Suspending him from office. Now demonstrations in hong kong of erupted into violence as chinas celebrates not saying the Police Beating tear gas to this protest says demonstrators a building fire again and have set fire. Tens of thousands of people on the streets as a number of Anti Government demonstrations all taking place throughout the terror thats the scene live at one of those areas. We have this report now from hong kong correspondent scott hyde. The end you will National Day Flag Raising Ceremony in hong kong this year was watched by dignitaries and guests of the government on t. V. For security the 12000. 00 attendees were inside the Hong Kong Convention center for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china officials were concerned that the protesters would disrupt the ceremony a heavy security ring was placed around the Convention Center matthew chunkin chung stood in as acting chief executive as kerry lamb along with a delegation
Economic recovery but at what cost to the environment. Thanks. A day of celebration has turned into escalating violence on the streets of hong kong tens of thousands of people have defied warnings from the police that it would be quote very very dangerous to protest what is the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist china about 6000. 00 Police Officers have been stationed across the territory and theyve confirmed that their views live rounds of ammunition as well as tear gas and Water Cannons to try to break up the crowds of demonstrators as well a video being circulated widely on social media appears to show a Police Officer shooting a protester in the chest police say the man has been taken to hospital and the Reuters News Agency is reporting that. One person is in Critical Condition. All right well its just after 7 in the evening now in hong kong sarah clarke is our correspondent there 1st of all sara so reports seem to have been borne out by the police that live ammunition i
The International Stadium with 4 time up for grabs on tuesday no liles looks for its 1st gold medal in the 200 meters final. Hello for the 1st time in the months of unrest in Hong Kong Police have shot a protester with a live round leaving him in Critical Condition so the incident and the large scale protests in the city are overshadowing the 70th anniversary of the peoples republic of china a day when the communist leadership wanted to present its best face to the world so these are pictures of the moment the officer pulled his pistol and shot the protester in the chest at close range of the Hong Kong Police force was quick to explain the officers actions in a post on social media. By quite. A large group of protesters were attacking Police Officers despite warnings from the police the assailant still continued the Violent Attacks the Police Officers lives were under serious threat to save his own life and his colleagues lives he fired a live shot at the assailant 118 year old man was
Trouble for donald trump reports he sought help from another foreign leader in the pits to discredit the miller investigation. Im joanna gash of the at the world athletics championships in cattle where its been a dream run for african athletes as they ignite that passionate. Well as if celebration has turned into escalating violence on the streets of hong kong tens of thousands of people have defied warnings from police that it would be very very dangerous to protest on whats the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china around 6000. 00 Police Officers have been stationed across the territory theyve confirmed that they have used law of brians of ammunition as well as tear gas and water cannon to break up the cried of the demonstrators. Well lets see if we can go straight to our reporter sara couric whos in hong kong for the latest syria were seeing dramatic shes here in that situation is deteriorating by the air just give us a sense of whats happening where you
Honor to cross the line. And goodbye g20 and time for summer davos. We are live at the World Economic forum at this hour. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. U. S. Futures rallying about 1 at the moment, this, after the s p 500 saw its best month since january. We have optimism over potential easing trade tensions between china and the u. S. , not to mention the huge photo op President Trump got at the dmz meeting with kim jongun. Take a look at asian futures. We are continuing to see a risk on moves ahead of trading. If we can switch up the boards, futures, nikkei futures up 1. 5 as we get the japanese yen weakening for a fourth consecutive session. Great asets not doing we get risk on sentiment. As korea starts trading on socalled peace dogs as we saw that unprecedented meeting at the dmz. Hyundai engineering and other stocks like korea gas and so forth. Also keep an eye on chipmakers, especially samsung, as we saw President Trump giving some relief to huawe