A girl. Plus the bull in the snake it kicks off and in the very 1st match of the new season of defending champions find meaning are held to the shocked rule by hats had been limited to. A manuscript mackinnon thanks very much for joining us. Hong kong is facing another weekend of demonstrations by the prodemocracy movement in the situation is growing increasingly tense night has now fallen there and police in the territory have begun deploying on the streets and chasing down protesters Chinese State media have been condemning the protesters actions as the beginning of terrorism meanwhile thousands of probation supporters at a rally in the city have called for an end to the violence which has rocked hong kong. And the. Pill joins us now from hong kong hi shallots at tell us what is the situation right now where you are. And yeah hi its been a very peaceful day so far up until about an hour ago when we saw a number of protesters gathered outside a Police Station not very far from where w
And in the very 1st match of the new season the defending champions behind munich suffer a bit of a shock. Im calm aspen welcome to the program. Tens of thousands of protesters in hong kong kept up their pressure on saturday with a nother weekend of prodemocracy demonstrations fears of an imminent crackdown by the chinese authorities have stoked tensions but saturdays protests were largely peaceful meanwhile thousands of pro beijing supporters gathered at another rally where they called for an end to the violence to w. s Charlotte Chelsea hill has been following those protests in hong kong and as she reports now the governments opponents are becoming ever more inventive increasing their dissent. Its a startling visual reminder of the power of paper and pen face clashes this week left many concerns that message was being eclipsed by violence. But step away from the protest front lines of the scale of peaceful dissent becomes clear. This train station now an ever growing testimony to the
Hong kong are largely peaceful but concerns are mounting about unauthorized rallies planned for sunday and easy rider legend peter fonda dies aged 79. 00 born into hollywood royalty the actor and producer will be remembered as an icon of the counterculture. Im call master and welcome to the program sudan is celebrating a historic agreement after months of protests the countrys Ruling Military Council and civilian Opposition Alliance a signed a constitutional declaration paving the way for a transition to civilian rule and free elections its a new chapter for a nation that has weathered demonstrations and a bloody military crackdown after the ousting of longtime president Omar Al Bashir. They came to khartoum from all over the country to celebrate a historic day the military council is history and a new era begins. Today we can finally breathe free again everything was so expensive we were desperate. In a festive venue amid foreign dignitaries representatives of the opposition and the m