Was carrying explosives. Stockmarkets see their biggest percentage drop of the year. Let its currerency sink to anan 11 year low. A move the u. S. President calls currency manipulation. Thank you for joining us. The Indian Government has rammed through sweeping changes in the region of kashmir, sending tensions soaring in the worlds most militarized region. Status haspecial been revoked, stripping residents of exclusive rights to land and jobs. The government says it is necessary to integrate the region into the rest of india. Opposition politicians are calling it a dark day for democracy. Communications have been cut off. Schools are shut and thousands of troops have been deployed. A wideranging security clampdown kept people off the streets in indian administered kashmir. Thousands of troops have been loyed and internet than Internet Connections were cut to there was a certainly uproar in parliament. The Opposition Leader accused the government of murdering democracy by revoking article 370. This is in many ways a black day for indian democracy. We have seen, if not the letter of the constitution, certainly the spirit of the constitution shamelessly violated by those elected to protect it. Residents of kashmir live under different laws than the rest of india in matters such as Property Ownership and citizenship. The Central Government plans to partsthe region into two which will both be directly governed by new delhi. In spite of the security clampdown, small groups celebrated the end of what they described as 30 years of banishment. Complainedslims bitterly about their rights and identity being stolen from them. There have been opposition demonstrations in indian cities such as kolkata and new delhi. The party came to elections this year with an enhanced majority based on promises it would remove these special provisions. There is a clear Political Polarization here with the ruling party trying to pander to its hindus. Kashmir is one of the most militarized areas in the world. Both india and pakistan claim it as theirs. Have gone to war more than once over kashmir since their independence from british rule. Putting more troops into that area now would not necessarily be a recipe for calm. Barbara both india and pakistan claim kashmir. The pakistani government has predictably condemned indias actions, saying it violates u. N. Resolutions. More now from pakistan administered kashmir. Widespread anger across pakistan with protests taking place in major cities over the controversial indian move. The Pakistani Foreign office summoning the high commissioner of india to the Foreign Office and lodging a strong protest and complaint about the indian move. Now, there are tensions over the past few weeks, also because of ceasefire violations. Of inaccused india the end denying that. The india denying that. It is going to be important to see what happens in the next few days. Pakistan intends to go on a diplomatic offensive. Internationale community the only way forward this crisis. Defuse although india and pakistan had an agreement to resolve all outstanding issues including kashmir, that part has been closed because of indias refusal according to pakistan to come to the negotiating table. The Prime Minister had already said if india wants to take one step toward peace, pakistan will take two. Barbara earlier, i spoke to an associate professor of sociology at the university of orrick. Strippinghis is about kashmiris of their rights and identities. In indianple living administered kashmir, this is the occupation, if you will. Phase was accession to india, the second was the the laws that and have no accountability in terms of justice, and this phrase is really about this phase is really about taking away their rights and their identity indians towill allow buy land and do all the things they were not allowed to earlier. Barbara a ceasefire in syrias last rebel held area has collapsed. The syrian army has resumed its offensive with airstrikes reported. Syrias government has accused rebel forces of violating the terms of the truce and is blaming turkey for not enforcing it. The ceasefire has collapsed. Airstrikes have resumed. The militarys announcement it would resume operations in that province came as a surprise the ceasefire seems to be holding. Ried parties have been shelling each other along the front line. Apart from that, there was no indication we were heading to a collapse of the ceasefire. Monday, the prosyrian government website posted a military official as saying the government would give the rebels until august 16 after the muslim holidays in order to comply with the truce. The announcement this ceasefire is over raises questions. We have been speaking to people in turkey. This is how it is being felt here. In the Syrian Military statement, they blame turkey, saying they are violating the truce. It comes at a sensitive time. Turkey is engaged with in talks of setting up a safe zone. What we know is there has been progress. This could be a message to turkey, dont set up a new reality with the United States without russias consent. Russia and turkey are supposed to be working together. We have to wait to see whether or not these countries will be able to revive the ceasefire. Civilians are now increasingly worried. What we saw in the past few months was intense bombardment. More than 800 civilians killed. See in theobably a Bombing Campaign if that ceasefire is not revived. Car thategypts is a blew up outside a hospital in cairo was carrying explosives. 20 people were killed in the blast on sunday night. Correspondent the aftermath of what originally appeared to be a car accident. I was shocked. All cars behind me were on fire. Do not let anybody tell you anything else. Everyone died. Mostly they were children. Correspondent security cameras captured a car driving the wrong way down a cairo street. Moments later, the car collided with other vehicles outside a Cancer Hospital. Thereterior Ministry Says were explosives in the car that were to be used in a terrorist attack. There was a sound of an extremely loud blast. The car must have been rigged with explosives. It was to the extent where on the other side, apartments were shaking. It was a strange situation. Thousands of people dozens of people were killed or injured. Patients at the Cancer Hospital had to be transferred because of damage to the building. Parts of the ceiling were collapsing. People were running everywhere and shouting. The president tweeted his condolences to the victims and said his government is determined to confront what he called brutal terrorism. Battery lready battling armed groups. With several attacks against it ships in cities. British airways temporarily suspended flights to cairo citing security concerns. Was an issue of the explosives not properly secured. They detonated prematurely. Much of concern that this material was brought into the center of cairo. The scale of the explosion, the wast area, suggests it quite a substantial amount of explosives. Correspondent egypts prosecutor general has ordered an investigation. Cairo street has become a crime scene. Barbara the u. S. Has accused china of being a currency manipulator, saying it will use the International Monetary funds help to eliminate unfair competition from beijing. 3 on wallped nearly street after china let its currency sink to an 11 year low. Chinas commerce Ministry Says it will stop Chinese Companies from buying u. S. Farm products and that it is not ruling out tariffs on u. S. Farm product after august 3. It is the latest escalation in the u. S. China trade war. More on this from washington. The growing trade dispute between the United States and china may have cost american investors a lot of money, but u. S. Consumers and u. S. Farmers might be next to actually suffer as well. The chinese decision to allow its main currency to weaken over the weekend has angered the United States. It has also scared investors who sold stocks in just about everything on wall street on monday. The dow was down about 3 . In biggest oneday loss 2019. The u. S. Has not backed away from its decision to impose a 10 tariffs on 300 billion of chinese made goods. Saidat, the chinese have they are now telling their companies not to import u. S. Agricultural goods, including goods that have already been sold and ostensibly are on their way to chinese markets. That has set up real fear among u. S. Farmers, who count on being able to sell everything from animal product to soybeans and other plant products to the chinese market. They arefficials say looking for alternative sources in central and south america. Even though the u. S. Economy relies on consumer spending, it also relies on exports of agricultural goods to keep the u. S. Economy afloat. The south Korean Military says north korea has fired unidentified projectiles into the sea. Launch took place earlier, the north korean government condemned joint military drills between the u. S. And south korea. 2 billion for its Weapons Program using Cyber Attacks according to a new u. N. Report. It says pyongyang used increasingly sophisticated Cyber Attacks to steal from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. Thereport was presented to un security council, which has imposed sanctions on north korea since 2006. Still ahead, demanding to have their say. More protests as demonstrators same interim governor is not the person for the job. Plus. Voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and White Supremacy. The strongest condemnation yet from the u. S. President as he faces pressure to act over gun violence. Weve got cooler weather pushing across southern parts of australia. Showers pushing from the southeast, temperatures here are going to struggle to get to 12 or 13 degrees. Overnight lows from melbourne, maybe also into adelaide. Getting toperatures around 16. This cold front making its way around will get up to 16. 10 celsius for hobart. Not too bad the moment. Rain will make its way through over the next day or so. Wednesday, the clouds will push through and allow temperatures to nudge up. Cloud and rain making its way across in the form of Tropical Storm francisco. Really wet through wednesday. We will see that weather pushing further north across south korea. Barbara welcome back. Lookedian government has has revoked article 370, which granted special status to indian administered kashmir. There have been protests across pakistan which have strongly condemned the decision. The ceasefire in syrias last rebel held area has collapsed. The syrian army has resumed its offensive. 3 cks have dropped nearly after china let its currency sink to an 11 year low. The u. S. Has accused beijing of being a currency manipulator. The Puerto Rico Supreme Court has agreed to fasttrack the hearing of a lawsuit which challenges the ways which the new interim governor was appointed. They were selected without Senate Approval after protesters forced his predecessor from office. The senate has just met. What did they decide . Correspondent they met, they discussed for over an hour, but they decided the Senate President would not take a vote. What they are going to do is wait for the Supreme Court to make a ruling on this very. Mportant decision if the interim governor is constitutionally the governor of this island. This island now deeper into political and constitutional crisis, no doubt about it. Asked,the senators was what is the state of puerto rican politics . He answered with a oneword answer, and that was chaos. That really is how it the situation is right now. Fall to theto Supreme Court to decide this. This does affect people here. Let us remember, puerto rico is a territory of the United States. Hurricane years ago maria wiped out the economy, killed many people. It is still trying to recover. The federal government has already said they are going to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in reconstruction money this political crisis has been resolved. That is what is at stake here. It is a crisis puerto rico has never seen before. Protesters are planning to take to the streets depending on how things go in the next day or two. The latest from san juan. Thank you. U. S. President donald trump has condemned hatred and White Supremacy following Mass Shootings that left 31 people dead in texas and ohio. He called for Mental Health and guncontrol reform as well as the Death Penalty for those who commit mass murder. It was hisnt strongest condemnation yet of the racial hatred President Donald Trump says killed fueled at least one of the weekends Mass Shootings and the toxic rhetoric that at times trump his trump himself has been accused of. Nation must our condemn racism and White Supremacy. Trump called the man who opened fire on predominantly latino shoppers wicked. And trump intended to console victims in the state of ohio, where nine people were killed early sunday. He confused dayton, where the tragedy occurred, with another city. Pres. Trump may god bless the memory of those who perished in toledo. Correspondent earlier, trump suggested gun sales tied to Immigration Reform was a way to combat the rise in gun violence. Those points were absent from trumps remarks. Instead, the president put forward four proposals, including committing resources to help the fbi counter to mystic terrorism, identify red flags to top gun purchases by highrisk buyers, reform Mental Health laws to include confinement, and enact the Death Penalty for hate crimes. Trump claimed violent video games and social media are fueling Mass Shootings in the United States. Pres. Trump Mental Illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. Correspondent the proposals have been met with disappointment from democrats who have years fought for blaming gun measures, Mitch Mcconnell for blocking legislation. We have to make it so uncomfortable for Mitch Mcconnell, for donald trump, that they have to do something. The house of representatives approved firearms restrictions requiring background checks for all gun sales. Sales are private gun excluded from that requirement. The legislation stalled when republicans in the senate pushed back. There is little hope the latest proposal put forward by President Trump will get traction. Not just because of the partisan divide in congress when it comes to gun legislation, but also because congress is in recess and is not expected to legislate until september. Barbara donald trump will visit el paso on wednesday. The death toll has risen to 22 after two more of the wounded died in hospitals. White crosses, candles, and flowers stand in the growing memorial to el pasos debt and injured. The city reeling in the wake of a racist rampage and another body blow. Unfortunately, these have been devastating and major. Saddened to have to tell you two patients have passed. Woman ended up passing away in the middle of the night. Another patient recently passed away. Correspondent names and faces of the victims emerged. One was a 15yearold High School Soccer star. Her 80s. Woman in jordan and andre were gunned down as they shielded their infant son, who survived. Other survivors are coping with trauma. U. S. Army specialist carried children to safety after the shooting broke out. It hurts me like they were part of me. Correspondent the city has adopted the slogan el paso strong and Community Organizers are stepping up to help. A group of Funeral Directors announced they would offer arrangements for victims, including at least eight mexican citizens. Their gesture will save families thousands of dollars in expenses. In a speech at the white house, President Trump denounced White Supremacy and racism, but many people here in el paso say words are not enough. This need to repudiate hate speech and this demagoguery where we are having a scapegoat on immigrants. As though they are somehow the problem going on in our society. Correspondent a community shaken, but coming together in unity against the forces of hate. Barbara a hong kongwide general strike has turned into a confrontation between police and protesters. Police fired tear gas to break up crowds blocking traffic. Strike wasl promised. General chaos across hong kong, and before the sun sets, is what people got. It was very different earlier. Central hongg, kong was deserted. The simply could not get to get to work. Protesters blocked the doors of subway trains and put barricades across roads. Absent air Traffic Controllers meant more than 2000 more than 200 flights were canceled. Shutting down hong kongs economy, is that a good idea . Well, for one day, even one bringing some kind of reminder. So you are for the strike . I am. Correspondent it was not a t