Down an american spy drone aircraft. And new protests in hong kong against the proposed extradition laws thousands are back on the streets after a deadline for protesters to withdraw that legislation is ignored activists say it is a power grab by Mainland China that would destroy hong kong Democratic Institutions speed up you saw on the ground at the protests. And in football the u. S. Cruising past leading into the world cups last 161 of the highlights. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us dozens of people have been injured in the join. In capital tbilisi after a night of clashes protesters tried to storm the Parliament Building when they heard a russian lawmaker was addressing that Assembly Georgia has no diplomatic relations with moscow and fought a short wall war with russia in 2008 heres more now on how those clashes unfolded. They started off peacefully enough and then canisters of tear gas rained down on protesters. All this because a russian politician visited the parliament into lisi and gave a speech the lawmaker supports the independence of 2 breakaway regions in georgia in response protesters swarmed the parliament demanding the governments resignation. Russia and georgia have a testy relationship and they have not had diplomatic ties in over 10 years. He said it was interesting because collins has a right to russian and he can easily gauge to heel to physical people he thinks and i would repeat regions hes looking to change confusing because he was going to have all these guys if you like they could evolve and not little a little below 3 to 4 he took it to see hes sure. To tear gas today not deter the protesters so police turned her over bullets. Crowd repeatedly surged attempting to break into the building but were turned back. To georgian Prime Minister accused the Opposition Party of quote provoking the riots. What has been described as a spontaneous protest by ordinary georgians quickly descended into a night of violence. Ok lets go straight to the georgian capital now were joined by deborah vild a journalist based in tbilisi good morning to you and you were out at the protests until just a few hours ago whats the situation right now in tbilisi. Oh i have not been to west of either but i assume its been cleared of all the poll tests i arrived at parliament about 2 oclock in the morning when the police had already the space in front of parliament but there was still plenty of people people trying to push back and would have pushed back if the police wouldnt have kept them and that continued i left at about 5 oclock in the morning when the police had finally at the all of most of any the this street that leads up to parliament but it was very heated and people were probably angry and there were people who wanted to question and would have kept pushing and the confrontation between police and demonstrators was obviously quite he to police used rubber bullets as well as tear gas and Water Cannons ok and people came back and whats behind this high level of public anger directed at a representative of russia weve just heard the georgian president calling russia quote an enemy and occupier after the protests. Well. Just still occupies 20 percent of the country after the war with south and. And so people still cant see that relatives of the other side of war a friend says while rushing to a list to poor into georgian have no problem coming to georgia many too many georgians this is still the reality and seeing as the placenta took off the duma and the communist party of all i had an east sitting on the seat of the parliament is like the occupation of kasha by russia of georgia is complete and that makes that has so much conflict potential and the georgians are so angry about it and you saw that ngo pulling out yesterday night develops this force in tbilisi thanks very much. The United States has barred all american registered aircraft from flying over parts of the persian gulf in the gulf of oman tensions in the region and spiked after iran shot down an American Military drone the New York Times is reporting that washington planned limited strikes on iran in response but then call them off iran says it has proof the drive drone was flying over its territory which the u. S. Denies grainy images that the pentagon says show a u. S. Drone tumbling from the sky over the gulf of oman the latest in a series of incidents that raise the specter of war in the region as u. S. President donald trump emerged from the white house many reporters had the same question. He answered youll soon find out. Trump was hosting canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau after heightening the suspense the president appeared to backpedal at a joint q. And a session in the oval office only moments later i think probably iran. Made a mistake i would imagine it was a general or somebody that they did mistake in shooting that drone down. But iran appeared in no mood to apologize as it probably announced the shooting down of the u. S. Drone on state television at a rally irans elite revolutionary guard said it had destroyed the drone to send a strong message to the u. S. Oh my do you think how you know me those who defend the border of the islamic nation of iran will react in a total and decisive way to any intrusion by foreign elements on our land what off our own. Mind our borders how are our red line you know an enemy that violates our borders will not return and will be destroyed economy. The commander went down to saying iran was ready for war but added the country was not seeking conflict with any nation but the incident comes at a time of rising tension between tehran and washington which began when the us abandoned the International Nuclear deal last year after the us ratcheted up sanctions iran this week and mounts it would no longer abide by the terms of the agreement and could soon restart its nuclear activity. The recent attack on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman adds to the tension on wednesday the u. S. Military presented more evidence that it set links to run to the incident iran denied its involvement but the fear is that the escalating standoff and a miscalculation could result in war. Lets brief you now some of the other stories making the news this hour britains governing conservative party has narrowed the field of candidates for party leader and Prime Minister to 2. Former foreign minister Boris Johnson seen as the clear front runner he faces current foreign minister jeremy hunt in the final stage of the leadership contest Tory Party Party members will vote to appoint a new leader in italy a lot of big things are going to change final Campaign Rallies have been held in mauritania ahead of this weekends president ial election current president Mohamed El Aziz says stepping down after 2 terms in office the vote is expected to leave the west african nations 1st peaceful transfer of power in 6 decades. While protesters are flooding onto the streets of hong kong at this hour another round of demonstrations after leader ignored a deadline to withdraw a controversial extradition activist and that is the last scrap that proposed bill by thursday but those calls were ignored they want why him to resign and release protesters who are now in jail thousands have converged on hong kongs Police Headquarters and are now blocking major roads. Lets get the very latest from hong kong our deed obvious mathias berlinger mathias a whats happening where you are at Police Headquarters right now people here demand the release of these people who were detained during the clashes last week they keep shouting release them release them people are still angry with the government although. Kerry law has already shelved this bill they demanded to be entirely scrapped and they also demand her to step down all of these demands have not been met so people vowed to continue to protest. There is a. We met nominees fellow students in the lead up to this demonstration then members of a Student Organization their task is to ensure that protest is a 50 down food today they accept donations from the Public People bring by mosques some goals against Police Tear Gas helmets and shoes quantities of water if i hope to put us where we. Will be standing by in case any kind of foreign actions happen and how far satan will be able to help that no matter if theyre like peacefully or like different kinds of approach on the protests that we could all be united and came out to express out this concert of 4 days groups of protesters have occupied this square in front of Hong Kongs Legislative Council the citys assembly the demonstrators all have the same demands but differ on what should happen next and those and where waddell more you joy we should escalator action and we should be more assertive we should shake the government up. For example by surrounding the government headquarters or occupying the roads nearby to make our voices heard. About us all used to need a lot of. Peaceful a lot of manpower to support that but i can feel now these corrupt people hes not pulling out. Ahead of these protests the government announced it will shut down for the Day Hong Kong is on edge. I mean he is looking at your report there it appears that what began as a protest against the extradition law is now becoming more than that. Well yes in some way it is because last weeks clashes this Police Brutality that has been. Perceived as extreme by many hong kong is not only the young protesters who are here has of course infuriated people further but at the center of it is still this bill they wanted to be scrapped they want kerry lamb to acknowledge that she will not pursue this plan and you further and she has not responded to that on monday she went on to again she even apologized for her policies but she was still reluctant to scrap this bill so people feel theres something still in the. Cooking up in the government and something might happen at a later point ok something might happen at a later point does that mean at some juncture the government could in fact carry lamb couldnt fact come back and force this bill through parliament. She has not excluded this possibility i cannot imagine how any government could come back with this bill without inciting all of this again so i think for the next few years its not likely that they will try this again but this reluctance really angers people here and thats why theyre out here today again although. Theres no doubt probably chance that we will see it in the next few months or within the next year and she has even indicated that she does not count on bringing it back in on the short term ok mathias thanks very much for that from Police Headquarters in Central Hong Kong for now. This is still to come on the show the u. S. And top performers they cruised pass weve moved into the womens world cup last 16 well take a look. And in search of the force known as dark energy believed to be pulling the universe apart prepare for blastoff as a Pioneering Space telescope begins its search. But 1st here leaders are deadlocked after failing to agree on who should fill the box top jobs when the Current Administration finishes its work this fall at the heart of the impasse is a disagreement between the use 2 driving forces france and germany. To disappointment written all over their faces. And then a disenchanting message. There was no majority on the nic on the date. The 28 heads of state were set to decide on a candidate for the e. U. s top job the head of the e. U. Commission. And these were the hopefuls the european partys lead candidates have been campaigning throughout the e. U. Liberals conservatives and social democrats but harris didnt want to limit itself to the lead candidate process. Says the system doesnt exist in our treaties we cannot discuss things that were just invented to be practical but the treaties are clear on these matters havent you. The demonstration of affection on the sidelines could not hide the open dispute between germany and france now that the lead candidate system seems to have failed berlin is worried about a lack of majority when it comes to approving a nominee in the European Parliaments the its done because we know many of the candidates but we want to avoid a crisis with parliament we would come to realize that what we suggest doesnt get accepted that would be good for the work of the European Parliament over the next 5 years pressure is high whoever gets this job will have an effect on the other top positions in the e. U. But the outgoing head of the e. U. Commission didnt let the situation spoil his mood really. Increase i wish we could have agreed on a successor to the president of the European Commission to doing something good and i was amused to note that it is very difficult to replace me if you see democracy on. The other side evil leaders are expected to meet again next week in a final bid to choose the right person for the job. So who would be lets bring in our brussels correspondent there are masses following this for us good morning why no agreement on these key posts as such a crucial time for the new. It looks like that leaders still like the sense of urgency it and that is something apparently that it takes to make the kind of painful compromises to find someone for this top job what has certainly made things more difficult is that the European Parliament has been trying to play a more powerful role in basically preselecting the candidates that then the e. U. Leaders the representative of the e. U. Member states could pick for this position and it is apparently clear that this system of lead candidates the socalled spits and county da has taken a real blow last night and in the early hours of this morning if you listen to the french president he made very clear that the top 3 candidates from the biggest Political Parties in the European Parliament the 3 lead candidates in his perspective have been eliminated now german chancellor Angela Merkel took a somewhat softer interpretation of the events from last night and said there is so far no clear majority fall for these candidates and that means there may yet one to be found but overall you really need to say its this always been some haggling in finding someone for the top job of the in the European Commission but at least last time around children joined her at the current head of the European Commission had the full support from the European Parliament and this time around it is. There is no majority in the European Council among leaders and not much already in the European Parliament to find someone who should not vacate the europe through difficult waters that lie ahead ok thanks so much for bringing us up to date on those difficult waters in brussels thanks for now. Its to kazakhstan now where a joint russian European Team is preparing to launch a mega telescope into outer space its called a rosita is being hailed as the worlds most advanced x. Ray telescope easy to can record matter both visible and invisible to the human eye one of its key missions is to measure socalled dark energy a for scientists have yet to observe directly it was either will be data back to earth or 7 years. Lets go now to the front tier of Space Research and bring in dr thomas manik hes the heroes you to project director in baikonur good morning and thanks for joining us dr merrick dark energy invisible objects black holes are you ready for surprises out there on your search. Good morning ryan thanks for having me well of course it was it was a very remarkable instrument in that sense that we not only have a very High Resolution and sensitivity but he received is going to conduct a truly unbiased survey of the entire sky in x. Rays and this is very important we are looking at the cosmos without any prejudices and we are having our Great Potential to find new to make new discoveries so yes indeed this is true to the case ok so and openminded look at the cosmos and 7 years you have to have viewed the entire universe but how can scientific instruments measure what were told is infinite or expanding. Who. Is primarily searching for socalled clusters of galaxies clusters of galaxies. Collections of galaxy like our own little keyway is. Thousands of them clumping together bound by gravity and these are the largest objects we know in the universe and by all deserving these classes of galaxy we will understand much better how the universe it as a whole is working how the dynamics of the universe is developing in time and this is the main the primary objective of the mission and this leads hopefully to clue what we call dark energy ok the development of the universe over time sounds fascinating and and this is a joint german russian project why did you choose russia to partner with on this. Well in this cooperation russia provides their own capacities and also the spacecraft so both of vital components without. The window to the unit was would just be close germany is providing the telescope erode zita which is important payloads on this mission so this telescope as i pointed out earlier has these remarkable features and is working