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ALJAZ NEWSHOUR July 14, 2024

Doctors declare curable after a drugs breakthrough in the democratic republic of congo. And the family of a jailed of saudi womens rights activist says shes been offered freedom if she agrees to deny being tortured. Welcome to the news our planes are again flying in and out of Hong Kongs International Airport after protesters flooded terminal buildings for a 2nd day causing mass cancellations things turned violent and chaotic when riot police moved in with backings and pepper spray. Abdul hamid reports from the airport. It was late in the evening when chaos broke out at Hong Kongs International Airport hours before protesters had detained and roughed up a man they suspected of being an undercover agent from Mainland China paramedics tried to save him in vain so police were sent to help that thats when this couples broke out even though fish oils had released. Their mission wasnt to disperse the city now in its 5th day hundreds of flights had been canceled at one of the worlds busiest airports hong kongs government is continuing to stand behind a tougher Police Tactics after Security Forces said they were facing increasing violence anger at what protestors say is Police Brutality in dealing with them has fired up these airport demonstrations earlier in the day hong kongs embattled leader kerry lamb gave a press briefing to warn of the economic damage of closing the airport but gave no hint of backing away from hers and beijings resolute stance that chief executives responsibility is to ensure that hong kong remains a safe and orderly and law abiding city that is most responsibility because without the rule of law without law and order in hong kong it is extremely difficult to ensure the 7000000 people in hong kong could continue to live in a peaceful manner choose they had begun with a return to business as airline started clearing the backlog of canceled flights protester numbers werent as big as the day before but enough to block access to do security and immigration areas and to use enough trolleys to close down the check in desks by and large the protesters have left the airport and all you have here are passengers trying to figure out when they can cast and next flight home awaits to see whether wednesday will bring more disruption to air travelers but more importantly when and if authorities patients will run out without the elders or at home calls International Airport. No the human the u. N. Human Rights Office wants hong kongs leaders to look into whether police have broken International Law in the way theyve dealt with protesters yes very concerned because the violence appears to be increasing. And. Certainly segments of the population appear to be getting angry and this is one of the reasons why we call for prompt impartial independent investigations the office urges the hong kong authorities to act with restraint to ensure that the rights of those who are expressing their views peacefully are respected and protected while trying his mission to the u. N. Has rejected the statement and they say and we quote the Spokes Person for the u. N. High commissioner for human rights made a wrongful statement on hong kong that contradicts the facts interferes in whats happening in hong kong which is chinas Domestic Affairs and sends the wrong signal to the violent criminal offenders the statement goes on to say that this is not tolerable for any responsible government and will only be met with a firm hand in accordance with the law and tweeting in washington d. C. U. S. President all trump seemed to suggest china is preparing for a tougher crackdown he says our intelligence has informed us that the Chinese Government is moving troops to the border with hong kong everyone should be calmed and safe well earlier we spoke to scott hyder whos on the border. Change in here is the gateway from Mainland China into hong kong territory behind me theres a Railway Station theres a bus station theres a way for pedestrians to make their way into hong kong territory now also whats been happening here in the engine over the last couple days is quite interesting you know there was a state run media that put out video and stills of armored personnel carriers and Paramilitary Forces gathering here in the city actually an Athletic Field just outside central shenzhen now obviously this sends a message to those who are protesting in hong kong theres this big military force just across the border the Central Government says they are here for a large exercise its going to be happening over the next couple days this is coupled with the strengthening of rhetoric also coming out of beijing calling whats happening in some of those protests terrorism and saying that theyll crack down with an iron fist but when you talk to people here in Mainland China about whats going on in hong kong they have a much different view than those in hong kong they say theyre frustrated theyre angry and theyre also scared we actually talked to some people who are going on their way into hong kong from Mainland China here one family was going to Hong Kong Disneyland and they said theyre frustrated because theyre worried about the safety of their children so obviously a much different view of whats happening in hong kong here in Mainland China well gordon chang is the author of the coming collapse of china joins me now via skype from toronto in canada good to have you with us live on aljazeera but beijing seems to be facing a conundrum doesnt it when looking at whats been happening or unfolding in hong kong these past few months i mean how does china restored sort of the 2 systems one country policy and get back to normal all certainly have a normal relationship with hong kong if it can at all. You know music is to stop doing what its been doing which is encroaching on the autonomy of the Hong Kong Government and the hong kong people so for instance it was the force behind the extradition proposal that was triggered all these protests when these protests actually go back to april of this year but you know beijing has a view that it needs to control encore and so on that you get in the way of taking those steps and making those compromises that we can in the situation and indeed china is perceived to be chipping away at the notion of democracy and freedom in hong kong for example the suppression of the Umbrella Movement in 2014 the kidnapping of booksellers who publish a text that oppose their overlords in beijing and now as you mention the extradition bill which weve been focusing on these past few months be it all process through the hong kong legislate chill its all coming from beijing one way or another these 2 bodies need to try and find a way of catering the protesting public. Yes but beijing wont do that so for instance one simple step would be to force kerry lam the hong kong chief executive to resign but they wont do that because they dont want the protesters to have a victory also if he leaves that triggers a renewed calls for universal suffrage which was the subject of those 2014 protests that you mentioned so right now beijings pretty much box itself into a position which is going to prolong the controversy prolong the demonstrations against then you have another option and you know one has to play devils advocate here on aljazeera i mean do you think china would go in hard knowing that the world is watching and referring to you might say part of historical events when it comes to Tiananmen Square and the months because there were 989. 00 it is a worrying development that could perhaps head into that direction. Well it certainly could go in that direction you know chinese leaders are right now are finishing up there they got hot conference every august or almost every august they get together and that seaside resort near of ageing and they talk about important issues well if they follow the pattern will be wrapping up truants the end of this week and we could find maybe theres a consensus for them to do something i tend to think this is just pure speculation i tend to think that theyll eventually move in but were talking months and months down the road because right now they realize that if they were to deploy the peoples are for the Peoples Liberation army and that they would end up in a long term struggle with more than half of the hong kong population and thats just not a winning scenario were the chinese if you think that in somalia for the future we perhaps perceive this as an intractable problem is there an obvious way out of the problem that hong kong and beijing face right now that would allow everyone to keep face and allow hong kong you might say to get back to normal. Only significant because actions from bijan would allow that situation to occur and i dont for the reasons i mentioned i just dont think the chinese political system right now is configured to make those compromises to people because you know if they do that then you could have contagion throughout the mainland the one thing theyre really worried about is the protests spreading throughout Mainland China and although people in Mainland China dont really sympathise with hong kong people they might be inspired by an example so if the hong kong people were to get significant concessions then people in the mainland would say well what about big you know ill do the same thing and ill get what i want and not would be. An existential threat lisas a communist party of use of good in china is good to get your insight thanks very much for your time from toronto thank you. On to our other top story and Indias Supreme Court says the government needs more time to restore order in indian controlled kashmir the court has been hearing a petition against indias move to strip the disputed region of its all ptolemy and revoke special rights millions of kashmiris have been false to stay indoors for a 9th straight day without working phones television or the internet hundreds of people do find the security lock down during the holiday on monday to protest against the indian governments actions. In indian controlled kashmir. Almost no Major International news outlet has been reporting on the situation on tuesday from the crash near valley however the Associated Press is reporting a Strict Lockdown for the 9th day in a row and some residents in some areas are running out of essential supplies most the biggest news Media Outlets are reporting top government officials and their press conferences for example your principal secretary wrote consul has said on tuesday that restrictions had been relaxed in various parts of the region and that here in germany it was almost and it was actually entirely free of restrictions but we have noticed that phone and internet restrictions remain in place here on monday the largest city in mere restrictions since the beginning of the lockdown the region of its autonomy and on tuesday india Supreme Court has said that we expect normalcy but nothing can be done nobody knows what is happening and one has to rely on the government and quote adding that this whole issue was a sensitive matter. A retired officer he now works on initiatives to build peace in kashmir he says india will have to carefully ease the lockdown if its to avoid violence. Intersect between the manner in which locking down will be east and the nature of violence we may be may see it in the extreme really critical one because neither the government nor the people of india for that matter the international system. And allow very very large scale casualties this is also concern of the government and thats why you see the National Security advisor of india camping in the rally for ever since this problem began India Pakistan relations will go more and more into a spiral i do not see any Movement Forward in that relationship in the months and years ahead whether there is a mediation is a most are unlikely or that is the initiative from both sides not to each other also busy i believe as a security analyst or someone who has been looking at India Pakistan very girlie that there is a compulsion for the 2 countries to talk to each other but this step im afraid is going to be a big setback to that process of a possible dialogue between the 2 countries. About 500 refugees migrants all stranded in the Mediterranean Sea after being rescued by 2 aid boats the ocean viking picked up more than 300 of them on sunday and monday and the spanish open arms tassel has been at sea for 12 days waiting for port entry approval European Countries arguing over who should take responsibility for them. Is a project coordinator with Doctors Without Borders and dissolve the viking is calling on the italian all multis governments to let them talk. We had 4 rescues in for 4 days in a row we had the 1st rescue we had at 85 people the 2nd rescue was again 85 people 31 and the last rescue was 105 people on that last rescue just moments after 3 we got life jackets on all the people on board the rubber boat part of the river boat collapse and people actually went in the water if we wouldnt have been there just minutes before they would definitely have been more that in the mediterranean we have contacted both of them all future dohertys and the italian authorities are questioning a port of safety so we are relying on them to give us a proper place for disembarkation some of these people have been at sea for for 4. 00 to 3. 00 to 4. 00 days in these rubber boats which arent even worthy for being at sea and theres severely dehydrated they are showing signs of physical abuse psychological abuse from their time in libya wounds im just saying on their hands and feet speak for themselves theyve talked tell the stories about their times in arbitrary detention being forced into slavery rape being tortured and seeing people next to them killed for no reason at all will still kill him only al jazeera news out. Will scold and zation after an explosion at a military base chances the calm the deep celebrations in baghdad. The big jump in measles cases from so warning from the wolfhound fullblown zation about misinformation. Also the women hope to win the best of times with blinding pilots they call in will not set any of the will championship. Thing to african one son to save them a step closer to killing the about a virus thats off to a sick. Clinical trial in the democratic republic of congo where the latest outbreak has killed 1800 people hurt. The 2nd largest a bowl outbreak in the world has killed nearly 2000 people in the democratic republic of congo in just a year now 2 out of 4 new abode vaccinations being tested are proving so effective theyre being given to all patients in d. R. C on tuesday 2 people were given the all clear and released from a Treatment Center in goma officials with the World Health Organization which has been coordinating the trials hopes this will stem the spread of the disease but the timing of the treatment is vital those who received treatment early so within the 1st 3 days. The mortality rate with a good general on. May be was around 10 percent comparison to those patients who got treatment late mortality rate for those due to drugs are 60 or respectively 66 percent so sure should the friends whether you receive treatment in the 1st 3 days or late the vaccinations work by attacking the bone a virus with antibodies and neutralizing its impact on human cells they were developed using cells harvested from ebola survivors ebola has killed at least 13000 people since 2013 designed to say theyre getting close to turning it into what they call a preventable and treatable disease and while its difficult to eradicate completely with this medical breakthrough at least doctors hope to put an end to outbreaks that pose a Major International Health Threat that al jazeera. Russia says its winning a Nuclear Arms Race despite a mysterious rocket testing accident which caused a spike in radiation levels it happened on thursday at an arctic naval base in broad vince kanalz east of St Petersburg at least 5 people were killed radiation levels jumped to 16 times to the normal level but no official explanation has been given for this the facility is used to test Ballistic Missiles used by Nuclear Submarines step vasant has more from moscow. Only 5 days after this mysterious explosion in the north of russia in the area of our congleton we now know that the Weather Agency has measured radiation levels up to 16 times higher than normal in the city of sanford since where exactly this testing nearby took place the highest measurement was actually at a kindergarten so of course theres a lot of suspicion and also conspiracy theories going on here in russia about what exactly has happened the government has been very tight lipped the only thing that we heard from the Vice President ial spokesman was that people should just trust the information thats been conveyed to them by the russian authorities and also about these ready ation levels he said that all the state age

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