Council election with turnout at nearly 70 percent higher than in any election in the territories history now the vote is seen as both a test of support for embattled chief executive kerry and as a referendum on the prodemocracy movement that has rocked the city for close to 6 months. The prodemocracy movement urged people to vote and they turned out in record numbers the selections are to closest thing hong kong hours have to direct representation a nearly half a year for unrest has left many feeling that enough is enough. People have been long thought a long. Time. But time cooperate rowboat that mo this might mean its worth of my mortal thank you. This and to do was to the people. Hong kongs chief executive kerry lam also encouraged voters to turn out and appealed for a smooth and peaceful voting. We are facing an extremely challenging situation all the. Things to say that the concept that. We should have that really. Sets. The polis to choose Council Representatives who handle Comm
Prime minister nuri credentials in a runoff election. And bolivias Senate Approves a bill that could pave the way for new elections without former president abel modest interim government hopes a new poll will end weeks of unrest has left dozens dead. And pope francis takes a stand against Nuclear Weapons the pontiff makes a symbolic visit to mecca saturday in japan where he calls on the worlds Nuclear Nations to scrap their office. To. Helen on free glad you could join me. Ready has a District Council election been the focus of so much attention in hong kong more people have already voted in todays poll than in any election in its history and polls havent even closed yet the votes are seen as both a test of kerry lobs pro beijing government and as a referendum on the prodemocracy movement that has rocked the city for months. The prodemocracy movement urged hong kong people to vote and they turned out in force hours before polls closed numbers had already exceeded previous records on t
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Camp was meant to house 3000 people but is now home to more than 13000 but greece is now moving refugees out of the morning a camp on the island of last post. I will look at why this could. Cause the very last to free roaming elephants in Southern Africa its biggest. Welcome to the program. There is a some of the students inside the besieged Hong Kong University campus are appealing to authorities to take a softer line most protesters had left for the Technique University buildings by tuesday but all sorts of labels the remaining students rioters a term that carries a 10 year jail sentence the 3 day standoff is seeing the University Campus become the focus of the islands prodemocracy movement which opposes beijings growing influence. After days under siege some of the last protesters finally leave defeated exhausted and in some cases in need of medical care many cover their faces in the last attempt to avoid identification and punishment. But police are waiting for them. They have thre
Seems more than just catching away we meet. A quality i can start much as culture and hard line communist parties. To the program for a standoff between Police Approach him ocracy activists in hong kongs polytechnic universities having to another night protesters tried earlier to escape on mass and face arrest by police around the campus or thoughts on the island described as criminals but demonstrators have received a small victory from the territorys a High Court Live to hong kong in just a moment 1st this report. These students are ready to go home camped out at hong kongs Polytechnic University they are wary from increasingly violent clashes with police over the weekend. But having failed to dislodge the protesters for days the police are now preventing them from leaving. To a crowd somewhere i exhausted because weve been up since 5 am yesterday were desperate because the supplies are running low. Anyone leaving the university risks arrest and a lengthy prison sentence the students