The male dominated society as tunisia goes to the polls we hear from the campaigners empowering female lawmakers. Im irish waiter thank you for joining us hong kong is waking up to another tense day a court is set to hear a legal challenge filed by lawmakers against a ban on prodemocracy ad activist wearing face masks many protesters have already defied the prohibition sparking clashes with riot police and the closure of the subway. Our. Phone call was the right hand in hand against the face of protesters have frequently formed human chains in hong kong in recent weeks apiece. Yet potent act of defiance inspired by a human chain 30 years ago that propelled the collapse of the communist soviet union. Was her 1st. Birthday. Today the fury of the protestors is focused on the communist party in beijing and the emergency law invoked by the government in hong kong the time you go to college trying to numerous rallies before but i never wore a mask are wearing a mask today not because i want to hide my identity but to express my anger towards this law. When you know i think that the political problems should be resolved politically the government should find solutions instead of imposing more regulations there is an anti mask law now there might be a curfew in future guys theyre not solutions the real issues discontent with the government and that has to be tackled by seamen voting who havent won a subway stations or many shops remain closed throughout saturday after friday nights protests ended in clashes hong kongs leader has justified the facemask ban by saying her government is only acting to stop the violence. In the hong kong is facing a un president its violent attack the government needs to take drastic measures to say no to violence restore peace in society he said will protect Citizens Rights to continue its daily lives and freedom was not allowing a small group of rioters to destroy it also bolthole. But many protesters disagree claiming the heavy handed tactics used by hong kongs police. They say Major Political concessions and not trick pony and measures are needed to end the own rest. But he is building a is monitoring developments in hong kong and joins us now for more lets hear as hong kong is waking up from a relatively calm nice but can we expect it to stay like that today. Yes today was relatively calm and relatively is just relatively there were still shops being smashed yesterday because march that was scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to today so today we will probably see more people on the streets on this measure this face mask ban is obviously not perceived by the protesters as a measure to deescalate but it is rather likely to infuriate people further there is little chance very little chance is that this day will stay entirely peaceful now in addition to the facemask and weve also seen the metro system shut down and that kili carries new orleans of people every day how is the city dead affected by the service outage. Yeah this is a metro station it is still closed if theyre going to not to open today it seems they didnt say specify at the entrance theres a little message they didnt specify for how long the system will stay closed but its a very very different feeling in hong kong these days we have not only seen the metro system being shut down also many shops stayed closed yesterdays morals 22 more hours was shut to malls and hong kong really the center of city life and this is probably going to be on today as well tomorrow is a Public Holiday so tomorrow they might still not reopen but at some point they must reopen 5000000 people taking the metro every day to go to work they cannot shut it down forever presence and disruption to everyday life now chief executive kerry land use some colonial era Emergency Powers to restore order but that is going to face its 2nd judicial review on sunday morning what are we expecting there. Its very hard to predict there is a lot of controversy around these this emergency ordinance lawmakers who took to the court today taking to the court today they say its unconstitutional the weird peculiar thing about hong kong law is that there was no constitution when this law was introduced in the 1920 s. Common law or the like britain did not hong kong did not have a constitution now it has a basic law i mean the constitution as they call it and there is these lawmakers are contest ing whether this emergency law is constitutional and whether it is constitutional to introduce it without consulting the Legislative Council because kerry has introduced it on executive powers and that of course is have any considered controversial we do not know how the courts will rule this is the 1st i met is building a for us in hong kong thank you so much. You know the nations is calling for an end to the violence in iraq which has left nearly 100 people dead and thousands wounded Security Forces have repeatedly opened fire on demonstrators protesting against corruption and unemployment the uns top official in iraq has called it a senseless loss of life. On the side of. Another funeral procession in iraq the country has seen almost a 100 deaths in the past week this one is for a protester whose family say he was shot by police 6 well as they got i hope that he went out to defend his rights nothing more but he had nothing on him and was on top of he was targeted by snipers to head shots that go on but the nothing like the feel of us. This is the sound that is greeted protesters in recent days police cracking down on crowds with deadly results. Protests began last tuesday sparked by anger over unemployment corruption and a lack of basic Services Like electricity and water its a Movement Without leadership crossing political and sectarian divides was the moment those who go to Parliament Wearing suits dont represent us but if 100 of us die next time we will be 1000000 and none of these protestors belong to a religious establishment or party at the. Governments response curfews and internet shutdown and promises of eventual reforms the speaker of Iraqs Parliament invited protesters into talk but its action theyre calling for one influential cleric has demanded new elections. But as authorities respond with violence the flames of discontent continue to burn. And now lets bring you some of the other stories making news around the world north korea has broken off talks with the u. S. On its Nuclear Program and pyongyang officials blame us in flexibility for the collapse of the negotiations in stockholm but the american delegation says it put forward some constructive initiatives. Turkish president russia type everyone has renewed turkeys threats to launch military action against Kurdish Militia in northeast syria edda one says intervention will allow displaced syrians to return home but any operation could also threaten the safe so that turkey and the United States agreed on. U. S. Democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders has returned to his vermont home after being treated for a heart attack 78 year old underwent heart surgery in las vegas and says he will return to the campaign trail he is one of the leading contenders for the democratic nomination. Tunisians go to the polls in parliamentary elections on sunday with inflation and unemployment running high major parties are under pressure from populist voters will choose from lists of candidates lists of candidates prominent in local media and in a male dominated Society Campaigners are trying to ensure that there are more women candidates. Oh said democracy in action raja gerry founded the independent electoral lists called citizens and we participate shes brought her supporters to the city of our year now to campaign the 2nd time and marcus here is a popular spot where many women shop. And they can imagine is even women come to this market from the surrounding areas i know chin asean women are Decision Makers and women should support each other thats why we came here today to make sure these women know that they are important to enable them to improve their situation taking part in the elections and being able to choose a list that is headed by women he said hurriedly sit up that very few of tunis is electoral lists can claim das only about 14 percent of more than 1500. 00 taking part in the poll have a woman at the top. Is one she had democratic and social union and shes calling on voters to choose her list in sundays poll and when economics give you to win this well usually the number of women who take part in political life in tunisia is very low and women are not politically active despite their opposite bullet. The any out that i think women are just as competent as men can be and even more so than men sometimes has. Been had the feet statistics say that the percentage of girls who are successful in school is higher than that for male pupils as it is but this is where nikken however they remain less well. Represented and they are discriminated against in Decision Making positions. As it. Is reducing fiction is in league of women voters this Backing Health howie is aims to empower female candidates and enable their participation in political life. In this realm with us she had women candidates are subject to political pressure from different Political Parties and they need fostering and protect what they have. So even the government doesnt really take into consideration the principle of equality between women and men. Where thats despite the fact that we have highly competent and honest women in public life they have one of the. Rowdier djerba is that ease on the campaign trail she doesnt have any problem sitting with men in cafes and just us in politics but shes convinced that she is still a Patriarchal Society and thinks most people tend to vote for men rather than female candidates and theres a sense here that the Political Parties campaigns and slogans calling for womens empowerment and participation are mere words many of the female candidates standing in 2019 fear their chances may be worse than in previous elections. Living sports now the world athletics championships are happening in qatar saturday saw more success for defending champions and sprint veterans but the specter of doping still haunts the event. Such athlete sits on hasnt hasnt let the scandal surrounding her coach Alberto Salazar have time in the week for doping offenses the focus in doha she smashed the championship records about the 1500 meter title to a 10000 me to gold kenyas helena beery retained her title at 5000 does have and she had a hook at the end for bronze medalists konstanz acosta how for the germany another of salazars awfully. Venezuelas rojas was another who made it back to back goals for success in the triple jump american joe kovacs won a frigging shotput final with wife and coach ashley looking on after a final throw of 22. 91 meets as no allows on to the american 4 by 100 Meter Relay Team to finally give sprint veteran Justin Gatlin his 1st world title in the event jamaica and could by surekha jackson win the womens event. Giving the great shelly and fraser price the 9th World Championship gold. But it was a blow for the u. S. Is a limb pick 100. 00 metres hurdles champion brianna macneills mate ended abruptly macneil was left distraught after being disqualified for a full stops in the heats. Where youre watching news coming up next is the bundesliga and the best of the action from german football this weekend and i ask later thank you for watching. Where i come from we had to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t. V. Shadow and if you newspapers when official information as a journalist i have worked at all the streets of many cantors and then call them start almost the same who are doing social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption we can afford to stay silent