Hello and welcome to bbc news. Anti government protesters in hong kong have been attacked by unidentified men wearing white t shirts and wielding batons. Social media from the region has been inundated by footage of groups of men charging at crowds in one of the citys railway stations. At least 30 people are believed to have been injured. The attacks allegedly took place as crowds were on their way home from the latest protest rally in the city. In a statement, the government condemned the attacks and promised serious enforcement actions. Well, earlier at that demonstration, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protestors demonstrating against the way the territory is being run. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets the latest in a series of pro democracy rallies which have been going on for two months now. Stephen mcdonells report contains some flashing images. Protests here used to end peacefully. Not anymore. After the seventh consecutive weekend of marches
The defto has risen above 30,800 palestinians in gaza. The United States says it will build a temporary port off of gaza to help get humanitarian aid to enter the strip, as the majority of the population is at risk of starving to death. But what does it mean for washington to build a port to get food to the palestinians in gaza, and at the same time can . Continue to arm the Israeli Regime to proceed with this genocide of palestinians, well stay with us as we look at that and lot more on this spotlight. Id like to welcome my guests to the program. Amal wahdan, human rights activist out of ramala. And author and west asia expert out of belfast. Thank you both for being with us, well lets start in ramala and almal, in your perspective, okay, i think ive lost the connection with tamil, do you hear me, can you hear me . Yeah, yeah, yeah, i can hear you now, okay, okay, great, so why is the us building this port uh, but at the same time its continuing to supply the Israeli Regime, i mean, w
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Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the democratic president ial rivals moved on from milwaukee today, fresh off their pbs newshour debate. But the arguments they had onstage, continued at long distance. As i pointed out last night, he has called the president weak, a disappointment woodruff Hillary Clinton returned to South Carolin
Settling in. Seaweed settling in on the beaches of the caribbean. This is al jazeera america, live from new york city im randall pinkston. Tony harris has the night off. Today, for the first time, we heard from the family of la Quan Mcdonald. He is the African American teenage are killed by a white Police Officer in chicago just over a year ago. The city released dash cam video of his killing just last month. Past or thpastor marvin hunter, the uncle of the victim all shes been doing is crying and crying and crying and crying and it has taken every bit of my pastorrial skills, every bit of the love that i have as a father and an uncle to dry those tears to let her know that god is going to let her smile again. And it probably could have happened a lot sooner than now if she didnt see it on the news every five minutes. Live from chicago, protesters are taking to the streets again. Andy. Randall, you see protesters block a major intersection. Earlier they blocked the citys busiest street