Sumi so much going to thank you for joining us china has been staging a massive military parade in beijing to celebrate 70 years of communist rule the anniversary is also being marked in hong kong with violent protests tens of thousands of prodemocracy demonstrators have taken to the streets near the Regional Government headquarters with some throwing molotov cocktails at the hes responded with tear gas and water cannon there are reports that one protester has been taken to the hospital after being shot in the chest the demonstrators also threw eggs at a portrait of chinese president xi Jinping Hong Kong is seen months of unrest as locals call for greater autonomy from beijing. And lets go right to our correspondent charlotte shell some pill is standing by for us in hong kong hi charlotte what has been happening where you are. Were getting reports amy as you mentioned that the one protester has been shot in the chest by police from what were hearing from a Police Source on a medical sc
A country crippled by poverty but can he deliver were live in harare also coming up a harrowing wait for the relatives of the forty four crewmembers on board a missing argentine submarine the fate of their loved ones still unknown that says naval Officials Say an unusual sound recorded at the subs last known position may have been that of an explosion also coming up bangladesh and me and mark agreed to restart repatriating Muslim Minority refugees in two months time over half a million for hinge i have fled to bangladesh in recent months to escape or persecution by me and mars military. Plus a germany tries to break its political deadlock after the collapse of Coalition Talks president files or shine meyer has been pressing the social democrats to join chancellor merkel in forming a government something they previously ruled out. And a group. Artist installs a replica of berlins Holocaust Memorial outside the home of a far right politician who once labeled it a monument of shame and a
A referendum on independence from iraq the problem practically all the regions big players bitterly opposed the vote and have been pushing back. On the war of words between President Trump and pyongyang again ask allayed snorts korea says the u. S. Has declared war the white house calling that claim sir. And in soccer the Champions League resumes than i germicide receive dortmund play host to defending champion ryall madrid which seemed like a very tall order but is it sitting at the top of the bundesliga table dortmund scored a league high of nineteen goals they have an unbeaten run against real madrid in fact theyve never lost at home in this competition. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we began with the fallout from the german election a week and chancellor merkel has started the process of looking for partners to form a new government she is expected to talk with the probusiness free democrats and the greens parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum adding
A com bomb attack in malta the e. U. Says its heart of fire at the death of deafening gutted sia hassan accuses the government of complicity. And in soccer the Champions League hits the pitch on tuesday and its crunch time for Bundesliga Team are being leipzig they face support though in a must win match that could kick stop a european hopes. I know im under touchy about good to have you with us. Iraqi Government Forces say theyve taken control of all Major Oil Fields in the disputed Northern Province of kirkuk theyre also pushing into other areas that are outside of the kurdish autonomy area and would want bank that calls operations to defend iraqs integrity after kurds voted for independence in a referendum last month and that vote was held in the autonomys region of Iraqi Kurdistan and also in some disputed areas outside of its official borders like in kirkuk the iraqi armys retaliating and retaking what it considers its last air dream the kurds had occupied those areas when socalle
To the militant group itself. Also coming up in neighboring iraq baghdad is pushing ahead with an offensive to read to take disputed kurdish held areas as the u. N. And the u. S. Appealed for calm. And from great hope to great misery south sudan is one of the worlds newest states but today millions of people there are reliant on food aid we have a special report on one womans struggle to survive and to feed her family. Plus calls for justice grow louder in malta following the murder of anticorruption journalist tough enough to leave. And following the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse allegations stories of Sexual Harassment sweep across social media using the hash tag me to. Im sara kelly welcome thanks for joining us. U. S. Backed fighters in syria have retaken rocca the city that the socalled Islamic State considers its capital now troops fighting i say that they have captured one of the militants last holdouts that is of course the citys hospital but there are still pockets of resistance