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During the morning the city center was almost completely deserted thats not to say necessarily that lots and lots of hong kong wasnt chosen like part of the strike but what the process to say early on monday was they stopped people from getting to work for example they used the their bodies to block the doors of subway trains so the subway system was completely shut down for about 6 hours on long time likewise they saw lots of the main roads coming in to the center of hong kong which meant that around here in the Central Business district it was almost like a ghost town people have started to come back in now the protests of changed tactics theyve moved on the subway system is operating and you can probably see some people in the background behind me right now though as well the big protests going on in 7 different locations around the school most of them so far weve just come from one the reason we black that is that with so many people that thousands on thousands completely covering a pot most of them on fire while listening to speak it with my mobile phone signal we use a mobile phone signal face to broke off if we had to move back from that to be able to talk about many many thousands of people there but were also seeing that some of these more hardcore protest is the ones who have started attacking play station the previous day see the thoughts of taking down parts of roadways and using the. Barricades already they are coming out as well close to where i am at in the New Territories on the northern side of hong kong harbor they were attacked the play station and already in its early afternoon early afternoon on monday already later used tear gas there so in all likelihood were going to see a similar pattern on monday as weve seen after previous peaceful protests which is as night falls and as the day gets a little colder protests get that much more hardcore and we see violence and similar kind of feel about its general strike which of course are going to do the Economic Impact here not least people not be able to get to work with the airport for example a Major International airport more than 200 Flights Canceled on monday because that air Traffic Controllers couldnt get to work and many of them were calling in sick so just to recap for the Civil Servants protesting even though they were told stay neutral we had the. Extradition bill people demonstrating even though kerry lamb went public and said look its dead and buried but they want more than just saying its dead and buried and now weve got a general strike does it feel where you are as if theyre heading on a collision course with the authorities. Is the big question and the question i havent got the answer to i dont think anyone has not the protesters nor the government no one knows what happens next kerry lamb in her press conference and you played a bit of it that said the hong kong is on the verge of a very dangerous situation what does that mean because economically hong kong is enough very dangerous situation well if it could get more violent more physical that could be dangerous to life well that would take this to the next level now the place hong kong place to be dealing with all these protests but there are more and more rumors that Chinas Peoples Liberation Army which has a garrison here in hong kong they could get involved perhaps try and impose some sort of martial law on hong kong but of course if they tried to do that that would provoke protesters even more so that would of course escalate the situation so really its very unclear as to where this will go carol and her press Conference Day of no ground shes not standing down she is still not completely killing the extradition the protesters want to explicitly say i completely back down it will never never its a she has said it is off the agenda its not trying to back its dead in her words thats still not enough for them they want facts and they also want now much broader democracy in hong kong carry on and have a press conference say and this is important but hong kong as a protest is a putting at risk the one country 2 systems why you the hong kong is part of china but governed separately to china now the protesters they want to countries 2 systems they want hong kong to be independent and frankly vote of their calls now not just about the officials they want democracy itself self governing from 3 here kerry lamb though he was suggesting in a press conference that if you get rid of one country 2 systems you get what get one country one system and that will be chinas and that seems right now to be where the division is between what type of future hong kong has be your one country 2 systems its been working up to now since 997 since the british handover to china. Keep going until 2047 when its cute run up something somewhere break before then andrew thank you. Susie rebels say theyve launched a series of drone attacks in saudi arabia the reported targets were. On airports and kingsley their base in the southwest theres been no confirmation of the strikes from the capital city riyadh. Still to come here on out to 0 for you. Hate has no place in america more on the u. S. President s reaction to those 2. Also had the fireflies lighting up the night sky in a remote woodland in mexico. We have still got that very unsettled weather picture across much of europe it is really very widespread a lot amounts of cloud across that you can see the sort of team in areas one to east i want to cross the west but we have still got this Thunderstorm Risk across much of the continent region see to set next system pushing in across the northwest this is bringing way that cloud some rain others mostly staying up to the northwest but look at this band of rain and also this cloud reproaching into more Central Regions that in between the. Sunny skies in paris on monday 27 celsius trenton on his ear and very sunny across much of the southwest portugal and spain on the mediterranean fine and dry some very nice sunshine there but its a very unsettled picture generates for much of Central Eastern europe and still very cold across into Western Areas of russia 30. 9 degrees below the average it does get a little bit milder cheese dip is still a very cloudy picture a little bit care across much of Eastern Europe but then the next system really does pushing further across the u. K. So chemical some warnings in place here for the chance of some strong thunderstorms and heavy amounts of rain and so some thunderstorms like a across the line of the alps it is dry and clear across much of Northern Africa much is that as youd expect 36. 00 in tunis and 25. 00 in rip at. Bigger and potentially more dangerous thats the best way to describe whats happening with a smoking alternative known as favorite i enjoy the taste of it and the harmful effects of what smoking does between 2013 in 2014 alone we start tripling in use among Us High School students and head to head compared to say purses conventional cigarette which one do you think has helped my opinion i think theyre both dangerous take no on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera coming from headquarters here in doha lets recap your top stories to india the government there has now today scrapped a law that gives them a status to indian administered kashmir the region is set to be split into parts and constitutional provisions that give it special protections are being removed thousands of troops to be deployed to the region. Protesters in hong kong have launched a citywide general strike today this anger over the governments handling of protests against the shelved extradition bill and chinas influence on the territory the territory leader carolan is accusing the protestors of trying to destroy hong kong. The rebels say theyve launched a series of drone attacks in saudi arabia the u. C. C. Or sun king has targeted theres been no confirmation of the strikes from the authorities in riyadh. Libyan media is reporting 40 people have been killed in airstrikes by forces loyal to the warlord. The attack reportedly hit a Wedding Party in the town of mosul southwest of the country dozens more were injured more than a 1000 people have been killed since after his forces launched an offensive against tripoli 4 months ago no. The u. S. President donald trump has announced to mass has denounced rather to Mass Shootings in ohio and texas saying hates has no place in america its acts left 29 people dead and Dozens Injured in less than 24 hours the 1st shooting in El Paso Texas targeted saturday morning shoppers at a Walmart Store 20 people died including 6 mexicans is being investigated as a domestic terror case and possible hate crime 21 year old patrick cruciatus was arrested at the scene hes been charged with murder a state prosecutor has said they will seek the Death Penalty the 2nd shooting happened in dayton ohio 9 people were killed there when a 24 year old man in body armor opened fire in a popular nightlife area the shooters 22 year old sister was among the victims when say they killed the gunman less than a minute after he started his attack. Hate has no place in our country. And were going to take care of it i spoke with attorney general bill barr had like i spoke to christopher a director of the f. B. I. Spoke to the governor and both governors that were doing a lot of work you know a lot of people are working right now a lot of Law Enforcement people and other spoke to members of congress about whatever we can do and a lot of a lot of things are being done right now as we speak. Rob reynolds has more now from el paso where many are mourning the victims of saturdays mass shooting. Federal prosecutors say theyre considering charging the 21 year old white man arrested in the deadly El Paso Shopping Center rampage with hate crimes and firearms charges and theyre looking at the case as domestic terrorism we are also treating this as a domestic terrorist case is a statutory definition of domestic terrorism 18 u. S. C. 2331 this means that it appears to be designed to intimidate the civilian population to say the least were treating it as a domestic terrorism case and were going to do what we do the terrorists in this country which is deliver swift and certain justice the suspect apparently posted a racist rant online shortly before the shootings texas prosecutors will also charge cruciatus the charge the state charges capital murder. So he is eligible for the Death Penalty El Paso Police say the rifle allegedly used in the killings was purchased legally the suspect is cooperating with investigators forthcoming with information. Basically didnt hold anything back meanwhile more than 2 dozen people wounded in the attack were being treated some in Critical Condition they received a variety of procedures from a number of different specialties some of them undergoing procedures by multiple specialties during the same setting. We anticipate that a number of the patients will need to return to the operating room or of the course of today in the next week. Perhaps more and more times flags flew at half staff outside a school where relatives gathered to get word about missing loved ones from officials el paso sits on the u. S. Mexican border and citizens of both countries frequently cross back and forth mexicos foreign minister says 9 mexican citizens were shot if saturday was a day of violence and terror for many el paso and sunday was a day to mourn and to pray at c. L. O. Vista church not far from the scene of the massacre people gathered to worship support each other and seek answers we try to give labels to things that should be labels like were all here if were all americans were all americans were nothing but it makes the american like mike an africanamerican were just america we as a church are going to abandon gather hold each other together and pray for one another and just leave the best greater days ahead praying for better times after one of this communitys most terrible days rob reynolds aljazeera el paso. Iraq is denying any links to an oil tanker seized by irans revolutionary guard on saturday irans state News Agency Says the tanker was an iraqi vessel smuggling 700000 pieces of illegal diesel in the gulf it was intercepted near irans fasi islands with full 7 crew members being detained. The turkish president. Says hes sending troops into an area controlled by kurdish y p g fighters in Northern Syria while p. G. Has been an important u. S. Ally in the battle against isis all but turkey sees it as a terrorist group its not good now. Because they do to me the Opposition Leader warned us against entering afrin and we did then we entered. And then city and now we will enter the east youre free. Yes we have talked to russia and the United States because we cannot remain silent with the continuation of the provocative strikes that come from that area we have been patient but our patience has limits 19 people have been killed in egypt after a crash involving multiple cars in cairo on sunday the accident triggered an explosion which set fire to the neighboring National Cancer institute 30 people were also injured in the blast egypts prosecutor general has ordered an investigation the president of honduras has denied having links to Drug Trafficking after he was named in a document filed in a Us Federal Court american prosecutors accuse one Orlando Hernandez of receiving Campaign Contributions from cocaine traffickers in return for protection under says hes a victim of criminals seeking revenge. This is an act of revenge from drug traffickers against the only president that did what it had to be done its only logical to expect this criminals to react like this they want to block us from continuing with our fight but we wont be stopped. Now a new form of eco tourism is helping rejuvenate one of mexicos poorest regions magical displays of fireflies attract thousands of tourists to a special forest every year manuel ra polo has more from nona coming. At a campsite in central mexico dozens of tourists are starting to gather just before dusk theyre here to witness a rare natural wonder that takes place every summer in a forest just outside the town of nana kmita. It starts with a miniscule flash of light then another and then another before long the forest begins to burst with light as thousands of fireflies take flight of the whistle there is a great biodiversity of flora and fauna here among them species that are made of such as far. As we are very look at account of this unique microclimate that is home to such an important species as this dance of aerial bioluminescence last for about one hour every night between the months of june and august as male fireflies desperately compete for the attention of a mate for visitors hoping to be completely surrounded by fireflies the really only 2 rules it is quite as possible and turn off all the lights seeing that pulsing swarm of neon dots in the forest really is an experience like no other and mexico is one of only a handful of countries where you can see that spectacle for yourself. Is visiting from a neighboring state he and his friends have set up camp for the night there among an estimated 50000. 00 tourists who visit b. 80 square kilometer firefly sanctuary every year and the very last i mean they were i came here thinking i would see a few firefighters 20 or 30 at a time maybe i didnt imagine i would see so many im very impressed with what. Its hard to imagine this unique and pristine habitat was once threatened by excessive logging. While lumber is still big business in this Community Residents here have discovered they can generate more revenue from a single season of firefly tourism than an entire year of cutting down trees and thats good news for mexicos most in chanted forest monitor up a little. Mexico. Welcome if youre just joining us youre watching aljazeera my names pisa dubey these are your top stories indias government has today scrapped a law that gives autonomous status to indian administered kashmir the region is set to be split into parts and constitutional provisions that give it special protections are being removed thousands of additional troops are being deployed to the region the police have used tear gas to Disperse Protesters in hong kong as a citywide general strike is underway at least 100. 00 flights are being counseled and some commuter trains have been prevented from leaving the stations there is anger there over the governments handling of protests against the now shelved extradition bill and chinas influence in the territory. Yemens with the rebels say theyve launched a series of drone attacks in saudi arabia the group says there were attacks on a nudge from the airports and king kigeli their pace in the southwest of the country theres been no confirmation of those strikes from the authorities in riyadh libyan media is reporting 40 people have been killed in airstrikes by forces loyal to the warlord holy for half to its hacks hit the town of moore zork southwest of the country dozens more were injured more than a 1000 people have been killed since have to forces launched an offensive against tripoli 4 months ago. Donald trump has denounced to Mass Shootings in ohio and texas saying hate has no place in america its acts left 29. 00 people dead and Dozens Injured in less than 24 hours the 1st shooting in El Paso Texas targeted saturday morning shoppers at a walmart 20 people died there including 6 mexicans its being investigated as a domestic terror case 21 year old patrick cruciatus was arrested at the scene he has been charged with murder. The 2nd shooting happened in dayton ohio 9 people were killed there when a 24 year old man in body armor opened fire in a popular nightlife area the shooters 22 year old sister was among the Victims Police say they killed the gunman less than a minute after he started his attack. Iraq is denying any links to an oil tanker seized by irans revolutionary guard on saturday irans state News Agency Says the tanker was an iraqi vessel smuggling 700000 liters of illegal diesel in the gulf it was intercepted near irans fasc island those are your headlines up next its inside story well have the latest from india when we come back in about 30 minutes ill see that from the saudi u. A. E. War on yemen has led to thousands of deaths and left millions hungry what role has the u. S. Played in the worlds worst humanitarian crisis congress is the entity that has the right to begin and end wars Robert Malley a top advisor on the middle east to president obama talks town. Hundreds of people arrested in russia and the leading opposition politician jailed. President put his opponents are being excluded from taking part in moscow city elections why is the government taking such a hard stance and could violence against the demonstrators backfire this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Its one of the biggest security crackdown seen in russia for many years i guess where the Authorities Say i legal demonstrations an independent Monitoring Group says more than 800 protesters were detained on saturday the week before the figure was almost 1400. 00 and the leading opponent of president bloody. Putin Alexei Navalny was jailed russians are angry at the ban on some opposition minded candidates for the next months city elections in moscow the council controlled by the pro Kremlin United Russia Party is responsible for last minute simple budget the vote comes at a time when putin Approval Rating although still high at more than 60 percent has actually dropped thats been put down to discontent over the economy and falling incomes well discuss all of this with our guests shortly but 1st imran khan reports on saturdays events. For the Police Operation designed to stop large numbers of protesters coming to central moscow did exactly that still some did manage to get through the detentions was swift so all throughout saturday theyve been arresting people like this they pick them up. And they take them into. A van where the idea is the return of the protesters are normally taken so ill probably stay some so then they register journalists who are also detained but released almost immediately once they showed proper accreditation protesters a worry the upcoming last go City Council Elections are being rigged in favor of the governing party united russia most of the opposition candidates have been arrested but one who is at the protest said the numbers will load because the authorities were cracking down. Everything depends on how people will react so far there are not many of us many people are unhappy with united russia and its supporters is the lowest since 2006 but people are scared of coming to the streets or taking party rallies of half a 1000000 take to the streets trying despite the crackdown the protestors that did make it were hopeful change might come down more stormin yes im here because i have a conscience i dont like a lot of things that are happening in this country im happy that the young generation woke up and want to have their voices heard i am here because candidates werent allowed to run im against banning of alice im against the crackdown and i think protest is the only way to show your Opinion Police say the protest was illegal and detentions will load and opposition Monitoring Group says the numbers will you much higher than the police who claim its not clear whats next for russias protest movement but the authorities are hoping the show of force has stopped a completely immoral cardholders in moscow. They arrests were condemned by Rights Groups in a statement on a C International said the russian authorities have shown nothing but disdain for humor whites and the notion of peaceful protests with. On the russian authorities to respect the countrys human rights obligations and constitution and ensure the wiat to freedom of Peaceful Assembly is respected and facilitated the unfounded mass disorder charges against demonstrators must be dropped and all imprisoned Peaceful Protesters released. So who are the main activists challenging president putin liberal civil lawyer and video blogger was briefly detained before saturdays protests she had been on Hunger Strike after her disqualification from the election alex saying of arnie is putting is no most prominent opponent last week of the Anticorruption Campaign or was taken to hospital from prison in what his lawyer said might have been a case of poisoning his number back in jail serving a 30 day sentence for organizing the protests several other opposition members and activists were also detained but some were later released critics say the kremlin has always used force to intimidate dissenters. Lets bring in our guests from moscow we have victor all of its political analyst and lead expert of the center for actual politics also from moscow pawel flag and how are you journalist and columnist for Novaya Gazeta welcome to the program mr Oliver Church why is this happening i mean this clamp down on the protesters and how significant is it. Well on unfortunately the moscow Municipal Election Commission had made a decision not to register kynges its a number of candidates from Opposition Movements and parties and that youd have become widely accepted that that decision was not exactly by the book so the mosque a Municipal Election Commission had been political in making that decision and did not exactly act according to a law of course that was used as a b. Text for brought to us by them or radical parts of the opposition but it must be said it must be said that the discontent that the number of people who feel disenfranchised in moscow is is significant and not every brought down like yesterdays protest is not allowed these bound by by the russian authorities in fact last in fact. Weeks ago there was a license eagle protest that was license in the government and more than the 20000 people came out in fact weeks from now another protest is expected in moscow focused on this specific issue of the elections to the moscow city duma yeah and. Also which is expect up to 100000. 00 people to come out and that brought that is not expected to be harassed in any way by the u. K. Police so on the one hand there are issues that have been caused by. By decisions of the moscow city or stories of the moscow Election Commission and on the other hand there have been attempts both more radicalized elements of the opposition to use them as a pretext for their actions. Why its such a whole stance was all about city elections i mean not talking about the dubai lushes were not talking about. The presidency that actions which are going to be held in 2024 well it seems that the right mosque or therapies are grossly overreacting in the. Moscow city do mother were just not sure this will be you act that in september doesnt yield any real power its not even the professional socalled well i just which your i mean its part time people theyre not even paid for that work they sometimes gather to pass some kind of legislation and there was 0 possibility that the opposition could actually gain a majority in the this way just to ensure or could wield any power there but the authorities are dealing with this lack a military operation basically there had been reliable information coming out from sources in the cram on the scene as an act of. Unrest in moscow seen as a. Hybrid warfare that this is a western american who had the intelligence organizations organizing discontent in russia in an attempt to chart turn it into a possible coup detat the way it was and ukraine the socalled my don and that is being the russian authorities as being very afraid of that and so now theyre clamping down real theyre arresting people who all the way there so oppositional all the known wieder of the opposition or most of them right now and behind bars theres theyre running. Searches theyre working for information and the intelligence Counterintelligence Organization f. S. B. Is very much involved so theyre working for evidence to show that this is a. Hybrid war operation to the west and that maybe theyre actually preparing some of the show trials afterwards. If they see it that way victor usually city city election is usually about Infrastructure Services and theres this consensus among many people particularly the government that the mayor who is an ally of president putin has been doing well over the last few years why is the government afraid in this case why is afraid and not allowing the position candidates to run for the city in the city elections. Well i would agree with 5 of that the moscow cigar in the has over reacted and the proper way to deal with this situation would have been to register as i was going to those who actually received enough signatures to be adjusted to plea by the book and to our free and Fair Elections and in fact the popularity the readings of some of these opposition candidates are quite low so in free and Fair Elections if there are held in september to the moscow city duma most of them would have probably not the achieved victory most of these opposition candidates able to have simply lost in Fair Elections instead by clamping down seavey yearly by taking this somewhat unnecessary actions of these opposition including radical opposition figures and activists have gained more name recognition their reputation. Among certain are layers of the population in moscow certain segments of the population there they are brand name and there are in name their condition has increased and their bipolarity has increased ok so these actions by by the moscow authorities are certainly counterproductive from whatever Vantage Point you look at the. Public the clum done back fly to the point where we can say safely now that the opposition is no on the path to build up more momentum for its own political agenda. Thats not clear at all in 2012 such a very severe clampdown actually stopped the Opposition Movement then after the duma who actions the state duma elections that was a rather more massive than today so then and work must like with arties believe it can work now too but then again that depends on other issues its not just about moscow though this right now is a moscow city issue its moscow elections its happening in moscow theres very much resonance to the entire a contrie side of russia. But right there their thirties have theyre afraid and they have a reason to be afraid because this politico basically political Opposition Movement in moscow may begin to spread out and join forces with the social economic discontent thats really massive in russia because russia is in the car nomic those drums for over 6 years Household Incomes have been declining and theres the economic frustration it its right now not public and its not connection connected to the actions and through the Moscow Council but if a jew they join forces the affluent more politicised moscow public with the disc and a social discontent in the russian provinces then the russian authorities could be in really serious trouble. Is that you dont think that the opposition candidates. Have any chance to win the city elections even if they were given permission to take part in the elections however dont you think that with the growing discontent nationwide about the track record of putting on his government this could tilt the balance in their own favor in the favor of the opposition. Well most of them could not win in a free and Fair Election to the to the moscow city duma right now sound with them several of them could possibly have one in fact some of those that have not been arranged to die with a minute that are within the last week between these protests one of the opposition candidates from yabloko should be made to work in has been registered the decision not to register has him has been overturned and so even. In a free and Fair Election the radical opposition against that will simply not be able to get a majority they are not that popular and they would not even be able to get a significant portion of the seats in the moscow state duma i would also look at similar somewhat similar examples of long term protest movements in various countries and how they go what their results are usually the best way to best a long term. More or less wide ranging protest movement is to compromise we have already seen some elements of this in the year education of said give me direction from yabloko also i would point to a comment some comments by the vice pico the russian duma this is the federal duma not the this is the Russian Parliament that its on the route of from the from the United Russia Party who had suggested that the in the next duma the next Russian Parliament elections that are coming up in 2021 it is quite possible that a liberal one of the liberal parties will be able to get get it so and not get seats which has not happened for for a number of years russia so what if the eve of these protests keep up if they are if they become more long term more wide widespread than they can of course affect the russian Political Landscape as you have seen similar effects in other countries. Joining the discussion now from london dimeter loss an expert on Russian Affairs and lecturer in security and development in the department of war studies at Kings College london. There are 2 key opposition figures who seem to be no instrumental in the protest movement volley. Ball do you see them able to build up the momentum for the of for the opposition and shaping the narrative for the future i think what is very interesting about this movement is i did is it follow some leaders but at the same time there are many many new figures that are coming up is not just one or 2 but there are a lot of young figures who wanted to become to promote their candidacy for the local elections of the city council in moscow so there are a lot of new faces there that are also sort of pushing this movement and also there are many people that are just complaining and protesting the situation and repressions so i think that there is a bit of a life of its own its becoming partly a sort of Leaderless Movement but of course his figures are important and you were for war is an important figure she has been very powerful in her message is shes on a 21 day Hunger Strike people are following are the same with a yashin there are many important figures that are becoming symbolic of these changes so i think that there is a combination of both novel. Is by far the most prominent opposition figures see him as a potential candidate to unify the opposition against putin in the in the future. Well that sounds very much possible because of course hes not taking part in this thing but hes behind it to a large extent. Mr yashin and. So beauvais are actually working for him there from the embassy because theyre going as a ship so hes backing them up and hes pretty presenting actually an alternative to the present regime to the russian public thats his idea its not about this particular election its about in general the course of russia and hes offering an alternative for the future and that can be important basically the authorities are doing everything by the textbook they have theyre trying to split the opposition they have detained almost all of the leaders they have busting the organization of not vile names and they are kind of using heavy handed Police Tactics to. Against the people in the street the kind of get them out of the street victor really that should work but i will think can it work or not in a situation when theres so much social unrest and social tension and russia i see your point victor you have an economy which is in tatters sanctions imposed by the International Community discontent widespread discontent over the track record of president putting his government whether their position does not seem to be able to build bridges with the mainstream russians why is it that. Well the level of support for the russian president putin and for the government is actually not not that low of course if. It was it has become ill or than it was before because of the pension they form because of some other economic issues. The economy is not in the best of states however it is still not in in tatters as as you said and so there is still some Political Capital by some Political Capital that that the that the president and the government enjoys at the same time mistakes such as the one with not letting. Position candidates register with the moscow state duma they will also serve as a pretext for opposition rallies for him to increase up as rishon popularity and and of course we can expect more of this down that all that is why it is important for the government to fight this situation quickly and not by brute force but by compromise. You havent what do you think the opposition should do to change things do they need to rebrand themselves. I dont think they need to change something i think theyre being quite powerful i am of the view that this movement is this is maybe going to change things it might take a lot of time but i sense that the authorities are a bit at a loss as to how to handle it because on the one hand if they open up a big room for political participation there is a risk that that could lead to further involvement by opposition parties and at the same time when they conduct repressions they can perpetrate themselves in power for a while but they also plant the seeds of their own sort of undoing so theyre in a very difficult situation now in a new you know way that with an economy which is not growing very fast where there is a sense of stagnation and i agree i mean for putin remains popular but not as for piller as before and there is this whole debate as to what will happen in 2024 so my view is that the opposition is increasingly govern ised and theyre repressions only help to bring people behind you know Opposition Leaders and the whole question of corruption is also something which ok is driving very much these these movements so i think that things are slightly changing as opposed to a few years ago pavol with the Approval Ratings of president. Putin declining and with this going. All the stress could this give us any indication about putins putin future particularly post 2024. Well the entire russian political system since the year 2000 has been both around putin hes an essential part of it he is the arbiter general he busy balances different groups different interests he does an enormous amount of actual personal work and running russia if something happens to bush and then hes not a very young man hes 66 approaching a neck tobar 67 and he is will not be able to run away his role in the political system the political system is going to melt down it cant function without and thats a very serious problem for the future of russia the law hinges on the workability on the intellectual and physical conditions of one person actually the host ability of the whole country and i think our fortune is going to is there at the helm i think hes going to prevail but he cant stay there forever do a tele the path to democratic transition in russia which has been debated for is this something that could still take place in the future do you see it as a Wishful Thinking where the political establishment the way it is and putting the helm of the establishment. I mean i dont rule it all would i think that there is there is always our desire in russia to by many people what i would call live under the rule of law. To have on a system that that represents their interests and that there is progress and that there is political participation of some sort and i think that you know i cant predict if this will happen or not its impossible but i think it cannot be ruled out and it should not be ruled out. And i think that the system that was set up as was mentioned by poverty is very much than there are with a figure and when hes not around its not clear what will happen theres going to be a lot of infighting its already happening and i think that there is a possibility for the public to sort of capitalize on that and i think that theyre realities of russia today are very different to the times when food in was very very popular i think there is a new generation of russians who has only seen 14 as a media who connects very much with the outside world who hasnt experienced either communism or the 990 s. So theyre not afraid of participating interacting and gaining on their new challenges that russia faces so i think that things can change and i think that we should not think that to this is stanleys thank you sideshow away likely vain for ever thanks to. All of. The slogans. 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Indias government scraps parts of a law that grants special status to indian administered kashmir. As new delhi cuts off phone and internet links in the disputed region and puts local politicians under house arrest. Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching aljazeera live from doha also coming up the police in hong kong fired tear gas at protesters as an unprecedented general strike gets underway. And in libya forces loyal to the warlord holly for have to launch air strikes killing at least 40 people. Top story the Indian Government to scrap parts of a constitutional provision giving special status to indian administered kashmir the entire region is disputed between india and pakistan legal challenges are expected that could go all the way to the Indian Supreme Court the home minister charles announcement came as the region is on the locked with all communication links now suspended. Are not to be inserted using the powers vested under the 3rd section of article 370 following the recommendation of parliament the president announces that starting from the day the president of india will sign the declaration and the day when it will be published in the government is that all the sections of article 370 will cease to hold good except for section one of the article. Ok lets take a closer look at the law that granted significant autonomy to this disputed region were talking about article 37370 a lot indian administered kashmir to make its own laws except in finance Defense Foreign Affairs and communications that means the residents of the states live under different laws from the rest of the country in matters including Property Ownership and citizenship the government also plans to split up the state indian administered kashmir which includes hindu majority jamu who will be directly run from new delhi but will have a local assembly while doc which is largely made up of buddhists and shia muslims will also be a Union Territory but it will not have its own assembly as we mentioned indian administered kashmir is under a security lockdown thousands of additional troops are being deployed and public gatherings are being severely restricted telephone and internet links have been cut and in an unusual move several prominent local politicians in kashmir and now under house arrest the government has asked all hindu pilgrims and tourists to leave the area warning of possible attacks by armed groups theres also been a spike in shelling at the line of control separating india and pakistan administered kashmir pakistan on saturday accused india of using banned cluster munitions an allegation the indian army denies. As a defense analyst he says the move is likely to faced a host of legal challenges. This is a straightforward pandering to the hindu majority electorate in india. The Hindu Nationalist Party came to power in the elections in may this year with enhanced majority based on promises that it would remove the special provisions which they see to the muslims of india so there is a clear political polarizing issue here with the ruling party trying to pander to its Hindu Vote Bank and anything that it sees as anti muslim whether the action that it has taken against me today or any action that it takes against pakistan meets with heavy approval from the from the Hindu Vote Bank so for the government this has been a step that it has promised in his now delivered on well just have to see whether the indian courts whether the indian legal system and whether the Indian Legislature since its a constitutional amendment it will have to be passed by a 2 thirds majority in parliament with all these people lined up behind the d. G. P. Calculating that their benefits lie with the bank or not the whole of kashmir has has been practically locked up including the pru indian politicians so it is now on one side including the secessionists the nationalist the union is everybody is outraged at the step that has been taken so the 1st legal challenge will come from kashmir itself or show at the same time there are Many Civil Society groups that believe this is an extremely unwise step that article 370 which has now been scrapped actually constituted the bridge between the state of. And the indian union and doing away with it now opens the doors for open palestine type independence struggle within kashmir so there will be many Interest Groups in india as well which will be mounting legal challenges and the political. Opposition which has many of the fierce lawyers amongst them will also be mounting legal challenges as well though it can be expected that these will be heard by a constitution bench of the Indian Supreme Court but everybody will be waiting to see which way that ruling goes well from one developing story to another one lets just show latest live pictures coming to us out of hong kong there a citywide general strike is now well under way in just the past hour the police have been using tear gas to disperse crowds that were blocking traffic earlier Train Services were disrupted and at least 100. 00 flights into and out of hong kong being canceled protesters are angry over how the government and the police of handled weeks of protests triggered by a controversial extradition bill many want the territory to carry lam to resign but shes accusing the protesters of trying to destroy on home such extensive disruptions in the name of certainty months or uncooperative movement have seriously undermined hong kongs law and order. And are pushing our city the city we all love and many of us helped to build through the verge of a very dangerous situation. Where hong kongs opposition politicians say ms lam has lost all legitimacy to continue in office. I carry land has he can he tell the hong kong and International Community that says he has done nothing wrong and that it proves that fishy and has kept in a. Morally bankrupt and hey use a diversion tactic claiming that tell the people hes the monster have changed the mall into Something Else that said it was seriously a lie. Under its almost as a correspondent joining us live of hong kong and were just looking at live pictures coming out of where you get the sense that the authorities are ready for trouble. Well theyve been practicing in the last few days they know the past now these days start with peaceful protests and indeed on a day of general strike across hong kong the west 7 protest in different parts of this city thousands of people at a chandos of beginning to wrap up and as has been the case and so many other days and so many other private sex more and more people coming to those protests at the end of the carriage gas moss helmets expecting compensation with the place and indeed even now mid afternoon on monday theyve already had it in the New Territories in the north east of home or test as the been attacking a play station in a place that have responded with tear gas its almost become brutes they now in homecoming and i guarantee it will see more of that as monday goes on the general strike well that will some do now this was a cold by protesters to try and cool as maximum disruption across from them to really try to put the pressure on homes government to bring the situation to a head with a press that concerns them for days now theyve been calling on hopefulness not to go to what will certainly early on monday it was extremely quiet in the city center very hard to know whether that was people actively choosing not to go to work or whether they were unable to go to what. Protesters did a pretty effective job of shutting down the subway system by using their bodies to block the doors from closing they also used barricades to close off many of the main roads into hong kong as well its an awful lot of people couldnt get into it about lunchtime the process has moved to these big rallies and now they are swarming around many police stations as well as theyve moved away from blocking the transport which is why you off seeing now quite a few people around me and the fact that theres a big protest and a rally going on a short distance from where im standing so yeah the authorities prepared in a sense because theyre practiced but who knows where monday goes and who knows overall pace of where the situation goes because carolines press conference really didnt give any indication of an answer to that and as to that press conference if one looks at what she said in the rhone and in totality she seems to be signaling to the protesters look dont underestimate how far we are prepared to go to maintain our level of control over hong kong and she seems to be sticking as well shes not about to. Say not about step down she was asked that directly and she said her resignation would not help the situation so she ruled that out which of course one of the protesters kadim on she said as well if we played that bit that the city is on the verge of a very dangerous situation where a lot of people in hong kong think were already in a very dangerous situation at least economically so what does she mean by a dangerous situation that were on the verge of could that mean i real want whether its right to life and limb and she said dont underestimate the governments seriousness about using lower in order to bring this to an end she interestingly mentioned the place but she also said other Security Forces could get involved what does that mean there are some here who think that there is a possibility that Chinas Peoples Liberation Army which has a garrison here in hong kong could be brought out to impose something of a march to war in homegrown i mean that would be pretty extreme and certainly when terry that was asked about it in doing so. That was going to happen any time soon but those are the rumors that off lying around the big thing here though the much Bigger Picture is the way home kong is governed this one country 2 Systems Hong Kong part of china but launched the governed independently now there are 3 ways that could go either we could carry on in the kind of Current Situation until 24 weeks that might seem a situation so thats like 2 a pretty months ago all we could become one country one system much more direct control from beijing over homegrown that was what kerry that seemed to be suggesting in the press conference she essentially was saying to protest as if youre not careful well lose our special status within china the protesters though well they will hold told to get much more autonomy they want direct election for example universal suffrage to get to choose the right chief executive not to have candidates best saved by beijing so they want a much more autonomous hong kong a much more rigorous enforcement if you like of the 2 systems part of the one country paradigm was warning that if theyre not careful you go completely the other way and of course by well theyll be watching all of this very very carefully and ultimately what happens here might have a lot more to do what happens there then with caroline and her government in hong kong itself and keep us across a little elements unofficial but in the meantime thank you very much. Human suzy rebels say they have launched a series of drone attacks in saudi arabia the reported. Announcer on air force on king base in the southwest of the country theres been no confirmation of the strikes from the authorities in riyadh u. S. President donald trump