Their 2nd general strike in a week accusing the president of failing to come up with concrete proposals to meet their demands. In a dramatic escalation of iraqs antigovernment protests crowds have torched the rainy and consummate he not java holy city for shia muslims hundreds surrounded the building lighting taia than anything else they could find while chanting iran out they accused tehran of propping iraqs government which they want replaced this is a 2nd time this month anyway and consulates has been targeted by protesters 3 weeks ago Security Forces defending at the site in karbala killed 4 demonstrators earlier we spoke to our reporter mama john john on the phone in baghdad he explained how suspicion and anger about iran have played into the protests. And there it here in the by by these thousands and our government demonstrators d that that area is far too beholden to store and powers and that among those foreign powers that are exerting too much influence in this country is the
As president has signed 2 bills into law that back hong kongs prodemocracy movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and all kong special trade status will be reviewed every year the territories leaders say it will damage relations with the u. S. While china expressed extreme carette over the move saying it will respond with foreign countermeasures political heinous from following developments from washington. This could be a powerful tool if the president chose to use it its not at all clear hes going to not only does it a lot to him saying people in hong kong and china but if that special trade status that could be so critical if the secretary of state was to come back and say no china is not going along with the policy hong kong doesnt have enough independence they could basically take that status away that would have a huge impact on trade but bigger than that it could send a signal to a Financial Ma
But a big price. One of the first works by Charlotte Bronte is sold for half a million dollars. Hello to you. We start in hong kong, with activists still under siege inside the Polytechnic University. But around 100 protesters including 50 under 18s have been led from the buildings as part of a deal negotiated by a group of head teachers. Theres been more violence as police try to keep the activists trapped inside. Some have tried to escape by abseiling onto the highway. Outside the University Protesters have tried to break police lines. Police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. 0ur correspondent, Rupert Wingfield hayes has the latest. For a few minutes today, it looked like the siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University might end peacefully. The young protesters began streaming down the stairway, that on sunday was set aflame to block the police from storming the campus. But seconds later, riot police began firing tear gas grenades, sending the young protesters scattering in c
Thousands of colombians refused to back down theres a National Strike against corruption and economic inequality. Now the iraqi army says its sending its commanders to provinces to restore order in a statement it said its setting up what it calls crisis cells to quell the mass on the rest this follows another night of violence at least 8 people were killed in nazareth when Security Forces opened fire to disperse a demonstration there. And also iran is demanding firm action from the Iraqi Government after an attack on its consulate in the city of nat jeff antigovernment protesters torched the building there accusing tehran of supporting the Iraqi Government who they have been railing again. Its full 2 months later i gave him a report was. Hundreds of antigovernment protesters stormed the compound to the iranian consulate in the jaffa 55. 00 to tie a 1000 blankets and replacing the iranian flag with an iraqi one was analysts say the symbolic importance of the attack in a shia majority ci
Their children with the exit permit much harder to obtain radel us also to come easily in the you are lucky loggerheads over the countrys mounting debt with deputy Prime Minister matthew sell dini threatening to resign that is rome proposes a new kind of financial form which brussels sees as a threat to the euro. Hello there good morning just on 11 oclock here in moscow youre watching r. T. International now the u. S. Is piling more pressure on iran with a new round of major sanctions to hit around later on monday yes collation comes in response to irans downing of a u. S. Military surveillance drone which the Islamic Republic says violated its airspace but washington has expressed doubts over whos really to blame for the attack. We expect the president to announce an additional round of sanctions in response to irans downing of an american unmanned vehicle president also had doubts as to whether or not the downing of our Unmanned Aircraft was actually authorized at the highest levels