is news live from berlin there is record turnout in hong kong's local elections chief executive terry lamb is under pressure pro-democracy protesters want to send her and beijing a message also coming out. pope francis takes a stand against nuclear weapons the pontiff makes a symbolic visit to nagasaki in japan where he calls upon the world's nuclear nations to scrap their arsenals. for maybe a social democrat if your presidential hopes for an upset victory as she faces incumbent president close your highness in a runoff election. nick spicer welcome to the program. and we start in hong kong where record numbers of people are voting in a simple actions the vote is seen as both a test of kerry labs probe aging government and a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has rocked the city for months. on conus are used to queuing for restaurants conventions but not for an election especially not on a sunday morning and even before the polling stations open. moments after the queues started to form came a familiar face pro-democracy leader aung he himself was part from running. your action

demonstrations escalated monday after an officer fired 5 rounds seriously injuring a protester terry lamb says the government will not yield to pressure. plus turkey says it's not a hotel for islamic states members and begins sending foreign militants captured in syria back to their countries of origin in europe and in the united states. i'm called aspen welcome to the program mexico's foreign ministry says it has granted asylum to bolivian ex president abel morales he resigned on sunday amid pressure from protesters and the military or always had declared victory in a disputed election last month which triggered weeks of demonstrations more unrest broke out overnight in the political capital love pos after murali said that he was stepping down buses were set on fire and shops were reportedly looted. his resignation after 14 years as president as well as several other senior government members resigning has left a sudden power vacuum in the country. our let's bring in correspondent johan ramires he is standing by for us in bolivia's political capital love pos now we heard mexico granting

hong kong chief executive terry lamb says the government will reflect on the result of a bad loss which so pro-democracy.

building there already surrendering to police others made a bold escape by climbing out of buildings terry lamb called on those remaining inside to surrender saying the hong kong government was trying to find a peaceful solution to end the standoff meanwhile china says hong kong's high court does not have the power to end the ban on protesters wearing masks now that move could add even more fuel to the ongoing protests. for the very latest let's bring indeed abuse phoebe kong she joins us now from hong kong good day to you phebe could you give us a sense of what's happening in those buildings behind you there who's inside and and what are the conditions lie for them. now brian now i'm standing right next to the university campus that you can see the building right behind me still 100 of the protesters says so you're staying all i can say they are trapped inside the complex and their conditions say they get worse by their seizure get longer. they are ready and back then when we were inside a camp site yesterday. harry asked a canteen says even there are some coke like coke some fresh food but. t

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it is most likely if the protesters do not see meaningful concession from the terry lamb administration they may probably return to the streets although at this stage more than 5000 people have already been arrested so you expect the protests to be of a smaller scale mortice but unfortunately the left for violence of agree. again. we see what happens in marriage as a trend thanks so much for joining us from hong kong. but more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including the strongest earthquake to hit albania in decades topples buildings and kills at least 6 people also does libyan ward cleaver have to high level meeting with u.s. officials signal a change of policy in washington d.c. . and in sport the united arab emirates saudi arabia and bahrain have all now arrived for the gulf cup here in qatar will have the build up to the opening game. police in the georgian capital tbilisi have falls protesters to move from the entrances to parliament people had been trying to block politicians from getting inside the building and holding a session they've been demonstrating for weeks deman

hong kong's leader terry lamb has labelled protesters as extremely selfish and so they're trying to paralyze the city the territory's chief executive has addressed media after describing demonstrators as quote the enemy of the people on monday it comes after the city was rocked by one of its most violent days since rallies began 5 months ago a pro beijing supporter who said he lived as an activist was shot by police with a view to apologize us now from hong kong given what else did kerry lamb have to say. that's right she also criticized the protesters her for trying to disrupt the daily workings of hong kong destructing traffic she also said that arrangements were being made to circumvent the blockades that have been set up including fixing traffic lights and fixing other public public. things that have been damaged by the protesters it was all very much a localized speech speaking to the hong kong people when i asked protesters earlier today whether they would be listening to her they just laughed and the speech also comes off the back of her speech yesterday after one of the most violent

kong have long enjoyed and daniel i'm wondering related to that how you think this ends no i see terry lambs, the chief executive of hong kong, but how does this get resolved if it can be resolved? i'm not sure that it can. hong kong is real existential threat earn and preserving what democracy they contain and it was china hand picked leader of hong kong back in 2017 and one of the demands from the protesters is that she resign. as well as a number of other dmangdz including permanently withdrawing that extradition bill which cause so much concern. there's a lot of financial pain that hong kong is facing in the financial market. and that i don't think will induce china to back down and they're concerned about impact on mainland chinese who see democracy uprising in hong kong. >> that's a good point you know mitch how much pape will china taken what had daniel makes good point in terms of the stock market in hong kong but it is also the perception of hong kong. i said this many times i always thought of hong kong as international hub that could go right head-to-head compete with london comp

terry lam says the government will seriously reflect on the results of an election that saw pro-democracy candidates make massive gains during her 1st media briefing since local elections on sunday lamb also thanked citizens for voting peacefully in a volatile environment the former british colony has been rocked by 6 months of mass protest against beijing's rule which frequently descended into violent clashes with police the opposition's landslide victory is being seen as a clear rejection of lam's handling of the on breast voter turnout topped 70 percent higher than any poll in the territories history. and earlier we spoke with charlotte charleston pil who is in hong kong. we've just been at another protest here another lunchtime protests in the shopping center just behind me minutes ago this was absolutely filled with people of all ages singing and singing some of the slogans the chants all of these hong kong protests calling for the 5 dumond's the demands including universal suffrage and an independent investigation into the police to be met a lot of people who were here won't be surprised that carry lamb in that we create dress didn't offer any further concessions didn't meet an