Sudan to demand civilian rule but at least 10 are reported killed and scores more wounded in clashes with Security Forces. And japans whalers are given a big send off as they go hunting again after a break of more than 30 years japan has now withdrawn from the International Whaling commission. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us protesters have stormed into hong kongs legislature on the anniversary of the citys return to chinese rule for democracy demonstrators tore down sections of the glass and metal wall before entering the building amid anger over plans legislation that would allow extraditions to try to earlier police use with tongs and pepper spray to disperse crowds who would occupy the road if the citys government complex on this day. 22 years ago britain handed the former colony over to Mainland China under a deal that would ensure democratic rights for the cities people activists now fear that those rights are being rolled back. And our correspondent phebe kong is on the streets of hong kong following the protests for us and she joins us on the line phoebe some of the protesters have entered the Parliament Building as we said what are they planning to do inside. There that so. And. Is. It that they were. At that but. They are right it looks like were having some trouble with the line there our reporter phoebe call a congo reporting for us there in hong kong a fast developing situation as you can see on the ground well try to speak to her a little bit later in the program. Lets catch up now on some other stories making news around the world German Foreign minister heikal mosse has called on italy to release the captain of a migrant rescue ship is detained saying rescue people rescuing people from the sea is not a crime italian authorities arrested german nationals couple of accutane for allegedly hitting a police both all docking at the port of lampedusa with 40 rescued migrants on board. A powerful car bomb blast in the Afghan Capital kabul during rush hour has wounded at least 65 people with fatalities here the explosion targeted the Afghan Defense ministry the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. Syrian state media says 4 civilians have died after israeli jets attacked military positions near the capital damascus and the western city of homs footage shows the Syrian Military responding to the attack by firing surface to air missiles another 21 people were reportedly injured in themselves. European Union Leaders have suspended talks after failing to agree on who will fill the top jobs following e. U. Parliamentary elections 6 weeks ago in the run up to the summit france and germany agreed to support a common candidate for the key post of Commission President of the duchesse social democrat front temperaments about their choice has met some stiff opposition after all night discussions failed talks will resume on tuesday. And. Is standing by in brussels for us max we hear now that were going to wait until tomorrow for some decisions but we thought that they were getting pretty close that we might even hear a decision today so how close are you leaders on deciding on these important posts. We listened to the german chancellor im going to makeover just gave a press conference and she said that they werent as close as many people here might have thought she said that there wasnt really any consensus on anything no majority the required majority on any of the consolations and she said that a lot of names were mentioned during this negotiating marathon but she also said that it was important to find a broader majority than the one that is required required is a majority that has represent 65 percent of the people of the European Union she says we dont want that we want to broader consensus a larger majority in order to have something that we can actually work within the next years and dont have too much spilled milk over that and thats why she said even if it doesnt make us look good right now to continue talking tomorrow and not having found a solution today history might prove that its the better decision to take that one extra day sleep a little and maybe see things from a different angle on tuesday next what are the biggest lines of division that weve seen open up here over this question of who should be that have the commission and what do they tell us about where the e. U. Is right now. And you can see that the divisions between the east and the west something weve seen in the last years over multiple decisions is very strong we know that the socalled group represented among others by hungry was very much opposed to funds to moments the dutchman that seemed to be the front runner for the European Commission presidency but theres also quite some opposition between france and germany here because a man who in my call the french president just out right rejected the german candidate for the Commission Presidency who is also the candidate of the Biggest Party in the European Parliament the able for the conservatives and thats of course the party. So you also have a division there but among others smaller countries want to be represented eastern western countries you. Also need to make sure that you have gender equality of course so finding suitable men and women for the post this makes this credible puzzle incredibly complicated puzzle this time around more complicated than ever because of the divisions you mention and also the consolation in the European Parliament where its no longer enough to have the 2 big parties the socialist and the conservatives Work Together you need the 3rd party the liberals and thats where am i going my call and all this 3 dimensional chess comes into play max just briefly if we can in a year that were talking about britain leaving the e. U. When theres been a lot of contention over a migration in the block as well what do you take away what do you think of this wrangling over these posts what does that say about the European Union right now. No thats because. Because we have this huge problems ahead of us and she specifically mentioned the u. K. Exiting the European Union they want to find a solution where theres a large majority she said we probably wont have unanimity but at least we want something thats put on a sound foundation all right our correspondent max has been following the latest for us there in brussels thank you max. In sudan at least 10 people are reported to have been killed and almost 200 injured in clashes between police and Protesters Thousands took to the streets across the country to demand that the Ruling Military Council hand over power to a civilian government the demonstrations are the biggest since Security Forces opened fire on a protest in the capital khartoum almost a month ago killing dozens. Of. These demonstrators made their way to khartoums Defense Ministry to appeal to military rulers it was one of several rallies in cities across sudan protesters were eager to make their voices heard. God punished these oppressors. We want to civilian government a civilian one. At some marches carried photos of family members who were among dozens killed when police broke up a peaceful sit in protest outside Army Headquarters in early june that violence coincided with the collapse of talks between military rulers and protest leaders about who should head a new governing body sundays rallies marked the 1st return to the streets since then. As protesters in khartoum neared the president ial palace officials made it clear that they were unwilling to listen to the voice of the people on throwing the chants with tear gas. The military council justified his actions and a special t. V. Address. When i came on that man with troops mission is to protect protesters but we dont trust the vandals. In front of the youth center and the medical headquarters there are snipers shooting at people they have hit 3 members of the rocket support forces and about 5 or 6 civilians thats why we were upset and trying to get things under control much in that i dont look at. Sundays demonstrations also not the 30th anniversary of the coup that 1st brought. The shia to power in 1909. Talk about the last democratically elected government here the demonstrators have continued their protests until saddam has a civilian leadership again. For more on the story we can speak to a reporter for him shes with us here in our studio thank you for joining us you were down in may during the mass demonstrations then and these are the 1st big protests since the governments bloody crackdown on protesters last month youve been in touch with your contacts on the ground there arent they worried about getting back out onto the streets quite ironically what i sensed yesterday and today from people on the ground is not fear but relief i feel like i sense more fear from them between june 3rd and the events of yesterday because as we mentioned the report june june 3rd was this bloody brutal crackdown it wasnt just fire trucks there were also reports of men and women being raped tense burned just insane just unimaginable brutality a lot of the people that i spoke to have called this a massacre that this was a massacre on an epic scale it was an assault on a protest camp and since that crackdown the protesters have been forced to go underground there were militia men and police and military terrorizing people on the streets and in that period between june 3rd and yesterday i sense a lot of fear not just for their lives but also for everything that they have accomplished up until june 3rd you know through overthrowing of bashir who had been in power for 30 years so there was there was fear on many levels but yesterday was this visit since you know for the 1st time since the crackdown this impressive show of power for a protest of that size to be organized without the internet with a near internet blackout with the headquarters of opposition groups being raided by the military 2 days before the protest and one day before the protest the military Council Going out and saying outright any death on the street. Is the responsibility of the opposition and for against that against all of these odds the people were still able to to to to galvanize themselves as they did yesterday now theres now theres more hope now im sensing a bit more relief in the words in the things that theyre telling me actually what about on the diplomatic level what about the efforts to bring the military Council Together with protest organizers with civilian leaders has there been any progress on that front since the crackdown on june 3rd the opposition to for some freedom and the forces of Freedom Change which is this coalition of opposition groups that has been negotiating with the military council has not had any direct contact they have been communicating over a draft basically of an agreement through the fuel paean and the African Union mediators be the demonstrations of yesterday and today are perhaps not going to ease the tension between between the 2 parties however they now put the opposition back in a place that they can negotiate from a position of strength because they have shown that they do commend the streets and that they can really gather the masses because basically this camp for our viewers just to give them some context this was a sit in that had been there since im going to bashir was overthrown they had occupied this essentially whats the traffic juncture in front of the ministry of defense barricaded it and this was their physical leverage on the ground on june 3rd they lost that and yesterday they regained it somehow and so you know the demonstrations might not ease tension but it certainly gives more bargaining chips for the opposition should negotiations move forward and they have to come to that at some point right very important context there are reporting for him thank you very much for joining us. Now whalers in japan her back out on the waters today theyre setting sail on the countrys 1st commercial hunt since 1806 despite a Huge International backlash conservationist say whaling is cruel and outdated but in japan its a tradition. It was all hands on deck before setting sail on a hunt thats been 3 decades coming these are the men that will bring fresh local whales back to japan harpoons are ready and sort of the crew. To do bigger and fatter whales means better meat but you know if you dont well transport a as fresh as possible so that old people can taste it and remember the old days of worrying about. Communities like stand ready to cash in mr pond defies International Outcry and pushes ahead with the practice. To send off commercial whaling ships for the 1st time in 31 years is very emotional for those of us whove been working for the resumption of the hi im happy from the bottom of my heart. In recent years japan has got its fill of will meet through scientific cons but local say it never produced enough. Many traditionalists in japan see whaling is more of culture than conservation though not everyone agrees. Or not the ive never eaten a whale before i dont know if it tastes good so im wondering if i should buy them or not. Enough to think i dont really need to eat whale. All the major whaling town this time and Prime Minister shinzo constituency there were celebrations the crew set off in a bid to help revive japans controversial love affair with whale meat. Lets bring in nicholas and trip from ocean care of Marine Conservation organization in vienna nicholas thank you for joining us we should mention that japan has still been whaling of the last few decades but officially for scientific purposes so what does today really change ok 1st of all the name of the way home changed from scientific to commercial because actually the vessel said using ill just say messes they have been using how they vote there is a huge significant difference now is japan has left International Whaling commission theyve left dean situation that this responsible to regulate whaling and that has decided in 1902 whales fisa should no longer be hunted for commercial purposes japan hasnt got what it wanted over the years so it left the scene situation and is now waiting outside the International Body to regulate it so thats quite a devastating situation what has happened over the last 30 years did the whale population recover sufficiently in that time. Its a very good question because somewhere a species in some way populations did recover actually but not those were talking about in japan i gave an example the most abundant way species is impossible to sustain me q whaling and all stressed pacific however science tells us that the minke whale is divided in certain populations and one population is highly endangered so when the whale approaches the mean q. A. On the water and kills it it cannot different say is this an endangered whale or is this a non endangered whale its dave and you finally will will find out about the genetics so very often you find endangered whales or waves from endangered populations on the market and thats quite an appalling situation nicholas the japanese perspective here is that this is a long running tradition of part of their culture can you understand that perspective. No i dont because actually i think i think its kind of a. Rhetorical because the whaling we see today is kind of a product of the 2nd world war widow was and need in terms of providing protein to the people but what weve seen over the past decades has been dipped in a significant decrease of interest in demand its a truck so what the whaling the troll whale is the facing isnt long existing market and what will happen now is that the government will spend lots of money to create an artificial dumont you know day will trim old way products in schools etc and i think thats redid a wrong way to go would we would like to see his face out of that of that activity but nicholas why would the japanese government want to do that create an artificial market where there isnt one. Well its very simple because theyve told the people for 30 years that this is what they want and this is you know the end they gave it a kind of an artificial cultural identity which we believe doesnt really exist in that respect you know for the young people the young citizens in japan and you will not see much support for it and i think the big question is well on one hand will the japanese public you know give a blind eye to whale products and i really hope so but the other thing is japan has left internationalization table and thats of really boring try and the u. S. Is left to purchase a green meant japan leaves the way the Commission Whats next. For promotion care in vienna thank you very much for your analysis. I thank you for the invitation. Now millions of people have taken part in annual gay pride celebrations in cities around the world over the weekend this years celebrations are special because it marks the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising the revolt of gay people in new york that began the struggle for l g b t rights. A loud colorful and diverse hundreds of thousands of revelers gathered in new york to mark the 50th anniversary of the still riots the world pride march kicked off outside the landmark in a Brutal Police raid on the popular gay bar triggered the struggle for gay rights that this was a day for celebration. That was really exciting and i came out the. Crimes of just being a our parents over have most experiment has painted a series that its really heartwarming to see how much of an admonition that we progress more accepting of others and. Accepting of individuality. But not everyone was a satisfied at the pace of change in the united states. Today still and much of this country here can get married to a person of the same sex on monday and then go to work on tuesday and be fired because now they know youre gay and thats perfectly legal. And much remains to be done in the fight for equal rights in many other countries. In turkeys biggest city istanbul several 100 l. G. B. T. Supporters gathered for a small rally despite about. I dont understand why a gathering like this is banned in a country where people are supposed to be secular and free still must not. Despite hopes that the new man could convince of dorothys to allow their rally to go ahead the march outlawed for the 5th Consecutive Year ended with tear gas and rubber bullets. Youre watching the news still to come on our show an elected spanish politician and champion lightweight boxer taking on domestic issues and meet a woman whose fights take place both in the boxing ring and beyond. But 1st step red bulls next for stepan has won the austrian grand prix after a stunning comeback from a very bad start the dutchman came up with one of the best drives of the season to claim his 1st victory this year. The duck trans were out in force to watch that mad max for stop and give a lesson in recovery starting 2nd on the grid on the left he slipped down to a place where he was slow to get away pole sitter Charlotte Clare the nearly man this season streak to head in his ferrari but for stopping was on a march he inched into the podium places after passing sebastian france so i fixed up for them and him free bus pass no problem or stop and again making it look so easy. Was the red bull driver was eating intellect prayers lead and before too long this happens. To stop and forcing the ferrari why with just 2 laps last he was away and though theyd been in contact the stewards would later ruled this was simply a racing incident that decision taking longer than the race itself to stop and rewarded for his determination the sky. Oh the 1st win of the season and the 1st time this year someone other than a miss a d. S. Driver has stood on top of the podium. In the womens world cup the german teens heading home after the bitter disappointment of losing their quarter final they fell to the one to sweden in a surprise last although the 2 time champions are not the force they once were. Germany hoped to have been packing their bags for the semifinals in leon but instead they are on their way home the 21 defeat to sweden in the quarter final hurts in more ways than one. It was going to show them i dont know whats worse going out of the world cup or missing out on qualifying for the olympics by not reaching the semis they both suck. We didnt show the same desire to win as we did in the earlier games it is better to go out in such a Decisive Game but that is football and now we just have to work harder and build on it and. Saying goodbye this early wasnt part of the plan but the coach was trying to look on the bright side. To win one for games here and then last one will process what happened pick ourselves back up and come back stronger in the next 2 years and challenge at the european championship. The euros now have to be the focus given there will be no defense of their limbic title next year in tokyo they fail to be among the best 3 european teams in france to qualify that in itself shows how tough the euros might be. A south african track star Caster Semenya ran her 1st 800 meter race since appealing to Switzerland Supreme Court over a testosterone limits rule imposed by the sports governing body cemented dominated in the Diamond League meeting in california running the fastest time ever on american soil in the event she is a back to competing while the court hears her appeal but says she will not run in the World Championships this year if the decision goes against her. Now to a story about sports and politics coming together in spain over the issue of Domestic Violence its been put back on the agenda by the far right vox party a vox 124. 00 seats in parliament on a platform that includes doing away with a gender violence law which it says discriminates against men one politician who was herself physically abused is fighting back and using boxing to champion womens rights. A picture of resilience Miriam Gutierrez is a fighter who has battled her way back from a horrific past when she was pregnant today aged 21 a partner at the time beat her so severely that she gave birth prematurely. When he beat me the 1st time i was 8 months pregnant and about to give birth he hit my face and such a way that he broke several bones and i fell to the ground. The 1st thing that came to my mind as a person carrying a child was does my daughter still have a heartbeat. Luckily she did her daughter has grown up healthy and out of harms way. My daughter is now 14 and shes super super happy she has a mother who has fought for her to lee end and ill keep doing so i also have a 6 year old my life is completely read both of them in there its up in the spanish mother of 2 has had quite a year 1st becoming european lightweight boxing champion in march and then getting elected as a city councilor in a madrid suburb in may i journey that has inspired me i. Im just doing what i enjoy doing people who get up again and see me as a little raven spiration can say if shes done it i can tell you dont. Think outside the ring she spreads her message by Holding Workshops and delivering speeches at events tackling Domestic Violence its her dream to one day with a world talk to. Her and we have some breaking news coming into us irans foreign minister says his country has exceeded the limit on its stockpile of low enriched uranium sat by the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers this is the 1st time that iran has broken one of the limits set by that accord a u. S. President donald trump withdrew from the deal last year well have more on that story for you at the top of the hour coming up next eco india our environment show were looking at the impact audries have on their ecosystem and how to turn a pair of jeans into art fiction for the. The footnotes. Going to. Be called india. How can a countrys economy grow in harmony with its people and find that when there are do hers look at the Bigger Picture india a country that faces many challenges and whose people are striving to create a Sustainable Future clever projects from europe and india. Mexico d w. Im just soft leaves in my hands. Where i come from abroad your remains an important means soft transmitting and form ish and when i was young my country was in drawing. The more prominent people most people want a god that i wanted to see if. It was mine which all too true in one off the lot of just. Sites so as not everyone in the town. Listen to those updates. Nothing has been from inside my head nor codea into months of moores law. Even stopped by us i was it 2 or more. My choices in the scott because even their way toward transmitting patrols. And in the question how much and i want. To talk a. Little bit about the. Whole welcome to eco idea a sustainability magazine that brings you face to face with some of the most pressing problems on our planet today and highlights the solutions to tackle that show to be focuses on changing ecosystems and changing societies and the impact theyre bound to have on all of us. Coming to you from one