The so often its morning here the softer noon theres a massive rally planned weve seen 2000000 people the streets last weekend 1000000 the weekend before today the organizers are hoping to get more people to join this rally and i should say this rally is an annual rally held on july 1st to mark the handover for the British Government back to china but this this really this year ill have a different message protesters are expected to join that rally simply because of the theory of the anger of the extradition bill that proposal planned for Hong Kong Sarkar can all come for us thank you very much and staying with those protests in hong kong and since jan was the chief secretary of hong kong during British Colonial rule and under chinese rule she joins us now live from hong kong thank you very much good to have you on the program anson chan now 2 years ago. President the chinese president xi jinping had attended these hong kong anniversary celebrations and now if you look at the situation on the streets the protesters with the chief executive moving the ceremony from outdoors to indoors what is the message that thats being sent. I think the message that is being sent is that the majority of people are extremely angry and frustrated theyre angry as particularly as the extradition bill they want a total withdrawal of the bill theres a big difference between withdrawal and suspension but theyre also very frustrated at the lack of programmers on constitutional reforms and delivering on giving hong kong people the right to vote for our own leaders whether it is the chief executive or members of the legislature so far the government apart from a half hearted apology has not a ceded to any of the demands that 2000000 people taking to the streets made and everybody is waiting to see whether the government is prepared to budge for a czar is it doesnt i think these protests in various from will continue to take place but realistically speaking the Hong Kong Government has said theyre shelving the bill albeit theres no date whether theyre going to renew it or not why isnt that enough its hard to see the government completely backtracking and retracting it. It isnt enough because today the people simply does not do not trust the. Government and do not trust the chief executive they want the bill withdrawn because suspension means that any time when the government wishes it can resume the 2nd reading of the bill withdrawal means that you put it to one side you start of the next time you decide to proceed on Something Like this you will have to do extensive Public Consultation you will have to sit sit down with all stakeholders and work out a formula that is acceptable to the majority of hong kong people so theres a huge difference. Were seeing scenes on the streets that weve never seen before in the sense these spontaneous protests that are happening almost on a daily basis bring the city to a standstill are you surprised. No im not surprised because this is the culmination of a whole series of actions that the government has taken in recent years that increasingly restrict our political space cuts at the very heart of one country 2 systems and removes the sense of freedom and Civil Liberties that we thought we could enjoy under the basic law these are promises that beijing made to the people of hong kong and to the International Community but the extradition bill removes the essential fire wall between hong kong and Mainland China there simply is no trust that if you were extradited to Mainland China you would get a fair trial Everybody Knows there is no fair trial you can even have your own legal representation you are faced with trumped up charges forced confessions so how come people simply want to continue to feel safe in their own bit in hong kong without the risk of being sent across the border and i would answer shallots talk about what what these protesters are how these protests are playing out weve had a 1000000 and 2000000000 people marches which are broadly supported by hong kong but what were seeing mostly are skirmishes young people on the streets without a leader without a clear they have a message they have many messages is this really the way to get what they want and is the government really going to listen to them if this is how theyre going to operate without a spokesperson or a leader that can relay their message clearly. Well i think 1st of all these days social media makes it possible for Mass Mobilization of the people without a clear leader but you are seeing the result of years of frustration and anger when people are denied a vote at the ballot box and they have a legislature where the probation party can ride roughshod over peoples wishes then people feel they have no choice other than to take to the streets to make their voices heard of course the longer these protests go on than the there is the risk that they will overplay their hands and i sincerely hope that that will not happen but so much is dependent on whether this government is seen to be responsive to the peoples few months i think its entirely reasonable in the circumstances for the government to withdraw the bill after all is conceded that the bill is all but dead secondly the people want an independent inquiry into what happened on 12th of june when there were violent clashes between the police and protesters and the police fired on the people with rubber bullets etc and independent inquiry will get to the bottom of this this inquiry is not intended to be blame seeking i think it says the fairest in the circumstances so that we know exactly what happened what lessons can be learned so that we can avoid such skirmishes in the future and sen john great to speak to you thank you very much for coming on the program thank you well jazeera founder thomas is also in hong kong and he explains how people in the semi autonomous territory have defied beijing ever since the end of british rule. Junes protests were hong kongs biggest ever but they were not the 1st the city has a history of protest i think hong kong a special bit in the sense that the large you have the freedom to protest but we are not of democracy so in most liberal countries actually they could have changed things by voting but how come people cannot so when the government did not listen to a puppet opiate in the only thing that a lot of people could do is to protest on the streets of the whole world are focused on one car seized from china during a 19th century war hong kong it was a british territory for more than 150 years but the colony expanded when china granted britain in 1009 year lease over adjacent land and islands when that expired and then a grand ceremony on the 1st of july 9097. 00 the whole of the colony was handed back chinas leaders agreed hong kong would in effect self rule for at least 50 years but quickly some in hong kong doubted beijings commitment in 2300000000 people protested against proposed anti subversion legislation that would have made treason against the Chinese Government illegal the protests worked the proposals was shelved. Is clear it is to win back the support in the trust of the people marching 2012 against plans to include compulsory lessons in schools on chinas history culture and National Identity also succeeded but more ambitious protests did not those part of 20 faulting socalled umbrella revolution called for more than token democracy to hong kong and rejected beijings prescreening of candidates for elections. The protests started violently and continued for months as a city in the shut down parts of the city center but beijing stood firm emoticon the occupy movement fizzled out. But this years proposals to allow extradition to the chinese mainland brought protesters back to. Huge marches and outrage heavy handed policing led to the indefinite suspension of the legislation i believe this is the most unethical moment ever since the handover is the strongest and most determined protesters had ever seen some analysts think the protests worked because they were targeted narrowly specific laws that were not a top priority for beijing rather than demands for democracy which to beijing is a big threat having tasted some success many percents does want to push for more to force the withdrawal of the extradition proposals not just their suspension and much more ambitious to use the momentum they have to reignite demands for democracy after thomas out of their home. And in other news syrian state media says Government AirDefense Systems have intercepted missiles fired by israeli fighter jets syrian media say the attacks targeted military positions in the city of damascus killing 4 people was also hit the missiles were launched from lebanese airspace where israeli aircraft were said to have been spotted making low altitude flights israel has carried out air strikes in syria against hezbollah and iranian targets in the past. Flights have resumed the libyan capital only functioning airport it was briefly taken out of action after being hit by an airstrike forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar say their attack destroyed a turkish drone that was parked on one of the airport runways. Answer he says 6 of its citizens are being held by have terrorist forces and so one that have terrorists fighters would become legitimate targets if they arent released immediately after as Eastern Administration in tobruk cut all ties with european friday accusing it of supporting the rival un recognized government in tripoli it has threatened to target turkish interests in libya including Airline Flights and shipping anchor assess its involvement in libya is aimed at promoting Regional Peace and stability. Of the overhead is in tripoli with this update. Of you get airport the only operational airport in the capital tripoli has been resumed after it was halted for hours that is following the air strike by a fighter jet loyal to the world safer have to which hit an open area near the runway that is according to authorities in him airport this is the 5th time. Airport is hit by have that as fighter jets since have to launch it is a military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli on april the 4th on the other hand forces loyal to warlord for have to say that they have targeted a turkish drawn in what we understand that the Turkish Foreign ministry has threatened to target have to his forces. Do not release the nationals who have been detained by have their forces in the east of the country 2 days ago have to his forces have threatened to target all turkish interests in libya including flights and also vessels in libyas to. Their forces loyal to the. Have to accuse turkey of providing the drones to the forces loyal to the government of National Accord especially after that the Government Forces recaptured their strategic town of what he and from have their forces which is considered a major setback to have to his forces also in the east of libya the speaker of the. House of representatives have he has Just Announced that the general mobilization in the country thats following the fish threats to target have to us forces inside libya if they do not really is the turkish nationals well libya is one of the points of departure from migrants making. On their way from africa to europe to seek asylum often the 1st port of call is the italian island of lampedusa while italys far right interior minister insists on blocking ports to rescue vessels that are prepared to defy its order so negotiate go has this report from lampedusa. They arrive safely after weeks at sea babies women and men alive but severely dehydrated despite it all they had managed to reach the italian island of lampedusa. Theirs was the 2nd landing in as many days in the wake of the sea watch 3 the rescue vessel that saved 40 people from a rubber boat off the coast of libya and eventually bought them to the island by defying italian also. Its captain caroline racketing given a mixed greeting of insults and cheers at the port as she was arrested for resisting a warship a highly publicized challenge to italys newly beefed up laws can now deny access to vessels considered to be a security risk. To the far right interior minister matteo even called the incident an act of war on a social media tirade there are many who will agree with him and that its news ports should be close to such rescue vessels but there are others who do not share that view such as the mayor of lumpy there was a. He says he wants to block everything but ive never seen the port closed in lampedusa this type of talk appeals to peoples worst instincts even received threats when you talk about the reality which contradicts what the minister says there are no closed ports in lampedusa in fact theyre always open this tiny island close to north africa that italy is one of the front lines in the battle between humanitarian needs and the new leave robust migration laws. The. Criminalize ation of search and rescue operations means that there are far fewer organizations that are able to provide assistance but there are some that still do the last few. Hours. Walking in to do so we have felt the pressure coming from authorities those that do make it to lump of those wind up here at this Migrant Center for processing the system is a lot more efficient these days partly because there are fewer that come here but also because they get sent out in a matter of days rather than months but people that come here are still in effect at the mercy of a government thats proclaimed 0 tolerance towards their arrival many will continue to journey across the mediterranean risking people smugglers all in the hope of a better life others like many before them will not make it it is a voyage fraught with danger the sea has claimed many lives old and young alike and closing the ports has not changed that its only increased the burden of humanitarian assistance upon those who see themselves judy bound to help. Al jazeera. And still ahead their votes are being counted after controversial local elections in albania that were closely watched by the European Union plus. Anger in argentina are days of power cuts have paralyzed parts of the country. And the red ball comes out on top of formula 1. 00 and 3. 00 australian grand prix fire will be here with that story. The web sponsored by qatar airways. Hello again welcome back to your International Weather forecast where the rain has been quite heavy across parts of china were getting a break here across the southeast but we dont expect that to last too long because we do have a tropical depression here in the pacific that is making its way towards the northwest we do think its going to bring some very heavy rain across parts of luzon possibly taiwan and then towards the southern part in the southeastern part of china until then things are going to be fairly dry for hong kong but for joe were going to be seen as a very wet weather few over the coming days as you can see a lot of moisture across much of the South China Sea that is causing some coastal flooding as well so we watching that over the next few days over here towards the southern part of asia were going to be seeing a lot of wet weather here across parts of malaysia probably towards the north but down here towards the south things are looking quite dry across indonesia so java sumatra over here toward still a way see it is going to be a dry day temps wise into the low thirtys for many locations for jakarta at 32. 00 degrees there here on monday and then as we go towards tuesday the rain continues for bangkok with a temperature of 32. 00 and also the monsoon season has been delayed as weve been telling you but we are seeing more rain across much of the southwest coast and over here towards the bamberg all heavy rain is expected over the next few days for kolkata with a temperature of 31. The weather sponsored by cattle and ways. To aljazeera. We ask problems of the signs of the instability is corruption we listen been ziad and vince who are pushing the United States and President Trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter how does iran. I know. That you. Know some other like. They wanted 3000000 homes with a weapon that was 6000000000 in. Theres no any more because theres always a small. Really really good built. In essence we in the United States have privatized the old Public Function more shadow on aljazeera. Any watch not just there and heres a reminder for our top stories this hour saddams Health Ministry says 7 people have been killed and 181 wounded during mass rallies throughout the country. And tear gas were fired at protesters whove been demanding civilian rule. And police have used pepper spray on protesters in hong kong as a territory marks the 22nd anniversary of its handover from britain to china up to 1000000 demonstrators are expected to take to the streets. And flights have resumed the libyan capital is only functioning airport it was shot after being hit by an airstrike by the warlord forces turkey says 6 of its citizens are being held by men. Donald trump has returned home after committing to restarting talks on north Koreas Nuclear program this follows an historic meeting with the north Korean Leader kim jong un but kim the Demilitarized Zone but. North and south korea and he became the 1st sitting u. S. President to set foot in the north are diplomatic editor dan space has this report from project thats near the d. M. Z. In south korea. This went just the way President Donald Trump wanted pictures that will make history and potentially reinvigorate peace efforts waiting for him the other side of the line separating north korea and south korea kim jong on a handshake on the 3rd meeting and then frank became the 1st ever sitting u. S. President to step on to north korean soil. The 2 then walked back into the south underdressed reporters stepping of course that was agreed on a lot of rhetoric. A lot of friendships and just didnt particularly agree richard so i just thank you very much notice that i want to thank you so you have i believe looking at this action this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate the unfortunate past and begin a new future. Then what sounded like an invitation that would invite him right after this i waited to hear from. The 2 leaders of nations still technically at war a peace treaty was never signed when the korean war ended 66 years ago then went to whats known as the Freedom House on the south korean side of the d. M. Z. That is cool because here ive always wanted to meet you at this place as a symbol of the separation of the north and the south and to remind you of the unfortunate past meeting at such a place shows that we are willing to put an end to the unfortunate past and also open a new future to provide positive opportunities in the future. At the end of 15 minutes of talks President Trump announced that detailed negotiations will soon. Begin steve is going to do a fantastic job hes going to be representing. Us in the talks and. Will be we will be dealing with south korea will be dealing with president moon and his people but pretty much its going to be the initial dose will be between the United States and with north korea this is now the difficult bit the devil is in the detail there now need to be complex negotiations involving military scientific and Nuclear Experts western diplomats whove been involved a diploma see with pyongyang in the past say on previous occasions north korea has lived and cheated as he left south korea President Trump seemed very happy but its worth remembering the challenge ahead north koreas not yet given up any part of its sophisticated Nuclear Program the International Community has not lifted any of it scribbling sanctions jamesburg zira south korea. Personally there is a Public Policy professor at George Mason University and he says trumps meeting with came as a bit to boost his chances of reelection. We are beginning a Political Campaign over mr trumps reelection effort so everything is seen now as political democrats are pretty cynical about what mr trump was trying to do in north korea he claims that he was trying to restart negotiations he wants to show progress remember President Trump is a dealmaker cloud reputation and he obviously is unhappy that he was so far after 2 summit meetings with the leader of north korea unable to come to any deal so we want to keep trying to show the American People hes hes continuing to try because thats his reputation dealmaker but what kind of political leverage does that give him particularly with his. Base of supporters who are very much u. S. Centric they are but they want the United States to show its clout in the world and they believe that mr trump is making some progress his critics say look what hes doing hes been friendly with dictators all over the world not just north korea but also the philippines and hungary and poland he appears to like dictators and that has democrats very angry and theyre of course saying well theres no Real Progress here theres no Real Progress in the 2 previous summits in hanoi and singapore when mr trump rejected the effort by north korea to ask for a relief of sanctions in return for partial denuclearization mr trump rejected that so hes proposing here to restart talks in hopes of showing some kind of progress. European Union Leaders are pulling an all nighter in brussels to decide who will get the blocks top jobs that such a socialist france timmerman is the current favorite to take over from the junker as the next European Commission president but several Eastern European leaders are opposed to timmermans has repeatedly accused poland and hungary of violating civil rights well we can now go to brussels and speak to the baba has been there throughout the night in a dream whats the latest and the attempt to choose a Commission President. Well the talks officially between the e. U. Leaders and of the European Council started several hours late vend they basically hold to it to allow for a series of buying actual meetings between donald the European Council president and the heads of government now originally the plan that was brought here from the g 20 involves good idea of friends to him and say youre mentioning taking over as the Commission President but in exchange for giving the center right grouping in the European Parliament which won the most seats in the recent you elections as agree pain. Some of the other top jobs including the European Council presidency well thats proved extremely hard to get through particularly with countries like poland the Czech Republic and hungary many of whom have been criticised sharply by friends timmons for their. Role over performance over the idea of. The rule of law and the freedom of the judiciary they say hes just not a compromise candidate not somebody that theyre willing to accept so for the last few hours donald has been having these bilateral meetings suggesting other names from the center right grouping including islands Prime Minister leo varadkar Michel Barnier whos been the chief brets it negotiated for the e. U. And Christina Georgieva the chief executive of the world bank shes from bulgaria now those might not seem obvious candidates but obviously theyre looking for alternatives all we know now is that the bilateral meetings the last of which was with britains Prime Minister to resign may have finished their duty to reconvene we. I think some time soon but a senior official has been quoted as saying about donald to sky cant see him having anything for when everyone reconvenes. So thank you very much spending a very long night at the leaders and brussels thank you. Votes are being counted in albania s. Local elections the opposition have boycotted the polls and theyre refusing to recognize its results Prime Minister eddie rama insisted on holding these elections despite months of antigovernment protests that sometimes turn violent the vote is being watched closely by the European Union john straw poll is has this report from tirana. These ballots are being carried in to secure the centers for counting but the result is largely known they were cast mostly by socialists supporters for socialist candidates to many albanians its a throwback to communism we have lived through a dictatorship not so far it does only 30 years ago i was 10 years old at that time and i remember very well that spirit and i feel terrible when i think that we are easily and without even noticing her going back to that period the dictator in many peoples minds is the countrys socialist party leader and current Prime Minister eddie rama the main opposition parties boycotted these elections accusing his government of corruption they demand his resignation and the general election instead president who is sympathetic to the opposition claims declared the elections canceled and rescheduled them for october to give the parties a cooling off period but the government under held them anyway. The results of these elections are not in doubt socialist candidates are standing unopposed in sochi one of us apologies and against weak opponents and the remaining 1st they are likely to take all the may ships the question is how many obedience will accept these results on monday and what the government will do if 24 opposition leaders refused to yield to their posts rama is calling on opposition mayors and their parties to accept the result and he wants the opposition to resume seats in parliament they resigned in february in. A bid to block the political process politics need to do. A good job to unite the country but of course it. Takes 2 for a time and i hope that our friends in opposition will reflect realize that this disaster for themselves at stake is the countrys European Future a free and Fair Election is seen as key for the launch of each new membership talks which have already been postponed by months and could be set back years the socialist party is presenting itself as the guarantor of stability and the Constitutional Order the opposition sees itself as the more honest broker who can manage e. U. Entry but to many albanians both losing legitimacy jumps at all plus aljazeera tirana. Clothes made in bangladesh can be found in fashion shops around the world but will soon be a 50000000000. 00 a year industry employs more than 4000000. 00 bangladeshi workers mostly women but the unregulated practices in the industry are also poisoning reverse and destroying the livelihoods of fishermen and farmers son of each other he has the story from savar in bangladesh rokia begins family has farmed this land on the banks of riverbank sheets for generations now our home is badly polluted even now that. We used to drink water from this river and cook food with it now we cant even wash our hands here we get rushes in our feet if we stand in these paddy fields we cant eat fish from these waters dont you see there are no more fishermen around. The department of environment has already classified 3 rivers around the capital as biologically dead because a policeman. The environmentalists impact of clothing production in bangor that shows how the true cost of cheap textile is been felled by the very poorest living downstream from polluting factories while the production goes up day by day the desire to cut pollution does not some factories conceal drains which dispose of untreated waste a lot of other day in d. C. All these factories built large drains and then installed large pipes inside the drains when waste water comes out from these drains the stench is so awful you cant stand here the poor bear the brunt of pollution the dude in the office with me i had my little money were facing a lot of Health Problems these waters are so dirty its not cheating we contacted anything in this land. Treating factory waste water is an expensive process only do we have been raised a lot to make all our planting but i tell friendly and sustainable. And they