Streets gathering friday morning around the governments main offices the word spreads on social media to get moving. Again one of the citys main roads is brought to a standstill by the crowds. There destination the Police Headquarters and an angry standoff. Was. The demonstrators accuse them of using Excessive Force in breaking up their largely peaceful protests a claim the police to no. I dont think i know you fashion know and they are armed and they have here and wed have nothing we just didnt really learn gone by the walking to the police is still refusing to hold an independent investigation into the way they dealt with the demonstrations. At the back of the building some protesters try to block the security cameras filming the was and to venice trapped by the protest the offices inside not able to make the last few metres to the cable the whole world emotion was against the place was they. Exercise or tomatillo on june pro the people of the area was angry about the other officers come to help their colleagues and this chaos oh i was seeing a chance to get inside the demonstrators search for it was absolute chaos at this gate now with protesters jamming themselves inside the gateway not allowing the police to close the case was a process to set off process for all the other girls of god fearing for their privacy could once again abuse the practice write the son of god it seems the police faithful that use of force will make the situation worse a calf will to show restraint was but it also shows the anger on the streets of hong kong isnt going away was and many thousands of hong kong has already to keep up the struggle with that government was wrong but pride aljazeera Hong Kong North koreas state media says is needed kim jong un and chinas president xi jinping have agreed to strengthen ties between their countries they now swims on friday came just before she left north korea it confirms beijing support all of its ally as pyongyang faces heavy u. S. Led sanctions over its nuclear and missile program. But you also had on the news hour including the amount of justice a finally oncet in spain as the notorious wolf pack a sentence for right. Im gabriels on to Portland Maine in the 4 northeast of the United States where this chip a. C. M. Has been turned into a makeshift shelter for Asylum Seekers from africa that story coming up. The new orleans pelicans. Thats in school and some Big Decisions are being made by leading teams and he will be here with that story. After. The opposition protesters in georgia are demanding the interior minister resign the release of detained demonstrators and in the early election off the violent unrest in the capital and says its 2nd day for more on this and the rest of the news from europe lets cross to maryland monday and all of the newsroom. Yes thank you nic will hundreds of protesters and police were injured on thursday when a crowd of demonstrators stormed the parliament in georgia now these protests have been continuing outside the Parliament BuildingParliament Speaker iraq. Has announced his resignation but protesters are demanding a change in leadership clashes erupted when Russian Politicians said they gavrilov gave a speech in russian to a group of m. P. s and move angered georgians who oppose moscows presence in the country well robin farseer walker has been following this story for us and joins us from tbilisi now robin as you were saying clashes last night left hundreds of people injured and tensions appear to be running high today as well between police and protesters. Yes indeed and i think the tensions are running high in particular because of those injuries that were sustained yesterday so the protesters have 2 reasons to be out on the streets of tbilisi the capital to noise and one of course is the way in which the police that your thirtys allowed these russian m. P. s to come to georgia when they were no diplomatic relations between these countries and for them to come into the parliament and talk and about the kind of language that they use as well. Its something that i wanted to have to a chance to touch on is how. The european leading liberal minded georgians see the way in which russia uses orthodoxy conservative values as a way of going against them so whenever we have these kinds of speeches made by politicians particularly Russian Politicians it riles georgians because they see that as an attack on their own values theyre more freedom loving lets say liberal values and these are concerns that theyve had for a very. A long time weve seen movements here organize themselves to say what is the government doing to counter this kind of russian information and propaganda where they try to erode or to to take take inroads into their European Values and then of course the violence that was inflicted on so many people although the government is saying that the protesters attempted to Storm Parliament yesterday many people believe that the response was completely over the top and theres a lot of evidence to suggest that police deliberately fired in the faces and into the growing areas of some of those protesters and journalists as well i saw for myself how the Police Yesterday were firing their rounds directly into the crowds including the. Gas and the tear gas that was used also now hearing however that on top of these calls for resignations of senior figures in the government the russian authorities responding back saying that what happened yesterday was the result of radical forces trying to carry out a coup in georgia and to undo all of the all of the good that had been done in building relations between the 2 countries well those that statement really doesnt really bear out when you look at the situation on the ground here they said a lot of hostility towards russia and its idea of. Building mending bridges with russia to most people here is a fallacy until russia begins to make progress on those occupied territories. Internationally recognized as georgian south of setia and abkhazia so they are also now saying that they want to against russians traveling to georgia were hearing russian deputies saying that you know russians should not visit georgia theyre even threatening. Blockades on some of georgias important exports liked. Mineral water that looks like the kremlin now upping the ante and seeking to make capital out of this Political Drama thats going on now into what you write thank you very much for now from the streets of tbilisi that robin forestay walker we can now speak to turn a corner who is a lecture on politics at Dublin City University joins us via skype from the moldovan capital now and so is robin was saying that they appear to be 2 key factors driving these protests you have the unresolved dispute between georgia and russia over those breakaway regions of a cause and South Ossetia but also this kind of broader discontent with the government in georgia right now do you see a way out of this. No i dont think anybody sees a way out of it no i dont think anybody can even right now understand how deep the crisis is i think the report is correctly identifying this as being the result of a broader lying systemic problems otherwise it would be impossible to understand why people would be so outraged that a Russian Deputy would simply sit in the wrong seat as it were to be the speakers chair in the russian and Georgian Parliament unless you can text your lies it into the broader framework of russian georgian nations and as your reporter said there have not been diplomatic relations since the debris minister country since 2008 since the russian georgian war and that this harmonious relationship has nothing to do those are there has been improvements on the people to people for example a 1000000 watching tourists visit a georgia during the last year when a ship in moscow and b. C. Are still chilly at the best of times and it is a 2nd factor which is increasing dissatisfaction with the government its important to stress that the government of georgia is somewhat dysfunctional certainly its very unusual in. There is one mountain because you know even if she needs a multibillionaire it is about 6000000000. 00 or his name and he more or less has the choice of who will be Prime Minister or president the Prime Minister and president morales were chosen because they were his inner circle and he has no formal position within the government until that kind of position is more or less powerful and i think there will always be a certain degree of dissatisfaction but also the fact that hes been a power now for 6 or 7 years theres a certain feeling inside nation georgia is losing its place its an aspiring towards e. U. Membership aspiring towards nature membership but its very far at the back of the queue and theres a long tradition you might say why are these protests particularly important right now while theres a long tradition in georgia all regime change as a result of not election is not a parliament youve written to changing and thats the chairs put up protests on the street and on this particular student most about incidents its the main for a pair of georgia. Its were arent is that. If you look at how our hours changed a lot of georges its true it started always with mass protests in the streets of. I dont force disproportionate use of course by the bar rooms and that appears to have exacerbated the situation there for now thank you very much appreciate your analysis from the modern capital keesha now danica back on joining us. Now to spain where the Supreme Court has sentenced 5 men accused of attacking a teenager to 15 years each in prison for rape a judges overruled to lower courts which convicted the men of a lesser offense of sexual abuse the socalled wolf pack case in 2016 sparked mass protests across spain neve barker now reports. Spains highest court in madrid has to live at its verdict with men previously convicted of the Sexual Assault of an 18 year old woman that were now guilty of the more serious charge of rape the man called themselves the wolf pack and. All the acts took place in an atmosphere of terror of absolute subjection the only thing the victim declared to the court was i close my eyes and waited for everything to end as soon as i got out on this head of the decision some of the man arrived at the courthouse in seville where they must check in 3 times a week. The Supreme Court ruling overturned 2 Previous Court rulings in a case this port thousands of people onto the streets in protest was. The attack happened here in pump loner in the city was holding the sound for main bull running festival the woman was dragged into a residential hallway in the early hours of the morning the court heard how the man shed jokes and videos of the rape in a group footage was used as evidence of the trial the defendants lawyer said the sex was consensual a rape charge in spain requires evidence of violence or intimidation the womans lawyer says she didnt fight back because she was afraid and in shock both the 5 men and the victim appealed to the earlier verdict to the Supreme Court during the appeal process the men were freed from jail because under spanish law no one could be held for more than 2 years without a definitive sentence i will release and rage protest as. The men of had their sentences increased from 9 to 15 years one of them was given an extra 2 years for stealing victims phone it is thought that me and if that gets i think the world back case has led us to consider a change in the law i Hope Parliament takes to. Legal reform seriously and society demands it. Is one of the most controversial cases in modern spain a case that complainants hope to change the way the country judges rate future. Aljazeera. Well from london in about half an hours time now back to nick and. Mara thanks very much now algeria is a former Prime Minister here and 2 former industry ministers have been referred to a Public Prosecutor to be investigated over allegations of corruption its a response to the thousands of protesters who have gathered across the nation once again for an 18th straight week of calling for the removal of any figures from the government and several politicians and businessmen linked to 2 ousted president of the lizzies group the flicka have been detained or question since an ailing president was forced to step down in april. They have been protests in jordans capital against the u. S. Peace plan for israel and palestine demonstrators say the proposed deal will be tilted in favor of israel the economic component of the plan is expected to be unveiled at a conference in bahrain next week at present donald trump Senior Adviser and son in law is expected to chair that meeting. U. S. Agents to try to work out why theres been a surge in the number of Asylum Seekers from africa crossing the border from mexico from the southern u. S. Some have been sent thousands of kilometers to a new Arrival Center in the north east 8 of main characters on there has been meeting some of them. Garcia it was not a choice but rather a matter of survival to flee his native democratic republic of congo he tells me Police Officers back home stabbed him in the stomach mistakenly thinking he was taking part in antigovernment protests. He decided the danger was too much for him and his family earlier this year they left the d. R. C. Boarding a boat for south america in search of a better life in the u. S. At one point they walked through the jungles of colombia for 7 days with no food fish mistook i mean the meat of a we were very hungry and all our food ran out so i would grab a banana off a tree and start a fire and cooked a banana eat and kill the hunger so me and my children were able to sleep thats all we had. His 8 year old daughter jessica witness something along the journey that no child should ever have to see and lights them and almost missed us that one night people were trying to cross a river but the water was strong some people die i saw this. Nearly 5 months later this is now home a few cots in a makeshift shelter in a gymnasium in Portland Maine 3700 kilometers from the southern border at last count this Emergency Shelter is also home to 223 other Asylum Seekers all from Subsaharan Africa most from the d. R. C. And angola theyve all arrived in the last week and requested to come to portland while their asylum cases are being reviewed. This gymnasium is now completely full there are beds everywhere during the day the migrants usually leave here go out into the city and try to find work outside the shelter we find this man a 31 year old taxi driver also from the d. R. See it was been in portland for a levon months but still is not legally permitted to work. Like the police but im still waiting for my documents to be able to work and make my life better without work its a little hard so right now i am volunteering at a place in exchange for a place to stay with children and some food and he says his dream is for his daughter to be able to go to college someday. A human drama playing out in real time far from the southern border but with families from africa just seeking peace gabriel assad aljazeera Portland Maine. Still ahead here on aljazeera defying trump u. S. Senators voted to block the sale of arms to saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Requests for oil and gas in cyprus sparks what could become a diplomatic showdown between turkey and the e. U. And in sport the ferrari team gets some bad news ahead of the french from free. Again while here across turkey we have been talking about the new storms of the last couple of days and that is still going to be the trend but there is some good news as we go towards the end of the weekend the what you see here on the map all the green starts to fade away as we go towards sunday so less active weather a little bit drier as we end the weekend there a little though it is going to be a hot day for you with a temperature of 34 degrees and down towards beirut we do expect to see 27 as your forecast high while the winds have been a big problem across the gulf over the last 3 days finally on saturday the winds begin to ease the visibility also gets better tempers and about 40 degrees here but by the time we get towards sunday theyre coming back up to about 42. 00 over towards 39. 00 in the scott plenty of sun in the forecast at 37. 00 degrees there and then across other parts of Southern Africa we are going to be seeing some winds and some clouds pushing through cape town over the next few days rain will be a problem there on saturday with a temperature of 16 degrees but this area of low pressure makes its way towards east durban will see some windy conditions as well 22. 00 degrees few there up here towards johannesburg it is going to be a little bit chilly and overnight it get down to the Single Digits but up towards harare it is going to be a nice day at 23. 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Attack and given a deadline to agree to engage in talks the revolutionary guard says it also refrain from shooting down a u. S. Plane with 35 people on board that was in the vicinity of the drone. Streets in hong kong flooded with protests once again as people continue to demonstrate for the complete withdrawal of the china extradition bill and the latest protest. Friday deadline for the government to meet tomorrow. Back to our top story in the tension between iran and the United States lets take a look at irans weapons capabilities in the u. S. Military forces close by well the u. S. 5th fleet is based in bahrain which has recently been reinforced with the arrival of the Abraham LincolnCarrier Strike group is packed with around 90 warplanes the free to view as warships as powerful radars that can track hundreds of across able tennessee and carry weapons able to destroy targets far inland the United States has a presence in Different Countries in the middle east including q 8 and iraq its biggest base in the region is. Daid in qatar with more than 10000. 00 personnel and a range of warplanes including b. 52. 00 bombers. Forces antiquated speed has a wide array of antiship missiles some can hit targets up to 300 kilometers away and the iranian navy has a sizable submarine fleet with russian built class subs quite enough to sneak up on the u. S. Carrier group or lets examine this a little more closely join us in the studios our desire is different analysts on its go topless alex welcome to the program so you look at that rare firepower in the balance of it and you can see that the relative capabilities are far in the United States favor very much so as you can see theyve got an entire the u. S. As an entire Carrier Group on station the 5th fleet thats also based in the gulf you. They by far outclass the Iranian Military in every metric he want to examine but the iranians are capable of defending themselves their air force is obsolete but the air defense is actually. Pretty pretty sophisticated as well as one of the weird. Ironies of sanctions is that domestic missile production capabilities now are actually quite high theyre able to fight back but again. Its a mouse fighting a guerrilla absolutely class so theyre able to shoot down maybe one or 2 american planes but american would be able to destroy every single military target of note and i mention the submarine fleet in parking lots thats quite substantial. 21 submarines a few of them russian kilo class submarines that a diesel diesel submarines are very very quiet and by their nature they can sneak up on a Carrier Group. They potentially could be a problem for the American Navy but of course American Navy trains very this exact eventuality. Recently in the last hour or so revolutionary guard commander has tweeted saying that the kerry group the american character open all the American Assets are within range of iranian missiles but what we are seeing now is that this fund might be in range but will be able to hit. Its unlikely. The u. S. President he talked about how they would 10 minutes away from the strike do you place and then he pulled back because of the possibility of iranian casualties more than 100. If it had gone ahead what were the targets and what would it have achieved and then what kind of retaliation might weve expected to see with this is that youre upping the escalation notching up the escalation. President was talking about 3 sites which are radar missile sites these would be able to be hit the americans have stealth missiles which they used against highly defended targets in damascus a year or so ago. And the brain is wouldnt even see these coming before they hit the targets and effectively blinded them. That they have this available they didnt use it in the pullback it shows that there is this kind of odd coded language of conflict that theyre talking about because. President hadnt ordered a full on strike it was only 3 and it was only 3 sites themselves and the iranians said well we could be shot down a drone but we could have shot down a manned patrol aircraft killing 35. Personnel so everyone seems to be supplying that this is a heavy warning be careful but were also trying to abstain from any kind of have cities and pushing up to the brink but not any further from the or any point of view if they were to retaliate what kind of targets might they select. The quite a few in the gulf as you can imagine of course you have the basing facilities for the 5th fleet in bahrain possibly a low Data Air Force base here. From a force base where the american stealth fighters are based where the Global Hawk Drone was shot down right off from in the emirates let alone the Carrier Groups saying its obviously a large amount of naval hardware in a very very small space of contested water a lot of options and all of it raises indeed ok alex well leave it there for tommy thanks very much for talking us thank you now your sentences have voted to block a 1000000000. 00 in arms sales to saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates and other countries a handful of republicans joined democrats in whats being seen as a protest against president on the trump support for the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin some 100 has this report now from the u. S. Capitol rational disapproval in the u. S. Senate republican firewall protecting President Trump there is a visible crack in my relationship with saudi arabia is forever changed and it will not go back to the way it used to be with key support from trump ally Lindsey Graham and a handful of other republicans the senate voted to block the president from selling billions of dollars in u. S. Arms to saudi arabia you cannot have a strategic relationship the United States. And behave in a fashion that shows no respect for Human Dignity no respect for International NormsPresident Trump is certain to veto the measure and its not likely opponents will muster the 2 thirds majorities they need in both the house and the senate to override a veto but with the u. S. Facing a potential military conflict with iran the Senate Republican leader says it is no time to abandon a key regional ally so the question the senate will soon consider is really those whether will lash out at an imperfect partner and undercut our own efforts to build cooperation shock around and achieve other important goals or whether well keep our imperfect part of clothes and use our employees are there any sense for a majority of senators the answer was to punish the Worlds Largest arms importer in the resolution is passed it was a protest over saudi agents killing of. An american resident in journalist for the Washington Post a we so blind to the malign influence of saudi arabia that we just give money and weapons to anybody regardless of what they do you can chop up a dissident you can cut a dissident into pieces without bone saw and will still give you weapons it was also a protest over the killing of civilians by the saudi immorality Led Military Coalition using american weapons in the war in yemen ideas are bombs that are dropping on those civilians. We cannot morally continue to support such a still. The vote might not be veto proof but it sends a message to trump into the crown prince of saudi arabia that neither the threat of a conflict with iran nor a Longstanding Alliance are enough for the u. S. Senate to turn a blind eye toward its allies. Washington. The opposition in syria is accusing the government of using its siege and starved time to force war refugees from a camp in the desert around 14000 people have left camp in the past 3 months as in a hotter report its unclear how many of the remaining 27000 the ready to return to government controlled turns roca bandcamp was home 240000 syrians for more than 4 years and the past 3 months it started to empty more than 14000 have left this remote desert region along a corridor opened by Syrian Government forces its the only way out. But. Its because of the tight siege by russian and Syrian Government forces the people had no choice because they were hungry they decided to leave to areas under regime control but at least 60 percent of the camps population remain and many prefer to stay instead of being killed by the Regime Security men were for months now Syrian Government forces have besieged the camp closing smuggling routes that used to be lifelines some goods still reach work ban but the trade is controlled by businessmen who seem to be profiting from the situation. Bank of 8 loaves of bread cost 500. 00 syrian liras or 1. 01 q will a fries cost 1. 00 and a half is this possible people dont have money if you shop owners here are controlling the prices in the do not fear god we have no one to help us by god. The evacuations are organized by the Syrian Government which is giving the refugees one choice return to government rule or stay in what aid agencies have described as extremely challenging conditions. People are leaving because of poverty but then the regime sends them to the front lines to fight they dont come back they are either killed by the opposition or the assad regime and iranian militias we hope they open a road to the north to rebel areas or to any other country we dont want to go back to living under the regime. The city of government is refusing to open an internationally guaranteed safe passage to opposition controlled territories it has also been preventing the United Nations from delivering much needed aid to rock band for the past 4 months the United Nations says these people are in need of food medicine and water but it cant do anything without consent from government leaders and damascus. The un and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent working on a plan off for the contras from the us will humanitarian assistance. Whats being discussed at the moment and hope hans need to agree on this both deliver assistance. To all. The opposition accuses the government of using a tactic employed throughout the 8 years of war siege and starve people into submission and work ban it appears to be succeeding and yet again the International Community is failing to act. Beirut hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in democrats or public of congo because of intercommunal fighting around 4000 have arrived in neighboring uganda the United Nations is trying to resettle some in ak. And while the refugees doesnt want us to has more now from there. Its been 2 days since up