A small passenger plane crashes into a densely populated neighborhood in the city of goma in eastern democratic republic of congo at least 27 people have been killed. There counting is underway in hong kong after a record turnout for the territorys local elections the burj is seen by many as a test of Public Opinion on hong kongs relationship with beijing after months of sometimes violent protests at least 2900000 people cast their ballots thats more than 70 percent of all registered voters results are expected in the coming hours in a moment well cross to rob mcbride whos standing by in hong kong but 1st scott hardly takes a look at the record breaking election and how it unfolded. In a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and Police Voters in manchaca cast last minute ballots just moments before the polls closed on a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever after nearly 6 months of violent demonstrations the polling was se
Im rebecca ridges welcome to the program prodemocracy demonstrators in hong kong have staged their biggest Anti Government rally in months the march was the 1st large scale gathering to be approved by city authorities since august after half a year of protests activists say they want to show beijing and the world they are not giving up. I conjured to thousands of voices with the same rallying cry 5 demands not one less those demands of the hong kong chief executive kerry lamb to resign the Police Actions during the protests to be investigated for an amnesty for those arrested they also want the government to stop. Calling protesters riots has and they want the now shelved extradition bill that started the protests to be totally withdrawn the marches hope the size of this rally will drive home to the government that it is lost broad public support for the guy is enough to get me going but him is the corner the mangle premier understeer are going to the government and our government did
A record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever after nearly 6 months of violent demonstrations the polling was seen as a way for voters to officially take sides in this deeply divided city of 7000000 back the probating candidates and the Hong Kong Government or those who support greater democratic freedoms for hong kong in line with the protesters who have been fighting to push back on what they see as an increase in control from mainland china. He said that she needs a lot to hong kong the older generation who. Are the only generation hopes for change i think more people actually coming out to have a say in what they want rather than. Like some other can chase cities that are leaving father like china to decide what we want from hong kong its usually a sleepy election to select a low level local government positions but many woke up early to vote as there was concern that unrest could mean the polling could be cut short for the prodemocracy camp is about
Been starker. And coming up. The billionaire former mayor of new york Michael Bloomberg announces he wants to run for president. Hello, and welcome to world news today. The first results from hong kongs local District Council election are coming in and they show the pro democracy parties making big gains. Theyre on course to all but wipe out their pro beijing rivals. Theres been a huge voter turnout in comparison to elections in 2015. With slightly more than half of the count complete the numbers just a few minutes ago showed pro democracy parties have already taken 196 seats. While pro establishment parties have just 27 so far. These are the numbers being reported by local media and there is still a way to go yet, of course. Now, some notable names ran in the elections, including pro beijing lawmaker junius ho. Hes one of the most controversial politicians in the city and is reported to have suffered a shock defeat. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell is in hong kong. Stephen, this cou
A densely populated neighborhood in the city of goma in eastern democratic republic of congo at least 29 people have been killed. And over to being counted in hong kong after a record turnout for the territories local elections the poll is seen by many as a test of Public Opinion on hong kongs relationship with beijing after months of sometimes violent protests at least 2900000 people cast their ballots as more than 70 percent of all registered voters results are expected in the coming hours and then well cross to bride years in hong kong but 1st scott harder takes a look at how the record breaking election unfolded. In a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and Police Voters in manchaca cast last minute ballots just moments before the polls closed on a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever after nearly 6 months of violent demonstrations the polling was seen as a way for voters to officially take sides in this deeply divi