Hong kong throughout the day they started gathering even before kerry lamb made that announcement and they went into the financial district and then it kind of shrank a little bit but then they were blocking major intersections right in the center of monklands financial district and then they marched over here to causeway bay and there are thousands here now and theyre really just kind of coring in now how are they reacting to this announcement they say its kind of business as usual theyre continuing on theyre not going to go up by this band theyre not worried about this facemask ban as you can see a lot of people here have a face mask they are just going to continue with their protesting they say it was interesting one protester even said that this is an issue thats bigger than just bank on this is something that china is doing that is dangerous for the world so the prostatitis here for the most part is saying were going to stay steady on and continue what theyve been doing for the last nearly 4 months in the news ahead on aljazeera turbulance over the river nile on a vicious down project in ethiopia is angry egypt and we look at how young voters in britain shape the countrys next general election. I know theres still some pretty good sunny skies clear skies sunny across much of the east in china but the weather out tools the west is doing its best to work its way across that region not making a great deal of headway to saturday as fairly wet as you can see here through much of Central China down across as well into northern vietnam and laos and then as we head off into sunday well see the rain back in the full cost across southern coastal areas across into hina also taiwan and central and northern sections of the philippines and meanwhile those rains more extensive out across the west that back into momma and also northern sections of thailand now there is some good. Israel across into india finally beginning to see signs of their withdrawal of the southwest monsoon but theres certainly more rain in the forecast weve got more rain slightly south today across the Central Region so maharashtra for the next couple of days mumbai expect to see some light rain and then also out towards the west so carola but also tamilnadu as we head through saturday on into sunday and the rains also fairly heavy as we head up tools west bengal and pushing across into bangladesh so of course we have been seeing flooding particularly to the north but the good news in the next couple of days is a drying up a pernicious across into egypt ash and also be hot but as i remember still most scattered showers into mumbai with a high of 32. Line cancer. And experience the world is like now that this whole continent was going to places together. Top stories for you here on aljazeera and at least 50 iraqis have died and 2 and a half 1000 of been injured for days and nights of unrest members of parliament and are being sold to an emergency meeting on saturday to address the previous many demonstrators that were defying the curfews to step up it tomorrow. Ukraines top Prosecutor Says he will be reexamined criminal cases including a company at the center of Donald Trumps impeachment inquiry that comes as the state department is facing the deadline set by the House Intelligence Committee which is conducting the choir. And in hong kong a ban on face masks used by prodemocracy demonstrators came into effect about 18 minutes ago part of chief executive terry land supposed to clamp down on the violent demonstrations which carry on to colonial era law which gives her the authority to our schools without going through the legislature. That denuclearization talks with north korea and the United States to do to restart on saturday in sweden negotiations on the north giving up Nuclear Weapons in return for the lifting of sanctions have been stalled for months now when he has more from the south korean capital seoul there have been plenty of handshakes and historic moments in this new age of diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula some concessions have been made by the parties involved but theres been no progress towards the denuclearization of north korea speaking at the United NationsGeneral Assembly on monday north koreas ambassador blamed the United States. Somi hopes on the q. It depends on the u. S. On whether the d. P. R. K. U. S. Negotiations will become a window of opportunity or an occasion that will hasten the crisis the last summit between u. S. President donald trump and north Korean Leader kim jong un in hanoi in february ended early without a deal or even any significant announcement the holo diplomacy continued in june with another symbolic meeting at the Demilitarized Zone but no substance then and none since the hanoi summit broke down because of a gulf between the 2 sides which the United States may now be willing to partially bridge they had wanted complete verifiable denuclearization before offering any sanctions relief the North Koreans wanted most sanctions lifted in exchange for the dismantling of their main nuclear facility. Trump has now talked about a new approach which could include offering to lift some sanctions in exchange for the destruction of the young beyond Nuclear Research complex the us president recently blamed his former National Security adviser for past failings of john bolton fired back saying maximum pressure must be maintained on kim jong il he may try to get relief from International Sanctions he may make some concessions but under current circumstances he will never give up the Nuclear Weapons voluntarily this year north korea has continued to develop its short and Medium Range Missile technology conducting tests 11 times its most recent came just hours after the resumption of talks was announced. Trump says hes not concerned about the tests which some experts believe designed to strengthen their negotiating position you know this has to lower the bar of demands are on to north korea when it enters into a working level negotiations otherwise north korea will continue to increase its capability to pose a direct threat to the very National Security of the United States there is unlikely to be any major outcome from the resumption in talks but if a deal is reached any time soon it may be left to a potential 3rd trump him summit to announce it when hey aljazeera solve it now our former colleague of the slain sun a journalist Jamal Khashoggi says his phone has been hacked by saudi and amorality operatives in baghdad the Democracy Advocate living in norway says Security Forces informed him that operators have had access to his phone for months but that he worked closely with kushal ji on projects related to transparency in our media he was among several friends of the journalist who have also been warned by the cia of potential threats to his life Israeli Soldiers have opened fire on protesters in gaza killing one of them and injuring at least 18 others gazas ministry of health says 28 year old died after being shot in the chest the friday approaches naja ballio was the latest in 18 months of demonstrations on the gaza border against the israeli siege there was a Precious Resource in east africa several countries depend on the river nile but now a new dam any theo pier could threaten supply downstream sudan ethiopia and Egypt Holding a meeting in khartoum to discuss sharing the water because hark reports now from at a suburb. This factory is making baby clothes destined for the u. S. But it has a problem its out of electricity running on a diesel generator much to the frustration of human the sites manager who wants to go green and it is up. To the neutral spoke about the war in the balkans or you know the you know the direction of the field ethiopia has done what most countries thought impossible ethiopians half of whom live on less than 2. 00 a day raised 4000000000. 00 to build africas the largest hydroelectric dam on the worlds biggest waterway the river nile without any assistance from International Donors the grander innocence dam is now near completion and this is making countries downstream nervous among them egypt because it gets 90 percent of its fresh water from the river nile. Either recognizing them you hear his friends going in his hands. For his money or to watch of the night and then as far as i understand an egypt wants more water than ethiopia is ready to supply the dams reservoir is the size of Greater London it failed too quickly egypt will fall short of water the issues 100 percent can come garmans are scientists and see what is going going this is 100 pound done doesnt consume or to interpret his own civil rights to use its own response but talks between the knowledge sharing countries are stalling intention is arising. Last year ethiopia accused egypt of sending rebels to neighboring a rich to sabotage the dam prompting another knowledge sharing country sudan to send its troops to its border i. While this is the rainy season here in ethiopia and waterways are overflowing bringing power to peoples homes and farmland for most of the year this river is a slow trickle because egypt controls most of the flow of the river nile into its. At least for now ethiopias dam will start producing electricity next year with the potential of providing power to the entire horn of africa where most live off Grid Clean Energy to a promising and rising economy its neighbors might be worried about the effects but it seems there is no stopping ethiopias ambitions. A state of emergency has been declared in doras protesters blocked roads nationwide because of rising petrol prices a sudden increase from the government scrapped 40 year old fuel subsidies striking workers say they wont end their blockade until the government reverses that decision and support. Taxi and Truck Drivers block streets. Transport unions went on strike to protest the end of subsidies that have been in place for decades. To make it but. We dont go out to protest because. The people the person is hurt because afterwards things will become more expensive the government announced a package of government measures worth more than 2000000000 a year. Producer on a centrist path after this rule says the elimination of fuel subsidies was necessary to lift the economy and stop smuggling he also announced a tax reform plan intended to reduce the fiscal deficit. Because of that he declared a state of emergency. In order to preserve Citizen Security and prevent chaos we have disposed of the state of exception at the National Level rights my friends should be requested without hurting those who are fundamental for the countrys progress. Under former leftist leader. In 2017 but since then he has become his staunchest critic. Market friendly economic policies. In february governments signed a 4200000000. 00 agreement with the International Monetary fund but skepticism of the i. M. F. Runs strong and throughout latin america where many blame austerity policies for the economic struggles they face every day they. Greeces Prime Minister is accusing turkey of failing to control migrant flows into europe and for exploiting the crisis theres been a sharp increase in people crossing the agency this year there have been 3 years of relatively lower numbers since 2014 when the migrant crisis was at its peak parents coming from turkey often cross to western europe through greece the greek Prime Minister accused her of neglecting its responsibilities. That millions of young people in the u. K. Are heading back to university or beginning their studies at a time of deep political turmoil over britains decision in the u. And so student leaders are calling on young people to register so they are eligible to vote in any upcoming general election emma hayward has this report now from southampton. So. Its an exciting time for new students in southampton at 18 theyre full of hope and ambition living away from home and with the prospect of being old enough to vote in any upcoming u. K. Election theyre all starting college like a sporting prepares to leap to a u. The result of a referendum they were too young to vote. The fact its taken 3 years and like it was now i would have been able to vote whereas like i wasnt able to vote i feel like its affecting. My vote maybe things may have turned out differently 2 years ago remain. So youre making it so difficult for us at least i dont think thats a motion to stick by it bridged of the student leaders are calling on young people to get on the electoral roll so they can vote if theres a general election the u. K. Prime minister is reported to have wanted october the 15th as an election date so fewer University Students would have had time to register so soon after starting a new term she didnt have such a powerful voice but so often the marginalized it says disgraceful because that. New generation of leaders and they said were having a say southampton is split politically at the moment so every vote will matter the student population here runs into tens of thousands so if they choose to vote they will have a big impact on the result here if there is an election and of course here in southampton there is a highly marginal constituency at the last election there was a 31. 00 vote the nays in 2017 younger people tended to bhopal labor and other smaller parties rather than vote conservative yet the older generation still go to the polls in bigger numbers Younger Voters are certainly a significant part of the electorate in any forthcoming general election one thing thats important to say is that as we have an aging population and rates of turnout still higher among older voters its easy to overestimate the extent to which the youth vote is going to swing in a particular constituency and that since you know every vote counts when this generation of students graduate in 2022 the impact to britains plan departure from the European Union on younger people looking for work should be clear. I mean he would. Be funny for the 1st time in more than a century the ethiopian capital addis ababa is hosting the peoples thanksgiving events but it is against a backdrop of growing ethnic tensions in the country reports. As iconic mescal square has been completely blocked off for this event known as the you reach peace festival at the liberated by one of the largest ethnic groups the world more people and overnight say theyre expecting hundreds of thousands of people turned out today in fact the or a more tourism board estimate it would be more than a 1000000 people as the band is forced to be about thanksgiving for the bounty the cost. 2016 though it was modified violence at the very festival about an hour away from here a stampede killed more than 50 people government says the security is very tight here today or something but joyous and thankful that the 1st time this festival has been allowed to be held here in the center of in more than a 100 years i do truly passion Something Special to go there and of the giving to bring every now and again the sun comes out. Lets take you to the headlines now on aljazeera at least 50 iraqis have died in 2 and a half 1000 injured in 4 days and nights of unrest members of parliament are being summoned to an emergency meeting on saturday to address the protests and the demonstrators a defined curfews to step up their demands iraqs highest religious of thor he the grand ayatollah ali sistani has urged purchases and Security Forces not to use violence his representative read out his appeal. Now and. We hope that the voices of reason logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late and the headlines a ban on wearing face masks during illegal protests came into effect in hong kong about half an hour ago chief executive of the band is designed to deter people from demonstration but as you see it has had little impact so far people lighting fires and blockading roads. Ukraines top Prosecutor Says he will reexamined criminal cases including a company at the center of Donald Trumps impeachment inquiry that says the u. S. State department is facing a deadline set by the House Intelligence Committee conducting the inquiry to hand over all documents in the case. A former colleague of the slain saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says his phone has been hacked by saudi and operatives it all but that he says that it was a democracy activist advocate living in norway so security sources informed him that the operatives have had access to his phone for months but that he worked closely with on projects related to transparency in arab media. Israeli soldiers of opened fire on protesters in gaza killing one and injuring at least 18 others the friday protests the jabalya was the latest in 18 months of demonstrations against the israeli siege and a new dam in ethiopia is threatening the supply of water as the countrys downstream represented to some sudan ethiopia and egypt to me to discuss how the water can be shed this is europe undocumented and under attack is next here on aljazeera. Look at the who would put in the new. Model dont give me a little bit of. Good.