mainland for trial and critics say it's another sign of hong kong losing more of its autonomy sarah clarke reports. despite the searing heat the sea of protesters flooded the streets they blocked on khan's roads and jams train stations as demonstrators united in their opposition to a proposed extradition if. that was the. losses from a man last perhaps half a mile and that's why they come here to hold their. hours after it began protesters were still lining up to join the march to the city's legislative council the fictive parliament of hong kong under the new law wanted suspects all fugitives in hong kong could be sent to mainland china for trial critics argue that law could be abused and beijing could target political parlance who wouldn't receive a fair trial while we want to protect our children want to return. home next generation we have to say what we need to be it is how freedom so that's why we have to come here to protest this is how it was last tries to protest the european union the united states great britain and canada have all voiced their opposition as have hong kong lawyer

one system ok stephen vine so for now thank you very much in let's cross back to our reporter sarah clarke who is say to hong kong for a seder have there been any developments over the past few minutes. look we've still got a number of right place in front of the 5 to 6 road. they're standing already i believe ready to move in you've seen the police behind me they moved in about 5 to 10 minutes ago i. guess 5 from all fronts that's the protesters have surrounded the lives of council building it's a very big building and i believe the police have moved in on all sides to try and clear the roads and all of those entry points where we are on the one chai and look at the heart of front of my left on this mine area above on my left which is our faith through central they've cleared that area they've got another on my right hand side which is around what's called admiralty which is another very busy transport system that area and behind me back towards central the place of now moved in and cleared better area and if you take gas to make it effective and push those protesters back the protesters

losing more of the rights it was guaranteed to keep in the 1997 handover from british rule live to sarah clarke who is there for sarah. how what is your sense of how big these protests are the organizers were hoping for a 300001 of the numbers looking like now. but they have actually made nice expectations and we started at the choice not just where the beginning of the rally was being the numbers they were i the fly in the streets were blocked surrounding the trial and it's still flowing in now with the end of the rally. it's about 3 kilometers from where we are which is the city's parliament and as you can see behind me thousands are flowing in and this is where the rally will finish tonight and it will take hours i see you all these people to arrive now it's a peaceful rally but certainly we are looking well above the expectations of 300000 people some are suggesting people ready up to half a 1000000 if it does reach that level we're talking about back in 2014 when a number of protesters surrounded this led to the council building here during the occupy protests have certain expectations a f

the mass turnout at this rally is any indication it's clear many in hong kong i'm not convinced sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. and at this point i want to let you know that the hong kong and chief executive is expected to give a news conference at any moment there is a live picture. of the room right there and we'll be going to that as and when it happens. sudan's military has defended its crackdown on protesters saying it is their job to ensure the safety of the country at least 4 more people were killed on sunday in hard and neighboring. jemera show yet has more on a day of civil disobedience. sunday marks the beginning of the we can sit down but rather than work commutes and traffic jams the streets of kind of tomb are empty these videos appear to show that the public has heated the calls by pro-democracy groups for civil disobedience and the general strike. and. the people cannot be governed by force and i'm not saying this neither as a member of the opposition nor someone who supports the government but the people do not want this government and as you can see the streets are empty

got the backing of beijing but protest leaders are calling people to take to the streets again sarah clarke reports from hong kong . they came and they marched more than 1000000 people crammed hong kong streets. protesters were united in their anger over the proposed extradition laws that could see fugitives here sent to mainland china for child. despite the size of this turn up the city's chief executive says the planned rule of change will not be scrapped we will continue to do the communication and explanation there is fear in the 2 america to be gaining a tool of delaying the bill it will just cause more inside and divison is in society opposition centers on suspicion that fugitives extradited from hong kong won't get a fair trial in mainland china human rights groups are leading the tempo and the pro-democracy legislators want the bill show it now carried limas certainly incredible any leader with the right mind facing a protest involving more than 1000000 people with metro they have agreed think over the issue but the city's chief executive says the government is duty bound to push ah

happen to happen by the end of the month and that's before parliament adjourns for the summer right sarah clarke our correspondent in hong kong thank you sara well let's cross to the mainland now and talk to adrian brown who's in beijing adrian chinese state media is finally talking about the dramatic events in hong kong can you give us a favor of what they're saying and what they're showing. absolutely finally state media is as you say big knowledge ing what the rest of the world knew that there have been riots in hong kong that tear gas has been used that rubber bullets have been used and pictures are being shown on state t.v. as well that began on thursday morning i'm holding here the stars of the global times newspaper a very nationalistic organ and it's all over dominating the back page page 16 talking about how the lawlessness in hong kong is hammering hong kong's economy i'm warning once more that the united states is meddling in hong kong's internal affairs knott's a refrain you're hearing again and again here in china a belief that the united states is interfering in hong kong's interna

the mass to not at this rally is any indication it's clear many in hong kong and not convinced sarah clarke out as a. the risk of people dying attempting to cross the sea to europe is at its highest ever that's according to the un's refugee agency the u.n. actually our says without intervention in the mediterranean there will be a sea of blood it comes as the libyan coast guard says it's rescued more than $500.00 refugees trying to reach europe since the beginning of june. earlier i spoke to sam turner from doctors without borders he said the number of but a trainee of crossings is much lower than last year that migrants are now taking a much greater risk the absolute number of people who are fleeing across the central mediterranean is much lower this year than it has been in previous years but the key point of concern is that whilst over the same period last year the chance of dying in attempting to make that journey was one in 59 over the last 5 months the chance of death during the course of of that journey is now one in 15 there are many factors that drive people to take this desperate

from hong kong where we can certainly see a security and a police facing off for the protesters sarah clarke for the time being thank you. police and protesters have fought in towns like sun on election day. is on course to be the 1st new president in 30 years but some opposition groups say the vote was unfair and should be boycotted at least $500.00 people were arrested for say walker reports in the capital nor assault on. the electoral turnout the authorities wanted disorder has extends capital 10 2nd city. the vote protest is croyde because they do not believe this election office them a real choice. some said they supported democratic choice it has external political party. i'm not afraid because i've had enough i've been living with temporary accommodation for 3 years i'm set up this freedom to demonstrate because unsanctioned protests are illegal has it started and you just hear nixon isn't fair it's all been decided already it's not choices as they are all. it's the only circus was the right police now working their way down the central street the protesters in front of me they are tr

well sarah clarke joins us live now from hong kong so i believe it's shortly after 8 am local time whereou are and we can see those crowds barricades are still up do we expect more protests today. but should alert you that the government headquarters has now been officially closed without notification from the government media saying that the they hate what is behind me which is the one building behind you can see this building here is the legislative council building the next one long is a central government offices that will be closed for the rest of the week due to security reasons the list of council building it has was reopened last night but the staff have been told not to come to work today again due to security reasons some lawmakers as they refer to themselves might come in to hold meetings to discuss what to do next but as for this whole area behind me it's shut down we've had hundreds of police just arrived i think they're on standby in case there are more protests today at this stage the last of the protesters were cleared out about 2 am this morning the place was still firin

the mass turnout at this rally is any indication it's clear many in hong kong i'm not convinced sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. india's prime minister has become the 1st foreign leader to visit sri lanka since the easter sunday bombings there intermodal has paid homage to the victims and agreed to step up corp to prevent future attacks now fernando's has more from colombo. a firsthand look at one of the main targets of the easter sunday bombings for indian prime minister narendra modi he's the 1st world leader to visit chile anchor since the attacks and stopped at the number needs church in colombo on his way in from the airport worshippers had packed this church for easter sunday service on the 21st of april the 1st of 7 suicide bombers launched his attack here within minutes 3 churches and 3 hotels had been targeted killing more than 250 people and injuring hundreds more . 10 indians were among the 45 tourists killed. it's a 3rd visit here for the indian leader who had a ceremony and welcome including a 21 gun salute despite. the indios probably probably going to take a more assertive r

over a controversial plan by the government to extradite fugitives to china to stand trial for sarah clarkeal-jazeera hong kong. but heat wave in germany is expected to south a new record high temperature on sunday people in france the u.k. and spain will get some relief firefighters are continuing to battle wildfires in catalonia and close to the capital madrid soaring temperatures are blamed for the deaths of a 2 europeans this week a new record high of just under 46 degrees celsius was certain southern france on saturday. had a chance to cool down that last. climate change was one of the primary topics of discussion at the g 20 summit on saturday but calls for taking global action once again been rejected by the us 18 nations in the e.u. pledge to keep working towards reducing global warming by recommitting to the 2015 paris climate agreement or communicate by the leaders says they've made progress since last year's g 20 summit action is needed to tackle the climate emergency the us is reiterated its decision to withdraw from the agreement saying it didn't work for american taxpayers in

china to target political opponents in the territory and send them to the mainland for a trial sarah clarke reports from hong kong. despite the searing heat the sea of protesters flooded the streets they blocked tung khan's roads and jams trying stations as demonstrate his united in their opposition to a proposed extradition rule if we. haven't heard action on the losses come in many . have come out and that's why we're coming here to hold this. leg up to aus offered began protests as was still lining up to join the march to the city's legislative council the fictive parliament of hong kong under the new law wanted suspects all fugitives in hong kong could be sent to mainland china for trial critics argue that lul could be abused and beijing could target political parlance who wouldn't receive a fair trial while we want to protect our children want to return. home next generation we have to say what we need to be it is how freedom so that's why we have to come here to protest this is how a top class tries to protest the european union united states great britain and canada have all voiced t

new exhibition will has a 2nd gradient potentially a vote next week that's how correspondent sarah clarke joining us by phone from outside hong kong legislative council. china's leaders are voicing support for hong kong's chief executive a jim brown reports from beijing where legal experts are defending the proposed deal. china began aggressively pursuing chinese fugitives over seas 5 years ago that's when president xi jinping began an anti corruption campaign that continues in the words of state media some suspects were persuaded to return others were extradited from one of more than 30 countries that now have a treaty with china a criminal lawyer i represented 2 suspects who ended up on a plane back to china both received suspended jail terms proof he says that the rights of suspects are being safeguarded in china and. some people in hong kong oppose all warry about setting up an extradition system with china i personally think is unnecessary because the positive size way overrides the negative side because he says it would ultimately help to reduce crime in both hong kong and china chi

unions are boycotting the event exposing a rift between younger and veteran democracy activists sarah clarke reports from a local. 30 years on kenneth lam recalls the events of june the 4th $989.00 like that happened yesterday he was a student leader and was in tiananmen square when he saw soldiers and tanks rolling in and hundreds of students were being shot at that moment i heard 3 gunshots and i. didn't realize at that moment. that some of that got gunshot that was the 1st time i carry a person. over to die. photos and details of the massacre in beijing a shared in this hong kong museum dedicated to the tiananmen square crackdown the museum was forced to close 3 years ago but has reopened in time for the anniversary . vigil in hong kong is the only commemoration held on chinese soil remembering a chapter in history that china's laid prefer to forget but attendance has been on the decline since the occupy pro-democracy protests 5 years ago demonstrators demanded the communist leadership in beijing respect the $997.00 agreement which guaranteed freedoms after the handover from british colon

the mainland for trial opponents say it's another sign of hong kong losing more off its autonomy sarah clarke reports from hong kong. despite the searing heat sea of protesters flooded the streets they blocked hong kong's roads and jambs train stations as demonstrators united in their opposition to a proposed extradition if we. haven't heard that. the losses come in many. have come out and that's why we're coming here to help hold. a gun to aus after it began protesters was still lining up to join the march to the city's legislative council the fictive parliament of hong kong under the new law wanted suspects all fugitives in hong kong could be sent to mainland china for trial critics argue that lul could be abused and beijing could target political parlance who wouldn't receive a fair trial while we want to protect our children want to try and make sure interesting . to say look like you need to be it is how freedom so that's why we have to come here to support us this is how a top class tries to protest the european union the united states great britain and canada have all voiced their oppo

not law abiding citizens we will protect the rights of hong kong people and the rule of law well sarah clarke joins us now live from hong kong and sarah the 2nd reason all that bill has not been delayed what's been the reaction from the protesters. well the protesters are still live had a number of rallies or press conferences since that the delay was announced they have actually given a couple of deadlines to the government they have said at 3 pm which is 3 pm hong kong time which is now they've said they want the bill withdrawn by that time if not they buy it some threats those threats including include storming ledge code which is the level of council building the government headquarters it's also another threat is blocking the m.t.o. which is the very efficient train system which by city keeps hong kong running so smoothly with regards to transport them so they'll block more roads from one child a central server hind me as one child in front of me essentially this is the central part of hong kong they've already made a number of blockades around directly around ledge turn around admiralty

for now thank you very much sarah clarke joining us live from hong kong. so other news now and molly's prime minister has described seeing the bodies of children shots in the back and see visited a village where almost a 100 people were killed in a massacre boosie say says the attack in the mosques a region of central mali was simply horrific gunmen also burned houses to the ground in an escalation of ethnic violence that's been getting worse for months. into tragedy what happened here is a tragedy it's a tragedy for mali and a tragedy for humanity it was important for us to come in the name of the president to present our condolences and to show compassion to those who lost their loved ones but it is important that no one forgets this it is a horror that we have witnessed here. nicholas haq reports now from bamako just south of the mop sea region and a warning his report contains graphic images. the silence is deafening while the smell of dead bodies hangs low in the air. the attack on the doggone village of sudan who started at dusk and went on deep into

advertisement in newspapers around the world they raised more than $800000.00 in just 9 hours sarah clarke has more now from hong kong. this is one of a number of rallies held by those opposed to hong kong's extradition bill at this particular rally targeting concerts more than 10 all up europe canada the united states and japan are included and the aim of this.

allow criminals to be extradited to mainland china they also want the city's leader to resign sarah clarke has the latest from hong kong. but this is yet another block i protesters and it's time for the justice department and these rallies are simply to disrupt business and try to get action on the government to not just the extradition but just this bill all together hala we organize protests against secretary of justice government our request to withdraw that you've all along so we'll continue to show our good man and continue our strike especially now government has just suspended north but we are not sure when will come from reactivate its yes as well as demanding extradition will be dropped these protesters also want to make the just stick to this time inside this building work because they want an investigation into what they say was excessive force used by the place during the protests over the last couple of weeks and so far that's pressed the government has refused says it carried out attacks in egypt they killed several security forces for military checkpoints were raided in nort

by the end of the month before parliament a hong kong's parliament adjourns for the summer ok sarah clarke for now thank you very much indeed for about what's the view from hong kong and brian has been following reaction from beijing. in spite of those dramatic pictures we've seen coming out of hong kong on wednesday not a single image of those protests has appeared on television screens here in china and that i think is a measure of the nervousness that the leadership feels right now it doesn't want the people in this country to see pictures of students battling police on the streets of hong kong on the streets of a chinese city where there were protests just 4 years ago now on wednesday we heard from gangs showing he's the foreign ministry spokesman here in beijing who briefs the likes of us the foreign media and he stressed once more that you know that the central government fully backs kerry and her efforts to introduce this extradition law he says that extradition law is needed to plug a legal loophole that has enabled he says mainland criminals to treat hong kong as a haven from just

raise the issue with the chinese president xi jinping of the. 20 summit in japan later this week sarah clarke has more now from hong kong. where this is one of a number of rallies held by those opposed to hong kong's extradition bill at this particular rally targeting concerts more than 10 all up europe canada the united states and japan are included and i am of this particular march to get international exposure and campaign for those countries to support i think very important for us to express our team and all of the major countries in the world. we need their support to our freedom our human rights will have been a number of protests over recent weeks its attempts to keep the pressure on the government has suspended this bill but these protesters want to jump for good. amnesty international is calling for an investigation into the police violence against protesters that followed the elections in indonesia the unrest broke out after president. was declared the winner of the vote last april the opposition candidate. has gone to court to try to overturn the results saying there were millions

critics in the semi autonomous territory to be sent to mainland china for trial sarah clarke has more from hong kong. back to china. and the. hundreds of thousands of people. behind us. and their. pairing. us president donald trump has accused the new york times of treason after reports that the u.s. is increasing cyber attacks against russia. the article quotes 4 man serving government officials who say the u.s. has hacked the russian power grid the report says that all this is part of an aggressive cyber campaign partly in retaliation for interference in the 28000 midterm elections saddam's former president omar al bashir could be brought before a court as early as next week the chief prosecutor says bashir will be referred for trial unless he filed an appeal in the next few days the former leader is facing corruption charges he was deposed by the military in april after weeks of protests against his government. a british iranian woman detained in iran has begun a new hunger strike now the names are gary radcliffe was jailed for 5 years and 2016 after being convicted of spying which

entirely religious leaders say the government must mend its damaged relationship with the youth sarah clarke reports from hong kong. in a city that same violent clashes and weeks of mass protest this church service office responds to those seeking us. from like it i am a christian we feel we should pray for our city i would like to pray for them but for them to have peace in their mind on the front line religious leaders have been standing side by side with the protesters with fears that a proposed extradition law would lead to unfair trials on the mainland they've been crying continuously outside government headquarters they're also here to promote peace and try to prevent the crisis from escalating we feel that we have an obligation to protect the hong kong christian churches and the people. members of the chinese communist party upper hit it from having any religious faith and party members who break the rules can be expelled and christians and other religious minorities say they're persecuted on the mainland unlike here in hong kong which enjoys a higher degree of religious freedom china

got the backing of beijing the protest leaders are calling people to take to the streets again sarah clarke the latest. they came and they marched more than 1000000 people crammed hong kong streets. protesters were united in their anger over the proposed extradition laws that could see fugitives here sent to mainland china for child. despite the size of his turnout the city's chief executive says the planned rule of change will not be scrapped we will continue to do the communication and explanation there is fear in the 2 america to be gained by 2 or delaying the bill it will just cause more inside and divisive noise in society opposition said his own suspicion that fugitives extradited from hong kong won't get a fair trial in mainland china human rights groups are leading the campaign the pro-democracy legislators want the bill show it now carry lyme is certainly incredible any leader with a right mind facing a protest involving more than 1000000 people would metro really have agreed think over the issue but the city's chief executive says the government is duty bound to push ahead it's be

it was guaranteed to keep in the 1907 handover from british rule of law on this let's speak to sarah clarke who's on the phone from hong kong for cerro just looking at these live pictures of people there filling the streets the organizers were hoping for around 300001 of the numbers looking right now. at the targets on the market started early was about half an hour's time but it started early because so many people over flowing through victoria park which is one of the largest targeted. advertising that you mentioned about 300002 be a huge number but the most expensive and many of the 1000000 in crowd around continue to rally throughout the evening now the marches going from here down to the lead the council building which is the government building where they'll hold more talks and more speeches and potentially the situation as a little capital building or a key concern for all of these people who are you know i could say in their opposition to this extradition bill is that they're concerned anyone a fugitive a suspect could be extradited from hong kong to the mind that the trial and the

the hong kong's financial district have been closed as a result of wednesday's violent scenes sarah clarke has more can see behind me this area is still barricaded off so the only access to this particular spot is are those with the government. all the lawmakers so the other areas of the other protest sites they've been shut down but we could see some type of device before next week should they allowed to reopen carol lam has been forced to defend her actions the police actions she's also been before forced to defend accusations that she's trying to bulldoze this particular piece of legislation through the council building japan's prime minister has asked iran's leaders to abide by the 2050 nuclear deal and play a constructive role in securing peace in the middle east but also warned of the risks of an accidental conflict in the region during his 2 day trip to tehran. you did that. in the middle east there are tensions and there is a possibility of military conflicts part accident but it must be avoided by all means peace in the middle east affects the whole world nobody wants a conflict i

say it lets the government target political opponents and send them to mainland china for trial sarah clarke has more on the protests it started as a peaceful city and around the city's parliament building i soon descended into chaos holding middle barricades protesters brand the police frontline they pushed back with veterans pepper spray and water guns i wonder camped out on the streets to the government headquarters 3 hour standoff ensued streets blocked in central hong kong this was a this area i just think in my class was behind the minister house when. they came after more than 1000000 people. marched in hong kong of the government's proposed extradition bill and to the planned fugitives all potential suspects in hong kong could be sent for trial on the chinese mainland that's angered some in the former british territory who say china would target political opponents while we want to protect our children want to return. home next generation so we have to say what we need to be done it is how freedom so that's why we have to come here for past this is how it was last tries to protest sh

extradition law which could see suspects of serious crimes sent to mainland china the trial of sarah clark joins us live now from hong kong sara so with government headquarters now closed what happens next to this new extradition rule. well as you mentioned the government headquarters is closed due to security reasons the list of council building which is the building next door that the 2 buildings behind me that is also announced that they will not have any debate today as for that happening where you can expect by simply every big plot there however we do know that some of the lawmakers have returned some of those key councils from both sides being the problem and the pro hong kong or the pro-democracy is there back in that building we know that we've seen the lights on we've spoken to some of them they clearly rallying together to consider the next steps but what's the once the china does reopen we expect the debate to resume one of the councils who we spoke to indicated that potentially ledge which is the mine parliament it could resume tomorrow now as we saw yesterday that 2nd reading

criminal matters with our closest neighbors that is a mainland china taiwan and a cup but i reporter sarah clarke is in hong kong and she has the latest. well these were the largest rallies in hong kong since the british handed over back to china in 997 more than 1000000 people on the streets position against the proposed extradition laws which is set to be introduced in hong kong now despite yesterday's mass rally the chief executive he carried she said she'll forge ahead with this bill she will not scrap the plans despite a many efforts so many calls for it to be show. she said will be protected and the city respects the rule of law according to kerry she says additional safeguards have been added in might that will have a legally binding effect on the government but the prime democrats who study the pro-democracy groups in the student unions and various people protesting last night simply are not convinced the bill will have a 2nd reading on wednesday it's not expected to have a bunch until the at the end of the month but it has been fast track to avoided a lot of scrutiny that's normally unde

in the city after more than a 1000000 people rallied against a controversial extradition bill sarah clarke has more from hong kong 10000 young college it is. just that i want to remind you in some top topics seem to be extradition. second reading in hong kong going over to the police want them to. try to clear the air is the area of the for business get back to usual tomorrow and traffic but they partnered with the movie around the capitol building. group polls of closing voters are electing the 1st new president in 30 years the day was marred by confrontations between police and antigovernment protesters who say the vote is unfair india's prime minister has become the 1st foreign leaders who visit colombo since the deadly easter sunday bombings the ranger motif visited one of the churches targeted in the easter attacks he paid homage to the victims and agreed to step up cooperation to prevent future attacks the us president donald trump is pushing back against media reports that his latest agreement with mexico doesn't actually contain anything new the white house announced the agreement

people took to the streets on sunday that's the city's largest demonstration in more than a decade sarah clarke reports now from hong kong. they came and they marched more than 1000000 people crammed hong kong streets. protesters were united in their anger over the proposed extradition laws that could see fugitives here sent to mainland china for child. despite the size of his turnout the city's chief executive says the planned rule of change will not be scrapped we will continue to do the communication and explanation there is fear in the 2 america to be gained 2 or delaying the bill it would just cause more inside and davis if news in society opposition centers on suspicion that fugitives extradited from hong kong won't get a fair trial in mainland china human rights groups are leading the campaign the pro-democracy legislators want the bill show it now carry limas certainly incredible any leader with the right mind facing a protest involving more than 1000000 people with metro have agreed think over the issue but the city's chief executive says the government is duty bound to push ahead it's

the mass turnout at this rally is any indication it's clear many in hong kong i'm not convinced sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. and police and protesters have also fought in kazakstan on election day there. was on course to be the 1st new president and 30 s. but some opposition groups say the vote was unfair and should be boycotted at least 500 people were arrested robin forrester walker reports from the capital. i was this was no what's the electoral turnout the authorities wanted disorder in kazakstan capital. and 2nd city almaty was the only course the vote protesters cried because they do not believe this election office them a real choice. some said they supported the democratic choice of kazakstan political party. the cameraman was for i'm not afraid because i've had enough i've been living without a home in temporary accommodation for 13 years i'm fed up of this said they wanted freedom to demonstrate because unsanctioned protests are illegal and hasn't started really just the election isn't fair it's all been decided already it's not like the term to choices as they are all. it's

trial end of the protests make their way to government headquarters in central hong kong thank you sarah clarke why 1st in hong kong. kong has enjoyed a degree of autonomy since its handover from british rule to china in 1970 a chief executive who functions like a prime minister is chosen by a 1200 member committee that's currently made up of mainly protegee probation politicians and business leaders china calls it a one country 2 systems principle on kong has executive legislative an independent judicial power under what's called the basic law a communist party leaders in beijing have the power to interpret any clause in that nor in their own way. tang is a political analyst who advises the chinese government he believes beijing's patients will soon within. from beijing side i don't know that they're terribly impressed with kerry lamb's handling of things and the one cardinal sin in china is not to be able to handle the situation correctly so it could be difficult for her to have expressed unconditional. support for her but with this newest round of concessions and protests i think it will go

losing more of the rights it was supposed to have been granted in the 199700 over from british rule sarah clarke has more from hong kong. what the expectations were around 300000 people would join israeli actions have certainly been where the rally started to make sure it was full and i was flying now thousands of people are marching from troy through to the cities down at the little council which is where we are now and we see people generations of the happy by democracy activist student union groups and families are joining in trying to be united in their opposition to this extradition bill but this really could actually be as large as the occupy protests which were held in 24th and shut down parts of the central part of hong kong but despite their efforts this bill is likely to be passed by the hong kong government has a majority in the cities and the chief executive harry lam want to abide by the end of the month. some of even call this the final fight for hong kong so how did it all come to this what critics say beijing has been encroaching on the city's autonomy for years in 2012 the hong

more of the rights it was supposed to have been granted in the 1997 handover from british rule sarah clarke has the latest from hong kong. expectations were around 300000 people much today those expectations have been decent they're still rally at this point. about 3 kilometers from here is making their way along the street i think it to let down to the cities around the building now they're still coming some of those right now train stations have been closed as a result of the mass numbers of people who are coming here today for this rally now as i mentioned before we understand that they can say well beyond 500000 at least at this rally now the bill has been you would like to go to a 2nd reading on wednesday in the cities how much at ease like that we're not sure when that whether she come through but even the governor has a majority in the city. will get a treat just a matter of time and that certainly this rally has been expect a shift regards the numbers and reach the numbers that we saw on the street to shut down to the. protests back in 24. well staying in asia india's prime minister

to mainland china demonstrators want the issue discussed at the upcoming g. 20 meeting in osaka sarah clarke has more from hong kong. this is one of a number of rallies held by those opposed to hong kong extradition build but this particular rally targeting consulates more than 10 or europe canada the united states and japan are included and the i am of this particular march is to get international exposure and campaign for those countries to support these very important for us to express our. major. we need support of our human rights would have been a number of protests over recent weeks its attempts to keep the pressure on the government has suspended this bill but these protesters want to dump for good now brazil's supreme court has rejected a request to free former president louis silva from prison who has no is say the judge who convicted him who now says is the justice minister was biased the u.s. president has threatened iran with obliteration donald trump made the comment on twitter after the iranian president suggested the white house was idiotic for imposing new sanctions on supre

of debate on the proposed law which could see suspects being sent to mainland china for trial sarah clarkehas more from hong kong. there are allowed 60 hours of debate and supposedly reportedly this suggesting next thursday will be the big day as for what's happening today will be a number of protests from both sides we're expecting the probe aging camps to come in as well as a pro-democracy groups but given that the vote is likely to go in favor of the government and this new extradition logan.

the mass to not at this rally is any indication it's clear many in hong kong and not convinced sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong for an attack and as a chinese place her left has analyst and he joins us now live via skype from beijing and i let's start with the view from way he has all this being regarded in china. well 1st off this is an internal matter of a whole lot from their perspective. hope has extradition treaties with number of countries including united states malaysia etc and right now it does not have one with china i was how this is been true last 20 years and there was an attempt by the whole covert slater i'm sure. government to create an extradition treaty or in a number of cases a billionaire named joseph who's accused of corruption based requiring. how and the incident balding a young man who's hughes murdering his home man accused of murdering his girlfriend while he was in time on the station so it's been amended a number of times twice actually the terms of this particular. law would be a lot less restrictive than the other ones i've heard states it is just has to be gr

more of the rights it was supposed to have been guaranteed in the 1997 handover from british rule sarah clarke has more from hong kong. expectations were around 300000 people would march today those expectations have been pretty decent they're still keep the rally at the starting point for detroit fox about 3 kilometers from here this is like e bay why along the streets i take it to let's live council which is the city's parliament building now they're still coming some of those roads no blocked train stations have been closed as a result of the mass numbers of people who are coming in today for this rally now as i mentioned before 300000 victims i'd say well beyond 500000 at least it's really now the building has been it was lucky to go to a 2nd reading on wednesday in the cities how much at ease like a lot but we're not sure when that hot weather but what should come through but even the hong kong government has a majority in the cities how much they will get it's really just a matter of timing but certainly this rally has been expect tensions with regards to numbers that might reach the num

raise the issue with chinese president xi jinping at the g 20 summit in japan later in the week sarah clarke has more now from hong kong. where this is one of a number of rallies held by those opposed to hong kong extradition bill at this particular rally they're targeting concerts more than 10 all of europe canada the united states and japan are included and i'm at this particular march to get international exposure and campaign for those countries for greater support i think very important for us to express our all here and go to all of the major countries in the world to show that we need their support to our freedom and our human rights will have been a number of protests over recent weeks it's an attempt to keep the pressure on the government has suspended this bill but these protesters want to dump for good the u.s. special counsel robert muller is set to testify before 2 congressional committees next month he will likely face questions about his report into russian interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election mr miller found no evidence of collusion but the climb to rule with d

flooding the streets until the extradition changes are scrapped together and lam resigned says sarah clarke has more from hong kong. this is the 1st time the list of council has resumes meetings since d the protests we've seen over the last couple of weekends the 2 mass rallies we've had which saw 2000000 people march in the streets on sunday at the pan democrats made a rowdy entrance they were wearing black they were holding white flowers other holes are holding banners now they made this morning's debate all about the handling of the protesters by police they've called on kerry lamb to resign over this it also called for the security secretary to resign over the handling of the excessive force that they accuse the police of using on those protesters the soft and also those pan democrats the protestant groups they will raise in the council meetings a no confidence motion in carry land now this will be the 2nd no confidence motion in carry land there was one last month but she survived 8 that motion simply because the government has the numbers that is expected by this afternoon now as for

i have the utmost admiration for sarah clark hewittson and every sympathy for some of the abuse that of age are not taught about gay sex, children of four years of age are taught about relationships and that relationships can look different in different households. a leading muslim organisation has said comments made last summer by the former foreign secretary and conservative leadership candidate, boris johnson, about women wearing face veils led to a rise in reports of islamophobic abuse. in august 2018, mrjohnson wrote in the daily telegraph that women in full face veils should not be banned, but it was absolutely ridiculous that women chose to go around looking like letterboxes. he also compared them to looking like bank robbers. he was later cleared of breaking the conservatives‘ code of conduct. the home affairs committee was told the comments had had an effect. because the words "letterboxes" and the words "bank robbers" were used on the streets on women wearing head scarves and notjust face veils and this work comes with a huge responsibility. because people look at that poli

the proposed law could see suspects for serious crimes being sent to mainland china for trial sarah clarkejoins us again from hong kong sara so a government headquarters now closed what happens next with this new extradition the. oh yes we've got government headquarters poison but let's look at the building that 90 pounds a time that some might not know that what you might see my statement friday that we expected one of the gold make is more than the part about you know it's easy to get it intensely the council to buy it but that's not confirmed but the stuff being told not to come into work because of security reasons you can see this right behind me that the whole area is still blockaded we've got a police line around the building however most of the other areas that were blocked barricaded yesterday have now been about traffic and we've got the congestion that was we saw yesterday it has all gone so it's certainly with regard to what could happen with this bill if it does guys were divided to more that we could see progress kerry lamb has always said that she wants a vote by the end of

suspended for now protesters are hoping kerry lamb will hear their prayers and dump it for good sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. large parts of india are so. the worst drought in decades and that's forcing many farmers to abandon their land as a crutch failed many moving to the cities only to find that life there isn't much better elizabeth burnham reports from one of india's hardest hit regions the western states. you are. pandit on more to left has 40000 square meter cotton farm in his village 6 months ago he now lives in this cramped rented room with his family. 2 years of drought have forced him to find work as a laborer in one of the many factories in the city of about. it is very difficult to live in the city i feel very suffocating but then what can i do i have to live. nearly 3 quarters of the state of maharashtra is suffering drought and crop failure . farmers often take out loans to buy seeds and if they crops fail they can't pay back the money in the society kill it but it got. done with it there have been heavy loans because for the last couple of years there have been no rings

more protests are expected from both sides in a city where dipping divisions refuse to subside sarah clarkeal-jazeera hong kong . outsiders of whipping up protests is our china correspondent. well from beijing's perspective hong kong has become a haven for criminals which is why it supports plans for a new extradition bill and on monday the foreign ministry spokesman confirmed that the central government supports kerry lamb's efforts in that regard but also warned of external intervention in hong kong's internal affairs but he wouldn't elaborate on what he meant by that he also appeared to dispute the figure that more than a 1000000 people took part in sunday's rally and protest saying he preferred to believe the figure of the hong kong government that no more than 240000 people had participated but the message he wanted to get over again and again was that beijing supports kerry. firstly the central government will continue to firmly support the government of the hong kong special administrative region to push forward the amendments of the extradition bill secondly china is strongly oppose

controversial extradition bill which the government has shelved demonstrators wanted dropped altogether sarah clarke reports. after 6 weeks in jail joshua emerged to face the media the political activist served time for his role in the occupy protests in 2014 on hearing the news of sunday's mass rally in hong kong he only had thanks for millions of hong kong people joined the demonstration and protests were in the hospital which is show the spirit and dignity of hong kong people. on sunday 2000000 people marched in the streets against a controversial extradition law the government plans to introduce in hong kong critics argue it would allow china to extradite political opponents and activists to the mine land to face trial the city's chief executive kerri lam has suspended debate on the legislation but that's not enough to calm the growing public opposition in hong kong what hong kong people are able. poggioli withdraw extradition laws are members and i hope people get aware that now there's a new white after that and umbrella movement. on arrival at the city's parliament joshi. wong received a hero

expected to protest controversial plan by the government to extradite fugitives to china to stand sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. there's a strong military presence on the streets of khartoum and other cities ahead of mass rallies planned day protest leaders are organizing what they hope will be a 1000000 strong march to landing a civilian led government. has warned that any damage or destruction will not be tolerated during the protests more than a 100 people were killed on june the 3rd when security forces opened fire to disperse demonstrators. has more. than. a show of defiance and determination in this neighborhood and to dance capital how to protesters are calling on people to mobilize for a major protest called for by the opposition coalition a 1000000 to march on sunday. a rally here is part of the demonstration it is a calling for the demonstration on the 30th of june we're not letting go of any of the revolutions demands hopefully the government would be a civilian one for every last citizen. said to be the 1st major protests after the military forcefully broke up a month long pro-

i have utmost admiration for sarah clark hewitt, and every sympathy for some of the abuse that she hasht about gay sex, children of four years of age are taught about relationships. and that relationships can look different in different households. a leading muslim organisation says comments made last summer by the former foreign secretary and tory leadership candidate borisjohnson about women wearing face veils led to a rise in reports of islamophobic abuse. mrjohnson wrote in the daily telegraph that women in full face veils should not be banned, but it was absolutely ridiculous that women chose to "go around looking like letterboxes". he also compared them to looking like bank robbers. he was later cleared of making the conservatives' code of conduct. because the words letterboxes and bank robbers were used about women wearing head scarves, not just the face veils. and again, that is where political leadership comes with responsibility, huge responsibility. because people look at that political leader and the words that political leader is using and people then will use these words

and as you can see behind me hundreds of people are already starting to rally here for this iraq sarah clarke there in hong kong sara thank you. for coming on al-jazeera including another sanctions waiver extension for iraq what happens to its energy supply in the u.s. find nichols time on trade with iran. on the number of hiv cases rises and something children seem to be most affected more in that state. had i read proper someone after a round west was full of fancy you wouldn't expect to see very much in the sky there's no shells around a bit to the north in turkey in the caucasus a bit of water evaporate from the caspian suggest showers can go eastwards towards kyrgyzstan however it's going to be dry i think during sunday and throughout this region through turkmenistan the green here suggests in armenia and georgia pasta turkey showers and they are thunderstorms we are as likely but the south not to runs at $35.00 baghdad being near to sea level up to $46.00 in the dust is to willing iran but the wind is not staying in any one direction it's on shore for beirut that gives you a reasonable

protests against a controversial extradition bill no longer referring to them broadly as riots sarah clarke has the latest from hong kong. cortices have had a window overnight of the police commissioner here in hong kong last night at a press conference declared wins days gathering not as a riot as previously mentioned instead he said a minority of those protesting will be charged with related offenses now this simply categorizing it as a riot meant heftier penalties for those protesters instead he says. people on the front line the protesters on the front line who held the metal barricades and the metal rods who were confronting police that were the ones who are now being charged $32.00 protesters were arrested 5 for writing related charges and 10 for violent crimes now this is a win for those protesters because they had tricky demands number one they wanted the extradition bill withdrawn altogether they want to carry it to be to stand a number 3 they didn't want wednesday's gathering to be categorized as i write simply because it incurred those heavier penalties now as for hong kong's chi