in the. these ethiopian migrants can do except pray. headed to saudi arabia hoping it could pull them out of poverty the pandemics stop the tracks now they're among tens of thousands of migrants stuck in a country in its 6th year of war cope with 19 has made the situation worse i think you're scapegoated just carriers of the virus and as a result suffer exclusion and. in addition to the forced removals fears about 19 have left departments in yemen experienced verbal physical harassment increased tension and movement restrictions the majority of migrants in

cases were registered on friday nominations opened in hong kong for candidates in legislative council election to be held in september the pro-democracy groups could face disqualification for their political views it will be the 1st election since a new security law was imposed by beijing which critics say restricts freedoms a controversial new anti terror law is now being enforced in the philippines that allows police to bypass the court system and arrest suspects without a warrant they can be held without charge for up to $24.00 days critics are concerned that it will endanger civil liberties and those are the headlines the news continues here on out is there off to talk to us as era next. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wound. center matter where you call high and al-jazeera bringing you the news and current affairs that matter to tease. out is there. all the workers here. he's one of the most divisive figures in american politics today to some he's washington's most famous warmonger to others a fearless defender of u.s. interests john bolton's decades of conservative foreign policy have influe

for a 12 position politicians in hong kong have been disqualified from running in september's legislative council election leading pro-democracy activists joshua wall is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong look toward authorities had asked the kind of it's about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions the move is being denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt and for the 1st time police in hong kong have used the news national security law to crackdown on pro-democracy activists online 4 students have been arrested they're accused of posting content that calls for hong kong's independence from china but he imposed this controversial law 4 weeks ago saying it's needed to restore order if you compile and has more now from hong kong. hong kong is particularly sensitive issue for the u.k. as hong kong used to be a british colony in the u.k. signed a joint declaration with beijing before it was handed over in 1907 and the ambassador had mentioned that to saying it hadn't violated the joint declaration but the u.k. and the rest of the interna

suffer from this candidates who won in hong kong's recent primaries are calling for greater unity within the pro-democracy camp in september's and legislative council election they say there is no room for division in the face of china's crackdown in the city's freedoms. the united nations is warning that tens of thousands of migrants mostly ethiopians are not stranded in war torn yemen the u.n. says they've been rounded up and forcibly moved around the country because of fears that they're spreading covert 900. u.s. researchers say the 1st phase of testing an experimental covert 19 vaccine has shown promising safety results and produced an immune response the human trials run by the biotech company were done a test of the vaccine on 45 healthy volunteers no serious side effects were reported it was in the headlines coming up next it's al jazeera world by. 'd 'd ringback 'd 'd 'd 'd yes and see one of them is that so many who believe that this it fit to go make a scene where they are so they'll usually nice for the national hero near she must always yes and no will be and i called on when i called over to some jail nice and cheap on so many it will

. >>> shifting now to hong kong, where some pro-democracy candidates hoping to run in the upcoming legislative council election are being asked to clarify their political positions. the move is raising speculation how candidates answer could determine whether they'll appear on the ballot. local media report that at least 1111 candidates, including prominent activist joshua wong, received a letter from electoral authorities. in it, candidates were asked a series of questions, including whether they would veto government budget bills, request foreign governments to pressure china, or seek hong kong's independence. wong wrote on twitter that the letters have long been considered a way to disqualify candidates since electoral officers have huge powers to bar candidates from running. the hong kong government recently said the pro-democracy camp could be in violation of the new national security law that came into effect last month. and on sunday, the government said a candidate's ability to stand will be made in accordance with relevant laws and information. voters head to the polls september 6th. >>> in o

hong kong. thanks, will. >>> meanwhile, we're just learning that pro-democracy activist joshua wong says he's running for a seat on hong kong's legislative councilopes to send a message that hong kong residents will not surrender. his announcement comes recently after beijing passed a sweeping national security law for the city. wong has been ban from running in previous polls. he won by more than 31,000 votes last week. >>> now, when coronavirus erupted in europe, sweden went against the tide of shutdowns. the country opted to not impose restrictions and let life go on as usual. well, as phil black now reports, sweden seems to be paying the price for its approach now. >> reporter: this is the image sweden is recently famous for, living well while much of the world is locking down. but it's deceptive. scratch the surface and you still find great economic pain. these boats would normally carry hundreds of people every day during summer. >> enormous impact. counting march, april, our turnover went down 93%, and it's still around the same. >> reporter: this restaurant opened just weeks before the virus surged here. >> looking at the numbers, of cou

hong kong's special status, halting defence exports and restricting the territory's access to high—technology products. will business now move away? joining me now is claudia mo, pro—democracy lawmaker and member of the hong kong legislative councilstatus as a global financial hub? when it comes to doing business, hong kong used to have two major advantages, over the rest of china. wine is free press, free speech, and the other is rule of law, or the sense of rule of law, but then the new laws will head to both areas with free press, they can now search newsrooms without a warrant and you will need to review your sources' information. if you don't comply, the maximum penalty is life imprisonment, and if they consider your case, you can be extradited to china. that is all very worrying, and all internet service providers will need to comply with any demand for information from beijing's national security agents, and hong kong police in that regard. you have to comply with that sort of demand or you will be in dire trouble as well, and rule of law. they are essentially telling hong kong cords that they have to do, have to enforce this law properly in order to secure national—security. and so, whatever happened to our higher judicia

hundreds of thousands of hong kong residents have turned out to choose candidates for pro-democracy parties semi autonomous territory holds legislative council elections in september many fear mainland china could use a sweeping new national security law to block opposition candidates. floods are continuing to batter large stretches of southern china affecting nearly 34000000 people more rain is expected in the coming days authorities have sent in thousands of troops to help contain record high water levels. and u.s. president donald trump has appeared in public where your face mask for the 1st time in the mask to visit injured soldiers at a military hospital near washington until now trump had refused to wear a face covering it public engagements so he was tested regularly for the coronavirus. and here are some of the main developments in the global health emergency. the world health organization has announced a record increase in new global coronavirus cases with more than 230000 in one day at least 16000000 mexicans have been plunged into poverty the number in extreme difficulties has nearly doubled since february as massive job losses mo

security council agreed on friday to a compromise that leaves only one border crossing with turkey to open. turnout has been higher than expected in hong kong's primary polls being held by pro-democracy parties the voyage will decide which candidates run and legislative council elections in september. you know i think kingdoms planning and $900000000.00 boost to its border security post breaks it the government's funding package will create new border control posts and increase the border for start it's all part of the brics it's transition plan. the united states has recorded another daily high of new covered 19 infections more than 66500 cases were confirmed on saturday meanwhile president donald trump has worn a mosque publicly for the 1st time since the outbreak began medical reports from maryland. this is the end of that many health experts have been hoping and waiting for the u.s. president sending the message to his supporters that it's ok to wear a mask for many not doing so is a kind of political statement but before leaving for visit to this military hospital he sent in different message with his words when your hospital especially at that particular setting for yourself to