A warning from one of the Top Health Officials in the u. S. After reporting the highest daily death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began also this hour and crisis in syria the cold of winter is putting millions of people at risk. To their schools to n. B. A. Players get back to training as the Houston Rockets trade on store point god Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in hong kong where the proDemocracy Movement has suffered a huge setback another prominent activist is facing time in prison media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jamie law is the latest to be taken into Police Custody hell be held until a court case in april next year jimmy law is accused of. Fraud and this comes just a day after 3 other leaders were sentenced Joshua Wong Agnes cha and ivan lamb will serve 1310 and 7 months in jail respectively the Hong Kong Government says all those activists broke the law protesters say that trumped up charges t
Welcome to. Join us well known hong kong prodemocracy activist jimmy lie has asked supporters to be innovative and patient with their fight for greater freedoms in the city he was granted bail on wednesday days after his arrest under the strict no 9 other people including activist agnes cha were arrested on monday by police under the new law after her release on bail on tuesday child 2 vowed to carry on the fight for democracy in hong kong the arrests come at a time when beijing has stepped up the pressure following more than a yard of protests by hong kong demanding a greater say in running their city or lease raiding all this is so precious and such while relations all. Hong kong people believe all freedom of speech what i want a media mogul jimmy lai answering questions online on his arrest this week under a new security law for hong kong hes a staunch supporter of the citys prodemocracy Movement China considers him a traitor. When he was released on bail on wednesday a throng of su
Im Adrian Finnegan this is al jazeera life and also coming up Turkish Backed forces fight for strategic mountain in Northern Syria. One of hong kongs most prominent activists is barred from standing for election. Corruption and conflict high on the agenda as African Union leaders hold their annual summit. Yemens Prime Minister is accusing separatists of staging a coup this after several people were killed in fighting between armed groups in the city of aden been reports of heavy gunfire in the southern port city separatists allied with the United Arab Emirates but all of this with the saudi backed government of president a bribe a month so hadi groups want control of yemens Southern Region lets speak to some a humdinger whos a middle east analyst who joins us now live from london skype yemens Prime Minister that accusing separatists of staging a coup whats your impression of whats going on in a can of why what are you hearing. I think that. Oh. I think you get a little. More over the s
Im sam hes a dan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up turkish bank forces take control of a strategic mountain in Northern Syria. Russian Opposition Leader like sin of and they arrested as hundreds marched through moscow to show their support and one of hong kongs most prominent activist is banned from standing for elections. Yemens Prime Minister is calling for an immediate cease fire in the Southern City of a that earlier here q separatists are staging a coup so far at least ten people have been killed in fighting between Security Forces and secessionists the Security Forces are on the side of president. And theyre backed by the Saudi Led Coalition the session is on the other hand supported by the government of the United Arab Emirates the u. A. E. Is also supposed to be part of that coalition scan the latest from osama bin jeff eight. Yemens Prime Minister says secessionists of steve in the city of aden. Not speer the government had been based for the last few years ther
Sixty minutes calls for an immediate cease fire in yemens port city of aden after secessionists seize government buildings joining a day of deadly fighting. Turkish forces take control of a key mountain in syrias african region as that offensive against kurdish fighters enters a second week. Wrestled to the ground and taken into custody russias Opposition Leader is detained for several hours during rallies against Vladimir Putin plus. Im lawrence lee with a second of all reports from the river where refugees have accused the greek police of using violence and intimidation to illegally push them back over the river into to. Yemens Prime Minister has accused the session its backed by the United Arab Emirates of an attempted coup after they took over the governments headquarters in the city of aden at least ten people have been killed and one hundred others wounded in the worst fighting yet between secessionists and yemens government this is specialist won control of yemens Southern Regio