the release of a man detained in mainland china earlier china's foreign ministry confirmed that simon chang an employee of the u.k. consulate is in custody saying he violated the law the ministry added that he'll spend 15 days in what's called administrative detention chang went missing on all the same nights whilst on a business trip to the city of shenzhen. well beijing hasn't provided any more details than about his detention but the foreign ministry spokesman says the u.k. to stop stirring up trouble about hong kong. this u.k. consulate employee is a hong kong citizen he is not a u.k. citizen in other words that means he's chinese so it's entirely in internal matter for china so with regard to the recent series of mistaken comments the u.k. has made regarding hong kong china has openly expressed its stern position we want to once again urge the u.k. to stop making indiscreet remarks and stop stirring up trouble on the hong kong issue it more now from our correspondent in beijing scott hydra the minister of foreign affairs here in beijing on wednesday confirming that simon chang is in de

foreign office says simon chang attended a business event. on the sea 8 of the supposed to return to hong kong on the same day. china insists it has no information on his whereabouts hong kong police say an inquiry is underway. point. from august leading to a missing person case but for the sake of personal data i couldn't just coast to much details here and the case is currently under the and try read by the regional missing person unit of how and when we can and so far the hong kong police force does not receive and the notification from the mainland of storage is under the reciprocal notification become some more now from our correspondent emma hayward in london where we understand that simon chang travelled to shands then on august 8th to attend a business conference he told his girlfriend that he was going to come back the same day on the fast train but he simply didn't make it back home now the hong kong police have opened a missing persons inquiry into his whereabouts now they he is of concern of course to the british government becaus

consulate worker in hong kong has been released by china after being detained at the border simon chang disappeared on the 8th of august during a business trip to shenzhen the police in china said on saturday that he'd been detained for 15 days for violating public security laws u.s. president donald trump says he will again raise tariffs on chinese imports now that follows beijing announcing plan tariffs on $75000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods brazilian president. says he'll send the army to fight the fires in the amazon rain forest the french president has threatened to block a trade deal between the european union and south america if brazil doesn't do more . vamos up to our 4th dimension we're going to act firmly in order to contain control of the fires in the amazon it is important in the other hand to act with serenity and not to spread out founded missus's in brazil and abroad as they do not help solve the problem they only lend themselves to political propaganda. japan says north korea has fired 3 missiles into the sea east coast to the south korean military says they were fired

now china has released simon chang an employee at the british consulate and hong kong that's according to local media reports beijing had said that chen was being held in administrative detention and chen gen he disappeared on august 8th as he was returning to hong kong from mainland china is a holder of a british national overseas passport what china doesn't recognise his detention came amid months of long anti-government protests and hong kong to the head on the news hour it's a neck and neck race at the rally germany one who is in the lead coming up of sports. on the course this week we check the pulse of the global economy the age of populist governments is the independence of central banks comes under threat and the other intended consequences of trade or plus the i.m.f. was on the steps of brigs its trade with. counting the cost is iraq. well you. know some other like. inmates learning from other inmates acquiring knowledge that could set them free. through legal education classes and tribunals their dedication has led to studying results you've been in prison in the us as with r

front of the british consulate in hong kong they're appealing for the release of consulate worker simon chang china's foreign minister has confirmed he's being detained on the mainland the ministry says he will spend 15 days in what it calls administrative detention chang went missing on august the 9th while in a business trip to the city of sendai in china hasn't provided further details about the detention but its foreign ministry is urging the u.k. to stop interfering. you know. this u.k. consulate employee is a hong kong citizen he is not a u.k. citizen in other words that means he's chinese so it's entirely an internal matter for china so with regard to the recent series of mistaken comments the u.k. has made regarding hong kong china has openly expressed its stern position we want to once again urge the u.k. to stop making indiscreet remarks and stop stirring up trouble on the hong kong issue in scotland has more from beijing. the ministry of foreign affairs here in beijing on wednesday confirming that simon chang is in detention something that's called public security administration de

it was set up by the family of simon chang to raise awareness about his case and to call for his release he is now back in hong kong already the 1st news of his release by the police in mainland china came through that sites and they thanked everyone for their support saying that simon and his immediate family members would need some time to rest and recover before any more comment will be made and then confirmation came from the police in china that indeed simon chang had been released so we understand that he is already back in hong kong this all came about as you mentioned after he made that trip on the 8th of august a business trip to the city of shenzhen and then he disappeared eventually the ministry of foreign affairs in beijing confirmed that he had been detained for violating the public security laws and then in the last couple of days chinese state media has alleged that the reason he was detained was because he visited a prostitute that is something that has been strongly rejected by the family of simon chang but as yet of course we haven't heard from him himself to tell us ex

was that the support for simon chang in hong kong. simon chen is a hong kong or who holds a british national overseas passport about 3000000 home congress have a similar passport we know from his girlfriend that on august 8th he went to change and for a business trip and he was supposed to return that same day on his way back in the evening he was on a high speed train he exchanged several messages with his girlfriend the last one was around 10 pm in which he said that he was about to cross back into hong kong we also know from a statement issued from his family that he was held at the west train station it is actually on hong kong territory but it is manned by chinese immigration officials only shanny's officials operating in hong kong now this goes really right at the heart of what protesters have been calling for over the past 3 months that much contested extradition bill that they want to see with drone one of the protesters here was saying this is it this could happen to any one of us being picked up by the chinese officials and t

see that people are starting to gather outside the british consulate in hong kong so the case of simon chang is really feeding in to the grievances that many people that have against the chinese authorities. well absolutely actually i was just spoke to speaking to one of the young protesters here in us telling me that that goes exactly to prove why it's so important to for them to keep on the pressure to keep on demonstrating it to making sure that that extradition a law is actually officially withdrawn and not just dead carry the chief executive keeps on saying now that said simon chen was actually detained on the other side in mainland china the west station according to his family who has issued a statement they say that he was. 8. on a business trip. and on his way back at around 10 pm he actually sent a message to his girlfriend telling her that he was about to cross that border and at that point and it's after that that he disappeared all right now. live in hong kong thank you very much we've got a lot more to come here it is here including a report from the strait of hormuz where a ta

officials and then we don't know what happens to us the family of the child simon chen says that they had they hired a lawyer in change and he went around 3 different detention centers but no sign of simon chen now the protesters here are actually in front of the british consulate because they're calling on the u.k. government to put pressure on both hong kong authorities to try to resolve this issue and also to put pressure on the authorities in beijing to try to say where is. why is he held and what will happen to. ok that's the latest from our correspondents let's just rewrite some tape that we've got here . for you these pictures films coming into us here and just in the past 10 minutes or so you can see the protests beginning to get. a little bit more effervescent than the been just in the past 24 hours this is not the british consulate this is in an area called you know all along you're seeing there that green flashing and occasional blue flashes i'm just wondering if we can flip over to the the live shot that we've also got coming into us here at al-jazeera there we are you can see there the lasers what they've

consulate worker in hong kong has been released by mainland china after being detained at the border simon chang disappeared 2 weeks ago during a business trip to police in china said on saturday chang had been detained for 15 days for violating public security laws president obama says he will again raise tariffs on chinese imports following beijing's announcement that it plans tariffs on 75000000000 dollars worth of u.s. goods brazilian president john bolton are will send the army to fight fires raging in the amazon rain forest he's blamed the rise in number on drive unusual weather comes as the french president threatens to block a trade deal between the european and south america if brazil doesn't do more to protect the amazon. vamos out to our 4th dimension we're going to act firmly in order to contain it control the fires in the amazon it is important in the other hand to act with serenity and not to split up front and misses in brazil and abroad as they do not help solve the problem they only learnt themselves to political propaganda. north korea has fired 2 missiles into the sea off its

officials and then we don't know what happens to us the family of the child simon chen says that they had they hired a lawyer in change and he went around 3 different detention centers but no sign of simon chen now the protesters here are actually in front of the british consulate because they're calling on the u.k. government to put pressure on both hong kong authorities to try to resolve this issue and also to put pressure on the authorities in beijing to try to say where is. why is he held and what will happen to. the most senior member of the roman catholic church to be found guilty of sex offenses as last. appeal against conviction is cardinal george pell formally about treasurer he was jailed in march for abusing 2 choir boys in australia 20 years ago his alexia brian. arriving at court cardinal george pell was taken in through a door away from the waiting crowds there was no room inside for everyone the court packed with other survivors of abuse by the catholic church and tell supporters. oh oh you. 7 know me inside the house of pale he and his 6 year jail term for abusing 2 choir boys when he was a ship of mel

employee of the british consulate in hong kong has been detained in mainland china beijing says simon chang violated the law he went missing on august the 8th whilst on a business trip to the city of shenzhen the u.k. says it's extremely concerned let's go live to our correspondent in beijing what more do we know about simon chang and his fate. martin we know that again this is the foreign ministry here in beijing they have a daily press conference they were asked about this yesterday tuesday today wednesday they said that they do have information and what they said is that he is being detained under a public security and administrative detention and we know that that can be extended probably beyond 15 days that we know right now at least 15 days so that would mean potentially he could be released in 2 days based on the fact that he went missing on august 8th and that would be 15 days in 2 days now a little bit more about this type of detention it's not and this was said in that press conference here ministry of foreign affairs saying it's not a diplomatic issue they said that he you know h

we understand that simon chang travelled to shenzhen in mainland china on august the 8th he was attending a business conference that he is a trade and industry officer for the british consulate the scottish development unit inside the british consulate in hong kong he was expected back the same day but simply didn't return now the u.k. foreign office is saying we are extremely concerned by reports that a member of our team has been detained returning to hong kong from chen said they have also raised the matter with the chinese embassy here in london and also the grounds on province or 30th clearly concerns about simon chang's whereabouts is in beijing say they have no information on this matter now this is all happening against a backdrop of heightened tensions in hong kong at the moment it's not clear whether simon chang was using any kind of diplomatic documents to try to go through the border between hong kong a mainland china clearly his compound and are very concerned about his whereabouts . well in all the stories are following firefighters on the spanish holiday island of gran cana

the ministry of foreign affairs here in beijing on wednesday confirming that simon chang is in detention something that's called public security administration detention down in shin gen that's a border town just across from hong kong we know that part of this detention is 15 days they can be extended there's no indication that that's going to happen just yet but a maximum is at this stage 15 days so that should be a couple of days before simon has been released by the police ministry of foreign affairs spokesman saying any details about this specific case need to come from the engine police themselves and kind of passing that off to them now what's interesting he went on to say that he is a chinese national simon chang so this is an internal matter and he said that they've been irresponsible comments coming from the united kingdom and officials there about this case and that they should just essentially saying mind their own business now this is kind of an ongoing theme with how the chinese administration has been handling with hong kong situation in these protests over the last several

foreign office says simon chang attended a business event in chains and on august the 8 and he was supposed to return to hong kong on the same day the u.k. foreign office has released a statement saying we are extremely concerned by reports that a member of our team has been detained returning to hong kong from sends and we're providing support to his family and seeking further information from authorities in guangdong province and hong kong but china insists it has no information on its whereabouts hong kong police say an inquiry is underway to see for point. of august leading to a missing person case but for the sake of personal data i couldn't just coast to much details here and the case is currently under the inquiry by the regional missing person unit of how. we can and so far the hong kong police force does not receive and in notification from. the reciprocal notification comes out ok for more on this and i hear words joining us now live from london do we know any more about why this simon shang was there and what he was doing when he was in. well but when we understand that simon cha

consulate in hong kong has been released by mainland china after being detained for more than 2 weeks simon chang disappeared on the 8th of august during a business trip to shenzhen near the border with hong kong chinese police say chang was punished for violating public safety laws his detention came as relations between beijing and london solid over the ongoing protests in the form of british territory thousands of people in brazil and across latin america have protested over the fires in the amazon rain forest president has ordered the military in to help. japan says north korea has found what appears to be 2 short range missiles into the sea off its east coast according to south korea's military that were fired from south province the 7th test in a month and donald trump says he is not concerned though by the latest tests. no i don't think so i think that we have a very good relationship we'll see what happens that could always change but we'll see what happens kim jong un has been you know pretty straight with a i think. we're going to see what's going on we're going to see what's happening

consulate in hong kong has been released by mainland china after being detained for more than 2 weeks simon chang disappeared on norquist 8th during a business trip to the city of shenzhen just near the border with hong kong chinese police said chang was punished for violating public safety laws his detention came as relations between beijing and london soured over the ongoing protests in the former british territory while u.k. foreign office has released a statement. this is what it says we welcome the release of simon chang and are delighted he can be reunited with his family we will continue to provide support to them in the news ahead hostage demands on the rise nigeria struggles with a kidnapping crisis.

passing that off to them now what's interesting he went on to say that he is a chinese national simon chang so this is an internal matter and he said that they've been irresponsible comments coming from the united kingdom and officials there about this case and that they should just essentially saying mind their own business now this is kind of an ongoing theme with how the chinese administration has been handling with hong kong situation these protests over the last several weeks that there's been international western meddling so obviously feeling this is an opportunity to make that comment about the situation with this detention. the u.s. says it will bring in new rules to allow migrant families to be detained indefinitely well judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the united states on the current legislation migrant children can't be held for more than 20 days new policy part of a crackdown on undocumented migrants who have no limit on how long children or their families can be detained officials say it will stop people deliberately traveling with children to avoid detention.

consulate worker simon chang in hong kong has now been released after being detained at the border with china simon chang disappeared on august the 8th during a business trip across the border into shenzhen he was detained for 15 days he was accused of violating public security laws. u.s. president donald trump says he will again raise tariffs on chinese imports of dollars beaching announcing planned tariffs on $75000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods the brazilian president diable sinatra's says he'll send the army and fight the fires in the amazonian rain forest he blamed drier than usual weather for the spike in the number of fires the french president has threatened to block a trade deal between the e.u. and south america if brazil doesn't do more to protect the amazon. vamos out there are 40 minutes we're going to act firmly in order to contain control of the fires in the amazon it is important in the other hand to act with serenity and not to spread out founded mrs in brazil and abroad as they do not help solve the problem they only learned themselves to political propaganda. meanwhile

foreign office says simon chang attended a business event in shane general the ca's and was supposed to cross back in the whole goal the same day it's fair that he's being detained china says it has no information about where is. the salvadoran woman at the center of a controversial abortion trial has been acquitted of all charges evelyn hernandez was charged with murder after giving birth to a stillborn baby the case is drawn international criticism of the country's strict abortion laws lopez older young reports. a celebration after being cleared of all charges evelyn hernandez has become the face of a car to decriminalize abortion and el salvador she faced up to 40 years in prison in a retrial after giving birth to a stillborn baby prosecutors accuse her of aggravated homicide the 21 year old said she was raped and didn't know she was pregnant. as they are there is always the today there was justice i want to thank all the countries and international organizations are supportive of me i also want to thank my mother who stood by me i know it was difficult for her to see me being acc

officials and then we don't know what happens to us the family of the child simon chen says that they had they hired a lawyer in change and he went around 3 different detention centers but no sign of simon chen now the protesters here are actually in front of the british consulate because they're calling on the u.k. government to put pressure on both local bookstore just to try to resolve this issue and also to put pressure on the authorities in beijing to try to say where is. why is he held and what will happen to. an extra 1000 security forces have been deployed to west papuan where protests continue to spread since monday demonstrators accuse the indonesian government of mistreating ethnic popcorn students so hot as more. police reinforcements have been sent to the west point to control protests that have turned violent government buildings police cars and parts of an airport have been destroyed. the police have been accused of racism after 43 when students were arrested for disrespecting the indonesians flag on independence day. there were reports one flag was set to lines outside a dormitory after being held for

detained for more than 2 weeks simon chang disappeared on the 8th of august during a business trip to the city of shenzhen near the border with hong kong chinese police said the chang was punished for violating public safety laws is detention came as relations between beijing and london solid over the ongoing protests in the former british territory well the u.k. foreign office released a statement saying we welcome the release of simon chang and are delighted that he can be reunited with his family we will continue to provide support to them. indian opposition leaders have been prevented from entering the disputed kashmir region congress party leader rahul gandhi led a group from several political parties but was turned back on arrival at srinagar air force there were protests in the city on friday afternoon now it's a serious offense jamail reports now from the capital of indian administered kashmir. the protesters in srinagar throwing stones the response from indian security forces tear gas and pellet guns. the protests began at one mosque where friday prayers have taken a defiant

consulate in hong kong has been released by mainland china after being detained for more than 2 weeks simon chang disappeared on the 8th of august during a business trip to the city of shenzhen near the border with hong kong chinese police say chang was punished for violating public safety laws. sudan's former president omar bashir has appeared in court for a 2nd week to face criminal charges supporters chanted slogans as he entered the courtroom bashir faces charges of corruption and money laundering investigators say they found a 130 $1000000.00 in his house after the military deposed him back in april. and a russian spacecraft carrying a robot the size of an adult human has failed to dock at the international space station there were problems with the automatic docking system russia's flight control center will attempt to talk again on monday the robot has been sent up there to help the astronauts working on board the space station. that's not for today thanks for your company there is more news on al-jazeera right after inside story. forced out of school violence robs nearly 2000000 children

missing employee of the british consulate in hong kong has been detained on the mainland beijing says simon chang violated a law that went missing on the sea 8 whilst on a business trip. from the vatican treasure a cardinal george pell has lost in the field against his criminal conviction in australia he was jailed for 6 years in march for abusing 2 choir boys 20 years ago . and the death toll from saturday's attack at a wedding in afghanistan has now risen to 80 the interior ministry says 17 more people died in hospital from their injuries and more than 160 is still being treated a responsibility for the suicide bombing at a reception hall in kabul it's one of the worst attacks in afghanistan this year. well nearly $100.00 refugees a migrants is that their 1st night in weeks on dry land after their rescue boat docked in this in the a prosecutor who ordered it be seized ending a standoff between this palace charity which operates the ship and the italian government hard line migration polities policies are at the heart of italy's leadership crisis which has forced prime minister condé to resign s

free a british consulate official detained and mainland china continues friends and supporters of simon chang a calling on the international community to exert pressure on china what are the harm in the reports from hong kong. he disappeared of august as he was returning to hong kong from mainland china simon churn is an investment officer at the scottish development international section of the british consulate and was on a one day business trip in changing his hold of a british national overseas passport which china doesn't recognise now his family and friends are calling the british government to take action boris johnson i like you and i believe. you to. save simon saving simon is your number one priority now the chinese foreign office has confirmed simon chen is being held in what it's calling administer to detention. for an initial period of 15 days but didn't explain why simon's family says it hasn't received any notice of detention the last time simon chen was heard of his when he wrote a message to his girlfriend saying that the train was approaching the west calhoun station it is i

consulate in hong kong has been released by mainland china after being detained for more than 2 weeks simon chang disappeared on the 8th of august during a business trip to the city of shenzhen near the border with hong kong chinese police chang was punished for violating public safety laws his detention came as relations between beijing and london soured over the ongoing protests in the former british territory. the u.k. foreign office released a statement saying we welcome the release of simon chang and are delighted that he can be reunited with his family we will continue to provide support to them japan says north korea has fired what appears to be 2 short range missiles into the sea off its east coast according to south korea's military they were fired from some dock in south hum gong province japan says they cause no damage it's the 7th such test in on us president donald trump said he's not concerned by the latest missile tests no i don't think so i think that we have a very good relationship we'll see what happens that could always change but we'll see what happens kim jong un has been yo

worker in hong kong has been released by mainland china after he was detained for more than 2 weeks simon chang went missing on the 8th of august sharing a business trip to the city of shenzhen a city that shares a border with hong kong chinese police said chang was detained for violating public safety laws it comes as relations between beijing and london souder the ongoing protests in the former british territory. with al-jazeera life along the law still had a 1st death linked to vaporing is reported in the united states where experts are investigating a mystery lung disease that story and indonesians developed a taste for coffee the country's coffee farmers believe it's not enough to say that industry. however the late summer in in europe is still producing is a pretty big thunderstorms and it was during saturday around this area this is a satellite picture the shows and swirling around the pole valley the thunderstorm risk was then in the out stance in the balkans italy and then towards tunis and the next couple days will see the same sort of area just move a little bit further north but fur

free a british consulate official detained in mainland china continues friends and supporters of simon chang are calling on the international community to exert pressure on china for the reports from hong kong. he disappeared aug 8th as he was returning to hong kong from mainland china simon chen is an investment officer at discount this development international section of the british consulate and was on a one day business trip in changing his hold of a british national overseas passport which china doesn't recognise now his family and friends are calling the british government to take action boris johnson i like you and i believe in you. simon. i urge you to in order. in order. save simon saving simon is your number one priority now the chinese foreign office has confirmed that simon chen is being held in what it's calling administers of detention. for an initial period of 15 days but didn't explain why simon's family says it hasn't received any notice of the tension the last time simon chen was heard of his when he wrote a message to his girlfriend saying that the train was approaching t

consulate worker in hong kong has been released by mainland china offering to take the border you simon chang he disappeared on the 8th of all the string a business trip to shenzhen police in china said on saturday that mr chang had been detained for 15 days for violating public security laws u.s. president donald trump says he will again raise tariffs on chinese imports now that follows beijing amounts of land tariffs some $75000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods. brazilian president says he will send the army to fight fires raging in the amazon rain forest to plant the problem drive unusual weather french presidential block trade deal between the e.u. and south america if brazil doesn't do more to protect the amazon. north korea has fired 2 missiles into the sea off its east coast now according to south korean military they were fired from sawn dock in south hummed young province as they cause no damage this is the 7th such test in a month donald trump says he's not concerned by the missile tests no i don't think so i think that we have a very good relationship we'll see what happens that could

the release of a man who's been detained in mainland china earlier china's foreign ministry said simon chang an employee of the u.k. consulate violated the law and that he'd spend 15 days in administrative detention the spokesman urged the u.k. to stop stirring up trouble on hong kong. this u.k. consulate employee is a hong kong citizen he is not a u.k. citizen in other words that means he's chinese so it's entirely an internal matter for china so with regard to the recent series of mistaken comments the u.k. has made regarding hong kong china has openly expressed its stern position we want to once again urge the u.k. to stop making indiscreet remarks and stop stirring up trouble on the hong kong issue it is the highest ranking official of the roman catholic church to be found guilty of child sex offenses has lost the appeal against his conviction in australia the form of vatican treasurer a cardinal george pell was jailed in march for abusing 2 choir boys 20 years ago. nigeria's president mohammed who bihari has sworn in $43.00 ministers of his new cabinet it's almost 2 months since he bega

front of the british consulate in hong kong they are appealing for the release of consulate worker simon chang china's foreign minister has confirmed he's being detained on the mainland the ministry says he'll spend 15 days in what it calls administrative detention. this u.k. consulate employee is a hong kong citizen he is not a u.k. citizen in other words that means he's chinese so it's entirely in internal matter for china so with regard to the recent series of mistaken comments the u.k. has made regarding hong kong china has openly expressed its stern position we want to once again urge the u.k. to stop making indiscreet remarks and stop stirring up trouble on the hong kong issue an extra 1000 security forces have been deployed to west papuan her protest continue to spread since monday demonstrators accuse the indonesian government of mistreating ethnic popcorn students. former vatican treasurer cardinal george pell has lost an appeal against his criminal conviction and australia was jailed for 6 years in march for abusing 2 choir boys 20 years ago. the u.n. special envoy to yemen martin gr

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foreign office says simon chang attended a business event in jan on august the 8th he was supposed to return to hong kong the same day. or as the headlines the news continues after rewind. hello and welcome to rewind them all sense of the area here in rewind we delve deep into the al-jazeera documentary archive to bring you some of the best and most influential programs of the past decade as well as news of how the stories of moved on since jerusalem it is a holy city to all 3 major abrahamic religions jews muslims and christians have co-existed within its walls for centuries but it is only the jews who lay claim to it as their exclusive capital and that is a position that's been given added force since donald trump came to power in the united states and in the face of international law recognize the city as israel's capital as well as announcing he would relocate the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv and in recent decades israeli settlements have been springing up in east jerusalem previously recognized as palestinian it is a process that has been developing for many decades but in 20

consulate in hong kong has been released by mainland china after being detained for more than 2 weeks simon chang disappeared on the 8th of all the store in a business trip to shenzhen just near the border with hong kong chinese police say chang was punished for violating public safety laws his detention came as relations between beijing and london soured over the ongoing protests in what is of course a former british territory. now brazil's president has ordered the military to help contain the fires in the amazon the world's largest rain forest. responded to the crisis after facing growing international criticism he is blaming unusually warm temperatures for the unprecedented blaze. the annual reports now from the states of one of the worst affected regions. forest fires happen every year in brazil but it was the sheer scale this year that shocked the world the so-called world's lungs were on fire strong criticism firstly from within brazil and the rest of the world forced president. to respond. forest fires happen all over the world so this is no reason to impose international sanctions brazil

one priority now the chinese foreign office has confirmed that simon chen is being held in what it's calling administers of detention in changes for an initial period of 15 days but didn't explain why simon's family says it hasn't received any notice of the tension the last time simon chen was heard of is when he wrote a message to his girlfriend saying that the train was approaching the west calhoun station it is in hong kong but it's manned by chinese immigration officials. border checks are conducted here not on the mainland and chinese laws apply his family says it's from here that he was taken back to the mainland the announcement of his disappearance comes as protesters stay just sit in to mark one month since an attack by suspected gang members on that it happened at the wayne long station near the border with the mainland yet tacklers are said to be staunchly probation. salman's portrait is now on to wall among the victims of that day michael moore says he's not surprised his friend simon has been detained simon. involved in some academic related activities some of the forum some of the 6 there are of course those some

missing earlier this month is being held in china a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry said simon chang had been placed in administrative detention of 15 days as the punishment of breaking a public security until. the number of wildfires in brazil's amazon rain forest has hit a record this year that's according to new data from the country's national institute for space research there's been an 83 percent increase in fires compared to the same period last year the news comes off to present as yet about sonata fired the institute's director in a dispute over the accuracy of statistics. more than 80 refugees stranded on the spanish risk of boat for 19 days have now disembarked on the italian island of lampedusa italian government had refused to let the vessel open arms reach italian shores the d. earlier prosecutors ordered that the migrants be allowed entry to italy. staying with italy in the country has been damaging to uncertainty following the resignation of the prime minister just sepic on day and the collapse of the government conti has attacked the far right interior minister matte

missing earlier this month is being held in china a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry said simon chang had been placed an administrative detention for 15 days as punishment for breaking a public security law the incident comes amid strained relations between britain and china beijing has accused london of interfering in support of hong kong ongoing for democracy protests. i'm joined now from beijing by samina mistry on oh she's a correspondent for the german press agency d.p.a. welcome serena do we know anything more about what the accusations are against the consulate worker. pam rita good to talk to you so at this point all we know is what dirt chinese foreign ministry said earlier today which is that chunk broke the security administration punishment law which is a lot that covers offenses that are not considered clients or like lesser than arms and that he has received and mistreated detention for like 15 days and change and south china. so far both hong kong and british authorities are trying to get more information. and what does this incident mean assume enough for sign or briti

we are hearing reports that simon chang, the british consulate worker from hong kong who was held in may have been released. we are hearing this because of a statement on his facebook page. that is the source, a statement on his facebook page. we have not verified it, but we are hearing that simon cheng the british consulate worker from hong kong who was detained by chinese authorities, he may have and release. and the statement on the facebook page goes on to say that he wishes to have some time to rest and recover and will not be talking to media for the moment. now, of course, he was detained in china, in the context of these ongoing demonstrations in hong kong. millions of people marching. we have seen some millions of people marching. we have seen some violent scenes, and we have seen some criticism of the uk's comments of those protests from beijing. so we will keep monitoring data and we will bring you more as we continue to get it. borisjohnson has issued a stark warning telling migrants not to cross the english channel to get to the uk — saying "we will send you back". the p

foreign office says simon chang attended the business of vent and then on august the 8 and he was supposed to return to hong kong the same day but china insists it's got no information on his whereabouts russia's accuse the u.s. of escalating military tension after it tested the ground launched missile with a range of more than 500 kilometers the test would have been banned under the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty but washington formally withdrew from the landmark $987.00 pact with russia earlier this month the us administration says moscow had already been violating it the u.s. plans to test an intermediate range ballistic missile in the van and those are the headlines coming up next it's talk to al-jazeera life and. millions of people across india missed out on medical but a hospital train is delivering doctors and home to his most in need one i want to east towards india as a lifeline expire on al-jazeera. for you to. see. this deceiving thena rehydrate one of the world's most dangerous flashpoint. a brewing an ongoing conflict between 2 rival. the ridge on the right is in ind

foreign office says simon chang attended a business event in shen jan that was on all the cia's he was supposed to return to hong kong on the same day china says it has no information as to his whereabouts hong kong's leader kerry lamb says she hopes the recent nonviolent protests show the territory is on the path to peace some days march which drew 2000000 people with the calmest and weeks of demonstrations which of often become violent. but there's been violence in yemen southern region between u.a.e. back separatists and government forces this follows the end of a deadline imposed by the separatist southern transitional council for government army officials to surrender their besieged training camps yemen's internationally recognized government said earlier this week that it had lost control of all its military counts in the southern port city of aden. russia has accused the us of escalating military tension after it tested a ground launch missile with a range of more than 500 kilometers the test would have been banned under the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the i.m.f. wa

from its hong kong consulate is being detained in china after attending a business event there simon chang is reported to have sent a message to his girlfriend saying pray for me before trying to travel back from shenzhen on august 8th the british government says it's extremely concerned about his disappearance russia's deputy foreign minister sergei react is saying they don't want to be drawn into an arms race with the united states it comes after the u.s. tested a cruise missile with a range of more than 500 kilometers a test that would have been banned under the i.n.f. treaty which they withdrew from earlier this month step austin has more from hong kong deputy foreign minister said that the really regret that this test has taken place and also that it shows that the united states has been preparing for this end of the i.n.f. treaty for a long time so as we know of course this treaty and that there and collapsed earlier this month but also says that he doesn't want to be drawn into an arms race with the united states and they won't put any more missiles anywhere as long as the united st

consulate in hong kong has been released by mainland china after being detained for more than 2 weeks simon chang disappeared on the 8th of august during a business true. to the city of shenzhen near the border with hong kong chinese police said chang was punished for violating public safety laws his detention came as relations between beijing and london soured over the ongoing protests in the former british territory. now north korean state media says kim jong un has all the same the test of a super large multiple rocket launch off the east coast but south korea's military says it only appears to be too short range from the stick missiles that were fired from some dark and south province of the 7 such test in a month amid stalled denuclearization talks between north korea and the u.s. and the an opposition leaders say the situation in the disputed kashmir region is clearly not normal the leaders were turned back on arrival at 3 another airport there were protests in the city on friday afternoon as jimmy reports from the capital of indian administered kashmir. the protesters in srinagar throwing

worker in hong kong has been released by mainland china after he was detained for more than 2 weeks simon chang went missing on august 8th during a business trip to the city of sendai in which shares a border with hong kong chinese police said chang was detained for violating public safety nals it comes as relations between beijing and london sounded the ongoing protests in the form of british territory. israel's military is saying it's act ofter of hit iranian forces near damascus now this off the syrian state television reported that its government's defenses intercepted what it called hostile targets over the capital a car bomb has exploded in rebel held. meanwhile killing one person this in the north of the country as airstrikes hit the outskirts as this were part of the government's offensive and the last major opposition bastion a new push to take the areas the heavy strikes and advances this week in the south of adlib province and in nearby hama the u.n. is saying that hundreds of people have been killed in the fighting since april and a new exodus of refugees has begun meanwhile turkey'

consulate in hong kong has been released by mainland china after being detained for more than 2 weeks simon chang disappeared on the 8th of august during a business trip to the city of shenzhen near the border with hong kong chinese police said chang was punished for violating public safety laws his detention came as relations between beijing and london soured over the ongoing protests in the former british territory. japan says north korea has fired what appears to be 2 short range missiles into the sea off its east coast accord is out korea's military they were fired from sundog in south i'm gong province japan says they cause no damage it's the 7th such test in a month u.s. president of trump says he's not concerned by the test. no i don't think so i think we have a very good relationship we'll see what happens i get over it again but we'll see what happens kim jong un is been. pretty straight with me i think. we're going to see what's going on with the what's happening he likes testing missiles but we never restricted short range missiles we'll see what happened many nations that. we just had