we started about 2:30 sharp at victoria park. and this time, it took 45 minutes to get out of victoria park and around the corner. when we took to the street, we saw five passes. everyone is in black. just looking confused. they are leading us to chant. i was running late and went to the mtr. it is so full and everyone is in black. >> it's extraordinary. the pictures we had. >> i would never have imagined this happening in hong kong. >> and to turn out, also, one week later. we saw these incredible scenes last sunday. and to repeat again is extraordinary. and on father's day, as well. the father's facebook page, i should say, they called on fathers to turn out, as well. and there's families that didn't take part in last sunday's protest that weren't here today. it's extraordinary. >> normally, when we organize demonstrations, we don't do it consecuti consecutively. people get tired. >> they get fatigued. >> this time, people took to the street last week. and this time, we only had three days to notice, to inform the public. and w

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march started about 2 and a half hours ago from victoria park about 3 also kilometers away from here and we've seen tens of thousands of people march pati up in white this government headquarters and the streets are full yet. last actions of the chinese have been cool and victoria park the number there were absolutely extraordinarily full and overflowing so it got straight up the home i long for victoria that's where we are now which is central hong kong of course last week last sunday we saw 1000000 plus people do a similar much of course organizers hope the sign number of people join and rally on the streets again to die just sunday i mistyped the numbers i'm seeing and we covered this last sunday as well it's looking very similar to the mass rally we saw at the defiance of these protests are asking for they're asking for number one that what kerry left side they also want the bill to be withdrawn all together we did see the suspension of the bill yesterday announced by chief executive kerry lamb but they want the bill with joy and mainly so that's the key demands of these approach

stephen engle is live for us outside of victoria park. what is happening? stephen: we are in a victoria park where protesters are calling for people of hong kong to come out on father's day and and support of the movement against the extradition bill. the chief executive in definitely postponed it, but not withdraw it. many protesters say it was not enough. they wanted the chief executive to not only apologize, but withdraw the bill. but she says that they will not consider it until at least through the rest of this year. protest organizers say they are angry and are calling for people to come out. already, we are seeing families coming out the starting to fill up part of the square. many of them are carrying white flowers, which some flower vendors are selling around the subway entrances in support of the one protester who did fall to his death late yesterday after climbing scaffolding. there was quite a press conference that we saw yesterday. thane lam spoke for more one hour. when asked about if she was to resign, she was quite defined on that regard. --

people are pouring into victoria park for what looks like we'll be another big march here in hong kongk down from the government yesterday, when it had to, for the time being at least, put this extradition to mainland china proposal to one side. people here wa nt proposal to one side. people here want it gone altogether, and many of them are also asking for carrie lam to resign, hong kong's leader. they blame herfor the to resign, hong kong's leader. they blame her for the crisis. to resign, hong kong's leader. they blame herfor the crisis. if to resign, hong kong's leader. they blame her for the crisis. if people thought this would be a small gathering, i can tell you i don't think it will be. estimations of the crowd could be already tens of thousands, and as i say, people are still pouring into victoria park. we are seeing crowds of hundreds of thousands in recent weeks here, and this will put even more pressure on the government of carrie lam to announce the would—be scrapping of that extradition proposal altogether. she might also be worried about growing calls for her to resign.

they started some three kilometers away at victoria park, almost an hour and a half ago.s taken a while to get the procession going. and by all reports, there's people getting off of the trains, trying to get to take part in the mass protests. behind me, there are just lines of people heading there. on the other side, is a mass rally that is taking place. over the next hour, we are expecting tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people, to pack this park. so far, natalie, from all reports, this has been a peaceful protest. they are calling for the complete withdrawal of that very controversial bill. we heard from kari lamb yesterday. and she said she would allow the extradition from protesters. that wasn't good enough. you see the numbers taking to the treatstreets. there's so much more at stake than just an extradition bill. these people are fighting for the freedoms that hong kong has the enjoyed for the last 22 years since the british handover. they are fighting for hong kong's future. let's go to matt rivers who is with the protesters. >> reporter: it's stunning

tens of thousands have gathered for a vigil in victoria park among those remembering the dead were some mainland chinese who had travelled to hong kong especially for this is the only region under beijing's jurors jurisdiction where mass commemoration can be safely housed. and in china most people don't know about the events at tenement square because of state censorship or digital reporter only alsa carr is here for the social media angle thank you so much for being here although what happened when you tried looking for information about the massacre in china as if is there any any information about this incident it's sense that on in china on on the internet on the on social media business of key words that the chinese government has that you know if you use these key words in your in your concerns red flags come up and your content will get blocked or removed. i did a test this morning a chinese beacon colleague of ours she searched on which is the chinese version of twitter if you like and she typed in the numbers 8964 referring to the date the 4th of june 1909 and as you can see th

almost fully our people screaming at the victoria park station with police not opening all of the language they proceeded to government headquarters and chanting spank the evil wall and oppose china extradition will become to pull around government headquarters a couple of hours ago and around the legislature. we're looking at some of the pictures now i look incredible don't tell us a little bit about why the introduction of this extradition law is being debated now. well the hong kong government proposed legal amendments in february that would allow the city to the case by case extradition requests from jewish tradition that had no private greenman most notably that includes taiwan and china was triggered by a murder case involving a hong konger in cali one but even taiwan and said now that because of that coming in nature opposed laws they want. the current in hong kong with done all they can just call it as the legislature but the government is pushing it through in an accelerated manner to arrive at the main gist this chamber on wednesday in a matter of weeks because it doesn't seem go

was the beginning of this march we know that the last people have left victoria park as you can see from from pictures there are so many people still on the streets there making their way here to the legislative council building behind me and there's a large gathering that has been growing steadily over the last several hours behind me where there's a state set up by the organizers of this protest we hear there even big screen televisions there so a lot of things going on here but still a lot more people to come out we know we can hear from from where we're standing on the roads or some chanting and things going on but something that just came across in the last half hour a written statement from from carrie lamb and she has apologized to the people of hong kong accept all criticism and what will work to improve and serve the public now this is similar to something she said over the last couple of days she said that her government had made some missteps in communicating what this extradition proposed extradition bill was all about but this is the 1st time we're really seeing thi

and all afternoon, we've been here in hong kong's victoria park monitoring tens of thousands filter into the park, gather here and join the greater march against the extradition bill. this is the largest political protest i've seen here in hong kong since the 2014 pro-democracy movement. i must also add the temperatures here are over 30 degrees celsius. that's hot. especially with the levels of humidity here. that's not stopped the elderly, the senior citizens, the families with young children and infants who feel so opposed to this legislation. that's why they're here. the hong kong government says the extradition bill which would allow the extradition of fugitives into mainland china is necessary to cover a legal loophold. a cite a woman murdered by her boyfriend while on vacation in taiwan and hong kong's inability to extradite him to taiwan but the protesters here. you can hear the roar of the protesters around causeway bay, this major commercial district near hong kong. they are firmly opposed to this bill. they say if it is passed, it would be abused and lead to the extradition of

now, tens of thousands more appear to have joined the crowds fair in victoria park.he scale of these demonstrations. before there has been some dispute about the numbers involved. official authorities say something like 240,000 have been out on the streets, but demonstrate say it is closer to a million. clearly, there are still many crowds out there. the question is how long these will go on for, and what further action they will demand. the illegal international trade in one of the uk's most endangered species the european glass eel has been exposed by a bbc investigation. a team from countryfile posing as fishermen were approached by dealers in china and russia who wanted to break an export ban. here's countryfile'sjoe crowley. our rivers are home to a range of wildlife, including the european glass eel. but today it is a critically endangered species, with laws including an export ban in place to protect it. but it is also at the heart of a £3 billion criminal network, fuelled by demand for its meat as a delicacy in asia. it is the most trafficked animal by number

good look where we are having are having started well at are unbelievable i mean when we did the victoria park carnival with steel pass and came out dressed in the 78 i was 78 so we had the clash who were the leading political punk band of the time we had tom robinson was that time just had the hit with sing if you're glad to be gay so you had all the politics not just racism but everything about oppression was mixed up steel poles came on stage black regular band from hands with in birmingham came on stage dressed include klux klan outfits and sang this song klu klux klan i was just incredible and so had polystyrene who has passed away sadly who sang the incredible song oboe ndege up yours as a young punk feminist and i remember running out and so i was comparing the gig and i remember running out on the stage and i just was overwhelmed with the amount of people and i just screamed this ain't no woodstock this is the carnival again. the nazis and the crowd just went for our and it just carried us through the rest of the day it's a it was a blur it was such an incredible moment in my life i lo

turned out for this protest this comes just a week after a 1000000 people came out and marched from victoria park here to the legislative council complex behind me that announcement coming probably in the last hour hour and a half we've seen people kind of trickling out slowly and we heard kind of a reiteration of what these protesters want these their demands if you will and what right at the top of that list is the resignation of harry lam the head of the hong kong government they want her to resign she earlier apologized for the way her government has handled the situation the people here say that's not enough they want her to resign they also want this bill that has now been suspended was suspended saturday they want the bill killed they also want the government the hong kong government to reclassify what took place this past week they said on wednesday there was a riot and the protesters here do not agree with that whatsoever of that classification they're also asking for those who were arrested during these protests recent protests to be released from jail and they're also looking forward t

history in hong kong memories have been kept alive tens of thousands of gathered for a vigil in victoria park among those remembering the dead were some mainland chinese who travel to hong kong specially it's the only region and a big jurisdiction where mass commemorations can be safely cared. now the chinese gum destroying everything to a reason memory of a them and square massacre as i mention and any discussion off it is censored on chinese social media only or do done via social media editor cherry chan was originally from hong kong came to our studio i began by asking what happens if someone tries to search for information about the massacre on social media in china . and the discussion of the incident. on chinese social media and actually. sensitive by the chinese government. i try to search for. and i typed in. 6 for which is a year and the date incident happened and. it shows no results. and so other key was such a tenement incident or. also have the same results the chinese equivalent of twitter actually one of the most important china and such an important instance mentioned on the

thousands will gather in hong kong's victoria park and thousands more in taipei to remember those killedarely seen works by spanish artist salvador dali and finally, staying in france, england's women footballers — the lionesses — will arrive in nice ahead of the world cup which starts on friday. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your tuesday sport briefing where we start with the news that pakistan shocked tournament hosts and favourites england at the cricket world cup on monday. after being thrashed by west indies in their opening game, pakistan responded to win by 14 runs. england's sloppy fielding saw them pay the price as they then failed to chase down a target of 349 what would've been a record run chase in a world cup, eventually running out of overs. we knew if we could score 340 class on this track, it would be a good score to chase on because the pitch was supporting to the seamers and wasn't coming onto the bout. a good pitch but still, something for the order also and the spinners. — make something for the b

more and more terms, it censored the term 1.03 million last week, and it is censoring the term victoria parky. the protests, if you are in mainland china, you are not seeing them. how is hong kong generally viewed in mainland china? hong kong is very much seen as a kind of province of mainland china, so one of the dialogues that has been coming up in response to the bill being suspended, china is angry about this and is saying that it is due to us interference, particularly, and yeah, even though it is only a regional story, from beijing's perspective, one of the comments thatis perspective, one of the comments that is coming up from a lot of official papers and from social media users paid by the government, it is that hong kong is china's. that is the phrase i am seeing again and again. the reason people in hong kong are worried about this extradition bill is that they feel that suspects could be hauled out of hong kong and sent to mainland china, and especially political activists. that is what they are worried about. absolutely, yes. as martin said, the reason people are protesting today

internet in hong kong memories have been kept alive today tens of thousands gathered for a vigil in victoria park on kong is the only piece of chinese territory where people are allowed to publicly remember what the rest of china is forced to forget . or the memories of the elements where we're still fresh when britain to go she added the conditions of it's the end over of hong kong to china back in 1970 the u.k. insisted that the right to assemble and protest be protected we met up with to hong kong dissidents who have found asylum here in germany they like many others in hong kong say china has been steadily chipping away at those rights. there the 1st time calling refugees to be granted asylum or a wanton and. now feel safe in germany they were threatened with a prison sentence in the homeland for having taken part in an anti-government protest. as a fairy story set things actually because i think no one wants to leave their home country and never go back. and. but anyway we we thing that. we must do it is because reese we should let the let the whole road know what is happening in hong kong.

used on these protesters so today will be the same format it's about a 3 kilometer march from victoria park which is in front of me to where we are here which is the legislative council building and of course organizers will be hoping that the numbers can match what they saw last week and so are there are growing calls now for the bill to be completely withdrawn for carry to resign so what's likely to happen next we think. well look just about her press conference that she has withdrawn any debate on this there was debate cheryl for 2 more and she's done that debate on the 2nd reading of this particular new acts additional that's been suspended she also said she's not going to put a deadline on to when that debate will resume so she certainly kind of pulled it right back she said she wants to restore faith in the government she was to restore peace and order on the streets and she wants to try and move on so she's coming under attack from a number of sides from within our party and of course the pro-democracy groups and of course these protesters and of course the protesters they just don't

i am standing in victoria park, the gathering point for today's demonstration. in the coming hours they are expecting large numbers of people to turn out and much to oppose this extradition proposal. now, there are two reasons why people will still come out. they are saying, one, although the government here was forced into a humiliating backdown, putting its extradition plans on the backburner, they want this that the protest that is it that they want carrie lam and the administration say we will not have administration say we will not have a bill which would allow residents and visitors here to face court in china. they want that bill abolished altogether. the second reason is, they are emboldened, they had a massive victory and it is a people power that hasn't done this. the government, with this system in the legislature has a number to get any bill through it once because of the appointments. even despite that, carrie lam was forced to take a big step back and say, we are not pushing that bill ahead, not in the timetable proposed and there is a —— not even

he is outside of victoria park where this march began. what is the turnout?

tomorrow there was a mass rally planned and we saw last sunday around 1000000 people march from victoria park which is about 3 kilometers behind me through to where we are now which is the government headquarters and of course tomorrow this is protest was the last sunday and there are now protests groups suggesting that we want strike action on monday so certainly this is come ahead of this rally and there's been division within the government party on the grounds that some are suggesting that kerry lamb underestimated the economic implications of this extradition bill and also this is just that she shouldn't be fast tracking this she's had a self-imposed deadline of the end of the month which is when the parliament he adjourns for the summer break so certainly the suggestion is that this bill will be suspended for now. if the bill is suspended what will iran is still go ahead it will go ahead the the various groups that are opposed to this new extradition law they have long say that they want this bill shelved altogether there will certainly be some moments of positive response from these th

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hong kong memories have been kept very much alive tens of thousands have gathered for a vigil in victoria park and among those remembering the dead were some mainland chinese who had travelled to hong kong especially for this occasion well it's the only region under beijing's jurisdiction where mass commemorations can be seen out . i have with me now. from the market or institute for china studies a think tank good to have you here with us on this quite momentous anniversary obviously let's start with hong kong who we the footage that we just aired of because chinese authorities quite interesting really do tolerate it tolerates a commemoration services in hong kong but not on the mainland is that a sustainable policy so hong kong and the thunder an arrangement that's known as one country 2 systems where one hong. one was handed over from the british and $997.00 the chinese government basically promised that its political economic and judicial system wasn't going to be touched for 50 years so hong kong functions according to different rules than the rest of the mainland which is why we can see

these are people walking to the start of victoria park, two or three kilometres away, while i am standinge council, where the rally finishes. that shows the determination for these protesters. they want the legislation totally scrapped. the chief executive of hong kong have been so far saying a suspension. beijing has showed them support already. what explain to us at —— support already. what explain to us at -- explain to us again what their fears are. yellow the argument has been that if this bill was passed, one element is to change the extradition laws to mainland china and macau. that would in theory open up and macau. that would in theory open upa and macau. that would in theory open up a loophole. they have no faith in china's legal system, with all the complaints and criticism of unfair trial, lack of transparency as far as arbitrary detention goes. china has kept reiterating its stance, claiming its legal system has been improving throughout the years. this thank you very much indeed, martin. iran has complained to britain's ambassador in the country after the uk government accus

iam standing i am standing at the back of victoria park, where we initially came to film the cloud approachinghe cloud approaching. i am now surrounded by protesters, so we i am now surrounded by protesters, so we have yet another big turnout here in hong kong to try and finally defeat this proposal to allow for extradition to mainland china. this match comes despite a humiliating back down from hong kong's leader, mrs lam. she said for the moment at least, this proposal will be put on the back burner. but these protesters are saying that is not good enough. they want to cancelled altogether, and many are also calling for her to resign. they are blaming herfor calling for her to resign. they are blaming her for bringing calling for her to resign. they are blaming herfor bringing this calling for her to resign. they are blaming her for bringing this crisis in the first place. many people are wearing black and they are also carrying flowers and have white ribbons. that is, in part, a reflection of the tragic death of a protester, who last night was threatening to jump off a protester, who last n

i'm standing at the back of victoria park, where we initially came to film the crowd approaching.u can see, i am now surrounded by protesters. so we have yet another big turnout here in hong kong to try and finally defeat this proposal to allow for extradition to mainland china. this march comes despite a humiliating back down from hong kong's leader, mrs lam. she says for the moment at least this will be put on the back burner, but protesters are saying this is not enough. many are calling for her to resign. they are blaming herfor bringing this for her to resign. they are blaming her for bringing this crisis in the first place. many people are wearing black. they are also carrying flowers a nd black. they are also carrying flowers and white ribbons. that is, in part, a reflection of the tragic death of a protester who, last night, was threatening to jump off a building unless the extradition proposal was abandoned. rescue teams tried to help him and it went wrong, and he ended up falling and dying. so there is that, and there is also the violence we have seen with the police. in

protesters began marching early because the assembly point act of victoria park was so packed they have begun heading through the city to the legislative council building in central this is the shot of the causeway bay that you are seeing right now the main shopping area in hong kong many people there been trying to join the rally further along the route while the m.t.r. train but many stations we understand have been jammed with crowds. sudan's protest leaders have called for a campaign of civil disobedience they're accusing the military jointer of intimidation after the arrest of 5 opposition members. protesters and police have fought on election day and kazakstan demonstrators say it is far from fair voters are heading to the polls to choose a successor to those of biafra who led for nearly 30 years our correspondent robin forest walker is on the phone for us now from the capital. robin what is the latest that you're seeing and hearing there on those clashes. well i can tell you just a few minutes ago protesters. and a run of interference erections away from the location where we saw

they want to clear the streets those of late speeches of course the protest yesterday went from victoria park to the legislative council complex along tennessee road people wearing symbols of white to symbolize the one person who reportedly fell to the free just assumes we can win a fight scene between ethnic groups in the democratic republic of congo killing at least 160 people nearly 40 villages were destroyed and more than 100000 people have been forced to flee in the eastern province of it over the past week. vigils have been held in mali following a series of attacks that killed almost 100 people the international criminal court is investigating allegations of crimes against humanity. let's get more on the story out of the day is head of programs of the center for policy research at the united nations university he joins us live from new york the day why is this region so tense well i think it's a few related factors one is the conflict between the 2 communities has been escalating over the last few months there was a large killing last week against the doggone community and an even larg

they are expected to gather around victoria park with the debate on the extradition has been postponed. who knows what will happen once those conversations continue. at least for the time being, they are on hold. joe: talk about the pressure being phased from citizens, voters, and also from beijing, presumably? seeny: despite that you've thousands on the street, you have seen even the allies who have said this is needed in order to close that legal loophole. they say they don't want to would fugitive havens it even those people have started to question her politics and tactics when it comes to dealing with people. most people criticizing why she hasn't been able to explain the deal better. we seem pressure, not so much from beijing, they say it is an internal affairs issue. when it comes to other countries like the u.k., we heard from prime minister may and the foreign secretary talking about the government having to discuss this with the people. caroline: how have businesses reacted? is there any wavering about the headquarters being based in hong kong? shery: we are talking about 140

thousands held candles in victoria park tonight. it is the only place where a public commemoration is held. hundreds were killed when government troops cracked down to pro democracy protesters in and around tiananmen square. it will be forever remembered around the world for one image, a lone person standing definally in front of the tanks. >>> a rule that allows health care professionals toment on out of providing treatments they oppose. it is the so-called conscience rule while the challenge is being decide in the court. he sued the trump administration last month hours after president trump announced the new rule which goes into if he can next july. >>> major changes for people who use ride sharing services. >> you'll have to go to a new area for pick-up. the domestic hourly parking garage on the fifth level the airport. amy is at sfo with what this means for passengers. >> the family was happy to get dropped off at the curb. but there will be new rules in place. >> we'll to have deal with the parking garage situation. >> when th

for the last couple of hours, we have been monitoring groups of people, thousands gathering in victoria park to take part in the march. thousands of people are still stuck inside the park, waiting for an opportunity to start their march. there is a bottleneck. perhaps you can hear the crowds behind me as there are protesters attempting to leave the park, protesters next to the park here, attempting to make the march. there is a bottleneck. there is something impeding the way of the march and there is a feeling that tension is rising. at issue is the controversial extradition bill. government says it is necessary in order to cover a loophole. they cite the case of the murder of a woman in hong kong by her boyfriend. you talk to the protesters here, you talk to critics, they say they fear that this bill is passed, it allows the extradition. when they go to mainland china, no guarantee of a free or fair trial. this is what has brought the people here today to gather, to attempt this march. if they can get out of the park. we'll continue to monitor the situation here closely. i'll hand it back t

the police numbers were focussed on victoria park where the protest had its starting point. what was unique about this rally was that people kept joining along the way. they were spilling out of metro stations and coming off of pedestrian overpasses, so there really was this swell of people that just seemed to get bigger and bigger as the protests moved on, and it went well into the night, despite that rare apology from carrie lam, for what she called deficiencies in the government, it fell short of her resignation, which is what protesters have been calling for because of the way this government has mishandled this controversial extradition bill. today is much quieter. obviously people going back to work, going to school, there are still several hundred protesters who are gathered around the legislative building, and police have been taking a very softly hands off approach, so to speak. this morning, they were urging people to go to the sidewalk, to stay off the roads, that they didn't have to leave, but they had to help get the city back to normal. ironically there was the

. >> victoria park the only region under beijing's jurisdiction where a public comem ration is actually >> hundreds of people were killed when government troops cracked down on pro-democracy protesters in and around the square. it will be never remembered around the world of this iconic image of a lone protester standing defiantly in front of a row of tanks. >> unforgettable image. in honor of a bay area artist who was a student in beijing during the protest. >> speaking with the artist who explains why even decades later and thousands of miles away she still lives in fear. >> reporter: at the chinese culture center in san francisco the artist' works based on her memories of the protest is on display. but last week she nearly almost took it all down. >> a couple of days ago. >> reporter: she received an anonymous messag on a chinese social media site warning her about her exhibit. >> i get so scared. i just respond who you are and then everything disappeared. >> reporter: but she's not removed the exhibit. instead she's turning that fear into her message. >> the only thing i can do is t

our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle is in victoria park around the outskirts of that area where the protests began. what do you see? >> people are angry. ,hose are the words disappointed and angry after that press conference yesterday. is targeted at a few points that she made. she stopped short of withdrawing the bill, saying it was still necessary. obviously, the people coming out here want the bill withdrawn. she sidestepped repeated questions on whether she would resign. they also wanted a release of protesters who had been detained since wednesday's violent protests. they want charges to be dropped and want accountability. is there any indication that we could see scenes from wednesday's clashes and violence? >> this rally is more like last sunday. family, strollers, and kids on father's shoulders. there are not a lot of hard helmets, goggles, and facemasks. frustrated and wants police to stop calling it a riot. that has a lot of legal becauset -- precedent the courts could charge those who were arrested with more serious crimes. want af the young people reclassificat

is what people are gearing up to do here later this evening on this soggy day in hong kong in victoria parkt in china, it is strictly sensors, even references to the date, june 4, 1989 and code words that suggest that are strictly censored on the chinese social media. it's been stricken from the history books in mainland china, so hong kong, which has this special status is the only place in modern day china where people are allowed to honor not only the massacre with tanks and troops of the protesters that gathered by the hundreds and thousands in beijing's tiananmen square but they're also able to remember the weeks of pro-democracy protests that led up to the deadly massacre, and we still don't know officially how many people died on that dark and bloody day. that's what we're anticipating to see right here. the thing is in hong kong, which enjoys many democratic freedoms that mainland china does not have, hong kong fears that its new democratic freedoms are being chipped away at by the central government in china which is why you get some signs here that say end one party rule. dave. >>

absolutely extraordinarily full and overflowing so we've got streets blocked off oh my i long for my victoria park that's where we are now which is central hong kong crewmembers from one of the tank is damaged by an explosion in the gulf of amman on thursday have now arrived in dubai saudi arabia is joined the u.s. and u.k. in blaming iran for the blasts it denies involved. saudi jets have hit targets in the yemeni capital sana'a after the rebels attacked 2 saudi airports the spokesman says drones targeted saudi u.a.e. coalition targets. airports. sudan's former president ahmed bashir could be brought before a court as early as next week the chief prosecutor says bashir will be referred for trial unless he files an appeal in the next few days former leader is facing corruption charges he was deposed by the military in april after weeks of protests against his 30 year rule in his government. a turkish observation post in syria's northern england province has been hit in a mortar shell attack turkey's defense ministry says the shelling came from an area controlled by syrian government forces that's

for hours and hours they came from victoria park to where we are here in at teymar, outside the legislative council building and stayed well into the night. hundreds of protesters then camped out overnight into the early morning. there was a brief confrontation with police, rosemary, and police surprisingly backed off -- protesters also said they weren't going to block any more roads. those protesters have now moved to the legislative council behind us. there is an area there where they are allowed to demonstrate, so that is where they are at the moment. but, rosemary, joining me now is a very special guest, joshua wong. he is, of course, the face of the pro-democracy movement here in hong kong. certainly the face of the occupy movement in 2014. he has just got out of prison 3 1/2 hours ago. joshua, how does it feel to be free? >> it's really my pleasure. it's really a good time to come and join our fight to fight for freedom and democracy and let the emperor xi, president xi jinping to know that hong kong people will not be kept silent. >> you must be so incredibly proud of your fellow hon

terms relating to areas of hong kong, like victoria park where the protests started taking place, whereere people have marched through. what about public statements from chinese officials? would they appear in the media at all? they did appear on saturday, specifically when the bill was suspended, so the foreign ministry responded and they said it was us interference related to the bill and there has been a real emphasis on basically making the message that hong kong is an area that belongs to china so this message has been coming out a lot from official media and from the government, that hong kong is an area that belongs to china and as china supports the bill the frustrations related to that. thanks for joining frustrations related to that. thanks forjoining us. we will talk to you again, i'm sure. stay with us on outside source still to come... a tribunal in london finds that china is still harvesting organs from prisoners, despite saying it's put a stop to it. emergency workers in lincolnshire say there may be another breach in the walls of the river steeping this week. two months‘

the certainly last weekend we saw 1000000 people rally at this point in victoria park and much less of council the government headquarters building organizers would be hoping as many is that gathered to die and the key demands from these are the protest groups who are here and holding this rally a number one they want this bill with all together and they also want other resignation of hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb now i'm joined by john from hong kong alliance tell me what if you don't get this deal with them what's your next step we will continue today with a march and to morrow there are lots of volunteers right already all on call and tomorrow there will be a lot rarely is a call and there for one is very very angry response to the manner of people especially apart from not withdrawing the bill and apart from not stepping down she is labeling all the people busy in the june 12th demonstration as riot and that is a very very serious allegation and we're worried busy about a political prosecution that will come afterwards so we are pop from the bill itself now we are also fig

just because when you see these images these aerial images of just how many people started in victoria park and made their way heat here to legislative council complex just streaming through the streets teeming through the streets over the last several hours and gathering behind me again you know it's kind of the announcement we've been waiting for on the stage behind is put out by the organizers and they just announced that nearly 2000000 people participated today come on tell us about kerry lamb as well scott the pressure on her i mean she apologizes again i wonder actually how that sort of thing goes down not so much with the protesters but with her bosses if you like in beijing. yeah you know not not so well we you know there were there was someone who was based in beijing who kind of studies the relationship between hong kong and mainland china and the central been a straight there and he believes that this really will not go over well quite honestly because when you look at it and she's apologized publicly for the mishandling of this or how poorly this was handled by her government sh

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 concern is that china could target political opponents and that would receive a fair trial on the finance the bill has been fast tracked through the city parliament at the moment it could be got about a 2nd reading really is when. so what are the chances of this extradition bill being passed them or. well the government actually has the numbers