how different will this legislative council b after these elections? well, as you say, there are 4470000 people who can vote in hong kong and, and now that with this over the whole, they can only vote for directly vote for 20 out of 90 seats. the rest will be picked by prob, aging committees. so now you're looking at the legislature in hong kong, which has virtually no opposition. most of the pro democratic camp is in self exile, is in jail, or has decided to quit over both taking requirements bits. let's remember the 1st election, city wide pole fin beijing intensified it's crackdown in hong kong last year and impose that very controversial national security law. all right, thanks so much brit climate them in the surgeon crow. and a virus case is linked to the army. kron very and has pushed european governments into words and action. benevolence has just begun a strict locked down the prime ministers describing it as an avoidable. people rush to do last minute shopping on saturday, non essential shops, balls restaurants, along with schools and many pu

i do have such a very clear target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. so all the 153 candidates could meet this requirement. and you can see that they actually come from a very diverse background. were very different opinions on the range of issues. brit planet has more for us now from hong kong. i spoke to a 20 year old student a little bit earlier as she spoke to me without wanting to reveal her identity just speaking to, to how sensitive this topic is. and she said, there's really no point in her voting today. she'll make use of the free transportation given by the government that but that she doesn't feel there's enough political diversity of true representation for her vote to count. so polls as i say, and even in the run up to this election have suggested that they will be lower than in previous years. that something the chief executive harry lab has frogged off even using chinese state media.

it's the 1st legislative council elections since paging, imposed to sweeping national security law and reformed the electoral system. under the new rules, only candidates considered patriotic to china. can rum, many opposition candidates have been silenced, jailed or have fled the territory? hong kong later carry lamb was one of the 1st to cost her vote. she denies accusations. her government has set voter turnout writes, but i do have said very key a target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review. will come each database correspond vitti can't pay the hong is covering those elections for us in hong kong. phoebe only so called patriots are allowed to run in this election. how does a candidate prove to the election committee? he or she is a patriot? yes. so monopole a new threshold has been set up under a new electro rules to screen candidates why not deemed as patriotic according to official standards. so essentially, a new batt

it's the 1st legislative council election since paging, imposed to sweeping national security law and reformed the electoral system. under the new rules, only candidates considered patriotic to china can run. many opposition candidates have been silenced, jailed will have fled hong kong hong kong lead a carry lamb was one of the 1st to cause to vote. she denied that the government had said any voter turnout rights, but i do have set a target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committees state. but of course, lot feeding can't pay. the cong is covering those electrons for us in hong kong. maybe only so called patriots are allowed to run in this election. how does a candidate prove to the election committee? he or she is a patriot? yes. so monopole a new threshold has been set up under a new electro rules to screen candidates who are not deemed as patriotic according to official standards. so essentially, a new batting body

in the legislative council, the candidate support been vetted and approved by beijing protest against her daughter all king 3 years since the revolution of ended. former president over alba, she is 30 year rule. so donna's recently seen renewed protests following the military's power grab and sober and several european nations are imposing new restrictions ahead of the winter holidays after seeing record highs in corona virus infection rates, the netherlands has begun a strict lockdown to try to curb the spread of the o michel variant in chile voting is to begin in the next few hours to choose a new president sunday's election run off fits the left wing. gabriel borage. against the far right candidate was antonio cast or latin america editor lucio newman. as the latest from santiago on the close race which has polarized opinion o, the left a former student protest leader who in february terms $35.00, the minimum age for running for president. for again, no, i got to but i was, i see why, why did we become useless so much inequality? why did we allow it to grow before our eyes? never a

a target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee database correspond vitti can't pay. the cong is covering those elections for us in hong kong. phoebe only so called patriots are allowed to run in this election. how does a candidate prove to the election committee? he or she is a patriot? yes. so monopole a new stretch hold has been set up under a new electro rules to screen candidates who are not deemed as patriotic according to official standards. so essentially a new of acting body has it by hong kong senior officials, will be in charge or is in charge of screening the candidates that every single candidates who was around for the elections, robi assessed by these panel to determine whether they're patriotic or not, according to the requirements laid out in the national security and the basic law and audit on that candidates also have to secure nomination. take us from a panel

the sweeping national security law. voters are acting politicians to represent them in the legislative council. but unlike previous elections, all candidates have been invented and approved by bay ging with 4400000 residents. allen jewel, the ton out so far as being low compared to previous years. hong kong is pro democracy candidate. it's not on the ballot for climate reports from hong kong giant billboards all over hong kong, urging residents to vote in an election design strictly for chinese patriots. security was tied to hong kong held its 1st pulse since china's leaders in beijing over whole the electoral system. those changes they said were to ensure only those who love china run hong kong. the new rules drastically limit the number of directly elected seats in hong kong, parliament. 4 and a half 1000000 hong kong residents are eligible to vote for members of the legislative council. but their ballots will only decide 20 seats out of 19. the rest will be hand picked by prob, aging committees. the leadership in beijing says the new rules will clean up what it calls any anti china elements

now, voters in hong kong will head to the polls this weekend for the city's first legislative councilion since the passing of a controversial national law that allows a pro-china panel to vet the candidate. the bbc's danny vincent has more from hong kong. >> jason is in full campaign mode, one of the few candidates running in the election that considers himself a non-establishment. last year, the authorities postponed the action due to the pandemic. since then, the political landscape of the city has changed. >> if i can enter into the legislature, at least i can ask for a political change, political improvement. if we just ignore it, what is a result? the result is until the end of the days, we do not have improvement on our democracy. >> hong kong is preparing for its first legislative council election since the introduction of a wide-ranging national security law. this year, only three of the 153 candidates running consider themselves pro-democratic. posters are predicting a 30 year low voter turnout. beijing has imposed a sweeping reform of hong kong's voting system. it means only

i do have said a very key, a target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the kennedy eligibility review committee. we. i handle ma correspondence. phoebe com, who is in hong kong to gave us this assessment with all the major opposition parties absent from this election. many up is a port us, especially the young people are no longer interested in a vote. long lives are rally seen outside polling station like this one. on one hand, the government is stepping up f as to prevent any resistance like open cause, but boy caught up the election as it has been criminalized for the very 1st time in hong kong. electro history and all the other hand to offer free rise for public transport and setting up new polling station at the border in a bit to boost to china. right. so the atlanta rate is the core issue of this election. as many observers see the speaker as a kind of votes of confidence, of the latest political situation in hong kong, and also a refle

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what sort of legislative council job to this patriots only election one that's in lock step with beijing eyes. you well, they say it's going to be very diversified. i think it's going to be diversified in the sense that you're going to having people who are very pro aging and you can have people who are very, very groping. that seems to be the defining line and all of this, you know, the, the democracy movement is, is sitting out the election because again, most of their members are either in jail or in exile. and those who are left decided not to participate in this thing. so it's going to produce an election that they've been bending over backwards to try to say that there will be diversity in this group. and that they're really going to challenge the government that really hold the government speak to the fire, i mean, but the whole point of this exercise was to reduce the number of directly elected c to 135. to reduce that down to 20, they increase the actual size of the legislature with this both with going from 70 up to 90. what a good chunk of those. now we're going to just be app

hong kongers will head to the polls on sunday in the first legislative council elections since the passingl reform law. the new law allows a pro—china panel to vet candidates and allow only those it deems �*patriotic�* to participate. from hong kong the bbc�*s danny vincent has this report. jason is in full campaign mode. he's one of the few candidates running in the election that considers himtself non—establishment. last year the authorities postpone the election due to the pandemic. since then the political landscape of the city has changed. if i can enter with the legislator at least i can ask for a political changes. and political improvement. if we just ignore it then government can full house the legislator. what is the result? the result is till the end of days we don't have any improvement on our democracy. hong kong is preparing for its first legislative council election since the introduction of a wide ranging national security law. this year only three of the 153 candidates running consider themselves pro—democratic. pollsters are predicting a 30 year low voter turnout. beijing

parliament. 4 and a half 1000000 hong kong residents are eligible to vote for members of the legislative council. but their ballots will only decide 20 seats out of 19. the rest will be hand picked by prob, aging committees. the leadership in beijing says the new rules will clean up what it calls any anti china elements and bring com to the once lively ledger suggest in the formats for his calling. that regulation. if you accept it, you'll have to pay the long pick in on august. the basic thing, if you don't want, then don't play the game with my card, democracy figures out as of right. the probate politicians are working ahead without an effective opposition. the question is, how many vote as a turned off by the lack of choice? this 20 year old student you asked al jazeera to conceal her identity, said the lack of representation meant she won't be voting. the golf and the election and not trustworthy for me now because they can qualify whoever they will dislike and root. can we change every 2nd either call from month to what they say for? so actually this is quite huge and meaningless. of all 1

hong kong is preparing for its first - preparing for its first legislative council election since the year, only three of the 153 candidates running consider themselves pro— democratic. pollsters are predicting a 30 year low voter turnout. beige and has imposed a sweeping reform of hong kong's electoral system. it means that only candidates in deemed patriotic are eligible to stand. it leads many to question if this election is simply a show. last year, the entire pro—democracy camp resigned en masse following the disqualification of alleged —— co— councilmember. it was later followed by the arrest of 47 pro—democracy candidates who stood in an unofficial primary election. one year on they remain in custody under the suspicion of violating the controversial national security law. critics say hong kong's political freedoms have been dismantled. pro— establishment candidates say the changes in hong kong have helped to restore stability.— hong kong have helped to restore stability. look at the ast. restore stability. look at the past- we _ restore stability. look at the past. we could _

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way, a tough christmas season had a thanks so much of hong kong is holding elections for its legislative council. the 1st, since paging, imposed a sweeping national security law and reformed the city's electoral system for hong kong per democracy activist. it's the combination of a campaign to rein in the semi autonomous territory and ensure only candidates were patriotic to china. can run a great school class in hong kong. every week they raised the chinese flag and sing the national anthem. it's part of the islands integration into the communist mainland. i like him, raise a flag. it shows me the report of china again audiological. this is very good for the children. it trains or patriotism in the headphones. i all get things are not. patriotism has become a political buzzword here in the upcoming parliamentary elections, only so called patriots are allowed to run. and who that is, is controlled by a beijing friendly commission. omar o improvements are crucial to bring hong kong back to the right track of one country to systems. and so i'm sure that we are in a situation of patriots administer

although overall turnout is expected to be low is the 1st legislative council elections since paging, imposed to sweeping national security law and reformed the electro system. and the new rules and the candidates considered patriotic to china, can run many opposition candidates have been silenced, jailed or have played hong kong. or steven vines is the british journalist and author who has reported from hong kong for more than 30 years to not e joins me from london welcomed steven some pro democracy activists are calling this a selection as opposed to an election had he said, well, i think the reason they're doing that is the, under china's instructions, the election system in our home has been entirely altered. and now the only candidate allowed participates in the election. others have been vested and pre selected by a committee which is overwhelmingly dominated by trustees of the regime in bay. and indeed, the number of people directly elected in the new legislature will be greatly reduced from the previous system. and even in the previous system, only 50 percent book directly ele

it's the 1st legislative council elections since paging imposed a sweeping national security law and reformed the electoral system. many opposition candidates have been silenced, jailed or have fled the territory. and d, w, corresponded phoebe cong, sent us this update from hong kong the 1st general election since the imposition of national security law and overhaul. the electro system and some of our historic low turnover rate of only 30 percent of the eligible voters participated in the poll. this is the lowest of accuracy is hong kong, hanover to china. was all the major opposition parties absence from the pole? many of his supporters, especially the young people, have shown their indifference, if not this content to us what the government caused improved electro system. the results have also up in debt hong kong bullet to co landscape amount of 90 members of the new legislature. almost all of the seats are taken by probation factors are so caught patriots with only one seat left for moderate. so critic say the legitimacy and the representativeness would be under might us for the

but i do have said a very clear target for this general election of a legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. we had from our respondents, phoebe kong who is in hong kong. she gave us this assessment with all the major opposition parties absent from this election. many of his support us, especially the young people, a no longer interested in a vote. long life rally seen outside polling station like this one. on one hand, the government is stepping up f as to prevent any resistance like open cause, but boy, cause of the action as it has been criminalized for the very 1st time in hong kong, electro history and all the other hand to offer free rise for public transport and setting up new polling station at the border in a pit to booth to turn out. right. so the tunnel rate is the core issue of this election as many up service see that speaker as a kind of vote of confidence of the latest political situation in hong kong. and also a reflectio

those has been electing politicians to represent them in the legislative council. unlike previous elections, all candidates have been vetted and approved by beijing. the netherlands has begun a strict lockdown in order to cover the spread of the on the cron variant of the corona, virus, non essential shops, bars, restaurants, along with schools. and many public places are all closed. at least 169 people had died. after typhoon ride, devastated parts of the philippines. dozens remained missing in flooded areas. some 18000 soldiers of joined rescue workers trying to reach more remote areas. pakistan is hosting an emergency meeting on how to help prevent family in neighboring afghanistan. the organization of islamic corporation is highlighting that each international assistance, $14000000.00 afghan children are expected to suffer acute levels of malnutrition, this winter. and those are the headlines. now. let's get you back to al jazeera world. ah, with oh, oh, i was being really for a student, american musical. my stroke simone. shaheen is based on america's east coa

the legislative council election comes after beijing introduced sweeping electoral reforms giving localties far greater power to ensure only so-called patriots are even allowed to stand as candidates. it resulted in hong kong's first legislative council election without the participation of major pro-democracy parties. >>> chinese tennis star peng shuai says she never accused anyone of sexual assault. this happened in an interview to a singapore newspaper, and it's despite a post on her social media account about being coerced into sex by a former senior chinese official. in a video of the interview, she says she's always been free and that there may have been a misunderstanding. there's been global concern for peng's well-being and about whether she's being silenced by chinese authorities. selina wang joins me from tokyo with the very latest. what did she say, selina? >> reporter: michael, this is the first time that peng shuai has spoken to international media on the assault allegations. in the interview, she denied the claims. she was speaking on the sidelines of a cross country skii

i do have said cherokee, a target for this general election of a legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the kennedy eligibility review committee. so all the 153 kennedys could meet this requirement and you can see that they actually come from a very diverse background with very different opinions on the range of issues. the surgeon corona virus case is linked to the omicron variant, has pushed european governments into urgent action. the netherlands has begun a strict lockdown that the prime minister described as unavoidable, non essential shops, bars, restaurants, long with schools and many public places are all closed. that in the u. k prime minister barak johnston's government is on the pressures were imposed tougher restrictions to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed. he'll be holding an emergency meeting with health and security officials. the u. k. confirmed all the 90000 new infections on saturday. london's mer has declared the such a major incident. urgent appeals for

the legislative council will expand from 70 to 90 seats, but only 20 will be elective.dy before it was chosen by hong kong citizens. all candidates must now be fitted and approved by a select 1500 member election committee representing business, interest groups, and above all else, china's communist party. shery: be sure to turn into bloomberg radio for more news from today's big newspapers -- newsmakers. listen live on the bloomberg app. plenty more ahead. stay with us. ♪ haidi: a check of that is business flash headlines, a commodity trading group says it has reached an agreement with creditors to deleverage and reorganize after three years of civil and negotiations made the company is smaller and under risky for them. they say the process will cut its debt to $500 million down from $1.5 billion. noble says trading core will cease to be part of the group. drainage creditors have sued evergrande over allegedly overdue payments. the financial times assigned wendell civil lawsuits has taken on 367 cases. those cases were reportedly accepted between late august and early

the process us need a fair, not democratic, is a 1st legislative council elections in speech in imposed se been national security law on be formed. the electoral system on the news only candidates, considered he trotted to china, can run many opposition. candidates have been silenced, jewelled off let the territory, hong kong leader carry lamb was one of the 1st to cast her votes. she denies accusations that government has set voter turnout rates, but i do have sarah key a target for this general election of a legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility video committee. did of you correspondence? phoebe. com is in hong kong covering be election high. phoebe only so called patriots are allowed to run in this election. how does a candidate prove to be a patriot? well, there is basically no mocking scheme for the candidates reference. a new fat ting, body headed by hong kong senior officials is responsible for screening their candidates, according to their speeches and behavi

but i do have said very target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. now we had from our correspondent phoebe kong in hong kong. she gave us this assessment with all the major opposition parties absent from this election. many of his support us, especially the young people, are no longer interested in a vote long noise, a rally seen outside polling station like this one. on one hand, the government is stepping up f as to prevent any resistance, like open courts. but boy, cause of the action as it has been criminalized for the very 1st time in hong kong, electro history and all the other hand, to offer free rise for public transport and setting up new polling station at the border in a pit to booth to turn all right, so the tunnel rate is the core issue of this election as many up service see that speaker as a kind of vote of confidence of the latest political situation in hong kong. and also a refl

it is the 1st legislative council elections since paging in post a sweeping national security law and reform. the electro system under new rules and the candidates considered patriotic to china can run many opposition. candidates have been silenced, jailed or have played hong kong. well, steven vines is a british journalist and author who has reported from hong kong for more than 30 years to not he joins me from london. welcome to steven some pro democracy activists are calling this a selection as opposed to an election had he said, well, i think the reason they're doing that is the under child instructions. the election system in our homes been entirely altered. and now the only candidates allowed to participate in the election. others have been vested and pre selected by a committee which is overwhelmingly dominated by trustees of the regime in b g. and indeed, the number of people directly elected in the new legislature will be greatly reduced from the previous system. and even in the previous system, only 2 percent book directly elected. so i see why this thing. so you mentioned t

the legislative councils have not agreed on a constitutional framework to hold the election.ates has officially removed the former colombian rebel group from its list of terrorist organizations. the decision will allow aid agencies to operate in columbia where former fighters live and work. the u.s. will designate to breakaway groups as terrorist organizations. one of ghislaine maxwell's accusers has testified on the second day of the six-week trial. the socialite is accused of grooming underage girls with jeffrey epstein. gabriel has followed the trial from manhattan federal court in new york. gabriel: this was the first time -- we are on day 2 --that she has come face-to-face with an accuser. the accuser is going by the pseudonym jane, referred to in court. she says she was first approached by ghislaine maxwell, sitting at a park bench eating ice cream with friends. she was 14 years old at the time. she said it started a simple conversation that ultimately was the start of years of sexual abuse at the hands of jeffrey epstein and at some point, even ghislaine maxwell she sa

if you compared to the 2016 legislative coffee lesson, which it was 43.6 and 2900. the local district council election, which was $63.00. the difference is drastic. it really shows that people in the law believe in this election and they view really strong. busy to boy quoted because there are just no untrue represented representative for the candidates are being factored by political beliefs and in the name of getting patriot into the election . but actually the government, just erase the force that they don't like tom when you look at the optics of this particular vote, why is it suddenly becoming about voter turnout? a bigger turnout is an indication that people are happy with a gene. a lower turnout is a massive setback for the chinese government. well, certainly the government needs the polls to look credible, and you can see chief executive, carol, i'm just a week or 2 ago trying to get ahead of the situation by saying that a low turner could also mean that people agree with the governments and don't need to go, but you know, it's being described as the quiet election. a subdued electio

so the number of elected seats in hong kong legislative council has been reduced. cabinets, have been vetted by probation committee for what has been built as a patriots only election. dear, socrates have tried to drum up enthusiasm. and hong kong chief executive officer. have you on the legislative changes, has to be very efficient. this is a 1st major electrical election after improvements to the electro system. i and my colleagues have been going all out. so explain the bases the rationale and the merits of these electro system. but hello, turn on suggests oh words fail to resonate with hong kong as well. now i think it's a step backwards. hybrid on 5. if you say you want to improve a system that should be improvement. but actually this is going backwards by case at mullen, off on. yeah, i am going, they're gone so soon tossing a full people in hong kong, so i know there isn't much choice. so i saw, you know, audio logo at the top. you know, you can vote pro establishment and democracy candidates, their social choice for democracy. oh, celia, pleasant day, which doesn't make come f

i do have set very clear targets for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. so all of the 153 candidates could meet this requirement and you can see that they actually come from a very diverse background. were very different opinions on the range of issues with brit tentative in hong kong. she says the government to spend vast sums of money in a bid to boost voter turnout. the big question is, how will this lack of representation from the pro democracy crap, this lack of political diversity impact voter turnout? will it put people off from, from costing that balance today? recent paul do suggest that both turn out will be down on recent years. but chief executive, kerry lamb shrug that off in an interview, was trying to say media saying that it wouldn't necessarily mean anything if both to turn out was low, clearly off sensitivities around at least 10 people have been arrested for sizing others. the cost

i do have a very clear target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. so all the 153 candidates could meet this requirement and you can see that they actually come from a very diverse background were very different opinions on the range of issues. several european countries are imposing new restrictions ahead of the winter holidays off the same record highs and current virus cases. benevolence is begun. a strict logged down to curb the spread of the on the con variant. urgent appeals for food and water being made in parts of the philippines, devastated by super typhoon rye. the number of confirmed that is written to 75, many of them drowned and dozens remained missing and floated various 800000 soldiers of joined rescue work is trying to reach remote areas. focused on is hosting an emergency meeting on how to help prevent famine in neighboring afghanistan. the organisation of his stomach cooperation

i do have set a very clear target for this general election of a legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. so all the 153 candidates could meet this requirement and you can see that they actually come from a very diverse background. were very different opinions on the range of issues that the people are in desperate need of food and water off the typhoon ry hit, the philippines, at least 49 have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced rescue teams and now trying to reach remote areas more rain threatens to hamper rescue efforts in northern iraq up to flash floods, killed 12 people. one was struck by lightning, others drowned inside their homes and indonesia mounts the marrow has erupted for the 2nd time in 2 weeks. $48.00 people were killed out of this month, and the volcano erupted without warning. 36, a still missing. well, those were the headline produce, continues here on our to 0 after upfront station. thanks for watching

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i do have sarah key a targets for this general election of a legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. so all the 153 candidates could meet this requirement and you can see that they actually come from a very diverse background. were very different opinions on the range of issues. thousands of people are in desperate need of food and water off the typhoon. ry hit, the philippines. at least 75 have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced rescue teams and now trying to reach remote areas. more rain threatens to hamper rescue efforts in northern iraq after flash floods killed 12 people. one was struck by lightning, others drowned in their homes and a man's wind beaten to death in the northern indian city of am. ritzer, a man jumped to fence and entered a sacred area of the golden temple and grabbed the ceremonial sword during a religious service. so those were the headlines and he continues here on al jazeera, after people emp

i do have sarah kia targets for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. so all the 153 candidates could meet this requirement and you can see that they actually come from a very diverse background. were very different opinions on the range of issues. urgent appeals for food, the water being made in parts of the philippines, devastated by super typhoon rye. the number of confirmed dead has risen to 75. many of them drowned dozens, remain missing and flooded areas. 18000 soldiers have joined rescue workers trying to reach those remote areas. there was a headlines. the news continues here now to sierra after inside story, and of course there is our website al jazeera dot com. it's one year until the 1st real world killed in the middle east, talk to al jazeera meets fatma cembura 1st ever female secretary general refer to share her journey and discuss the route to cut her 2022. 0, now to sierra is the wor

l votes being counted in hong kong 1st legislative council election since china amended laws to ensure only those loyal to beijing are allowed to run. only around 30 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots. a record low turn out for the semi autonomous territory. last year, a national security law was enforced silencing most opposition voices. after months of pro democracy protests in 2019 counting is expected to be finalized on monday. now in the us, black and latino voters say they are losing their democratic rights. non white voters in texas complain of being frozen out after republican politicians campaign to have electoral maps redrawn following donald trump's failure to be re elected as president. as phil laval reports the department of justice is suing texas and it's a similar story across the country. texas a serving up for a fight on the political landscape and not white voters are at the very heart of it . i fear id, i don't have no voice. jerry. amanda is the word of the moment here. that is, parties deliberately changing political boundaries to give them an advantage.

the process us neither fair nor democratic is a 1st legislative council. elections is b g and imposed the sweeping national security law and reforms. the electro system on the news only candidates consider patriotic to china can run menu position candidates have been silenced. jude off lead the territory on lita column was one of the fast to cost vote. she denies accusations that government has set voter turnout rates. i do have said very key. a target for this general election of a legacy comes up. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility reveal . come, it did have you correspondence. phoebe comb is in hong kong covering the election high. phoebe only so called patriots are allowed to run in this election. how does a candidate prove to be a patriot? well, there is basically no mocking scheme for the candidates reference. a new fat tang bother you, had it by hong kong, senior officials is responsible for screening their candidates, according to their speeches and behaviors, are basically

but i do have said a very clear target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committee. we had football correspondent, phoebe kong in hong kong to gave us this assessment with all the major opposition parties absent from this election. many of his supporters, especially the young people, are no longer interested in a vote long noise. a rally seen outside polling station like this one. on one hand, the government is stepping up f as to prevent any resistance like open cause for boy cause of the action as it has been criminalized for the period of time in hong kong in actual history. and all the other hand to offer for you, rise for public transport and setting up new polling station at the border in a pit to booth to turn a rate. so the tunnel rate is the core issue of this election as many absurd the see that's becker as a kind of photo of confidence of the latest political situation in hong kong. and also a reflecti