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Rescuers are trying to reach thousands of people who still need help. And a 1000000000. 00 jewelry collection described as unique and priceless is stolen from a german museum. Im joined again just to with the sport for the 1st time since the blockade of cattle began in 2017 saudi arabia and the you aint National Football teams touched down in doha at the gulf cup. Could have become please welcome to the news a protest votes come through loud and clear in hong kong prodemocracy candidates have won an overwhelming majority in Council Elections now their success follows months of demonstrations against increasing chinese influence and its prompted chief executive kerry lamb to promise that shell listen humbly sarah clarke begins our coverage. As dawn broke hong kong went to a new Political Landscape more than 70 percent of voters cast their ballots in sundays district Council Elections the prodemocracy party secured a Record Number of seats a lot of people actually a sacrifice a lot of suffering but they suffered a lot in the last 6 months to actually get this result and i think people are very. Theyre so united and they are so together to actually try to win something joshua long was disqualified for running but his party claimed victory in his electorate unseating the incumbent postup shrink counsellor remarkable achievement in that this election is the efforts of callers especially. Protests are a hotline for lying theres a prey to frys spend the time or even sacrifice in the protest movement until now the probation parties held the majority in the District Councils but anger against the government eroded their support theyve apologized to the public for misreading the vote those aligned to the post camp say its a nightmarish result and the citys government will need to reassess the peoples demands have spoken quite loudly and clearly havent so i believe what we now do is. Call to 5 major demands and without any of them can be dealt with by the more satisfactory then before the district Council Elections are traditionally and on a vengeful poll but after 6 months of antigovernment demonstrations and increasing violence this election was considered a barometer of public support for the protesters this is a win for the protesters that could be a point for them to say weve weve i reference on the street have converted into a tangible political outcome and this is a Good Opportunity to step back and take stock and and think about what next for the protest movement so it may see a period of relative calm for hong kong after a very turbulent 6 months the prodemocracy movement celebrated their victory on monday but some protests is rallied to show their support to those who are still holed up inside the Polytechnic University for more than a week the District Council vote comes ahead of the midst of Council Election next year sundays record turnout is considered a message from voters to reopen the discussion on the citys political reform the government now has 10 months to make changes before voters go to the polls once again. Aljazeera hong kong. The university about protests is all still holed up. Gathering that what are they trying to achieve. With the hill right now we are there probably a few 100 outside polytechnic universities kind of chord on you know this is a seed situation thats been going on now for about 9 days its estimated there are 20 to 30 protesters still holed up inside the compound of this university now why these people are here now earlier about 5 of the newly elected Council Councillors went into the university to meet with some of the protesters so thats why there are some groups out here right now you see some riot police behind me and the protest is right on the other side now this is an area where its normally part of the court on so these police would normally have been here anyway but were seeing is a few 100 people gathered here because of those councillors points inside that whats interesting coming out from the university the direction from those councils the newly elected ones theyre telling the crowds out here to be calm and be safe and its pretty much what it looks like you with the posture here in the seeing a lot of these different protests and how they turned violent very quickly right here the posture is not like that theres been a lot of chanting theres been a lot of singing but theres really hasnt been an advancement on this on line in front of the right these in fact its just theyre just being held back by a ribbon so right now theyre just out here it seems to support the protesters were still holed up inside the university and also those councils whose newly elected councils were inside 5 of them and of course the last 24 hours a scene when a Seismic Shift in the Political Landscape certainly within the council hierarchy across hong kong i mean how is that new settling in as youve been speaking to people through the day. Well i would imagine well see a little bit more on the tuesday thats because i carry limit chief executive she will have a Weekly Press Conference on Tuesday Morning and this will be the 1st time shes appeared in front of cameras since. The election she sent out a statement saying that shes heard the voice of hong kong through these elections but have you seen to see how she actually handles it on camera now she fields questions for the 1st time on tuesday so that obviously to see how she kind of maneuvers it moving forward but when you look at these obviously the voice the shift the change has been voiced through this election over the weekend but when you look at who they are elected theyre not that powerful comes the political continuum here in hong kong but its going to be more of this i would imagine its going to be much more powerful than those people who were elected on sunday have indeed for the moment well leave it there thanks a lot scott in Hong Kong Well that to get our is the Vice President of the center for china and globalization he says hong kong is now moved forward and stop the violent protests. Hong has a democracy and people have the right to volte and the law protects the peoples rights devolve to demonstrate to protest if they are all legal and unlawful of top priority for hong kong now is to put a stop to violence thats the key i would say the District Council election was held yesterday its down and the votes are very clear its made known to everyone and i think in a democracy whichever party wins more loses some goals for example thats normal dont be surprised or agitated about it i would say no candidate yesterday stood for d violence thats the key i dont think prodemocracy or progovernment is the right word to describe the situation as part of china the whole world knows about it and no while in the world can change that fact and where you have election whatever the result if the election is law for illegal and peaceful everyone need to accept the result thats it now for the Political Parties are very agitated for example about the situation in hong kong today we need to point out that democracy is a must for hong kong but rule of law is also equally important to must evolve you cannot promote greater democracy through violence or are not gate thats the key all politicians in hong kong including those Council Members who won the election yesterday should stand firmly against the violence and stand for restoration of law and order the israel palestine director for Human Rights Watch here is sent to be deported from israel in the coming hours earlier this month Israels Supreme Court approved the governments decision to expel him as a us citizen and has been accused of supporting a campaign to boycott israeli goods and services and israeli law from 2017 bars and treats of people who publicly support a boycott. Despite my deportation today the Israeli Government has failed to muzzle Human Rights Watch or the Human Rights Movement this case shines a light on the reality we face today as we stand in this room we are near 53 of an ugly occupation with no end in sight characterized by institutional discrimination by systematic repression and rights abuses and particularly the Palestinian People if the Israeli Government can deport somebody documenting rights abuse without facing consequence how can we ever stop rights abuse it bring him is following developments for us deportation from. A mother shack at his the israel palestine director of Human Rights Watch he says hes going to continue his role even though hes asked to be deported from the country he said he will be working from abroad although that would probably limit their work but their human rights directors who spoke at the conference said that they will even double up their work to make sure that checkers the british and that it doesnt go unnoticed doesnt eliminate human rights defenders work we heard from their doctors who were in the press conference who said that this is the 1st time for a country that considers itself a western democracy to do forward to Human Rights Watch Staff Members so it is seen as kind of a chance to highlight. Israeli actions against human rights defenders and palestinians weve heard from palestinian officials who say that this is a continuation of a policy to silence those who speak against israels actions in the occupied territory. The number of People Killed in landslides and flooding in northwestern kenya has risen to 52 rescue workers in west close to the border with uganda are struggling to reach thousands of people in need of help because of the worsening conditions up to a 1000000 people are affected across east africa because of the heavy of the normal rainfall mohammed is in the kenyas capital nairobi where government officials have been warning residents to go to Higher Ground. These kind of flooding are becoming almost unusual events last year we sold dumbs breaking their bunks blasting their bunks and killing so many people all the flooding and inundating villages and towns along the banks and many people asking why was the small to avoid it but the government is quick to say that. Due to Climate Change and beyond their control they are also sending out a very stark warning to People Living only in low lying areas but also along the river banks that the banks are bound to the bomb to abbas their banks once again they should go to Higher Ground and there is a massive. Of a question going on right now in court but also in other parts of the country where theres been extremely. Bad conditions and also have been rainfall going on and the dumps are also being released in a controlled way and on to agree was expected to exacerbate the situation. Violence escalating in a city in the eastern democratic republic of congo and residents are turning their anger on the United Nations troops 11 people including a soldier have died and many 2 of those were killed while protesting at the u. N. Compound residents say. Security forces protecting them a rebel group called itself the allied Democratic Forces is behind many recent attacks in the area which is near the ugandan border. An investigation is underway into a plane crash in the eastern democratic republic of congo at least 29. 00 people were killed when the small plane went down just after takeoff on sunday night of those killed were on the ground in the city of goma where all of the men they were all the best of the same family still ahead here on the news hour lebanons capital sees some of the worst violence in more than a month of protests. Not fit or proper White Taxi Company has lost its silent license to operate in london and. Haha. A party in rio to celebrate a historic football double turned sour as fans clashed with riot police. Corruption authorities in pakistan her filed a case against the former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister for alleged involvement in a Money Laundering scandal harder has the latest from islamabad. Emraan khan the Prime Minister of pakistan came into power with the promise that he would come down hard on those held accountable for and goldman general massive corruption are severely their diary but would also the president of pakistan from 2008 to 2013. Fake Bank Accounts to raise money was laundered out of the country is now going to be facing more pressure. That initiated against them but hes already in a hospital in health is failing is suffering from what the doctors say cardiac condition and also had diabetes the country has just seen one former Prime Minister who was serving jail time being allowed to leave the country on compassionate grounds and now everybody of course there will be asking where there are several leads are daddy to will be allowed to leave the country and what reporting say is there deal behind closed doors although the Government Read tell you that is not sole. A major road has reopened. After some of the worst. Supporters of 2 movements has. Clashed with antigovernment protesters in beirut both sides threw rocks at each other for hours Security Forces to separate the this confrontation is one of the worst since nationwide protests began last month. Isnt the scene of those battles that broke out in beirut. What we saw last night violence and unrest at least for 3 hours this area where we are became a front line that bridge behind me the ring road a main artery in beirut where protesters who are demanding a change in government were blocking roads and then supporters of the main parties. Carrying their party chanting the names of their leaders attacked them using metal rods and clubs as they made their way towards the protest site the protest site in Martyrs Square you will now see how the tents have been destroyed by the supporters of hezbollah i have to mention that this is not the 1st time an incident like this has happened but this indeed is the most violent incident yet there is tension in the street theres a deep divide in this society has said that the grievances expressed by the demonstrators are legitimate but he has accused the protest movement of being backed by foreign governments and these calling this a conspiracy against the group saying that the ultimate aim is to change the balance of power in the country accusations that people in the streets deny they say that they want a Better Living conditions they have no faith in the ruling elite and who have been in their words involved in corruption for decades and mismanagement and they want new faces but clearly the divide is the violence in the streets political turmoil as well as an economic crisis. More than a 1000 people have been. Reeling in kurdistan over allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen from public funds. The crowds gathered outside government headquarters in the capital bishkek demanding action it was triggered by recent reports influential families a bribed a customs official seen as one of the most powerful men in the country the source of the information was shot dead it is down borlase month. Ride sharing service has lost its license to operate in london over safety concerns the citys transport all 40 has cited several breaches that put passenger safety at risk saying it is not currently fit and proper but the company has to appeal the decision and now is 21 days to do so can continue to operate while the appeal process is underway lets get more on this from our correspondent paul brennan who joins me now from london this is a huge setback paul for the popular transport option for consumers why have the transport or forward he refused to renew this license over safety concerns. Its the latest episode in a long running battle between the transport regulator for london thats transport for london or t f l as its known here and this destructive new cab company that entered the london markets in 2012. Have said in this latest rule of 1st of all the license to operate in london by was due to expire at one minute to midnight tonight and it will expire theyve decided not to extend that license to operate and the reasoning for that and ill read you some of the statement the tear fell it put out is because what we recognize they do has made improvements its unacceptable that allow passengers to get into many cabs with drivers who are potentially unlicensed and uninsured basically what tear fell found was that there was around 14000 occasions drivers who were not necessarily the same driver who had been given the license to operate were picking up passengers it arose from an anomaly within the system which allowed authorized drivers to upload their photograph to the profile of an authorized driver and essentially were to fell are saying well the systems are clearly not secure enough this is obviously then a running battle its going to continue for some time but what happens in terms of the appeals process and when will that be concluded. Well it has 21. 00 days to lodge an appeal and then youve got a matter of perhaps 18 months 2 years perhaps certainly an extended period of time while that could possibly go through to court action says in the meantime its been vigorously updating its software and its processes a statement from saying we have robust systems and checks in place now to confirm the identity of drivers and will soon be introducing a new facial matching process but in the meantime theyre going to have to actually fire fight these this legal action although in the short term what were looking at is continuing to operate on the streets of london even though t f l are trying to stop them so in a story that will continue to follow for the moment paul thank you. To colombia now a present even decay has met newly elected nazanin governess in an effort to and Anti Government protests the socalled National Dialogue is a response to anger over corruption and possible changes to the minimum wages minimum wage probably pensions and taxes on the. Antigovernment demonstrations of stretch into a straight 4th day here and the capital and cross the country with thousands of people coming out in different classes in different parts of the city to protest at the policies of the rightwing government obviously. There are people chanting back there just like the look on t. V. You know that the demonstrations will continue im going back and theyre also protesting against violence that they say they have actually got from the Security Forces. That have. Come. To our that dr akhter. President. Calling to National Conversation to do their work they sure that people have been drinking and we started meeting with the newly elected mayors and governors up the road. As they have seen our idea is in the coming days and weeks to take this exercise to the regions and the listening stage and then move on to the action but the unions and the leaders of this strike say they dont trust the president especially given the fact that he hasnt been willing to meet with them yet even many of the new elect a mayor saying that thats a mistake and hes showing that the president took is not really interested in dealing with the issues that have been most of the people here. I hope hell speak to the very soon because he knows this is a time bomb. And thats if he doesnt eggs repeatedly things will get out of hand and rightly so because people are tired of being abused the leaders of the strike have called for another major demonstration on the monday which promises to be the biggest same sad the one that happened on thursday the socalled National Strike that started this protest and that. And that has brought the country in this situation of continues down dress similar to the one that weve seen happening in so many other countries across south america. Now the official who oversees the u. S. Navy has been fired for his handling of a high profile war crimes case the controversy pitted the Navy Commander against President Donald Trump abrams under house mall from washington d. C. The Top Commander of the u. S. Navy one day shot down rumors he was going to step down over the handling of a war crimes case in all the Navy Seal Gallagher story contrary to popular belief im still here i did not threaten to resign. But let us just say that were here to talk about external threats and he elgars not one of them on the next day after those comments the Navy Secretary Richard Spencer did not have to resign on sunday evening he was abruptly fired after pushing back against President Donald Trump it all stems from the case of the navy seal who walked out of a military jail in july a free man after being acquitted of war crimes he was accused by fellow navy seals of murder in iraq in 2017 including shooting unarmed civilians and stabbing a wounded teenager to death gallagher whose lawyers argued any civilians he killed was done so in the heat of battle was happy with the acquittal top Navy Commanders were not and demoted him in rank after pushing for his expulsion from the seals because he was found guilty of a lesser charge of posing for photographs with the dead iraqi but the special operations soldier had a powerful ally of his side President Donald Trump who parted gallagher for any wrongdoing restored his rank and demanded the navy halt any further investigations against him. And that is what led to spencers firing when a departure letter to the president wrote he cannot in good conscience obey orders from trump he believes quote by a late the sacred oath he took his Navy Commander trump tweeted sunday night the reason spencer was fired was because he was not pleased with the way gallaghers trial was handled and cost overruns within the navy. When trump pulled u. S. Troops out of Northern Syria in october it was against the advice of the pentagon this entire ordeal with the navy seal is just the latest example of a president not afraid to use his title as commander in chief of the u. S. Armed forces to defy military commanders when he deems it necessary he rose and go aljazeera Washington Well as travel disruptions heading into the thanksgiving holiday in the u. S. As a result of the terrible weather the with the details his cabin with the latest thats right so hell if you are traveling into or out of the United States on wednesday that is the busiest travel day of the whole year were talking on the roads as well as in the air 50000000 people are going to be traveling about 4 and a half 1000000 will be at the airports going back and forth to their travel destinations so if you come into the states on that day you could be seeing quite a bit of delays and there could be cancellations the reason is as we go towards wednesday there are some really big weather systems coming into place suit you factor in the weather you factor in the volume of traffic and you factor in all those people there at the airports so want to show you what we can expect really on tuesday it begins to set up with that really inclement weather coming in out of the rockies heres the area of low pressure a lot of snow in denver but its really on wednesday that system starts to really develop pushing up here across much of the midwest this is going to have a lot of snow a lot of rain thunderstorms 1st of all the areas that you see in red that is a high probability of delays were talking minneapolis boston washington atlanta also here towards the west we do have a system coming in off the pacific so all those west coast airports were talking symptoms go los angeles as well as Salt Lake City major delays are expected or even cancellations so you want to call ahead and have plans in place just in case you are delayed that use or hell. Thanks very much kevin well still ahead here all the news our one south africa has blocked weapon souls to saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Also even toilet breaks controlled these documents revealed new evidence of chinas repression of ethnic minorities in the province. And well show you the tennis as well the woman turned around a difficult week for his team from the davis cup that story coming up in sport with joe so do stay with us here on the aljazeera news around. The. Corner. We know the culture we know the problems that affect this part of the world very very well and that is something that were trying to take to the rest of the world we have gone to places and we pointed on a story that it might take an International Network for months to be able to do in United Nations these things are out there blowing antiriot know. We are challenging the voices were challenging companies who are going to places where nobody else is going. Youre watching the aljazeera news with me to help run the reminder of our top stories prodemocracy candidates in hong kong have won an overwhelming majority in district Council Elections chief executive kerry lam has promised to listen to voters. Human rights watch israeli palestine director to be deported from israel in the coming hours earlier this month Israels Supreme Court approved the governments decision to expel him or was accused of supporting a Boycott Campaign of israel. Also the number of People Killed in landslides and flooding in northwestern kenya has risen to 52 rescue workers in the west close to the border with uganda struggling to reach thousands of people in need of help because of bad conditions. Africa is suspending arms sales to saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates over concerns theyre being used against civilians both countries have been accused of transferring weapons they bought from south africa to be used in the war in yemen violates the terms of the export agreement which does not allow weapons to be passed on to a 3rd party South African official should also be able to inspect weapons facilities but saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Have both refused to give them access the emerging are is the executive director of the Afro Middle East Center he joins me now from johannesburg good have you with us live on the program so whats sparked this arms ban because it could have been set into place a long time ago. It could have in fact in terms of Southern Africa has National Conventional Arms control act. Should not have been able to purchase arms for years already because one of the conditions of the act is that we were not so to countries that violate human rights and deny basic freedoms which happens in saudi arabia all the time however that has kind of been overlooked despite the fact that theres been a Civil Society campaign in south africa for a few years to bring into question countries like saudi arabia and others purchasing our arms but 2 things i think over the past over the past year or so one is that last year there began lots of unhappiness in south africa Civil Society in particular about south africa not. Not adhering to that act and not to dealing to a constitution by selling arms to a country where the arms are probably ending up in a conflict situation in yemen and then there were some evidence that came to light that sort of in South African arms actually where they were ending up in yemen so that it was a bit of an embarrassment and that kind of has been mounting to some extent the 2nd is whether your users dont let me just jump in there so we let you go let me just let me just jump in there because i would i want to interject about the the fact that public scrutiny of arms sales to countries like saudi arabia have certainly put pressure on a government that is often seen as not acting appropriately how much pressure has this particular issue put on the government do you know you talk about the fact that the public are putting pressure on the government they dont like the fact that these arms are being sold to saudi arabia all the u. A. E. But as an issue itself its something that the public can get their teeth into especially when they see it contravening as you say the constitution. You know let me be honest i mean there isnt a huge amount of pressure theres no marches in the streets at septa on this kind of issue but what there has been is a number of the newspaper articles lobbying with people within the a. N. C. Etc to take a stronger position on this and to prevent the n c the African National congress the ruling party from becoming and baddest as a result of it so the one thing we should be should realize is that the relations between south africa and both the u. A. E. And saudi arabia have been very good at any comic level. Up to a few months ago or last year saudi arabia as the largest purchaser of arms they were overtaken then by the u. A. E. So the u. A. E. And saudi arabia 1st and 2nd largest purchase of arms last year each of them promised or pledged to our president 10000000000. 00 in vestment into the country so changing that relationship is is a serious matter for south africa and has a lot to lose including in the arms industry so clearly the pressure even though its not big loud and as i say not on the streets but the pressure in terms of the lobbying etc bringing into question south africas practice via via our constitution has pushed people in that direction including the president in his theres only. The the government itself is under scrutiny because agreements like this as we mentioned in our introduction for the city part of an issue where the manufacturing country has the right to go and observe and see how these arms are being used or stored in this particular case both the saudis and the u. A. E. Refuse that when do when the alarm bells made public that theyre not really playing ball. Well it was made public just a week or so ago but as i said the issue has been building up to some extent so. I am in i believe that this issue of the end user agreement and the requirement that south africa should be allowed to inspect is in a sense a bit of a cover because that condition has been there all along so theyve got to just never exercised it as most arms supplying countries dont exercise that that clause that they have in the end user agreement but what has happened over much more recently is particularly over the past few months so 2 weeks ago our president signed a proclamation that empowers the special Investigative Unit which is a. Special Investigative Unit in the in the Justice System to investigate our arms manufacturer because a number over the past year a number of. People who worked at dinner have skipped and joined some either Saudi Arabian arms manufacturers so body 2 or 3 executives and over the past year about 20 engineers have left south africa with the intellectual property from from danell and have joined me at at grossly exaggerated salary packages because they were bringing that with us and i think that this was really the kind offer a Tipping Point for south africa and the terms that are being used apart from things like scam etc is industrial espionage and even treason in reference to this so the kind of relationship between saudi and area and south africa on this particular theft which is what is being called is quite serious well well leave it there for now the name jane thank you very much for joining us from johannesburg. Turkey has been testing its new russian made air Defense System despite threats of sanctions from the u. S. Now the Turkish Military has started flying warplanes over ankara to test the radar system of the s 400 washington has argued for months that they are incompatible with nato systems the ongoing dispute between the countries marks a deep division in the western military alliance. A british truck driver charged with a manslaughter of 39. 00 people as appeared in Court Robinson pleaded guilty to 2 charges relating to immigration and stolen property he appeared by video link from a high security prison 39 of it in these migrants were found dead in his truck in october near london but he was not asked to enter a plea for 41. 00 other charges and will face trial the plight of refugees who fled to bangladesh from me and more has been the focus of world attention for some years but other muslim groups also living in crowded comes in bangladesh has been largely forgotten tundra choudhry reports on the bihari community. Yes mean shafi has been living in this camp since 1971 when she was 7 its been a long arduous journey since then now she has a several grandchildren and wants them to have a better life than she has had. We faced many fold problems on Clean Water Limited space to sleep frequent electricity cuts and so on its very hard for us to sleep eat and live in such a small place you cant possibly stay healthy in such an environment there are 7 of us who share this room which barely can accommodate 2 people. This camp is one of 17 bangladesh it has just one School Conditions are dire in this camp nearly 25000 people are crammed into an area smaller than the size of a football field houses are separated by a distance of one metre wide passageway used by resident and livestock this small spaces are home to entire families with very limited access to basic services recently biharis where in the news when dozens of people were injured in a fight between police and camp residents the violence was triggered when authorities try to cut the Electricity Supply police say. There were protests in the camp for several days i went to my workshop to get some work done during the fighting with the police suddenly some stray shotgun pellets hit my body and one of my eyes from which i cant see any more most of those living in the camp get no help from the authorities and create their own jobs but they also face constant threats of evictions and now the biharis are facing challenges like camping and the fast of the Authorities Say the biharis the city you know bang that is affording people for the need for judgment so they are no more he said less already fiji so why they are fighting the government and the private plan so the government is trying to evict the camp without any ne or without any settlement. But where the biharis go the government is considering relocating those living in the capital dhaka to a new settlement but 300000 people spending multiple generations fear theyll continue to face discrimination and which i agree ill just dhaka bangladesh. On the classified Chinese Government documents on giving an insight into the last attention of ethnic minorities mostly muslim weekends Rights Groups estimates more than a 1000000 people have been locked up incomes in the region into law and possible. The Chinese Government says camps such as this in the shin jiang region are centers for education and Vocational Training documents obtained and verified by the International Consortium of investigative journalists reveal they in fact operate as extrajudicial internment camps for the compulsory indoctrination of ethnic minorities mostly muslims the documents detail how police use an Artificial Intelligence driven data system to select who will be detained once inside the camps every aspect of their life is controlled from frequency of toilet use and haircuts to visits from loved ones inmates the documents say are ultimately judged on ideological transformation study and training and compliance with discipline and order. In the classes they would tell us that we were poisoned by religion that islam is an Infectious Disease that it came from abroad that if they needed to be a religion in china that it must people does him and we should not believe in any other religion. Human rights lawyers say the documents confirm what many have suspected about the camps. And inside of these camps you know where you get more points for being indoctrinated with you know this sort of central chinese i mean its propaganda in removing interesting iran is a very its the most orwellian thing that ever seemed or as human rights. Chinese government has rejected leaked documents as fake news. Documents socalled talking to talking about is a peer fabrication if you want to have a document about this but case you know cheney had to get his sentence we have many documents we have the 7 papers published International Legal experts say the in term and camps are a violation of chinas laws and constitution but the Chinese Government has long stood defiant against foreign criticism then tomorrow when aljazeera australias Prime Minister says he is disturbed by reports that china tried to install an agent in his countrys parliament a suspected chinese espionage ring allegedly offered millions of dollars to a businessman with jule the nationality to run for election as an p according to australian media boesch are told Intelligence Service says about the offer that in march he was found dead in a motel room these matters were already under investigation and those investigations are continuing i would i would caution anyone leaping to any conclusions about these matters and thats why we have these agencies im not but i do find the allegations troubling and disturbing and about 2 of our top stories prodemocracy candidates have one of the overwhelming majority in the whole coles Council Elections but isnt it thomas reports news of that success is scant in Mainland China. In Mainland China hong kongs Election Results are being effectively ignored asked about the landslide victory for prodemocracy candidates a spokesman by Chinas Foreign Ministry of voided the question true ball true and ending violence in restoring order is the priority for Hong Kong Hong kong is a passive china in hong kong of fees a purely chinese internal a few. Chinese media 2 said nothing about opposition parties doing well this is monday in a day printed on sunday night before the results came out inside it suggests the high turnout is good news for promise stablish not parties but since the results are come out nothing no update on the website of this newspaper at all and nothing in any of chinas official media on the substance of the results we stopped people in beijing to ask them what they thought of the results. The response was confusion there was this. When you go on the cap no one we spoke to had heard anything about them like if you dont hear much from me and he is the one man who did want to talk said this week Walter Rodgers i havent paid too much attention this vote in hong kong yet but i think stopping the violence and chaos is the priority now we are too soft on the hong carfax tolerance has to have a limit. The chinese Central Government should strike them hard. But do you know the result of the vote though i dont know the result yet ive been busy all day with work. Official Media Coverage before hong kongs vote and of the turnout but not the results suggest speccing thought those results would be different it seems unlikely though that the actual results will change beijings attitude towards hong kong i dont think there will be any change in the positions on the chinese Central Government why because this is a matter of upmost importance of the child any it really impacts all of the one country 2 system it all impacts on china sovereignty over the whole car already the government has expressed renewed confidence in chief executive kerry lam and it shows no sign of making concessions on any of the protesters demands Andrew Thomas aljazeera beijing. Talks to and 8 years of war in syria are underway in geneva negotiators are trying to agree to a new constitution or diplomatic editor james theres reports of the vast divide between the sides which threatens to undermine any prospect of a deal. The un has been putting a positive spin on what was achieved at the 1st round of these talks in geneva the reality though is that there was very little progress made in actually drafting a new constitution for syria but the 2 sides as well as a 3rd group of representatives of Civil Society showed up and the talks didnt collapse it would be too early to say there is agreement on constitutional principles nor is there yet agreement on which issues should be addressed in the future constitutional text and which should be addressed in other ways but there was a solid initial discussion and there are commonalities on which to build. I heard the members during the recess to reflect on what was discussed and return ready to build on it the cochair of the Constitutional Committee on the governments side armored cars bari has said that any constitution needs to preserve what he describes as National Constants in syria now thats a code word for the assad dynasty whove been running the country for almost 50 years it is the key issue and its likely to be a crunch point soon for these talks james pays out his era at the United Nations i was there as Investigative Unit has discovered how the secret sale of diplomatic passports has helped keep some caribbean politicians in power faces in dominica will head to the polls in a general election next month but a step or davis reports the result may be influenced by payments from wealthy foreigners who want the privileges of becoming an ambassador. This is only the serafin the former Prime Minister of germany kept using concealed cameras we film him willing to broker a deal for a rich businessmen living in asia. She got out. In the early years. He says the businessman would then be made an ambassador for dominique despite having no connection to the country. Serafin says the money will go to dominique his current Prime Minister receive el skerritt to help win a 4th term in power. By the us of a monster. The bridge the only difference is the birds like to go around. Trying to find every. Last week police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd demanding an end to what they say is widespread vote rigging our investigation reveals how many rainy and annie resume on fred bought his domini can and bassa to ship he helped fund Prime Minister skerritt selection when 5 years ago paying for rallies t. Shirts and printing the partys manifesto mon friends foreign Business Partner witness the deals we dont use the word bribe well just use the word adult enough appreciation but definitely without that money he would not have got his diplomatic passport manfredi hopes the possible gave him diplomatic immunity it didnt work hes just been sentenced in iran to 20 years for investment both times hes. Our investigation has found that 6 caribbean states have appointed dozens of foreigners to be their ambassadors around the world while many are respected Business Leaders several have been exposed as criminals. American eric restante became an ambassador for grenada hes alleged to have filmed grenadas Prime Minister Keith Mitchell accepting cash in a briefcase the rest said it was half a 1000000. 00 Keith Mitchell denied any wrongdoing and said he was only paid 15000. 00 the travel expenses the video as not be made public the americans kept it when they jailed restaurant if the fraud. Oliver serafin it demanded a fee for arranging a dominique ambassadorship. Bar but serafin and Prime Minister skerritt later denied any discussion about a diplomatic passport skerritt denied any wrongdoing and said any payments were Legal Campaign contributions Deborah Davis al jazeera and diplomats for sale as in full 20100 hours g. M. T. On monday right here on aljazeera. Missiles epidemic sweeping through samoa has worsened 25 people are died from the disease or most all of them Young Children more than 2000 cases have been registered a state of emergency was declared more than a week ago. More than 60 doctors fear we can expound julian assad could die in prison theyve written open letter to the British Government to demand his transfer to a hospital the doctors say hes suffering from physical and psychological problems the u. S. Wants to extradite him on espionage charges. Of 2000000000. 00 worth of jewelry has been stolen from useem in germany there are reports the thieves cut the Electricity Supply and residence a green a vault museum which houses one of europes largest collections of jewels and artifacts the pieces that were taken are said to have been part of a centuries old collection. Display. Thank. You thank you but its time for the kids to want to thank you for the 1st time since the blockade of cattle began in 2017 saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates National Football teams have arrived in doha to compete in the arabian gulf cup this is the saudi squad it there has a report earlier on monday the team took a direct flight from riyadh which is significant because there are currently no direct commercial flights between the neighboring countries saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt cut off diplomatic ties with cats are accusing it of supporting armed groups allegations dohas strongly denied it was confirmed last week that saudi arabia the u. A. E. And behind all compete in the gulf cup saudi arabias 1st game is against you wait on wednesday. The United Arab Emirates have also touched down in the cattery kept so they open their gulf cup campaign against yemen on tuesday there in the same group as the hosts and play cats are in a much anticipated game on december the 2nd. Now thousands of football fans have turned out on the streets of rio as Brazilian Club flamengo celebrated a rare double the new the crowned couple about to doras champions held a victory parade after clinching their 1st south American Title in 38 years on saturday that as they celebrated that they were also confirmed as brazilian champions of the nearest rivals made us last their latest match leaving flamingo with an unassailable lead is the 7th league title for the club in the 1st time Brazilian Team has won both the league and then the better though as it is pele sand santos in 1963 but not everyone was in the Party Spirits the victory parade ended in clashes with police after some supporters threw stones and bottles Police Responded with tear gas and batons. New Zealand Cricket says it will apologize to him and volage off for archer who claims he was racially abused by a fun during the final days play of the 1st test at the bay oval after in ns heavy defeat the 24 year old bowler tweeted a bit disturbing hearing racial insults today whilst batting to help save my team the crowd was amazing this week except for that one guy new Zealand Cricket says its examining c. C. T. V. Footage to identify the man in a tweet they said we are shocked and disappointed to hear of the verbal abuse just for archer received after the test today in the cricket might be our rivals but theyre also our friends and racist abuse is never ok. To the n. B. A. Now and yet another dominant performance by luca dont change for the Dallas Mavericks he scored 41 points as they hammered big Houston Rockets is the bulls game running that dont church has recorded at least 302010 so this is the youngest player in the n. B. A. To achieve balance the mavs had 15. 00 games straight which is the longest winning streak since march the 26 d. T. Since they have announced its their last 3 its pretty different. Dont shes only 20 years old but joins a prestigious list of players to hit at least 30 points and 10 assists 4 games in a row they are Russell Westbrook james harden whos actually done it 3 times and the n. B. A. Legend michael jordan. And hes a great moment to show you from the Denver Nuggets win over the phoenix suns sneakily your kids with the no not pass to set up gary harris for the dunk. Impressive stuff well jamal emery racked up 22 points with the nuggets on this one by 12 is their 5th win in a rug. Rafael nadal has called spains victory at the revamped davis cup unforgettable the team beat canada in the final on sunday an emotional rebirth habits he staggered playing just days after the death of his father on the opening singles match for the hosts in straight sets on the one the dow then sealed picturing i straight sets win over 20 year old Denis Shapovalov giving spain their 1st davis cup trophy since 2011. A lot of things that we went through a. Fight over about the past where marcel yesterday today stayed with. Below but he recalled them all by look at the injured on the on the singles so a lot of things happened so yeah i will not be happy and honestly i have been and i i dont forget about the moments here and this amazing history only all right that is useful for now well have more feel a bit later thanks very much joe i want to be back with more news on the other side of the break but youll be watching the news from myself thank you. 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Was an Army Bomb Disposal engineer in Helmand Province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasnt scared to lose an arm or a leg a sacrifice we have to mike to serve this country almost the last time you were out on the streets testing whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every love board layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on say retention has to start from day one whether again youre in detention or youre incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a voice ok there are studies that support our coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reasons for joining the global conversation amount is iraq. A lot more victory for hong kongs prodemocracy leaders after months of protests against beijings influence. 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