we'll have more injusta legislative council. we'll have more injust a moment.unsettled, much of france is cool it's unsettled, much of france is cool, showery with binder storms. and the cool air has reached areas as far south as spain and portugal. this low pressure's stuck across this part of europe, you can see the cloud coming out of the north, that's where it's coming from, nothing's shifting really, just turning in the same place. in central and eastern europe, wind's blowing from the opposite direction from the south, where there is a relentless heatwave. the forecast is heavy rain in northern england and north—west, not so much across the south where we haven't had so much rainfall. there is more rain on the way for wednesday. in fact, it looks like this weather front will be stuck across the north, we will see a patch of rain swirl around. you can see the blues fading away, that is the rain petering out, then this next area of rain moves into east anglia. south of that we have some bright weather, these blobs of colours here, that indicates downpours,

what will basically happen today inside the legislative council?ing if all goes well, at 11am local time, in around three hours time from now, the legislative council will hold a general meeting and then will resume the second reading of this extradition bell. the extradition law amendment bill. there are more than 100 amendments put through by the pro—democracy legislators so they will have to debate those through first. if all goes through plan, they will hold meetings from today into next week and hoping for a final motion moved to vote next thursday. after the readings they will be of vote and when could be potentially be seeing this extradition bell becoming law? -- bill. we are yet to see when it will be put into action but we are not sure how practical it is to pass a law that has been suspended given the controversy. carrie lam, the chief executive, hong kong's leader, has been arguing a few weeks ago that as soon as they can get the bill through, they can see it being used within one particular case which triggered this... inaudible we wou

a lot of stu d e nts kong's legislative council.ng people sitting down outside the legislative council, where they are currently on protest. they are angry that a chief executive, carrie lam, has so far refused to scrap the proposed law, which would allow authorities to send residents to mainland china for trial. let's get the latest from laura westbrook, whojoins trial. let's get the latest from laura westbrook, who joins us from our hong kong bureau. we are seeing a lot of people outside the legislative council in hong kong, laura. yes, hong kong is into yet another day of protest. people have been steadily arriving all morning. some even slept there at the legislative council overnight. and they are there because they have some demands which they say the government has ignored. they want this controversial extradition built withdrawn. they want the government to not call wednesday's clashes between police and protesters a riot because of legal consequences. they wa nt because of legal consequences. they want people who have been

it has fully and it has delayed that process we've got official word from the legislative council that they're going to delay it was supposed to start several hours ago to 3 hours ago but also now coming out from the legislative council another official announcement and that is they have asked the protesters to move from where they are surrounding the legislative council building that's the group the black building over my shoulder they're asking the protesters to move so they can carry on with business obviously there hasn't been really any kind of response yet from the protestors well i guess there has been they're not moving so again you know we saw over the last several hours these protester numbers grow steadily and again you know we look at what happened on sunday over a 1000000 people came out and marched it was organized and you saw people from all walks of life here in hong kong today is much more organic when it came to those protests and much younger of the of the protesters out here. there are students and you go around and you see that they are taking a day off school or c

with the legislative council dominated by beijing loyalists few protesters actually expect the law to be scrapped but they're hoping mass protests will keep the potential erosion of hong kong as a dependence firmly in the spotlight on this legal so. i'm quite disappointed that i don't think. they will listen to people. they will still go ahead but i think they will pay for. the final vote on the bill is expected on june 20th. joining me now from hong kong is a chorus line and much is the linga look yes you've been out but the protests just most of the night now we know that the bill debate has been delayed is this a victory for the protest has. well it is a small victory but it does not mean that the government has reconsidered its strategy at least not publicly it's just that many legislators seem not to have been able to enter the ledge co building the legislative council so they could not start the debate. it shows how determined the protesters are but it does not show that the government is caving in. so what is the situation like on the streets today you've been talking to people

thousands of people gathered overnight out that the legislative council. some local companies said they would suspend work and allow staff to join them. they are urging members to join the protests. falling carmack it extended -- car market extended. sedans, suv's, and minivans fell more than 12% to 1.6 million last month following similar declines in march and april. it hit local brands in particular although vw has office in sales fall. a new report says global carbon emissions jumped the most in seven years in 2018, indicating the world is falling behind on pledges to tackle climate change. the annual survey found energy demand last year rose at the fastest pace this decade even though economic growth weakened. china, india, and the u.s. are responsible for the increase. the conservatives fighting to be u.k. prime minister are warned there is no chance of renegotiating brexit. jean-claude juncker says they must abandon any idea of new talks, adding the deal struck with the u.k. must be respected by all. boris johnson launches leadership -- launched his

building here in hong kong this is when the legislative council supposed to hear the 2nd tabling of that controversy over extradition law that has not happened because of these protesters and now we're hearing from the legislative council they delayed the meeting and they're also requesting that the protesters move so they can carry on with the business the protesters have not budge now unlike what we saw on sunday when more than a 1000000 people marched on the streets of hong kong most of the protesters here are young are students or young office workers who've taken the day off to come out and participate in this protest now it doesn't sound like they're making much headway when it comes to how the legislative council is dealing with this law but one thing they have been able to do is have their voice heard but also de lay those proceedings as how this bill will be moving forward after more than a week of violence if he is to be a breakthrough in the crisis in sudan ethiopian mediators say the military june time in opposition groups have agreed to resume talks soon on the forma

a commitment hardly reflected today at the legislative council where seats remained empty as the schedule debate was postponed but with a legislature dominated by beijing loyalists few protesters expect the law to fail to vote on june 20th. this legal so. i'm quite disappointed that i don't think. they will listen to people. who are still going ahead. i think the people. they may have forced the legislators to delay the vote but for these protesters the struggle to preserve hong kong's autonomy has only just begun. let's go right to hong kong our correspondent phoebe kong is standing by for us there hi phoebe we saw clashes and police firing tear gas during protests today now night has fallen what is the situation there now. you know we are. where we had to fly over a life very close to the actual slave count so complex just a few blocks away so we are still at a very alike or parts of the occupy areas and police just started and other wave of clearance like minutes ago they would like to clear and push are the protesters here away from from this area and but we can see that there is too

let's go back to the live scene outside the legislative council.t is how it is looking right now, these are the largest rallies against this law that the territory has seen since it was handed back to china by the british in 1997. the government as you were hearing something about their has promised legally binding human rights safeguards and other measures, it says it should alleviate concerns but many people frankly do not believe those assurances. people are concerned about the use of torture, arbitrary detentions and false confessions in the chinese judicial system. the government has said it will continue to assure the slaughter go through and it does seem very likely, given how pro— beijing the temple on mac is, that it will go through. the decisive vote is not likely to be until thursday next week. various segments of society speaking out against the law in recent days including schools, lawyers, businesses, hundreds of petitions and circulating in a number of businesses and workers announced they will go on strike. there has been word from

camped out near the legislative council. they wanted to make sure their outrage over the territories contentious extradition law could be heard loud and clear. these were the scenes on sunday when hundreds of thousands rallied against the law the legislation would permit hong kong to send people to mainland china to face trial critics warned that would allow beijing to target political opponents in hong kong which retained its own justice system after being returned to china from british move in 1970 despite the outrage the territories chief executive is promising to push forward with a law. this bill is known initiated by the central people still. i know that i have not received any instruction on mending from beijing to do this because . we were doing it in the us to doing it out of kiev punches and out commitments along. with the legislative council dominated by beijing loyalists few protesters actually expect the law to be scrapped but they're hoping mass protests will keep the potential erosion of hong kong as a depende

a commitment hardly reflected today at the legislative council were seats remained empty as the scheduled debate was postponed but with a legislature dominated by beijing loyalists few protesters expect the law to fail to vote on june 20th. this legal so. i'm quite disappointed i don't think. they would listen to people. who are still going ahead but i think there were people. they may have forced the legislators to delay the vote but for these protesters the struggle to preserve hong kong's autonomy has only just begun . and joining me now live from hong kong is a correspondent much if belinda much is protests with peaceful over the last few days but now the mood seems to have shifted me here police have used tear gas. yeah the mood has shifted obviously the mood of the government because they decided to clear the square in front of the legislative council what you see behind me is this square so this was crowded with protesters in the morning police are fired tear gas they're firing mortars because people are coming from over there right no more and more people i think you can neighborh

yesterday as you mentioned it is the 1st legislative council meeting since these protests happened in the last couple of weeks and of course the pan democrats where the pan democrat norma is that the pro-democracy politicians they made around the entrance as we expected they walked in with banners they're wearing black and of course they're holding white flowers d to mark respect for number one those protesters who have been arrested those people have been injured as well as the the one protester he slipped and fell to his death when he was hanging a barrister an anti china extradition treaty bannister you know on a building being here so they've come in and made certainly an entrance they've called on kerry lamb a number of times to resign they've also called on the secretary for security to resign a lot of the debate this morning has been focused. on the handling of the place the accusations that they used excessive force on the protesters and the softer no no in the next outside the shuttle for now those apparent democrats are again those pro-democracy lawmakers as they call themse

the legislative council decided not to convene today. it will likely not being tomorrow.it of a moral victory for protesters who will continue to put up a fight behind the scenes. the big dilemma for the pro supporters, how do you most forward when so many people are against it? there are placards including this one, which means add oil, let's rally, let's go. and stop shooting hong kong students, that is a frank statement. there is a lot of debate. the use of force yesterday was excessive. we will delve into all these issues when i do a full report from central hong kong on the state of the protest on the extradition bill. i am stephen engle, this is bloomberg. ♪ hey! i'm bill slowsky jr., i live on my own now! i've got xfinity, because i like to live life in the fast lane. unlike my parents. you rambling about xfinity again? you're so cute when you get excited... anyways... i've got their app right here, i can troubleshoot. i can schedule a time for them to call me back, it's great! you have our number programmed in? ya i don't even know your phone anymore... excuse me?

emily lau is a former democratic party member of the hong kong legislative council she joins us now via skype from hong kong thanks very much for being with us so you'll reaction to this announcement from the hong kong chief executive that they would extend. suspend the extradition bill for now. well of course she must do it unless you want to see 2000000 people in the streets tomorrow or whether they want to turn hong kong into tenement square like what happened 30 years ago with a massacre but the compete the police brutality that you people have been seeing the way the police treat. mostly peaceful demonstrators was very very discrete spot of people who want her to just kill the bill we don't want it we don't want this sort hanging over our heads and that is what it is that so i think many people are going to be very dissatisfied. from the point of view of the hong kong government and carry lam this as far as they see it is more a communication issue in the day they feel that they had they haven't put their point across effectively and they they they are telling people that. that the

no school and a lot of people don't work we haven't seen anything about that and nor has the legislative council announce when they're going to take their next step with this very controversial legislation that has brought tens of thousands of people out on the streets of hong kong houssam all right scott thanks very much. molly's prime minister has declared 3 days of national mourning for the victims of sunday's attack on a village dozens of people from doggoned the doggone ethnic group were killed in violence between the medics herders and doggone farmers has killed hundreds of people in recent months more attacks are reported in the multi region nicholas hawk reports from the capital bamako. barely visible mali and soldiers helicopters from the un peacekeeping force hovering over days after sunday's deadly attack in security forces are finally on the ground protecting what appears to be an empty ghost town and. we are angry and disappointed to alter to need to deploy most soldiers to a secure area. shortly after this interview mullion soldiers meant to protect the village chief beat him up fo

whether throughout the legislative council's process, or even after the enactment of the bill, becausephold justice, and also ensure that hong kong will fulfil her international obligation in terms of cross boundary and transnational crimes. the explanation, i hope, will focus on the additional safeguards that we have introduced, especially on 30 may, by the secretary of security. those six measures will provide some of the very reassuring human rights safeguards that we have heard some people, especially from the legal sector, will have put those proposals to us in the earlier part of the consultation. our experience is, as long as there is a chance for us is, as long as there is a chance for us to interact and to explain and a nswer us to interact and to explain and answer questions directly, face—to—face, normally it will have a very positive effect on the other stakeholders, to improve or enhance their understanding of what we are doing. the second area of work that we will do is, coming back to the additional human rights safeguards that we have announced on 30 may, i heard that t

a commitment hardly reflected today at the legislative council were seats remained empty as the scheduled debate was postponed but with a legislature dominated by beijing loyalists few protesters expect the law to fail to vote on june 20th. this legal so. i'm quite disappointed and i think. they will listen to people. they will still go ahead but i think there were people. they may have forced the legislators to delay the vote but for these protesters the struggle to preserve hong kong's autonomy has only just. we got it. let's bring in our correspondent mathias bellinger he's been following the very latest developments in hong kong for us time a ts over the last few days protests there were mostly peaceful but we have heard that police have fired tear gas tell us more about that yes police have massively used tear gas to disperse the protests and to cordon off the area around let's go and the government buildings they are trying to drive out the protesters on this side of the city is has worked there are no more protesters around here. they wanted these protesters out they wanted to end

absolutely full of big big big crowds all around the legislative council building up the block building behind me and in the foreground you can see thousands of protesters on this side the east side it's also on the other side of the building as well and because of that we are hearing that some of the legislators who are supposed to participate in this meeting that was supposed to start this hour they are not able to get into the building on time because of the roads being blocked because basically the door is being blocked so we're hearing there probably will be a delay to that meeting there are other agenda items in addition to this controversial extradition bill this is the 2nd reading of that bill so they'll be discussion about it but again we're hearing possibly could be a delay because of what we're seeing behind you when the discussion began. what impact will the protests and the huge crowds that we see in the past few days have on the debate itself on whether or not this. well it's looking like every everything is go for the legislators to pass this bill obviously that is why yo

and earlier pro-democracy leaders surrounded the legislative council president will be chairing that debate and roland says that he's aiming to put the bill for a vote in 9 days time and estimated $1000000.00 marchers took part in sunday's rally against the bill the city's leader has warned companies and businesses against encouraging employees to join wednesday's planned rally those stories of course on our website at al-jazeera dot com to remember gaiters here with the al-jazeera news are in half an hour on al-jazeera now it's the stream to stay with us. al-jazeera. problems and besides the instability is corruption we listen. to the united states and president trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. today is the air and only a silent killer. and here in the stream we'll take a look at why in 2018 india's capital had 0 good air quality days this is an important topic for our indian community and we want to hear from you share your thoughts tweet us or leave them at our live shot and you too can be in the stream. accordi

there's no way of stopping it in the legislative council.sort of more popular pressure to bear on the leader of hong kong, and we've seen this enormous protest, probably the biggest since hong kong was handed over to mainland china, again, from british control. and yet we've heard nothing from the leader of hong kong on this. i mean, it seems extraordinary. she was refusing requests from journalists yesterday to even speak about it. and so i think there's a level of embarrassment, i guess. they know this is very unpopular in hong kong, andi this is very unpopular in hong kong, and i think they've been a little bit shocked by the extent of the opposition. the whole umbrella movement seemed to have been dead, and yet, you know, now these enormous protest building again on the streets of hong kong. and of course, later on we will be hearing from someone who is actually there at the protests. we will be hearing from a prominent expert on china a little later. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: here in the uk, nominations will sho

emboldened, protesters push their various all the y up to the gates of the legislative council building. one or two get hit with a nasty squirt. of pepper spray that stuff stings. it is not going to deter these people. by midday, a massive crowdocas effectivelpied the streets. the protesters have succeeded in keeping most of the legislators ou but we managed to get in. in an upper quarter, weet m charles, who supports the protesters. s,down on the street meanwhile, it looked like it was suddenly kicking off. stthe demontors were trying to storm the building. the protesters breaking in from two different sides here, and the police have completely retreated back away from the main entrance and back to the building itself. >> int don't o see this kind of conflict happen but i think the government simply disappeared. this is culturally irresponsible. reporter: this is also responsible, isn't it? these people are using violence to storm the legislative council. >> well, t i thihe reality is we have no choice. a a lot of people in hong kong feel we have no choice. reporter: we went downstairs

scott you outside the legislative council we've already seen riot police deployed that this morning is there a concern about further violence especially given those numbers. council building known as let's go is that block building behind me you'll see in front of that black building at least on this side there are thousands of protesters and we've been here for over an hour and there's been a steady stream of protesters gathering this group back here they've also been dragging the gates and coridon is in front of them as well that is because mainly 200 meters down this road behind the camera riot police have started to stage about the same time a 90 minutes ago i would say dozens at this stage so right now obviously this is a point where there could be some kind of confrontation you know we have seen a scuffle we saw scuffles sunday night during that 1000000 person protest here around let's go right now there haven't been any scuffles we know that a few 100 protesters stayed overnight tuesday into wednesday as we head to this the 2nd tabling of this controversy extradition bill but ag

protests against a controversial extradition bill crowds out already gathering outside the legislative council by politicians are expected to hold another round of debate on the proposed bill much of the area remains in partial lockdown with protesters facing off against riot police in the early hours of tuesday morning there are consensus governments noodle could allow for suspects in serious crimes to be sent to mainland china for trial but our correspondent sarah clarke is outside hong kong legislative council sara i believe it's now just after a say am local time where you are already seeing those crowds grow. because a lot of it's 9 grown extraordinarily 5 i would have to be at least i'm not the same 1000 people via 5 my new younger group of pro-democracy young activists and others surrounded the ledge the council building which is the government headquarters in central hong kong that just started off with 5 another some police of dark had to go block some mine. with the area but the pro-democracy protesters here right now blockaded another road so it's certainly looking to build up as th

this is where the marches come to an end to the government's made office complex and legislative council building thousands of protesters have been streaming away from here to go home but thousands more have been staying on in fact so many have now spilled out onto the main highway completely blocking it. this section of road was the center of the occupy movement 5 years ago when protesters occupied the streets for weeks calling for greater autonomy within china taking possession on another precedented day of protest was symbolically important for these mostly young demonstrators after a 5 year we don't see that people are getting down but increasingly we are getting to vote had our own freedom and i want to show the whole world that this is not riots this is a peaceful protest in hong kong driven by anger at both a government and police but also hopeful that keeping alive the quest for greater freedoms within china. mcbride al-jazeera hong kong. joining us now is emily is the former chairwoman of the democratic party in hong kong she served on the legislative council for more than 25 ye

executive says the government is duty bound to push ahead it's been fast tracked through the legislative council but the government hoping for a vote before the end of the month this is a very important piece of legislation that will help she will uphold justice and also ensure that hong kong will fulfill the international obligation interim soft cross boundaries and transnational crimes. but it's reignited anger in hong kong sunday's largely peaceful rally ended in ballance and police tried to place protesters outside government headquarters a few 100 of those demonstrating grandma. the berry is into place barricades they retaliated with mortar rounds and pepper spray the drop law will be read a 2nd time in the city's legislative council on wednesday more protests are expected from both sides in a city where dipping divisions refuse to subside sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong . phasing is accusing outsiders of weapon up the protests here as our china correspondent adrian brown well from beijing's perspective hong kong has become a haven for criminals which is why it supports plans for a new ex

surrounded the legislative council that's a black building behind me to see the protesters in the foreground their immediate goal was to slow this process and they've been able to do that we're hearing from the legislative council that they've delayed this meeting that part of which was supposed to be the 2nd tabling of this controversy or extradition law so that has been delayed we don't know how long we don't know if it's going to be later this afternoon but right now we know it is delayed and that's mainly because of what they've done they've surrounded this building prevented people from getting in there are some of the legislators in there but not all of them after more than a week of violence it appears to be a breakthrough in the crisis in sudan ethiopian mediators say the military giunta and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the formation of a council to oversee the transition to civilian rule the opposition is suspending its civil disobedience campaign and general strike yemen's who is the media say the rebels have attacked the 14 saudi arabia with a cruise missile th

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we're near the legislative council buildings where the protesters had been out on the streets. i'll step out of the shop for a moment and i'll show you the scene today. some police are still milling around but the protesters have cleared out. we've had heavy thunderstorms hitting the area in hong kong. even before the rain moved in, the protesters had been moved out and contrast that with the video of this area from last night, and we say the protesters have been moved out, they've been moved out with the use of force. the police using tear gas and rubber bullets at times to drive them away after the protesters through their own efforts had been able to delay a debate in the legislative council over the extradition bill that you referenced. now, everybody here is trying to figure out the next steps. there were a group of maybe 50 to 100 protesters milling around in a park near where we're standing now. we paid them a visit a short time ago, trying to figure out what comes next. >> so when is there going to be another protest, do you sunshine. >> when they start the second discu

she's pro-democracy legislative council member and she said that she doesn't expect there to be a huge outpouring on the weekend that's what a lot of people suspected because you know people are off school people are off work so they have the opportunity to come out like we saw that massive 1000000 person march last sunday there's thought that that might kick up again over the weekend today. we know that the legislative council is definitely not meeting we don't know what's going to happen on friday there's been no indication of that obviously if they announce that they'll have the 2nd tabling of this controversy or extradition law that obviously will prompt more of the protesters to try to come out here if they're successful that's not a question to try to come out or we don't know if that's going to happen on friday but right now the best way to characterize it is that they're out of the waiting they're waiting to see what happens next with the legislative council and obviously over the weekend we have to see keep a very keen eye on what's going to happen now the 1000000 pe

most people have gone home but there was a sizeable crowd at the legislative council.road where police were not opening the reds to let people through. the crowds are ramping up against the barriers so it looks that has spilled over into violence. you have spoken to protesters who say they will stay there whatever happens? it is starting to look a bit like the occupy movement of a few years ago. people with effort 90 days, that was incredibly peaceful, but this one is bigger than people we re but this one is bigger than people were expecting and people are feeling passionate about telling the hong kong government not to put this extradition three. one of the main contenders to replace theresa may as the next british prime minister and leader of the governing conservative party has admitted that he took cocaine 20 years ago. using the drug is a criminal offence in the uk. andrew marr asked michael gove about his past drug use. ido i do think it was profound damaging. i've close up and in the work i have done as a politician, that's why i deeply regret the mistake i made

the fighting was near the legislative council headquarters where the proposed extradition lot was due to be debated but the government session was postponed because legislators couldn't avoid the protesters to get into the building or anywhere close late in the afternoon riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray at the protesters then rubber bullets so right now we are seeing is this is one of the main areas where this confrontation between police and the protesters have been going on what's amazing is the communication between the protesters now that this is happened here this tear gas is here they're going to roll back in the we're going to tell everyone well behind that this has happened so everybody will push back but look how quickly this is cleared out. from early in the morning protesters blocked roads leading to the central district the heart of hong kong where he does a phone call i have to say that will fall and then we have to make sure that that one country 2 systems commitment is being life bringing on and to continue and not to do songs all right i'm sad i'm frustrated

in front of the legislative council again i make this plea. will not be tolerated by all enforcement authorities because tolerance off violence also gives rise to very adverse consequences she also admitted the government had failed to communicate. we have not done enough in engaging young people from different backgrounds and different sectors and. this incident we certainly would do better. the protests forced the legislative council to postpone debate on the proposed bill but with the legislature dominated by beijing loyalists few protesters expect the law to fail the vote now scheduled for june 20th on this new young not so. i'm quite disappointed and i don't think. they will listen to the people. there will still go ahead but i think there were people. the protesters may have delayed the vote but their struggle to preserve hong kong's autonomy has only just begun. reporter sherry chad who is from hong kong welcome sheri. why is this spill causing such. in the territory so basically this bill would mean that hong kong. to china for trials

in front of the legislative council again i make this plea any violence will not be tolerated by and foresman off our attacks because tolerance of violence also gives rise to a very adverse consequences she also admitted the government had failed to communicate. we have not done enough in engaging young people from different backgrounds and different sectors and. this incident we certainly would do better. the protests forced the legislative council to postpone debate on the proposed bill but with a legislature dominated by beijing loyalists few protesters expect the law to fail the vote now scheduled for june 20th honestly i'm not so. i'm quite disappointed i don't think. they will listen to people. they will still go ahead but i think they will keep. the protesters may have delayed the vote but their struggle to preserve hong kong's autonomy has only just begun. here's some of the other stories now the making headlines around the world police in moscow have detained hundreds of protesters at a rally in support of the investigative journalist. it comes a day after prosecutors droppe

we should pause and think instead of resuming the 2nd reading debate on the bill at the legislative council. chief executive suspends further review of a controversial extradition. on housing seeker this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up heads of state from iran russia and china made into stand to discuss regional security the tanker incidents in the gulf could dominate the talks. growing calls to find out who's responsible the u. . and weighs in over the incident in the gulf of oman. the risk of spread to countries outside the region remains low. and the world health organization decides whether to declare a global health emergency on africa's ebola outbreak. hong kong has suspended a bill that would allow extraditions of suspects to mainland china chief executive kerry lamb called a media conference to announce the reversal off the saying earlier this week she would push ahead with the bill hundreds of thousands of people have protested against it and more mass demonstrations were planned for sunday after repeated internal deliberations over the last 2 days i now announce that t

it is meant to be a full house meeting every wednesday, that is how the hong kong legislative councile to wait unless the council speaker calls a meeting. we just don't know what they will do. but there is no sign that carrie lam is pushing this deal through, she is talking about denouncing violent. no mention of what she will do. she was very emotional in an appearance yesterday saying that she is from hong kong and she grew up here and she wants to protect the civil liberties. so what degree can we believe that? will there be safeguards put in place to make demonstrators and protesters less angry? my guess is literally the other way around. my the protesters do not buy what she is saying. just after that interview was rod cast in hong kong i went onto facebook and twitter and there are many comments mocking her act of tears. people are having low faith in carrie lamb's government —— carrie lamb's government. if this bill is going to be rushed through in its current state we may see a man accused of killing his girlfriend extradited to taiwan immediately. we are expecting more, even

used tear gas pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse protesters surrounding hong kong's legislative council. japan's prime minister has asked iran's leaders to abide by the 2050 nuclear deal and play a constructive role in securing peace in the middle east. in iran for a 2 day visit. are more on our breaking news this hour and it's being reported now that one of the tankers in distress in the gulf of oman is on fire the ship loaded oil in abu dhabi before setting off to sea joining me on set once again is modern couple and head of policy analysis at the center for research and policy studies so we're getting a little bit more information now about what happened here. and it's it's another reflection of the tensions in this region and how everything is just kind of on a hair trigger now absolutely i think this. this is a very serious development today i think this incident is more serious perhaps than the one that had to convince last month when for. have been attacked. are saying maybe a target b. 2 has been used. in attacking one of these of these tankers saw i think this is a certain very

a much calmer scene here thursday around the legislative council building here in central hong kong are still pockets of protesters small pockets of protesters around police presence still very heavy what we've seen the police action with the protesters on thursday a couple of searches we know that at one stage protesters were gathering some of the material they used on wednesday during those massive and violent protests zip ties and sailing solution to squirt their eyes once they've been tear gas they were collecting that what hadn't been used and trying to take it away police intervened question some of the protesters there we also saw some protesters being searched their bodies being searched their bags being searched and also we see some people around the protesters aides and would appear to be part of the protest movement being photographed along the streets leading into the legislative council area that's what's been happening on thursday the big question what happens next we know that the meeting that sparked all this controversy on wednesday was postponed it didn't happen on thu

the contentious bill will be debated in the coming days at the legislative council building and criticsin the former british colony would be exposed to china's deeply flawed justice system and it would lead to the further erosion of thejudicial and it would lead to the further erosion of the judicial independence of the city. i think it is the most serious challenge to the autonomy of hong kong and the rule of law since we left in 1997 and it flatly goes against all the promises made about guaranteeing hong kong's autonomy. china argues that anyone facing religious or political persecution would be exempt from being extradited to the mainland and that hong kong courts would have the final say over grunting extradition requests but demonstrators are not convinced. people are afraid. people are also angry about this extradition treaty. mainland china use extradition treaty. mainland china use all sorts of ways to exercise so—called dictatorship in hong kong, to kidnap that people they treat as enemy. but hong kong's top official has tried to reassure people from all sides of the debate. t

as of now, protesters are occupying the legislative council complex and they say that they will remain to see this bill withdrawn. they do not want to see a suspension. they worry that a suspension. they worry that a suspension could mean the bill may be reintroduced. they want to see it he withdrawn completely. thank you very much. electricity has returned to almost all of argentina following a massive failure that left tens of millions of people without access to power. the country's energy minister said it had been an unprecedented event and claimed that the system itself was stable. the exact cause remains unclear, but argentina, uruguay and parts of paraguay were affected, according to one of the region's largest suppliers. it caused major disruptions in cities like buenos aires. chris buckler has more. at first light, much of south america was left in darkness. a massive power outage left tens of millions of people without electricity and crippled communications in city after city. in argentina, people were preparing to go to the polls, but with trains halted by the power cuts an

and thousands of people they all will cycle through here again this is just behind me is the legislative council building this is where the the march and we're expecting people to stay here stay on here for several hours you know it'll probably be the younger students that we've seen over the last week or so they'll probably be the ones who stay on there's a stage set up well what they are saying they're going to continue to do beyond tonight beyond the on coming hours they're going to keep up the fight of this protest of this voice of those things that they want as rob said in his story there they want to have her step down carry land they want this bill to be not suspended they wanted to be killed and they also want some kind of reaction on what they see as police brutality the way they were treated those protesters were treated on wednesday evening. scott thanks lescott hodler life 1st there in hong kong. also a clock is among the crowds of protesters here is what she had to say. tens of thousands of people are now flowing into this area which is the government headquarters the area around co

stop a controversial proposal law that would allow extradition to mainland china the city's legislative council has postponed a planned debate on the law after crowds blocked access to government buildings hong kong officials have ordered the demonstrators to disperse but they say they are defending the territories freedom. from peaceful protest to violent chaos umbrellas become shields and weapons as demonstrators tried to fend off rubber bullets and tear gas fired by the police. tens of thousands of people came out to rally again today and protest against hong kong's controversial extradition bill a quiet march until tempers flare. like they're mostly dressed in black their faces covered with surgical masks and wearing makeshift body armor from the get go some in today's crowd seems ready for a different kind of protest than the largely peaceful mass demonstrations on sunday i would say it actually is the week car or farmer approach territory we do like for a. different way to work our way that's the only way that we got the right. having our say. they are worried about a proposed law that wo

for more on this i am joined now by nathan law, pro democracy activist and former legislative counciljoining us. with the legislative council delaying the second reading, could this be an indication that the government might be easing up all be backing down? i don't think the government is backing down because immediately last night they issued a statement claiming there was a riot andi statement claiming there was a riot and i think it was outrageous because the assembly yesterday was mainly peaceful even though there was provocations towards the policeman there was definitely no riot and the police force used disproportionate violence to disperse people and that was very bad for everyone. there was also violence on the side of the protesters in the hong kong chief executive has criticised these protests a nd executive has criticised these protests and called them organised riots. of course there were violent scenes but if you compare that to the riot a couple of years ago in hong kong or the riots in western countries, this assembly is mostly peaceful. no cars were burnt no windows

protesters are trying to push their way into the legislative council. he council and have been pulling back in response to those movements. fromll keep you updated our team on the ground. o ecb policymakers have signaled they will resume quantitative easing if needed. they said the central bank is ready to combat any further slowdown. investors will be closely watching mario draghi's speech. the head of financial markets research at evian has what looks like one of the boldest goals, predicting policymakers will return to qe next year. he joins us now from amsterdam. good to have you with us. call?is seemingly bold why the return to qe? nick: economic growth in europe is just not going to be strong to get inflation up towards the ecb price stability goals. , inflation expectations have collapsed. that is a big concern for the ecb. what do you suspect they would have to do to make this happen? nick: i think they will stick to the capital key. they will raise the issue limit within the public sector. not for sovereigns, but national agency bonds. in additi

the government to a standstill completely surround these central government offices in the legislative council in a way that's been prevented by the government by bringing it self to a standstill they basically have given their workers the day off today also suspended the workings of the legislative council here so that has probably reduced the numbers of students turning out it's very good natured the organizers are still have to be careful because of course if this demonstration does lead to roads being blocked then they could make themselves liable to prosecution so they've been finding all sorts of in. ingenious creative ways euphemisms if you like of calling people out to demonstrate what we were attending this morning this friday morning here is an all day breakfast across in the park other protesters have been calling people to come out for a picnic and this friday evening in hong kong yet another group is calling for people to come out for what they are terming an annual dinner always of making their voices heard having a protest without being prosecuted very how much momentum would yo

this is where the marches come to an end at the government's made office complex and legislative council building thousands of protestors have been streaming away from here to go home but thousands more have been staying on in fact so many have now spilled out onto the main highway completely blocking it. this section of road was the center of the occupy movement 5 years ago when protesters occupied the streets for weeks calling for greater autonomy within china taking possession on another unprecedented day of protest was symbolically important for these mostly young demonstrators of the 5 year we don't see that people are getting down but increasingly we are getting to your point had our own freedom and i want to show you the whole world that this is not riots this is a peaceful protest in hong kong driven by anger at both a government and police but also hopeful that keeping alive the quest for greater freedoms within china with mcbride al-jazeera hong kong now martin lee is the founding chairman of the democratic party in hong kong he says kerry will now take her cue from mainland ch

, given that the system favours the government and only half the members of the legislative councilly a nyway are elected by the people directly anyway and so they think the only way you can do it is to embarrass the government. 1 million people turned out on the weekend to oppose this bill and chief executive carrie lam said they don't really understand it and we are pushing ahead irrespective. and so they have turned out again here today despite the police trying to cordon off public spaces here, to stop people gathering in areas like where i am now, large numbers of people have come out yet again in hong kong to oppose this bill. stephen mcdonnell. these are the latest live pictures that we are receiving from hong kong. the protesters, mainly stu d e nts kong. the protesters, mainly students and young people, who are out involved in the protests against this extradition bill, whether they will feel that they are making some progress because the second reading of the bill has been delayed remains to be seen. but the riot police are using pepper spray and saying they will respond w

hong kong to be sent to mainland china for a trial it's due for a 2nd round of debate in a legislative council controlled by a pro beijing majority until he died for you i'm urging schools parents organizations businesses and unions to seriously consider if they encourage such radical behavior what good does it do for hong kong society everybody should know there are consequences when you break the law these consequences have a huge impact on both adults and young people china's leaders continue to voice support for hong kong's leader adrian brown reports from beijing where legal experts are defending that proposed law. china began aggressively pursuing chinese fugitives over seas 5 years ago that's when president xi jinping began an anti corruption campaign that continues in the words of state media some suspects were persuaded to return others were extradited from one of more than 30 countries that now have a treaty with china a criminal lawyer i represented 2 suspects who ended up on a plane back to china both received suspended jail terms proof he says that the rights of suspects are being

deployed tear gas, rubber bullets, and pepper spray as demonstrators attempted to storm the legislative council building. we will get the latest. then to arizona where a hung jury has refused to convict humanitarian aid activist scott warren who faced up to 20 years in prison for providing water, food, clean clothes, and beds to undocumented migrants crossing the sonoran desert. >> the government's plan in the midst of this humanitarian crisis, policies to target undocumented people, refugees, and their families. prosecutions to criminanalize humanitarian aid, kindness, and solidarity. amy: and outrage is mounting over the death of layleen polanco, a transgender afro-latinx woman who was recently found dead in a cell at rikers island. >> we're in a war. don't get it twisted. we have been in a war. black and brown trans-people have been in a war since we were born. in a world that continuously tells us we should not e exist until they actually make it so we don't exist. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democrcracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in