A living as the iraqi capital is overrun by protests. Students in hong kong have paralyzed the city for a 5th day in a row over night protesters fired arrows and threw molotov cocktails from University Campuses are calling on the government to commit to holding local elections on november 24th demonstrators are gathering for a rally in the Central Business district on kong is experiencing one of its most violent weeks since antigovernment protests began back in june rob mcbride joins us now from hong kong so rob whats whats happening where you are today. Thats right michel well this week is ending with another unprecedented rally bringing the center of hong kong to a standstill just as the week begin of course this week we have seen a change it seems to tactics with the protesters having these flash mobs right type of demonstrations targeting transport links some major highways and so on and today friday again they have brought some various areas of Hong Kong Island to a standstill we
A new form of treatment. Students in hong kong have blocked parts of the city for a 5th day in a row over night protesters fired arrows some throw molotov cocktails from University Campuses are calling on the government to commit to holding local elections on november 24th demonstrators are gathering for a rally in the citys Business District on kong as experiencing one of its most violent weeks since the protests began back in june robin cry joins us now from hong kong so for the moment it looks relatively quiet behind you but give us a broader picture rob. Absolutely you would. Still love about an hour or so ago this place was booked with standstill with hundreds of people taking to the streets i think have done throughout this week here in the Central District that you were. We are in hong kong the heart of hong kong and other parts on the Hong Kong Island the the working week really ending as it began with these unprecedented flash mob type demonstrations seemingly trying to disrup
Weeks of violent protests in iraq we look at why many in baghdad say the citys top top drivers are heroes. Hong kong has confirmed its economy plunged into its 1st recession and a decade its been blamed on the increasingly violent antigovernment protests and the escalating us china trade war students in hong kong have blocked parts of the city for a 5th day in a row theyre calling on the government to commit to holding local elections on november 24th administrators are gathering for a rally in the citys Business District hong kong is experiencing one of its most violent weeks since the protests began in june. Theyre going israeli airstrikes in gaza and rocket fire towards israel less than 24 hours after a cease fire was agreed to Israeli Forces and Islamic Jihad fighters exchanged the crossfire cross border fire that is the violence began on tuesday after the israeli army assassinated a Senior Leader of the Islamic Jihad in gaza 34 palestinians have since been killed rob matheson has
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