And covert 19 infections skyrocket across brazil worst affected country in latin america. We begin in hong kong where police have 5 volleys of tear gas and demonstrators after thousands turned out to protest against chinas proposed National Security law demonstrators blocked the streets a popular shopping district causeway bay the bill would ban all activities considered subversive activists say it would be the end of hong kongs autonomy. Over now to adrian brown it joins us live from hong kong the streets look like now adrian. As you can see behind me this is. The busiest part of is in hong kong the police are still trying to clear it of protesters those protests. Began several hours ago in fact this is the biggest protest hong kong the seen really since kovac 1000 arrived in hong kong in january and of course these protests have grown really because of the decision by Chinas National Peoples Congress to impose a new security law on hong it is demonstrating here i think that what were
Muslims marking the end of the fasting month of ramadan but this year under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. Also ahead israels Prime Minister is set to go on trial for corruption well look at how he got here. And im so how much with the sport as n. B. A. Basketball moves a step closer to restarting the league concerned citizen talks with disney about possibly finishing the season at one venue in orlando florida. Ok lets get going in scenes we havent witnessed since last years mass protests against the controversial extradition bill thousands of protesters are back on the streets of hong kong this time theyre angry over a National Security bill proposed by the government in beijing the Police Responded by using tear gas and water cannon to disperse the big crowds demonstrators were blocking streets in the popular shopping district course way they this was all sparked by chinas announcement of the proposal at its annual political meeting on friday it would ban all activities cons
Families in senegal forced to make their case for food is the pandemic threat and starvation for millions worldwide. And under the shadow of coronavirus subdued celebrations for muslims marking one of their most important holidays. And im santa the mostly sport is n. B. A. Basketball moves a step closer to restarting the concerned citizen talked with disney about possibly finishing the season at one venue in orlando. And we have all those stories surge but 1st breaking news from libya where russian mercenaries have been fighting in support of warlord who are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that theyre evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli it follows a series of setbacks the forces have been fighting to take territory from libyas internationally recognized government well have a live update from libya without cross wanted short. Now israel where the long awaited trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has
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A briefing with secretary of defense jim that is he was off camera but on the record and he called what happened in syria a quote perplexing situation and he said because for years the Euphrates River has been a kind of do not cross line that if the u. S. Or u. S. Backed forces or russian or russian backed forces were going to cross it they talk about it before and he said that didnt happen this time he said u. S. Forces were embedded along with the s. D. F. And they saw tanks and artillery start rolling in saying that one shell got within five hundred meters of the s. D. F. Headquarters he says that is when they picked up the phone they called their russian counterparts and he says he doesnt think that the group that moved in is actually controlled by russia he called this a Great Success story because in his words two great powers did not fight each other still the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations was less than pleased i asked him to remember that. In syria illegally in fact.