Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us tear gas street battles hundreds of people injured indonesia has been rocked by days of protests against a set of proposed new laws demonstrators are angry about possible changes to their countrys criminal code that they say will roll back democratic reforms and in danger Civil Liberties for example one of those laws could mean that anyone who insults the president or Vice President might face 4 and a half years in prison another would regard sex with consent but outside of marriage as a criminal act punishable with up to one year in prison indonesian students are saying no to all of this. This. City streets turned into a smoke filled Battlefield Police in jakarta fired tear gas at thousands of protesting students who fought back hurling rocks and torching public property. All the way. But. Since the beginning of the week thousands of students have taken to the streets angry over a slew of proposed legal changes they say restri
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us tear gas street battles hundreds of people injured indonesia has been rocked by days of protests against a set of proposed new laws demonstrators are angry about possible changes to their countrys criminal code that they say will roll back democratic reforms and in danger Civil Liberties for example one of those laws could mean that anyone who insults the president or Vice President might face 4 and a half years in prison another would regard sex with consent but outside of marriage as a criminal act punishable with up to one year in prison indonesian students are saying no to all of this. The citys streets turned into a smoke filled battle field police in jakarta fired tear gas at thousands of protesting students who fought back hurling rocks and torching public property because of it. But. Since the beginning of the week thousands of students have taken to the streets angry over a slew of proposed legal changes they say restr
Has declared their independence as a sovereign state. Sundays referendum in the Southern Region showed overwhelming support for breaking away from ukraine Election Officials say nearly ninety seven percent voted in favor of becoming part of russia. They sing about one point two seven Million People cast ballots the turnout rate was eighty three percent. Law makers in the economist republic gathered on monday the back the regions independence as a sovereign state in and decided to apply to join the Russian Federation president levy where putin has maintained that he is not considering making crimea part of this country. But he has suggested that he will respect the will of the people. Leaders of the European Union and the us have condemned the referendum as illegal. They are considering additional sanctions against russia for supporting the vote. A Spokes Person in the kremlin says presentation will address parliament on tuesday. They didnt indicate exact topic of his speech to lawmaker
Intentions. Britain royal family welcomes irelands president for a historic visit. And were in afghanistan where two president ial hopefuls think theyve each secured victory in saturdays votes. Hello. The u. S. Secretary of state says iran breakout period, the time it would take to produce the material for a Nuclear Weapon, is two months. John kerry made his comments when a Senate Committee asked him whether negotiators were aiming for a six to 12month breakout period. I think its fair to say that i think its Public Knowledge today that were operating with a time period for a socalled breakout of about two months. Thats been in the public domain. So six months to 12 months is im not saying that thats what wed settle for, but even that is significantly more. Remember, breakout means that they make a decision to race, to sort of move out of regime put in place and overtly move to enrich sufficiently to create enough material for one weapon. Thats what breakout means. It doesnt mean theyv
Australia. Locked out of his own country. We meet the man who says hes americans, but just cant prove it. Hello, at least 23 are dead, dozens wounded after an explosion in pakistan. Our correspondent is there, and well speak to him in a moment. A Farmers Market was packed with people when the bomb exploded in rawalpindi. The blast was so powerful that it was heard up to 10km away. Dozens of people were killed, more injured. The government has been holding peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban since february. The taliban refused to expand its deadline. A statement the taliban denies involvement with wednesdays attack. There are splinter groups. So far no one has claimed responsibility for the blast. Pakistans interior ministry issued warnings of attacks in the capital islamabad and rawalpindi. On tuesday, a bomb ripped through the capital, killing more than a dozen. A group claimed responsibility. Pakistan has been engulfed by violence for over a decade. The government has been trying