Media magnates Michael Bloomberg joins the crowd of democratic president ial field saying his moderate credentials are the best bet to take on donald trump. Thank you for joining us early results from hong kongs District Council election show the prodemocracy camp has won significantly more seats than probate jane candidates votes are still being counted on monday morning following a record turnout of more than 71 percent Council Elections are typically uneventful but this year theyre being seen as a gauge of the popular mood following months of political arm rests lets get the latest from soccer in hong kong for assad bring us up to date with the latest results 1st. Also the answer mention the prodemocracy groups so the cant have had a landslide victory on the latest count of the. The seats in these district elections until sunday the probation held the majority big clearly hong kong is waking up to a new beginning in the District Council landscape and now as you mention nearly 300000
And with his country in the grip of massive protests colombias president begins what hes calling a National Dialogue. The big. Thank you for joining us prodemocracy candidates in hong kong have won an unprecedented and symbolic victory in District Council elections voters turned out in record numbers after almost 6 months of protests that have cause a territorys worst political crisis in decades live to soft rock in hong kong in just a moment but 1st this report from scott hyde. In a sweeping victory prodemocracy candidates made huge gains in hong kongs District Council elections gaining control from pro beijing parties. The voters sending a clear message in the 1st polling since the protest movement began. Even before the polls closed it was clear that this was an extraordinary election and a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever over 70 percent of registered voters cast their ballots after nearly 6 months of at times violent demonstrations the pol
i m told the a lot of ball welcome to the program. more cases of coronavirus are confirmed in germany doctors in the state of bavaria say there are now a total of 4 people infected with the virus which is heavily impacted china all 4 victims in germany work at the same company the 1st patient apparently contracted the virus from a visiting chinese colleague. it s believed to be the 1st human to human transmission in europe a man in his thirty s has tested positive for the corona virus in germany he s currently receiving treatment at this hospital in munich. the patient is doing very well has no fever currently he has no more breast retore symptoms. when i visited him he was awake all he could talk and i can therefore say that his life is not in danger. of our. health officials say the now isolated man contracted the virus from a chinese colleague at a company training event here in this building and down back near munich he began showing symptoms at the weekend his chinese co
Massacre attended gun control rally close to where the attack took place. On the seas in modern day europe the first german entry of this is Berlin Film Festival transfers the plot of a famous novel to the french city of must say we have a sneak preview for you of christian pets also new film transit. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring a good to have you with us well have more on the top stories for you in just a moment first though some breaking news in iranian passenger jet has crashed in the countrys southwest between fifty and sixty people are thought to have been on board the plane was on route from tehran. Port to the city of yes which we will be bringing you more on that story just as soon as we get it. Turning now to the Munich Security Conference where tensions in the middle east take center stage leaders from across the world are meeting in the southern german city to discuss Global Threats at a time when alliances that have kept the world stable for decades are
Of us bleakest reports yet on human rights and singles out myanmar for its treatment of the. International pressure mounts on syria to end the bombing in eastern good. I dont understand why i could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war. Wrong motions from survivors of the Florence School shooting as they share their anger and grief when the president tries. The latest news from the Winter Olympics including the usa and a twenty year wait to win the womens ice hockey gold after a tense shootout with canada. Global leaders including donald trump and change in paying undermining human rights thats the warning from Amnesty Internationals makes us report it said the man joined a number of other World Leaders and rolling out progressive policies last year or trump was singled out for his controversial travel ban for people from six muslim majority countries other report also highlights atrocities including myanmars military crackdown on the hunger Patty Culhane has more from washington