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Tasso to use or even fatalities. On monday chinas top policy advisor is expected to respond to the political crisis thats gripped the flow of british territory for months the Hong Kong Government and protest is refusing to budge this rally is unlikely to be the last sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. Though the Hong Kong Government has accused some of the protest as a violent and putting Public Safety at risk and in a statement it said we strongly condemn the radical protesters who disregarded the law and order and violently breach the public peace we will continue to give full support to the police to strictly enforce the law to stop all violent behaviors with a view to resuming public order a soon as possible. Well still ahead here on aljazeera well tell you if a delegation from the amar has convinced writing the refugees to return to the country plus. I want all the garbage in basra and ill tell you whats being done to upgrade iraq gas improper care person rely more on production rat
We start in india, on a huge day for this woman, finance minister nirmala sitharaman. She is the first woman to run indias finances since indira ghandi, almost half a century ago. And in the next hour or so, we will find out how she plans to reinvigorate one of the worlds biggest economies, as she delivers the first budget of Narendra Modis new government, following his landslide election victory a month ago. And there are some big challenges. Indiasjobless rate hit 6. 1 in 2018, the highest in 45 years. That means 30 Million People looking for work, and awkward questions for a Prime Minister who promised to create millions of newjobs. The rate of Economic Growth slipped again last year to 6. 8 , the weakest in five years, and in the first three months of this year, it has fallen further. The government also needs to find money for the welfare programmes it has already announced, including over 12 billion to support struggling farmers. Indians are also demanding better infrastructure,
Whos died aged 96. This is bbc news, the headlines campaigners in hong kong are promising to continue demonstrating after a week of mass protests forced the government hello and welcome to bbc news. To suspend a bill allowing extraditions to china. Hong kongs government has the government had argued suspended its controversial plan to allow alleged criminals to be the proposed bill would plug legal extradited to mainland china. Loopholes and prevent the city the proposals resulted in mass becoming a safe haven protests in the former british for overseas criminals. Colony some of which turned violent. People are expected to return to the streets on sunday, dipomatic relations with iran despite the pause in the governments plans. Continuine to be strained our correspondent Rupert Wingfield after saudi arabia blamed tehran for the attacks on two tankers in the gulf, and says its prepared hayes reports from hong kong. To defend its interests. Both the United States and United Kingdom say i
People are expected to return to the streets on sunday, despite the Hong Kong Governments decision to suspend a controversial plan to allow alleged criminals to be extradited to mainland china. The proposals resulted in mass protests in the former british colony some of which turned violent. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Fellow citizens and members of the media. As she stood alone at the podium, carrie lam must have known every pair of eyes in hong kong was watching her. After a week of mass street protests and running battles between protesters and police, would she or wouldnt she back down and drop the widely hated extradition bill . I now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Not a withdrawal, then. So is this just a trick to pacify the protesters . It has nothing to do with an intention or wish to pacify. How could i restore, as fast as possible, the calm in society, and how could i avoid any more