when perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west artie's saskia taylor looks at why. hong kong has gone from being the economic power of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight fire. an amendment to a preexisting lot that would allow the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to mainland china has brought the financial haven to its knees as a protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has asked waited but all the wild over politicians and journalists alike continue to hail the peaceful aspirations of those fighting to wrest themselves from beijing all the while coming down hard on those aggressive dust spots in china you have a chinese government that's getting increasingly aggressive increasingly repressive it's discussing what they're doing in hong kong they're taking away basic rights trying to stream trampling the most basic human rights of its own citizens. has increased its interventions in hong kong and engaged in actions to curtail the rights. and liberties. of its people but it seem

saskia taylor a caps how would one fall that. this week has shown more than africa that tragically it's the average man is the victim of political wars and the tensions not seen in decades terror on and washington have been engaged in a war of. the iranian regime is aggression in the region must stand now we've told the iranian regime enough. to really revenge and the ultimate response by regional nations is when america is expelled from this region iran must and its support for terrorism when you have the pentagon and their military counted as terrorists the united states will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime the united states rage an economic war against iran the united states has to come to its senses but the chances of this not as up to as twits have predicted when the harsh talk world will 3 start attracting was close to 0 and sure enough on monday we saw the iranian military hit 2 u.s. bases in iraq with missile strikes to iran it was seeking vengeance for washington's assassi

not politicians but those who boarded that fateful flight one state who ultimately paid the price saskia tiller well with tensions in the region continuing to simmer the head of lebanon's hezbollah hassan nasrallah reiterated on sunday but the u.s. will face further consequences for killing general salami i what i love the response to the americans murder of qassam su mani. and this and their brothers is not a single operation but rather a long path that must lead to the removal of america's military presence from our region in the middle east. meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state has been having a tough time defending the assassination of major general salim ali here's mike pompei being challenged only alleged imminent threat from tehran that triggered the killing. if you have specific information about the threat and didn't have anything to do with our time because. we had specific emanation information on an imminent threat and those threats trim included attacks on u.s. embassies what is your definition of it in that. this was going to happen and american lives were at risk the inte

terrorist prisoner who carried out the attack on fishmongers‘ hall in november, killing jack merritt and saskiate him. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the ministry ofjustice. more from australia now, where there's been a welcome reprieve for firefighters as the weekend began with milder conditions on the country's east coast. it comes after an arduous night for firefighters who tackled an increase in blazes thanks to sudden strong winds. authorities in new south wales now say they expect at least a week of milder weather. clive myrie‘s with some of the state's firefighters in the town of cooma. we are at the main rural fire service headquarters here in the town, lots of personnel milling around, it has been a busy night for them, along with the military, some army reservists have been here as well. everyone feeling a little more confident about the next few days, the fear overnight was that very strong winds in excess of 100 kilometres an hour, along with high temperatures, were going to cause more problems, more people's lives in danger. and indeed a number of smaller fires in danger. and indeed

bid to improve the eastern african nation is now being described as years of forced labor parties saskia taylor reports. if your neighbor planning on eating your pepperoni don't worry it is got a regulation for everything but according to human rights organizations it failed miserably to regulate its own behavior and it all started with an apparently innocent bed to boost security and eritrea will launching 20000000 euro program to rebuild the roads connecting both countries this will boost straight consolidate stability and have good benefits for the citizens of both countries through the gratian of sustainable growth and jobs so far so good unless of course you're the one put to work on this great collaboration because the chances are you're forced conscript the african nation has compulsory national service that used to last for 18 months but now sees people trapped in for over 20 years it's a practice it's been likened by human rights organizations the un and the european parliament to mass enslavement conscripts compared national service to modern day slavery saying this for torture

legalized 3 doctors face criminal charges prosecutors allege they illegally entered the life of a woman saskia tale has the story. on christmas eve in 2937 year old teen nased told her family she wanted to be euthanized but while teen suffering might have ended several months later in a clinic in the flemish city of get and that of her family is still ongoing because the 3 doctors who were involved are now on trial for her murder this will be belgium's fust criminal case concerning euthanasia since the practice was legalized back in 2002 which accounts for an average of 6 deaths every day the doctors insist they acted in good faith and are unfairly being painted as murderers but the harrowing account teen sisters give of that fateful day raises questions over the competence and motives of the medical professionals. who likened her death to that of a pattern that is in pain and as having a shot. when she had died he asked our parents if they wanted to listen through the stones cope to check her heart had actually stopped beating. belgium is only one of 2 countries which allows for euthanasia on

being dragged out of the door an embassy where he'd spent the previous 70 is the latest on him then saskia taylor. few buildings in the wilds have ever come under as much scrutiny as this one here at quick tour and. in those 4 walls for 7 long years possibly the most famous whistle blower who time to get a sandwich was hauled up until a court 2019 to 48 year old was sensationally tracked out by british authorities. that work for the wiki leaks founder this was a huge betrayal by the latin american country that had sheltered him since 2012 aquittal said the relations had soured with the sand and his bad behavior triggered them opening the door to the police and revoking his asylum but it's worth noting that just a bit acquittals bank account got an almighty boost with a $4200000000.00 loan from the i.m.f. where the u.s. has huge voting rights a staunch is currently sitting in belmarsh prison in the country's capital sucking up to meet sentence but jumping bail in 2012 but many are saying that what he's actually been handed is a death sentence because over 60 doctors wrote an open letter to

politics in front running saskia title be taking over and often i offer this off the news latest headlines. of the government's. primeau would want to see him governmental spain do so we'll see in the national project switch on not realized it has been plants. the problem i see is that these government is in my view much more capable to be more effective in doing what it's ordered to do the problem is that it will move in illegal bit wrong direction so it will be a stated goal and then me and they use the way.

saskia taylor reporting there ok well let's take a minute as we were only into the 5th journey to take a better reflection about $12906.00 as we look back at more the signature events of the year just gone. so let's crank up the big memory machine show you see we're going to talk about this hour there are numerous political figures were level languishing not just you decide in 2019 we didn't work oh dear dear dear let's let's do that and let's do this. you just love technology don't you talking about people languishing with some claiming the charges against them were politically motivated so we'll play the go to joe it's work in super and of course one that springs to mind maria buton a big story that was from russia in the year just spoke to us in october this year the russian gun rights advocates spent more than a year in the u.s. jail for acting as non-registered foreign lobbyist to federal prosecutors in the media her involvement with the american gun lobby and mingling in republican circles improve enough that moscow is sending agents to meddle in the us news coverage scimitar as

terrorist prisoner who carried out the attack on fishmongers‘ hall in november, killing jack merritt and saskianiel sandford, bbc news, at the ministry ofjustice. the tv and radio presenter samira ahmed has won her equal pay case against the bbc. ahmed argued successfully that she'd been underpaid for hosting the programme newswatch, compared to fellow presenter jeremy vine, for his work on points of view. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, has the story. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. samira ahmed claimed that there was no material difference between what she did as presenter of newswatch on the bbc news channel, which was also shown on bbc one... first this week... ..and whatjeremy vine did as presenter of points of view on bbc one. for the bbc, the repeat of newswatch on bbc one undermined their case. cheering and clapping samira ahmed always argued that this wasn't just about a single individual but a systemic injustice. now she's been vindicated. no woman wants to have to take action against their own employer. i love working for the bbc, i'm really glad it's been resolv

bahrain state media turan says the claim the jet was downed by a missile are illogical and impossible saskia taylor looks at how speculation though has been mounting even before any probe has been carried. nothing instills confidence in international leaders more than the love of precise language but we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an arena and a surface to air missile and it was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake some people say was be can it go i personally don't think that's. even a question you know no reason to not believe reports we have seen from different nato allied capitals that. plane may have been downed. iranian air defense systems there is now a body of information that the fly was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile this may well have been an intentional we're working closely with canada and our international partners and there now needs to be a full transparent investigation on specific intelligence unnamed allie

saskia taylor reporting there now we're going to take stock of her 2019 a bit more next as reflect on more the signature event of the year just gone. so as far as the big memory machine should we say we're going to talk about this time there are numerous political figures who are left languishing behind bars in 2019 with some claiming the charges against them were politically motivated q the go to jail maria bhutto crucially big headlines in the wake of the in the year just gone the russian national and gun rights advocates spent more than a year in a u.s. jail for acting as an unregistered foreign lobbyist you may recall the federal prosecutors in the media said that her involvement with the gun american lobby and also mingling with the republican circles see the proof enough that moscow is therefore sending signals to meddle in the u.s. news coverage smither as a spy she was also wrongly accused of trading sex for political gain sushi got back my own discussed direct with us what she'd been through. just when you think it would have happened if the political climate been more settle

the impact that disinflation conspiracy theories and false news stories have on the average citizen saskia teller examines why the documentary may not be quite as eye opening as it promises protecting innocent minds from the harm of fake news has become one of the biggest battles of the day it's what seed facebook twitter and co get tough on patrolling content and it's apparently what inspired this announcement . h.b.o. just announced something i've been working on for a couple of years a documentary titled after truth dissin from asia in the cost of fake news heading up this new project brian stelter host of the c.n.n. show reliable sources now back in. space silent as one of his reliable guests on his reliable show said trump killed more people but hitler stalin and mao combined that after he was ripped apart on twitter he blamed tech problems that he didn't hear the gas comments apparently the only thing he can rely on now is the fact that his show is not a smash hit losing over 10 percent of its if you or ship in a year but perhaps that's not surprising given that he previously been de

invasion of iraq may now be focusing white house minds when it comes to iran saskia taylor reports. he calls a rally as good as the originals many characters don't sign on for repeat apparent them they often end up losing money but apparently there's nothing washington likes more than dusting off an old script and adding a new line or 2 sometimes it badly even needs to change the name both countries which have been confusing america's attention for a while now the threat comes from iraq to the. terrorists the coalition forces did not come to colonize iraq we came to. overthrow a despotic regime everywhere we go in the middle east it's a rare. major destabilizing in influence in the middle east spread death destruction and chaos the leaders of iran are record tears behind every problem is are a so the scene is that we have a visible villain in our story and in case you are in any doubt as to who our hero is while who else but the one his ambition has only ever been to throw off the shackles of injustice and make democratic dreams come true i think things have gotten so bad inside ira

killing jack merritt and saskia jones, people who had been trying to rehabilitate him.t prison staff in england and wales has been rising sharply for five yea rs, has been rising sharply for five years, causing some officers to quit what they see as a more dangerous job. this attack will only increase the concerns about the risks run by those people who are keeping the rest of us safe. sophie. vigils have been held in canada for some of the victims of the ukrainian plane crash on wednesday. iran has again rejected suggestions that one of its missiles brought down the aircraft, killing 176 people. the picture still remains unclear but what we do know is the flight took off from tehran just after 6 in the morning, butjust two minutes later, the data on the flight stopped. the plane came down to the southwest of the capital tehran. 63 of the victims were canadian. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports from toronto. the sense of complete disbelief now is palpable. at the shocking revelations about how this disaster may have happened. compounded, of course, b

was released terrorist prisoner who carried out the attack in november, killing jack merritt and saskiaence against prison staff has been rising sharply in recent years, causing some offices to quit what they see asa some offices to quit what they see as a more dangerous job. the bbc presenter samir ahmed has won her a sex discrimination claim against the bbc. an employment tribunal agreed she should receive the same pay for presenting newswatch as jeremy vine got for presenting points of view, for which he earned twice as much. so mira ahmed always argue that this wasn't just about as single individual. she has been vindicated. no one wants to ta ke has been vindicated. no one wants to take action against their own employer. i love working for the bbc, i'm glad it has been resolved. hello, and welcome to newswatch. she argues that there was no difference between what she did, presenting newswatch, and whatjohn reminded, presenting points of view. fine was paid £3000 per programme, more than six times as much as ahmed, for newswatch. welcome to the first newswatch. welcome to the first

get to the inquests into the fishmonger is attack and into housman can was able to kill two people, saskiabefore his release in 2018, he went into another scheme on the outside which we understand is very similar, managing him in the community. were their warning signs, where the people managing him on the outside fully aware of what progress not had been made so this is a really complex question, particularly when you think about how many people have left prison with a terrorism offence since 2012, 50 or 60 of them still on licence, still being monitored and controlled and i think this is going to become a critical issue when the inquests are finally opened into these horrible murders. thank you. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... a state of emergency is declared in part of australia as tens of thousands of people are ordered to flee, amid forecasts of ferocious bushfire conditions. rail fares rise by an average of almost 3 per cent today, despite another year of cancellations and delays for many commuters — the government promises change

jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death in the attack in november, and three other peoplegh a 16—year sentence for terrorism offences. the justice secretary, robert buckland, told bbc breakfast this morning the new measures are designed to protect the public from convicted terrorists who only pretend they have reformed. you get people who can superficially comply with a regime, as seems to have been the case in khan's case, and then suddenly change their superficial compliance into offending and worse, and that is something that is constantly challenging the authorities, which is why investing more in measures within prison and the regime by which we have experienced and trained probation officers and psychologists to really get to grips with the issues, i think will help us minimise that risk. so will these measures be more effective in protecting you? let's talk to nick aldworth, who is a former counter terrorism national coordinator at scotland yard. also with us are two people directly affected by terorrism. in liverpool, robby potter, who survived the manchester arena