Good repeat of the good. This is news live from berlin protesters mark 5 years off demonstrating for democracy in hong kong they were out on the streets as they have been every weekend for the last 4 months but this time marking the anniversary of the socalled ambriel a movement also coming up. Its about ways for the president to Robert Mugabe has been buried in his home village it follows weeks off wrangling between the government and use family over his final Resting Place. And counting gets under way in afghanistans president ial election past several people have been killed and
dozens injured in last near Polling Stations after the taliban want versus to stay at home. Hello im Kristie Model welcome to the program. More rallies have been taking place in hong kong to mock 5 years since the start of the socalled Umbrella Movement which saw the beginning of mass protests in the territory prodemocracy demonstrators have been protesting for months of a controversial Extradition Bill that
speaking ron paul this is the most more the right peaceful a rational way to express our political beliefs if they law activists just like me to run for office they need to pray the price later in the day the mood turned ugly as police turned water cannons on the protesters but 5 years after the umbrella movement began activists to celebrating their victory earlier this year in getting the extradition bill scrapped they remained as determined deserver to keep pressing their demands for democracy. zimbabwe s former president robert mugabe has been buried in his home village it follows weeks of wrangling between the government and his family over his final resting place the funeral was held at his birthplace the village of tama died in a single hospital earlier this month he was $95.00 he is a controversial figure many revered him as a freedom fighter who helped bring about zimbabwe s independence from britain yes
thank you jason thank you now to some other stories making news around the world a brief u.s. government shutdown is set to end after the house of representatives passed a bill to fund the federal government through march twenty third the senate passed it a few hours earlier the bill also increases overall spending limits over two years the president is expected to sign the bill into law activists say airstrikes in syria s eastern near the capital damascus have killed over two hundred people in the past four days the bloodshed has led the united nations to call for an urgent ceasefire to evacuate civilians and deliver humanitarian aid. the european parliament has expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in turkey in a resolution lawmakers urged president. to lift the state of emergency he had imposed after the failed military coup in two thousand and sixteen they say is being used to stifle legitimate opposition in the country. and the reuters news