Drove the socalled down bro movement pushing for greater autonomy and that remains unresolved today the problem seems to be one of inherent dysfunction freedom of expression where you can and your grievances combined with a political system that ensures a pro beijing government seems to guarantee a high degree of unhappiness especially among young people a situation that the prodemocracy groups say can only be resolved by beijing the ultimate solution would be for china to seriously open up and look at hong kong as a positive a window case a positive example for chinese Democratic Development the prob aging camp says the more hong kong people push for change the more futile this movement becomes as chinas leaders wont be seen to be giving way most hong kong people belief that there must be some kind of. Actions. And although we cant prove that we can have any evidence at this point but i think most people believe that beijing behind or this mourners attended a vigil on wednesday night for another young protester who took her life after leaving a note saying hong kong the revolution the protests are far from being that but with no signs yet of the movement to losing its momentum hong kong will remain for some time chinas troubled and troublesome neighbor. Bright aljazeera own car. Journalism is not a crime thats the message from a major conference on press freedom in london today human Rights Groups say 2018 was the worst year on record for violence against journalists in afghanistan more than 80 journalists were killed last year the murder of jamal g. Of the saudi consulate in istanbul dominated headlines for months and the shooting of yeah sparked protests in slovakia he was investigating government corruption in mexico many journalists have either been killed or theyve gone missing the shooting of 5 employees of the capital does that newspaper in the us shocked the entire country President Trump has continued of course to criticize the press and around 348. 00 journalists are detained worldwide 60 of them are in china with 19 people facing charges of false news in egypt including al jazeera as Mahmoud Hussain chai angela joins us from the press Freedom Conference in london charlie what have they been discussing today. Who was in seeing peter is that of all those crimes you mentioned 90 percent of them will go unpunished and thats one of the reasons why were seeing this ministerial such summit on the Media Freedom bringing together 70 Foreign MinistersInternational Organizations and about a 1000 journalists to try and work out how to best defend the media against censorship attacks imprisonment and abuse know what theyre looking for some concrete changes in the best cement into the area and also some intervention in the u. K. Started the ball rolling on the investment side and earlier i spoke to harriet bolden shes the u. K. Minister for africa at the Foreign Office and she told me why britain is making this such a priority. Today alone weve announced a further 33000000. 00 to help support journalists in some very difficult and developing parts of the world to activities that one is to find ways in which it can become sustainable for journalism to work and. Very poor places but also how we can ensure that voices that dont normally get heard in the democratic process the voice of the voiceless yes heard as a part of journalism. So this covers they using the carrot and the stick approach to try and get countries to improve their records on Media Freedom as well as the money the carrot approach involves promoting the benefits of free press and were expected to hear foreign secretary jeremy hunt talking about how a free press can drive technological change innovation at the same time drive out corruption theyre also talking about supporting countries whove already made some concrete changes in supporting independent media namely ethiopia this year has just 40 places up that World Press Freedom index ranking system ever since Prime Minister obviate took office that this form of taking the stick approach is taking it takes place as intervention theyre trying to build a coalition of willing governments who will take diplomatic action when countries cross the line theyre also hoping to get these 70 Foreign Ministers to sign a joint declaration on freedom of expression but when i pressed Harriet Baldwin that minister from the Foreign Office on exactly what measures this coalition could take to countries who repeatedly offend like China Saudi Arabia there was very little detail that so its unclear exactly what leverage they would have beaten jonny thanks very much. Still to come for you here on the news hour the sports including theyre getting ready to celebrate in new york the city staging a parade for the u. S. Womens Football Team following their world cup triumph. We have the latest from the cricket world cup semifinal india and news you know. Thank. You. Tennis courts is far peter thank you so much celebrations are underway in new york city its hosting a parade for the u. S. Womens Football Team who on sunday successfully defended their world cup title now these are live pictures from new york city where that parade is taking place the large crowds of turned out to see the team the usa beat the netherlands to nail in the final in only all france its the 4th time overall theyve won the trophy the victory set new records in viewership in the u. S. Approximately 15300000 people across the country tuned in for the final and that the u. S. Audience figures for last years mens World Cup Final by about 4000000. The mens wimbledon quarterfinals are underway with defending champion novak jock rich currently facing davidge golf and belgium jock which is now 2 sets up on tuesday Serina Williams reached the wimbledon semifinals she beat a fellow american allyson. 37 year old who is going for her 24th grand slam title one in 3. Years just american and. Thats what exactly does the damage to his temples mean because. I mean if you could tell me i would appreciate it so. Next up for williams is barbara strike the check player b. Britains joanna contact in straight sets to reach her 1st grand slam semi. I dont have fear i i just will go there thursday and i will try to play my game of course i dont have such a power like siri now but i have another weapons and i will try to use them as much as i can and i will. Enjoy i have really at this point nothing to lose so how about is the highest seed left in the womens draw she was a straight sets winner against China Shanghai shway. Im a different person everything changed i have a lot of experience now im more confident i love grass its 1st time and i say that. But i think its its a big challenge for me or makes 3rd next match but i will take it like i took every match since im here im relaxed im happy im motivated to win. And how it will play lemus fiddle inas shes the 1st ukrainian woman to reach the samis at wimbledon with a straight sets win over caroline much over. It was a busy day for throwing a williams who also was also playing mixed doubles with Andy Murray Murray is back on the comeback trail from hip surgery the pair are into the last 16 after a straight sets win over her bring smart team adam well. Today fellow a bit more relaxed probably in the 1st match just because we dont know each other extremely well and i think you know theres a lot of talk that i was playing in then you know once we got on the court we wanted to do well i think you know today i chatted you know that more and probably a bit more a lesson for sure and thats. Pakistan has just hosted one of the worlds most spectacular sporting events played in the altitude of 3700. 00 metres the highest ground on the planet is the danube for the chandeleur festival our correspondent kemal hyder was there to watch the sport of kings against the backdrop of the scenic shandor valley near chitral and northern pakistan. Although paulo hes played all around the word no one very very sure and. He always told the guys time to do funny so High School Drama in the words sometimes games from the get go focused on the good draw. Every year out of their shorts to hear their noise made sure to find time to gable and he also noticed that gable and keep going for games in the street you. Know this is also an opportunity for pocket start console games if youve all been there you know if you get this done and you draw youve got the security situation has improved drastically thousands of people have. Orders course for the roof falls do work if the dogs are not words which are given talk is done to take the signal to the outside warning them to do it is sure to come and they should feel secure and if youre a freak you out by history is made at Major League Baseballs all star game in Cleveland Ohio the l. A. Dodgers when engine room pitched a scoreless any to become the 1st korean born pitch or to start an all star game the american only went on to beat the National League for their 7th straight title victory. And india have been knocked out of the cricket world cup new zealand have beaten them in the semi finals and manchester and here were bowled out for 221 chasing 240 as their targets. Ok. And were going to go back to you live pictures. Of that parade in new york city where people thousands of people turned out to celebrate team usa who beat france in the final. And its their 4th time overall theyve won that championship and thats thanks very much well see you later im sure when we come back on the other side of the break well get the very latest on that decision by the u. K. Ambassador to washington. To tender his resignation where does that put the relationships between the 2 countries will seize. It. The growing up in the United States i learned that the 1st amendment is really key to being a good leader of the shoulders going to be not men and women to the resources that are available but its an aljazeera story unique is that we just dont tell you what the subject of the story wants to know the government is not going to do the one thing the demonstrators want apologize for thats what aljazeera does we ask the questions so that we can get closer to the truth every reclaim news cycle brings a series of breaking stories is maximum jail term has jumped from 5 years to 175 years during the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media donald trump shouldnt be the one deciding who is a journalist and who isnt and focus on how they would call it on the stories that matter the most they move closer and closer to the tire shut down both international and domestic News Coverage on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Where every. The British Ambassador there at the center of a diplomatic dispute with donald trump resign its. Slow going on peter w. Watching aljazeera live from doha also coming up. Top french diplomats in iran to try to salvage the nuclear to you as the uns atomic watchdog has an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis. The french army admits ownership of antitank missiles recovered from libya documents suggest they were supplied to the warlords after by the u. A. E. And the crackdown the world can now witness pictures of the sudanese militarys break up of a peaceful protest as an internet blackout comes to an end. Britains ambassador to the United States has resigned following complaints from the u. S. President donald trump in memos leaked to a british newspaper. Called him inept and in secure and the white house dysfunctional the us president responded by describing britains top diplomat in washington a stupid and white and said he wouldnt deal with him anymore britains Prime Minister says she regrets his decision to step down in a statement secondary says this the Current Situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like although my posting is not to to end until the end of this year i believe in the current circumstances the responsible course is to allow the appointment of a new ambassador diplomatic or to james bays will have a reaction out of the us in just a moment but 1st 19 barbara joins us live from london certainly not in the settled position on the part of the u. K. Government seems to be this was malicious to do with whoever did the leaking but in the meantime a man who was just doing his job has felt pressured into resigning. Absolutely i think theres a consensus across the Political Parties there have been a number of reactions coming in on wednesday from across the board not just from tourism a but listen to this from labours shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry she said that the situation has made a larking a loving stock of britain and she like some other people have reacted to reports that. Felt he had to step down after the lukewarm response from Boris Johnson jr t. V. Debates between him and the other prospective Prime Minister jeremy hunt the current foreign secretary jeh johnson was seen as weak in his support for the ambassador now Emily Thornberry has called that a lick lickspittle response and pathetic a lot of people have been commenting on the fact that while jeremy hunt was solid in his backing for the ambassador mr deryk Boris Johnson really really didnt want to go very far at all the Prime Minister in the last few hours has been solid in her support without being so outspoken. Thank you mr speaker mr speaker this morning i have spoken to sit him down i have told him that it is a matter of great regret that he has felt it necessary to leave his position as. I. Said kim has given sikkim has given a lifetime of service to the United Kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude years senior official at the Foreign Office has confirmed that police are now investigating the leak hes having a meeting with his staff or on wednesday afternoon we clearly dont know who is behind the leak some people have suggested it could be a Foreign Government perhaps somebody trying to undermine the u. K. U. S. Relationship we do know though who might welcome this development because a straight away after the the leak nigel for raj went on his radio show to say that kim derrick should be sacked calling him not neutral and a global and he has reportedly been moving in the same kind of political circles recently as Boris Johnson saying theres a great trade deal to be struck with the u. S. In a no deal brechts it so thats the kind of. Thats the kind of media which would welcome this development its not clear where the replacement ambassador will come from whether to resume a will move quickly to appoint somebody or whether in fact that decision will be left for the next Prime Minister who we believe will be Boris Johnson. Thanks very much james this is our diplomatic editor james is there a worry there amongst the diplomats you talk to that this maybe sets something of a capricious precedence not president precedent in as much as a u. S. President should have nothing to do with who becomes ambassador or when that person stops being ambassador. Absolutely he does not have the hiring and firing power certainly not with a country that is one of the u. S. Is closest allies no actual comment yet from President Trump or formally from the white house at this stage and you might think after everything that has happened the dignified silence might be the best response but remember this is President Donald Trump so the tendency to gloat is probably going to be there and i think its likely that at some stage were going to hear something from him as the demons said really 2 questions now ahead number one the leak who was responsible for the leak was it someone with a political motivation in britain was it a foreign power im hearing that u. K. Diplomats are concerned there may be more leaks coming leaks connected to kim and the embassy here in the u. S. Or possibly leaks that a wider in the in the u. K. Diplomatic system other cables potentially could be leaked and that of course would be a nightmare for the u. K. All of the business around the world could potentially be leaks so theres certainly a very very worried and very concerned about that prospect the other big question of course is when and who gets the job of the u. K. This is a job you normally get at the end of your career at the end of an illustrious diplomatic career before you retire the only last time we had someone resigning from the job was in the 19 170. 00 something called peter j. He was an ex journalist and he was the former son in law of the then Prime MinisterJim Callaghan and he resigned because mrs thatcher became the Prime Minister in 179 why am i telling you all this because he was very rare he was a political appointee he wasnt a career Civil Servant could they decide now that the way to curry favor with President Trump is to have a political appointee again it is a possibility and worth telling you hes already mentioned by and indeed. The one person the President Trump president should break the perfect ambassador is the head of the brics it party. Weve heard the one doing the rounds james thats a whole different conversation of course but just to be clear very briefly did donald trump want to be ambassador gone because donald trump didnt like being quote attacked or and or did mr trump not understand that the ambassador was simply doing his job because thats what hes paid to do hes paid to report back to london and the issue the question the news story is the leaking of the email the leaking of the memos. Well certainly President Trump the niceties of what is the details of a diplomatic posting was he not aware or did he just like to ignore that he likes to take on and confront anyone who says bad words about him so i suspect that that is where it stands with regard to President Trump on this particular issue he was insulted and he fought back james many thanks. Brinksmanship extortion the latest u. S. Accusation against iran after it began enriching uranium beyond the limits of the original 2050 nuclear deal the statement was heard at an emergency session of the u. N. Nuclear watchdog in vienna today iran defending itself and the iranian president Hassan Rouhani saying its actions are within the framework of the deal in tehran a senior french envoy and talks with iranian officials to keep the deal alive dorsett jabari has the latest from tehran. French the floor mats Emanuel Bowling has been meeting Iranian Foreign minister zarif in the capital after meeting earlier the secretary of irans Supreme National security council. Now that is the body that is in charge of Irans Nuclear program following that meeting somebody said that iran is committed to this nuclear deal but as long as the europeans are that theyve had over a year to show that they are still in this decree meant but since the United States withdrew they have shown a complete lack of commitment to the Nuclear Agreement the french diplomat for his part said that hes not here with a message from washington to teheran he is here at the request of french president emmanuel micron to try and create a cease fire in the Economic Warfare that is being waged on iran by the United States and its sanctions now all sides agree that something needs to be done the reins of said they are scaling back their commitments every 60 days to the nuclear deal as long as the remaining signatories of the Nuclear Agreement show that they are not upholding their end of the bargain the reigning officials have said that the europeans are being bullied by the americans and that the current tensions that are rising in this region is that its a direct result of the United States policies and its decision to withdraw from this nuclear breman and that this upcoming meeting in vienna is something that is being ridiculed here in tehran because officials here say that the United States withdrew from this deal last year and they have no right to criticize who was left in it and how they comply with this Nuclear Agreement for now the iranians are adamant that their position is clear that they are working within the framework of the nuclear deal and that they are. Facing back their commitment is part of the Nuclear Agreement and their attempt to try and save it well thats the latest from tehran to the whole house the reaction from the i. A. E. A. Meeting in vienna. Well ahead of this meeting of the full board of governors of the i. A. E. A. The uns Atomic Energy agency called by the United States irans envoy gave an interview to the german newspaper confirming that irans actions. In upscaling its enrichment activities were in response to the failure to meet commitments by the other. Countries signatory to the j c p o all of this could be reversed in an hour the envoy said if only they meet their commitments with thats not the sort of rapprochement the United States is looking for in calling this meeting the u. S. Would like nothing more than for the i. A. E. A. To declare iran in full breach of the deal thats unlikely to happen at this meeting there is on the one hand the european powers the socalled eat 3 britain france and the United Kingdom still fighting for what remains of this deal theyre not ready to trigger the dispute mechanism under the deal that could lead to a finding of full breach the the consensus seems to be that these enrichment activities are still fairly marginal in terms of the deal and on the other hand other signatories of course russia and china are also in the room where they tend to take the view that iran is acting in legitimate response to the u. S. Withdrawal and other breaches of obligations under the deal so theyre likely to stand in the way of any broad finding of that nature the u. S. Therefore could find this hard go of. A statement made by the u. S. Envoy at the start of the meeting its a rating that the United States offers talks without preconditions in brackets