Jeffrey epstein, pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges. U. S. President donald trump says he signed legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for imposing its National Security law on hong kong. At a rose garden news conference, trump said he is ending hong kongs preferential treatment. He says the people of hong kong have had their freedom taken away. Today, i signed legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of hong kong. Act,ong kong autonomy which i signed this afternoon, passed unanimously through congress. This log gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and entities involved in it english and hong kongs freedom extinguishings hong kong freedom. Their freedom has been taken away, their rights have been taken away, with those hong kong, because it will no longer be able to compete with free markets. President trump speaking at the white house earlier. Le
Deal, no end in sight. Euro zone leaders continue to huddle in brussels trying to work out a short term deal that will keep the country afloat for now. Meanwhile, people in greece are reacting angrily the reports trickling out of the talks deal or no deal, it is becoming clearer they are facing tough times ahead. In athens, they are lining up to get their money out of the banks, but they are running out of money and is so the government, all sides saying something has to give. Lee barker has more from want talks in brussels. The negotiations here have gone on for more than 20 hours. They began an saturday with a meeting of euro zone minutes ministers who carried on talks into sunday afternoon. The mantel is now picked up by europe zone leaders pouring over a list of austerity recommendations that greece would need to adopt if it has any hope of attaining a 59 billion bailout to keep the country and its banks afloat for the next three years and avoid the country sliding into bankruptcy.
Plus. Columbia authorities about to start exumation of what could be the countrys largest mass grave. A son of libyas former leader Moammar Gadhafi and eight other defendants have been sentenced to death by firing squad and islam has been convicted forward crimes and suppressing the up rising of his father four years ago but he wasnt in court in tripoli to hear his fate which cannot be appealed and lee barker reports. Reporter he is the man many believed would succeed his father Moammar Gadhafi as leader of libya but after a guilty verdict islam now faces death by firing squad. He was arrested in 2011 trying to free the country and is being kept in prison by a former rebel group in the Mountain Town of zintan and rebel Group Opposes the government in tripoli but allowed islam to participate via video link. 36 others were also given sentences on tuesday including former intelligence chief abdullah and former Prime Minister modi also sentenced to death by firing squad. Libyas chief Prose
The African Union. And china tackles phone piracy as it busts a fake factory worth billions of dollars. Hello turkish jets targeted fighters in the mountains in the southeast and follow a warning by the turkish president that its impossible to continue the Peace Process with the kurds. And erdiwan says fighters from p. K. K. Have been carrying out attacks and peace talks will only be possible when they leave the country. Turkey is also stating air strikes against i. S. I. L. Fighters in syria but yet there is no agreement with the u. S. About establishing a buffer zone between syria and turkey. Al jazeera Bernard Smith reports from Southern Turkey on the kurdish reaction to the air strikes. Reporter turkish f16 fighter jets dont have too far to fly to hit targets of their new enemy i. S. I. L. Just over the border in syria. This was last week. And they dont have much further to go to target an old enemy and p. K. K. In northern iraq. Many kurds are angry and frustrated the turkish gove
Abuse in the country and asking how hundreds of children could have been abused for so long. And we visit the south Africa Wildlife park which says hunting is good for conservation. We begin this news hour in turkey where a series of attacks have taken place across the country. The latest happened when kurdish fighters opened fire on a helicopter in the province and four Police Officers killed by a land mine near the border with iraq and earlier two attackers opened fire on the u. S. Consulate building in istanbul, that followed an explosion outside of a Police Station in another district which injured seven people. Bernard smith has more from istanbul and warning that the report has strong images from the start. Reporter chased down to a back street near the u. S. Consulate in istanbul, a woman who earlier opened fire on the building refuses to surrender, i did it for my party she shouts. Before being shot and wounded by a police officer. A second attacker also female escaped from the