Ukraine. Goes to trial at the International Court of justice over the crackdown on most of the aljazeera sheds new light on alleged crimes. Does begin in hong kong were voting in local elections is underway the poll being seen as a test for the probe aging government following months of demonstrations chief executive kerry lamas cast her vote a record 4100000 people registered to vote its hong kongs biggest turnout since the territory was returned to china from britain in 1997 when speaking to the media caroline appealed for a peaceful vote. We are facing an extremely challenging situation in all the nice in this years elections but im pleased to say that with the concerted efforts of all parties including of course over 30000 Civil Servants in many departments working today we should have a relatively peaceful and calm and vironment to conduct these elections successfully hongkong prodemocracy activists joshua wallahs urged protesters to continue opposing beijing he was disqualified from running in local elections. Protest movement stuff for a few more people around the world just appalling and. Should come up booked District Council your action is that your action in more committed base will respond more on the street. If you instead you follow the political system but i still urge people to action to show how this can head to beijing. Well sarah plant joins us again live from outside the polling station and usually sarah this sort of election doesnt generate a lot of excitement this year very different right. Now these local elections are generally are quite a low key affair they focus on the the campaigns focus on local issues like garbage collection and bus routes but this particular district election in 29 has that has had a Record Number of people registered to vote and by midday which is about an hour ago and weve had 1000000 people in hong kong already cast their ballots now as you mentioned 4100000 people are registered here and the biggest surges in the 18 to 35 Year Old Age Group now youve got massive lines across hong kong where we are which is the one child of the line has disappeared but the people are still inside voting earlier that the line was behind me and it snaked its way the entire way around the building so the probation group around the camp they have the numbers in the district election but certainly the indications are with the lines that were seeing that the pan democrat side may be in favor in this years district election by. Just talk us through how important it is for the opposition to get a strong showing and what that would mean even though as you said these are just local council elections. Well with the some of the analysts weve spoken to there indicated that they still believe the probation count will hold its majority simply because it has such a large number of seats so not only because you have the pan democrats or the pro democratic groups they will pull back some of their support and we need some seats now this particular election is being considered a referendum on certainly on the governments handling of this political process has been going on for 6 months now weve had increasing violence a lot of confrontations between police the protesters but its also a test for public test on support for the protest movement weve seen increasing transport chaos i recent weeks and these weekend protests have become week die protests where theyve been targeting the the transport system and creating chaos across the city so certainly this is a very interesting voyage and everyone will be looking to see where they are at the numbers guy with regards to the probe aging all the prodemocracy groups. Well leave it there for now thanks so much sarah clarke and to government protesters have taken to the streets of the colombian capital bogota yet again they say theyre angry over proposed reforms to the tax and Pension System but bogota insists the chaos is part of a plot to disrupt the country i listened to reports that protests were held on for a 3rd consecutive day against the government of. Hundreds of demonstrators to once again to the streets across the capital. The demonstrations were peaceful with people banging them apart and chanting we are not afraid anymore yet as they try to block roads and march towards downtown they were attacked by the police rolling in and motorcycles and dispersing crowds of the tear gas. But protesters kept coming back that is yes twice in 3 days 4 days 5 days are not enough will continue until the government listens to the people no more policies that make us work until were 80 years old without a pension for a certain day protesters were met with stun grenades and tear gas by the police in this case as they were trying to block this avenue one of the main tera fares from the north to the city down to the center. Clashes in confrontations continued throughout the afternoon and into the evening one protester was critically injured by the Police President said the army will remain the ploy to cross the city saturday there were no reports of looting and vandalism and the overnight curfew imposed on friday was lifted but. Said that the looting was coordinated by criminals to spread panic but if this isnt about some young people who are having spontaneous demonstrations there is a plot here a High Level Organization with those who are interested in destabilizing the country. President duke announced he will begin a National Conversation with the leaders of the protests next wednesday but some fear it may be too little too late its interesting that he spoke about a conversation not a dialogue i believe the president has not yet understood the dimension of public discontent and i really dont sense that he is genuinely interested as of yet in sitting down and discussing with different sectors of tommies society about the multiple sources of discontent that are driving this but without a real dialogue many colombian say they will continue to defy their government in the streets like so many other protest movements across south America Alison and. Bolivias interim leader has rejected the senates attempt to grant former president evo morales and this thing fled to mexico amid allegations of rigging the october Election Congress has now passed a bill paving the way for new elections but i am a sanchez who has more from. The bill to call the elections was approved unanimously in congress after a heated debate now the interim president will enact it to begin the process of selecting members for the electoral tribunal and set a date for a new election. Lookin down for the next government cannot be abusive either with the rural or european people it has to be neutral to manage the country well but if you favor is one or the other it will be lost what are the demands made by members of the mass party thats more or less his party was to take the military off the streets in turn the government wanted no more protests now streets have been quieter here in the past few hours after this past week clashes between protesters and the police and the army left 8 people dead here now the government wants all road law. Looks to be lifted to allow passage of food and fuel around the country but there are still many roadblocks that need to be cleared bullied many parts of the traffic is fluid food is slowly making its way into the stores but here there are long queues of people waiting to get gas and many here say theyre not happy. Things are not well get were not getting gas the government doesnt care were being discriminated against not only here in the law but in the past and in other places around the country there are cars long lines of cars and trucks queuing up to get gas however here many people are saying that the approval of this bill to call elections is giving them the confidence that now the country begins to move forward. Now the u. S. State department has released records relating to its dealings with ukraine the documents support testimony at the impeachment inquiry that several senior officials are in the loop on methods to pressure kiev into investigating president rival Joe Biden John Hendren has more from washington. The cast of president Donald TrumpsUkraine Pressure Campaign grows ever wider 100 pages of newly released state department documents show that secretary of state mike pump a 0 spoke to President Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani twice in march that was shortly before u. S. Ambassador to ukraine maria vonn of h. Was removed from office scott lucas says its not hard to infer what they were talking about but the day before pompei our 2nd call with giuliani there was a time line prepared which set out all of the material about biden his son hunter and Maria Vonnegut trying to set up in other words a paper trail for the secretary of state of these alleged alleged activities by biden and yavanna bitch that. Warden at best wanted an investigation by ukraine the impeachment inquiry is looking into whether the white house engaged in a coordinated campaign to withhold nearly 400000000. 00 in military aid to ukraine until the president of that country publicly announced that he would investigate President Trumps chief political rival former Vice President joe biden President Trump denies that accusation i want nothing. Thats what i want from you thats what i said i want nothing the newly released documents support this damning statement from embassador Gordon Sunland was there a quid pro quo the answer is yes everyone was in the loop we kept the leadership of the state department and the n. S. C. Informed of our activities and that included communications with secretary of state pompei o. The state department had refused to give those documents they were obtained through a freedom of information lawsuit by the Watchdog Group american oversight now Senate Democrats are asking pump aoe in a letter to recuse himself from the state departments response to the impeachment inquiry pump ale was quick to respond im not going to accuse myself from this i know precisely what american policy was with respect to ukraine i was working on it and im incredibly proud of what weve accomplished also joining in the circle of those implicated in the president ial Pressure Campaign is the president s top defender in the impeachment inquiry republican devin nunez. Clearly these little chris accusations dont reflect Committee Members who are honestly searching for the truth on saturday reports emerged suggesting nunez met with a disgraced former ukrainian prosecutor to find dirt on biden that is according to a lawyer for a businessman live parness indicted for his role in working with giuliani to prompt a ukrainian investigation of biden and his son if true the circle of all the president s men in the Ukraine Campaign just got bigger john hendren 0 washington still ahead on now does there are protests at one of indias most prestigious universities for tell you why students are angry with the government. We take a look at some of the other ways to lay ends up protesting against the government. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecasts were here across much of turkey over the next few days conditions will be deteriorating as a system is coming out of the mediterranean opera not looking too bad as we end the weekend here on sunday more clouds in the forecast a little bit chilly at 12 degrees but by the time we get towards monday notice all those clouds starting to filter in and by the time we get towards monday afternoon istanbul youll also be seems a very heavy rain as well beirut a cloudy and cool day fuit 22 in aleppo say about 17 degrees in your forecast well here across the gulf expect to see more clouds by the time we get towards monday sunday not a bad day we have plenty of sun across much of the area but more clouds start filtering in as well this will affect parts of saudi arabia iran as well as into kuwait and here in doha expect to see an increase of clouds as well so here on sunday 26 degrees monday the possibility of showers in the vicinity but by the time we get to tuesday were looking a little bit better at 25 degrees there as well and then here across Southern Africa things are quite wet anywhere from johannesburg all the way down to durban here on sunday temperatures under him is very low a little bit warmer at 30 degrees but as we go towards monday clearing as we go into the beginning of the week were derbent see a very nice day if you with a temperature of 24. This powerful social network is sculpting global Cyber Society and regulation is playing catch up but as scandals begin to unfold they will witness is that we should not be in this position. They want as much extreme content as they can get on the cover to gauge how ethics weigh against profits and how the rules are being written. And signed facebook on aljazeera. Theyre watching out is there a time to recap our headlines now voting is underway in hong kongs local elections a Record Number of people have registered this time around its seen as a test for the probate judge government following months of demonstrations and to government protesters of taking to the streets of the colombian capital bogota again hundreds of protesters were dispersed by to gas following an overnight curfew in the isolated lunatic colombian say theyre angry over proposed reforms to the tax and Pension System records of the u. S. State departments dealings with ukraine to be made public they confirm contacts between secretary of state mike on pale and all times post why would you be ali earlier this year. Suchi is expected to defend the countrys military against allegations of genocide at the International Court of justice the army is accused of targeting the nations most a minority in 2017 a documentary being added aljazeera sheds new light on the abuses must warn you though of aids report contains some disturbing images of. Nearly a 1000000 muslims live in the Worlds Largest refugee camp in bangladesh at the International Court of justice prepares to begin hearing allegations of genocide and forced deportation of the ringer a new documentary uncovers testimonies of abuse and the involvement of me in my eyes government officials. The prosecution has gone on for decades but since 2017 hundreds of thousands of grainger were forced to flee after the military accused the rebels of terrorism. As early as 1966 the Burmese Military started to see the real hinge or as a problem. Through the years myanmars government has even set up special forces to deal with its ruling the minority british government. Grew up these problems with muslims have existed since the british rule because they brought labor from bangladesh. Were not migrants from bangladesh this is their birth place and i was born in this house that was built 18 or 19 our mosque was also built on 994 my great grandfather. Through the years myanmars government has even set up special forces to deal with its running a minority. Car was essentially the burmese equivalent of s. S. Nasa the execution of this former intelligence chief says the priority was to stop people crossing into me in my or illegally you know i created an a sucker to stop people from crossing the borders it was the right thing to do they were migrants our objective was to control our border they are guests from bangladesh and we didnt want to accept guest otherwise there would be no more rakhine just got more and more muslims that. Now decades later u. N. Investigators have warned genocide threat for me and my is greater than ever i want into early other famous soldier held a gun to my head and seed what if i shoot you right now then he seed we have in order to kill all of you muslims we are invincible. Or revenge or once their villages were burnt down were funneled into what is now the cum complex where 122140000 were injured are basically imprisoned there are concentration camps detention camps if not into communal violence this is the burma state organizing and watching over the destruction of wreckage of images and the rounding up of hundreds of thousands are injured into camps. Summering there say they hid their children in graves of theirs had their babies burned alive but they threw the children into the fire but turned our heads the other way so that we wouldnt see it. We have never been soft on human rights in this country we must military denies carrying out mass rape and murder my home i know that any cream cone media a lot of news about what kind of state is fake there is fabricated news that the military has raped women its not true and. They raped us right there in the paddy field after 5 months i knew he was there i felt him growing in size are only there i want to call them all while they are 5 of us women were separated from the crowd and taken into the house. But they closed the door then they blindfolded us and then they did whatever they wanted to do with us hundreds of thousands of muslims are waiting for justice and a chance to return home some of the job it held as their well you can see the full program called exiled when it 1st 20 g. M. T. On sunday all of egypts lost independent news publications is appealing for the Urgent Release of one of its journalists a statement on its website says police took share the zealot from his home in cairo on saturday they also confiscated electronic equipment and documents related to his work zelotes arrest is the latest sign of a widening crackdown on press freedom in egypt. Theres been renewed fighting between kurdish fighters and turkey backed forces in Northern Syria it happened near the town of a naser turkey launched an offensive against the white fiji Led Syrian Democratic forces last month a truce was agreed in coordination with russia but small scale fighting has continued al jazeera sat down with the turkish minister of defense to discuss Ongoing Operations in northeastern syria malabar asked hala see a car if ankara is meeting its objectives despite International Criticism their ability to. Target them are scared shitless them topical church was about the color no longer possible for the march to be the terms of the through our. Limited exposure which in the period leading there to christmas eve. Because it made. Me. Really up to the. Fight alone worked. I was among the covering up of them very little reply look up their little. Package to make. Like you know where members of my peers. Are bigger tickets or make. A killer or they could just really go back to. That which i was one of those who do make to his brother barzan terms or mark. Any of those ridiculous talked about all of where they were going on your mind and you can watch the entire interview with the turkish minister of defense policy our current talk to aljazeera on sunday at 830 g. M. T. U. S. Vice president mike pence is in iraq on an unannounced visit parents met with u. S. Troops airbase in the lumbar province and also spoke on the phone with iraqs Prime Minister about the violence and the government protests which have been going on for several weeks demonstrators are angry about corruption high unemployment and Poor Public Services a u. S. Court has ordered the round to pay a Washington Post journalist and his family 180000000. 00. Was detained in iran for more than a year on espionage charges in 2014 washington has called the accusations absurd and said he was denied legal representation to iran has not responded to the lawsuit it remains unclear how or if the money will be paid. Students as a leading university in new delhi have been protesting against the plan the increase in the housing fees they say most students are poor and cant afford higher prices they also allege the Indian Government wants to privatized Higher Education and make it difficult for many to attend universities and child or falls. Thousands of students gathered in the heart of new delhi and demanded their right to affordable education they have been protesting for weeks since the university decided to increase the fee for their accommodation their leaders say as many as 40 percent of the students come from families who struggle to make a living i see. Is a ph d. Student who says he is the 1st in his family to get a University Education he credits the no competition piece for his success if jacob was not better if public funded as a person was not better i would not have been here with no walkthrough prabakaran from the National Guard because most of us there was a Large Police Presence during the protests a few days ago during a similar demonstration several students were beaten by police and detained for hours david was one of them she says the police broke her arm in the scuffle but shes not deterred and will continue to protest the bike and women i want to but by then i wanted to egypt and jordan like you i dont like what they are right its just that i did not at the market. Many of the current and former professors also came out in support they say the accommodation fee hike is the beginning of the Indian Governments plan to privatized every state funded university the students of this university are also gods with the government and other areas this is their only fighting for their right to dissent with the supporters of the government accused of sedition. Deval all their university has faced several controversies many students here who are accused of raising anti india slogans and backing those who the Indian Government defines as terrorists the students however say they are being targeted simply for not agreeing with the government they want to be very carefully controlled and organized and all this new there is there no contradiction between them and us but indias governing b. G. P. Or party agent the party insists the students must pay more nobody is looking at the fact that lacks in lakhs of rupees or spend every month every year on each student im defeat is the lowest in the country why should have not been pleased the students say the protests will go on they insist this is about their future and they are not in a mood to give in on any issue. Aljazeera. Chile is reason that the government protests are the most important since the end of the dictator Augusto Pinochets rule in 1990 demonstrators are venting their rage at the government through slogans and graffiti on the walls in santiago our latin america is in the sea and human is there takes a sort of tour of the socalled talking walls. In few if any country is a social explosion left its mark as quickly and progressive lee as here you probably all heard the phrase if only the walls could talk well in chile that is exactly what they are doing so i thought it would be interesting to show you exactly what it is that theyre saying starting with this. Meeting eyes represent the unprecedented number of protesters whove lost one or both eyes as a result of being shot by riot police with pellets these walls reflect the evolution of chiles social outburst this was one of the 1st to go viral the time has come chile has awoken no more Student Loan Debt no more a. F. P. Chillies private Pension System no more collusion from big business anger against chiles neo liberal Economic System predominates with slogans like taking a bullet costs less than staying in the system. One of the most widely seen messages is this no more abuses in this case written over the name of president pena while above a more disturbing message that reads at war against order. Another one screams let everything burn. Antiestablishment graffiti and messages are everywhere this one says kill yourselves capitalism what a great percentage of whats on these walls targets the riot police and this new one shows the faces. Of the directors the National Police with a rope around his neck and underneath it says the night will fall and we will dance over their bodies. But many others who flocked more hope than rage and in recent weeks the graffiti has become more sophisticated and artistic. We met muralist philippe got real as he began his latest work in the us so many of the art shouldnt be just decor it but reflect that historic and political moment were living in and were live in a moment that i think would transform into a latin american up prices starting in chile and its our mission. Represented to show whats happening. With the finished work features the monopoly mascot rich uncle penny bags calculating that hundreds of protesters eyes are worth less than 30 basis the tiny amount of the metro fare went up last month that was the detonator of a social explosion that has destabilized the regions most stable nation. The explanation on this was it wasnt peace it was silence. You see in human aljazeera santiago. Lets take you through some of the headlines here now does iraq voting is underway in hong kongs local elections a Record Number of people have registered to vote this time around its seen as a test for the probe aging government following months of demonstrations authorities have threatened to spend voting if there is serious disruption chief executive kerry lamb is appealing for a peaceful vote so a clock has the latest from hong kong where the polls have been open for a couple of hours now figures indicate that 150000 people. Ballots in the 1st hour now thats almost 3 times the turnout in that same 1st hour since the 25th. Across the city maybe a line behind this place car behind me. Around the building and this is a similar scene across hong kong now point 1000000 people have registered to vote thats a Record Number and the increase has been recorded in the 18 to 35 Year Old Age Group so the course currently has a majority in the elections but certainly the prodemocracy camp is expected to win back some support in the election in colombia antigovernment protesters have taken to the streets of bogota yet again hundreds of them or dispersed by tear gas following an overnight curfew and isolated looting colombian say theyre angry over proposed reforms in the tax and Pension System the mayor of. The chaos is part of the plot to disrupt the country. Records of the u. S. State departments dealings with ukraine and be made public they confirm contacts between secretary of state mike pompei oh and Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani earlier this year Kurdish Forces of clashed with Turkish Backed forces in Northern Syria it happened near the town of. Turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces last month a truce was agreed in coordination with russia but small scale fighting has continued iran is restoring Internet Access after the government imposed the shutdown last week in response to widespread protests and demonstrations follow the government increase in fuel prices by up to 50 percent its faultlines now stay with us here on the. Ground in the poll says russia uses mercenaries in conflicts from syria to libya the future of over. 2 trillion dollars but this is the state. Of. Google takes on the big guns in the gaming industry because. In less than a year United States has seen 2 of the deadliest white supremacist attacks in its recent history. In october of 2018 a gunman murdered 11 jewish worshipers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh pennsylvania. Then in august 22 people were shot dead in an attempt to kill as many latinos as possible in el paso texas. Just 9 months apart the