A pretext to expand its own jewish settlements in the area. And another big one for ukraines president exit polls giving a lot of members a lance his party a commanding lead after sundays parliamentary elections but will he get the absolute majority hes hoping for. Also coming up india is heading for the moon a countdown is on again for an ambitious launch that could see it become the 4th nation to land a probe on the lunar surface blast off isnt just over one out. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us. We begin the program in hong kong and a 7th straight weekend of antigovernment protests has descended into violence demonstrations began peacefully as tens of thousands rallied against a very unpopular extradition bill many fear will erode that citys autonomy as protesters headed for the office of Chinas Communist Party police fired on them with rubber bullets and tear gas and in a new development suspected triad gang members attacked the demonstrators. It was a vicious assault.
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