Welcome to the program. We begin in hong kong where riot police have been sent in to clear the main government building of prodemocracy protesters. It happened a day after dozens of demonstrators broke in to the compound. There have been protests for six days now demanding electoral reforms. Rob mcbride joins us live now. We understand the protests continue. Bring us u uptodate with whats happening there now. Reporter thats right, there are still several thousand protesters here outside the main government headquarters. And the in the certainty of hong kong. The demonstrators rushed the barricades and got inside but they have been cleared arrested and facing charges, their supporters here are not going away. If anything their numbers have grown today. Joined by students they began this frost after a week of strikes on the university campuses, but also ordinary people. Bringing extra supplies of water. We understand a lot of the stores have actually sold out of bottled water. People als
Championship event. Can you guess what it is . Probably. But what its all got to do with vlogs. Selfies, hashtags, find out shortly. Polls have opened in bahrain for the first parliamentary lexes since a crack down on antigovernment protests in 2011. But opposition parties say the government has failed to address any of the grievances that sparked that unrest. Charles stratford reports. Reporter these are some of the more than 260 candidates competing for 40 seats in bahrains election. Saturdays parliamentary poll is the first since a crack down a shia mud lickled protest in 2011. Around 20 of the monarchy is shia and the Largest Party is boycotting the vote. When a failure it is for the government to beg on if a vote from a people who are marginalized by them. The government is looking for the impossible from any rational person. Reporter the protests made their neighbors nervous. They set up tends in the capital. The bahrain authorities then arrested thousands of people. Real power c
A search and rescue mission is underway for a missing passenger plane. The air asia flight which is a malaysiabased Budget Airline took off from indonesia and was due to lands in singapore more than seven hours ago. Gerald tan has the latest. Reporter asat the airport pima pima wait of news of their loved one 162 passenger and crew were aboard the flight to singapore. The plane and air bus through 20 lost communications with air Traffic Control 42 minutes after take off. Translator i hope for a miracle and may god save them all. I should have been with them but i canceled two weeks ago as i had something to do. I have two friends on board with five family members. Reporter indonesias Disaster Management authorities quickly set up a Crisis Center at the airport to relay any updates of any developments. Translator we are winding our search radius. The indonesian military, National Search and rescue as well as singapore search and rescue have started to move so have our navigation ships w
Begansmoroccos gold is threaten is the future of the product. Ray search and rescue mission is underway for a missing passenger plane the air asia plane which is a malaysiabased Budget Airline took off from indonesia and was due to land in singapore more than seven hours ago. Gerald tan has the latest. Reporter at the airport Crisis Center in indonesian, a people anxiously await news of their loved ones. 162 passengers and crew were on board air asia flight qz8501 to singapore. The plane and air butt 320 lost communications with air Traffic Control 42 minutes after taking off. Translator we have informed the coastal guards and all ships in the area to be on stand by and to relay information of any signs of the missing plane. We will provide updates of any developments on an hourly basis. Reporter at singapores airport, those waiting for the flight to be to arrive are being given the same scant information. The plane lost contact as it flew over the java sea. The area was cloudy. Air as
The rio carnival. Rather than lessening it appears the fighting is intensifying in Eastern Ukraine just hours before a new ceasefire is due to start. Prorussia separatists and the Ukrainian Army are battling near a Railway Junction town which is the main folk you go the combat northeast of the rebel strong hold of donetsk. There has also been shelling in luhansk. After what we did in minsk. This is an attack of the minsk results. And without an explanation because unfortunately the offensive operation of russia, intensified significantly. At least 25 people have been killed since the ceasefire was signed. Charles stratford reports now from the frontline. Reporter Ukrainian Army tanks behind me are in a support position for what are believed to be up to 8,000 ukrainian soldiers. The separatists say they have surrounded the town. It has become a major flash point, some of the heaviest fighting there. If the separatists take control it would give them a direct route via railway to russia.