you honorine taylor nandan the top stories on al-jazeera they've been clashes between protesters and police at hong kong's international airport the violence started after an injured man who is being held by protesters was taken away by medics demonstrators say he was an undercover officer and the chinese mainland earlier flights were suspended for a 2nd straight day after thousands of protesters jammed the terminal chanting singing and waving banners are going to have meat has no. we've seen some of the employees come back to their counter some of the stranded passengers trying to figure out when they will be able to catch a flight back home and you still have the pocket of these protesters who are roaming around we've seen them actually clear out some of the mess that they had left behind but at the moment it's certainly completely the opposite of what we have seen throughout the day when this hall where i'm standing now and the one beneath the arrival all were completely packed jam packed. joshua long is a leading voice in hong kong's pro-democracy movement he says the territory's

finals nandan in 2019 you'll take over as artistic director of the berlin state ballet alongside your highness ramin are you excited maybe a bit apprehensive. now there's no cause are also wrong to start taking on the state ballet is certainly a major challenge so i've been preparing for it for 2 and a half or nearly 3 years i think. it's a very long process and yes i want to actually stop the job until 2019 common. there were initially huge protests over the decision to appoint a contemporary choreographer to co-director state ballet the traditional dancers were not happy with the shots had actually worked with the state ballet before writing a solo piece for its former artistic director of light in their mother called to great acclaim. these angry protests have now seen just. one thing is clear taking over the state well a discussion about his biggest breakthrough today and a huge challenge. for 10 tons not qualify think it's a great opportunity for dance in general to explore these extreme positions. those are on the one hand to really preserve classical ballet and the whole histor

that's it for me the team here nandan for this hour now it's back to robin doubt very much indeed more now on those wildfires in the amazon done swan is joining us from sao paulo daniel there's a lot of international pressure on the brazilian government to try to to do something about this but. the president saying that it's simply not capable of doing anything because the fires that are in such remote areas and there's so widespread. well that's the excuse the president job also now though is giving but there is now some political movement on the ground here in brazil and we're hearing that federal prosecutors are launching an investigation into these fires which are raging in many areas of brazil we also know that there are demonstrations planned at 10 or more busy cities around brazil over the next few days in rio de janeiro and sao paolo i mean here in sao paulo we're long way from the from the blaze yet at the same time here on monday the city was clouded in smoke it got dark here by about 3 o'clock in the afternoon so people across brazil are feeling the effects agri business whi

and owner and trainer nandan the top stories are now because they're the president of turkey and russia have discussed joint steps to ease tensions in it province the last remaining rebel stronghold in syria that amid putin and rich uptight about a one back opposing sides in the war steadfast and has more from zukowski on the outskirts of moscow where the talks were held. we will be. told it was an unusual venue for the hastily organized high level meeting before the situation in syria it liberal than could be discussed turkish president wretched add a one was treated to a show russia's latest abilities mr bush and russian ice cream then they discussed the issue of the turkish president really travel to moscow for the escalating violence in italy calling it a humanitarian tragedy one came to ask let me put in to rein in syrian forces but put in that not made any promises to raise the closure of thriller terrorist continue to show russian positions and syrian forces but try to attack russian bases we hope that the deescalation zone will be a refuge for the rebels and should not be a plat

i mean our entire nandan with the top stories from europe including the french president tells britain's prime minister that the irish backstop is indispensable to preserving political stability and a single market. that's a gas leak. it's not a quick fix the dilapidated state of venezuela's oil and gas industry. and i'm only a hearting with all the day's sport 23 time grand slam tennis champion serina williams has been drawn to play former world number one marsh arabs in the 1st round of this year's u.s. open. brazilian president both are not always asking for the world's help to record numbers of wildfires in the amazon and the message on his facebook page he's also double down on his accusations that environmental non-governmental organizations let the fires to make him look bad so far he's provided no evidence to back up his claims the world. now the amazon is bigger than europe how can you fight criminal fires in such an area it is clearly criminal how can you do it you need to catch them in the act otherwise there's nothing you can do now non-governmental organizations are losing m

s there are going down the wrong with barker has more from westminster nandan. legal challenges are either pending or under way across the country in northern ireland and england and scotland and scotland across party group of 74 m.p.'s and he's not our scotland's highest quarter into. vien to get the courts to suspend boris johnson's suspension to halt the purgation the court refused but allow for a full hearing next week which has been seen as something of a victory for the 74 m.p.'s and peers they want boris johnson to sign a document under oath explaining exactly what his intentions are for parliament if he doesn't sign the affidavit they want him to appear in person in court in scotland next week to answer some very tough questions if we do not ultimately win this case what does it say about the british constitution that a prime minister with a majority of one and with nor majority for a notable break say can simply suspend parliament to get what he wants that's what happens into teacher sex the other case that's pending here in the u.k. will begin next wee

hello and welcome to the news i'm lauren taylor nandan with a top story from europe the g. 7 wraps up in france with president emanuel mccall saying he's hopeful about breakthrough meeting between the united states and iran. and i'm sorry i'm in dog hall so coming up august dawns leader says he'll go to any length for the region of kashmir india's prime. rejects fallen mediation. tightens its immigration roles here more difficult for thousands of venezuelans fleeing hardship. and the forests versus farming debates we go to a part of the amazon where trees have made way for animals. the g. 7 summit has just wrapped up in france after 3 days of talks between the leaders of 7 of the world's richest and most influential nations and there's at least the hope of a breakthrough on relations between the united states and iran u.s. president on the tram said he would meet iran's president under the right circumstances to diffuse months of tensions between the 2 countries but about to wraps up what's been happening on the 3rd and final day of the g. 7 the prospect of a meeting between the u.s.

i'm now in 10 or nandan with the top stories from europe including mass arrests and a heavy police presence in moscow as russian authorities move to prevent opposition protests spreading beyond the capital. and a day after the u.s. scraps its main arms control treaty with russia its defense secretary says he wants intermediate range missiles in asia. and in sports zimbabwe's cricketers say they'll play for free and effort to keep the game alive there well here from the players fighting to overturn the nation's banks by the game's governing body. but 1st. bring you some breaking news out of the united states has been a mass shooting in the city of el paso that's in the state of texas let's go straight to alan fischer joins us live from washington d.c. allan so what more details are emerging about this shooting. what can we say we don't know that there's been a mass shooting what we do know for definite is that there are reports of an active shooter in the area and we are getting reports there may be a number of injuries but it's important to stress that in these situations initial reports ar