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A major tunnel connecting Hong Kong Island and cow learn also weve had in the u. S. The passage of the hong kong human rights and democracy act passed the senate you know you know honestly yesterday and today it was the house of representatives now the Hong Kong Government has responded to that its told the u. S. To stop meddling in hong kong the thing is it also says that this particular passage of this bill since the wrong message to the call them the violent protests is now this bill requires the state department and the u. S. To certify that hong kong is protecting and respecting human rights in hong kong and also if this bill does get passed by donald trump it could also introduce sanctions on the Hong Kong Government. Newly elected president go to buy a bunch of pasta has been sworn in and then rather hit his brother as Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has served as both Prime Minister and president twice before going to buy raja pasta has vowed to be tough on security issues. Easter suicide bombings in april aljazeera was at the Prime Ministers office as he arrived to take over. Basically the rajapaksa as have gotten down to business just behind me the official Prime Ministers office and the crowd and the excitement you see is just within the last 2 minutes weve had the arrival of the new Prime Minister mine the rajapaksa hes come here to formally take up his work to start work as his brother did after his swearing in so its an all rajapaksa show the president go to a bit rajapaksa and his brother behind the rajapaksa they have their work cut out for them obviously during the Campaign National security was earmarked as a top priority particularly after the east the bombings in april and that was one of the cornerstones of the entire Rajapaksa Campaign that they would work to bring back National Security theyre going to be sort of very conscious of the mountain that they have to surmount in terms of not just the National Security element but the economy the economy has taken a hit after those easter bombings and already sort of a we can be called to me with huge Debt Repayment and pretty bad Economic Indicators so all of these things are sort of a big challenge for the rajapaksa it will be 6 sort of euphoric few days obviously celebrating that victory of the rajapaksa sort of taking control but there will be sort of the reality setting in and theyll have to get down to work and for us. As executive director of the National Peace council an independent n. G. O. He says there are challenges ahead for sure long as new leader. One thing that they would need to do very much would be to try and bridge the not the main because the north and east of the country rather minorities that are water all over the levy against president would have been rather whereas the south of the country was at all opening the spirit so there is a need for going to bridge that gap and also to this trip all enthusiastic supporters who are you know were becoming have become quite angry minority that can be one challenge the other talent economy started in some way because during the previous government didnt listen to that one prevented the economy from really taking our rich lead to increased so numbers of frustration among the general population so i am disappointed that the new York Administration will move very swiftly to try and make some sort of concessions that the police cannot meet and sessions launching no development he said after the next election for its main Opposition Labor Party has launched what it calls a radical and ambitious manifesto aimed at winning next months general election which only for the nobel proposals for a shorter working week Public Sector pay rises and me renationalisation the rail mail water and Energy Industry he says he will get back said sorted in 6 months with a new x. Until put to a 2nd referendum this party this movement this manifesto is different thanks. Labor is on your side and there could be scarcely a clear demonstration of that and the furious reaction of the richest and most powerful. If the branch was really in there as a new stuff machine sort we represented politics as usual then we could be bought off so that nothing was really going to change they wouldnt attack us so ferociously at least 5 people have been killed in fighting between protesters and Security Forces in baghdad on wednesday Police Used Tear Gas to disperse people getting too close to the Capital Cities green zone that houses government buildings demonstrators are occupying the main bridge leading to the area and to others in the capital more than 300 people have been killed since protests began 7 weeks ago araki women have turned out in large numbers at the demonstrations a significant difference from previous years on met at a protest in baghdad. This is a moment the could not be missed. As she accompanies her 3 daughters to 3 to square the epicenter of antigovernment demonstrations in baghdad and tells us how it was a sense of patriotism the compelled her to come out and show her support by not seeing him next to 0 my daughters feel exactly the same and i say mom we have to go out this is our country while we staying home or going to school while the other iraqis a sacrificing themselves this is the 4th time theyve visited it likely wont be the last in my at least bowie our generation is strong they have the pioneers now that will be a change god willing. Antigovernment protests in iraq which have been massive began in early october since the start women have joined in large numbers now you know were not be were not going to im not an activist Nadia Mahmood makes regular appearances and tahir square urging her audiences to demand equal rights and opportunities for everyone she tells me seeing so many women out here has been encouraging and inspiring this is something new it is absolutely new and its so refreshing and so pleasant think to see because the reason why women didnt participate before because pamela hayes you know prevented them from taking part in the most races but this time i think the families as well were quite as to the course they were meant to come down and up here many of the women protesters also volunteer as medics treating the wounded even as they call for change. But in other parts of the outer square a more creative form of dissent. Murals paying tribute to the spirit and strength of the women created by women admired by them to the presence of so many female protesters here women who represent virtually every segment of it off the society is remarkable not only here they continue to come out day after day but they insist theyll keep on doing so no matter how dangerous the situation may become until the government meets their demands. Paint isnt only going up on the walls almost stuff her face covered in the colors of the iraqi flag wants to make sure everyone can see clearly how proud she is of this movement the notion of how to live that will stay out here for the sake of the young men and women and im not afraid not from Political Parties not from infiltrators long live iraq long live iraq. Around the in cry the traverses gender lines and transcends the generational divide by iraqi women but for all these. But that. Breaking news to bring israels attorney general has indicted the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on multiple corruption charges and he has said that he is not guilty in any of these cases of course all this is happening as israel is in the middle of a basically a political stalemate lets get our harry fosters gap and more information on this so harry this is kind of been hanging over Benjamin Netanyahu said for quite a while tell us whats happening. For years indeed yes that the Corruption Case the investigation at least arson in december 26th 18 and the attorney general recommended that he be indicted in these 3 separate Corruption Cases back in february and now finally we have the indictment now this is never happened in israel before that a sitting Prime Minister has been charged with offenses a serious as these most importantly in one of the 3 cases hes been charged with bribery so lets quickly go through the cases in question in that case this is known as case 4000 here in Israel Netanyahu is alleged to have used his powers of then Communications Minister as well as Prime Minister to give regulator benefits to a hugely Important Media magnate here the owner of the main telecoms company. Benefits worth up to 500000000. 00 u. S. Dollars and in return netanyahu according to the indictment was demanding favorable coverage in the online news website that was also owned by this man show elevates the attorney general in his initial recommendations of the extraordinary frequent relationship emerged between netanyahu his wife sarra and the elevators they were demanding he said things details down to how long individual stories would stay on the website and so as well as bribery in this case hes been charged with fraud and breach of trust fraud and breach of trust also in another case where he was alleged to have communicated with the owner of a very important newspaper here again demanding favorable coverage in return for printing the activities of a rival newspaper and in the 3rd case perhaps more straightforward and easy to understand simply accepting and demanding gifts both him and his wife sarnath and you know demanding gifts such as cigars and champagne from very wealthy individuals conflict of interest was the key charge against him. In that its only general again charging him with fraud and breach of trust in that case so this is an extraordinary bombshell for nothing you know even though weve kind of known its been coming especially in recent days and as you say it comes at a time when there is no proper form government netanyahu is in charge of a Transitional Government so yeah lets talk more about that the backdrop of all this is that yes things are basically it at a stalemate his Benjamin Netanyahu ever indicated he would ever resign if he were ever indicted does he have to resign. Well he has certainly shown no willingness to resign whats sort of a quite the reverse and its pretty clear that he intends to fight on with everything he has we will hear from him in a couple of hours at 830. 00 local time but yes the question that hangs over this in fact there are 2 theres a legal question and theres a political question when it comes to netanyahu future the legal question really revolves around a law which says a minister must step down if indicted in a criminal case such as this but it doesnt specify whether that includes the Prime Minister as well and so the the assumption from netanyahu and his team is that he will be allowed to carry on especially if israel goes to a 3rd election continuing all the way through till march as the caretaker Prime Minister but this could be challenged in the Supreme Court and we understand that there are teams from various Political Parties of opponents of netanyahu who stand ready to launch an appeal with the Supreme Court to try to get them to rule that netanyahu must resign as Prime Minister while this case remains active the other thing is the political question whether given the seriousness of these charges he will be able to maintain his support especially within his own likud party up until now there has been pretty strong support from him within the could but just today the very day that the 21 day period has kicked off when the opportunity for forming a Coalition Government goes to anyone in the knesset the Israeli Parliament who can muster enough support on that same day get on star a senior they could figure has said that if israel goes to another round of elections he says there should be a leadership election before that within likud so that he can stand to be Prime Minister of israel not netanyahu this will only strengthen his case given that netanyahu is now on the record finally no questions. In this at all charged with an extremely serious crime such as bribery along with fraud and breach of trust ok. With that big breaking story thank you thank you very very much at least 8 people in bolivia have been killed during fights with police and the military who were trying to secure a fuel plant theres been an arrest since last months election with supporters of the former president evo morales demanding has returned he fled to mexico 10 days ago after alegate allegations that as a voting irregularities supporter. In a tiny church in 6 men were covered with blankets and laid on preen benches they died in tuesdays protest families mourned in shock waiting for an explanation of what happened. Then you dont live in a part of the load my cousin they all had a life ahead not even a rapist or murderer is killed this way. He can assist his young nephew was not protesting he was hit by a bullet in the head. But i dont get it because he was shot from a helicopter they destroyed his head was outside the church and we believe the insta munda just is blaming Security Forces for the deaths. Human rights organizations here say social unrest is spiraling and Security Forces were given a green light to quell the protest. On tuesday a government minister said the army had been shot one bullet but stopped short of saying the same about the police. These images show Police Shooting towards protesters 1st in cochabamba last friday and in atlanta on tuesday. Neighbors shared images on social media of the army also appearing to fire live rounds them d. N. A. Most of the story we have also seen the shootings and now there has to be an investigation to know who shot them. Protesters blame interim president jenin and his for the killings and are demanding her resignation. Say they want to withdraw 3 things 3. That the police and the military have not held accountable there havent posted. The interim government released it says is an audio recording of former president it will muddle is ordering allies to reinforce blockades that have stalled much of. The. Deadly protests prompted jenny nonuse to say she will color lections immediately demo press in tandem we are presenting the bill for the transitional electoral regime for the 2020 general elections. Back in the church the families of the victims say they dont trust aeneas or any Public Servant they say they didnt let their loved ones be taken to the morgue autopsies were performed in the church a families waited for answers and of course there is that variable this spro testers escorted yet another dead man into the church. And innocent just. Dont believe the. United nations is calling the knickerbockers president ial stop whats described as a persons start repression appeal to Daniel Ortega coincides with the Hunger Strike in a cathedral or testers are demanding the release of nicaraguans arrested during demonstrations last year and which more than 300 people were killed and gallagher reports in nicaragua as capital managua progovernment supporters stormed the nations most important cathedral and what Church Officials call an act of desecration by the scuffle that followed a priest a nun reportedly injured church was sheltering a group of mothers calling for the release of the children they say are Political Prisoners which reported the women left with the red cross the Catholic Church plays a powerful role in the crowd were the president told take his accused bishops of being cooped losses of laro given all the more than. Of course were free we dont have any power we dont have anything of course we are free but no priest has gone into exile everyone is where they should be even those who were tortured in messiah are in their parishes accompanying the people with much care with much fear nicaraguas political crisis began in april last year with a Popular Uprising critics accuse ortega of running a repressive regime that according to the interim merican commission for human rights has killed over 300 protesters and forced 70000 people to flee the country opposition groups say at least 16 churches have been besieged by authorities as calls grow for the release of prisoners. For the freedom of our Political Prisoners for the life of our families who are in the churches and against the violation and does a creation of the Catholic Church the church must be respected life must be respected a report from the un last august saw today traditional killings torture an arbitrary detentions the organization for american states say this is now a critical human rights situation president Daniel Ortega now in his 4th term and accused of rigging elections says he Wont Leave Office until at least 2021 and a gallica al jazeera. Thousands of People Living in indias forests are protesting a government decision that could see them evicted but the government is trying to amend a law thats meant to protect the rights to their land and Indigenous People have no legal document to prove ownership. Was with the protesters. 2000000 Indigenous People in india. As their claims on their Ancestral Lands have been rejected by the local governments the Supreme Court. And asked the local governments to follow procedure these people have been protesting in states across the country but today they are in delhi the National Capital of the seat of political power this is because they want to they want to be heard before the Supreme Court hears a case again next week but the activists are the be spoken to say that console exercise is basically to grab the mind of these people for the benefit of the corporates. If this happens. On the capitalist forces. With the government and the right way governments are being elected and i dont want. These. People. Weve come to claim all right we want our land what does the government have to do with our land the government sits in delhi. These people say theyre not encroaching on forest land but that they are a part of the forest itself this is all they wont protection of their rights promised to them under the Forest Rights act instead they are. Regularly beat them up burned their fields in an attempt to evict them and Hong Kong Chinas online giant alibaba has began this years biggest share sale raising nearly 13000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars in a landmark listing on the citys Stock Exchange and the auction marks the largest share sell in hong. In 9 years and will be saying as opposed to the territorys economy following more than 5 months of unrest retailer is selling 500000000 shares but will issue more depending on demand sudan has been named by the red cross as one of the 10 countries most wonderful to Global Climate change morgan has been to the state of north korea farm where the encroaching desert is forcing villagers to move adam yousif has seen throughout his village twice that was back in the mine 980 s. He says both times people werent forced to leave but in the past few years a build up of sand dunes has forced them to move their homes and was a lot of the muscle built 20 years ago there are only a few dunes and they werent as high as they are now we still have so much grass between the houses here that when the rainy season came we had to cut through them to make our way now its the rainy season but there are only sand between the houses. Adams village life on the set hill built in sudans north kordofan state its one of several states the International Committee of the red cross says is being affected by Global Climate change once known for its lush vegetation thats rapidly changing as the horrid desert in the north expands southworth according to authorities dozens of villages have already been buried as a result of expansion period is here say thats all to reducing their livestock or less than mother we should be able to easily feed our animals but in the past few years is becoming hard to find food not travel for miles to look for grass and try to give them water but in the meantime theyre slowly dying like. People are now relocating settlements that have been around for generations to survive not every part of is covered by sand in some areas landslide commonly known as the apple of sodom and this called the brush can be seen and people here say they help keep the landscape as it is but and where mentalists argue they show that the area is close to becoming a desert. Expanding deserts can also be deadly International Observers say the seeds of the darker war that killed at least 300000 people and displaced more than 3000000 were sown in the eightys bagmen drought forced villages to move further south and that led to violence in areas where people were already dealing with country sources its seen by some as the worlds 1st modern day climate. Asked people leave the historic lands in north korea fana scientists are working on ways to help them limit environmental damage. Some people cut the trees to make charcoal to build homes without realizing that theyre removing the barriers that keep the desert so extended raising awareness but also planting trees that fix the soil like gum arabic and planting them with Climate Change is a worldwide phenomenon and any mitigation. 2 quick. Point here including oh shell have to act. And others in his village are being told if they dont act now big could be forced to leave and he says the Younger Generation will never know the lands of their ancestors as they lie buried under the. Morgan all my share of north korea from the great governments announced its moving 20000 Asylum Seekers from ireland refugee camps that are overcrowded being relocated to new camps on the mainland and it says it will step up deportations of migrants who are eligible for asylum. Seekers to be proceeding with the arrangement of clothes said not only said they come up with. This but because it needs to be sent to those planning to enter the country illegally when they know that they do not qualify for a song. And right now the impeachment hearing focused on us president is in recess the chairman adam schiff called a recess so that the members of that committee can go to the floor of the house to cast votes that have nothing to do with impeachment basically just to do their day job but when this resumes republicans will be questioning 2 witnesses dr fiona hill a russia expert and Foreign Service career Foreign Service officer dave holmes or her key phone call that u. S. President donald trump out with ambassador silence so were going to take a quick break well bring you more of the days news and get you back to that impeachment hearing as well candy and journalists in pursuit of press freedom and justice i have a very desperate situations around someone suitable they hope you know for an investigating government corruption in the National Health care system or their transactions in. Africa on some sites and publish well see. Even if it doesnt scare truth is it anyway on aljazeera. What kind of care does that provide and is anyone willing to pick up the cost we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in so is it possible for trump is actually a mature way to be on the counting the cost on aljazeera. Aljazeera as Investigative Unit goes undercover in the caribbean we dont with the word bribe would just use a token of appreciation exposing trade and diplomatic passports today just to work 50. 00 hot on the price will go to well over a month involving some of the regions highest officials mayor if there were critical. Of. Aljazeera investigations diplomats ficelle. The difference is. In the similarities of cultures across the. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on bribery and fraud charges after a lengthy corruption and. A restaurant phone call. From the hearing. On the breaking news that is coming out of israel in the past hour the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been formally charged with fraud breach of trust and accepting bribes the attorney general announced this