Loved ones and we are in a remote corner of the pacific where 75 years after world war 2 the search for Fallen Soldiers goes on. Thank you for joining us in a dramatic escalation of iraqs antigovernment protests crowds have torched the rainy and consulates in the holy city of najaf 100 surrounded the building lighting tires blankets and anything else they could find while chanting iran out they accuse tehran of propping up iraqs government which have been railing against for 2 months. Not earlier we spoke to our reporter mommy job until an on the phone from baghdad he explained more about how suspicion and im sure about iran has played into the post. Theres a good old eric here in the by by the thousands and our government demonstrators that. Is far too beholden to store in powers and among those foreign powers that are exerting too much influence in this country is the country which is their neighbor and that they will work extraordinary about what happened this evening is that the ir
Their 2nd general strike in a week accusing the president of failing to come up with concrete proposals to meet their demands. In a dramatic escalation of iraqs antigovernment protests crowds have torched the rainy and consummate he not java holy city for shia muslims hundreds surrounded the building lighting taia than anything else they could find while chanting iran out they accused tehran of propping iraqs government which they want replaced this is a 2nd time this month anyway and consulates has been targeted by protesters 3 weeks ago Security Forces defending at the site in karbala killed 4 demonstrators earlier we spoke to our reporter mama john john on the phone in baghdad he explained how suspicion and anger about iran have played into the protests. And there it here in the by by these thousands and our government demonstrators d that that area is far too beholden to store and powers and that among those foreign powers that are exerting too much influence in this country is the
Republic of congo for oil fields anger against u. N. Peacekeepers accused of failing to provide protection and a grim task for flood survivors in kenya digging to find the remains of missing loved ones. I am. Thank you very much for joining us u. S. President donald trump assigned to bills into law that back hong kongs for Democracy Movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and on kong special trade status will be reviewed every year the territorys leaders say it will damage relations with the u. S. While china has expressed extreme regret on the move saying it will respond with firm count and measures will get more reaction from beijing with Andrew Thomas very shortly for a sabbatical hane in washington d. C. Patty president toms team had voiced reservations about these bills why did he sign them. Because he had no choice congress forced his hand this vote was near unanimous there was just one voting no
Well hundreds of people are in a standoff with un peacekeepers and Security Forces in the democratic republic of congo after another day of protest its just gone 6 pm now in the town of benny where 2 people are confirmed killed after crowds tried to barge towards an airport where un forces based now theyre venting their anger against the u. N. Forces for failing to protect them from attacks by rebel groups 4 people were killed on monday as protesters attacked u. N. Compounds and set fire to the town hall the unrest has forced the World Health Organization to pull almost a 3rd of its staff from beni which is grappling with in a bowl out bright and it warns the instability will most certainly lead to an increase in the ball the cases aljazeera produce a county has been closely following the story in beni. What we would just do we are really trying to extricate the determination of these people has been a laning have lifted this morning but you can still you can still see this people 1000
Its president signed 2 bills into law that back hong kong prodemocracy movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and hong kongs special trade status will be reviewed every year the territorys leaders say itll damage relations with the u. S. While chinas expressed extreme mcgrath over the moves saying it will respond with foreign countermeasures particle has been following developments from washington. The president aware that he was sort of forced into this not wanting to see china react sending out a fairly unusual statement saying that he signed these bills out of respect for president g. China and the people of hong kong they also put in their announcement that he had signed these 2 bills that he believes some provisions interfere with the president s Constitutional Authority and they would be treating the bill it with that if it were in mind what exactly does that mean they didnt spell out what provi