i'm kemal santa maria here in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera israel's attorney general has charged prime minister benjamin netanyahu with corruption but then you know he faces charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust in connection with 3 separate cases are forcing reports from western recently there's never been anything like it in israeli politics on the day the grinding stalemate over forming a new government and to the new unprecedented phase the attorney general was ready with his own historical 1st. if not today i informed the representative of the prime minister mr benjamin netanyahu about my decision to try him under in jacmel includes 3 charges a day in which the attorney general decided to serve an indictment against a c. to try and minister the serious crimes of corrupt governance is a heavy and sad day for the israeli public and for me personally. and i later shocked looking benjamin netanyahu began his battle to stay in office while indicted or one of one of them tonight we are witnessing an attempted coup against the prime minister using false accusation and a syst

i'm come out santa maria and these are the headlines on al-jazeera protests have ramped up again in chile as the defense minister alberto it's been dismissed concerns over the use of excessive force against protesters he says soldiers who were deployed for 9 days during a state of emergency were freshmen and disciplined but the rights group amnesty international says lethal weapons have been used indiscriminately on at least 2 or 3. more from the sea and human latin america editor in santiago. people are have been particularly angry by an unfortunate comment made by a police general he said and he was referring to the use of pellet guns that have left at least 220 people injured in their eyes some people have lost one or both eyes and have been and for a long time the government had been arguing that they were only made of rubber now it's been discovered that indeed they had lead and other metals elements inside of them and so as of today the use of these pellets was supposed to have been suspended in case unless rather there was danger imminent danger of life. now in colombia police have

i'm santa maria in doha and these are the headlines on al-jazeera polls are open in hong kong's local elections chief executive caroline cost a vote not long ago 3 in a poll seen as a test for her beijing government following months of demonstrations authorities even threatened to suspend voting if there is any serious disruption a record 4100000 people have registered to vote on khan's biggest turnout since the territory was returned to china from britain in 1907 speaking to the media a short time ago carol lam appealed for peaceful voting we are facing an extremely challenging situation in all the nice in this year's elections but i'm pleased to say that with the concerted efforts of all parties including of course over 30000 civil servants in many departments working today we should have a relatively peaceful and calm and vironment to conduct these elections some sesame . you know the headlines colombia where antigovernment protests of continued in the country's capital for a 3rd day large groups of security forces patrolled the streets of bogota fired tear gas on thousands of prot

i'm kemal santa maria with a look at the headlines here on al-jazeera the u.s. president donald trump is facing accusations of intimidation after attacking the latest in pitch impeachment witness on twitter while she was testifying before congress maria of out of it was the u.s. ambassador in ukraine troubles accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rivals as we sit here testifying the president is attacking twitter. and i'd like to give you a chance to respond read part of one of his tweets everywhere marie of on a beach when turned bad but would you like to respond to the president's attack that everywhere you went turned that i mean i can't speak to what the president is trying to do but i think the effect is to be intimidating. the other headlines believe in security forces are reported to have shot several people dead if confirmed it would mark a serious escalation supporters of the former president evo morales have been rallying since monday he was forced to resign over disputed election results al-jazeera correspondent or i suppose in th

i'm kemal santa maria with a look at the headlines on al-jazeera the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president on the trump have ended america's acting ambassador in ukraine says he was told trump cared more about an investigation into his rival joe biden and he did about ukraine trump's accused of pressuring key have into investigating biden in exchange for military and aides it's one thing to try to leverage a meeting in the white house it's another thing i thought. to leverage security assistance security assistance to a country at war. dependent on both the security assistance and the demonstration of support it was it was much more alarming the white house meeting was one thing security assistance was much more alarming in reaction donald trump was dismissive of what he has already labeled a witch hunt i hear it's a joke i haven't watch i have a watch for one minute because i've been with the president which is much more important as far as i'm concerned this is a sham and shouldn't be allowed it was a situation that was caused by people that shouldn't have all

i'm kemal santa maria here in doha these are the headlines on al-jazeera a cease fire in gaza between israel and the islamic jihad group has broken down less than 24 hours after it began israeli forces a bombing numerous targets in response to rocket fire this fighting between the 2 sides began on tuesday after israeli forces assassinated a senior leader of islamic jihad in gaza 34 palestinians have since been killed his hari forsett with more. so since the night fell in gaza on thursday there were a further at least 2 rockets that were fired from gaza territory one of them intercepted by the iron dome around nightfall the 2nd one around 8 pm local time which fell inside gaza and territory it was after that in the early hours of this morning that israel began to respond its military tweeting that it was doing so because of the breaches of the cease fire that had taken place during the course of the day there were also protests in the streets in some locations in gaza with people unhappy with the cease fire especially given the loss of life that we saw during the course of the previous

hello from doha everyone on jamal santa maria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera. we must make sure that isis never again flourishes. america's renewed a call to wipe out arthel but there's concern among the allies over the u.s. commitment after a pulled its troops from syria. also the ceasefire in gaza seems to be over as israeli airstrikes resume in the early hours of friday.

and i'm kemal santa maria with the world news from al-jazeera. our support for ukrainian democratic resistance to russian aggression became overshadowed. more revealing testimony in the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president on a trump as public hearings go into the 5th day. police firing tear gas.

santa maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera a massive crowds gathering again in chile to protest against the government for a 2nd month. and these pictures from al-jazeera camera in colombia more protests in bogota over the proposed reforms to the tax and pension system. there's also a rare positive use out of yemen the u.n. envoy says that strikes by the saudi led coalition of dropped 80 percent. on a round table on vaporing us president donald trump meets with industry executives health advocates push for a ban on flavored the cigarettes. starting with multiple locations in fact in south america protests in several countries of crippled major cities bringing many of them to a standstill chile people are demonstrating they're demanding political and economic reforms authorities are being blamed for using excessive force on protesters you just saw those pictures from colombia well that's a proposal to change the tax and pension system there that's led to a strike and huge rallies in the capital and in bolivia the power vacuum left by the now exiled former president of naral it's

looking joe when i'm come out santa maria with the world news from out you see. every police a presence in colombia's countable up to 2 days of major protests of attacks and pension reforms also more damning new revelations in the impeachment inquiry the state department forced to release documents showing double trump's lawyer was in close contact with secretary of state over the ukraine of fat. and climate pressure in the pacific we'll take you to the tiny island nation of pullout to find out what sort.

hello and welcome again to rewind i'm come on santa maria. here on rewind where revisiting our extensive documentary archive to bring you some of the best and most influential programs of the past decade as well as news of how the story has moved on since from the early days of al-jazeera english the award winning people and policy reasons carried out in-depth investigations into some of the most difficult and important international stories like in 2004 when 2 libyan opponents of the gadhafi regime were abducted on route to the united kingdom then repatch reacted to libya where they were imprisoned and tortured but after the overthrow of the gadhafi regime following the 2011 uprising the 2 men began to investigate the real story behind their abduction and the role played by the u.k. government 2 years later people in power giuliana rufus gained exclusive access to the 2 men as they returned to libya in search of answers from 2013 this is libya renditions. this is a funeral in tripoli smartish square libyans who died as part of the resistance

air quality warnings down to o santa maria.temperatures low to mid 70s through the central valleys, monterey. 83 in los angeles. 58 in tahoe. mid 60s after freezing cold temperatures this weekend in the morning. >> thanks. >>> new this morning, an abc news "washington post" poll is finding that americans are essentially even on impeaching president trump and mroefing rem from office. 49% support impeachment, 49% don't. >> democrats say they want to move quickly telling abc news these hearings could start in the next two to three weeks. a historic vote on capitol hill. a bitterly divided house of representatives voting to formally move the impeachment inquiry forward. this new phase sets the stage for another round of hearings, this time open to the public. republicans are still calling the process unfair, accusing democrats of trying to overturn the 2016 election and promising to defend the president. >> will you all go on the road and say that the president did nothing inappropriate? >> very clear yes. >> reporter: this comes

hello from doha everyone i'm come on santa maria with another news from al-jazeera . i have the right to speak i have freedom of speech just as other people do. trump is accused of attempting to intimidate the former ambassador to ukraine and she testifies that the impeachment inquiry. also in the news no letup in the public fury even though chile is governments agreed to a referendum for a new constitution. sri lankans voting to elect a new leader with ethnic divisions on the rise after the deadly bombing it's. like i'm. bringing home as a court in the u.s. or as a retrial for a black man on death row for killing a white woman 20 years ago. the u.s. president donald trump is facing accusations of intimidation after attacking the latest impeachment witness on twitter while she was testifying before congress marie evanovich she was the u.s. ambassador to ukraine until she was recalled earlier this year with all inquiries looking into whether trump withheld military aid to ukraine in exchange for a promise of an inquiry against his political rival back home as reporters

hello from doha everyone on come on santa maria this is the news from al-jazeera. i have the right to speak i have freedom of speech just as other people do. is accused of attempting to intimidate the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine as she testified at the impeachment inquiry. how is it that foreign corrupt interests can manipulate our government and that testimony mary out of edge claims a smear campaign by the u.s. president's aides for her removal from her post. was also in the news no letup in the public fury even though chile's government has agreed to a referendum for a new constitution. loaded mind my. bringing hope as a court in the u.s. or does a retrial for a black man on death row for killing a white woman 20 years ago. so u.s. president donald trump is facing accusations of intimidation after attacking the latest impeachment witness on twitter and she testified before congress on friday maria von of it was the u.s. ambassador to ukraine until she was recalled earlier this year the inquiry is looking into whether trump withheld military aid to ukraine

santa maria and this is the news out from al-jazeera. was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes that's the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. testifying donald trump wanted ukraine's president to investigate his political rival in exchange for military aid. not only did we win today it's all over but trump remains defiant insisting he wanted nothing from ukraine and that the inquiry should and. also students is still under siege at a hong kong university as the u.s. congress approves a bill demanding china respect human rights and a new symbol emerges to represent the diverse groups of people behind the protests in chile. so more dramatic testimony has been delivered on the 4th day of the public. pietschmann inquiry into u.s. president don't trump and just the past few hours we've heard from the deputy assistant secretary of defense laura cooper also david hale the under secretary secretary for political affairs but when asked what they knew abo

elephant doha everyone on come all santa maria with the world news from al jazeera iran's president has condemned protests over the rise of petrol prices but says poorer families will start seeing some benefits also protests outside of a court in barcelona is the regional leader goes on trial.

hello i'm come on santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera bill weekly look at the world of business and economics this week ecuador it took a multi-billion dollar loan from the i.m.f. but while the corporations got tax forgiveness the poor got austerity and i wonder at all same 2 months of protests we look at how the government of lending more i know seemingly got it so wrong also this week now the longest serving prime minister japan's ever seen and that is quite the achievement to look at the economic policy that bears his name and whether it's enabled japan to recover from its lost decade and in the fight against climate change we meet the scientists in california working on genetically modifying plants to help soak up greenhouse down . there is right now a rebellion in latin america against inequality austerity and the politics of more of the same it's not dissimilar to uprisings elsewhere springing from what looked like the most innocuous of changes think about chile and we looked at it a few weeks ago in fact with the rise of train fares led to street protests which t

from doha everyone on come on santa maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera. you don't think that either while i have life the fight will continue. libya's stoodley to strike the defiance noted as he arrives in mexico after being granted asylum. in the news a national strike brings parts of china into a standstill weeks of protests against in a.

santa maria counting the cost on al-jazeera the weekly look at the world of business in economics this week. the birthplace of neo liberalism but will it also be the death of it by looking at how this doctrine has ended up undermining democracy over the past 4 decades and our case study is the south american countries hit by protests for nearly a month now also this week money makes the world go around but is there such a thing is the wrong kind of investment is a corporate tax dodge taking hold out there and it's depriving the developing world of much needed money. and we'll take you to thailand one of the world's largest sugar producers and export has but much of this sweet stuff shouldn't be here right now and that's not good news for the farmers. it all began as these things do with one very specific grievance in this case chillin students protesting about a hike in train fares now it's mushrooms into weeks of protests about an economy that saw on the slide after years of doing comparatively well against its neighbors but chile is story goes back further than that under the dictato

of utah harbor when i'm come on santa maria this is the world news from al jazeera iran's president condemns protests over the rise of petrol prices but says poor families will start to see some benefits also protests outside of a court in barcelona as the regional leader goes on trial.

color from doha everyone on come on santa maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera. i have the right to speak i have freedom of speech just as other people do donald trump is accused of attempting to intimidate the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine as she testified at the impeachment inquiry. how is it that foreign corrupt interests can manipulate our government and that testimony mary out of a.

santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera protesters in pakistan away up their next move they call on prime minister month to step down. public health emergency india's toxic air force and schools to close and flights to be canceled and we're looking at how rising inflation and corruption in zimbabwe mean health care is now a luxury only few can afford.

i'm come all santa maria and these are the headlines on al-jazeera protests have ramped up again in chile as the defense minister alberto it's been dismissed concerns over the use of excessive force against protesters he says soldiers who were deployed for 9 days during a state of emergency were freshmen and disciplined but the rights group amnesty international says lethal weapons have been used indiscriminately on at least 2 war takes its toll from the sea and human in america editor in santiago. people aren't been particularly angry by an unfortunate comment made by a police general he said and he was referring.

elephant oh when i'm kemal santa maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera massive crowds gathering again in chile to protest against the government for a 2nd month. and these pictures from al-jazeera camera in colombia more protests and ball the tower over the public proposed reforms to the tax and pension system. there's also a rare positive news out of yemen the u.n. .

i'm kemal santa maria in doha and these are the headlines on al-jazeera polls are open in hong kong's local elections chief executive caroline asked a vote not long ago in a poll seen as a test for her approach beijing government following months of demonstrations authorities of even threatened to suspend voting if there isn't a serious disruption a record 4100000 people have registered to vote hong kong's biggest turnout since the territory was returned to china from britain in 1907 while speaking to the media a short time ago carol lam appealed for peaceful voting we are facing an extremely challenging situation in all the.

hello i'm kemal santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera and we feel that the world of business and economics this week. is the birthplace of neo liberalism but will it also be the death of it by looking at how this doctrine has ended up undermining democracy over the past 4 decades and our case study is the south american countries hit by protests for nearly a month now also this week money makes the world go around but is there such a thing is the wrong kind of investment and is a corporate tax dodge taking hold out there and it's depriving the developing world of much needed money. and we'll take you to thailand one of the worlds.

i'm kemal santa maria here in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera israel's attorney general has charged prime minister benjamin netanyahu with corruption but anyone who faces charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust in connection with 3 separate cases or force a report from western recently there's never been anything like it in israeli politics on the day the grinding stalemate over forming a new government and to the new unprecedented phase the attorney general was ready with his own historical 1st. ship not today i informed the representative of the prime minister mr benjamin netanyahu about my decision to try him under an angel.

hello once again i'm come out santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera. there are calls to ban the use of rubber bullets and pellets on chile's protesters as dozens of blinded by being shot in the face israel's military build up on the border with gaza after the killing of an islamic jihad commander and his wife. and a mammoth problem the increasing desperation of animals like elephants during the worst drought in. the opposition leader in bolivia senates has declared him herself interim president after weeks of political turmoil in a 9 years was sworn in despite lacking a majority in the country's congress she takes over from the ousted former leader evo morales who as you say is now in mexico after being granted asylum or alice resigned after weeks of protests over his disputed reelection. such as in the past. well tensions are growing here in the center of the capital where the presidential palace and the national assembly is here at the plus somebody york an area that is completely surrounded and sealed by police riot police and another ring of protec

coming from joe when i'm come on santa maria with the world news from al-jazeera. every police a presence in colombia is countable up to 2 days of major protests of attacks and pension reform is also more damning revelations in the impeachment inquiry the state department forced to release documents showing donald trump's lawyer was in close contact with secretary of state over the ukraine a fat. and climate pressure in the pacific we'll take you to the tiny island nation of pullout to find out what's at risk. so hong kong the polls for local elections are now open in a vote seen as a test for the pro beijing government following months of demonstrations of origins of threatens to suspend voting if there is any serious disruption a record 4100000 people have registered to vote on kong's biggest turn up since the territory was returned to china from britain in 997 well hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua wallace urged protesters to continue to oppose beijing he was actually disqualified from running in these local elections says i will protest movement stop recr

hello and welcome again to rewind and come on santa maria. here on rewind we're revisiting our extensive documentary archive to bring you some of the best and most influential programs of the past decade as well as news of how the story has moved on since. from the early days of al jazeera english the award winning people in power series is carried out in-depth investigations into some of the most difficult and important international stories like in 2004 when 2 libyan opponents of the gadhafi regime were abducted on route to the united kingdom then repatriated to libya where they were imprisoned and tortured but after the overthrow of the gadhafi regime following the 2011 are prizing the 2 men began to investigate the real story behind their abduction and the role played by the u.k. government 2 years later people in power giuliana rufous gained exclusive access to the 2 men as they returned to libya in search of answers from 2013 this is libya renditions. this is a funeral in tripoli smartish square foot 3 libyans who died as part of the re

hello i'm come on santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera bill weekly look at the world of business and economics this week ecuador it took a multi-billion dollar loan from the i.m.f. but while the corporations got tax forgiveness the poor got austerity and i wonder at all the same 2 months of protests we look at how the government of lending moreno seemingly got it so wrong also this week shinzo a novel longest serving prime minister japan's ever seen and that is quite the achievement to look at the economic policy that bears his name and whether it's enabled japan to recover from its lost decade.

hello i'm kemal santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera and with you look at the world of business and economics this week. the birthplace of neo liberalism but will it also be the death of that we're looking at how this doctrine has ended up undermining democracy over the past 4 decades and our case study is the south american countries hit by protests for nearly a month now also this week money makes the world go around but is there such a thing as the wrong kind of.

reportando en vivo desde santa cruz, marÍa antonieta mejÍa, notices "univisiÓn 14".. cientos de dreamers que estarÁn al pendiente de lo que vaya a ocurrir con daca. nos vamos al condado de san mateo donde se vive una racha de vandalismo de autos con mÁs de 30 vehÍculos daÑados en los Últimos dÍas. ramon: en varias ciudades que son las mÁs afectadas por esta hora de vandalismo y miguel gÓmez salió a investigar y nos tiene el siguiente reporte. miguel: decenas de personas del condado san mateo se despertaron ayer y encontraron una escena similar en su comunidad. cristal por doquier. cecilia es cuidadora de perros, camina por todo su barrio todos los dÍas. la calle santiago cerca de la primaria fue una de las zonas mÁs afectadas yy a quien si unos 30 coches han sido vandalizados en los Últimos dÍas. >> me sentÍ bien rara y como que no me sentÍa a gusto porque como yo vivo aquÍ y no estoy cÓmoda que tenga algo se me olvida algo mi carro y despuÉs algo y quiebra las ventanas.. miguel: en la zona le trillaron la ventana 13 vehÍculos y en esta 17 coches. >> tengo que mirar

maria: organizaciones convocaron a la manifestaciÓn realizada en el centro de santa cruz, que fue una no sÓlo jÓvenes tambiÉn adultos, b se benefician de este programa y al quitarlo es algo estarÍas prÁcticamente poniendo sus vidas en pausa. maria: luego que el gobierno del presidente trump cancelarÁ daca varios estados como california ayudaron a parar la decisiÓn y ahora la corte suprema tendrÁ que dar el ver el final. algunos soÑadores se sienten optimistas. >> yo creo que hay posibilidad que pueda pasar algo bueno para la gente como yo y para mi comunidad, pero primeramente sÉ que si llegan a revocar daca vamos a estar aquÍ, vvamos a estar luchando y juntos porque este nuestro hogar. maria: algunos de los organizadores de la manifestaciÓn dijeron que es importante que quienes son beneficiarios de daca y puedan seguirlo renovando que lo hagan independientemente de la decisiÓn de la suprema corte. desde santa cruz me antonieta mejÍa not noticias univisiÓn 14. paula: la policÍa arrestÓ a cuatro hombres como parte de un operativo nivel estatal, el banco de la operaciÓn eran negocios es

on come on santa maria new sessions all of the hearings on the impeachment inquiry of the u.s. president currently underway we've been listening to. the deputy assistant secretary of defense for cooper and also this man on screen here david hale who's the undersecretary for political affairs being questioned over what they knew about the events that led up to the withholding of us move troops to ukraine earlier in the year earlier in the day we also had the u.s. ambassador to the european union golden sawmill and giving probably the most anticipated testimony so far in these 4 days of public hearings someone described broad involvement at the upper levels of the trumpet administration in a pressure campaign against ukraine while someone testified that everyone is aware of those efforts the white house has since said his testimony quote completely exonerates the president so that was a little bit earlier. and this is what's going on now as you say the questioning of those 2. officials there as i said it's david hale the undersecretary for political affairs and laura cooper deput

hello from doha when i'm come out santa maria and this is the world news from al-jazeera iran's president condemns protests over the rice rise of gasoline costs and says poor families will start seeing some benefits also severe food and fuel shortages hit bolivia supporters of the former president barricade major roads and the victims of the worst mass carried out by colombia's far rebels are now being buried 17 years on. so hong kong's high court has ruled the emergency law which band face masks worn by pro-democracy protesters is unconstitutional you remember chief executive carrie lamb announce the ban back in october as she tried to stem the violence the thing is that actually dates back to british colonial era law the court has ruled it incompatible with the basic law of today the ban of face masks only inflame the situation though there was an escalation in protests and violence and destruction in fact on monday right police surrounded a university campus after protesters who were holed up inside threw petrol bombs and then shot arrows at them and then just. hostile police have star

hello again on santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera. there's no letup in public fury even though governments agreed to a referendum for a new constitution. as anybody and. i would. like to put on this is what's happening in the middle of that where people have been protesting peacefully. caught up in the unrest there that's to rise above al-jazeera journalist sprayed with tear gas on camera. my mind. when you hope of course in the u.s. soldiers a retrial for a black man on death row for killing a white woman 20 years ago. well the u.s. president on trump is facing accusations of intimidation after attacking the latest impeachment witness on twitter while she was testifying before congress meri jaan of it was the u.s. ambassador to ukraine until she was recalled early this year of course the whole inquiry looking into whether trump withheld military aid to ukraine. in exchange for a promise of an inquiry against his political rivals. has a report from capitol hill. president trump has said he too busy to watch the impeachment inquiry hea

we're going to come on santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera no backing down iran's president announces new steps that will move teheran even further from the 2015 nuclear deal also a renegotiated e.u. withdrawal deal and another referendum britain's main opposition leader lays out his brakes a plan ahead of the general election. i. am a hero's homecoming we're in johannesburg as the springboks return from their rugby world cup triumph. so in the past hour or so yemen's internationally recognized government has signed a power sharing agreement with southern separatists the deal was brokered by saudi arabia it aims to end months of fighting that opened a new front in the war the conflict also driven a wedge between saudi arabia and its coalition ally the united arab emirates yemen's president the saudi crown prince and the u.a.e. crown prince all attended that signing ceremony in riyadh these are the key details as we understand them under the plan yemen's government will return to aden to put state institutions back in place cabinet positions will be given to members

and i'm come out santa maria with the world news from al-jazeera. our support for ukrainian democratic resistance to russian aggression became overshadowed. more revealing testimony in the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump as public hearings go into the 5th day. police firing tear gas on a massive funeral procession in bolivia where violence over the political transition has turned deadly and taking aim at the government thousands of india's of forest dwellers protests outside parliament against plans to fix them. or get to the impeachment inquiry shortly but 1st israel's attorney general has charged prime minister benjamin netanyahu with corruption but the new he's facing charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust in connection with 3 separate cases israel's longest serving leader could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of bribery alone the attorney general's decision comes as israel faces a political standoff following 2 inconclusive general elections this year you know mrs bush if not today i informed the representat

when i'm come on santa maria this is the world news from al jazeera protesters in pakistan away up their next move they call on prime minister monti to step down. public health emergency india's toxic air forces schools to close and flights to be canceled and we're looking at how rising inflation and corruption in zimbabwe mean health care is now a luxury only few can afford. to purchase being held for a 19th day now across lebanon as demonstrators step up their pressure on the government i have blocked roads as they continue to call for the removal of the ruling elite and in fact a complete overhaul of the political system there's also anger at president delay in announcing a date for parliament treat consultations these are what are needed to name the next prime minister they have also been some rallies rallies held in support of the governments once again we are with stephanie in beirut for a live update how things developing. while the roads are fluid in terms of the roadblocks we were just at a roadblock but they've now opened the road and they're moving locations so what you're see

college from doha everyone i'm come on santa maria with the world news from al jazeera iran's president has condemned protests over the rise of petrol prices but says poor families will start seeing some benefits also protests outside of a court in barcelona as the regional leader goes on trial and the victims of the worst massacre carried out by colombia's func rebels are being buried 17 years later. sorry hong kong's high court has ruled an emergency law which banned facemasks one by pro-democracy protesters is in fact unconstitutional might remember chief executive carol i'm sure introduced the ban back in october trying to stem all of that violence we've seen i think is that dates back to british colonial era law and the court has now ruled it incompatible with today's basic law the ban on face masks really only inflame the situation there was an escalation in protests and violence and destruction most recently monday riot police surrounded the university campus after the protesters who were holed up inside 3 petrol bombs and shot arrows at them and in just the past few hours police

at what they've done from a security standpoint from a military standpoint it's very dangerous santa maria in doha why is huawei regarded as a cyber security threat by the united states and is it in independent company which is an arm of the chinese government we find out as hallways the chief security officer in the.

when i'm come on santa maria this is the world news from al jazeera iran's president condemns protests over the rise of petrol prices but says poor families will start to see some benefits also protests outside of a court in barcelona as the regional leader goes on trial. i'm from a dumbbell and i'm in the kalahari desert in south africa with the world's fastest cars being tested to break the land speed record. so hong kong's high court has ruled an emergency law which banned face masks worn by the pro-democracy protesters is in fact unconstitutional remember chief executive carol announced the ban back in october she tried to stem the violence the law that dates back to british colonial era and this court has now ruled that's actually incompatible with the basic law of today the ban on facemask didn't really work that would only inflame the situation there was an escalation in the protests and the violence and the destruction most recently monday here they were right police surrounding a university campus after protesters who were holed up inside threw petrol bombs and also fired arro

there's still poor air quality possible, slow down towards santa maria. that's today. as far as the temperatures, we have low to mid 70s through the central valley, monterey. 59 in tahoe. freezing cold lows, but highs in the 60s this weekend. >>> breaking news this morning. google's parent company, alphabet, is acquiring fitbit for 2$2.1 billion. the deal was just announced. fitbit is a pioneer in wearable fitness tech, but has been under pressure recently from other device makers. speculation has been swirling that a deal might happen. shares of fitbit and alphabet rose slightly before the opening bell this morning. the deal is expected to close next year if approved by regulators and fitbit shareholders. >>> google is expected to announce a grant worth millions of dollars to help students access s.t.e.m. classes. google for non-profits is giving a $10 million grant. it will help low-income and students of color access classes in science, technology, engineering, math and commuter science. officials will announce the grant at 9:30 this morning. that will happen at lin