right but it's called the hong kong democracy council and it seems to have direct links to lobbying in washington for laws that suggest unless hong kong enact legislation that helps washington there should be u.s. sanctions on china well i say. call rationale behind though it's when china is found out to. commit itself to the promise off on the british on declaration well it's a totally accountable because the declaration is timed by british and chinese government and it is tabled in the united nation so i was talking about the professional treatment of hong kong that is a major premise of that which is hong kong remains autonomous so if home going under the direct autocratic control from china it is just an ordinary chinese city so why the well should all the perpetual shame on phone call i think this is the logic behind so i don't i don't think the way to country use the use of words and the rationale behind. hong kong human rights and democracy that help the discussion exam is not the world or that it's a tiny minority of countries nato countries that we're talking about most of

arguably over the decades would agree tell me about the hong kong democracy council that you're on the board of hong kong people elect well organization that focus on. africa's you walk on the u.s. so it does not directly involved in the local ground in hong kong right but it's called the hong kong democracy council and it seems to have direct links to the law being in washington for law is that suggest unless hong kong enact legislation that helps washington there should be u.s. sanctions on china well i think. call rationale behind though is when china is found to. commit itself to the promise off on the british on decoration a well it's a code it accountable because the declaration is timed by british and chinese government and it is tabled in the united nation so i was talking about the professional treatment of hong kong that is the major premiss of that which is hong kong remains autonomous so if home going on the direct autocratic control from china it is just an ordinary chinese city so why the well should all the perpetual comment on calm i think this is the logic behind the i

kong democracy council you were very active with lobbying around the hong kong human rights and democracy act which president signed last year and that was about sanctions now since then with a lot has happened now that the u.s. has rescinded hong kong special status and that will have consequences for people on the ground in hong kong do you agree with that choice. i think that this is something that needed to be done and it's really the responsibility and that the response relies on the government and the chinese government they are no one wrote one country 2 system and and us policy has to back out and they should he actually has been working as you said not only on the right ocracy at. all essential that has come down also we're trying also to preserve some of the protection for hong kong so the holocaust safe harbor act and a number of our immigration refugees protections that we're promoting right now is meant to punish russia on this its. rights access. to safety and protection for us so those i think thinks that we have to walk balance embry strategic insurge cohen the way that we

he was elected to hong kong's legislative council. and here's nathan law leaving prison on bail in 2017 after being jailed for his role in the 2014 umbrella movement protests. after leaving hong kong upon fear of being imprisoned under the new security law, nathan law is now in london and joins us live. it's good to have you with us. we heard this announcement that the uk is suspending the extradition treaty with hong kong and extending to hong kong the arms embargo. i know that the opposition leader wants to go further, you have been speaking with members of the opposition party, what extra would you like to see the uk to? we have spoken with mps and they are in support of the democratic movement in hong kong and there is a structural shift. it is becoming more certain that this is shared by both the opposition and the incumbent party, and for them there are several ways we can move things forward. for example, making sure there are more people eligible for that and providing necessary health, working closely with our allies in europ

nominations have opened for candidates in hong kong's legislative council election in september pro-democracy groups say they face a major hurdle the government has the power to disqualify candidates because of their political views it's the 1st election since a new security law was opposed by beijing which critics say restricts freedoms brown has this update from hong kong. the picture behind me speaks of prosperity but it's also a picture that in many ways belies the mood right now here in hong kong and i would categorize that mood by being one of suffocation suffocation from the effects of this new draconian national security law and also suffocation from the restrictions arising from covert 90 min mixed in with all of that we've also seen displays of the defiance on saturday as candidates begin submitting their nominations for those elections due to be held in exactly 50 days time on sunday september the 6 but not all candidates submitted their nominations on saturday especially those from the more radical wing of the pan democrats including people like joshua wong and lester shroom that'

kong's legislative council election in september meeting pro-democracy activists joshua long is one of them it comes as 4 students were detained under the new national security law that russia has denied trying to destabilize bella ruse after more than 30 suspected russian mass navvies were detained me in minsk but i will say this it suspects the group was plotting acts of terrorism ahead of its presidential election in 10 days. now the us has the highest number of coronavirus fatalities of any nation by far more than 150000 people have died that's nearly a quarter of the entire global tally and it's 3 most populous states california texas and florida have recorded their narges single day death toll mike hanna reports from washington with more than 150000 deaths in the country the wearing of mosques is finally made it mandatory in the house of representatives members and staff will be required to wear masks at all times in the whole of the house on tuesday texas representative louie gohmert had arrived with the attorney general for a house hearing with a mosque. he was then admonish

and hong kong's pro-democracy supporters are holding a primary vote to pick candidates for september's legislative council election and be the 1st vote since the imposition of a new national security law. now the largest broadcaster in the philippines is just hours away from shutting down for good that's after m.p.'s refused to renew the a.b.s. c.b.s. license the channel has until late on saturday to appeal against the government's decision about 200 employees protested outside the network's headquarters in manila a.b.s.e b.n. has repeatedly been threatened by the president for its critical coverage china was forced to go off air in may after its franchise expired that in a raw is an associate professor of journalism at the university of the philippines dilemma and he says m.p.'s should not be regulating the media. right now there is a beam me up but what will be in the going to be the landscape. that only god would really need to be you know out every now and then longer if should not be there. than to be selective in terms of what. it will be about being because if it went against th

we learned earlier that hong kong is barring pro-democracy candidates from the legislative council election. we are now hearing from the shanghai -- south china, excuse me, warning post, saying joshua fromis barred from those the hong kong election. , june in retail sales hong kong, down 28.4% year on year, a little bit worse than the expectation of a drop of 24%. earlier we spoke with credit --sse ceo, scott stein gomas koch done -- thomas ottstein. thomas: we have good results ,oth on the p&l, the revenues or on the balance sheet. very pleased. >> what happened with the share one ratio? a lot of people were expecting it to go down and it has actually gone up. thomas: we were obviously cautious when we gave guidance at the end of the first quarter because we did not know how much risk rated assets would increase, and at the same time we generated more capital through our earnings come and that is why our ratio is at 12 points 5% -- at 12.5%. thecine: talk about structuring of the merging units. thomas: even with my predecessor it was already a topic. 2015, clearlyn the two had to be separa

to hong kong next. the government there has disqualified 12 pro—democracy candidates from upcoming legislative council elections — that's hong kong's mini—parliament. it says the candidates were not fit to run for office. unsurprisingly, the candidates themselves see it differently. here's one of them. when the national security law was passed, i said that one country to system is finished. today we are seeing the results of being relentless that this regime is starting. one country two systems is the policy which up till now has given hong kong a high degree of autonomy from mainland china. the man that you just heard, dennis kwok, is an elected member of the legislative council, for the civic party. the party is considered relatively moderate. but four of its lawmakers, who you see here, are among those disqualified. the others you see here, many are prominent activists, like lester shum and joshua wong. lester shum was elected as a district councillor last november, as part of a pro—democracy

thank you for joining us we begin in hong kong where pro-democracy activists joshua wang has called the decision to bar him from running in september his election invalid and ridiculous wong is one of 12 opposition candidates disqualified from the legislative council polls he says a new national security law is being used by the government as the legal weapon to silence dissent electoral forty's accuse wong of advocating said vesey of ideas and canoe dealing with foreign forces. beyond any doubt if the most scandalous election fraud air front in hong kong history they could disqualify us they could arrest us every once in which they could even call of the election and create a pop up. parliament elsewhere just gather with beijing loyalists however long of this overturned a strong mandate for modest 600000 hong kong who are past the pale it's the city's 1st ever a primary early this month i will boyce is clear allow to the world by over. let's bring in there is dave pollan in hong kong for his d.v.s. joshua wang sounding very defiant there how is this all affecting hong kong's for democr

kong have been calling for gracey unity within the pro-democracy camp in september's legislative council polls now most of the 600000 votes went to so-called localist candidates including prominent activists joshua wang many of them expected to be disqualified from running due to their political stances but they say they will not stop fighting against china's crackdown on the territory's freedoms. all we need is a little voice be heard in the local community because i'm not sure if right off baking we used to sit around and 3 days. from the protest camp full of the press conference and raise the hope to have a lot of discussion close to lots of candidates in the primary election to last through the traditional protocol credit card with the prep going from beijing with no room and then he tries to have a different vision it's time for us to and has refused and unity. now the united nations is warning tens of thousands of migrants most ethiopians stranded in war torn yemen at least 14 and a half 1000 have been rounded up forcibly moved around the country and some even detained out of fear

is leading pro-democracy activist joshua long he says it's a total disregard for the people of hong kong nasa says it's mas bound spaceship has run into technical difficulties the sophisticated rover is on a mission to find signs of life on the red planet perseverance is expected to take rock samples that will one day make their way back to earth well those are the headlines i'll be back with more news here on al-jazeera to witness the things we keep to stay with us. this was supposed to be a short film about my old fled to meet kids but i've been collecting images for more than 15 years. in these books have seen people in places i could have never imagined. that's me during the summer of 2002 i was in my twenty's and i was living in rome my dream was to become a cinema director and i was suppressing all my time film and got around my flat. that. was. senior to seniority so i wasn't jealous of me. but you know when clearly you know you want to do the least that is the case and it taught me a whole. new year's. budget and i got some of that is i mean so i was a kid let me out of the. leag

the pro-democracy camp ahead of september's legislative council election they say there's no room for division in the face of china's crackdown on the territories freedoms. now the united nations is warning that tens of thousands of migrants mostly ethiopians stranded in war torn yemen at least 14 and a half 1000 have been rounded up forcibly moved around the country and some even detained out of fear they're spreading private 19. has this report. trapped in yemen one of the most dangerous countries in the world there's little these ethiopian migrants can do except for a. most were headed to saudi arabia for work hoping it could pull them out of poverty about the pandemic stop them in their trucks now they're among tens of thousands of migrants stuck in the country in its 6th year of war. the situation worse. is careers and lives are risk and as a result suffer exclusion. in addition to the forced removals fears about 19 have lived departments in yemen experience verbal physical harassment used tension and movement restrictions the majority of migrants in yemen are from most have been

legislative council election leading pro-democracy activist is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong electoral authorities and also candidates about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt well those are the headlines i'll have more news here for you on al-jazeera after rewind stay with us. frank assessments seeing that. there's. been this informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of breakdown many. region are actually under a de facto state of knowledge and seek critical debate after to use a proxy because look at a recent interest the philippine people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al jazeera. hello and welcome to rewind i'm come all sons of maria over the last 10 or so years here at al-jazeera english we've built up an incredible library all of your winning documentaries and on rewind we're taking another look at some of the best of them and seeing what's happened in the years since they were 1st sho

in hong kong's upcoming legislative council election. the territory's government warned the unofficial vote may have violated china's new national security law. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo said the warning demonstrates the chinese communist party's fear of democracy and its own people's free thinking. >>> a chinese law professor known as a critic of xi jingping has been reportedly fired. he was detained on what his friends describe as false accusations. xu zhangrun had already been suspended by the university for writing an article in 2018. in it, he denounced beijing for removing presidential term limits which enabled xi to stay in office indefinitely. most recently xu a accused the government of mishandling the coronavirus outbreak. he was detained earlier this month and released on sunday. police reportedly told his wife he was detained for allegedly soliciciting prorostitution. his friends say the move was meant to discredit xu. >>> a a major attraction at festivals in hong kong are majestic paper floats known as flower canno

so then we begin in hong kong where pro-democracy activist joshua long has called the decision to bar him from running in september's election invalid and ridiculous wrong is one of 12 opposition candidates disqualified from the legislative council polls he says the new national security law is being used by the government as a legal weapon to silence dissent electoral authorities accuse wong of advocating subversive ideas and colluding with foreign forces. for you and it is the most scandalous election fraud ever in hong kong history they could this qualify us they could arrest us influence into a carol they could even call of the election and create a puppet parliament elsewhere just gather with beijing loyalists however long of this overturned a strong mandate for more this $600000.00 hong kong has passed the bail it's the city's 1st ever a primary early this month i will boyce is clear allow to the world why or what did you go palin is in hong kong with more on josh. he also said that he's not going to stop the fight against what he calls beijing's oppression of hong kong's politi

in hong kong 12 opposition politicians have been disqualified from running in september of council election leading pro-democracy activists joshua warned is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong russia has denied trying to destabilize bellerose ahead of its upcoming election but barely says it said mercenaries to incite riots state media are reporting that a criminal case has been launched against more than 30 alleged russian mercenaries it claims that they were working with opponents of president lukashenko to rest. the forward time when he's president to have us all the islands transition from dictatorship to democracy has died at the age of 97 the tanguy was president from 1988 to 2000 those were the headlines nick clarke will be hit with the al-jazeera news hour in half an hour but next it's the stream to stay with us. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom l

there's been a high turnout in hong kong a primary polls about being held by pro-democracy parties these will decide candidates for the legislative council elections in september that vote by the 1st since the imposition of a new security know by china hong kong government minister has warned that those involved may be committing an offense under the law but pro-democracy candidate joshua was told al jazeera that every vote cost is a message to beijing. fight for democracy is such a battle just like the battle of life sometimes we might be difficult and also under pressure but a friend can't defeat us make us even stronger determination and just like thousands of people come out of what it just already a lot beijing you know that even they have to turn to hong kong to do that we feel is it and we never called home and we never surrender mali's president abraham says he'll form a national unity government it's an attempt to reduce some rest after several people were killed during protests calling for his resignation. the united states has reported another daily high for new infections of

turnout has been higher than expected in hong kong's primary polls held by pro-democracy parties the results will decide which candidates run in legislative council elections in september. mali's president is promising to form a national unity government in this over the constitutional court to bring him back and cater is attempting to address issues raised by protesters who want him to resign. thousands of people have blocked traffic in bulgaria capital so fear in protest against corruption for a 3rd day demonstrators called on the prime minister and chief prosecutor to resign and anger was sparked on thursday after the offices of the president were raided part of 2 separate investigations president ruben rather has also been a vocal critic of the prime minister's cabinet. people in poland are voting in a presidential runoff that could shake up political parties and the facts relations with neighbors the office is largely ceremonial but the president can veto legislation from parliament sunday gager reports this is a stark choice for voters in poland one which will shape its identit

kong told to choose pro-democracy candidates for september's main election. mollies president makes major concessions to the opposition demanding he steps down. and counterfeit cash in libya we'll have the latest on attempts by the wards of the for half the to fund his attacks. let's begin with the u.n. security council decision that could severely affect 4000000 syrians living in rebel held territory members have agreed on a compromise that will allow only one border with turkey to remain open for a deliveries a groups a deeply concerned over restrictions on the flow of aid the deal was made after russia backed by china pushed to shut down a 2nd crossing across the entire country more than 11000000 people rely on humanitarian aid the conflict does lead to a vast. numbers of people living in camps after being forced from their homes demand for assistance has been rising steadily a record of more than 1700 trucks cross the syrian border and make carrying u.n. aid the most since the war began and the spread of coronavirus could make things even worse so over $1

kong's pro-democracy supporters are voting for candidates for september's legislative council election it'll be the 1st poll since the imposition of a new national security law the largest gold cost in the philippines is hours away from shutting down for good that's after m.p.'s refused to renew a.b.s. c.b.s. license the channel has until late on saturday to appeal thousands of people are protesting for a 4th day in serbia's capital belgrade they're calling on president to resign in part due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. mourners are gathering in the east and buzzed in the head to govern for the 25th anniversary of the shrub and its a massive more than 8000 muslim men and boys were murdered in the town in 195 by bosnian serb troops it was the worst crime of the bosnian war a french bus driver has died 5 days after he was attacked by passengers when he reportedly asked them to wear mosques phillipe mungo was left brain dead after the assault in the city of buy on 5 men have been charged those with the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness stated th

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines hong kong's pro-democracy camp is holding a primary vote to decide on its candidates for legislative council elections. security laws threatening freedoms in the territory the largest broadcaster in the philippines is just hours away from shutting down for good that's after m.p.'s refused to renew a.b.s. c.b.s. license on friday the deadline to appeal the decision expires in the next few hours mourners are gathering in eastern bosnia-herzegovina for the 21st anniversary of the struggle rates of genocide more than $8000.00 bosnian muslim men and boys were murdered by bosnian serb soldiers during the 1995 war. thousands of men and boys killed in bosnia were under the protection of dutch un troops but most young people in the netherlands have no idea about what happened step in explains. it's a monument to the victims of a genocide that's missing from dutch history books these photos of young bostonians now living in the natl and at an exhibition in front of the dutch ministry of defense should give a face and a story to

candidates who won and hong kong's recent primaries are calling for greater unity within the pro-democracy camp in september's legislative council election they say there's no room for division in the face of china's crackdown on the city's freedoms. and at least 11 soldiers from azerbaijan and 2 from media have been killed as fighting escalates at the border of the 2 former soviet republics have been in conflict over and on trade inside azerbaijan controlled by ethnic amin and it's. now u.s. researches say the 1st phase of testing an experimental curve in $1000.00 vaccine has shown promising safety results and produced an immune response the human trial run by the biotech company madonna tested the vaccine on 45 healthy volunteers of those who received 2 doses had higher levels of virus fighting had 2 bodies compared to others who had recovered from the corona virus and no serious side effects were reported. well now japan is calling on the united states to better manage the spread of the coronavirus at its military bases after more than 130 soldiers tested positive in okinawa the local g

there's been a high turnout in hong kong for primary polls that are being held by pro-democracy parties these will decide candidates for the legislative council elections in september that vote will be the 1st as the imposition of a new security law by china the pro-democracy candidate joshua long told al jazeera that every vote cast is a message to beijing fight for democracy. just like the battle of life sometimes we might be difficult and also under pressure but the fret can't defeat us make us even stronger determination and just like. it just already a lot beijing you know that even they have to turn hong kong. back we've feels it. and we never surrender mali's president abraham says he'll form a national unity government it's an attempt to reduce unrest stop to several people were killed during protests calling for his resignation. the united states reported another daily hyphen ear infections of covert 19 more than 66500 cases were confirmed on saturday came as president from publicly wore a mask for the 1st time during a visit to a hospital governments are struggling to contain

kong's legislative council election september pro-democracy groups say they face a major hurdle is the government has the power to disqualify candidates because of their political views it's the 1st election since a new security law was imposed by beijing there's the headlines more news here on al-jazeera right after inside story that's coming up next. counting the costs cold war true could the u.s. break hong kong spread to the dollar. of another currency shot turkey at war in libya and syria and president putin hope to kick start the economy this year but i would pay for his big plan. counting the cost on al-jazeera. taxes taxes taxes a group of millionaires just governments to raise taxes to fund a coronavirus recovery they say charity is not the solution but will governments also they're called and how popular is this idea this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura kyle the coronavirus crisis seems to be spinning out of control on thursday the world record its worst single day rise in infections almost a quarter of a 1000000 in just 24 hours cities that

kong have been disqualified from running in september's legislative council election leading pro-democracy activist long is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt well those are the headlines and i will have another news update for you on al-jazeera the inside story stay with us. big mistrust of big tech the u.s. congress questions the heads of apple amazon google and facebook and he competitive behavior how the internet giants become too powerful and is there any need for a new laws to regulate this is inside story. hello welcome to the program on. google and facebook for company.

turnout has been higher than expected in hong kong's primary polls being held by pro-democracy parties the vote will decide which candidates run in legislative council elections in september. mali's president is promising to form a national unity government in dissolve the constitutional court that brought him back ok is attempting to address the issues raised by protesters who want him to resign. a 5th consecutive night of anti-government protests has been held in serbia with demonstrators again calling on the president to resign saturday's rally was peaceful in contrast to the previous night when police fired tear gas the rallies were sparked by anger over the government's handling of the pandemic they've grown into why the discontent. people in poland voting in a presidential runoff election that could shake up political parties and affect relations with neighbors the office is largely ceremonial but the president can veto parliamentary legislation so new guy a go reports this is a stark choice for voters in poland one which will shape its identity in europe and the rest of the worl

pro-democracy parties in hong kong have been choosing candidates for september's council elections. thousands unofficial polling stations across the city the parties want to show there's a popular mandate for the candidates the authorities might try to disqualify. and kong has been following developments and has more from hong kong. over a 100 thousands of people have turned out to cast their vote in this election which is higher than expected by the organizer just as we saw no one at the polling stations here while we can find people lining up to post the other day it's not only to pick the candidates part upcoming legislative elections but they see him as the 1st public opium poll if not the referendum to quantify this content among opposition came support it says the implementation of the national security office specially is now too risky for them to take part in protests as we were told earlier today. if we don't turn out to vote today there seems to be no other way for us to voice our anger towards what the government is doing we are afraid to this might be the last chance for

hong kong's pro-democracy camp is holding a primary vote to decide on its candidates for september's alleges that of council elections they say a newly imposed security law is threatening freedoms in the tertiary. the largest broadcaster in the philippines will remain permanently off of them peace refused to renew its license fee a.b.s.e b.n. corporation is forced off in may after its franchise expired. singapore's ruling party has won friday's general election but with a reduced majority in the lower share of the vote the opposition party secured its best ever result of the vote was largely seen as a referendum on prime minister lee looms handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the looming economic crisis priyanka gupta reports. for most people the result was never in doubt the people's actual party that has to do with the poll to do that half a century has retained power the p.d.p. one fight is general election with a 2 thirds majority in the parliament but with a share of the vote close to a record low prime minister lee hsien law called the stop board last month to deal with the

turnout has been higher than expected in hong kong's primary polls being held by pro-democracy are these the votes will decide which can that's running blood student council elections in september. while these president is promising to form a government of national unity and dissolve the constitutional court several people have been killed during weeks of anti-government protests in the worst civil unrest in years shall about this now. in bamako a solemn feel well for protest as they can see say this is year old was killed on friday his family says he was shot in front of mali's national assembly. they say he was the 1st of 4 people killed after anti-government protests turned violent. his mother was sick already when we broke the news to her she had a seizure the neighbors came out and we comforted her with words from islam. thousands of people gathered for friday's protests the 3rd since. they pushed their way into the grounds of parliament and the national television station then tires and barricaded roads in the capital police responded with tear gas. gunfire was heard 60 people were

kong have been disqualified from running in september's legislative council election leading pro-democracy activists joshua one is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt well those are the headlines and i will have another news update for you here on al-jazeera the inside story do stay with us. big mistrust of big tech the u.s. congress questions that heads of apple amazon google and facebook on anti competitive behavior how the internet giants become too powerful and is that a need if the new laws to regulate them this is inside story. hello welcome to the program on amazon apple google and facebook for companies that have changed the way we live work shop and stay in touch with our friends and family but the american tech giants have long been accused of abusing their power to drive out competition and mishandling user data the u.s. congress has been investigating their business practices for years old wednesday politicians question the firm's chief executives as they

to hong kong next. the government there has disqualified 12 pro—democracy candidates from upcoming legislative council elections that's hong kong's mini—parliament. it says the candidates were not fit to run for office. unsurprisingly, the candidates themselves see it differently. here's one of them. when the national security law was passed, i said that one country two system is finished. today we are seeing the results of being relentless that this oppression. regime is starting. one country two systems is the policy which up til now has given hong kong a high degree of autonomy from mainland china. the man you just heard, dennis kwok, is an elected member of the legislative council, for the civic party. the party is considered relatively moderate. but four of its lawmakers, who you see here, are among those disqualified. the others you see here many are prominent activists, like lester shum and joshua wong. lester shum was elected as a district councillor last november, as part of a pro—democra

kong have been disqualified from running in september's council election leading pro-democracy activists to joshua one is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong electoral authorities had asked the kind of it's about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt and for the 1st time police in hong kong have used the national security law to crackdown on pro-democracy activists online 4 students have been arrested they're accused of posting content that calls for hong kong's independence from china beijing imposed its controversial law 4 weeks ago saying it's needed to restore order. a car bomb in eastern afghanistan has killed at least 18 people and injured more than 30 others explosion happened in the city in logar province it comes after chooses announcement by the taliban to hold a cease fire during. no one has claimed responsibility. we live in a better and noble a country today because of john lewis the late last just one of the tributes being a pa

leading hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua wong says the decision to bar him from running in september is election is invalid and ridiculous is one of 12 opposition candidates disqualified from the legislative council polls it says the new national security law is being used by the government as a legal weapon to silence dissent on kong's electoral authorities accuse wong of advocating subversive ideas and colluding with foreign forces he's just held a news conference. but you know and it is the most scandalous election fraud ever in hong kong history they could this qualify us they could arrest everyone into account they could even call of the election and create a puppet parliament elsewhere just gather with beijing loyalists however long of this overturned a straw man paid for modest $600.00 in hong kong past the bailiff's the city's 1st ever primaries early this month i will boys it's clear allow to the world. ok for more let's go to do go paul in hong kong it's quite clear that joshua wong despite the fact that he's been bon-bon from these elections is determined that some sort of

kong have been disqualified from running in september's legislative council election leading pro-democracy activist is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong electoral authorities and ask the candidates about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt well those are the headlines i'll have more news here for you on al-jazeera after rewind stay with us. what are you seeing. it's an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many calls or region are under a de facto state of emergency a critical debate after the french people is not the person enters the bill if you feel in-depth analysis of the day's political headlines.

kong and 12 opposition candidates have been disqualified from running in september's alleged council election leading pro-democracy activists joshua walker is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong electoral thora he said ask the candidates about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions the move has been denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt. and for the 1st time in hong kong police have used the new national security law to crackdown on pro-democracy activists online 4 students have been arrested they're accused of posting content that calls for hong kong's independence from china beijing imposed its controversial law 4 weeks ago if you can poland has more now from for calm. hong kong is particularly sensitive issue for the u.k. as hong kong used to be a british colony in the u.k. signed a joint declaration with beijing before it was handed over in 1907 and the ambassador had mentioned that to saying it hadn't violated the joint declaration but the u.k. and the rest of the international commun

kong have been calling for greater unity within the pro-democracy camp in september's legislative council polls most of the 600000 votes went to so-called localist candidates including prominent activist joshua won't many of them are expected to be disqualified from running juta their political stance but they say they won't stop fighting against china's crackdown on the territories freedoms if you go up on has more from on the polls from hong kong. joshua long and many proponents of the pro-democracy camp and i have to say that it is mostly the younger democracy candidates the protesters from last year all held a press conference on the back of this primary elections that were held over this weekend which had a remarkable turnout of around 600000 people what the democracy camp and democracy activists were hoping to do consolidate their support base by asking the people to choose who would best represent them in the legislative council elections in september and as it turns out the result was that those younger younger candidates those that were involved in last year's protests and perhap

kong for candidates and legislative council elections to be held in september but pro-democracy groups could face disqualification for their political views it'll be the 1st election since a new security law was imposed by beijing which critics say restricts freedoms a controversial new anti terror law is being enforced in the philippines that allows police to bypass the court system arrest suspects without a warrant they can be held without charge for up to $24.00 days critics are concerned that the endangered civil liberties and may be abused to target opponents of president taze government of iraq the crown prince mohammed bin zeid is reportedly being investigated for complicity in acts of torture in yemen according to the news agency a.f.p. a french judge is looking into crimes perpetrated in yemeni prisons by u.a.e. forces the proceedings name i haven't been ziad as the commander in chief of the armed forces and those are the headlines we'll have more news for you on al-jazeera after one hour one east next. we know what's happening in our region we know happened get the date that

kong for candidates in legislative council election to be held in september the pro-democracy groups could face disqualification for their political views it will be the 1st election since a new security law was imposed by beijing which critics say restricts freedoms a controversial new anti terror law is now being enforced in the philippines that allows police to bypass the court system and arrest suspects without a warrant they can be held without charge for up to $24.00 days critics are concerned that it will endanger civil liberties and those are the headlines the news continues here on out is there off to talk to us as era next. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wound. center matter where you call high and al-jazeera bringing you the news and current affairs that matter to tease. out is there. all the workers here. he's one of the most divisive figures in american politics today to some he's washington's most famous warmonger to others a fearless defender of u.s. interests john bolton's decades of conservative foreign policy have influenced th

. >>> shifting now to hong kong, where some pro-democracy candidates hoping to run in the upcoming legislative council election are being asked to clarify their political positions. the move is raising speculation how candidates answer could determine whether they'll appear on the ballot. local media report that at least 1111 candidates, including prominent activist joshua wong, received a letter from electoral authorities. in it, candidates were asked a series of questions, including whether they would veto government budget bills, request foreign governments to pressure china, or seek hong kong's independence. wong wrote on twitter that the letters have long been considered a way to disqualify candidates since electoral officers have huge powers to bar candidates from running. the hong kong government recently said the pro-democracy camp could be in violation of the new national security law that came into effect last month. and on sunday, the government said a candidate's ability to stand will be made in accordance with relevant laws and information. voters head to the polls september 6th.

kong's recent primaries are calling for greater unity within the pro-democracy camp in september's and legislative council election they say there is no room for division in the face of china's crackdown in the city's freedoms. the united nations is warning that tens of thousands of migrants mostly ethiopians are not stranded in war torn yemen the u.n. says they've been rounded up and forcibly moved around the country because of fears that they're spreading covert 900. u.s. researchers say the 1st phase of testing an experimental covert 19 vaccine has shown promising safety results and produced an immune response the human trials run by the biotech company were done a test of the vaccine on 45 healthy volunteers no serious side effects were reported it was in the headlines coming up next it's al jazeera world by. 'd 'd ringback 'd 'd 'd 'd yes and see one of them is that so many who believe that this it fit to go make a scene where they are so they'll usually nice for the national hero near she must always yes and no will be and i called on when i called over to some jail nice and chea

seat on hong kong's legislative council. he hopes to send a message that hong kong residents will not surrender. his announcement comes recently after beijing passed a sweeping national security law for the city. wong has been ban from running in previous polls. he won by more than 31,000 votes last week. >>> now, when coronavirus erupted in europe, sweden went against the tide of shutdowns. the country opted to not impose restrictions and let life go on as usual. well, as phil black now reports, sweden seems to be paying the price for its approach now. >> reporter: this is the image sweden is recently famous for, living well while much of the world is locking down. but it's deceptive. scratch the surface and you still find great economic pain. these boats would normally carry hundreds of people every day during summer. >> enormous impact. counting march, april, our turnover went down 93%, and it's still around the same. >> reporter: this restaurant opened just weeks before the virus surged here. >> looking at the numbers, o

council election leading pro-democracy activists joshua wall is one of those disqualified he says it shows a total disregard for the people of hong kong look toward authorities had asked the kind of it's about their views on beijing's national security law and u.s. sanctions the move is being denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt and for the 1st time police in hong kong have used the news national security law to crackdown on pro-democracy activists online 4 students have been arrested they're accused of posting content that calls for hong kong's independence from china but he imposed this controversial law 4 weeks ago saying it's needed to restore order if you compile and has more now from hong kong. hong kong is particularly sensitive issue for the u.k. as hong kong used to be a british colony in the u.k. signed a joint declaration with beijing before it was handed over in 1907 and the ambassador had mentioned that to saying it hadn't violated the joint declaration but the u.k. and the rest of the international community see this national security laws imposing rest

joining me now is claudia mo, pro—democracy lawmaker and member of the hong kong legislative council. good to talk to you again. what impact do you think there's new law will have on hong kong's status as a global financial hub? when it comes to doing business, hong kong used to have two major advantages, over the rest of china. wine is free press, free speech, and the other is rule of law, or the sense of rule of law, but then the new laws will head to both areas with free press, they can now search newsrooms without a warrant and you will need to review your sources' information. if you don't comply, the maximum penalty is life imprisonment, and if they consider your case, you can be extradited to china. that is all very worrying, and all internet service providers will need to comply with any demand for information from beijing's national security agents, and hong kong police in that regard. you have to comply with that sort of demand or you will be in dire trouble as well, and rule of law. they are essentially telling hong kong cords that they have to do, have to enforce this law

hundreds of thousands of hong kong residents have turned out to choose candidates for pro-democracy parties semi autonomous territory holds legislative council elections in september many fear mainland china could use a sweeping new national security law to block opposition candidates. floods are continuing to batter large stretches of southern china affecting nearly 34000000 people more rain is expected in the coming days authorities have sent in thousands of troops to help contain record high water levels. and u.s. president donald trump has appeared in public where your face mask for the 1st time in the mask to visit injured soldiers at a military hospital near washington until now trump had refused to wear a face covering it public engagements so he was tested regularly for the coronavirus. and here are some of the main developments in the global health emergency. the world health organization has announced a record increase in new global coronavirus cases with more than 230000 in one day at least 16000000 mexicans have been plunged into poverty the number in extreme difficulties has ne