Australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. And we meet the malaysian punk rocker whos leading the Straight Edge Movement, by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will seriously reflect after local elections saw Massive Gains by pro democracy candidates. They secured almost 90 of District Council seats in sundays poll. Its being seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lams leadership and a show of support for the protest movement. From hong kong, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. But last nights victory for hong kongs democrats was no ordinary win. It was an unprecedented landslide. These newly minted young politicians won 85 of all the
A Measles Outbreak thats killed more than 50 people. Also ahead the 3000 kilometer pipeline that will deliver russian gas from siberia to china is Energy Hungry cities im going to go with the sport as the brave be engulfed reaches a crucial stage hosts caton take on the u. A. E. In their last group match for the place in the semifinals at stake well hear from both camps in the next hour. Hello at least 2 people have been killed in the eastern democratic republic of congo where gunfire has been heard. Again march towards a u. N. Base they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city. Government soldiers blocked them from getting too close to administrators have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers there for more than a week saying theyre failing to protect seville. And from attacks by rebel groups lets speak to al jazeera producer and we can even benny hes joining us on the telephone and youve been reporting hearing gunshots has the situati
Hello at least 2 people have been killed in the eastern democratic republic of congo where gunfire has been heard as locals again marched towards a u. N. Base so they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in the city congolese government soldiers blocked them from getting too close demonstrators have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers there for more than a week saying theyre failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups that speak to aljazeera as producer and now you can ease him bennys joining us on the telephone with an update from there just an hour ago you were saying thats you can still hear gunshots whats going on right now and. Now sedition is a little bit quiet we can see soldiers and Police Patrolling to get the call to name some boys the soldiers are saying that. Some are left off more than 5 boys. 5 were violent and some of them are from to be shot pups this is that really what we have been saying that. Some of the milit
Prison for the mass killing of political opponents. And im we are starting with sports and the arabian gulf cup host qatar on the field right now against the u. A. E. With a place in the semifinals at stake its a game with as much politics as team pride. Thank you very much for joining as Security Forces have stopped and for marching towards a u. N. Base in the east of the democratic republic of congo they were heading to the peacekeeping compound near the airport in beni one of 2 bases in that city at least 2 people have been killed demonstrators have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers there for more than a week now saying theyre failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups that speak to aljazeera as catherine soy whos in goma the knowledge a city in east india r. C. Catherine tell us 1st about what youre hearing about the situation in beni whats happening on the streets there right now. Well right now the military in beni is expected to hold a press conference in the comi
The biggest strike in years. Matt good morning from berlin. Oh isadh, saudi arabia out with the numbers behind its ipo. The price tag values the state owned oil giant as the Worlds Largest company by market cap. Here with the details is bloombergs dani burger. Than 25 billion, saudi aramco has closed its deal. It is the worlds biggest ipo. This is very different from the 100 billion deal the crown prince had first envisioned. , theyearly big promises listed only in saudi arabia. A price at the top end of its range. 8. 52. The equivalent of the Share Offering was more than 4. 6 times oversubscribed. Profits, oilig companies are out of favor with some investors worried about concerns about the world worries about Climate Change will curb demand. Some of that is behind why the listing didnt hit the desired 2 trillion valuation mark. This is a whopping number at 1. 7 trillion. Aramcos profitability overtakes microsoft and apple in terms of the biggest listed. Matt thanks very much. Joining