State department forced to release documents showing Donald Trumps lawyer was in close contact with secretary of state over the ukraine a fat. And climate pressure in the pacific well take you to the tiny island nation of pullout to find out whats at risk. So hong kong the polls for local elections are now open in a vote seen as a test for the pro beijing government following months of demonstrations of origins of threatens to suspend voting if there is any serious disruption a record 4100000 people have registered to vote on kongs biggest turn up since the territory was returned to china from britain in 997 well hong kong prodemocracy activist Joshua Wallace urged protesters to continue to oppose beijing he was actually disqualified from running in these local elections says i will protest movement stop recruiting i urge more people around the world just have a pom pom pom pom should come out about this for Council Action is that your action in ma committed based on the strength. That you. Believe this is nothing but i still urge people both to play action to show how this can head to beijing. I will take you to hong kong shortly but 1st this report from up and. Coming amid unprecedented unrest everyone agrees this will be an election like no other. Many seats are being contested by a new generation of candidates some molded by the protest movement. Sign cam wing an independent is out on bail after being arrested and charged for unlawful assembly. People have been paying close attention to the process the excessive use of force by police and the arrests and theyve been studying the views of the candidates on these things and making up their minds in a city of 7000000 people a record 4000000 have registered to vote. Its tough we dont know which side to take but beijing is in charge in any case the all signs indicate that the prodemocracy protests are poised to win a big victory come to go this is important for hong kong people its like an opinion poll normally dominated by local issues this election will instead focus on the much bigger question of hong kongs relationship with Mainland China with pro china parties having the majority of seats up for election they are seen as having the most to lose given the groundswell of antigovernment feeling prodemocracy candidates are contesting every seat with thousands of new young voters registering for the 1st time the probe aging camp seems to be bracing itself for losses this year the elections have been highly politicized and violence have become a central issue and there are people for and against so local issues wont be sidelined campaigning on streets the bad the scars of months of unrest leo chu is a candidate for the democratic party. Hes not hopeful about the chances of this vote forcing the government to concede dont any of the protesters demands i do not have a very strong. The mistake of mine about they were care about the people. In this direction but thats really. Important for the International Community thats what people are thinking in hong kong. This ballot will likely prove the strength of feeling in this deeply polarized city the question then well be watching impact it has on the escalating violence of macbride Al Jazeera Hong Kong ok heres sarah clarke outside a polling station and just the difference in the last half hour sara a lot of people lining up. In the polls ive been half an hour ago and this is the front of the queue this particular line does the whole way around this building now there were rumors that potentially violent clashes could drop at some stage today those rumors were out yesterday and as a result some suggested the government might try move in and close these polling booths early that clearly people of this is those rumors and theyre lining up to make their voice heard and as broad mentioned in his package at the post office has a majority but the prodemocracy groups on the cap they certainly is indications that the people might come out and support them in light of the ongoing protests that weve seen in the chaos in the city that weve seen for the last 6 or so months. Ok thanks. In hong kong for us. Now colombia where antigovernment protests of continued in the capital for a 3rd day Security Forces told the streets of bogota and fired tear gas on thousands of protesters who gathered it followed an overnight curfew all by president even. Which was defied by demonstrators who stayed on the streets theyre angry over proposed reforms to the tanks and pension system. Yet he has more now from bogota small groups of protesters are on the streets most of these are peaceful and there are happening without major issues but other ones if protesters try to march on the streets are blocked one of the roads they are immediately confronted. Quite violently by the police in and take riot gear with tear gas with grenades bombs as we have witnessed earlier during the day we have now been able to confirm that at least one of these protesters was seriously injured by one of these stun grenades that hit them in the in the head he is now. Under surgery in a hospital in downtown but what we understand that his condition is critical but under control so were going to try to find out more about him in coming hours and more people are also out and planning to repeat. Demonstrations where people hit on pots and pans in different parts of this city most of the violence seems to be happening when the protesters try to reach the government buildings downtown if they stay further now north and in the plazas and dont try to move on. Streets then things seem to move on peacefully. The u. S. State department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine the documents support testimony at the impeachment inquiry that several senior officials were in the loop on efforts to pressure kiffin to investigating President Trumps rival Joe Biden John Hendren has this report from washington. The cast of president Donald TrumpsUkraine Pressure Campaign grows ever wider 100 pages of newly released state department documents show that secretary of state mike pump a 0 spoke to President Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani twice in march that was shortly before u. S. Ambassador to ukraine maria vonn of h. Was removed from office scott lucas says its not hard to win for what they were talking about but the day before pompei 0 2nd call with giuliani there was a time line prepared which set out all of the material about biden his son hunter and Maria Vonnegut trying to set up in other words a paper trail for the secretary of state of these alleged alleged activities by biden and yavanna bitch that werent enough just wanted an investigation by ukraine the impeachment inquiry is looking into whether the white house engaged in a coordinated campaign to withhold nearly 400000000. 00 in military aid to ukraine until the president of vacuum treat publicly announced that he would investigate President Trumps chief political rival former Vice President joe biden President Trump denies that accusation i want nothing. Thats what i want for you thats what i want nothing the newly released documents support this damning statement from embassador Gordon Sunland was there a quid pro quo the answer is yes everyone was in the loop we kept the leadership of the state department and the n. S. C. Informed of our activities and that included communications with secretary of state pompei o. The state department had refused to give those documents they were obtained through a freedom of information lawsuit by the Watchdog Group american oversight now Senate Democrats are asking pompei oh in a letter to recuse himself from the state departments response to the impeachment inquiry pump ale was quick to respond im not going to accuse myself from this i know precisely what american policy was with respect to ukraine i was working on it and im incredibly proud of what weve accomplished also joining in the circle of those implicated in the president ial Pressure Campaign is the president s top defender in the impeachment inquiry republican devin nunes clearly these little chris accusations dont reflect Committee Members who are honestly searching for the truth on saturday reports emerged suggesting nunez met with the disgraced former ukrainian prosecutor to find dirt on biden that is according to a lawyer for a businessman live parness indicted for his role in working with giuliani to prompt a ukrainian investigation of biden and his son if true the circle of all the president s men in the Ukraine Campaign just got bigger john hendren washington one of egypts last independent news publications mother of nasir is appealing for the Urgent Release of one of its journalists a statement on its website says police took shot these out from his home in cairo on saturday and also confiscated electronics and documents related to his work silence the rest is the latest sign of a widening crackdown on press freedom in egypt. Israels Opposition Leader benny gantz has once again called on Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to resign over corruption charges it follows netanyahu saying on friday that he wouldnt step down over the 3 indictments calling it an attempted coup imran khan has more from tel aviv. Well against time to statement perfectly full the evening news and this was very much a message not just to the israeli electorate but to the likud party he said itself he actually spoke in that building just behind me here in the Television Expo center where he had an office of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu take a look at what you had to say. Surely a call for unity government is a lodge is possible i would be the Prime Minister for the 1st 2 years while netanyahu can deal with his legal issues its clear he can come back as Prime Minister this is the only way to prevent an unnecessary election. So the idea is that the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu will be appalled all of the government but he wont have any ministries and certainly wont be Prime Minister instead what benny gantz is just thing is that he fights his court cases and then that is result that they can take a look at any idea of a power sharing agreement and anything that might take place in the future between the good and the blue and white party whether thats going to be acceptable to netanyahu remains to be seen but the entire game at the moment seems to be avoiding a 3rd alexion were in a period of about 17 days left where any member of the knesset can try and form a government if that doesnt happen then the country goes to the election which is what all the politicians seemingly are trying to avoid so this was not a generous offer to netanyahu but very practical one to try and avoid going to a 3rd election that see what the Prime Minister has to say about this hes also under tremendous amount of person from within his own the coup party as well gideon saw is a pretender to these really throwing and he says he wants the likud party to have a primary election internal election and to choose a new leader and to move on with the process of forming a government so netanyahu under a tremendous amount of pressure right now. In the news ahead a call to action tens of thousands across fronts are out on the streets demanding tougher laws to stop violence against women. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast well better conditions here across taiwan we did see a storm system that skirted much of the nation and pushing up here towards much of the rico islands over the next few days things are going to be Getting Better winds are going to be dying down across the area we are going to see attempts are for taipei at 28. 00 degrees but across Central China though we do see more in terms of rain as we go from sunday as well as into monday temperatures only into the low teens maybe in the Single Digits there before hong kong it is still sunny still quite warm at 27 degrees as your expected high well the last several days across malaysia has been very very heavy in terms of the rain weve seen rain totals in some locations over about 120 millimeters in just a 24 hour period more rain is expected in this area were going to be seeing flooding in localized areas there as well up towards vietnam its going to remain quite dry here on the sunday but more clouds and more rain coming into play by the time we go towards monday as well and then very quickly down here across the southern part of india weve been dealing with a lot of rain as well the rain showers continue for tonight as well as across parts of colombo we do expect to see more rain as we go here towards sunday with a tempter for colombo at 30 degrees but better conditions for tonight with attempt a few of 30 degrees as well. That was sponsored by qatar and. From me out to c. N. N. London. T. V. Special guest in conversation when societies declined when women of the title the only thing that benefits from this contract itself on prostate uninterrupted is a 1st run scared girls are those who work. For him or. Whether he would like to thank their nationalism is not as ugly as someone elses nationalising studio scripted on al jazeera. These are the top stories this hour polls are open in hong kongs local elections a vote seen as a test for the pro beijing government following months of demonstrations and all parties have threatened to suspend voting if theres any serious disruption to record 4100000 people registered to vote. In colombia antigovernment protests have continued to in the capital for 13 selective day hundreds of protesters were dispersed by tear gas following an overnight curfew and isolated looting in bogota and records of the u. S. State departments dealings with ukraine about it by public. They confirm contacts between secretary of state mike pump. And Donald Trump Personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani earlier this year. Theres been renewed fighting between kurdish fighters and turkey backed forces in Northern Syria happened in the town. Turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces last month. And the truth was agreed in coordination with russia but a small scale fighting has continued. Thousands of people have been marching across france to highlight the problem of violence against women france has one of europes highest rates of Domestic Violence so far this year 116 women have been killed by current or former partners a report released this month found French Police and the Justice System often fail to protect women as Natasha Butler records. Joanna tilly thought shed finally escape her violent partner when she moved out of their home with their children shed suffered years of abuse but then one day in september he killed or join his friends in the northern french city of love say her murder made them determined to help other victims of Domestic Violence so they teamed up and launched a telephone helpline theyve been flooded with calls. When we saw how joanna had tried hard to get help her death made us think we have to do something we have to be heard there are some organizations that help but its not enough. In our city join a story touched our shocked many people to raise the awareness we hope our suspicion will get people talking and. It was outside her local supermarket the joanna tilly was fatally stabbed by her former partner in front of her 3 Young Children just weeks before her murder she filed a complaint with police but theyve done little to help. A woman is killed by her partner or ex partner every other day in france many others face daily physical sexual and Emotional Abuse campaigners say that even though violence against women is widespread Police Judges and prosecutors rarely take it seriously every woman knows because she heard that she will not nobodys going to listen to her go there is already the culture that if you go to the police youre not going to be understood youre not going to be listened and your case is going to be closed. For months sees activists in paris have been running an underground campaign after dark they put up antiviolence feminist messages in the street as. People realize that this is mass killing disguised as crimes of passion one of our messages says you will never kill because of love so were raising Public Awareness and often women who are suffering violent tell us these messages help them to. The french government is working. New legislation to tackle violence against women but campaigners say the proposal so far failed to address the root causes of the abuse they say whats needed is to change attitudes to women and better educate children and adults Domestic Abuse often thrives because it is hidden the striking messages of bringing th