curbing exports of high tech materials to seoul there is an election in japan this weekend and shinzo ave may have reason to celebrate the latest polls predict his coalition will come out on top when the nation votes for a new upper house of parliament positive economic data is also helping his chances japan's economy beat expectations expanding by 2.2 percent in the 1st quarter but it's not all good news exports fell by 2.4 percent in the same time period with japan shipping fewer cars trucks and steel pipes abroad the burgeoning trade conflicts around the world could sour the outlook you.

japanese prime minister shinzo aves ruling coalition has secured a majority in the upper house of parliament in sunday's elections but will fall short of the super majority needed to propose constitutional reform during the campaign the liberal democratic party focused on revitalizing japan's economy and bolstering the military. to hong kong now where clashes have erupted between police and anti-government protesters tens of thousands of people took to the streets on sunday for a 7th consecutive weekend the march continued after nightfall police charged demonstrators who had defied orders to disperse and fire tear gas rallies were initially sparked by a controversial extradition bill although that bill has now been suspended the protesters continue to worry their freedoms will road and are pushing for free elections. our correspondent phebe kong is monitoring the situation and joins us now from hong kong phebe hong kong is under high alert tens of thousands are back on the streets this 7th straight week of protests what can you tell us about what's have. right now. yes you have mentioned a n

were fired from the east coast and flew about 250 kilometers or japan's japanese prime minister shinzo ave says there's been no impact on his country's security. and authorities in costa rica and panama have arrested dozens of people allegedly linked to a ring of people smugglers officials searched homes and detained almost 50 suspects police say migrants are willing to pay smugglers up to 20000 dollars to take them towards the u.s. border. a 2nd case of ebola has been discovered in goma a city in the democratic republic of congo the city of over 2000000 people is a major transport hub and health officials are worried that a major epidemic there could spread at least 1700 people have died in along in a year long in the country. feel it's still more than a year away but in the u.s. the democrats are already gearing up for the 2020 presidential election 10 hopefuls hoping to win the party's nomination have clashed in a t.v. debate the candidates addressed issues such as migration and health care but the democrats' biggest challenge is of course stopping president winning a 2nd term. 1st. it

you know al jazeera life in london much more still ahead and prime minister shinzo ave wins a majority in the upper house elections but it's not enough to make the changes he wants and we're looking at wind millions of disabled children in india and not getting the education they need. it is still the south of australia saying most of the weather this next front streaming in across the great by grey not clouds and the chance of those shows the time it is on too bad really on monday 15 degrees in adelaide but that is ahead of the next fronts also ahead of the rain is heading in quite a cloudy day off if the degree's nice in brisbane with a high of 22 and then puzzle monday it should be mostly fine but we could just see a stray shower on shoes day 17 degrees in then for you but there could be some coastal shows and then he will feel quite a bit cooler in adelaide that front sits by and that does to really bring some cooler air in its wake meanwhile we've got some rather wet conditions at hobart with a high of 12 degrees it does they stay fair both days monday and tuesday across into new