Trying to persuade the ukrainian leader to investigate his rival joe biden the allegations and name at the center of an impeachment inquiry by House Democrats john hendren reports from washington d. C. Democrats have a new word for the white house response to a whistleblower this is a cover up the accusation follows a newly released whistleblowers report that says the white house trying to lock down the transcript of a phone call in that july call President Donald Trump pressed ukraines president to find dirt on a rival president ial candidate in this case former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden reads like a classic organized crime shakedown the report says u. S. Officials told the unnamed whistleblower that they were directed by white house lawyers to transfer the transcript of a conversation to a separate Electronic System that is otherwise used to store and handle classified information even though the call did not contain anything remotely sensitive that left trumps new acting direct
Coming with a different message remembering those most affected by the proposed extradition bill that sparked the initial street protests today. You know for those people. For. The past 3 months these. Traditions. The protests show no sign of ending the spike the Police Crackdown and increased violence at demonstrations people continue to vent their frustration at what they see as mainland chinas growing influence on hong kong the process is more sober than usual but the sense of discontent is still quite present here it is freer than is behind a break in almost every standoff at home from. The controversial extradition bill was withdrawn last week but critics of hong kong chief executive kerry lamb and her administration say this was too little too late. We are here because what the. Kerry labs rethrow off to. Walling previous celebrations were about families now its all about standing with the people of hong kong. The 1st of all brings Families Together to celebrate. This year throug
Closely linked to the security situation just a few days ahead of the latest transfer from qatar there was a warning from the committee in charge of the weekly friday protest that they may return to the open clashes and confrontations weve seen in previous months that went away after this most recent payment came through it is election season in israel there are accusations against Benjamin Netanyahu the israeli Prime Minister that he is exceeding to extortion demands and presence from hamas in the way that these payments are being made weve seen in the last month an escalation in really in security around the gaza border fence with attempts by armed palestinian men to get through the fence weve seen rockets being fired out from gaza territories towards and into israel as well the security situation things very delicately balanced and now these payments are coming through and they are both presumably keeping that security situation just. Some extend under control and they are vital if
Of fighting in Northern Nigeria. Opposition activists in syria say rebels have withdrawn from the strategically important town of homs shakun in Southern Province recapturing it is a significant victory for the Syrian Military and its allies russia the towns being in rebel hands is 2014. The rebels withdrawal follows days of fighting which saw them firing rockets into government territory and the l. Me has warned its forces that the battle isnt over yet. Rebels have also retreated from the last pockets of land they held in neighboring Hama Province their foothold in hama. Earliest days of the war then the holder has this from beirut. A major blow to the opposition they have lost significant ground what we understand is that rebel forces have withdrawn from the strategic town of and in southern that town was close to collapse saying the rebels have been also forced to withdraw from towns further south in the northern countryside because losing. Would mean they would be besieged in north
People are being brought in one by one dragged over the floor u. K. Sometimes with quite a lot of force with love been screaming and with this thing yet and theyre all being brought into the fight while Vladimir Putin is celebrating his 20 years in power analysts say more russians when their point is to be heard. The citizens are demonstrating something brand new and you wear for interacting during this protest and importantly theyre persistency its not valued enough but for a political process like this its the key factor so far the authorities have not backed down although less people were detained during the previous weeks but with tens of thousands on the street and more protests expected pressure will only grow step fast and aljazeera. Protesters in romania calling on the Prime Minister to step down media say that at least 24000. 00 people rallied outside government headquarters and bucharest demonstrators say theyre angry about corruption and weak Public Administration they also