The u. N. Appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to help those affected by widespread violence across africa 6 a whole region. In one races in azerbaijan singapore and japan become the latest school to dance to be canceled because of coronavirus. So then protest is a face off with police in hong kong as a Controversial National anthem law comes into effect the legislation makes it a criminal offense to mock chinas anthem activists say it violates their freedom of expression it is one year since Police Crackdown on demonstrators who were surrounding the government headquarters leading to months of violent demonstrations for more lets cross live to devika pollin whos in hong kong i can see it all pretty peaceful behind you but lots of protesters seem to be around whats happening. Thats right nic as you say that seems to be more police than protesters at the moment but earlier there are about a 1000 protesters here all chanting slogans that gathered here despite the fact that this is an unauthorized rally as soon as they heard that police were coming and a large number of them did come in they dispersed they moved to other areas now the scene is being played out across much of hong kong in many key areas and police have started arresting people and detaining people mainly saying that theyre breaking the social distancing protocols to begin with and the fact that theyre taking part in an assembly that was on authorized and as you say today is the day that people wanted to mark one year since the nature of hong kong protests changed before this hong kong protests were mainly peaceful rallies Peaceful Demonstrations but since then and were being moved now. Were being moved. Before that it was mostly Peaceful Demonstrations but the nature changed on this day a year ago after as you say protesters surrounded the Legislative Council building and police were accused of using a hardline tactic is tactics against the protesters by human rights activists and the protesters themselves after that the protesters and the police both up the ante and that led to about 7 months of protests which were often characterized by violent confrontations between the police and protesters now since then the protest movement has somewhat been subdued due to the coronavirus due to the corona Virus Outbreak here and social distancing restrictions but seems to be gaining momentum again nic so tell us more about whats happening were just seeing the place theyre taping cordoning off a section the behind you how theyve been approaching this whole pretty close connection. Ok we lost our connection there with with divya will it get try and get it back a little bit later as time goes on. Now on to afghanistan where there has been an explosion at a mosque in the capital kabul police say at least 5 people have been killed and many more injured in the blast offices say the mosque official who was leading friday prayers is among the dead lets big not to feel or come to 40 who said kabul based reporter joins us now tell us more about what you have found out of what about what her. Own nic like you said the minister of interior ways the number of dead to 5 and says that at least 8 people have been injured however there are reports from other ministries that praise the number of injured at least 17 and i can confirm that the Emergency Hospital here in kabul there have been at least 9 people have been transferred there to are in Critical Condition so there is others have been transferred to other hosp. Also it appears that the number of injured right now is higher than the number 8 that the minister of interior who gives there are some reports that the exclude the explosives where underneath the podium where the mom was supposed to hold a sermon late in the day doing todays our prayer and then as soon as he approached the podium thats when there was the explosion so if that turns out to be true it appears that the mob was the primary target of the attack but this is all initial stages and were still waiting for more information to come out from the ministry of interior and we will bring it to you as soon as we get it figured this comes at a time when the Peace Process between the Afghan Government and the taliban seems to be gaining momentum who wants to spoil this process and coming to succeed. Well just to let you know that just minutes ago the taliban spokesman on twitter denied responsibility that the taliban had anything to do with this attack in fact you know the taliban condemned the attack and this is the 2nd time that a mosque here in kabul has been attacked in the last 10 days with they mom also killed in that attack 10 days ago and in that attack it was i so that claimed responsibility now this is a critical time for afghanistan as the peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban seem to be closer than ever the u. S. Special representative for afghanistan reconciliation. My colleagues od was here yesterday and he also confirms that these talks are closer than ever and he also referred to elements that are called spoilers those who might want to jeopardize this Peace Process is that the Afghan People have been waiting for so long and this is something that nobody here in afghanistan wants to see and also the u. S. Embassy here in kabul in a tweet earlier condemned the attack also the name of the representative of nato also condemned the attack and they refer to elements as terrorist or spoilers who are responsible for for these attacks that we see that are happening in kabul in the past 10 days there are targeting clerics and mosques or about the story from kabul if youre going to before you thank you very much lets not bring in wardak who lives close to the mosque where the blast happened is also an analyst on National Security matters and he was at the scene of the attack. I saw people walking out of the mosque and rush you had im going to is going to the mosque and perhaps the sound of the explosion itself it happened right when the friday a pair where a huge crowd of people from the neighborhood areas were attending the friday pair 10 days ago we have had a similar incident where the image of us but a car was you know but one mosque which is located in the green zone of the city couple was targeted in a similar incident that was perhaps a pretty pleased. Dean and a similar incident happened today and another city of Porsche India of copper which is the car to chart. And interesting we just now you had the eye escape be taking the credit for it in a way the responsibility for it every time you have this Peace Process between the Afghan Government and the movement of the taliban gaining some momentum and because you have these kinds of attacks. Now the british Prime Minister johnson has accused extremists of hijacking the black lives matter protests as demonstrators gear up for a further 3 days of rallies which start on saturday in a twitter post the Prime Minister described the attacks on police and violence during protests last weekend as intolerable and abhorrent he also defended the protection of british monuments including a statue of Winston Churchill from vandalism is aging people against attending this weekends demonstrations lets meet now tonight a barber who joins us live from london and not in tell us why the Prime Minister is speaking out specifically about statues. Well lets not forget Prime MinisterBoris Johnson actually wrote a biography of Winston Churchill britains leader in the 2nd world war so its somebody that he feels some attachment to but also hes been say that its its absurd in his words that this starts you needed putting up it was all it happened late on thursday here in london on the orders of city mayor city can because there were fears that the statute here in Parliament Square could become a target for people involved in black lives mottos black lives protests excuse me a week ago or so just under a week we saw a statue of a slaver pulled down by black lives matter protesters in the city of bristow my sparked a debate as well as a whole. Trend a whole Movement Across the nation of reexamining which monument should stay up and why now Boris Johnson has said that Winston Churchill statue is a reminder of his achievements in saving this country and the rest of europe from a fascist and racist tyranny so i think his point is clear that the people involved in the Anti Racism Movement shouldnt be attacking such statues but there is a question mark as to whether anybody is doing that right now there is a gathering. Across london in hyde park where several 100 people at least are right now protesting for the for the under the banner of black lives much of it expected to head here but thats peaceful there was a demonstration in in the park for saturday planned organizers of cold thoughts off because they said there could be a threat from what they called. Far right groups who are planning a counter demonstration so what do we had to support you have there are protests lined up for over the weekend what are we anticipating there. Well city council and a mayor has urged people for the 1st time not to come out some protests in Central London hes mentioned the threats of spreading of it 19 he said thats proof that protests in other countries have led to the virus being spread hes also said that he has fears for Public Safety over potential violence given that that was the the prospect of opposing groups crushing now that via the black lives matter protest in Central London has been called off that seems to have diminished although there are plans for many demonstrations under that banner across london on saturday night Boris Johnson has said in the last few hours that the party protests have been hijacked by what he calls extremists intent on violence there have been clashes outside downing street the official residence of Boris Johnson on previous protests by a minority of people on the fringes of protests and that Boris Johnson says that also attacks elsewhere on Police Officers in the last week have been a bore and well i think that that message will be repeated by politicians of all shades but theyre not all saying dont protest there are nuances they are all saying go stay safe and dont forget about social distancing. Our knitting thanks very much indeed one of the statues and he was talking about was a statue of a slave trader from bristol and the mayor of bristol which is a city in southwest england and their bristol mob in recent describe the toppling of the statue as a powerful image and a piece of historical poetry when i spoke to him earlier and i asked him what on say he had for those who claims that jews are important as a teaching tool staci said gnomes in and of themselves do not do the job of teaching assisting you know if you were to try to base your historical knowledge of person on a statue of khowst and and you are using that to write a novel paper i give you an 8 because it tells you he was a wise and to a son of the city but thats not the full story is it so you wouldnt be taken out the complexity the contradiction the new ones of this person and the community was a part of those merchants if you simply took up about him being a philanthropist you would talk about his attitude towards Certain Groups of poor people and you for watching social structure within bristol so much that you didnt themselves do not teach us history they talk to us about. What a message a Certain Group of people want to give face time his profile history is done by hype what historians do and do quote Good Quality Research and we should wrestle with our monuments as well in the same ways we begin to try to uncover the true history the full history of a book yeah and im also concerned you know im also aware of of peoples feelings that you know challenging some of these monuments removing them is about loss id say is not actually what were doing is were getting more were Getting Better history better knowledge better insight and see who we are today and how we got to become media so this is just about equipping us one in a stand up world better. And you you all the governor says the divisive statue of Christopher Columbus should not be removed because of its importance to Italian Americans his comments come against a backdrop of global anti racism protests in response to jewish ones killing as statues of columbus and other european explorers have been attacked because of the home they caused to native americans and to africans the curse of a columbus statue represents. In some ways the Italian American legacy in this country and the Italian American contribution in this country i understand the feelings about Christopher Columbus and some of his acts which nobody would support but the statue was has come to represent and signify. Appreciation for the Italian American contribution to new york so im not for that reason i support it well calls for changes to u. S. Policing practices a prompted a response from donald trump at a Campaign Style event to dallas trump said he wants Police Departments to adopt a National Standards state authorities in washington and head back up to trump threatened to take back a police free district controlled by protesters in seattle were going to finalize an executive order that will encourage Police Department station white to meet the most current professional standards of force and that means force but force with compassion but if youre going to have to really do a job if somebody is really paying it youre going to have to do it with real strength real power. And i said and people said oh i dont know if we like that expression i said we have to dominate the streets you cant let that happen what happened in new york city the damage they did to. What i what house correspondent can be how could joins us now from washington d. C. And kimberly as the country continues to discuss the race and Police Brutality what is on the president s agenda now. Well theres nothing on the president s schedule this friday he is after spending multiple weekends at the white house at his residence in bedminster new jersey a residence golf course this often means that the president is watching t. V. Reacting to news events often on twitter hes also we know working on an executive order a quarter to his staff to address changes in policing is used mention to improve policing standards in the United States this coming after that meeting in dallas with faith leaders there what hes hoping to do is try and strike a balance where there would be support for communities such as putting more social workers into communities that are struggling socially and economically as well as working in conjunction with the police but again the u. S. President saying that when it comes to defunding the police that this is a nonstarter now he also as you play there does not apologize for his suggestion that it was the right move to dominate the streets in fact he believes that this is compassionate because it saves lives it also saves businesses but when it comes to those protests in seattle the u. S. President clearly watching that very carefully not happy about the fact that the mayor there has created whats known as an autonomy zone in fact the u. S. President saying we are not going to let seattle be occupied by am or kiss what that suggests and the u. S. President has been very clear that he wants to step in but the problem with that is that he would have to invoke the insurrection act and that is something that his defense secretary does not support. Or it could be things where we can we hope that there in washington d. C. Plenty more still ahead including a look at the. Turn to the streets of lebanon is the. Professional go. But without. Health officials in india have recorded the biggest single day jump in coronavirus cases with nearly 11000 new infections in just 24 hospitals a sort of a world with patients turning some way. Around 300. Is the 4th highest in the world and at least 8 people. With. The day another record high in the number of cases and thats important to remember that india is still not testing enough so we dont have the complete picture of cases and both medical and patients. To deal with the situation as the number of cases continue to rise weve seen a number of protests this week doctors at the main Public Hospital and. Went on strike for days this week a doctor was attacked by the family of a patient they said that was the Tipping Point for the. Public hospital here in. Protesting. The war over a week because of working conditions they cooled off and leave the last minute after the hospital. And. 2 of the biggest hospitals here in the capital