Woman making sure the juvenile inmates receive the attention they need into the shows for overcrowded prisons. And the sea change in jobs due to covert 19 some indonesian island does turn to seaweed farming after the call of august pandemic dried up on things from the tourism sector. Im british welcome to do the. Glad you could join us thousands of Police Officers were deployed across hong kong to prevent any major protests on the 71st anniversary of chinas Founding Police deny permission for an animal in march of civic organizations to go ahead but despite the ban scattered protests. Did take place calling for greater democratic freedoms for hong kong freedoms that critics say have been severely restricted specially after the introduction of a new security law just 3 months back. The territories leader katty lam credited the new law with returning peace to the territory. Go for you sam again over the past months and indisputable fact is that our society has returned to peace our count
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Im michael okun welcome to the program at least 90 people have been arrested in hong kong in protests against the governments decision to postpone Elections Police fired pepper balls at prodemocracy campaigner protesters are angry that authorities will hold elections to the citys Legislature Next july instead of this sunday authorities have blamed the coronavirus pandemic for the delay antigovernment protesters have been held across since june last year. And correspondent phebe kong joins us now from hong kong by phone phebe hundreds of people are protesting there today against the press boning of the elections what exactly are they worried about. Yeah i have been writing that sos has all i said all afternoon in hong kong today and all this week with her protests so kind of like give me back my clothes and i want to kind of like those guys on the street so today i originally on this is just an election day one of the most important election in a city. Like this and so it acts like a st
The way they want to this specific case under touches off the National Security office later on they found another light opened is more appropriate charges but anyway critics say is this a pretty much 0 what they see as speech crimes like the i thought you wanted us to talk at the opposition fighters t. V. We have about 15 or 20 seconds besides the rest that. We have seen at this point is that been any of the reaction from hong kong authorities. What im asking i am the act that they sent to the wealthy to lay off the folks knowing that they stop its not going this is not politically motivated it is this but i think a Public Health and court like we have seen day rally today out in the latest and you know a little bit chaos so we will expect that all sorts of welcome damage but thats not the rally held today as they stand on its own authorized becoming much appreciated. Lets highlight some other stories making news around the world at this hour people have been gathering in the belushi
Loads of tick tock and we chop from sunday to white house says chinese about cops could be used to spy on american citizens. As fire rages through brazils remote wetlands that begins to earth but as soon falls on our own place down the dangers even as climate scientists raise their long. Time film welcome to the program israelis reimposing a full nationwide lockdown with authours is saying its the only way to slow soaring corona virus infections the measures will severely restrict movement for 3 weeks and come into effect as the country marks a jewish new year but critics fear that the new restrictions will hit an economy already battered by. Closures the 1st time around. Midday in jerusalem shortly before festivities get underway its a wash question are the jewish new year but the streets are empty. The country 2nd lockdown has just begun and despite the Festive Season visits to relatives in other neighborhoods are banned israel has been registering around 6000 new covered cases a day