are the chances that this real democracy is how put it as we know in the west can be protected by kerry lam the current leader of the city of all go. i don't think promoting democracy is the job that kerry has been given by the beijing government the basic law said that potentially hong kong could have free elections it's not very definite there is it's a it's unclear no but that is what hong kong people have been hoping for the longest time that at one point there will be full democracy and beijing has made it very clear in the last couple of years that that is not going to happen and it's carried . through to no squash these protests in pismo taking says it could happen but. it should have causing the basic law is that eventually and gradually it would have but not put tension is so we believe that in the end it would happen and we're looking forward to this ok cerium you also pointed to earlier social media very much part of china's propaganda warfare aimed at not only the people inside all gone but the mainland chinese as well it shows that beijing really wants to get control of this pr

rallying in solidarity with victims of police brutality over the weekend hong kong chief executive kerry lam has warned that escalating tensions in the city could put it on what she calls a path of no return. also coming up on the anniversary of the building of the berlin wall a firsthand account of the speech being communist east germany despite a guardian angel that lied i knew there were alarms or guard it was until it was like i saw a fin a piece of wire stretched from the bridge close to bridge post if i touched it would have gone off and they would have immediately fired shots. and the let's hear it for the left to use in a world designed for right handed people today is the day to close the triumphs and the struggles of the world's left handers front and center. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program hong kong airport has canceled all remaining flights for the rest of the day after another mass sit in by pro-democracy demonstrators thousands of protesters have returned to the airport for ace. 2nd straight day they are angry about the increasingly forceful response by police which demo

kerry lam's words stop short of the protesters expectations she was asked up front by a reporter why don't you use the word withdrawn when you talk about the extradition and she answered that she can assure everybody that the extradition bill was what protesters have been talking about this saying that she needs to use the word with a drone so you can have any legal weight so that is certainly something that has been angered them she's been very stubborn about this fact and the other point that she did not address is the demand for many independent investigation committee to look into the police violence and. unfolded on the streets here well she said that she will cause a civilian body that already exists in this government appointed the independent police complaints council to look into what happened and come up with recommendations for the government that certainly will not make cutted with the protesters and also she didn't address a tool the 5 demands that they have been asking for so certainly they probably will have an increase and there may be loud voices calling for her to r

on khan's leader kerry lam warns the territory is on the verge of a very dangerous situation those comments coming as pro-democracy demonstrators again cause disruption to train service.

one of the only ways to solve this problem is for dialogue to take place direct dialogue between kerry lam and to governments and to the protesters that has not happened in the past 2 and a half almost 3 months since this these protests started what we saw on saturday was the beginning of what she is calling a brainstorming session involving influential people in hong kong politicians other figures as well that began on saturday with 19 of those people going to government house and media reports suggest that more than half of those people in that meeting urged to accept some of the protesters demands including an independent inquiry into the conduct of the police actions since june when these protests started and also to officially scrapped that extra extradition bill which is how this all began in the 1st place no sign of course that's going to happen in the main problem with those talks on saturday is that none of the protesters were there al-jazeera is way today reporting live from hong kong way many thanks. approved beijing panel has chosen a businessman this macau as chief executive h

have shifted from a political issue to a rout with global economic impact embattled hong kong chief kerry lam tried to soothe market fears i as achieve its executive will be responsible to rebuild hong kong economy to engage as widely as possible to listen as attentively as possible so my people scream and says and try to help hong kong to move on but the protests are carried on. the turmoil in hong kong has put pressure on stocks all over the world investors are already rattled at the u.s. china trade war and worries that capital flight from hong kong have added to was. hundreds of flights have been scrapped and more disruption is expected to big question among protesters as much as investors is how long beijing's patience for dissent can be tested. some experts say hong kong future will be decided by beijing. and the unrest in hong kong has investors worried across the region that includes singapore the city state has already cut as a no growth forecast in the wake of the u.s. china trade disputes its singapore hadan as an export hard it is highly sensitive to external shocks it's now expec

and not assembly happening tomorrow and there was a tense press conference we know earlier with kerry lam she said that there is a state of panic and a state of chaos there in hong kong and that it was her job to maintain security but i mean it seems as if she lost control of the situation. then asked. to turn off of her lamb and the beijing authority they happen so often that not trying to stop them. the tension between the public and the governments obviously care of them by saying on the protesters has no stake in these so sati and beijing farted and now this wiping some of the protesters as terrorists so they are taking a hot line approach and things are not under control right now but they are not trying to solve this problem by me it goes chasing with a protest this is that they're trying to intimidate the protest this by arresting more people by not just the mind being the most used by police some of them used by excessive force used by police but this is the hard line approach taken by the right no t.v. kong and hong kong thank you. for the protective some other stories making new

beijing isn't doing more to stop the protests in hong kong even focusing on the government there kerry lam's government and the police they feel as though those protests and stop as quickly as possible as you can imagine the very personal reasons we talk to some people who are traveling into hong kong they're worried about their own safety they're worried about their family safety so they have a very specific view of what's going on in hong kong less sympathetic if you will because when you think about what the people what those protesters are fighting for in hong kong are things that people here in mainland china don't have so obviously there's a different point of view on that but what's it saying here wishing jen to you know what we've seen over the last couple of days as you mentioned martine the rhetoric coming out from beijing has definitely ratcheted up you know there was even the term terrorist and some what some of the protesters were doing over the last couple of weeks could be seen as terrorism this coming from beijing you know we've seen you know the person who leads the office o

on kong's leader kerry lam warns the territory is on the verge of a quote very dangerous situation for thomas thomas pro-democracy demonstrators again disrupt trade.

where do things stand between kerry lam and beijing right now and is there any chance that some point soon she loses the support of beijing and has to step aside. well and realistically i think she lost the support through the handling of this matter it was her idea to push this particular extradition treaty at the time she she thought it would be a very sympathetic cause because of the murder of this young young woman and her child hong kong citizen after he took took her to taiwan at least alleged that this is what happened and i think but beijing is not going to abandon her they do not want to be seen to be giving in to a mob rule i'm actually kind of appalled by both of my fellow commentators that they don't seem to have any kind of sympathy for the people of hong kong who are being not only inconvenienced but actually physically harmed by this you know the police officers who have been attacked and wounded last fingers the woman at the subway station who was pregnant and could not get to the hospital you know this is not about attacking mainland china now what these student

this was a regular weekly media briefing given by kerry lam the chief executive of hong kong but it was the 1st time we have heard from her since the weekend when we saw what could probably be described as an escalation in the violence both on saturday and sunday we saw preapproved marches taking place in different parts of the city and what's becoming a pats in some protest is breaking away towards the end of those marches blocking roads resulting in the police taking action in the form of firing many rounds of gas in this media briefing there was again no sign whatsoever that carrie lamb is going to bow to the demands of the protest is even though she did say she's open to talks with them one of the key demands of the protest is is for an independent inquiry to be set up into the crisis specifically into the conduct of the police and carry lampa said time and time again that the time is not right for an independent independent inquiry while there is violence still going on on the streets she was also asked again whether she would resign and she said that a responsible chief executive

on their 5 demand they fear their autonomy is shrinking earlier today hong kong's chief executive kerri lam spoke to the public about setting up a platform for dialogue with various sectors of society we will start immediately a platform for dialogue with people from all walks of life so this is something that we want to do in a very sincere and humble manner and my principal shows. to listen sule what the people have to tell us and we want to reach up so the community as soon as possible when asked about the 5 demands lam said the independent police complaints council will be conducting a fact finding study to be released in approximately 6 months their report will include police brutality and those who have filed complaints on the anti extradition bill although lam again reiterated the bill is dead crowd pushed on why the word withdraw has not been used meantime anti-government protesters are gearing up for another weekend of demonstrations we spoke to one organizer who included an additional demand on allegations of surveillance in the kuantan district we'll continue to insist on. and on

protests started calls for dialogue between the protest is and the government including especially kerry lam the chief executive but has not happened so what she has done now is. started what she has called a brainstorming process really to try to come up with ideas to end this long running crisis and on saturday that process began she invited 19 senior people influential people as they were called from hong kong including politicians to government house to begin that process but there was no representative all the protest movement so it's highly unlikely that that approach this is going to have any effect in the short term at least towards ending these long running protests media reports out of that meeting suggest that in fact more than half of those people present at that meeting wanted to carry lamb face to face to accept some of the protests demands including an independent inquiry into police conduct again according to those reports said that the time is not right for any inquiry into what we have seen unfold on the streets of hong kong she wants peace to return before she'll agree to

on kong leader kerry lam says the escalation of violence in the chinese territories anti-government protests is becoming more serious lab was speaking publicly for the 1st time since police used water cannon and fired live ammunition during last weekend's demonstrations the protests in hong kong have been continuing for 12 weeks now. over turning to northern nigeria now where the boko haram islamist insurgency and attacks by armed gangs are causing thousands of people to flee their homes and borno state many are seeking refuge at a military base outside the town of money to know but aid agencies say the situation at that base is becoming difficult w. was able to access no no by helicopter to get a glimpse at the life right now in the middle of boko haram territory. mangano one of the few towns in the vicinity of lake chad that promises a shelter from bowker her mom's fine and attacks but the camps here are overcrowded and overstretched things have reached a critical level there's not enough food not enough shelter more than 600 people share a single torn that notice the town of a real securi

trike on monday demonstrators are calling for greater democracy and the resignation of the leader kerry lam thousands of civil servants rallied for the 1st time on friday and the government had warned them they should remain politically neutral under thomas without that rally. the been a lot of protests in recent weeks have a perhaps none as significant is this one because things people are really civil servants they would pull the government the government their employer that they have come out to protest against and that is just going to open letter published on thursday by the government to carry land saying the civil servant should not take part in this protest or any other so as to preserve the impossibility but they come out the next panes of thousands filling this square here to capacity only the main roads around here are blocked with crowds of goods as well people i've spoken to here say that they felt they had to come out to show their support for justice they said it has nothing to do with their employer the government what they do in their free time i spoke to a math teacher i s

on khan's leader kerry lam warns the territory is on the verge of a very dangerous situation those comments coming as pro-democracy demonstrators again cause disruption to train services and as a general strike takes hold of that city also coming up. u.s. authorities are treating a mass shooting in texas as a case of domestic terrorism as america grieves for the victims of 2 attacks over the weekend police say they fear homegrown extremists could be planning more bombs . and in formula one defending champion lewis hamilton moves one step closer to another world tiger title challenge him on a thrilling hungering drawn for a narrowly beating up and coming rival mom's 1st off. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us. india's interior minister has confirmed the government is revoking the special autonomous status of india controlled kashmir the ruling hindu nationalist party says it will scrap article $370.00 which allowed the state of john moon kashmir to make its own laws in else when it comes after authorities suspended phone and internet access there and placed popular state leaders

on their 5 demand they fear their economy is shrinking earlier today hong kong's chief executive kerri lamspoke to the public about setting up a platform for dialogue with various sectors of society we will start immediately a platform for dialogue with people from all walks of life so this is something that we want to do in a very sincere and humble manner i and my principal shows are committed to listen to what the people have to tell us and we want to reach out so the community as soon as possible when asked about the 5 demands lam said the independent police complaints council will be conducting a fact finding study to be released in approximately 6 month.

not some other stories making news around the world hong kong leader kerry lam says the escalation of violence in the chinese territories anti-government protests is becoming more serious lamb was speaking publicly for the 1st time since police through its water cannons and fired live ammunition during last weekend's demonstrations the protests in hong kong have been continuing for 12 weeks. chinese australian writer how for 7 months in china has been formally arrested for spying there a charge that is punishable by death yanking june was originally detained in the southern city of joe in january the australian government says it has serious concerns for his welfare. former folks who are going chairman and chief executive has died at the age of 82 as the head of v.w. cash was credited with reviving the company's fortunes and turning it into a global empire and the spanish capital madrid has been hit by flash flooding as heavy rains swept across the country streets look like rivers and several metro stations had to be closed after the sudden downpour on monday in some areas residents h

demonstrators continue to apologize to for straighted travellers was afraid of was hong kong's leader kerry lam fearing or threatening the worst. hong kong society has become insecure unstable and violent no matter who's perpetrating violence it will push hong kong down a path of no return but. it will put hong kong society in a very anxious and dangerous situation like him. she was harangued by journalists who want to know whether she's a puppet of beijing with rule the bill or not or does beijing need to give an authority on says that question the images from the mainland suggest a showdown may be near a visible military buildup 30 kilometers away just over the border and shames an. the question now is this just bellicose postering. actually send in the troops. our correspondent has been covering the story all along and she joins us now from hong kong international airport phebe what is happening at the airport today. while the f. up was you just press the send the sands here at the entrance hall the international airport this is to be functional level we asked and they were like yeah yeah an

on their 5 demand they fear their autonomy is shrinking earlier today hong kong's chief executive kerri lam spoke to the public about setting up a platform for dialogue with various sectors of society we will start immediately a platform for dialogue with people from all walks of life so this is something that we want to do. in a very sincere and humble manner i am my principal for shows committed to listen school what the people have to to tell us and we want to reach up so the community as soon as possible when asked about the 5 demands lamb said the independent police complaints council will be conducting a fact finding study to be released in approximately 6 months their report will include police brutality and those who have filed complaints on the anti extradition bill although lamb again reiterated the bill is dead the crowd pushed on why the word withdraw has not been used meantime anti-government protesters are gearing up for another weekend of demonstrations we spoke to is now gone so why are we why is hong kong's to hold his term or despite the government and protesters role the

on their 5 demand they fear their autonomy is shrinking earlier today hong kong's chief executive kerry lam spoke to the public about setting up a platform for dialogue with various sectors of society we will start immediately a platform for dialogue with people from all walks of life so this is something that we want to do in a very sincere and humble manner i and my principal shows are committed to listen school what the people have to tell us.

me ask you specifically about hong kong see if executive kerry land where do things stand between kerry lam and beijing right now and is there any chance that some point soon she loses the support of beijing and has to step aside . well and realistically i think she lost the support through the handling of this matter it was her idea to push this particular extradition treaty at the time she she thought it would be a very sympathetic cause because of the murder of this young young woman and her child hong kong citizen after he took took her to taiwan at least alleged that this is what happened and i think but beijing is not going to abandon her they do not want to be seen to be giving in to a mob rule i'm actually kind of appalled by both of my fellow commentators that they don't seem to have any kind of sympathy for the people of hong kong who are being not only inconvenienced but actually physically harmed by this you know the police officers who have been attacked and wounded last fingers the woman at the subway station who was pregnant and could not get to the hospital you know this is

on their 5 demand they fear their autonomy is shrinking earlier today hong kong's chief executive kerri lam spoke to the public about setting up a platform for dialogue with various sectors of society we will start immediately a platform for dialogue with people from all walks of life so this is something that we want to do in a very sincere and humble manner i am my principal shows. to listen to what the people have to tell us and we want to reach out so the community as soon as possible when asked about the 5 demands lam said the independent police complaints council will be conducting a fact finding study to be released in approximately 6 months their report will include police brutality and those who have filed complaints on the anti extradition bill although lam again reiterated the bill is dead. said the crowd pushed on why the word withdraw has not been used meantime anti-government protesters are gearing up for another weekend of demonstrations we spoke to one organizer who included an additional demand on allegations of surveillance in the kuantan district we'll continue to insist

is calling for these democratic reforms in hong kong for the resignation of the chief executive kerry lam and all the legal withdrawal of this contradiction controversial extradition law is made through hong kong but still want that so that's where we're at we'll see where we go from here but if they do keep the numbers on the streets keep the violence down then this debate could continue in a civil way rather the same way we've seen recent migrants have attempted to swim ashore from a rescue ship anchored off the coast of italy before men in life jackets were stopped by crewmembers italy won't let the open arms vessel dock the captain has rejected an offer from spain saying he's dealing with an emergency situation on board the ship is carrying 107 people rescued from the mediterranean mainly from africa donald trump has confirmed reports he is interested in the u.s. buying greenland for strategic reasons the island with tween the north atlantic an arctic ocean is a semi autonomous danish territory denmark's prime minister called the idea absurd . headlines the news continues here in our

protesters she is simply parroting beijing's position there was nothing new in it and the bad news for kerry lam is of course that the organization that organized all of these mass rallies the 2000000 people out on the streets for example the last demonstration they organized was more than 3 weeks ago which ended in violent clashes at the chinese liaison office for the 1st time they have put in and are planning to organize another big rally for this coming sunday summit thanks so much from the bride there it's governor scott heide lay he's on the other side and in mainland china in shen's and so scott where the said there's been some military drills going on how are they being perceived. so you know where in jenin you're right behind me that is essentially the gateway from mainland china into hong kong we've got a railway station we've got a bus station and also an area for a pedestrian traffic that flows into hong kong and this is a busy busy place during the normal time what's interesting going to those paramilitary forces and equipment that we've seen from state media this came out on monday

later kerry lam is refusing calls to step down despite another as collation of violence and anti-government protests play shoes water cannons and fired a live warning shot over the weekend as some protesters barricaded streets and the 12 week of demonstrations activists are calling for a controversial extradition bill to not just a suspended but be scrapped and for kerry lamb to resign also demanding democratic reforms away in hey has more from hong kong this was a regular weekly media briefing given by kerry lamb the chief executive of hong kong but it was the 1st time we have heard from her since the weekend when we saw what could probably be described as an escalation in the violence both on saturday and sunday we saw preapproved marches taking place in different parts of the city and what's becoming a patch in some protest is breaking away towards the end of those marches blocking roads resulting in the police taking action in the form of firing many rounds of gas in this media briefing there was again no sign whatsoever that carrie lamb is going to bow to the demands of the protesters

anti-government protests activists are calling for a controversial extradition bill to be scrapped and for kerry lam to resign so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera another bulletin is coming up in the meantime the strain is that next. to 00. what guarantees will be given to the people will be attending the minimal workshops we listen i'm supposed to explain apologize for someone it's also terrorizing me we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter does iraq. welcome to the stream my family ok a group of atomic scientists warns that the world stands at 2 minutes to midnight that's their way of showing how close the well it is to nuclear war kind of anti nuclear activity the doomsday clock centerfolds from twitter. the recent test of a u.s. missile has heightened alarm among anti nuclear activists that a reckless new arms race threatens humankind the launch of the modified tomahawk missile on august the 18th came just 2 weeks after the u.s. formally withdrew from a missile treaty with russia that was after 32 years but the actions of other countries are also fought with ris

government here they didn't name it but many would tell you that the basically they're talking about kerry lam the chief executive of hong kong and some other members of the government now called kong is gearing up for a weekend of many rallies and protests about 5 of them are scheduled you have people who will be all industries because they support beijing but the bigger rallies would be of the of the of the pro-democracy. protesters sunday is a key day thousands and tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people expected at 10 that rally of dorothy's have not given the permission for any marches citing the fact that there have been these scenes of violence unfolding on the streets well meanwhile the chief executive of hong kong's biggest airline has resigned after cathy pacific employees were sacked and suspended for taking part in the protests this week kathy's board said hold needed to be replaced because the airline's commitment to safety and security had been called into question china's leaders warned employees not to take part in the protests which closed the airport and grou

anti-government protests activists are calling for a controversial extradition bill to be scrapped and for kerry lamto resign. so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera and other bulletin is coming up in the meantime the strain is that next. what guarantees ready will you give to the people who will be attending a workshop we listen i'm supposed to explain apologize for someone it's also terrorizing me we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter. welcome to the stream i'm femi oke a a group of atomic scientists warns that the world stands at 2 minutes to midnight that's their way of showing how close the world is to nuclear war kind of anti-nuclear activists stop the doomsday clock send off thoughts through twitter. the recent test of a u.s. missile has heightened alarm among anti nuclear activists that a reckless new arms race threatens humankind the launch of the modified tomahawk missile on august the 18th came just 2 weeks after the u.s. formally withdrew from a missile treaty with russia that was after 32 years but the actions of other countries are.

on kong's chief executive kerry lam says she won't make any concessions as the weekend of new protests against her government began she spoke as a mass sit in got underway at airport these are live pictures the sit in still going on thousands of occupied the arrivals area of the main terminal to take their message to those flying in it's the 2nd time they've occupied the airport and less than a month are testers wanted and dependent and korean to alleged police brutality that complete withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill and the resignation resignation that is a carry land again lamb he said is the chief executive she's accuse the protesters of being reckless they did not mind destroying hong kong's economy they have no stake in the society which so many people have helped to build and that that's why they resort to old is. and to obstruction is causing huge damage to economy and sort of daily life all over people so i am indeed very worried about this situation and that's why i appeal for calm calmness and rationality to help us to overcome this situation robin pride has mor

weeks of protests triggered by a controversial extradition bill many with the territory's leader kerry lam to resign but she's accusing the protests is of trying to destroy hong kong. such extensive disruptions in the name of certainty months or uncooperative movement have seriously undermined hong kong's law and order. and are pushing our city the city we all laugh many of us helped to build to the verge of a very dangerous situation where hong kong's opposition politicians say kerry lamb has lost legitimacy to continue in office by kerry land has practically tell the hong kong and international communities that she has done nothing wrong and that it led to a she and her government are morally bankrupt and her use of diversion tactic claiming that the people's demands have changed mall into something else that certainly that is seriously a lie. all right let's go live now to robert wright our correspondent who's there in hong kong it's the evening time now rob but what we've seen today is a widely heeded call for a general strike coming from many different sectors of society what appear.

in notification from the minority on the reciprocal notification mechanics of hong kong's leader kerry lam says she hopes the recent nonviolent protests show the territory is on its way to peace sunday's march which drew 2000000 people was the calmest in weeks of demonstrations which have often become violent russia has accused the u.s. of escalating military tension after it tested a ground launched missile with a range of more than 500 kilometers the test would have been banned under the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty washington formally withdrew from the landmark $987.00 pact with russia earlier this month the us administration says moscow had already been violating it the u.s. plans to test an intermediate range ballistic missile in the van broke. a spanish activist group says 9 migrants have jumped from its rescue boat into the mediterranean sea the vessels i include off the coast of the italian island of lampedusa it picked up the migrants and refugees off the coast of libya several weeks ago and called on the italian coast guard to transport them to land so far it's only a

to build through the verge of a very dangerous situation hong kong's opposition politicians say kerry lam herself has lost legitimacy to continue in office. kerry land has cryptically tell the hong kong and international community that she has done nothing wrong and if that's true saturday she and her company. morally bankrupt and her use of diversion tactic claiming that the people is the monster have changed morphed into something else that's seriously a lie. having their lives now trying to thomas who is one of the precious eyes in hong kong and andrew things have turned pretty volatile she would say quite quickly where you are. very quickly over the space of about 45 minutes what was i love aaj but peaceful as far as i could see a demonstration turned into really a battleground with for a period of time tear gas raining down on a crowd thousands strong now the worst few stones being thrown at a central government building that i saw but i'm not sure whether they happened before or after the tear gas began but perhaps 4550 minutes ago now it will not take us to get all right in the mid

embattled hong kong leader kerry lam faces an unprecedented general strike across the city. 40 people were killed in libya in airstrikes by forces loyal to the warlord after. the top story the indian government scrapped constitutional provisions giving special status to indian administered kashmir home minister. comes as the region is under lockdown with all communication lines now suspended let's take a closer look at the law the granted autonomy to this disputed region well we're talking now about article $37370.00 allowed indian administered kashmir to make its own laws except in finance defense foreign affairs and communications that means the residents of the states live on the different laws from the rest of the country in matters such as property ownership and citizenship the government also plans to split up the state indian administered kashmir which includes hindu majority jam who will be directly run from new delhi but will have a local assembly duck which is made up of buddhists and shia muslims will. also be a union territory but it will not have its own assembly well as

it's calling for these democratic reforms in hong kong for the resignation of the chief executive kerry lam and all the legal withdrawal of this contradiction controversial extradition law is made through hong kong but still want that so that's where we're at we'll see where we go from here but if they do keep the numbers on the streets keep the violence down then this debate could continue in a civil way rather than the same to the way we've seen recently. migrants have attempted to swim ashore from a rescue ship anchored off the coast of italy 4 men in life jackets were stopped by crewmembers the open arms vessel dark and the captain has rejected an offer from spain saying he's dealing with an emergency situation on board the ship is carrying 107 people rescued from the mediterranean mainly from africa. and more than $350.00 people are still stranded on a humanitarian rescue boat off the coast of malta the ocean viking vessel is operated by 2 aid groups including doctors without borders it's been refused entry to ports in both 3 and malta. donald trump confirmed reports who's interested i

me ask you specifically about hong kong see if executive kerry land where do things stand between kerry lam and beijing right now and is there any chance that some point soon she loses the support of beijing and has to step aside. well and realistically i think she lost the support through the handling of this matter it was her idea to push this particular extradition treaty at the time she she thought it would be a very sympathetic cause because of the murder of this young young woman and her child by a hong kong citizen after he took took her to taiwan at least alleged that this is what happened and i think but beijing is not going to abandon her they do not want to be seen to be giving in to a mob rule i'm actually kind of appalled by both of my fellow commentators that they don't seem to have any kind of sympathy for the people of hong kong who are being not only inconvenienced but actually physically harmed by this you know the police officers who have been attacked and wounded last fingers the woman at the subway station who was pregnant and could not get to the hospital you know this

hong kong leader kerry lam said she is trying to stop the violence as the 2 month long protest movementa demonstration at the new airport. uprisings that began as protests against an extradition law have morphed into calls for democratic reforms. more than 2 million pill grams gather in the owely city of mecca in saudi arabia to perform initial rites of the haj. thousands of pilgrims circled the holy site. they take the faithful along a path traversed by mohammed 1400 years ago. some of the other stories beyond our borders. we will be right back. before discovering nexium 24hr to treat her frequent heartburn, marie could only imagine enjoying freshly squeezed orange juice. now no fruit is forbidden. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? for all-day, all-night protection. you may have gingivitis. when you brush, and the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums, and possibly... tooth loss. help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. leave bleeding gums behind. parodontax. olay ultr

press conference last week and that is that they're going to go forward and they're sticking by kerry lam for now and that hong kong is their territory and that they really need to clamp down on these protesters need to abide by the law and obviously yes the rhetoric has started to change a little bit but you know it was seen and we heard about this this press statement coming out today we didn't know how and to what degree it was going to move things forward not considerably but obviously yes what we're looking at right now is them you know again reiterating their position on the situation on the streets of hong kong and cools the chinese authorities will be at pains to emphasize to their population on the mainland that. these protests being tolerated should we say in hong kong there's no way that that can happen on the main. no yes exactly and that's something that when you when you talk about people who live on the mainland it would it really would even enter into the discussion if you will you know it's one country 2 systems and that's something that china has can underline every time

well nick law is from the civil human rights front which organized this weekend's protests he says kerry lam is still are addressing what the protest as a must upset about hong kong needs a mechanism that can ensure democratic election so that citizens could elect a chief executive that can represent the people and also listen to voices of the people and we do not need a platform for dialogue in which the. bluff and we're told time with her money and of course we know a refund would take time so for the time being we carry land our t.v. executive to commission an independent commission of inquiry to really investigate what has happened in the past few weeks so that the government will win back the trust and while the protests in hong kong over the weekend were peaceful the chinese central government has continued its strategy of threats and dismissing the anti-government movement scott hina has more on that side of the story from beijing . president xi jinping last hong kong visit was 2 years ago to mark 20 years since the handover of what was a british colony to china he minced no words the

hong kong's leader kerry lam is rejecting calls to step down police used water cannon and fired a live warning shot over the weekend as some protesters barricaded streets in the 12th week of demonstrations activists are demanding a controversial extradition bill should be scrapped entirely they also want democratic reforms and lambs resignation. the question of resignation is also being that i think a responsible chief executive at this point in time should continue to hold the fort and do her utmost to restore law and order in hong kong some people have said that since there are continued violence we should stop communicating i said in my introductory remarks that that was also another too extreme view that we should prepare for reconciliation in society by communicating with different people so i'm saying that yes we have to say no to violence we want to put and to a chaotic situation in hong kong law enforcement and so on but the same time we will not give up on building a platform for dialogue. kerry has more. this was a regular weekly media briefing given by kerry lamb the chief e

yes but beijing won't do that so for instance one simple step would be to force kerry lam the hong kong chief executive to resign but they won't do that because they don't want the protesters to have a victory also if he leaves that triggers a renewed calls for universal suffrage which was the subject of those 2014 protests that you mentioned so right now beijing's pretty much box itself into a position which is going to prolong the controversy prolong the demonstrations against then you have another option and you know one has to play devil's advocate here on al-jazeera i mean do you think china would go in hard knowing that the world is watching and referring to you might say part of historical events when it comes to tiananmen square and the months because there were $989.00 it is a worrying development that could perhaps head into that direction. well it certainly could go in that direction you know chinese leaders are right now are finishing up there they got hot conference every august or almost every august they get together and that seaside resort near of ageing and they talk ab

of police officers have delivered a petition to the office of the city's beijing appointed leader kerry lam they say politicians not police should settle all issues they also wanted investigation into the protests and the strategy for keeping any outbreak of violence to a minimum when hague has more from hong kong. it's been another to be lent weekend in some parts of hong kong is this anti government movement shows no sign of slowing down on both day saturday and sunday we saw a very large peaceful marches taking place in different parts of the city those marches had been given pre-approval by the police for the protesters to march along designated routes but as we've seen many times before smaller smaller groups of protesters broke away from the main bunch and took some more extreme action like blocking major roads and intersections erecting barricades and 40 fortifying their position and again as we've seen many times before when they do that the police tend to waste very little time trying to move them on and that's what we've seen here sunday evening the police gave them a warning that

government here they didn't name it but many would tell you that the basically they're talking about kerry lam the chief executive of hong kong and some other members of the government now. is gearing up for a weekend of many rallies and protests about 5 of them are scheduled you have people who will be on the streets because they. but the bigger rallies would be. the pro-democracy protesters sunday is a key day thousands and tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people expected to attend that rally authorities have not given the permission for any marches citing the fact that there have been these scenes of violence unfolding on the streets. the chief executive of hong kong's biggest airline has resigned after cathay pacific employees were site and suspended for taking part in the pro-democracy protests cafe's board said rupert hold needed to be replaced because the airline's commitment to safety and security had been called into question china's leaders warned employees not to take part in the protests which close the airport and grounded hundreds of flights. north korea has reje