Evening and its difficult to see where the protest is a show all right rob mcbride live for us with the very latest in hong kong where things at least temporarily have calmed down rob thank you for mr lincoln defense minister accused of war crimes is hoping to become the countrys next president or allies being held in colombo where its anticipated goto by russia pastas candidates and will be announced by his brother and former sharia law president horace Mahinda Rajapaksa quoted by a raja pasko has been accused of our saying extrajudicial killings and war crimes during sri lankas decades long civil war and now fernandez ather rally in the capital colombo so just 5 years after their raja pasko a return now. Thats right have any in 2015 when the rajapaksa. Was voted out not many people thought it would be this. Such a short period of time before the prospect of a rajapaksa was talked of again but thats not the case here these are give us in the stadium the convention of the s. And p. P.
That as an advantage not just in terms of the asymmetry on the ground but also in terms of the trip administrations position effectively giving a green light for israeli colonization activities in the city ben thanks for coming on we do appreciate your time ben white there in london. The hard pilgrimage for millions of muslims in saudi arabia is coming to a close its the worlds biggest annual religious gathering performing the stoning of the devil ritual some willing to sacrifice animals to mark the beginning of each holiday on saturday more than 2000000 climbed the sacred hill of mount arafat they prayed and recited the koran. Security remains tight in indian administered kashmir although some restrictions are being used to allow people to celebrate Paramilitary Forces continue to patrol the streets of surrender they were deployed before the Indian Government revoked the autonomy of the disputed region on monday telephone and Internet Connections are still caught a brief lifting of th
Religious days of muslim religious festivals known muslims are not allowed into the certainly. These right wing groups entering the compound is breaking away from that Status Agreement that happened again quest 2nd time but its smaller groups at around 130 local 1030 g. M. T. We did hear a bit of an uproar we didnt see the skirmishes like in the morning when stun grenades and a bit of tear gas was used but by several dozen palestinians were wounded and. Israeli soldiers but now everything has returned to calm here ok thank you. Lets go to ali dounia name and pardon me a cofounder of electronic intifada an online news publication focusing on palestine he joins us from chicago thank you for your time in your mind how could this have been prevented. Well it could have been prevented by israel not allowing religious extremists associated with the socalled Temple Movement to go to on the day that. Muslims and palestinians is celebrating aid or. Lets remember a couple of things now this calm
Am not. Now this is a. Fish to sam show it would last about half an hour or so it has not been authorized by the police in fact this is an illegal demonstration there is another illegal demonstration happening over on hong kong i learned the march will copastor. 2 832 that has been see previous clashes just this week we know that the police set up water barriers around the Police Station i dont know a number of businesses in this part of hong kong basically shut for the day they have shutters up because the expectation is that many people will march even though its illegal they will go home at the end of that march but still there is a minority although it is becoming a larger minority age protests do seem to stay on the mosques the helmets and then we tend to have clashes with the police peter rob we have to leave it there many thanks. Still to come for you here on aljazeera. We look at whats at stake in guatemalas forthcoming president ial runoff. And questions are being asked after
Arabia cabinet ministers are replaced while princes anticrime jailed as part of a new on thai corruption crackdown that hands more power to the young crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon will look at what these sweeping internal changes mean for saudi and explore how they could impact on the region also on the Grades Council on need a connoisseur gym on turns him self into Belgian Police prosecutors had a european arrest warrant for him and for his associates who are wanted in spain for their independence push our european new center has full coverage and. Our guys a wave of violence in mexico against dangerously close a tourist hot spot where visitors used to feel safe with eighteen thousand people murdered since january when look at why this year is on track to be the deadliest. Thanks but no thanks thats australias response to to new zealand which offered to take in some of the refugees stuck in a standoff at a prison camp i mean to schapelle send us your thoughts. On that and anything