A stumbling block for the switch to home office during the pandemic. Im british. Welcome to news asia. Glad you could join us. Leaving hong kong prodemocracy, joshua wong and 2 others could be facing long jail times after pleading guilty to protest charges. The 3 were taken into custody in hong kong earlier today. Wong and fellow activists, ivan lamb, and agnes had been charged with organizing, participating in and inciting demonstrators during a protest outside Police Headquarters last june. They could be facing up to 5 years in prison. This is what was said, as he appeared in court. What we are doing now is to explain the well freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love so much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of our own time for a prayer hall and have been charged walking free. This case patrol the world and Pay Attention to the opportunity power of the criminal Justice System impartially. His manner played by paging crackdown and the systematic violenc
The next to last session of the United Nations conference. Britains lord halifax presiding. Secretary of state, head of americas delegation and organizer of the successful nineweek meeting. Mr. Statinius who has been named United States representative to the new National Organization is presented with a scroll in recognition of his efforts. Then a historymaking moment as lord halifax calls for a standing vote on approval of the charter of the interNational Organization and the heads of the 50 United Nations delegations rise to be counted. The vote is unanimous. As the session adjourns, delegates burst into applause. The charter of a new world is born. Arriving in San Francisco for the final conference session is president harry s. Truman. He met by mr. Statinius of the u. S. Delegates and the chiefs of the 49 other delegations. Among them field marshall smantz, premier of soufrks, and the Prime Minister of canada, mr. Mckenzie king. President truman leaves for a brief tour through San
An action is essential to being able to condemn the actions of violent offices. Many believe the law which applies to both journalists and citizens will lead to a sense of impunity, of police at demonstrations that often turn violent. I know friends who are really scared to go to demonstrations because of the violence, the rubber bullets and the tear gas used by police. And the one thing that protects us is taking a video. The law wants to protect Police Officers so that they can hit people without consequence. Jorma used journalists have been hit and injured by police, especially in the last couple of years. And until now, the Police Version of events could be question thanks to images and videos. Really believe what campaigners here fear that the new security law could have a Chilling Effect on press freedom. They say that of citizens and journalists are dissuaded from filming the police. It may make it harder to hold certain officers to account. The french government, however, says
Without follows the ultimatum. It was given by the federal side on sunday, calling for the ground fighters to lay down their arms and render. A statement did 30 that thousands of to grain fighters had surrounded just a couple of days ago to raise leadership with disputing these claims. They said that their fighters werent surrendering, and they also disputed the the governments claim that the city was in fact surrounded. Health experts have raised doubts about the covert. 19 vaccine produced by British Drug Company astra zeneca, an oxford university. They say a manufacturing error during the trial process makes it difficult to assess its effectiveness. German chancellor Angela Merkel says coronavirus restrictions could remain in place and well into next year. Bars and restaurants are closed, but schools and some shops remain open while still be mandatory and busy public areas. The football world is mourning. The death of argentinian Diego Maradona who has passed away at the age of 60.
Dont half, so if you dont have, i dont know the most basic elements that you need for leave. And also if you didnt have some rights that makes that if you can find it, generate a lot of change. And the government says, these people i, backed by cuban americans in the United States, are trying to destroy cubas revolution. But these people say they no longer tolerate the governments harassment and are willing to sacrifice everything for change. That he said, will i deceive you . These are the headlines on aljazeera this hour. A deadline imposed by the Ethiopian Government for to Ground Forces to surrender is to expire on wednesday. The federal army is threatening the use of artillery on to gross capital. Mackellar, if Regional Forces fail to lay down their arms, many of those escaping the fighting from the conflict have now arrived in sudan. Hiper morgan reports now from a gathering near the Sudanese Border with ethiopia. Weve spoken to several aid organizations and local authorities as