-- one hong kong dollar $.65. biggest ways of human migration rumbles in china, millions of people at home for the spring festival holiday. --h head home for the spring festival holiday. let's have a look at the new year rush. >> for the migration -- have you ever done the migration? it is not recommended. i would try to get out of the country. i remember my first lunar migration, i was going down and it took me 80 plus hours. the train broke down -- it was a slow train not the high-speed. >> for does it go? -- how far does it go? >> the length of the country. it took 80 hours because the bridge was out, it was a long trip. i do not mean to disrespect the hundreds of millions of people were forced to do this because china has -- who are forced to do this because china has two weeklong holidays over the year. let me give you staggering numbers, 2.8 billion trips will be taken over the holiday. >> let's break that down, 1.3 billion people in the country and that is up to 1.6 -- 2.6 for the return. >> everybody is mo

millions of these shoppers are heading for hong kong. mainland chinese believe they can find better quality goods in the territory. retailers stand to prompt profit, but not everyone is happy about the tidal wave of terrorists. our reporter has more. >> reporter: the streets of hong kong, they are calling for mainland visitors. one group broke into a shopping mall popular with mainland terrorists. police used pepper spray to control the unrest. locals complained the area has been overwhelmed by mainland shoppers and their baggage. the nearby bus station is another point of friction. it's a major departure in arrival point for mainland visitorers. >> translator: mainlanders are noisy and rude. the bus seems to be serving them only. this is a bus, not a truck for their goods. >> reporter: dodging bags and squeezing on to buss are not the only grouch from local residents. they say it can be hard buying daily goods. >> translator: people at the stores would rather assist the mainland customers. they often ignore us. >> reporter: the main bor

its symbol, the umbrella. >> freedom of speech in hong kong is shrinking. i will do whatever i can. >> it started in the shopping district, before people marched five kilometers back to where the protest began. traffic was stopped and police on stand by with up to 10,000 people reclaiming the streets in the heart of hong kong's city center. >> occupy hong kong ended a while ago so this is a chance to reunited the people. >> organizers say this shows there's still support for the campaign for greater voting rights in the 2017 election. >> we just hope more people get involved in the demonstration. >> china is standing by to screen all candidates for the chief executive election. that decision triggered two and a half months of protests last year. this rally avoided a repeat of those violent confrontations, but the complaint remains the same. >> we are telling the hong kong government and the hong kong people that we need to change the current constitution and reform plan. >> this is the first rally of the new year. after two rounds of public consultation fai

city center. >> occupy hong kong ended a while ago.o this is a chance to reunite the people. >> organizers say this demonstration shows there is still support for their campaign for greater voting rights in the 2017 e sglefrnings the people are involved in the demonstration to show our persistence and cohesion to urge the government to solve the argument in society. >> china is standing by its plan to screen all candidates for the chief executive election. >> decision triggered two and a half months of protests last year. this really avoided a repeat of those violent confrontations but the complaint remains the same. >> so we are telling the hong kong government and the hong kong people that we need to change the current constitution constitutional reform plan. >> this is the first real of the new year. after two rounds of public consultation failed to find common ground protesters say demonstrations like this one may now be the only way to put pressure on the city's government. sarah clark, al jazeera, hong kong. >> the greek and fren

more than 40 million mainland chinese visit hong kong each year.o attract their business currency exchanges use the simpler signs. not everyone is pleased. students protesters say it's another example of the growing influence of mainland chinese. >> i feel the mainland is eroding hong kong's unique features. like culture and language. i'm worried. >> reporter: an expert says both old and new characters have a role to play. >> translator: traditional characters should be used for transmitting our culture. the simplified version is necessary from a practical point of view. both should be preserved as important parts of china's culture. >> reporter: china is changing in so many ways. the characters serve as a window into a culture. nhk world. >>> more snow may be on the way for tokyo and central japan wednesday. our meteorologist jonathan oh is here with the forecast. jonathan? >> hello, gene. yes. we saw some snow rolling through the central portions of japan as we went through tuesday. especially for the morning hours. we had a low pressure system t

here in hong kong.ve you a quick look at what is happening. top three percentage movers on the hang seng index. what else are we watching? singapore coming out with api. they are expecting to see a second straight month of deflation. -.3%, really. we were just talking about earnings. last week, we had about 16 companies coming out with earnings. the problem has been earnings. 53% missed on earnings. 58% missed on sales. you are not exactly getting the bottom line. the market is still doing quite well. else are we watching? japan, a few numbers here. up 4%, doubling its full-year net income forecast. this company up 14% of reports that it will be establishing a biofuel refinery in partnership with chevron. buy at nomura. in the bond markets, we have this initial deal. what barclays are saying is watch out for peripheral debt. example, where you have radicals pulling quite strongly in elections. you look at greece and the periphery, that is what you have for the 10-year german bond. we will leave it there

i was born in hong kong. spent time in hong kong and macau.e same time was educated in north america. i get a good sense of the best of both worlds. the formation of melco crown 10 years ago was based on that belief. how do i marry the best of the east with the best of the west? >> it is easy to see the asian touches when you walk around his properties. the dragons. the feng shui that he incorporates into the layout. >> when we first started, it was gold and iron metal bars. it resembled the bamboo, but then feng shui came in and said no, no. it has to be real. >> but adelson, who once called himself the richest jew in the world, says there is no monopoly on culture. >> by vast majority, most of our employees are chinese. my chinese dealers and my chinese service people interact with chinese customers. what is the difference? >> they would say they know the people. they are chinese. >> oh, they know all the people? really? >> that they know what they want. >> i can't be a successful businessman if i don't respect who and what my customer is. t

. >>> hong kong pro democracy protesters are out on the streets this hour. we're live in hong kong ahead. >>> also nearly 24 hours on this massive fire in new york city is still burning. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. you are watching cnn live coverage. i'm natalie allen. >>> outrage and sorrow continue to pour out of japan in the wake of the latest killing by isis militants. this is the scene in tokyo. a visual for the two japanese nationals murdered by isis over the past two weeks. late saturday the militant group released the latest video showing what appeared to be the decapitated body of journalist kenji goto. he had gone to syria to rescue a colleague who had been taken hostage and was later killed by isis. japanese prime minister abe promises to work with his allies to j bring the killers to justice. >> the government has tried its best to deal with this matter but we are deeply saddened. by this despicable and horrendous act of terrorism. >> will you have been covering this story for sometime now. it just must be a horrendou

how can singapore and hong kong -- how can hong kong fare bettter along with singapore?tween the two is interesting. is betweenifference are kong and singapore around the efficiency of energy consumption and consumption relative to gdp. hong kong can do better in number of areas, particularly on environment. singapore, waste management, solid waste management, energy, and recycling. >> good stuff. always opportunity to do better for cities. thank you so much to joining us today and explaining all of that. only the look at not livability, but the sustainability of successful cities. coming up, will the kapok craze craze in china helped unify the prospects from one korean cosmetics maker? we will find out. that is coming up next to. -- ♪ >> welcome to the stock exchange. let's check in on what our reporters are watching this morning with trading underway in asia. looking particularly glowing today. are you using korea cosmetics? amorepacific down. it was slightly up earlier. it is trading today -- they are saying that china sales are up 30% this year because they are openi

coming to you live from bloomberg headquarters in hong kong.et's check in on the markets this morning. australia right now -- it was within striking distance. 5900 right now. it is about a quarter of 1% down. the aussie dollar is weakening as well. after aneased today unexpected hike to lows. new zealand climbing higher. the new zealand dollar spot is at 74 u.s. cents. again the most among current. we are counting down to the openings in japan and korea. this was the view from japan yesterday. climbing for a third day, have a percent higher. futures pointing to a lower open this morning. at 118.48. were closed monday for the president's day public holiday. some close markets in this region to tell you about. there is no trading for a second day or taiwan and vietnam for the new year celebration. markets also close for indonesia and sri lanka. to the top story -- greece and its creditors have met, they have talked, listened and have completely failed to bridge their differences on debt. the meeting broke up saying europe's conditions for more mo

that's more than six times hong kong's population. many of them come to shop.ock up on everyday items, food, cosmetics and baby formula. >> translator: when i am out of baby formula, i come to hong kong. >> reporter: retailers are profiting, but many local residents are growing increasingly resentful. on the mainland. as soon as the traders come back from hong kong, they start selling goods purchased in the territory. just the right products. >> translator: fish should be well received. >> reporter: wealthier vietnamese have a taste for japanese cuisine. but when shimazu's group dined at some of vietnam's 300 japanese restaurants, they found dishes that used frozen fish. shimazu concluded there's plenty of scope for the fresh fish market to grow. his team planned a tasting event at an upscale ho chi minh city hotel. they started preparing in tokyo in mid january. shimazu decided the alf onsinno would be popular with vietnamese diners for its white flesh and low fat. he applied traditional preservation techniques as on this flounder. he starts by draining the bl

i like the busy pace of hong kong a lot. it takes a bit of adjusting to. but so far, so good. >> like many hong kong residents. she and her family left. at its peak 60,000 people were leaving every year. australia, the united states and canada were the most popular nations of chaise. >> there were a lot more hong kong people but now it's changing in toronto. >> 40% of those that left have returned. it's the children born abroad who the government wants to recruit. >> i think there will be a ballpark figure t 100,000 young people in the age category. they may be potential targets to come back. if we get 50% of them 50,000 that would be helpful. >> fighting with an ageing population and declining workforce, the government wants professionals. under this scheme the city's executives is relaxing immigration requirements. offering a visa for immigrants to come to hong kong. >> in a city where home ownership is expensive many choose to live with family. both plan a future in hong kong. >> right now, do we see ourselves moving back to canada? maybe some day. i do

dollar here in hong kong. do you have any impact from a rate hike taking place, normalization of monetary policy? if we're talking about a series of rate hikes in the next 18 months, what can we look at with you? >> that's hypothetical but it's so low right now. even a couple of rate hikes i don't think it will do anything. for us, it's crazy. the last eight years basically debt free. net debt, zero. doesn't hurt us one way or another. >> you said one of the biggest problems in constraint of growth in your business is lack of suitable managers. can you expand on that? >> we are just growing extraordinarily fast. you can build a lot of square footage easily but to build world class stuff in the best location world class design, luxury problems, it's really not easy. we have been competing 15% more than one new york city empire state building per year for the last five years. >> that's extraordinary. another seven years to extract the land back at the same rate. the growth is phenomenal. as much as we have been

reporting from hong kong.y thanks to you. >>> at the top levels of economic policy now he's on trial in a sex ring case. coming up we'll bring you a live report on dominique strauss kahn's day in court. >>> and rapper kanye west is being told to sit down and shut up after his grammy stunt. we'll look at why his latest antic have hit such a nerve. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about and which aarp medicare supplement plan works best for you. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts me

. >> the hong kong government has put in place some limits. it says the increasing number of day trippers is good for the economy. some locals are grappling to deal with the changing landscape and it is threatening to become another case of the deepening china-hong kong divide. >> more and more children in south africa are attending private schools. between 2000-2010 the number of public schools shrank 9%. low school fees cater to poor families. >> rain pelts children during one of johannesburg's summer storms, but won't keep them away from their after-school program. the city can be dangerous, so security is tight. this is a safe space for learning, called the street light school. the focus is on a more holistic, creative education. >> when a child is growing up, she has to have more options. she doesn't have to be like only -- she has to be-- >> parents will be charged a small fee, making it one of the growing number of low-fee private schools in johannesburg. like thousands of others, she moved to the city for work. more people means more s

and a hong kong woman is sent to jail for six years for beating and stabbing her indonesian maid. the case has focused attention on the treatment of some 300,000 foreign domestic staff working in the city. also coming up this hour, airbus is flying high as demand for its commercial jet soars. we will be hearing from the country -- company's chief financial officer. in the press review, we will take a look at media speculation over how young man from west london went on to become jihadi john. but we begin in berlin, where the german parliament has overwhelmingly supported to extend financial aid to greece by another four months. the extension needs to be ratified by eurozone members. 542 lawmakers voted in favor. it was the biggest majority by far for any eurozone rescue package in the 631-seek chamber -- 631-seat chamber. >> overwhelming majority of german parliamentarians voted this morning, just moments ago, in favor of extending the bailout degrees 542 voted in favor and only 32 voted no, with 13 abstentions. there will no doubt be a sigh of relief across the eurozone, most aud

here in hong kong, i can tell you hong kong -- occupy hk was yesterday.ly the markets are seeing a slight decline. financials, minsheng is a crucial one, declining today after its president resigned following the investigation. that internal scandal is dragging down the financials. a fairly hazy but lb hot day in hong kong. it's get more on that from my guest the rbs chief economist joining me now to discuss. i have breaking news from china just to get this out. the final hsbc pmi has come in. looking at my screen now, i can tell you we have 49.7, below 50. 50 is the crucial mark. anything above 50 is extension period anything below is contraction. economists we surveyed had estimated a figure of 49.8. more or less in line. as the chief china economist, this figure coming out, we read these all the time -- 49.7, and the forecast 49.8, so clustered -- close to 50. is the chinese economy slowing, or is it just a blip? >> i don't think it is a blip. it is in line with what we've seen. i don't think it is going to change anytime soon. we are facing significan

and it's feeding the anti-mainland sentiment held by some groups here in hong kong.ng government has put in place some limits, but it says the increasing number of day trippers is good for the economy. with some locals grappling to deal with the changing landscape, it's threatening to become yet another case of the deepening hong kong china divide. sarah clark, al jazerra, hong kong. >>> pope francis has appointed 20 new cardinals. many of them are from developing countries, including tonight gas, myanmar and oaths open i can't. a ceremony was held at st. peters basilica in the vatican, the cardinals along with 150 others will one day choose the pope's successor. >>> well it's the stuff of science fix fiction part human part machine a new surgery allowing those that lost their limb to his receive robotic replacement, andrew thomas right-hand from sid 234eu679 in 1998 jed christy lost his leg when pipes collapse odd him at a building site. after 17 years struggling with a prosthetic limb which oven rubbed his skin sore christy traveled from the u.k. to australia for p

back in two. ♪ it is a: 30 in hong kong, it has been a foggy weekend -->> it is 8:30 in hong kong, itweekend but it is the start of the trading week and it is right if you look at asian equities. we will show you what happens later in hong kong, you are watching "first up." asian stocks head towards the highest close since september on the news of a bailout deal for greece. modi takes on the tigers of industry as the corruption crackdown widens. the big numbers behind manny and floyd. some bright spots across the region in the asia-pacific this morning, let's take a look at markets. 225 iss nikkei t extending for yet another day, that is the direction it is going right now, close to 1% higher. in south korea we are seeing games as well as australian --gains as well as australian equities. transpacific trade is turning back to normal after a nine-month trade dispute on the west coast of the united states and that cannot come soon enough for nintendo and other asian exporters. >> they cannot get products to the market, it is a simple explanation. many companies that has resorted to othe

let's go to our correspondent joining us live from outside the court in hong kong. the judge handing down the maximum assistance there. >> that's right, in passing sentence six years is pretty much the maximum she was able to give for the offenses. the judge, amanda woodcock dismissed the defense claims that her obsessiveness about the cleanliness of her department which led to the way she was treated was because she was concerned about a skip alernaling. she said it wasn't an excuse and pointed to the physical evidence. evidence of virtual tart tour suffered as corroborating the claims much systemic abuse over a number of months. in passing sentence, she showed no emotion, her head was bowed. she wore dark classes as the translation was given to her by a translator. in what was a packed courtroom. also rites groups of course have been represented, and are still outside here. they are outside the courtroom here, and she, herself, is expected to be here to give her rehabilitation to this decision. she was here for the original verdict. she's come back from indonesia

they will appoint those candidates for who the hong kong government and the hong kong residents can appoint or vote for. having said that protesters know given those talks have failed they believe the only way forward may be holding rallies like this to try to address what they want which is greater voting rights in the 2017 election. >> high tides in venus haven't damp ended the spirits of visitors. the italian is famous for elaborate maveningz and costumes. this report. >> reporter: high spirits and high water on the day carnivale came together. the carnivale kick started with a traditional parade of costumes on the city's canals. did you carnivale goers were caught by surprise by another ven he's spec tech calling. >> there is one other event aside from carnivale, which is typically ven ishan, high tide. on sunday venice got both. flooded saint marks square but it's not a little bit of water that is stopping ven he'ses from partying. venvenitivians from partying. ven ven. a grand piano for a grand opening. >> nothing can stop us. water, air, from enjoying life. >> typical ven he's venven

rallying in hong kong soon after returning to trading in hong kong. shares halted for more than one week after they announced plans to buy a troubled developer. it has said it will buy the rest -- shares do remain suspended. >> let's get back to the markets for you right now. david is watching the shanghai composite. investors reacting to the latest trade figures. >> we are watching what the chinese markets have been doing. in fact, you take a look at what is happening, what i can tell you -- let's leave it there. the earlier loss, we are now up by .7%. falling the most in a week. helped guide the yuan weaker because of the collapsed in imports and really weak trade data. >> we are talking china with our guests all morning. they think the government should not focus on moving away too much from the growth numbers. >> china is a country that probably puts too much emphasis on gdp. a bunch of other countries worldwide tend to do the same thing. there is nothing wrong with generating a lot of income for your population. but again, we should be focusing o

andrew stevens, cnn, hong kong. >>> makejor loss for tony abbott.overnment lost more than 35 seats in the opposition labor party. the loss is fueling speculation that abbott could soon be ousted. >>> we turn our attention to argentina. the prosecutor was found dead and just days after accusing top government officials of covering up iran's alleged role in the bombing in buenos aires. could a cash strapped starved argentina have negotiated with iran. that's the question many are asking. we take a closer look at the economic scenario in the country. ♪ >> reporter: the curl of a leg, a passionate embrace. a melancholy tango danced in the streets of buenos aires for passing tourists. the mysterious death of the special prosecutor is being followed with a similar tragic passion. did he take his own life? or was he killed just hours before he was going to present evidence the president was allegedly covering up iran's role in the bombing of a jewish center that killed 85 people. we sit down with a consultant to see if any of this could be related to argen

we'll look at how a retail phenomenon is raising tension between hong kong and mainland china. >> it's amazing what you can tell from a paw print. tracking the elusive siberian tiger in russia. >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> you're watching al jazeera a reminder of the top stories. police in denmark ever raided an internet calfify in an ongoing counter terrorism plagues. a gunman carried out two shootings in copenhagen, killing two and wounding five police officers. >> anti coup leader in yemen i should a joint statement rejecting the houthi take over of the country moving their political base to aden to form a joint leadership committee. >> the ceasefire between ukraine forces and pro-russian separatists appear to be holding. several explosions have been reported in the contested down of debaltseve. >> japan has reported

that is the hong kong way. everybody becomes an engineer or mathematician, doctors, just professionals, so you can have a good life. i started off doing a lot of math. i liked math. i ended up studying engineering, and have done reasonably well. emily: you went on to boarding school in massachusetts. how did that happen? one bedroom apartment, boarding school in massachusetts. john: by the time i was thinking of my education, the higher education, my family is already in kind of a middle income family. my father was able to study english at night, and accumulated some wealth. he invested in the silk business. he said, have you thought about what your are going to study? i said, probably engineering. he said, hong kong really isn't great in engineering. have you ever thought about going overseas? that's when it piqued my interest. i wanted to go to the ivy league. if you go to one of those, it enhances your chances of getting into the ivy league quite a bit. a lot of bit. i went to prep school. emily: that must'

and the hong kong maid abuse case and a woman jailed six years for mistreating her indonesia domesticper. ♪ just within the last few minutes the german parliament has overwhelmingly backed a four-month extension of greece's bail out program by international creditor, the yes vote was expected after chancer angela merkel ruling coalition with similar opposition parties voiced support for it. more on that in a little bit right here on al jazeera. but moving on to other news nearly 200 people have died in an avalanche in northern afghanistan, homes, schools and mosques were buried in the northeastern province of panjshir and soldiers and volunteers are desperately searching for any survivors but deep snow and remote location are hampering efforts and the risk of more snowfall is raising and nicole johnston is in panjshir with an update. >> reporter: the government of panjshir say there are dozens of villages they cannot contact at the moment and isolated villages high newspaper up in the mountains and down in panjshir and estimated 200 families un unaccounted for at the moment and they h

it did not take long for the hong kong court to return its verdict. she was happy with the result. >> thank you. [indiscernible] >> she says the case sparked outrage when she posted photos of injuries she sustained from her employee to her face, legs and hands covered in scads and lacerations. reminders of her abuse. indonesia's president at the time called it torture. the woman responsible kept in the profile at court. law wan-tung was found guilty of 18 of the 20 charges laid against her from previous bodily harm to criminal intimidation could the court heard how law wan-tung jammed a vacuum cleaner tube in erwiana sulistyaningsih's mouth and threatened to kill her relatives. she failed to pay wages and refused her time off. for hong kong, home to some three hundred thousand for domestic helpers, be verdict sent a clear message. >> the message should be brought home that if you live in a society where you are fortunate enough to be able to employ domestic helpers, they will still protect you by the law. >> law has been ordered to pay over $6,000 to

deepening case of deepening hong kong china divide. sarah clark, al jazeera, hong kong. >> it's the stuff of science fiction, part human part machine. andrew thomas reports from sydney australia. >> in 1998, jed christy lost his legs after a building collapsed him. christy traveled from the u.k. to australia for pioneering surgery, which gives him an integrated artificial limb. >> off you go. >> part of christy's new robotic leg has been surgically implanted into his body. it works with residual nerves to give him feeling. >> if i tap as lightly as this jed can feel it. >> the procedure involves drilling in above where the surgery occurred. it was hollywood that inspired him. >> i watched terminator the movie. i was fascinated how a human being can be part machine part human. i've always had that dream and now this dream is becoming true. >> saddam hussein's regime ordered humans to have their ears removed. last june, paula gowland fell off her bad so badly she had to have an amputation. amaduras is giving her the surgery to be able to

when hong kong rejected the theme with no explanation, it found new life.hem for an antigovernment protest. >> here i was in england doing my job and i'm getting all these e-mail alert saying people are uploading your song on youtube. >> this was the most downloaded track on itunes, beating even lady gaga. he was not going to let that opportunity pass him by. he moved to hong kong, one a recording contract and is just released his first album. >> it might seem crazy for some people to give up a life you have established for yourself in a different country to move on a whim, but it didn't go too badly so far. >> a song written in frustration in the u.k. has pushed kashi keegan into the spotlight on the other side of the world. if at first you don't succeed in london, you can always try again in hong kong. >> there used to be an acronym about that a few years ago. we won't go there. kashy keegan and his road to success. >> we have all found our way to hong kong, following dreams or otherwise. that is it for us in asia. ♪ >> the following is a paid advertiseme

prodemocracy movement here in hong kong. >> where are we with those political discussions right now? >> reporter: there have been two rounds of political discussions so far. but they have failed to find common ground. they will not give concessions beijing said they will go ahead with the public elections in 2017 but they will appoint those candidates and that is what have upset a large group of people in hong kong. seeing whether or not the discussions which have been had in the next couple of weeks with the government, see whether they can move the prodemocracy movement forward. >> sarah clark with musical accompaniment. >>> another drone strike on monday east of sanaa killed two suspected fighters and a child. >>> chad's air force has bombed otown in northeastern nigeria in a raid targeting boko haram. be last week chad sent hundreds of troops into cameroon which they're using as a base to launch attacks against the group. the african union has launched an tack against boko haram. >>> robert mogabe took over the rotating post on friday and says it's not his business what the west

. >> a new protest in hong kong against corruption.shortage of goods to locals because much of it is being smuggled to china. al jazeera's sarah clark explains. >> they come over the border to this district in northern hong kong. they arrive with suitcases and bags. baby formula used to be the main purchase. these days shoppers come to buy anything from snacks to medicines. >> i come here to get food for example chocolate and milk powder. >> the good salt her often better quality. avoiding import taxes. >> because it's cheaper and more variety. >> business may be booming but not everyone is happy with the influx of day trippers. smuggling goods back to china a scheme known as parallel trading. >> 80 to 90% of them are parallel traders not a real tourist. >> custom dictates as many as 20,000 arrive here some days it's putting pressure on public transport and pushing up retail ranks. the owner can't afford to stay and is moving elsewhere. >> translator: these shops used to sell everyday stuff but now they've all changed to pharmacies. th

honk hong kong hong kong gaoled for six years for abusing her maid. >>> how people in the united states feel about restoring diplomatic relations. >>> united nations is condemning the destruction of iraq's ancient history. priceless statues, some more than 2,000 years old, have been smashed to pieces. the director confirmed this newly released man with sledge hammers is genuine. it's an attack on iraqi heritage. >> it's a destruction of artefact as we see today. it's a violation. latest resolution. 99. the director-general of u.n.e.s.c.o. asked the president of the security council to convey a meeting on this matter. when history is destroyed, you destroy the future of a company. you are violent. robbing the millennial culture of iraq puts its future at risk >>> i.s.i.l. fighters seized control of a bridge linking two cities. the seized bridge connects haditha to baghdadi close to an air base used by the iraqi and u.s. military. 20 iraqi soldiers were killed in the battle. u.s. allies say the total is lower. >>> an iraqi air strike is believed to have killed i.s.i.l. fighters and civili

yellow umbrellas were back on streets of hong kong sunday.ds of protesters marched in the first major protest since in end of occupy hong kong december. demonstrators demanded that china recent plans to vet candidates for the city's chief executive. beijing has refused to make any concessions. let's take a look at what is in store this week. australia central bank meets tuesday after a month with nearly a dozen central banks easing policy worldwide. a handful of economists are calling for a cut in rates. china is gearing up for its annual lunar new year travel rush. wednesday march the start of a 40-dayspring festival travel period. the transport ministry estimates there will be over 2.8 individual -- 2.8 billion individual trips. we were supposed to get sony's latest results on thursday, but that has been delayed because of the disruption caused by the cyber attacks on its film studio. instead, studio will update investors on its other units, including smartphones and tds. final earnings will be released by march 31. to come up with a $23 mi

kong. they'll find common ground. beijing said they will have public elections in 2016 but they'll appoint the candidates. that upset a large group of people in hong kong. the next step will see whether the discussions in the next few weeks with the government. whether or not they find ways to move the pro-democracy movement. >> pro-russian separatists are blaming each other for the collapse of peace talks. sides were trying to agree on a ceasefire. fighting complicated the negotiations. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: the urgency of the talks were noted. quickly they ramped up. each side accusing the other, making impossible demands. a plan for a ceasefire looks as far away as ever. the negotiator for the rebels said the forces must hold their fire first. >> you should stop at the heads of the self-proclaimed don esque public. they are fully deal with this. >> the fighting continues between government forces and what seems well-org enoughed fighters calling themselves the army of the donetsk people's republic

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we're joined live now from hong kong via phone. for people who don't necessarily know the story, explain what she went through and these charges against her former employer. >> caller: hi zain. i'm in the basement of a church in hong kong where we're expecting ariana to speak. she spoke outside after the verdict saying thank you for your support to some of the othering my grant workers. this was a 23-year-old from a small village in indonesia. she was in search of a better life as many do coming to hong kong taking up a position with a housewife, to do the cleaning and anything else that she was tasked with. in the words of the judge, she became a prisoner. i'm going to take it one step further. this was modern-day slavery. not only was she punched in the mouth, assaulted with a mop, a vacuum cleaner. she was forced to sleep on the floor, wasn't given enough food and she wasn't paid for eight months. in fact her employer only sent her back because she was too weak to work. so this is how the whole case came to light. the case goes

. >>> umbrella movement - hong kong's pro-democracy protesters take to the streets once again >>> al jazeera journalist peter greste is free. he was released from an egyptian prison a few hours ago and deported. he flue to cypress where he is expected to continue to australia. he is said to be in good health. his colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are still in gaol in egypt, where they have been held for 400 days. al jazeera welcomed peter greste's release, but said the campaign to free journalists in egypt will not end until all three have been released. gerald tan respects. >>> this was the most recent protest against the detention of al jazeera staff in egypt. at the end of the december marking a year since arrest journalists rallied in london and around the world - sydney the hague, sarajevo. it's been a year of agony for the men. peter greste's parents were in cairo, hoping for the release by christmas. >> to me giving him a hug at the end was difficult just to say goodbye and leave him for the rest of the day, knowing that you know it's not the best place to be. >

, that's where they hope to get more people to join the rally prodemocracy movement here in hong kong. there have been two rounds of discussions but fail to find common ground. beijing said they will go ahead with the public elections in 2017 but they will appoint those candidates and that's what's upset a large group of people here in hong kong so the next trip will be seeing whether or not the discussions which will be held in the next few weeks with the government whether they can find any way to move this pro-democracy movement forward. >> rescue teams are searching for survivors of a fire in bangladesh. survivors say there were around 70 workers inside when the fire began. >>> zimbabwe's president has shrugged off his chair of the african union would harm the west. robert mubage says it's not his business what the west says or does. >>> bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 72 people for what it calls tharming interest hampleg the interestharming theinterest of the country. protests have been occurring in bahrain for almost four years. most of the people are now abroad and can a

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sarah clarke al jazeera, hong kong. >> stay with us here. the newshour still to come.earning to a differentrithiment. we visit private schools offering an affordable alternative to south africa's low-income families. >>> 450 years of revelri, carnival's party roots. >> kazakhstan look at hosting 2022 olympic games. the rest of the day's sports a little later. >>> hello again. you are watching the al jazeera newshour. a reminder of top stories, police in denmark have identified the gunman suspected of carrying out attacks in copenhage, a 22-year-old danish citizen. they have not released his name. police continue to carry out raids in the danish capital. anti-coup leaders have issued a joint statement rejecting the houthi takeover. they have moved to aden and say they will form a joint leadership committee. government forces and pro-russian separatists appears to be holding in eastern ukraine but there has been sporadic shelling in the connell tested town of debaltseve. the double shooting in denmark, the prime minister has visited a synagogue in copenhagen where a jewi

more rallies are planned in coming weeks. >> hong kong government, they have done nothing to stop the issue, to release the pressure. they are unlikely to do anything. >> the issue is not new it's been happening here for around a decade but the number of shoppers arriving from china is growing and feeding anti mainland sentiment held by some here in hong kong. >> the hong kong government has put in place some limits, but says the increasing number of day trippers is good for the economy. some locals grappling to deal with the changing landscape, it is threatening to become another case of the deemenning hong kong-china divide. >> still to come: >> we visit the private schools offering an affordable alternative to south africa's low income families. >> a leg up for amputees, advances in surgery are turning robotic limbs from science fiction to medical reality. >> in sport does kazakhstan have what it takes to host the 2022 olympic games? >> tomorrow on techknow. what if there was a miracle >> grace's stem cells are in this box >> that could save the life of your child >> we're gonna to

hong kong's chief executive said, in the coming year i hope that all people in hong kong will take inspirationsheep's character and pull together to work for hong kong's future. >>> this moment, john froin, mayor bitten on the ear during groundhog day. the mayor lost his seat in a primary election this week. that's your morning dish of "scrambled politic." i'm joined by bob franken. good morning, bob. >> good morning. >> we have to start with rudy giuliani at a private dinner last night. he told the crowd that president obama does not love america. what is this about? >> well this is -- mayor giuliani didn't he used to be somebody? >> you're saying he's trying to stay relevant? >> perhaps that is. i mean his comments have gotten more and more extreme in the last several months if not several years. but the series point is one of the republican themes one of the underground republican themes for most of the obama presidency is that barack obama is not one of us. of course, you have the birther movement. you have this latest ittteration that obama does not love america. >> do verbal bombs like t

life to hong kong. -- live to hong kong. welcome to countdown.coming up on the program, the ftse 100 closed at a record yesterday surviving the previous all-time high in 1999. all parties will look ahead to the open european equity market, a set of bar charts on the subject. mark: a major hurdle was cleared yesterday when the eurozone financed a list of reforms necessary to extend the bailout agreement. manus: creditors in brussels warned that it was just a starting point and greece now must deliver its promises. anna: joining us now is hans nichols. hans boy -- hans: it was a starting point and was approved. there are so many other triggers in here and what we saw yesterday was clear disappointment from the ecb and imf in particular. the fact that it wasn't very specific what the list opposed to to do and that there were not clear assurances. here is what the madame wrote to the group, she says we note in particular that there are neither clear commitment to the design and implementation of design and policy reforms nor undertakings to continue

they're pushing for specific legal change in hong kong. the things they're hoping to change -- capping the number of work hours. right now there's also a requirement that domestic worker are forced to live with their employer. they want to eliminate that. there is also will a clause that means -- that says that if they lose their job or if they're fired or if they quit they have two weeks to find a new job or else they're deported. it's thought that may discourage those in bad situations or being abused from speaking up boy any means. certainly hope and momentum and a voice for those who have had no voice before. >> and now bringing justice to a group of people who certainly deserve equal human rights. reporting from hong kong past 3:20 in the afternoon there. >>> we will take a short break now. just ahead, an olympic champion involved in a fatal accident. why it could be months before we know what caused the crash. the pm pain reliever. that dares to work all the way until... [birds chirping] the am. new aleve pm. it's the first to combin

as the chairman of the hong kong credit party put it, we want genuine universal suffrage in hong kong, not democracy with chinese characteristics. but is this particular feature chinese? the answer is it's not unless boss tweed was an ancient chinese profit. [laughter] because as tweed put it, i don't care who does the electing, as long as i get to do the nominating. we should describe the system tweed was constructing. let's call it tweedism. it has this form -- there's two steps, the nominating process with the tweed's vote and the citizens vote, and a filter in between. that is what boss tweed wanted. in the history of democracy in america, there is a long history of tweedism, most dramatically in the old south stop it's embarrassing to recognize 1870, america passed an amendment to the constitution that guaranteed to african-american males the right to vote. the perception at the time that was passed was this would be the future of democracy in america and in fact the future looks more like this. for 100 years -- that's exaggerating a bit. for 95 years, it was the concerted effort

coming to you live from our asian headquarters in hong kong. we got it.sed its latest gross report a few minutes ago. david, you broke numbers. good or bad? >> do you want a positive spin or negative spin? >> let's start with the good news. >> the good news is the economy is out of recession. it emerged from recession. a little bit of life. that brings me to the negative spin. the recession was deeper than expected. the whole they had to dig themselves out of was deeper. they revised the third-quarter figure. two charts on the the right. 2.3 percent,was -2.3%, so you had a growth of 2.2% for the annual figure. you are expecting 3.7%. did expect it to show some signs of life was exports. >> it was good in december. >> very good. if factored into industrial production. exports helped. but not as much as most people had thought. helping., the weak yen the boj surprising everyone in the last two months of last year. but the same thing, really. wages, domestic demand. the drop in oil prices helping a lot. that wrought up this whole new debate, what is dropping