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
As president has signed 2 bills into law that back hong kongs prodemocracy movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and all kong special trade status will be reviewed every year the territories leaders say it will damage relations with the u. S. While china expressed extreme carette over the move saying it will respond with foreign countermeasures political heinous from following developments from washington. This could be a powerful tool if the president chose to use it its not at all clear hes going to not only does it a lot to him saying people in hong kong and china but if that special trade status that could be so critical if the secretary of state was to come back and say no china is not going along with the policy hong kong doesnt have enough independence they could basically take that status away that would have a huge impact on trade but bigger than that it could send a signal to a Financial Ma
Signs on last supporting hong kongs human rights and made ongoing protests and in sport brazilian same flamingo and. City Club World Cup in qatar. Lifting the League Trophy just days after becoming south american champions. Hello iraq is stepping up its response to deadly mass protests across the country the army says its deploying commanders to provinces to restore order and setting up what it calls crisis cells to quell the unrests now the announcement comes as at least 14 people were killed in the early hours of thursday thats when Security Forces opened fire to disperse a demonstration and this followed a night of violence in the city of where irans consulate was set on fire to one is calling for firm. Action against protesters iraqs government has also condemned that attack but protesters accused iran of backing a government they are against and protests that began in october have left at least 350. 00 people dead demonstrators are demanding jobs Better Services and a complete ove
Thousands of colombians refused to back down theres a National Strike against corruption and economic inequality. Now the iraqi army says its sending its commanders to provinces to restore order in a statement it said its setting up what it calls crisis cells to quell the mass on the rest this follows another night of violence at least 8 people were killed in nazareth when Security Forces opened fire to disperse a demonstration there. And also iran is demanding firm action from the Iraqi Government after an attack on its consulate in the city of nat jeff antigovernment protesters torched the building there accusing tehran of supporting the Iraqi Government who they have been railing again. Its full 2 months later i gave him a report was. Hundreds of antigovernment protesters stormed the compound to the iranian consulate in the jaffa 55. 00 to tie a 1000 blankets and replacing the iranian flag with an iraqi one was analysts say the symbolic importance of the attack in a shia majority ci
A breakthrough victory in one or 2. Im assuming some us going to thank you for joining us for a special coverage here on d w polls are about to close in Regional Elections in 2 states in eastern germany with possible significant consequences for chancellor Angela Merkels government in berlin as well the voters in the states of funding both in saxony have been casting their ballots until now both states have been governed by traditional establishment parties of the social democrats were s. P. D. And chancellor merkels christian democrats the c. D. U. Base but this time both parties are facing a stiff challenge from the far right alternative for germany the a. F. P. The latest opinion polls show that the party is running neck and neck with the s. P. D. M. One bug and just a few points behind michaels c. D. U. In saxony. Well we have complete coverage of these potentially pivotal elections on we have a Political Correspondent with us here in our studio and we have our chief Political Edit