An interview thats being called disastrous we take a look at the interview and its follow up to. Im carl kasell and welcome to the Program Police in hong kong have threatened to fire live bullets of protesters dont stop using what officials called lethal weapons in the latest flare up during antigovernment protests the warning followed fresh clashes outside a university in the center of hong kong where protesters hunkered down behind makeshift barricades and hurled petrol bombs at Police Authorities said on sunday one officer was treated in hospital after being hit in the leg by an arrow another had his visor struck by a metal ball although he was not hurt. Were joined now by our correspondent my ts bolinger hes been covering these protests in hong kong for us since the very beginning of a t. S. A. University now the epicenter of these protests whats happening where you are right now. I am now at the polytechnic university. Where police today lays siege so the protesters had occupied these soon diversity since tuesday and have been fortified it with barricades they have producing hundreds if not thousands of bottles of molotov cocktails and this morning based the police started to move in they have been fighting during the whole day and in the Afternoon Police late siege they surrounded the University Nobody can get out of here now at some point they said that they would leave let people leave by a certain area but then they arrested those who left including their 1st aiders so what we are seeing here now resembles really a besieged fortress we have people being treated in here for injuries then ammunition being brought to the front and the protesters who do not think mostly that they will get out of here anyway without being arrested throwing everything they have to words the front of it is very dramatic. 70 years it seems like different weapons being used by the protesters occupying this area near this university is this a change now in a tactics that youre seeing by protesters. Here weve seen this whole week at several universities in hong kong have been occupied and the standoff between the police and the protesters were very different from what weve seen before they resembled media of. Battlefields with smoke and fire and these lethal weapons you met mentioned they were there their bows and arrows and you see cutter poles that are used to throw stones and molotov cocktails at the police and then we also see these. These enduring battles where they stand in front of each other and fire at each other for hours and hours today around this university the lines have all most not moved or 20 years we heard something there about those different weapons being used by the protesters now we hear police threatening to use live bullets how serious of a threat is that especially given the situation how tense things are right now. Thank you we are seeing that the police is really. Has really shifted also in the if you were seeing these emotional announcements by the police t. J. I would take this threat very serious they have said if they saw somebody firing one of these bows and arrows for example at the police they would use live rounds we also get reports from other parts of the city that the police how to be extremely menacing today that you would see protesters or people who come from them believe so if i were a protester i would take this very soon as the tears falling over pouring for us in hong kong thank you very much. Ok now a check of some of the other stories making news around the world irans Supreme Leader is refusing to appeal a controversial 50 percent price in price hike in gas prices at least 2. 00 people have been killed in street demonstrations and friday authorities a blot Internet Access in the country and say they will respond forcefully to quell protests across the nation that floodwaters have exceeded the 1. 00 metre mark in venice for the 3rd time in a week submerging famous signs like st marks square in kneedeep water more than 70 percent of the city is flooded including monuments shops and homes which all been damaged the crisis is expected to cost italy hundreds of millions of euros. Cuba has been celebrating the 500th anniversary of the founding of its capital obama weekend long festivities included concerts prominent guests and fireworks over the citys Capitol Building of an as historic whole town is a unesco World Heritage site. People in sri lanka have chosen a new president s with an old last name go to buy a park so on a resounding victory this weekend his brother mahinda also served as president for a decade from 2005 until 2015 the pair crushed a separatist movement ending the countrys civil war but killing an estimated 40000 people in the process there are also allegations of rape torture and extrajudicial killings so while many are celebrating his victory others are uneasy. And. Its official she is said to have a dodgy box of beheaded mcgann. Jubilant crowds gathered on the streets of the capital of colombo to get a glimpse of the new leader. Taunting back on graduation. The brother to far more pressure than one handed out structure. Team to landslide victory a day after the president ial vote was held by his supporters that kiss with praise im not your nation. About a guy hes taking over the country why doesnt a lot of trouble under any other leader even a child would feel safe on the streets im so happy long live. This week she belongs to the people who have shown that support from her now i wouldnt feel safe to go back there again that you know more than a mere thought about a god like that in words cant explain how happy i am i prefer. And i want to thank him for saving this country could have no doubt it only got about the burger. The rags brick hes here. The camel is as much to get close to Mahinda Rajapaksa as it is for the new president. Supporters i realize the brothers who oversaw the end of sri lanka decades long civil war. But not all the sri lanka is celebrating. There was little joy on the streets in the areas that back rajapakse us open and such a claim about so they are lazy about their future. In the past there have been allegations of enforced disappearances and oppression of the sand under the leadership of my hand and want to have a large part of minorities are concerned about their rights under the new nationalist project but the government but there are very good friends on camera for fear of reprisals and changes in the countrys leadership are far from over. Experts point out that as the incumbent Prime Minister down to become a single he is from a Different Party than dodge apart so he could resign to allow for the new president to make his own pay but the last time an attempt was made to remove the sri lankan Prime Minister it triggered a constitutional crisis. I mean it could have a destabilizing effect if mr rickard was saying the mr rogers box of the new president cannot agree on what the mixtape is going to be. Then of course it will create a question oh look we have to have a lot of no confidence and all of that kind of thing but otherwise its a relatively small transfer of power. Security peace and prosperity that is what she lankans are seeking its a tall order but good dobby logic box of euphoric supporters are confident he villa deliver. Britains Prince Andrew as spoken publicly for the 1st time about allegations of Sexual Misconduct and his links to a convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a b. B. C. Interview on saturday he defended himself against claims that he had sex with an underage girl trafficked to him by abstain he was also grilled on his apparent friendship with the american financier the hour long interview is being slammed by many in the u. K. Media some commentators are calling it quote disastrous in that. Did every reporter. Has been following the story and he joins me now with more of all i mean 1st of all remind us about these allegations what are people saying about Prince Andrew and what did he say in his defense. Is accused of having sex with a woman who says she she was a sex slave of Jeffrey Epstein now Virginia Roberts is a name as she told a u. S. Court that she was forced to have sex with the prince on at least 3 occasions and on one of those occasions she was a minor Prince Andrew says he has no recollection of ever meeting with roberts even though there is a picture of the 2 of them taken as a townhouse in london the princess you cannot explain the existence of this picture you can see the picture here ms roberts in the middle. Now it was robert says at one occasion in london they dined together they went to a nightclub called tramps where they danced together he bought her drinks she also says she didnt remember the prince sweating profusely she says that in what they then went back to that townhouse where the photo was taken where they had sex now the princess all of this he denies all of this lets have a listen to what he said there are a number of things that are wrong with that story one of which is that is that i dont know where the bar is in terms. Of i dont drink. Have a peculiar move provision which is that i dont sweat or i didnt sweat at the time and that was. Yes i didnt swear that on because i. Had suffered what i would describe as an overdose of adrenalin the falklands war when i was shorter. So some rather bizarre rebuttals to the princes also faces pretty facing criticism for staying in contact with Jeffrey Epstein after he was convicted of sex offenses back in 2006 now in 2010 Prince Andrew attended a dinner in new york to celebrate the release of epstein from prison he also went on a walk in central park with epstein we can see the photo of the 2 of them there the prince says that he attended the dinner and went on that walk to tell epstein that he wanted nothing more to do with him this interview i mean we saw a clip of it as being blasted in the u. K. Tell us more about the reaction to what the princess. Because of course made all the front pages of the sunday papers in the u. K. Today and what many commentators are reflecting on is Prince Andrews failure to show any compassion for the victims of Geoffrey Epstein its also being called a bit of a p. R. Disaster the conservative brokaws the piers morgan for one he calls the interview desperate and he says its insane that the prince would have agreed to do this interview other people are asking what reasons there might be for him not to remember ms roberts one of them is make me go and mcgowan she is one of the original cues of the me too movement but she questions if the reason could be that there were so many young women around f. C. At the time that he wouldnt remember now were from him but this is really presented interviews like the only work some of the motto dont complain dont explain but here we have a British Royal sitting in front of t. V. Cameras at Buckingham Palace talking about his sexual life and about alleged Sexual Misconduct it took the b. B. C. In the palace about 6 months to actually negotiate to even do this interview and if the if the palace thought that this might make the story go away its they have really made a mistake now we have to wait and see what this will mean for Prince Andrew. What it will mean for for charities that he supports for example and what it will mean for the royal family is whole he has said that he would testify in court if push comes to shove but well just have to see how this story develops still plenty of fodder com reporter thank you very much. Sports now in tennis news stefanos has been crowned the a. T. P. Finals champion after a 676276 win over dominic team in london the greek want to nail biter against his austrian opponent claiming the 3rd and final settlement tie break he pasta just 21 years old he is the youngest a. T. P. 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