Supreme Court Justices the rest. Of the government declares a state of emergency. Simmering political tensions explode again in kenya where an opposition figure has been charged over a mock swearing in ceremony. And british women marking a century of Voting Rights with a warning about the state of politics today. We begin in syria specifically the rebel held enclave in east damascus forty people have been killed that the death toll is rising by the hour as the Syrian Government and its russian allies bombala with strikes the Aid Organization the White Helmets filmed the scenes of devastation as they pulled bodies and survivors from the rubble. Meanwhile. Investigating reports that bombs containing chlorine have been against civilians in rebel held areas syrias government has also deployed new antiaircraft missiles to the front lines and aleppo. Was battling rebel fighters in the area seen an escalation in fighting and aerial bombardment in recent weeks with hundreds of civilians that a
Shelling kills dozens in. Asian and european stock markets plunge as wall street losses spread around the world. For how britain is marking a hundred years of women getting the vote. A lot of three hong kong prodemocracy activists are walking free this tuesday after their convictions were overturned on appeal joshua one nathan law and alex chow had been sentenced to six months jail for Unlawful Assembly outside the court says the fight for the right to protest is far from over. Even the judge just allow us to live to cause we still face the same range of prison sentences in the future which means that the court of appeal have fully a sat and thought the principle of the judgment from the court of appeal in the future if at a well organized action related to civil disobedience just like regains its core action will still face the sentence to be a lot of in prison for feel was even more than a year thats why i will say that is a long time battle for us well as teenagers the trio brought
War very often appeals victory in court. For president two Supreme Court justices are arrested hours after the government declares a state of emergency. Israeli forces kill a palestinian man wanted for the shooting death of a settler. A european markets of open to heavy losses with london paris and frankfurt all dropping by more than three percent in early trading elsewhere asian markets crumbled as investors took their lead from a huge selloff on wall street the dow jones tumbled more than a thousand points on monday more than four and a half percent that was the biggest fall in percentage terms since august twenty seventh in response to pans benchmark nikkei closed down three point seven three percent earlier on tuesday while hong kongs benchmark hang seng index closed down five point one two percent china correspondent adrian brown has more from beijing. Well the markets here in asia really took the lead from wall street the markets in chan zen and shanghai were both down around abo
A state of emergency is declared and top judges arrested as the political crisis in the moodys deepens. Asian Financial Markets a down after stocks in the u. S. Suffer big losses and new doubts about the future of south africas president as he n c holds a special meeting to discuss his fate. The u. S. Is accusing russia of blocking a u. N. Security council statements which would have condemned the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Government at a meeting of the fifteen member body the u. S. Ambassador nikki haley said there was quote all vs evidence of recent chlorine attacks by the assad regime about russias accuse the us of waging a Propaganda Campaign meanwhile on the ground in syria itself activists say at least sixty people have been killed by government and russian air strikes in both italy province and decent cusa the going fighting has led to a warning from aid agencies to governments in europe the u. S. And the wider region not to force refugees to go home before the situa
Government declares a state of emergency. Israeli forces kill a palestinian man wanted for the shooting death of a. Tree. A council that can agree to take action. An escalating war of words between the u. S. And russia over suspected Chemical Attacks in syria. And our stock markets around the world have been plunging this tuesday asian markets have crumbled as investors took their lead from a huge selloff on wall street the dow jones dropped more than a thousand points on monday or more than four and a half percent that was the biggest fall in percentage terms since august twenty seventh in response japans benchmark nikkei closed down four point seven three percent fall into its lowest number since october last year while hong kongs benchmark hang seng index lost almost five percent in its morning session putting it on track for the biggest drop since twenty fifteen or china correspondent adrian brown has more now from beijing. Well the markets here in asia really took the lead from wa