A 1000000 people every year when you look at the battle against the seat. Im phil gayle welcome to the Program Police in hong kong have sealed off the university. Diversity after protium ocracy activists the site and they want trying to leave now facing arrest or thoughts on the i havent have described protesters as criminals but the demonstrators did receive a small victory from the terraces high court well hear from our correspondent there in on the island in just a moment 1st this report. These students are ready to go home camped out at hong kongs Polytechnic University they are wary from increasingly violent clashes with police over the weekend. But having failed to dislodge the protesters for days the police are now preventing them from leaving. To a crowd somewhere i exhausted because weve been up since 5 am yesterday were desperate because the supplies are running low. Anyone leaving the university risks arrest and a lengthy prison sentence the students are worried. You know. A
Prompts the council to declare i not see emergency. Im phil gal welcome to the program. South africa have won the mens Rugby World Cup in japan the springboks sprang a surprise by defeating favorites england 3212 in the final in yokohama sparking celebrations across south africa this was the scene in johannesburg as people celebrated the countrys 3rd world cup when. There was joy in so as a township where the victory had special significance after see a can he see became the 1st black captain to lift the mens trophy for south africa the springboks and to the game as underdogs but 100 pollak kicked for penalties to give them a 1st half lead a subdued england kept themselves in the contest for 2 tries from south africa in the 2nd half sealed the win. You know because one and i do increase folk with fans in cape town after the match. What a performance of the springboks during that waltz cup and what a clear victory in the finals in the end of the day and kept on but also throughout the c
Migrants arriving across the mediterranean they want more e. U. Countries to share the burden of resettling refugees. Plus one of the Worlds Largest statues gets an epic facelift renovations are underway to restore the motherland coal russias monument to the world war 2. Well im Terry Marchant good to have you with us Donald Trumps plan to pull american troops out of syria is drawing fire from both sides of the aisle in washington senior politicians are calling on the u. S. President to reverse his decision theyre concerned that the pullout will allow turkey to launch its long planned offensive against kurdish fighters in the region fighters that have been key allies of the u. S. And its battle against the socalled Islamic State. Leaving in a hurry american troops started pulling out of syria within hours of the official announcement. They leave behind these empty bases near the Turkish Border bases that had been a guarantee of safety for Kurdish Forces and. U. S. President donald trum
A 2nd term just introduced the liberal party edges ahead of conservatives but fall short of a majority and is now set to head a minority government. And the unveiling of a new emperor japans north ito formally proclaims his ascension to the chrysanthemum throne the worlds oldest that it terry model. Plus a man in his eightys on the mission of a life piece become a fixture in hong kongs prodemocracy movement we follow him as he puts himself between the police and the protesters. Hello im terry Martin Thanks for joining us journeys defense minister has put forth a plan for the future of Northern Syria on the clay come on by as plan calls for an internationally patrolled security zone. In syria along the border with turkey thats similar to what turkey says it wants to achieve with its own military incursion there the difference is that the zone proposed by the German Defense minister would be under international and not turkish control. Is seen as a possible successor to chancellor merkel
Today between police and demonstrators. Because the killed. A film based on a comic book that provokes fears of real life violence the psychological thriller joker has been called a nihilistic dive into the nastiest parts of our society our reporter karl not been talks about security threats on its Opening Weekend. Thanks for joining us. We begin in hong kong where a group of lawmakers has filed a legal challenge to the territorys ban on the face masks worn by prodemocracy protesters the ban went into effect at midnight but activists have been defying the prohibition the citys subway and many shops remain closed after a night of violence on friday there were more clashes today as police confronted masked protesters oh. Oh. Oh right. Hand in hand against the face mask. Protesters have frequently formed to human chains in hong kong in recent weeks a peaceful yet potent act of defiance inspired by a human chain 30 years ago that propelled the collapse of the communist soviet union was her