each week and with each clashes that we see of course the tensions are rising demonstrations began raikes ago against that controversial extradition bill but now they seem to be about much more he spoke with hung congress in the streets today let's listen to what they had to say. no this is illegal demonstration in hong kong. ri would like to tell the government the hong kong people and the citizens would like to tell the government won't be asking for so that's why we're here after you call to our city so we are here and all together . i still think that i must come out. and. told out my opinion to a polish man because our opener and our forces important to change hong kong all the people in hong kong. do not. do not like the. filings. they have you try to protest. you know and also hong kong. but here as we are there no one is mentioning that extradition bill anymore and stand there talking about safety and violence has the focus of these protests shifted. well some people still do mention the extradition bill from time to time but it's true you do not see these these slogans against th

cyprus had just gained its independence from britain when tensions escalated between ethnic raikes and turks instigated by greek nationalists. the majority of casualties back then with ethnic turks un peacekeeping troops intervened. the island was divided in 1974. great cypriot military officers staged a coup against president makarios. on july 20th 1974 some 30000 turkish troops invaded the northern part of the island turkey said its goal was to protect the turkish cypriot population and. greek cypriot families fled to the self the troops remained and northern cyprus is still under turkish control to this day. a number of border crossings have been opened along the green line since 2003 including one between cars hopi across and a turkish cypriot village on the other side. christophe and his friends sometimes cross the border to shop in the north of the turkish lira has weakened sharply against the euro in recent years so they get more for their money here. but they don't interact much with the local residents they feel more comfortable back home in qatar peak gusts. at least i'm goin

we can speak now to luke raikes, senior research fellow at ippr north, and specialist on regional economiesou make of this? your think tank was established in the north of england as part of the effort to encourage more investment and research into what was needed in the region. what, is this the right project? in some ways it is very welcome because it has been promised for about 15 years as you say so it is good that the prime minister spoke about it and the opposition yesterday made similar commitments ona yesterday made similar commitments on a different agenda in liverpool city region so it is great that politicians are talking about this agenda, but the north of england is really important, politically, of course, but also economically to the country. it is twice the size of the scottish economy, it would be one of the largest eu countries if it was a country in its own right, so it is important that they do this, and it was good to see this today. boris johnson said in his speech about how one of the driving forces for the vote for brexit had been a vote against sort of remote bureau

elinor raikes is europe and north africa director for the international rescue committee. >> in the last three months, you know, in tripoli and the riighboring areas around tli have become an active warzone. so now we have migrants who are in abysmal conditions in detention but on top of that they can't flee to safer areas of the city. >> yang: many of the migrants were rounded up by libya's coast guard, trained and funded by the european union, to prevent their crossing the mediterranean. >> the e.u. and several member states of the e.u. have effectively begun criminalizing aid agencies who were providing search and rescue services in the mediterranean sea. and, in the absence of those search and rescue operations, people who continue to try to flee libya and cross the mediterranean sea are intercepted by the libyan coast guard, and are returned to libya, and are sent directly to the detention centers, one of >> yang: today's attack touched off fresh criticism of both libyan and european migrant policy.r a spokesman e u.n. human rights commission blamed the libyans for failing to protec

in milk fanatics now that's going to elena raikes who's the international rescue committee is reasonable direct to europe and north africa and she's joining us live from paris thanks for talking to us what are your observations and about the issues at play in this tragic situation. what happened last night is devastatingly sad and is a stark reminder of just how much security has deteriorated in libya over the last few months and the grave danger that migrants who are in detention now in there are still 3800 migrants in detention centers just like the one that was attacked last night. in extreme case state of vulnerability but also i'm reminded of the wider impact on the population in the tripoli area there have been now over 100000 people who've been displaced by the conflict over the last 3 months and oversee migrants who are in detention are the most vulnerable because they not only are living in incredibly difficult conditions but they also don't have the possibility to flee to safety areas of the city and there are all those notably among them the un high commission for refugees the