there is no such plan the bill instead let's get reaction from hong kong and bring in rob mcbride so kerry last said that the bill is dead but she stopped short of a formal withdrawal rob is this likely to appease the protesters. that's right to really be remains to be seen if they will be mollified by this there is so much are under arrest because of this bill what they have been demanding of course is the complete with droll of this legislation that's what they've been demanding on these massive marches now when last month's carry lamb said that this bill had been suspended a lot of her government ministers were briefing the media saying effectively that kills the bill so she hasn't actually said much more she has used the word kill herself which i suppose technically is important but then protesters here would argue this is only her government and the current legislature it doesn't say that a future government or a future beijing appointed effectively chief executive might try to reintroduce me reintroduce this i think given the strength of feeling on the streets of hong kong it wa

yang saying missile tests this week were a warning to its neighbor rob mcbride reports from seoul. the figures provide the stark is devore dense yet of how sanctions against north korea are hurting it economically last year the economy contract did by 4 point one percent that's on top of a 3 and a half percent contraction the year before at the height of the nuclear and missile testing crisis when the toughest sanctions were introduced compare that with 2016 when the north korean economy grew at nearly 4 percent better even than south korea in the same year figures released earlier this month in seoul also show how sanctions have cut north korea's trade with its neighbors by nearly half with a staggering 86 percent drop in exports especially affected has been its mining sector with a complete ban on one of its biggest exports coal it shows the extent to which kim jong un stated ambition to develop his country's economy rather than the military is being frustrated. but state run media is reporting that thursday's launch was overseen personally by kim and that the missiles were a new

pro-democracy groups still angry at what they see is the growing influence from mainland china rob mcbride al jazeera hong kong. peruvian police have destroyed more than 11000 firearms and what's been called the country's largest weapons destruction operation in a decade officials say more than 4500 handguns and a 1000 shotguns were knelt down in a furnace most of the guns were seized from criminal gangs as part of an ongoing crackdown on violence. thousands of people have rallied in puerto rico for another day demanding the governor's resignation ricardo rosado is accused of corruption sexism and homophobia after messages between him and his aides were leaked they show them mocking women the disabled and victims of hurricane maria. polls have closed in pakistan's northwestern tribal areas after the 1st provincial vote in the region's history official results are expected in 2 days in territory was. province last year and borders afghanistan kamal hyder spoke to politicians in the area about how important these elections are for them and the region. it's a historic. tribal area which was o

how much north korea wants to get relief from these sanctions rather thank you very much for that rob mcbride with the very latest live insall thank you. now celebrations are continuing in puerto rico following the resignation of the island's governor ricardo announce he'll leave office on wednesday following 2 weeks of protests the spot to buy the release of offensive messages between was a.o. and his aides adding to the frustration of a government corruption and agalloch of reports from san juan. dancing in the streets of san juan celebrating what's being called a people's revolution demonstrators have for days demanded gov ricardo rajjo step down after text messages revealed a leader who spoke poorly of his own people and used sexist and homophobic language the young puerto ricans who spearheaded the marches it to the bed to victory i mean i bet you were here when you saw a 1000000 people on the street and that's amazing that that's. almost a zen martial. beautiful man but it's no worse for that i have 22 sons one is 10 and the other is 8 so i do this for them and for my future maybe grand

say they are monitoring the situation in case of additional launches we can go straight to so our rob mcbride is standing by for us or rob what more can you tell us about this. that's right these launches happened just after 1st light here on the korean peninsula off north korea's east coast it was a double launch to shore range ballistic missiles as you mentioned there happening within 20 minutes of each other they were fired about 250 kilometers or so into the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan they both we are told reached an altitude of about 30 kilometers so they do seem to be similar devices to the weapons that were fired last week now as always the timing of these things is significant with north korea it's often well calculated to send a particular message and the message at the moment seems to be their own happiness that the forthcoming exercises that are going to be held here in august between south korean and u.s. forces now just to be said that join the period of reconciliation these exercises have been scaled back it doesn't involve the kind of troops and the kind

tension on the korean peninsula an emergency meeting is being held in seoul let's check in with rob mcbride he's in sold it to take us through the latest reaction there rob. that's right kemal the urgency session of the national security council is still underway we're waiting to see what their official response is going to be but there's no escaping the seriousness of this event much as the current administration probably would like to play it down for fear of de railing all of the hard work that's been done and the reconciliation process over the past year and a half or so as you mentioned there this is the 2nd such firing of missiles in less than a week and it's actually the 3rd firing of short range missiles as since may and this is in direct contravention of the landmark military agreement that was signed between north and south korea at a time when there was goodwill summits being held in pyongyang and so on that was meant to transform the whole korean peninsula that words among other things meant to make these sorts of launches a thing of the past so there is concern here in south ko

joint chiefs of staff so they are monitoring the situation in case of additional launches more from rob mcbride and so this is a meeting of the national security council it's being convened to discuss this launch that happens just after daybreak here on the korean peninsula but we've already had reaction from the far from the defense minister of south korea saying that if these provocations and threats continue then north korea the regime its military would have to be considered an enemy you know these are pretty tough words coming from the south korean administration which of course has been trying to build bridges have this period of reconciliation with the north. sudan's ruling military junta has suspended schools across the country until further notice in answer it comes after security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at protesters mass rallies are being held against monday's killing of 5 students the head of the military has blamed the opposition for tension in the country turnabout says from the un security council of delivered a petition to the security of the secretary general

tensions on the peninsula and an emergency meeting has been held in seoul more from seoul with rob mcbride. this latest missile firing is being viewed with deep concern here in south korea it's the 2nd double launching of short range ballistic missiles in less than a week and the 3rd missile launch to take place since may in direct contravention of the landmark military agreement signed between north and south korea last september during the period of improving relations that was meant to have put an end to testings like this one south korea's defense minister has said that if the north continues with threats and provocations like this then it would have to be considered an enemy so there has been some very strong words used by south korea contrasting with all of the period of reconciliation that we've had over the past year and a half or so north korea said when it launched missiles last week that that should be considered to be a solemn warning to south korea being very careful not to direct any of its anger all wrath at the americans and that u.s. president donald trump in particular bu

cooperation between russia and china with this long range farai down into the sea separating the 2 of you rob mcbride in seoul for us thank you. well there are now where the deputy foreign minister says terran will secure the strait of hormuz and not allow shipping to be interrupted that's where iran seized a u.k. flag to oil tanker on friday italy denmark and the netherlands and france are backing britain's proposal for european led naval mission to ensure the safe shipping or safe shipping through the strait now former u.s. special counsel robert mueller will go before congress on wednesday over his investigation into russian interference in the $26000.00 presidential election democrats are likely to push smaller on whether the president obstructed justice during the investigation she has returned she has more from washington. for almost 2 years some opponents of president trump reached a frenzy as they speculated about what special counsel robert muller might uncover as he investigated allegations of khujand between the trump campaign and russia during the 2016 election in the end they were disapp

the korean peninsula and there is an emergency meeting being held in seoul more on that now with rob mcbride tell us about the emergency meeting and the other reaction. that's right this is a meeting of the national security council it's being convened to discuss this launch that happens just after daybreak here on the korean peninsula but we've already had reaction from the foreign from the defense minister of south korea saying that if these provocations and threats continue then north korea the regime its military would have to be considered an enemy you know these are pretty tough words coming from the south korean administration which of course has been trying to build bridges have this period of reconciliation with the north so there is a lot of concern here that it's going to be remembered that this is now the yes it's the 2nd launch within a week it's actually the 3rd multiple launch that's taken place since may now the launch of these the short range missiles even though they are short range they are considered to be ballistic in nature as the japanese have said this could be a cont

ministry also blaming increasing tension in the region on the united states japan and australia rob mcbride has more details from seoul. south korea says that russia's apology for this incursion came during a closed door meeting here on tuesday in seoul between a senior official from russia's defense ministry and his south korean counterpart when he expressed deep regret for the incident saying that it was due to some sort of mechanical error and that a full investigation would now take place it comes as a separate route seems to have developed between south korea and japan over this whole incident because it took place in disputed air space between the 2 neighbors above the doctorow islands as they are known here in south korea attackers shima islands if you're in japan but they are islands that are claimed by both japan and south korea so japan is none too happy about a russian aircraft chased by south korean interceptors wandering into what it sees as its airspace especially as shots were fired several 100 warning rounds of machine gun fire from those korean aircraft the japanese have lo

korea warned of military drills in south korea could be re-oiled nuclear talks with washington rob mcbride has more from seoul i think this is a way for north korea to show its frustration it doesn't have many plays in its playbook to keep itself dominating world affairs this is a way from north korea to say look we're still here we still want to go see oceans of they probably see in donald trump their best chance of trying to get the lifting of these sanctions and the clock is ticking of course because we are coming up to election year he might not be president a couple of years from now former u.s. special counsel robert muller has told congress his report did not exonerate president donald trump of obstruction of justice while i was testifying at 2 different hearings about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election it is the 1st time he's our questions publicly since the inquiry. the speaker puerto rico's house of representatives says it started impeachment proceedings against governor ricardo resell oh he's been on the mounting pressure to step down a

demanding an independent inquiry into a police crackdown against the protest says our correspondent rob mcbride is there among the protesters and and rob it's now and early evening is there in hong kong they've been marching for a while has everything been going according to plan have they avoided. or. not seen yeah there's no sign of this march ending yet we're actually standing at a junction where police are told the march to end only the police are very concerned here that there has been in recent demonstrations an increasing incidence by a minority of demonstrators and clashes with police of some violent act they were very concerned that there might be a repeat of the july 1st demonstration which ended with the storming of hong kong's parliament building after a similar mass rally to this they wanted people to stop at this junction early be well before reaching these government buildings if i can stand back and let's zoom in here there's no way that this these marches were going to stop at this junction in fact there's no sign of the march stopping or toll is now more than 3 hours since thi

foreign minister said such tests don't help with easing tension on the korean peninsula here is rob mcbride with more from seoul this is a meeting of the national security council it's being convened to discuss this launch that happened just after daybreak here on the korean peninsula but we've already had reaction from the far from the defense minister of south korea saying that if these provocations and threats continue then north korea the regime its military would have to be considered an enemy you know these are pretty tough words coming from the south korean administration which of course has been trying to build bridges have this period of reconciliation with the north. the tension on the korean peninsula just one of the issues likely to be discussed at a meeting of foreign ministers of southeast asian countries they're all in thailand's capital for the meeting will be joined as well by the u.s. secretary of state on paper. also trade talks between the u.s. and china have resumed they stalled back in may over tariffs the world's 2 biggest economies of slum tax is covering more than s

thank you for that rob mcbride on the line from hong kong we continue to follow developments there and we'll bring you the latest when we have it thank you very much from. a negotiation between the u.s. and china to end a year long trade war may resume so enough to donald trump says said his treasury secretary had a great talk with this chinese counterpart this comes as china confronts its biggest no don in economic growth in nearly 3 decades wayne hay has more on how this one affects the communist party's future policies. with thousands of years people in china have been gathering around tables trying to outsmart each other in the game of mahjong it's increasingly caught on around other parts of the will to a source of pride for experts in the game to teach foreigners visiting the chinese capital beijing this game bring people together you know during this game it's enough to waning but if a player does want to win they need to strategize something china's communist party has done very well to survive and succeed in the late 1970 s. the party changed its strategy of isolation to moder

headquarters citing security concerns all right let's go live now to that protests and our correspondent rob mcbride is there and rob so for the 7th consecutive week of the protests the protests as a showing that they were actually developed into a fairly sustained political movement. absolutely martin you talked to people here and they still the same sense of commitment to me as this is an exhausting business week after week they come out onto the streets it's the height of summer here it is a sweltering temperatures and people come out they walk along these processions still demanding the complete withdrawal of this controversial extradition bill also a number of other demands such as the release of any of the protesters without charge which is something it's very difficult to see the police ever acquiescing to but this march is now underway it is going at a snail's pace through the streets of hong kong here about half a kilometer from where the sparge began if i can ask joe just to maybe get a slightly top shot here to give you a sense of just how this demonstrations they simply fill out all of t

say they want to educate businesses from china about their struggle let's cross over now live to rob mcbride he joins us from hong kong how does the standoff look now rob. you know sammy this marches that you've been mentioning there that a couple of hours ago they did march to the terminus of this high speed rail link between mainland china and hong kong is viewed by many people here as a symbol of the growing encroachments if you like of mainland china grip on on hong kong so. that's why they marched towards there we're now in the middle of cow looted after the end of that march that involved according to the organizers 230000 people about a couple of 1000 people did break away and they had marched all the way through this part of callaloo and through the main shopping district and they returned to the same streets that they marched through quite peacefully earlier basically walking around blocking some streets being moved on by police as the evening has progressed and we're now just after midnight here in hong kong there have been some ill tempered scenes at the end of what's been a very

last year that's the worst drop in more than 2 decades and the 2nd consecutive year early decline rob mcbride has more from seoul. these figures show the extent to which sanctions have been hurting the north korean economy the economy contracted by 4 point one percent in 2018 that's on top of a 3 and a half percent contraction the previous year during 2017 which was the height of the standoff over north korea's nuclear and missile testing when the sanctions were really put into effect this policy of maximum pressure that contrasts with 2016 when actually the north korean economy expanded by nearly 4 percent which for that year was actually better than south korea figures also released in seoul earlier this month show the effect on trade from north korea with its neighbors being reduced by a hearth from 2017 to 2018 with the exports its exports from north korea being reduced by a staggering 86 percent this will be bad news for kim jong un and his attempts to try to breathe life into the north korean economy concentrating more on economic development than on military development but it does fol

china about their struggle we'll have more on that let's go live to hong kong and our correspondent rob mcbride rob just take us through what's going on there. peter thousands of people again out on the streets as you mentioned there were over in the kalou district this is just across the harbor for my hong kong island where all of the protests of a protest this extradition route have taken place so far well they've taken their message over this site in particular is imagine that what these protesters want to do is try to reach out and meet up with made land visit to this part of hong kong it's a favorite with that they line chinese visitors it's where a lot of the market stores are selling luxury goods a lot of people you see walking around here from the mainland with their wee suitcases stocking up on goodies to take you back across the border these people say they want you to tell them about the expedition about what it was all about though there were a lot of concerns from the off our teams that this is going to lead to angry clashes maybe some violence between landers and hong kong people

diplomatic agreement with north korea over its nuclear weapons program or we can get more on this from rob mcbride who's in seoul for us or rob what's been the reaction in south korea to these missile tests. that's right so the joint chiefs of staff here in south korea say that these 2 missiles are indeed similar to 2 missiles that were fired 6 days ago they traveled as you said there around 250 kilometers reaching an altitude of about 30 kilometers they are still analyzing the data from these launches the reaction has been fairly swift here we've heard from the japanese they said that the while the missiles didn't approach their territorial waters the japanese defense minister has said that this is deeply regrettable and that if this is discovered to be ballistic in nature they could well be in contravention of u.n. resolutions so there could be consequences to this having said that last week's launch was also thought to have been in contravention of u.n. resolutions and there doesn't as yet seem to have been a consequence for north korea it's almost as though the world has come to accept these l

to educate visitors from china about their struggle and more on let's go live to hong kong where rob mcbride is standing by what a massive crowd rob what's happening now. that's right another massive turnout richelle literally thousands of people joining this protest has taken several hours we're getting into sunday evening here and the crowds are gradually dissipating in this part of carolyn but it's taken several hours for this massive demonstration to move from calhoun waterfront that looks across the harbor from hong kong island to hong kong island is of course where all of the protests in this extradition build around was taken place so far and this is the 1st time that a demonstration like this has been held on this side of hong kong and as you mentioned there the organizers wanted to stage they said to be able to try to make contact with mainland visitors to try to tell them about what this extradition row is all about this part of cow loon is a favorite with mainland visitors you can see them wheeling around suitcases there's a lot of high end luxury stalls here that are the favorite

the worst drop and more than 2 decades and the 2nd consecutive year the decline let's go now to rob mcbride he's joining us live from the south korean capital seoul where the central bank released these figures about an hour ago so talk us through them rob because they're not good news for the north and they might have an impact on how willing the north is on compromising in any talks on denuclearization. absolutely lizabeth they do make for very grim reading and shows the extent to which the sanctions are hurting the north korean economy as you mentioned there last year 2018 the economy contract by 4 point one percent in 2017 there was a further contraction of 3 and a half percent not 2017 you remember was the year that was the height of the standoff over missile and nuclear testing when these extra sanctions were imposed it adopting this policy of maximum pressure so for 2 years running the economy very much taking a hit and that compares with 2016 when the north korean economy was actually doing quite well expanding at nearly 4 percent which in that year was actually more of an expansion

hasn't dampened north korea's military ambitions with more missile tests carried out this week rob mcbride reports from seoul. the figures provide the stark is devore dense yet of how sanctions against north korea are hurting it economically last year the economy contract did by 4 point one percent that's on top of a 3 and a half percent contraction the year before at the height of the nuclear and missile testing crisis when the tougher sanctions were introduced compare that with 2016 when the north korean economy grew at nearly 4 percent better even than south korea in the same year figures released earlier this month in seoul also show how sanctions have cut north korea's trade with its neighbors by nearly half with a staggering 86 percent drop in exports especially affected has been its mining sector with a complete ban on one of its biggest exports coal it shows the extent to which kim jong un stated ambition to develop his country's economy rather than the military is being frustrated but state run media is reporting that thursday's launch was overseen personally by kim and that the m

decades and the 2nd consecutive year to decline well let's get more all of this our correspondent rob mcbride is joining us live from the south korean capital took us through the figures role because that economic pressure might have an impact on how likely the north is to compromise in any talks with the u.s. or others on how the north behaves. that's right elizabeth these figures show the extent to which these sanctions are hurting the north korean economy this policy of maximum pressure as you mentioned there last year 2018 the economy contract by just over 4 percent that's on top of a 3 and a half percent contraction that took place in 2017 now that was the height of the standoff with north korea over its nuclear and missile testing when all of these extra sanctions were put in place and contrast that with the year before 2016 before these sanctions took took effect the economy in north korea actually expanded by nearly 4 percent which in that year 2016 was actually better than south korea's economy in addition to these figures also released earlier this month here in seoul in south korea

that they do want to see talks restarted and the lifting of sanctions hasn't rob thank you rob mcbride insall force. former u.s. special counsel has told congress his report did not exonerate president of obstruction of justice when it was testifying at 2 different hearings about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election it's the 1st time he's on said questions publicly since the inquiry patty cohen reports. democrats in congress had hoped this would be a huge day they wanted former special counsel robert mueller to lay out in plain english contacts between the trump campaign and russians and 10 different acts that could be seen as the president obstructing justice what they got was a whole lot of this i refer to the report on that i'm not to speak of that again i'm going to pass on that what was a question muller kept it brief but he did confirm that the democrats wanted the american people to hear the president has not been telling the truth about the investigation so the report did not conclude he did not commit obstruction of justice. that is cor

advances in military technology to build pressure for crippling sanctions to eventually be lifted rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. chin is here is observing 7 days of mourning for its late president. who died on thursday at the age of 92 he's being remembered for guiding the country in a new era of democracy a state funeral is expected to take place on saturday david chase has more now from carthage. the body of president. is subsea being taken back to his official residence in carthage as tributes to his role in establishing democracy in tunisia followed in his wake the french president emmanuel macron and the german chancellor angela merkel both praised him for his courage. that new phase introduces government is now under way the speaker of parliament mohamed el nasir sworn in to search term purlieus the country's president he will take over for up to 90 days while elections are organized. i swear by god almighty to protect the independence of tunisia and the safety of its lands to respect the constitution and law and fully take care of the people's interests and be loyal to tunisia. in such a

advances in military technology to build pressure for crippling sanctions to eventually be lifted rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. now the impact of the severe heat wave across europe has been made worse by travel holdups a power failure in paris is god to north railway station cause the cancellation of trains to and from london you're a star of the company that ferries passengers across the english channel has warned passengers not to travel unless it's essential also in london a technical glitch 2 of the city's main airports cause major flight delays while the u.n. world meteorological organization says it's worried that europe's heat wave is now headed for greenland the forecasts indicate atmospheric flow will push the heat towards the world's 2nd largest ice sheet which is essential to the global climate system and then cause record melting this will then cause sea levels to rise even further and the weather to become even more unstable already this month greenland has lost the ice equivalent of $64000000.00 of them pick sized swimming pools in surface melt. well we spoke to ruth mottram who'

advances in military technology to build pressure for crippling sanctions to eventually be lifted rob mcbride al jazeera so well even foster carter is a senior research fellow at leeds university in the u.k. he says those hurting most everyday working class people. the burden of pain is very on even especially the 1st thing to say is that the missile program the weapons of mass destruction which is proceeding even if president trump say it isn't the testing that we've seen i mean resources for that are fine the elite in pyongyang as far as we can see in the capital something of a showpiece city become slightly more like other cities or more commerce in recent years this is a very strange disconnect in the puzzle for us you analyze it i mean it you can't see the hurting that so the burden as ever is being born in the countryside by ordinary people workers miners particular the mining sector is suffering a lot and farmers frankly the regime doesn't care very much about them we do know from international u.n. agencies and others how they are hurting say but the idea that sanctions will bring nor

losing its momentum hong kong will remain for some time china's troubled and troublesome neighbor rob mcbride al-jazeera own car. a national emergency has been declared in chad due to an outbreak of measles other african countries are also struggling to contain the preventable disease the world health organization says cases on the continent have surged by 700 percent this year reports. so much it hurts. the fever won't go down. and this baby's lungs are filled with. these are children on the brink of death because they were not vaccinated against measles we didn't know what it was we thought it was malaria it's only here that they told us she has measles you don't understand we are so scared of losing her they keep giving her injections but she isn't doing any better this preventable disease has become an epidemic spreading faster than it can be contained. doctors without borders have set up one crisis center after the other vaccinating children to stop them contracting measles. so we're very worried because measles combined with malnutrition is a dangerous mix and there aren't enough intern

advances in military technology to build pressure for crippling sanctions to eventually be lifted rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. hundreds of activists remain packed inside the main terminal of hong kong's airport as they continue their call for greater democracy it's gone 9 pm there and this is the scene in the main arrivals area crowds have been gathering since friday morning trying to take their message to international visitors angry at what they see as china's growing influence in hong kong affairs and the government's response to weeks of mass rallies protests began over a planned extradition will but have now grown some of the biggest in decades. thousands of mine is in south africa who have suffered potentially deadly diseases have reached a historic legal settlement worth $350000000.00 in a class action lawyers for the mine workers sued 10 major companies for compensation of what became known as the silicosis saga 6 of the companies accepted a deal which is now being approved by court in johannesburg up to $100000.00 miners all their dependents could benefit many miners were affected by

well rob mcbride was at that rally which took place earlier. chaotic scenes in running battles between police and protesters on the streets of hong kong this sunday evening at the end of a another largely peaceful mass rally that the organizers say attracted more than $400000.00 people marching through the streets of hong kong and ending at the chinese liaison office in the western part of hong kong island now after the end of the rally most of the protesters simply went home but a hardcore 1 of several 1000 remained wanting to set up barriers donning their usual goggles and helmets barricading the streets there was some attacks on a police station and also objects thrown at the chinese liaison office the police there warned that they were going to start clearing the street starting from the west and moving eastwards that they did there was a tense standoff a number of objects that were then thrown at the police and the police decided at that point it was time to respond in force there has been an awful lot of tear gas fired this evening also t

reacted saying it is working closely with its allies over the situation in the region more with rob mcbride in seoul south korea now hi rob classic understatement there from the south koreans that this doesn't help in easing tensions what are the reactions they've been. that's right the national security council of south korea is actually meeting at the moment command to discuss this still gathering data from these 2 flights the 2 flight paths they do seem to be similar to the launch of 2 short range ballistic missiles last week that drills still trying to determine if they are the same type of last week's missiles really seem to be far more sophisticated than previous missile launches having a guidance system they're still trying to establish if these are the same model or type of missile but this is now the 3rd such missile launch that we've had since may all of which of course is in complete contravention of a pact that was signed with joining soling relations between north and south korea that pact was signed last september among high hopes that we are moving toward some sort of reconci

stormed the parliament building here in hong kong marty all right for now rob thanks very much indeed rob mcbride our correspondent will keep us right abreast of all developments in hong kong today . lots more to come here at al-jazeera including a look at china's strata. to remain one of the world's major economic play is. and meet some of nicaragua was form a sundanese still revolution is to find out what they think of their country's future for she is after the revolution. we've got a very warm week ahead for parts of western europe temperatures picking up here as we go on through the next couple of days nestle tucking in behind this area cloud now which is pushing across germany poland that will continue to make its way further south with eastwards tending to fade away on the showers as we go on through the next couple of days but we are going to see the hate building you've got this ridge of high pressure just tucking in behind and temperatures will respond accordingly already saying things picking up there across the passage and this is northern germany people heading for the bait say said

pro-democracy groups still angry at what they see as the growing influence from mainland china rob mcbride al-jazeera hong kong. it out as their ally from london much more still ahead marching to remain thousands take to the streets here in london in a show of solidarity with here at 3 months before the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. and millions of for the 1st time in pakistan's former tribal areas key step and constitutionally merging the region with the rest of the country. hello then too bad across much of australia fairly quiet weather picture we've been seeing these fronts the coals heading across the great bite him bringing the wind and the rain across into areas of the southeast but in fact for the next couple of days most of this staying offshore will be quite breezy of course and it's cool is that time of year 13 degrees in melbourne and 13 celsius in hobart but a warm day in sydney on sunday and not too bad on monday say that rain continue to mostly stay offshore but you will see those shells once again pushing into tells mania and it should be a pretty good day on a sunday acros

china protest organizers want to shore insist though that the bill will be completely withdraw and rob mcbride has more from hong kong. it has been rejected a pretty much out of hand by the organizers of these large demonstrations they have a number of demands which simply haven't been addressed they already called for a general amnesty for a number of people arrested during these protests the government didn't give into that. also that the government look at withdrawing completely this bill they wanted to hear the words withdraw but the government they believe is just simply playing with words china's foreign ministry is calling on the united states to mediately cancel a potential sale of arms to taiwan the u.s. state department approved the sale of over $100.00 tanks $250.00 anti-aircraft missiles and related equipment the deal would be worth around $2000000000.00 the united arab emirates appears to be withdrawing forces from yemen that is according to media reports quoting senior iraqi officials there describing it as a redeployment and are insisting they remain committed to the saudi u.a.e

pro-democracy groups still angry at what they see is the growing influence from mainland china rob mcbride al jazeera hong kong. thousands of people have marched to the u.k.'s parliament hoping to persuade the next prime minister to stay in the european union organizers of the march for change say they want to send a pro you're at message to boris johnson the man tipped to become the next prime minister at the ports. was demanding a rethink with time running out until britain's next brics it deadline campaigners from around the country rejected the idea of leaving the e.u. with no deal something both prospective conservative leaders say they can live with is dangerous and. democratic no the electorate probably think that bridge is a better idea to want to make sure that they know what we think we should now have a 2nd referendum and so that now the people are well informed and know exactly what we're doing or just know when they're what we were told in the name of to reason may's replacement is conservative leader and prime minister is announce next tuesday these protesters accuse both can

pro-democracy groups still angry at what they see is the growing influence from mainland china rob mcbride al jazeera hong kong. japan's governing coalition is on track to win a solid majority in sunday's opera house selection but it's still on clear whether prime minister shinzo will secure the 2 thirds majority needed for a constitutional change that could loosen restrictions on the armed forces of the g 20 last month donald donald trump criticized the u.s. security treaty with japan the u.s. is obliged to go to japan saying it in a crisis but the japanese constitution restricts japan's armed forces from insisting it sal eyes a broad's. well joins us now live from tokyo and funny what are based chances of securing that solid victory. most of the balls on the other surveys they're showing that his. partner in the coalition. they are heading for solid majority in this elections they are blessed by the weakness of the opposition and many people are looking for the stability of politics in japan before. power in 2012. was facing something called the revolving door politics. that 6 foreign mi

advances in military technology to build pressure for crippling sanctions to eventually be lifted rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. the u.n. says at least $150.00 refugees and migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya around $300.00 people were on board 2 boats that left the town of columns east of the capital tripoli under subpoena reports. put her children on a wooden boat she was trying to make it to europe by any means possible instead the journey became the worst tragedy this year in the mediterranean sea nearly 150 passengers were rescued by local fishermen her son wasn't one of them she's blaming international organizations for a lack of support among the invisible i lost my 7 year old child i don't want anything now except to go back to my country sudan to die there. survivors were returned to libya a primary departure point for people fleeing poverty and war in africa and the middle east one person drowns in the mediterranean for every 6 that successfully reach europe's shores we've now had more than 700 deaths on the mediterranean this year if current trends for this yea

advances in military technology to build pressure for crippling sanctions to eventually be lifted rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. hundreds of activists remain packed inside the main terminal of hong kong's airport as they continue their call for greater democracy it's gone 9 pm there and this is the scene in the main arrivals area crowds have been there since friday morning trying to take their message to international visitors they're angry at what they see is china's growing influence hong kong affairs and the government's response to weeks of mass rallies protests began over a planned extradition law but have grown into some of the largest in decades. of plenty more still ahead in the news hour including one of africa's most important economies which relies heavily on coal trying to tackle air pollution we'll tell you how. and then historic ruling for gold miners in south africa and it's for a whole be here to tell us about the madrid darby with the difference details coming up in a moment. now i hate waiver sent temperatures soaring across europe breaking records from france to the netherlan

tests could be aimed at increasing pressure on the united states for a new day nuclearization talks rob mcbride has more from the south korean capital this latest missile firing is being viewed with deep concern here in south korea it's the 2nd double launching of short range ballistic missiles in less than a week and the 3rd missile launch to take place since may in direct contravention of the landmark military agreement signed between north and south korea last september during the period of improving relations that was meant to have put an end to testings like this one. iran's foreign minister has warned that there are will further scaling back its commitments to the nuclear deal unless europe does more to protect the agreement serif want the remaining signatories to shield iran from u.s. sanctions and allow it to sell its oil. a roadside bomb explosion in west of guns than has killed at least 32 passengers on the bus many of them women and children a provincial government spokesman is blaming taliban fighters for planting the device to target afghan and foreign security forces. israel's sec

pro-democracy groups still angry at what they see is the growing influence from mainland china rob mcbride al jazeera. now the 2 main suspects behind the murder of a turkish diplomat in northern iraq have been arrested and accuses the 2 men of killing the region's deputy consul general and 2 other people on wednesday it's believed the suspects are members of the armed kurdistan workers party or p.k. k. now the group is classified as a terrorist organization by turkey and the u.s. and special can impose more from. kurdish intelligence is confirming that at least 2 members of the team that assassinated a turkish diplomat are in custody they say they have their shooter and he is 27 year old muslim dag dag and several others or accused of driving to a restaurant in erbil on wednesday as turkish diplomat osman corsa and his bodyguard sat inside eating lunch dag is accused of shooting and killing him he also killed allegedly 2 iraqi kurds friends who were sitting at a nearby table kurdish intelligence identified on friday and widely distributed his photo asking the public for assistance accordin

pro-democracy groups still angry at what they see is the growing influence from mainland china rob mcbride al-jazeera hong kong. other big noisy protests in puerto rico where crowds are refusing to give up their demands for the government to resign. tens of thousands of people have rallied since controversial messages between ricardo reseller and his aides were leaked the chant showed them mocking women the disabled and victims of hurricane maria. now 1000 firefighters are battling a wave of wildfires across central portugal 9 people have been injured in 3 major blazes in just go around 200 kilometers northeast of lisbon strong winds are fanning the flames of the armed forces have been brought in to help with the operation portugal source some of its deadliest fires in 2017 when more than 100 people were killed all staying in europe ukraine's new president is facing his 1st major test as voters head to the polls on sunday for us not parliamentary election vladimir's a landscape dismissed parliament 3 months ago after he won a landslide victory the former comedian is seeking a strong mandat

to mainland china for test organizers want to surance as the bill will be completely withdraw it rob mcbride has more from hong kong. it has been rejected i pretty much out of hand by the organizers of these large demonstrations they have a number of demands which simply haven't been addressed that they all very cold for i generally amnesty for a number of people arrested during these protests the government didn't give into that. also that the government look to withdrawing completely this bill they wanted to hear the words withdraw but the government they believe is just simply playing with words francis and against top diplomatic advisor to iran on tuesday or hand power scrambling to try and save the 2015 nuclear deal tirana is announced it isn't rich to more uranium than allowed under that agreement talks between the taliban and afghan leaders have ended here in doha with the promise to reduce civilian casualties in afghanistan to 0 the today then it's expected to lead to more formal binding discussions between the 2 sides. i mean very happy that. runs together from all walks of life and

pro-democracy groups still angry at what they see is the growing influence from mainland china rob mcbride al jazeera. the u.s. has used the 50th anniversary of the 1st moon landing to announce a new nasa space capsule is ready for future manned missions vice president mike pence was joined by the son of neil armstrong the 1st man to set foot on the main and astronauts buzz aldrin and the apollo 11 launch site in florida penn says the artemis one mission will put americans back on the moon by 2024. or celebrations are being held to mark the moments neil armstrong stepped off the eagle lunar lander more julan on to the moon surface on june 20th 1901 more than half a 1000000000 people around the world chintan so watch the events for russell and jordan joins us now live from the smithsonian air and space museum in washington d.c. where those celebrations are being held in oslo and celebrations of past achievements but i firmly on the future. very much an eye on the future and there is a real sense of excitement not just here at the air and space museum in washington but really around the worl

stigma silence leaders in seoul say the 2nd test and less than a week want to cross border tension rob mcbride has more from the south korean capital. this latest missile firing is being viewed with deep concern here in south korea it's the 2nd double launching of short range ballistic missiles in less than a week and the 3rd miss our launch to take place since may in direct contravention of the landmark military agreement signed between north and south korea last september during the period of improving relations that was meant to have put an end to test things like this one well events in korea are expected to be discussed in bangkok foreign ministers from the regional body of being joined by the u.s. secretary of state and his chinese and russian counterparts more than 40 protesters have appeared in court in hong kong on charges of rioting supporters gathered outside as the accused were granted bail the territory has seen more than 7 weeks of mass protests triggered by a controversial extradition bill at least 32 people have been killed in a roadside bomb attack on a bus than of ghana stans

pro-democracy groups still angry at what they see is the growing influence from mainland china rob mcbride al jazeera hong kong still ahead on al-jazeera he speaks only the language. nation of oppression benjamin netanyahu is israel's longest ever serving leader but how much longer can he last. for. what seemed impossible became a reality we exist for 50 years since humans 1st set foot on the moon. and we'll tell you why this our fleet had to wait 11 years to get her olympic medal that's coming up with peter inspired. how i once again not too much right in the forecast across the middle east no surprises here was to get a little bit of cloud just around the black sea georgia could catch one of 2 showers over the next day or so you can see signs of somewhat weather up towards the caucuses but for many it's going to be the sunshine we're talking about yet again $29.00 celsius there in beirut $28.00 in jerusalem or into the forty's the mid forty's. baghdad and also for kuwait city to get to 39 in terror around a not too far of that for kabul and also in karate cns similar picture as we go on

advances in military technology to build pressure for crippling sanctions to eventually be lifted rob mcbride al-jazeera sole hayden wasikowska a senior research fellow at leas university in the u.k. he says it's working class people who are most affected by those sanctions. the burden of pain is very on even especially the 1st thing to say is that the missile program the weapons of mass destruction which is proceeding even if president trump thinks it isn't the testing that we've seen i mean resources for that authority and the elite in pyongyang as far as we can see in the capital something of a showpiece city become slightly more like other cities or more commerce in recent years this is there's a very strange disconnect in the puzzle for us to analyze it i mean it you can't see the hurting that so the burden as ever is being born in the countryside by ordinary people workers miners particular the mining sector is suffering a lot and thomas frankly the regime doesn't care very much about them we do know from international u.n. agencies and others how they are hurting say but the idea that