i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start with a bloody 12 hours in afghanistan more than a 50 people have been killed from late wednesday into thursday across 3 provinces a roadside bomb in the eastern province of nagar a taliban attack in northern takar on a security facility and in the capital of kabul 3 bombings of which one the taliban claimed responsibility they said it was their suicide bomber who blew up a bus carrying governor. workers so does the violence impact ongoing peace talks we asked journalist. based in kabul we have to remember that you know a peace negotiation chits will sides so one has never actually said themselves that they would stop the fighting while the peace negotiations are going on this is something that they've asserted ever since 2013 when their office and he opened and we also have to remember that the government is also continuing to you know stage night raids drone strikes air strikes which have also lots of civilian casualties or is the difference is the government is not part of these talks so it can't necessarily be held acc

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us china has released a new white paper on national defense its 1st in 4 years the document lays out the country's military preparedness and security strategy it turns out that one of beijing's top concerns is somewhat domestic officials worry about separatist movements in tibet and cian junk in the far west and the paper goes on to warn taiwan a de facto functionally independent separate country from declaring formal independence . china also singled out the united states japan and australia as players bringing security uncertainties to the pacific region and also pledged to respond if it was ever attacked adding that its own military does not pose a threat. to the building and growth of china's defense capability is based on its own justified security demands. its growth has always been the growth of the force for world peace right the white paper has clearly demonstrated china's policy of not pursuing had human health on the theory that a strong country must seek edge money will never apply to china no matter how china's de

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us hong kong is in crisis its summer of discontent has seen protesters hit the streets every weekend since early june police and marchers have clashed with increasing violence with police firing tear gas and some activists vandalizing government buildings both sides are exhausted this time thousands of people turned up in different parts of the city including outside china's main representative office hong kong is a part of china. it is in theory it ministered independently over the past 8 weeks protesters anger has grown from dissatisfaction over an unpopular extradition bill that would mean handing over people in hong kong to china to become a general rebellion against beijing on monday china's office for handling hong kong affairs held a rare press conference and had harsh words for the activists leading to fears that the p.l.o. away china's military might intervene. hyung downs insisted that the recent developments in hong kong especially the acts of violence by a small number of radical activists have seriously undermined hong ko

i'm melissa chan and welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us hospitals across southeast asia are reporting a sharp rise in dengue fever cases and deaths it's a major outbreak of the disease dengue fever is the world's most common mosquito borne disease according to the w.h.o. it infects $390000000.00 people around the world every year killing more than $25.00. i 1000 this week for the very 1st time the philippines declared a national alert to combat an almost doubling of dengue cases but treatment of the disease has been complicated by public mistrust after a recent immunization program there went wrong i'm talking about the health scare in 2017 when dozens of children died after receiving denver a vaccine administered to 800000 children as part of a government health program that program was quickly scuttled and earlier this year manila banned the drug officials also opened criminal proceedings against the vaccines manufacturer and against public health officials. to talk more about this we're joined by dr viler the w.h.o. representative to the philippines dr violet can you

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us we start with pakistani prime minister in run cons visit to the white house the main agenda was afghanistan and what pakistan can do to a celebrate peace talks the country was the taliban's chief sponsor in the 1990 s. and continues to have influence over the group. it was the 1st meeting between khan and u.s. president donald trump and the 2 made clear they were intent on improving relations after a relatively rocky period. a push to mend tense u.s. pakistan relations in person after clashing on twitter pakistani prime minister imran khan has held his 1st one on one talks in washington with his us while online sparring partner u.s. president donald trump the afghan conflict responsible for straining those ties was a key focus of talks trump hopes card can help broker a peace deal between the taliban and the afghan government and pave the way to ending nearly 18 years of u.s. military involvement in afghanistan. i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win the war afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start in china and a look at a man who once upon a time was in the good graces of the communist party but not anymore activist twang she has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for quote deliberately disclosing state secrets that's the crime the party usually uses to go after people like him for almost 2 decades wang's run a website documented human rights abuses including. the legal confiscation of land from powerless farmers to the prosecution or rather persecution of religious groups early on his coverage of social problems was actually praised by the government but space for criticism has narrowed over the years and he's found himself in and out of jail we have sophie richardson human china director of human rights watch to talk more about this so if he saw one she's been convicted of disclosing state secrets what did he actually do. you know it's a great question one of the many things that's gone wrong with the latest prosecution or persecution of harm she are multiple procedural violations with respect to a fai

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start in india where parliament has outlawed so-called instant divorce practiced by some muslims it will now become a criminal offense punishable by up to 3 years in prison the controversial practice allows a muslim man to end his marriage simply by saying the arabic word to lock which means divorce 3 times to his wife it's been a lightning rod issue in india for some time the supreme court declared it unconstitutional in 2017 and asked lawmakers to act against it however the bill was blocked by the opposition in the upper house of parliament for more than a year this time a split in opposition ranks helped prime minister narendra modi's government push through the bill here's more from correspondent in delhi and we should as well. primus some of the ins more of these b.g.p. and some with slim women's groups have applauded the criminalized reaction of instant divorce or the lockerbie that the prime minister has said the new law will be a wix treat for gender justice he called the practice medieval and said that this pra

i'm melissa chan and welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us the united nation's highest court the international court of justice has ordered pakistan to review the death penalty given in 2017 to a former indian navy commander who. was convicted of being a spy india insists he never worked in intelligence but instead was kidnapped new delhi had asked the court in the hague to intervene here's more. of the good russians who juggle them before the fire for just one of the indian. was arrested in pakistan spilotro ston province and 2016 islam about kinds. used a false passport to travel to pakistan and committed subaltern espionage and multiple terrorist acts and 2017 the pakistani military released a controversial confession video and sentenced to death. it sparked shoojit anger in india and stuck tensions between the bitter regional focus. on new delhi decided to outsource the dispute by taking the case to the international court of justice in the hague. on wednesday a panel of 16 judges considered india's claim that jeff was given an unfair trial because pakistan had denied him

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us millions of people across south asia have been hit by heavy monsoon rains this month lightning strikes and high water have killed hundreds floods have wiped out homes and crops the displaced are now grappling with a lack of food clean drinking water and medicine india has opened hundreds of relief camps but poor conditions make them an option of last resort for many here. as well reporting from the northwestern state of. most is the mom of the mana uses his board to fish from nearby a river. now he uses it to get home. when the floods came he and his family waited out the downed board in this small boat to. put them there is it was the safest place to be. a. relief workers have come only once to give the family feud. in march has had to sell off 10 chickens to buy extra rice to eat. but i do worry what gonna do we don't have drinking water and there's no set time for meals. and then at 10 pm. to live out of our. despite the difficulties in manners designed to these conditions. even though families tools to continue living in

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us we start in india where the 2nd time's the charm for its historic lunar mission today's launch brings india closer to its goal of becoming the 4th country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon after the united states russia and most recently china the chinese giant to lift it off from its launch pad in prada state as planned this time at 2 43 pm local time to start in celebrations at the teach space center the successful liftoff comes a week after an aborted initial attempt the unmanned spacecraft will explore the lunar south pole here's more on historic mission. chandrayaan truth is india's most challenging mission so far a highly complex undertaking. the spacecraft should reach its destination in the 2nd week of august when it enters an elliptical orbit of the moon. then it will approach the lunar surface. when the landing robotic separates from the craft the most exciting phase begins india's 1st soft landing on the moon. the selected landing site is about 600 kilometers from the lunar south pole a region of craters on

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event coordinators who are shy every year they do this and they hide in the back of the room so melissa chan jamie richardson and elaine ashore. please come up and receive an award. thank you. [applause] hurry up, because you are standing up between everybody and their reception. come on, melissa. i'm calling them up because every single event that we do, every single year, they do the work and then they hide in the back and they never receive their thank you. since we're thanking everybody for their wonderful, important work we're thanking the three of you for yours. ok. [applause] >> thank you. and also, to our wonderful staff, our interpreters, the entire staff. raise your hands if you are staff. and all those guys in the yellow and blackjack et cetera. black jackets. they are our community embassadors and they make our streets safe for all of us. thank you to them. score is sll

looks like we will have ace good chan of seeing scattered showers and thunderstorms around for fireworks me. we will talk about the ten-day forecast. first, here is melissa to talk about the road. >> chopper 4 heading to i-95 prince william parkway and crash blocking the left and ride. show you that in a little bit. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking okay. bw parkway accident cleared powder milk and south of that nasa .godda brand new delay here. >>> 6:21. we are working for you helping you planour independence day celebration. >> tommy mcfly has a scoop on where to catch the best fireworks in town. fireworks in town. ellen this afternoon z3a5wz z16fz y3a5wy y16fy >>> you don't have to wait until thursday to celebrate the fourth of july. toght, bowie hosts its early independence day celebration with a free concert and fireworks show at princ george's stadium. music at 7:30 and fireworks at 9:15. nice someommunities have an early celebratioso me people don't want to deal with the crowd. >> you can take if more celebrations. >> extend your celebration. >>> our tommy mcfly keeps track of everything happening around our area. >> a new segment c