Proceedings so it looks as if these javelin missiles will go through this sale will go through theyve got congressional approval the state department of said ok but its all tied into the impeachment hearings so for the time being watch this space thank you very much indeed. Coming up on this news from london lebanon faces criticism 1st decision to send back Syrian Refugees without proper documentation. And mexicos leader has transformed his presidency less than a year into the job. And in sport Manchester United finally going tough again in the Europa League farah has the details. On kongs need to carry lam is expected to enact an emergency law that would allow authorities to band face masks at rallies prodemocracy protesters with the masks to conceal their identities and shield themselves from tear gas will hold a special executive Council Meeting on friday to discuss the ban and other tough measures under a colonial era emergency law meanwhile an 18 year old student shot and injured
Connections the upper middle classes those whove got good educations are more isolated from that but i think it does permeate all of society and people know youre just one connection away or youre already losing power from you or at least your kids being able to get jobs. That said no ones happy with what the mahdi the Prime Minister is putting out there i think his speech was a tone deaf and and didnt give very much but its not clear that the people would have reacted any better had he proposed the real reforms the cutting of the club like sector or the real business warms the opening of the oil sector that would be needed to really generate the private sector jobs that iraq so desperately need so do you think that there is the energy there among these protesters to keep Going Forward with this. That there is certainly the appearance of that and my reading of the Prime Ministers speech is that he did more harm than good probably added fuel to the fire and im seeing on on social media
Special envoy kurt volker about his orders from trump regarding a meeting in kiev just one day after trumps infamous july phone call with ukraines leader bowkers name is mentioned in the complaint provided to congress by an anonymous whistleblower House Speaker nancy pelosi says the impeachment inquiry is investigating whether trump implied he would withhold military aid to ukraine unless an investigation was launched against abidal there is a quid pro quo if youre if you are only a couple days apart and granting or withholding and then asking for a favor to create dirt on your political opponent but trump maintains there was nothing nefarious about his phone call with the ukrainian president the whistleblower never says it was a conversation he got is it the vice of ideas sex or desert has he wrote something or we saw the pictures the former Vice President argued theres no evidence that he or his son. Committed any wrongdoing chump no there are no true george against me no im sure eve
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im at stephen sackur. Im stephen sackur. Indonesia has big ambitions to be a 21st century regional superpower. It has the right kind of assets in terms of population, natural resources, and strategic position, but there are clouds on the horizon. Not least in west papua, the vast Territory Incorporated into indonesia after the end of Dutch Colonial rule. For five decades, jakarta has suppressed a papuan Independence Movement. In recent months tensions have flared into violence. My guest is benny wenda, exiled leader of the west papuan Liberation Movement. Can he take onjakarta and win . Benny wenda, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Last month we saw violent clashes between Indonesian Security personnel and civilians in west papua. There were a number of deaths, some very serious clashes. Now the indonesians say the situation is now calm and order has been restored. You are in Constant Contact with west papua, what d
A petition against the suspension. As protests in indonesia the top who are robyns turned deadly the government says it is prepared to investigate reports of a racist attack believed to be the cause of beyond. Plus the worlds oldest Film Festival gets underway in venice french actors Catherine Deneuve and through this inertia graced the red carpet as their film to the troops kicked off the competition for the golden mosque. And sumi so much going to thank you for joining us italys president has given Prime Minister drew seppi kaante a mandate to form a new government country said the government would need to start right away on a budget for next year and would work to modernize italy to make it more competitive countries mandate follows a series of political twists. In turn after the countrys far right deputy Prime Minister pulled his party out of the governing coalition 2 former rivals be antiestablishment a 5 Star Movement and the center Left Democratic Party this week agreed to join