A phone lines we understand are still down people dont have basic they dont have access to basic necessities they dont have access to Emergency Services because of the telephone connection and complete information blackout and thats continuing for the 5th day and now but the Indian Government here in new delhi is keeping a close eye on the developments in parts of the Indian Embassy because because any protests today on the fust friday after those momentous decisions made by new delhi will be looked at very very closely frank thanks very much. Still to come for you here al jazeera hes ready to talk after 20 years behind bars tensional breakthrough in the war between turkey and the kurds from one crisis to another how the drugs trade in colombia is ensnaring venezuelans seeking escape. How in places ive got scientists and dry weather now coming into the philippines then a fabulous shabby right coming in here but nothing like as wet as it was last week they sweater weather will tend to n
2 months ago or testers want an end dependent and korean to alleged Police Brutality that complete withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill and the resignation of hong kongs leader kerry lamb and the past hour she has held a News Conference kerry land that is accusing the protesters of being reckless they did not mind destroying hong kong economy they have no stake in the society which so many people have helped to build. And that thats why they resort to old is the violence and obstructions causing huge damage to economy and sort of daily life all over people so i am indeed very worried about this situation and thats why i appeal for calm calmness and rationality to help us to overcome this situation. Mcbride is live at the airport rob what are the chances that kerry lands message is actually in any way going to resonate resonate with these protesters. And thats right resell incredible scenes here this friday afternoon now getting into friday we begin hong kong the protests swel
People are meeting the arrivals off the planes giving them leaflets and all kinds of different languages talking about Free Hong Kong talking about Police Terrorism here at cetera largely there has been a good response it has to be said good natured response from new arrivals somebody will demand especially perhaps among mainland mainland chinese visitors as people arrive here on the planes or they are being given all of these leaflets you have other people Walking Around with their laptops open explaining in different languages on power point presentations what this is all about excuse me welcome to hong kong and over here we have one of these ubiquitous pop up lenin walls as they are known that weve seen these all around hong kong people stop putting post it notes with all sorts of political messages on them here at the airports because they dont want to overstay their welcome they have a human pop up lenin wall so where you are right off your flight from wherever you come this frida
Of being reckless they did not mind destroying hong kongs economy they have no stake in the society which so many people have helped to build and that thats why they resort to old is. And to obstruction is causing huge damage to economy and sort of daily life all over people so i am indeed very worried about this situation and thats why i appeal for calm calmness and rationality to help us to overcome this situation robin pride has more now from hong kongs airport. Incredible scenes here this friday evening at Hong Kongs International Airport where this protest suddenly swelling in numbers and now completely taking over the arrivals hall at the this ad terminal if i can just ask paul to just give us a bit of a top shot here there are 2 main arrival halls here in the terminal a and b. With a large section in between and all of these areas are now completely filled with mainly 2 years but also older protesters many of them Wearing Masks this nobody has given any permission for this prote
Instead to come to a larks itself and the surrounding area to carry out the prayers the main prayers for eat have been delayed from sunrise to the 2nd pres of the day at 730 local time in the morning presumably to maximize the number of people who can attend them and also that coincides with the time that usually the site would be open from the other side to non muslims now there are right wing and religious nationalist jewish groups that are calling for access on this day despite the fact its a major it was them 1st or because it also falls on the same day that jews mark to shut down of that as a commemoration of the falling of the 1st and 2nd temples and the jewish exile the background to this is that there has been a wide ranging political effort by the right wing in israel and the religious nationalists to get more access to x. The mosque compound site known as the temple mount to jews a lot of what happens next will depend on the actions of Israeli Security forces and police there