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Create. The healing. After a bloody civil war could prove it will become the worlds newest country. Lets begin in south america where protests in several countries have crippled the major cities bringing many to a standstill in jill a protest began last month when students in santiago demonstrated against a subway fare increase since then demonstrations have grown with demands for political and economic reform in colombia a proposal to change the minimum wage as well as introduced pension and ta...

Is lower than some expectations im joining with the sports controversial quarterback calling captain it holds a trial session in front of team scouts but only after a last minute change of venue well tell you why in the next 60 minutes. We begin this news out in hong kong where police and demonstrators engaged in violent clashes protesters have shot those of ours and hold petrol bombs from a barricaded University Campus police fired tear gas and water cannon as they try to disperse the protester...

Winner of saturdays election there in the capital colombo for the celebrations and concerns for the future. And in iran traffic ground to a halt in the capital tehran is taking their protest at 50 percent hike in fuel prices around supreme leaders says he backs the decision despite the unrest. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where theyve been fresh clashes between prodemocracy demonstrators and Police Chinese troops have been deployed for the 1st time since they p...

A few areas response. We begin in hong kong where police and demonstrators are engaged in a violent clashes protestors have shot bows and arrows and hurled petrol bombs from a barricaded University Campus police fired tear gas and water cannon as they try to disperse the protesters we will talk to rob the bride in hong kong short shortly but 1st his report. Another sunday afternoon another homecoming street turned into a battleground. At the end of a week that seen a marked escalation in the lev...

State owned oil company is lower than some expect. To study in hong kong where police are on the brink of trying to break up a standoff with protesters that have been battling demonstrators for hours who have barricaded themselves in a University Campus right mcbride has more from hong kong. Another sunday afternoon another homecoming street turned into a battleground. At the end of a week that seen a marked escalation in the level of violence between protesters and Police Students took over sev...

About iran have played into the protests. There is a great boulder here in the. Bodies of thousands and our government demonstrators that that. Is far too beholden to store in powers and that among those foreign powers that are exerting too much influence in this country is the country which is their neighbor and that they will work extraordinary about what happened this evening is that the iranian consulate is the one just want to see. Shiite religious authority was attacked this is shia majori...

Pushed back and forth all as a handful of chinas soldiers looked on. Behind the steel gates of their barracks just metres away. There we re barracks just metres away. There were claims both sides are now using lethal weapons. The Police Say One of theirs was hit by an arrow fired from the university. Do you think the people of hong kong support you throwing petrol bombs and bow and arrow . I dont expect all people to support but people need to understand what were doing right 110w. Understand wh...

Police are on the brink of breaking up a standoff with protesters in hong kong its just after 1 oclock in the morning and forces are outside a University Campus where demonstrators have barricaded themselves in from their drive shot arrows and hold petrol bombs police have returned with gas and water cannon now they warning they are ready to make their next move and there are people to get out of the area for their own safety rob mcbride has more from hong kong. Another sunday afternoon another ...

A century. The Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad says a cease fire has been agreed with israel in gaza after 2 days of cross border fighting these are live pictures from gaza where calm appears to have been restored egypt has been mediating between the 2 sides there began after a Senior Leader of Islamic Jihad was killed in an israeli airstrike where rob matheson joins us on the phone now from west jerusalem rob so what more details have emerged about this cease fire. Well weve had no official con...

Convicted sex offender Geoffrey Epstein in an interview thats being called his disastrous we take a look at the interview and its fallout. Im called assman welcome to the program in iran thousands of people have been out in the streets protesting the governments decision to raise petrol prices by 50 percent and introduce rationing so as the price hike on friday many demonstrators have abandoned their cars along major highways and joined mass rallies in the capital tehran but some of the demonstr...