the male dominated society as tunisia goes to the polls we hear from the campaigners empowering female lawmakers. i m 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 pro-democracy 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 bec
a michael thanks for joining us hongkong is facing down another tense day a chord is set to hear a legal challenge filed by lawmakers against a ban on pro-democracy activists wearing face masks many protesters have already defied the prohibition sparking clashes with riot police. from the streets into the courtroom hong kong s pro-democracy lawmakers are hoping the judiciary will take that saeed they re making a 2nd bid to overturn a facemask man and emergency powers which bypass the legislative council today is about off or tearing those them versus the rule of law i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of. this could be the very last constitutional fight on our part of this emergency will just get so pass just like that hong kong will be deep into a very black hole how find that. on saturday protesters lined up hand in hand against the emergency powers forming a human chain and wearing masks in a peaceful act of defiance. to time y
and finally, liverpool calling. another round of hopefuls will be battling it out for a place in the eurovision finals this weekend. in the eurovision finals this weekend- in the eurovision finals this weekend. ., ., , ., weekend. light from our studio in singapore- this is bbc news. it is newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in pakistan, where the former prime minister, imran khan, has been remanded in custody for 8 days after his arrest on corruption charges. his detention has sparked protests across the country. at least eight people have died in clashes and police say about a thousand people have been arrested. if convicted, it would disqualify mr khan from standing for election, which is due this year. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, has more from islamabad. waiting, watched by pakistan. this compound is where imran khan is due to appear. a night of unrest. calm now, but for how long? roadblocks installed around the entrances, hoping to stop the pr
overthrow of viktor yanukovych. plus. i m phil lavelle from the oscars in hollywood. we have not long to wait to see who won what. the question asked is what are the awards really for? we begin in turkey where the government has announced a military operation on syrian soil. they have moved into syria to remove an ottoman tomb it was given to turkey in 1921. there s an area in syria for relics from the tomb. the syrian government was not informed about the operation. translation: the decision was taken in ankara. it was a parliamentary motion. we have not sought permission from anyone for this mission. let s go to bernard smith. tell us how all this happened? this happened overnight, saturday into sunday. it was involved with turkey going a few kilometres into the syrian streets to the shrine. it s a football pitch. it s on the turkey side syria has kept control of the area since the borders of modern syria were drawn in 19 it 1. tuckey says in the last few months p
government was conducting mass surveillance and lying about it now edward snowden has written a book about the dangers to our privacy. i m sorry kelli walk into the program voting is underway in israel 2nd general election this year it s expected to be a tight race prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife voted early it s hope that today s election will and the political crisis that began with netanyahu was unable to form a government after the last election back in april former army chief benny gantz is netanyahu whose main challenger. and for more on this i am joined now by correspondent merriam daven who is live in jerusalem so how has the voter turnout been so far miriam. hi sara so the voter turnout this morning is actually been higher than in the previous elections which was a little bit unexpected i mean we have to see how it pans out during the day but people were actually expecting kind of voter apathy in the 2nd round in such a short time and but of course thi