Shutdown of hong kong airport as well its actually been 2 days now without any tear gas fired in hong kong that is something of a record in recent weeks but well see what happens later on saturday richelle so enter across the border and mentions and thats when theres been this this build up of. Chinese military what is the reaction been to that in the last few days and hong kong. Well weve seen new video of that troop build up in a stadium in shenzhen overnight into saturday hong kong time weve known about this troop build up in that stadium in shenzhen here in hong kong for about a week now and people here think its scare tactics by beijing they dont really expect that china is about to send in the military over the border into hong kong that would be a very very radical step hong kong has essentially a mini constitution the basic law now there are 2 relevant clauses in that one of which they explicitly say that the home clones government is responsible for public order and hong kongs government alone. The garrison the Peoples Liberation army from china thats based here in hong kong is only about National Chinese defense but theres another clause in the basic law that says that in a situation of complete breakdown of National Unity in hong kong whether its real civil dispute the disturbance on the street then the National Chinese law can essentially veto that earlier cool studies theoretically possible on paper but china to send troops into practice though it will be still an incredibly radical step it would destroy any notions of the one country 2 systems basis that has governed hong kong since the handover from british rule in 1907 it would be potentially met with fierce resistance chinese troops here from people in hong kong the protesters as well im not really could lead to significant bloodshed and no one really thinks by she wants that at the moment Angela Thomas with the latest from hong kong entry thank you. So had on aljazeera. By Rights Groups and zimbabwe are accusing the police of using Excessive Force to disperse protesters. And there are plenty of sunny skies throughout much of the mediterranean but still plenty of cloud rain storms across areas to the north system also system all streaming in from the west well some bright as though in between and once the rain has stopped you get some rather nice pictures like this this is fine for this beautiful square and of course all reflected in that role the last puddle but as i say as little bad because with in between the shots we have got some draw skies and sunshine as well 28 in vienna and mostly sunny skies and not quite as holts across the midsouth 30 celsius the both rome and athens quite windy in athens the tail end of these systems are just catching greece and so we are seeing some pretty gusty winds south of a fairly unsettles much of the northwest the winds are still strong that rain working its way south of the weekend through much of france a paris a wet day the same for the south into europe as well 30 degrees celsius and even with the wind not with the cold in london with a high of 21 celsius we want to moscow we have got im afraid a couple of what days for you in certain and sunday 17 celsius with im afraid some more rain in your forecast but all in africa theres no rate. Which is all still fairly high. On saturday 34. 00 in tunis the best time which is probably out towards morocco weve got 25. 00 celsius there on sunday a few in rip. Current. Watching aljazeera lets recap the top stories right now authorities in indian administered kashmir say they have begun to lift some of the restrictions put in place nearly 2 weeks ago this comes after the u. N. Security council held an emergency session that it ended without a joint statement. As i government protesters in hong kong are rallying for an 11 straight weekend its expected to be the 1st major demonstration since the airport was shut down after china mobilized Security Forces at the border and chanting. The saudi Variety Coalition in yemen has ordered separatists who took over aid last week to withdraw their forces from the port city but the u. A. E. Back separately say they will not lead. The u. S. Is continuing to push for the detention an Iranian Oil Tanker hell for 6 weeks and walter the department of justice has issued a warrant for the ship to be seized but the ship is still preparing to leave for baltar by sunday after Supreme Court judges in the british territory ordered its release a new crew is on board and the super tanker is also being given a new name it will now sail under the iranian flag after its registration was switched from panama john hendren has more from washington d. C. The British Government says it has ended this seizure of an iranian ship injured brawl tour that was alleged to be violating International Sanctions but now the u. S. Government has filed this in court here in washington d. C. This is a complaint that alleges that iran is violating u. S. Sanctions after the United States pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal in 2018 the. U. S. Reinstituted a series of sanctions and added some others in the u. S. Government is now saying that iran is violating Bank Fraud Money Laundering and aid to terrorism sanctions the u. S. Instituted is far back as 1977 the United States government says that iran was using Shell Companies to disguise where this oil was coming from it used the u. S. Financial system in violation of u. S. Sanctions laws and it says that confidential informants have said that the oil on that ship was destined for syria thats a violation of u. S. And International Sanctions and it says the iranian government used falsified papers to allege that in fact that oil came from iraq when it came from iran it also says that the iranian government turned off the transponder on that ship that would alert other ships as to where it was at various times so the u. S. Government now wants to seize that ship and once it to be forfeited the big question here is will the British Government help the u. S. By seizing this ship will interpol be involved with the u. S. Government trying to seize that ship right now that ship has been freed off the coast of gibraltar and all of those open questions remain israel has carried out air strikes on armed groups in the gaza strip according to local media palestinians say the strikes on saturday hit farmland and central gaza israel claims 3 rockets were fired into israel a day earlier from the gaza strip its president is condemning a Us Democratic congress someones rejection of an israeli peace as a complete set up she did sleep said israel had imposed unacceptable conditions on her application to visit family in the occupied west bank israel had initially bans her and fellow congresswoman ellen omeara because of their support for the global Boycott Movement that opposes israels policies the labor question of the sets of his that her grandmother promising not to make any political statements. He was a preacher man and to go there when i had to deal with the industry to throw in somebody to me they were asking me. Here you know like my grandmother said im not your freezer burger i know you are my dream man if thats true and i dont want to come back here peach you dont come here to come is my country my friends are in there so proud of slaves relatives in palestine say they support her decision. She will do the most rule the boomers you know for she does visit to her homeland is under conditions we reject that its for she does right as a palestinian to come and visit a family in country. Jordan has more from washington d. C. On friday to leave put out a statement saying that her initial decision to accept of the saw on humanitarian grounds in essence was undercutting the very reason why she chose to run for the us congress to stand up for the rights of those whose rights have been a crust she said that she could not live with herself even though she very much had wanted to spend time with her 90 year old grandmother and with other members of her extended family this prompted an Immediate Response from the Israeli Interior Ministry which accused the leap of a centrally trying to well play the visa application process for political gain here in the United States the Israeli Government recently enacted a law that bans those supporters of the b. D. S. Movement or Boycott Divest Sanctions Movement from visiting israel or the occupied west bank but because of her status as a member of congress and because she had promised that she would not discuss politics while in the occupied west bank the interior ministry had decided on thursday to give to leave a visa to visit her family the night in nations has urged government to stop its crackdown on Peaceful Protesters this comes after riot Police Used Tear Gas into tongs to break up a protest over the rising cost of living. State authorities have a duty to ensure peoples rights to freedom of expression and to facilitate and protect the right to Peaceful Assembly in addition we urge the senate when reviewing the maintenance of peace and order a bill which is passing through the parliament now. Really urge them to protect the essential democratic freedoms of Peaceful Assembly and demonstration foreign suring the bills compliance with the zimbabwean constitution fridays demonstration had been banned but large crowds still turned out in the center of harare erema toss reports from the capital. The what was meant to be a protest over the economy turned into chaos police in zimbabwe had banned the demonstration saying they were expecting violence alleging some opposition supporters were armed a High Court Judge dismissed an application by the Opposition Movement for Democratic Change to overturn the ban Opposition Leaders then called off the march but some of the supporters were defiant saying they had a democratic right to demonstrate in a show of force pride please remind people what happens in a country with a history of brutally silencing voices of dissent flag i dont know if there were hundreds of. Them boys not free where are we going as a country were suffering were hungry we cant afford to send our children to school. Was c it but every time the Police Disperse the crowds some of them kept trying to come back some opposition supporters are refusing to disperse so riot police are slowly trying to push them back the aim is to get them out of the city center the police fear that if people are to stay in this area they could be looting and damage to property many zimbabweans blame president was Government Economic mismanagement soaring inflation rising food prices and growing unemployment they say they want an end to their misery and to be heard every road leading into iraq. It is good police stops they have thousands and thousands of people that are stopping people come come from our. Food was just in our oath and they marched. Somewhere much of a can of kind of being in a position in a position to parliament it doesnt last for more than one hour but the principle it has been stopped much of harare city center was unusually quiet on friday shops and businesses were closed many people stayed home fearing violence president says fixing the economy will take time and thats a beans a need to be patient but it seems for some patience is running out how to. Main Opposition Leader said his m. D. C. Party backed down from antigovernment protests to avoid bloodshed we dont want to raise peoples lives by calling. For them to be confrontational there would be blood in the street why would one want to walk on good board to there is a National Park crisis were going to resolve our crisis through this and that is what so thousands of women and marched through the streets of mexico city demanding justice after a series of alleged sexual attacks by Police Officers. The latest cases involve the alleged rape of 2 teenagers a 17 year old says she was raped by a group of policeman days later another teen accused a Police Officer of raping her and a museum 6 officers have been suspended as part of the investigation allegations of outrage over the high rate of violence against women in mexico. The bella virus has spread to a 3rd province in the democratic republic of congo the 1st 2 cases have been confirmed in south cave and doctors say a 24 year old woman and her baby contracted ebola and benny north kivu consider the center of the outbreak they then travel 700 kilometers to south kivu where they tested positive for ebola. 55 african elephants are killed every day for their ivory illegal trade is being discussed at a Wildlife Protection conference in geneva campaigners are calling for sanctions against vietnam which is accused of being a hub for ivory traffickers and they were reports. Running wild and free for now at least while elephants aunt on the verge of extinction more countries could lose their herds altogether destruction of habitat complet with people over land and poaching threaten the elephant down a back street in hanoi the capital of vietnam the floor of a timber plant is strewn with elephant ivory the result of illegal poaching part from here but traded in vietnam where its possible to buy pretty much anything using your own. One man told an undercover investigator from a group campaigning against the illegal wildlife trade how hes able to open his contacts in a pool of ivory inside a customs compound standing next to officials who are supposed to stop him campaigners say more needs to be done to tackle the traffickers im betting am which has become the global hub for the illegal trade writhing there are compelling reasons to use these noncompliance proceedings against vietnam so were calling on all sides parties and World Governments engine iran this month to begin these noncompliance proceedings against vietnam with a view that if significant progress is non demonstrated. That they should be slapped would treat suspensions vietnam is under pressure to reform its practices and has bowed to do more there have been modest increases in elephant populations in kenya malawi and uganda but losses in tanzania mozambique and the democratic republic of congo complex with people over habitat loss is a problem but so too is poaching thats despite the 989. 00 International Ban on the trade in ivory there are estimated to be about 400000. 00 elephants in Subsaharan Africa its also estimated 55. 00 african elephants are killed for their ivory every day thats 20000. 00 a year. There is a long standing debate about what the ivory stock should be sold or whether that would provide a cuppa but the illegal trade campaigners say Wildlife Crime is worth noting but more needs to be done before its too late imo heywood there are an autopsy is found jeffrey abstain died by hanging himself in his presence l u s financer was awaiting trial in new york on sex trafficking charges 2 guards have been suspended and the jail warden given another job for failing to prevent the suicide following abstains previous attempts he was absent or been convicted of soliciting prostitution from an underage girl a member of one of the most famous american acting families peter fonda has died the 79 year old was best known for strong alongside Dennis Hopper in the 1989 wrote classic easy rider it was the son of actor henry fonda and brother of jane fonda he was being treated for lung cancer. Because the headlines for you on aljazeera authorities in indian administered kashmir say they have begun to lift some of the restrictions put in place nearly 2 weeks ago this comes after the Un Security Council held an emergency session which ended without a joint statement. Read be to address these issues in a manner that states who have normal approaches to international ties should address them. Im innocuous be a commit to to dissimulate dream and its now for pakistan to make that commitment to stop terror to stop ducks the fact that this meeting took place is testimony to the fact that this is an internationally recognized dispute. There was an effort to stop this meeting from convening. And we are grateful to all 15 members of the u. N. Security council for the green to having this meeting the saudi moroni coalition in yemen has ordered separatists who took over a last week to withdraw their forces from the city the back separatists have repeatedly said they will not leave the capturing of the city created a rift in the coalition with which is supported yemens nationally recognized government based in a. Protesters are expected to turn out for a rally in hong kongs cohen district thats happening after the city School Teachers braved thunderstorms earlier on saturday to kick off a weekend of demonstrations against government policy and opposing progovernment rally is also planned for Central Hong Kong under the banner save hong kong together israel has carried out air strikes on armed groups in the gaza strip according to local media palestinians say the strikes on saturday hit farmland in central gaza israel claims