Parts of australia as bush fires rage out of control. A court in hong kong is deciding whether police can Enter University campuses after fierce battles with student protesters overnight demonstrators are blocking streets in the city center for a 3rd day the government says all schools will be closed on thursday due to safety concerns authorities have warned hong kong is on the verge of a total breakdown of the rule of law but anger at the use of force by police is fueling the unrest and the city is braced for more chaos to go pollen is there. This is hong kongs Financial Center to my left is the Hong Kong Stock Exchange im surrounded by luxury shopping malls multinational headquarters and big banks but as you can see this major intersection has been brought to a standstill by the protesters what theyve done is theyve ripped up bricks from the sidewalks and placed them along the roads on this relating to a major highway bringing the center of hong kong to a standstill now this is one o
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