Months election. And spains general election does little to break the countrys long running political stalemate the governing socialist we and short of the majority the conservatives make gains and the far right folks party surged into. Im rebecca raters welcome to the Program Police in hong kong have opened fire on protesters hitting and wounding at least one after confrontations between hardline protesters and police escalated unverified video Footage Shows Police firing live rounds at close range of protesters on the eastern side of Hong Kong Island leaving one person lying on the ground in what looks like blood stains activists have been calling for a citywide strike on monday and urging people to destroy. Public transport. And correspondent is building is standing by for us at the st of the shooting that is whats going on there the moment. There have been several clashes between protesters and the police as if the investigators who secured the avett ins have left right now most of
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. Also in the programme amazons head scientist says alexa could one day become an active companion that can see and even walk around the home. What do you think . Is this a thrill or a threat . Are you a fan of Digital Assistants . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We begin in hong kong. Police in hong kong have used live ammunition at pro democracy demonstrations and shot one protestor at close range. Protesters had called for a general strike on monday and have been trying to disrupt transport in hong kong by setting up barricades. Shocking pictures of the incident in the sai wan ho district were livestreamed on social media. An unarmed demonstrator can be seen approaching an officer, and then falling to the ground after being shot at close range. Local media are reporting that he is in Critical Condition in hospital. The police have issued a statement de
A sanctuary for ships wrecks from the 1st world war and become part of the scenery and the us river. Top story the police in hong kong have shot at protesters with live ammunition during demonstrators attempts to stop traffic going into the city center the footage was broadcast live on facebook and shows an officer drawing his sidearm while trying to detain a masked man one protester is in a stable condition in hospital after being shot tensions are high after a student protest a died on friday well its just after one in the afternoon sarah clarke is our correspondent there on the streets sara just walk us through whats going on tell us what the atmosphere is like so far. The atmosphere is extraordinarily tense not just here where we are which is inside one home in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island which is where that protest was shot earlier on monday morning. He was shot just here with a couple of rounds of live ammunition the police have confirmed that 3 live rounds were shot but
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