A place of meaning again. For our fight and to show that democracy is what we all truly want. Its not a violent protest nor does it cause harm to anyone weve come here peacefully. Earlier scuffles broke out between protesters and supporters of the monarchy thailands royal family is backed by the military and still enjoys support from many but the king is less popular than his father who died in 2016. On tuesday during commemorations of the death of the former monarch the kings motorcade was met with chants and the 3 finger salute the gesture has become a prodemocracy symbol borrowed from the hunger games film series about a dystopian totalitarian regime. Demanding a reform of the monarchy would have been unheard of just a few years ago but many now question the kings extravagant lifestyle he has been absent for most of the Coronavirus Crisis spending months in a german alpine retreat. With an entourage of 20 women criticizing the royals has been off limits in thailand due to harsh defa
Its been a month since the death of george floyd in custody and policing in the United States could be on the brink of a major change the house of representatives is debating a democratic legislation that reduces Legal Protections for offices and would make it easier to prosecute police it will also ban chokeholds and change the criteria for using lethal force. Exactly one month ago george floyd spoke his final words i cant breathe and change the course of history since then here if it day americans from every walk of life and corner of the country have been marching protesting and demanding that this moment of National Agony become one of a National Action today with the georgia floyd just just in policing act the house is honoring his life and the lives of all killed by Police Brutality and pledging never again on wednesday a republican bill on Police Reform was rejected democrats say the proposal just didnt go far enough floyds death in may spot nationwide protests with demonstrator
Who came 2nd in the president ial election the reason for that discontent is that people say that since 2011 the political elite failed to deliver on the promises they made when it comes to improving the Living Standards of the tin is in this is a country that has very small Natural Resources and theres this great demand from the people for better economy for bit better Living Standards for also increasing wages for for the workers something that the government cannot afford to make because the revenues he has are really very limited and i think now the new interim president will give another party a 45 days to form a Coalition Government if that doesnt happen they will have to seek and see whether the heart of tunisia can reach out to. Other Political Parties within the parliament and form a coalition if that doesnt work it will have to call for new elections you elections simply mean that many it is there will be further upset frustrated with the political establishment and we might
Trump in the 2020 u. S. President president ial election. Or Rail Services in hong kong have now been suspended operators say its due to malicious vandalism by protesters demonstrators have remained defiant against a new ban on sites mosques sheaffer executive carol lam and ben take colonial era law to enforce the ban and gain greater powers to clamp down on protests scott hi there reports now from hong kong. Face mass have become one of the main symbols of the protester movement here in hong kong theyre also a way to hide identities from surveillance camera now its illegal for protesters to cover their faces. Their protests have become increasingly violent and initial peaceful rallies the largest ever seen here calling for the withdrawal of a proposed extradition law had escalated into running battles in vandalism. Their demands became more of a broad push back against what protestors see as growing control from beijing chief executive kerry lamb has turned to a British Colonial era e
Question of is the president above the law while hes in office all right thank you for that patty kahane live for us in washington. Still ahead on aljazeera more street fighting in hong kong as protests shut down much of the city transit system. Breaks a Victory Court for british Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Hello significant rain was felt in hong kong and recorded 50 millimeters and thats what it came from its quite a big massive cloud and its under storms which is drifting slowly through Southern China will run up into the hills in northern vietnam on the western side southwest in china and it was keep forgot about the same rate other rain showers that extension from india as the southwest monsoon last gasps all of which stretched up towards sichuan otherwise its a dry picture and were now watching the northeast monsoon develop so here is the end of the southwest also has got a few more weeks to go but it will be going slowly southwards doesnt do much on the satellite picture but th