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A small passenger plane crashes into a densely populated neighborhood in the city of goma in eastern democratic republic of congo at least 27 people have been killed. There counting is underway in hong kong after a record turnout for the territorys local elections the burj is seen by many as a test of Public Opinion on hong kongs relationship with beijing after months of sometimes violent protests at least 2900000 people cast their ballots thats more than 70 percent of all registered voters results are expected in the coming hours in a moment well cross to rob mcbride whos standing by in hong kong but 1st scott hardly takes a look at the record breaking election and how it unfolded. In a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and Police Voters in manchaca cast last minute ballots just moments before the polls closed on a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever after nearly 6 months of violent demonstrations the polling was se
A densely populated neighborhood in the city of goma in eastern democratic republic of congo at least 29 people have been killed. And over to being counted in hong kong after a record turnout for the territories local elections the poll is seen by many as a test of Public Opinion on hong kongs relationship with beijing after months of sometimes violent protests at least 2900000 people cast their ballots as more than 70 percent of all registered voters results are expected in the coming hours and then well cross to bride years in hong kong but 1st scott harder takes a look at how the record breaking election unfolded. In a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and Police Voters in manchaca cast last minute ballots just moments before the polls closed on a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever after nearly 6 months of violent demonstrations the polling was seen as a way for voters to officially take sides in this deeply divi
Media magnates Michael Bloomberg joins the crowd of democratic president ial field saying his moderate credentials are the best bet to take on donald trump. Thank you for joining us early results from hong kongs District Council election show the prodemocracy camp has won significantly more seats than probate jane candidates votes are still being counted on monday morning following a record turnout of more than 71 percent Council Elections are typically uneventful but this year theyre being seen as a gauge of the popular mood following months of political arm rests lets get the latest from soccer in hong kong for assad bring us up to date with the latest results 1st. Also the answer mention the prodemocracy groups so the cant have had a landslide victory on the latest count of the. The seats in these district elections until sunday the probation held the majority big clearly hong kong is waking up to a new beginning in the District Council landscape and now as you mention nearly 300000