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You know foremost before any follow up investigation is going to. Be carried out including the rest of the other group of people who are under age and 18 people and we want to deal with them. In a humanized manner so through it. They can contact with us and threw a wrench in with us maybe sorrow the church and problem their headmistress headmasters and also there are other centers on mr john and the deans of the college to persuade them to leave the campus this is for their safety so that they know as long as they dont use violence they dont use weapons and also they leave orderly. Matter or they can leave on their own. The police would only register their names and then they can leave of course we want to make sure that we reserve the right to deal with them at a later date because it is actually very difficult at this stage but everyone who are under 18 was that they have broken any criminal laws. So these other 2 main job principles that i have asked the police to follow when they deal with this matter but i must reiterate that is specially the peaceful dealing. Means that people who are the campers they need to accept this they need to leave the campus themselves as long as they do that and they would not be treated. By the police in a violent matter and also i want to mention one. Or. Most an up to date figure. Around 600 people. Have left the polytechnic campus this police figure among them 200. 00 of them and 18 years old as i mentioned earlier that all of the things they were come and they save they gave themselves up and many of them. Being accompanied by the headmaster headmistress and other people. There are also a social services who help them social workers or help them all they they have been registered and they were not arrested. At the time so this is a special arrangement because when the police were doing this they actually said that Everyone Needs to face their legal responsibility but taking into the consideration of their special circumstances are you there under 18 and the fact that we want to deal with these you know peacefully we decided not to arrest immediately people who are above 80 is that they need to be arrested whether they keep themselves. All they leave the polytechnic. In whatever way they might choose to use violence or. So they have been arrested by the police these type of people are about 400 theyre being arrested so 200 are under 18 and 400 are over 18 so. The situation in the technique at the moment is so we dont know everything because it is a big campus the police estimate there are only about 100 also people. So we would use the same. Principles as i mentioned earlier the 2 principle peacefully you know dealing with this matter and also i hope that it was in the 100 people if there are people who are under 18 and then we would use the same way to deal with my understanding is that there are probably about 10 you know representatives from the school. They center they are chill a you know helping these people and you know trying to persuade them to leave off the will these 100 people would try to use other. Other methods to persuade them to leave the polytechnic campus. A few words in english. In the course of the Police Operation regarding the Polytechnic University i have reached an understanding with the commissioner of police in dealing with this very difficult operation which is justified on the basis of putting an end to the violence. We have seen over these months in fact the Polytechnic University campus has been seized for quite some time already and we are extremely worried about the dangerous situation in the campus. We need to resolve the situation in a peaceful manner we are extremely worried about the situation in the campus hong kongs leader kerry appeal to protesters holed up inside hong kongs family technique University Campus the standoff which began yesterday some of the most intense violence of 5 months of antigovernment demonstrations in hong kong some estimated 300. 00 people on is relieved to be inside the campus and they have warned police said to be bloodshed if the Security Forces try to enter by force the police have said that the protesters have no option but to surrender carry namma saying that a lot of the demonstrators are inside the camp azhari facts not students and many of them are underaged lets bring in our clock in Hong Kong Sara kerry making an appeal there to protesters to come out peacefully hows that likely to be received by those who are still holed up inside the campus. While we are at the Polytechnic University campus and that shes referring to we are slowly seeing a dribble or a small number of those protesters being a scolded by scholars as she mentioned the negotiating a deal with some scholars headmasters headmistresses chanceless from universities who are going in there and talking to those students and convincing them to surrender and come out and as she mentioned theres a large number who are under 18 and those ones who are under 18 having set free and the others are being arrested and put them in the police vans and taken away for questioning you can see behind me this is where theyre coming to the family members are waiting here some family members as well as friends but as the protesters are being brought out and i did check and be asked questions by police and thats all happening right here weve seen a. Number the spawning its a slow dribble out of the campus but as as you mentioned article caroline mentioned she said 600. 00 people have left the Polytechnic University so far 200. 00 are under a chain and she believes according to police that i think around 100. 00 are still on the campus holed up inside she said. That many of these protesters were not students in fact do we do we know who they are i mean this was the last campus that police cleared out have been trying to clear theyd been several hours occupied in hong kong who are these demonstrators. Or was an interesting point that she believes a lot of the people who are holed up inside arent students im not sure their exact identity no doubt the police are asking those students or the protesters i should say where they live what their profession is and were hearing a number of excuses being mentioned by some of them being brought out one walked along in front of us and the place a School Shooting straight to his desk and he said he was on his way to work and of course the place question how he got on this campus because its all surrounded cordoned off so these students of the protesters are using different excuses some are surrendering but as carolyn mentioned she wants now the remaining 100 students to to surrender peacefully decide what kind of damage and destruction has since standoff caused on the streets of hong kong this morning. Extensive damage the whole way around calhoun which is where we are Polytechnic University the campus here its in central callen where we were certainly on the way here there are massive amounts of damage on the streets there are burnt out cars and that was from protests that were held overnight with various people the public supporting these protesters here of mind on this campus 1st on this campus alone we still have bricks scattered around us we have all these areas blockaded off we have a lot of the parts of the campus that exploded when fires were not allowed the cleanup has begun weve got the emergency authorities here trying to clear these roads but the damage is extensive and its not just here where we are it is all around calhoun theres major Traffic Congestion as a result of these big therof is being blocked off as a hong kong kind of tries to get back to business sarah clarke in hong kong thank you very much sara for that update well china meanwhile has weighed in on mondays court ruling in hong kong that overturned a ban on protesters wearing face masks its Parliament Says hong kong courts have no power to rule on the constitutionality of the citys legislation when it comes to basic not lets bring in Andrew Thomas in beijing so andrew are some message in here from beijing. Well this is beijing looking down at whats happening in hong kong and saying that we are in charge and what the courts say should be the case in hong kong doesnt mean it is the case in hong kong if we say so this is the statement from a spokesperson for the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress essentially beijing china talking and he has said that whether the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region comply with the basic law of hong kong essentially as many constitution can only be judged and decided by the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress by beijing by the communist party here in beijing essentially what theyre doing is saying that courts in hong kong have no rights at all to overturn the laws of hong kong and the laws in hong kong have their license from here in beijing this is where this whole 2 country 2 systems one country comes crushing down really because this is all about whether the courts in hong kong have authority over the executive as is the case in many democracies including in hong kong or so people thought or whether the executive whether its kerry lam in the executive in hong kong or where she gets her power from here in beijing is all powerful and that is essentially what the party here in beijing is saying and theyve been very very clear in the statements very rare statement for this committee to put anything out that sort of the bush going out thats quite so strong really tells you how seriously they take it and its been double down on because the hong kong and macau office as well theyve also put out a statement talking about the negative the serious negative social impact already that court ruling on the ban on face off so all of these things coming together its really about beijing saying while all this chaos is running in hong kong the legislative side of it. And this is really what has been at the heart of these antigovernment demonstrations in hong kong in 5 months of protests andrew we havent yet seen any major interventions from the Central Government in beijing weve seen yes chinese troops just a few days ago i have been with the clean up operations in hong kong could that change if the situation deteriorates further what would be a red line for beijing. Well what weve seen consistently from beijing is hints that they are in charge and could come in at any moment we see it with the the Peoples Liberation Army Soldiers in civilian clothes helping clean up operations in hong kong that is a very clear signal that those soldiers from china are their home caught on the ground there helping in a civilian capacity at the moment but they could come out if they were to choose to again this statement is along similar lines as essentially saying were not getting involved yet not directly not militarily but we are making it very very clear that we could if we chose to that the constitution the law as the basis of hong kongs socalled sovereign state still rests with us and thats what this statement is all about interestingly a chief editor for the global times which is essentially a propaganda mouthpiece here in beijing hes written a long article online saying that this courts overturning of the facemask bond encourages protesters to do bad things and attack place and it discourages the place and its misleading the hong kong public in terms of where the power rests so again this is yet more softly softly rhetoric essentially from beijing saying we are in charge and if we want to get involved more we turned so very very interesting this but again i think the biggest thing to take out of all this again is the threat that this poses to one country 2 systems this idea that people in hong kong might have had that there courts had some both already over the little beijing is saying no no no no thats not how it works hong kong is very much still part of china andrew thank you very much for that Andrew Thomas live for is in beijing. Lets turn our attention to news now and the u. S. Has abandoned its longstanding position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying it will no longer consider them illegal secretary of States Michael impale says a construction a civilian settlements is not inconsistent with International Law was in jordan reports from washington. For 41 years the u. S. Has called israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank illegal under International Law that u. S. Policy changed on monday calling the establishing of civilian settlements inconsistent with International Law hasnt worked it hasnt invents the cause of peace this is a complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians pump ales announcement is the latest in a string of Controversial White House moves designed to support israel recognizing jerusalem as israels official capital moving the u. S. Embassy there from tel aviv in 2018 and forcing the palestinians to close their office in washington leaving them no diplomatic presence in the u. S. Apart from at the United Nations pomp aoe said the policy change had nothing to do with benny gantz as efforts to form a new Israeli Government so the timing of this was not tied to anything that had to do with domestic politics anywhere in israel or otherwise this was about we were done we finished we conducted our review and this was the appropriate time to move forward the current Israeli Government was thrilled to see this is a historic day and another great achievement after President Trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of recognize all sovereignty over Golan Heights and now put an end to the lie that settlements are illegal condemnation from jordan and from hamas we warned against dangerous consequences of the us change of position a continuation of u. S. Policy to support occupation from the palestinian leadership. Not just anger but also a call to action thats pro is that i was a fashion pro as a writer war crimes and this is a constituent a major threat to International Peace and security and this is turning International Community from the holders of International Law that all wars are solving conflicts by freespire means into the horrors of the jungle the European Union and many other countries saying the settlements violate Human Security Council Resolutions and undermine the chances of a 2 state solution but even with what the u. S. Says are the hopes of renewed peace talks the embassy has issued a security warning knowing some could target american interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington. All this hate his move is plot of a bigger shift in u. S. Policy under President Donald Trump in december 2017 trump formally recognized jewel slim as the capital of israel he then ordered the us embassy to relocate from tel aviv to jerusalem the sign that palestinians enjoy a Widespread International condemnation and then in march to see a trump recognize the Golan Heights the occupied Golan Heights as part of israel the directive made the us the 1st country to recognize israeli sovereignty rather than syrian sovereignty over the region all this s. Trump is also promising a socalled deal of the century to resolve these or any Palestinian Conflict and bring peace in the region thats now speak to who is the executive director of the app center of washington hes via skype from washington thank you so much for being with us so as as we saw there another big shift in u. S. Policy on the palestinian israeli issue are you at all surprised by this what do you think is motivating this im not surprised at all with regards to the content of the statement by the secretary of state on so surprised though like everybody else probably by the time you have the statement itself was somewhat inconsistent i think it was definitely. I mean im considered despite the fact that the secretary said it comes after a long period of 3 assessment of the policy of the matter. It wasnt accidental that so many different administrations prior to this were looked really settlements in the west bank in gaza in the golan as illegal and not violation of International Law there is a universal consensus about this issue so what is inconsistent is not what the secretary is accusing which is the wrong was issued by the Obama Administration or blaming it on. Former secretary of state kelly what is inconsistent here is this administration that is leaving if you will that International Consensus and they clearly think itself an accessory to an International Crime michael impale says recognizing settlements is only recognizing in fact the reality on the ground there is some truth to that though is that. I dont think so i mean what is their reality on the ground korea reality on the ground is what you pay should. Be on the ground is that there is an illegal military occupation of palestinian territory so when one is secretary. Telling you if you have the power and you occupy your neighbors land by force by military force then we have to recognize that as a fact is he recognizing that in your brain is he a recognized that in yemen i dont think so and the European Union meanwhile has said it hasnt changed its position on settlements after this american declaration is this enough though is it good enough i mean what recourse to the palestinians have here. The palestinians of course have a lot of free course after all any type of final status settlement with israel has to be approved by the post and young people and short of that israel will never have peace in the region it is not enough to have simply a european statement of support or an international you end for example statement of support because International Law in the final analysis is an expression of all the major countries around the world in dorset and when the us as a leader socalled leader of the democratic world takes itself out of that context and violates the 4th Geneva Convention as accepted by the International Community particularly in terms of articles to an article 49. 00 that creates a dangerous precedent for the International Community. Do you think any future u. S. Administration can undo whats been done under donald trump is a still hope for peace is the u. S. Still qualified to play a role in the Peace Process the u. S. Is not and has never been really qualified to control a Peace Process in the region because it has taken sides from the very beginning of this conflict however as a superpower the us has a role to play should there be International Negotiations to solve this conflict like anybody else and. Can this be reversed of course it can be reversed just like at the secretary of state versus that today it was a diverse before by his predecessor john kelly it was the reverse of war by president reagan it was reversed before by president carter it could be president or secretary of state kerry make it change and this policy based on the National Interest the problem is is this process of changing your mind like the secretary did today in violation of International Law in the final analysis what it does undermines the National Interests of the United States it undermines its credibility to play a constructive wrote and it makes peace more distant rather than what he claimed today it will advance the cause of peace this does not advance the cause of peace thank you so much for speaking to us and sharing your views on executive director of the absent of washington live from washington d. C. Thank you very much a time. Now u. S. President donald trump has tweeted that he likes the idea of testifying at his own impeachment inquiry though he insists hes done nothing wrong inquiry is looking into whether trump leverage military aid to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival democratic president ial candidate joe biden task. Respondent came. Here talking about the witch hunt is that what you mean is that we never in modern history has a sitting u. S. President testified before a congressional inquiry that President Donald Trump says he might in a monday tweet trump said i like the idea and will in order to get congress focused again strongly consider it congress is looking into whether or not the president committed impeachable offenses when he withheld military aid to ukraine hes in office way over his head and trumps tweet is a direct response to this challenge on sunday from his Democratic Political rival House Speaker nancy pelosi the president could come back before the committee and talk speak all the truth that he wanted he dont expect if he wants to take the oath of office where he could do in writing its unlikely trump would appear in person and would offer only written witness testimony trouble went to Great Lengths to avoid in person testimony during the last investigation of his presidency looking into whether his 2016 campaign for the white house colluded with russia after months of discussions trouble eventually submitted only written witness testimony to the department of justice only chairmanship those are the whistleblowers we dont at last weeks public hearings republicans repeatedly criticize witness testimony as hearsay so given 9 had directly hurt the president withhold military aid to ukraine to secure a political investigation against his rival former Vice President joe biden thats when a democratic congressman quit id be glad to have the person who started it all come in and testify present trump is welcome to take a seat right there maybe that laughter from the tory asli thinskinned president that his profit trying to up the ante dangling his potential testimony in front of the impeachment committee. As Congress Prepares for another week of testimony new polling shows 70 percent of americans believe President Trump did something wrong regarding ukraine but only half of americans believe he should be impeached kimberly healthy at aljazeera the white house now lets take a look at some of the other developments in the trump investigations the u. S. Supreme court has sent prarie halted a ruling that requires the president to release his tax returns the delay gives the top court time to figure out how to handle the high stakes dispute the house meanwhile has launched an investigation into whether trump lives in the miller investigation his written answers have drawn scrutiny after appearing to contradict testimony of former Campaign Official roger stone stone was found guilty of 7000 these last week the house impeachment inquiry is also set to start its 2nd week of public testimonies on tuesday theyll hear from kurt volker the former special envoy to ukraine and also hear from tim morrison and Lieutenant Colonel alexander women who are part of the national Security Council. South korea is confirming that 2 of its boats have been seized by who feel rebels in the red sea seoul is now asking the u. S. And saudi arabia to cooperate with rescue efforts though fees say among the 3 ships they are holding near who data one is owned by saudi arabia the saudi government is describing this latest incident as a terrorist operation and with the official has told on jazeera theyll release the ships if they can can can confirm it belongs to south korea. In libya as strikes have killed at least 7 people and injured more than 30 others in southern areas of the capital tripoli according to government sources wallowed 25 times drones targeted a factory where the victims were working there mostly from bangladesh with some others from african countries more than a 1000 people have been killed since have to began his offensive on tripoli in april. The uns Nuclear Watchdog says iran has breached another limits set out in the 2015 new pedia the International Atomic Energy Agency says tehrans heavy water production has exceeded 130 tons last week iran also breached a cap on uranium enrichment after turning a Research Grant at 4. 00 into an active Nuclear Facility the u. S. Has now announced its sending sanction waivers for that plant it was supposed to become a civilian Research Center under the nuclear deal. To bolivia now where supporters of former president ever more rallies have blogs supply roads into big cities they say their leader was removed from power in a coup people are being forced to queue for basic food and wait at empty gas stations the risible report. Has been waiting for hours to buy chicken she came very early in the morning with her 2 children 2 but 5 hours later she continues to wait for those of us there shortages of everything weve been here since 7 oclock this morning for one chicken what are we going to do we buy it here because everything has become so expensive that i cant buy it anywhere else this is not alone hundreds of people in the past are lining up to do the same as the political crisis here starts to have an impact on peoples daily life protests are all going around the country against the interim government and that has made it difficult for some basic food items to reach the capital the prices of chicken beef and eggs have soared and thats why the local government is trying to distribute it affordable prices madeline a louder is a doctor she says road blocks need to end. Those who are blocking roads please stop because continue like this there is no gas no there are children here they want to make us look like venezuela. Protesters here are hoping to shut down that bus and forced the resignation of interim president anyone yes who stepped in after abel moralists left the country. Moralise was exiled in mexico has been saying he wants to return while the racine was once able moralists lawyer when he was a coca leaf grower but now he thinks bolivia needs to recover after his time in office was ordered to salute him or throw now it was proven that he committed fraud through one body that he brought by if they thought that. He would get away with it but it was so gross that there was no option and that made him resign some of his strongest supporters asked him to leave. Iraq seen says the only way out of the crisis is through negotiation. With the current government should only be seen as transitional it needs to call to clean elections and if you want a clean process you need a role as a party we need mediation because they are trying to destabilize the country. But more likely supporters say the problem is much deeper they say they do not trust in the interim president anyone yes. We did trust that woman she doesnt respect us the Indigenous Women that wear skirts she wants to take everything away the rights that we got with either with this. And thats why the vowed to continue protesting they say they want to make sure the future generations wont suffer the discrimination they faced ever again will pass. Clashes have again broken out in chiles capital santiago marking a month since mass protests began at least 26. 00 people have been killed in the valleys which began in mid october presence of aston thing arest said on sunday that Security Forces had use Excessive Force the governments agreed to hold a referendum on a new constitution demonstrators also want reforms in Education Health care and the Pension System in haiti at least 4 people have been shot and wounded during protests in the capital Port Au Prince hundreds of demonstrators marched following a speech by president juvenile maureens more he says he is now arranging talks to form a unity government has not been 2 months of protests against high inflation poverty crime and corruption in haiti still ahead on this aljazeera news hour. Im a listener and here in the Western Region of chicago in colombia were going to have a yeah its finally. During the victims of one of the worst massacres there you can only assume history to dictate that that. State of emergency in some oh as the Pacific Island nation struggles to contain a Measles Outbreak and australias Prime Minister weighs in on the latest controversy surrounding rugby straw israel folau i have the story coming up its just. Hello there feeling fairly wintry across Central Regions of china coastal areas enjoying some Clear Conditions on a cool some hot temperatures a lot of cloud has been streaming in from the west of the lawsuit as it is though mostly dry as we go through choose day it is cooler than shanghai just 14 celsius and weve got 25 degrees in hong kong youll notice on tuesday we have this mass of rain across the northern philippines that is the typhoon making landfall on shes incited by wednesday when he does fall apart dissipate pushes out into the South China Sea but it is still raw the wet you have another system just sitting to the east so we could be seeing accumulations of about 350. 00 millimeters over the next couple of days meanwhile in china it stays fine and dry that means in asia the rains all to the south weve got them pushing a little bit further south was into south borneo fairly extensive across much of sumatra the mill a peninsula and we could even see some welcome showers into the west of java as we head into wednesday india is mostly fine and dry we have got the rain further to the south particularly across into tom and i do why we should see it this time of year sri lanka picking up a few showers as well and then as we head into wednesday after a pretty good clear day to the north into its a british we have got the pushing in so feeling fairly cloudy but humid with a high of 25 in new delhi. Whether sponsored by qatar and. What are you protesting about how does this impact whether online life face mental signals directly out of translated slavery or if you join us on set this is an attack on Academic Freedom and on our ability to do research and teach freely this is a dialogue minard is not making it very welcoming for people to come back everyone has a voice on the tremendous real discussion is real and are here to talk about the solutions on aljazeera when the news breaks. When people need to be hurt. And the story needs to be told. 145000 prisoners under its care with exclusive interviews. And indepth reports are you putting them on the not having the project on film aljazeera has teams on the ground lots of stories the seeing right here to bring you more rural wounds we need documentaries and liveliness. Man. Yochim the news hour on aljazeera with me fully back to bore a reminder of our top stories the u. S. Has abandoned its longstanding position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying it will no longer consider them illegal science president has condemned them all but has been welcomed by israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it rides a historical wrong. On kongs chief executive carrier has urged the 100 us so protesters still holed up in a University Campus to leave peacefully shes. Said around 600 people have already left the area following sunday nights violent standoff with police and south korea has confirmed that 2 of its boats have been seized by yemens hooty rebels in the red sea o. T. C. Effervesce all they see is belong to saudi arabia the saudi government is describing the instant as a terrorist operation. Now mollys army says 24. 00 soldiers and 17 fighters have been killed in an attack on an army patrol it happened in the northeastern town of tumbling chords during a joint military operation with me share and this ambush follows a series of recent attacks in west africa region especially in mali and booking a fossil on nov 2nd 54 soldiers in one civilian were killed as a military base in northeastern mali was targeted on september 30th to mali and military bases were targeted by fighters linked to al qaeda the government said 38 soldiers were killed the violence has escalated despite International Intervention with the backing of france 5 countries created a 5000 strong g 5 sile force to taco armed groups un peacekeepers are also deployed in the region and west African Leaders meeting in senegal are calling on the un to allow a more aggressive approach by peacekeepers in june the un Security Council renewed its mission in money for a year but the leaders say the current model has failed to counter violence by fighters linked so i saw. Closer to form the United Nations must reform itself not only in terms of training the permanent members of the Security Council but also in its peacekeeping policy which is not in line with todays terrorism challenges. One thing is certain groups will take advantage of our weaknesses lack of coordination or unethical seas in terms of resources commitment or training as soon as they can we must therefore not give them any charts any control antigovernment protesters in southern iraq have bronx roads leading to the countrys main port the standoff in basra is preventing employees and tankers from entering iraq relies heavily on imported food any cost support receives grain Vegetable Oil and sugar shipments this is a 2nd time its been brought in spro tests began in october the 1st closure cost the country more than 6000000000. 00 meanwhile in the capital baghdad protesters have forced the closure of iraqs central bank they have also occupies the bridge leading to the green zone the 45. 00 area home to government buildings and embassies this is part of the largest wave of protests to hit iraq in decades at least 320. 00 people have been killed in rests. Police in georgia have detained 18 people after carrying on tide government protesters camped outside Parliament Last week governing Party Legislators rejected a bill that would have reformed the lecture hall system from tbilisi robin force a walk of reports i place were under orders to clean the streets outside parliament from protest is perfectly valid her and anyone else who happens to be in the way journalists included the police have responded very quickly its been listened 24 hours since the blockade started around the parliament now they simply moving down the street clearing people away some of the things actually sitting down in the hope that the slogan. Was it was but it didnt take long to remove the makeshift camp last week government make is rejected an appeal on 3 proportional voting it would have made it easier for opposition parties to live in more seats in elections next year so protesters declared parliaments now they accuse the governing partys chairman. Of breaking his promise to reform is electric code opposition leaders say even if she really is an unelected oligarch with too much control over the country we have another example of what is force so you would what is was voted through to the purposes to great coverage for those people were insulted by the charter the problems of the new delhi version of art all of this other woman should have made government Officials Say the opposition is deliberately trying to stop the rest not silma part of the opposition has unfortunately again misled its supporters and what we have seen during the past 2 days went beyond peaceful protest in particular i am talking about the pickets of parliament and other state institutions and those activities that were taking place. There were hopes Electoral Reform would have defused tensions instead a broken promise has deepened todays political process. Robyn 1st you walk out 0 to be. The confederation of british industrys annual conference this year has turned out to be a major opportunity for u. K. Lection whole force to push air agenda it represents nearly 200000. 00 u. K. Businesses are varying sizes but it expressed express concern with all the main partys policies paul brennan reports. The c. B. I. His annual conference presents a vitally important shop window for the competing political leaders the chance to persuade these Company Owners and executives that they have the policies the vision and the capability to make the economy better Prime Minister johnson 1st at the podium is the Prime Minister Boris Johnson he had a pill for delegates to swallow next aprils planned cuts in Corporation Tax has been shelved but he sure did that hill by pledging to unlock the u. K. s potential with investment in infrastructure education and technology i think this country needs a government that believes in business and understands the vital importance of Wealth Creation the need to support business and small Family Business cutting Business Rates having last week pledged to renationalise the u. K. s broadband labors Jeremy Corbyn was potentially on difficult ground here so he addressed the c. B. I. Skills shortage concerns with a promise to create a 3rd of a 1000000 new apprenticeships and his vision of an economy based on equality its not anti business to be against poverty. Its not anti business to say that the largest corporations should pay their taxes just a Smaller Companies do and its not anti business to want prosperity in every part of our country and finally liberal democrat leader joe swinson describing her party as the party of business largely because a live government would be committed to scrapping grex it altogether. Frankly we have seen enough promises of reviews of Business Rates from the conservatives it is time for clear action that will give proper help to our Small Businesses in return the leaders were presented with the c. B. I. Own manifesto urging taxation reform an immigration system based on contribution and ambitious targets to address skills shortages across british industry if were to tackle the challenges of the country faces the Climate Crisis rescaling tackling regional inequality that means business and government come together that is the only way we will actually do it while the c. B. I. Is gravely worried that a conservative majority in decembers election could still lead to a no deal bracks it it also has fears that a brightest and best immigration policy could end up being unbalanced for the economy and it has concerns too that labors plans to renationalise certain parts of industry could end up having a Chilling Effect on investment so no single party will leave this conference with a political endorsement but the very chance simply to lay out their sales pitch is reason enough to be here paul brennan aljazeera at the c. B. I. Conference in greenwich. To colombia now where the victims of the worst massacre committed by fock rebels have finally been laid to rest 17 years later by survivors in the tunnel behind warning that violence is not coming back to the region. As a story only its the last farewell for the victims of whats known here as the massacre of one of the most symbolic and atrocious incidents in columbus half a century long civil conflict. More than 70 people were killed in this community in 2002 when a cylinder bomb launched by far credible striking paramilitaries fell in the church where people had taken shelter it took almost 2 decades of peace deal in 2 years event to find their remains buried in communal graves for this community to finally be able to give their loved ones a proper burial they wanted. But its an important day for us we finally having closure for our loved ones who lost their lives in such tragic circumstances and you know like you. Yes the procession and funeral follows a week of night long vigils in africa lonely and rituals mixed with catalytic traditions where the airwaves. As women sink. And sister all songs of lament for the adults and the children lost their day. At this pipe almost 2 decades since the bombing the pain is still alive. Without real closure pain remains words dont heal thats what we hope that after this stage will finally be able to go on with their lives and look forward to the future. You know the coffins are being buried in this new liberal. And renaissance down was finally bringing some peace to a community that has lived through one of the worst massacres colombia has ever seen people here are warning that it happened again. The peace deal sang. With rebels responding to the population for more than a year with criminal gangs and the remaining rebel groups. Are occupying the territory once again to control the illegal gold mining and cocaine trafficking the Catholic Church and social again hes ations roatan harsh letter to president saying the government is once again responding to repeated alerts. They say. We have to live through those horrible times 17 years ago and we feel the same is happening now simply its not the park this time its the new paramilitaries what worries us the most is the tolerance and even the collusion with the army its a fact we are denouncing it. Its a fear of falling back into a cycle of violence just as the old wounds are starting to heal i listen to the. And oil spill from the Keystone Pipeline in the u. S. State of north dakota last month affected nearly 10 times the area of land than 1st reported regulators are now saying the spill covers nearly 2 had of land about the size of 2 football fields an estimated 1400000 needs of crude oil spilled 3 weeks ago however is not yet known and the state of california is suing cigarette maker sure for what it calls deceptive marketing practices that target mine is the lawsuit of age alleges who failed to verify the age of its customers and repeatedly sent emails to people under the age of 21 the cigarette maker says it has never amount marketed to children the Company Accounts for 64 percent of all its cigarettes in the u. S. The suit comes as babying related illnesses have killed more than 40 people. The trumpet ministration has granted a 3 month extension for American Companies to do business with huawei after placing the chinese tech giant on an economic blacklist back in may is the 3rd time an exemption has been granted in order to minimize the impact of on customers relying on while waiting knology the us says the companys activities endanger its National Security and foreign policy. Now the Pacific Island nation of samoa has closed all schools and banned public gatherings as it struggles to contain a measles epidemic 6 people have died and hundreds have been hospitalized a tory a gate and b. Has the details. Schools in simone capital apia normally full of students at this time of year but since the government declared a state of emergency on saturday public gatherings are banned instead parents are being told to urgently vaccinate their children to protect them from a measles epidemic thats sweeping the Pacific Island nation so far more than 700 cases of measles have been reported out of a population of 200000 the records are now as we look forward. For us we really need to have new source cover its improved because this may not be the only outbreak theres been a resurgence of measles around the world cases more than doubled between 20172018 the World Health Organization blames the spread of misinformation on social media about Vaccines Health officials in samoa say only 66 percent of the population is immunized against measles that figure needs to increase to 95 percent to ensure herd immunity and to prevent the deaths of any more children Victoria Gate and be aljazeera. Wall. The odd. Odd. Odd. The odd. Thank. You. Thank you very much belgium have made a little bit of history by becoming the 1st team to win a match at the new look davis cup finals in madrid on day one of group stage action they defeated colombia in group d. It was up to david go find to put belgium in an unquestionable 2 nil lead against the south americans steve darcys won the 1st singles rubber for the europeans and go funded the business here although he needed 3 sets 3663 and 63 the final score. Rusher are also up and running after seen off defending champions croatia they took a 2 mil lead against the croats after karen catchin of defeated born at church in 3 sets earlier on. Got the russians off the mark canada also had an opening day victory over italy Denis Shapovalov won his match and earlier world number 150 wasik 1st this is defeated 12 funny 7675 this new format for the davis cup sees 18 countries compete in just a week it is the brainchild of barcelona and spain footballer gerard pique there are 6 groups of 3 teams in total and each tie will consist of 2 singles and one doubles match all matches are best of 3 instead of 5 sets the 6 Group Winners plus the 2 best 2nd place teams will qualify for the quarter finals but not everybody is happy with the new format. Im i know secret. 2 of the biggest points of difference we davis cup and what the competition was about was one home in a why. You couldnt do that in any other format of of tennis in our great game and if you look at the pinnacle of our game the grand slams the best of 5 sets so that was the other point of difference and so for me. This is a new form switzerland and denmark have made sure of their places at euro 2020 after a tense night of qualifiers the 2 together with the republic of ireland were battling it out for the 2 automatic qualifying spots switzerland 61 win away and gibraltar ensured that they would take their place at next years showpiece denmark drew in ireland which was enough for them to qualify for euro 2020 elsewhere there were wins for spain sweden and greece and italy handed out a 91. 00 hiding to armenia. Former france striker terry henri says he has big plans as the new manager of montreal impact this isnt his 1st gig as a manager he was sacked after just 103 days at monaco after failing to flip their season around on ri says those dark days made him better and he hopes he becomes a better coach in canada. Or england us one thing you learn the most by that when you find out a lot about yourself in that situation situations and i say. But yeah im not scared of coming in i see the Positive Side of it played against against the system and when i was coming in all the time a school bus and its just fun as well as a sort. Of australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has condemned comments made by controversial rugby star israel folau about the countrys bushfires follows a conservative christian and suggested the fires happened because god was punishing australia for passing same sex marriage and abortion laws flaws currently in the legal battle with Rugby Australia after being sacked for antigay remarks on social media. I thought these were appallingly insensitive comments. Via reporting comments and you know hes a free citizen he can say whatever he likes but that doesnt mean he cant have regard to the to the grievous offense this would have caused to people whose homes have been burnt down and im sure to many christians around distracted for him that is not their view would roll. Call in copper next former teammate eric reeves as the quarterback has proved that he is still capable of playing in the n. F. L. Capper nick held a private workout on saturday to attract a new team it was originally organized by the n. F. L. But kaplan it change the venue so that the media could attend the league said they were disappointed and rapper jay z. Whos partnered with the n. F. L. Accused capper nick of turning a legitimate opportunity into a p. R. Stunt or greed disagrees. The n. F. L. Wants to control the narrative by not letting independent media into the workout to document the work of its college supposed to trust the organization that by bono hes not enough tonight the whole goal of this is to show everybody that college is ready to play the game he took his workout to a different location we showed that he proved that it was reported that his arm was has always been that way so why the n. F. L. Why is jay z. Wise all these other pundits trying to slander calling for him protecting himself and wanting transparency an interesting debate going on there while the International Olympic Committee President thomas bach has defended the decision to move the tokyo 2020 marathon to sapporo bok says the decision was made with the athletes best interests in mind considering the extreme heat in the japanese capital there are one or 2 boys. Of france leads who would think if they would be better prepared for gracie c. Then the all those and the wanted to benefit from these but the responsibility of the you see is to take care of their health its all health needs and to make it possible for all athletes a federal prosecutor to complete the Race Organizers of next years alum picks are promising the most futuristic games ever and the mascots have had a tech upgrade to Japanese School children have been getting a demonstration of how robots will become athletes and guess the mascots developed by the toyota car company are remote controlled by a human and another location and bigger robots have been designed to help some fans find their seats a game vignettes well thats it for sports well have more for you later. Mayor thank you very much thats it for this news hour on aljazeera from me fully back to the whole team here in di thank you very much for watching denis is with the next disabled us. Major. To be sharing it. With bureaus spanning 6 continents across the globe. 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Were out they were still barraged camp for Palestinian Refugee children syria slewed in world news white supremacist violence is on the rise in america he was about in this whole underground network 8 full time speaks to the victims of recent attacks when he shot me i turned around and he would kill my daughter and asks how an ideology of loathing has found its way into the mainstream can you draw a through line between the rhetoric of President Trump and the conservative media in america to what happened here in el paso license to hate on aljazeera the stories generate foundations of headlines these protests are saying down with the system and down with all of the parts with different angles from different perspectives just because we came to prison days and me write stuff that the gate separate the spin from the facts the western media jumps on stories without getting them the misinformation from the journalism its about telling the stories of those human beings i think up with the listening post on aljazeera. The Prime Minister to. Be sure that is true to the british on the 31st about trade on the latest. 3 the greatest place on earth britain. Is delayed. Follow good drama of bricks it on aljazeera. Now declared the settlements are not per se illegal under International Law. The u. S. Abandons its long time stance on jewish settlements drawing praise from israelis and outrage from palestinians. Hello and welcome to aljazeera live from doha im Martine Dennis also coming up in the program hong kongs leader urges police to take a humane approach to dealing with protests since 2 holed up inside a University Campus. South korea confirm