A strategic bridge in baghdad. And now the rajapaksa wins francos president see this time its got to buy a defense minister who oversaw all the blue silk end of the countrys civil war. To serve in doha with all the very supporters dug strother marxist up and really since the victory of the brazilian grand prix better and much more major in the program. Welcome to the news hour police in hong kong have warned a live rounds of protesters dont stop using lethal weapons. In a standoff with demonstrators have barricaded themselves in a University Campus this off to another day of clashes in the city during which protesters hope petrol bombs at the police. Reports on the story now from hong kong. A long day of fighting at this College Campus has continued well into the night to most of the battling has been taking place at this junction behind me but in recent hours more police have been arriving and they have been confronting protesters that the number of different other entrances and to this campus most notably a fly over behind me where protesters have set up a barricade and there have been fierce exchanges between them and police the Police Firing volleys of tear gas and also i think like rubber bullets the protesters responding with more fire bombs and at a number of different barricades around here many protesters have been getting ready expecting that at some point the police will try to retake this campus another sunday another home called street turned into a battle. At the end of a week that seen a marked escalation in the level of violence. Between protesters and Police Students took over several College Campuses Polytechnic University is the last under their control and they seem determined to hold on to it i think. Because. We have a path for the freedom. They say were not behaving like students but we are fighting for a better future. Violence began early sunday when people turned up to clear surrounding streets of bricks and barricades and students resisted Police Quickly arrived with water cannon and write big goals. And broke the mortar cannon are now working as they sound the barricades as they do so the protesters seem to be falling back but are still responding with more and more. The College Campus is located next to an important cross harbor tunnel which is being closed for days it will likely remain closed until police can retake the campus also close by is a camp occupied by Chinas Peoples Liberation Army p l a soldiers looking on closely police say theyve been targeted with long range projectiles fired from the campus buildings with one officer hit in the leg with an arrow. They say the students now inside the campus face riot charges which carry a lengthy prison sentence in spite of the warning the students show no sign of giving up just what the plan is for these protestors if one when the police do storm in is not clear except for some vague idea that they will fall back into the campus buildings that they have occupied which then poses the prospect and the very dangerous prospect of doing battle in the corridors and rooms of this building. Wondering why is an associate felony Asia Pacific Program at Chatham House he says theres basically a battle on the universitys campus weve always been surprised by the length and duration of the protests but clearly they had been escalating much more quickly into a much more serious situation in the last few days especially since the police decided about a week ago to go into University Campuses and we now have. A virtual pitched battle only on the campus at the university where it all ends goodness only knows i mean i think the police really have the resolution and the ability to eventually clear the campus what that will entailed in terms of. Tactics and injuries and arrests still very much remains to be seen. Oh the United States has condemned the use of lethal force and Communications Restrictions against protesters in iran demonstrations broke out across iran after the government announced a controversial fuel price hike late on friday irans president says poor families will begin to receives subsidies on monday paid for by the price rise. Says the decision was made by consensus and has criticized those protesting the increase authorities have shut down Internet Access across the country in an attempt to thwart the protests well since then more than 87000 people have demonstrated according to Security Services quoted by the fires news agency around a 1000 people have been arrested and in one province alone more than 100 francs and 57 stores have been damaged or set on fire by demonstrators well iran supremely to has backed the governments decision to raise fuel prices and has a blame to irans foreign enemies for the violence. Our support the decision taken by the freer for teasin it should be implemented have to make sure that the implications of such decision will not affect citizens lives and increase prices for sure there are some people who are concerned about the decision and who dont see it as beneficial to the interests but burning down banks and public entities can never be to work with the people it is the work of criminals or to force these antagonistic to us have supported such acts dosage of barley has more on the story now from teheran. President Hassan Rouhani has been making a few comments following his weekly Cabinet Meeting on sunday evening in the capital he said that it is the right of every iranian to protest but it is not their right to cause riots hes referring to over a 1000 people that have been arrested over the past 48 hours as a result of a number of incidents that have taken place over all over the country in number of cities over 87000. 00 people have turned up to demonstrate and show their frustration at the news that the price of fuel has tripled overnight at the government made this announcement from the president was defending the governments decision on sunday evening saying that they were trying to help the poor families in the country by increasing subsidies to them and thats why they had a decision to make and that the situation was made it wasnt an easy one he said they had 3 choices one was to increase taxes across the board inside iran the 2nd one was to increase the sale of oil that was not going to happen because of u. S. Ascensions of the moment on the rainy and and the 3rd was to increase the price of fuel for iranians thats what they decided to go with this decision has had some very serious consequences number of people have turned out across the country to protest and show their anger there have been 2 deaths reported so far one of a policeman in kemah city and another a protester in. One protester has been killed in clashes over a strategic bridge in baghdad medical Officials Say they were hit in the head by a tear gas canister as police try to retake the crossing to the green zone government buildings and located 2 others were wounded as police you stun grenades to stop demonstrators from reaching the other side of the bridge sunday so demonstrations across the country off the influential. Hold for a National Strike and how youre going to aim has more now from baghdad. Are the roads were quite card coming into Tahrir Square were seeing a lot of students in the numbers do seem to be bigger than we would typically see this time of day on a sunday if you look behind me you can see pretty significant plume of black smoke you mentioned that the prominent shiite cleric what else thought or called for an issue you know why the strike in iraq its probably that because his followers comprise the largest bloc in parliament they are the primary opposition they are united with the protesters in calling for the resignation of Prime Minister maliki and calling for elections in baghdad as i said were expecting more people in Tahrir Square than we would typically see on a sunday in basra things appear to be quite tense the ports the operations there 2 are once again halted as protesters block the entrance were told that theyve blocked the roads to several oil fields in the lock the primary road leading from basra to baghdad theres no school today in basra in may soon and 3 of the local councils have actually given people the day off from work and school so we expect to see significant numbers of people attending protests there so really what was the is that protesters are continuing to maintain their momentum and try to keep the pressure on a government that they believe has not gone far enough in its reforms right now we have drafts of an election law and a new Electoral Commission that are waiting to be rich. By the part of love it but of course the one thing that protesters want which is for the Prime Minister to step down has not happened elsewhere in the region at least 9 people have been killed several others injured in an ass strike in northwestern syria the attack hit 2 villages on the main road from damascus to aleppo an area that remains under the control of rebels. President bashar assad says he aims to retake the region soon syrian observatory for human rights says the strikes were conducted by russia a Power Transmission towers collapsed in egypt at least 5 people were killed when the pilot came down local media reports say several others were injured in the incident it happened in giza governorates just outside of the capital cairo. Saudi arabia has put a poem or evaluation on a state owned Oil Giant Aramco between 6. 01 trillion dollars short of the crown Prince Mohammed bin some months target of 2 trillion dollars the kingdom is looking to raise more than 25000000000. 00 by selling a one and a half percent stake in the state owned oil company could make it the worlds biggest of a company flotation taking bids from investors on the final price will be set after that phase which ends on december the 5th. With the news hour live from london much more still ahead bolivias ousted president evo morales tells aljazeera he wants to return to finish off his time. Getting the message out how medical staff are reaching out to the democratic republic of congos most reclusive communities and their battle to eradicate it. And find out why in this n. F. L. Superstar at play at a high school to get the Media Coverage he wanted. A former defense minister revered by sri lankas ethnic majority but failed minorities has won saturdays president ial election gutted by rajapaksa is also the brother of the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa early results put him more than 50 percent mark needed to avoid a 2nd count prompting his nearest rival to concede defeat but its myth reports now from colombia. To his supporters mainly from the sin hello produce majority got a buyer rajapaksa is the president sri lanka needs they believe he can strengthen security after the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks 263 people were killed the government ignored intelligence warnings that the bombings were imminent its paid the price for that and other perceived failings at this election thats the Real Security was going mr. Cobb in the. Caribbean people were crying and in fact every other day there was some agitation. Obviously they will get in for a opportunity to join the government rajapaksa is a divisive figure many tamils in sri lankas north believe the former defense secretary should be tried over allegations of killings and disappearances during the final stages of the war against the tamil tigers the countrys Muslim Council says his victory realizes all our worst fears their fear food big. Was this. In his Election Campaign stressed National Security and National Security to get at least minorities something a little bit fearful because it means that they are the ones being viewed as security threats and for the muslims in particular they have bad memories of the period before 2015 because there were riots against them even though there was a very good military under god. The military and the intelligence didnt protect the muslims and i hope that that will change in the future as all the brother and former president mahinda may now become Prime Minister as the rajapaksa family returns to frontline politics. Excited and super excited and happy for the country and the result that majority of the sri lankans have been expecting for a long time up the idea without all say if we wanted someone like this to save the country so the taught children the future generations will have a country one of got a buyer rajapakse as priorities is to rebuild state intelligence and Surveillance Networks he says they were dismantled by the Outgoing Administration and International Pressure and when asked about those allegations of human rights abuses when he was defense secretary the now president elect says people should stop talking about. Bernard smith ill just era. So for more on this im joined in the studio by a similar who is a senior lecturer in International Relations at Kings College here in london its quite a comfortable victory actually forgot supply rajapaksa because he won over 50 percent of the vote in this election just help us to understand what prompted so many people in the country to vote for someone who is facing allegations of corruption and torture and someone who is known for his nationalistic authoritarian tendencies well i think that over the just going back to the sort of end of the sri lankan civil war was a moment of absolute sort of highlighting of cleavage is within Sri Lankan Society between between the sort of buddhist majority and. The tamo minorities as well as the most minorities and i think that one of the things that has highlighted especially since the easter bombings is the bombings last easter where an Islamic State affiliate killed hundreds of people in the main hotels in in colombo has highlighted the need for a strong National Security with a very Strong Majority very soon have these buddhists. Flavor and it really is the return of the rajapakse is from this election because got to buy it seems to want to appoint his brother mentor rajapaksa as his Prime Minister as his Prime Minister right and so that might be an election that will come up in the new year but one of the things thats even more high its even more worth highlighting is the fact that mahinda was very very very visible in the campaign and so the idea is that the 2 brothers have actually been sort of capturing this this presidency not just go to by as the prime the president but him running on. Essentially his his brothers record. What then does this mean for the country how troubling is it going to be well how frightened should muslims be feeling at the moment well i think of them. All the different minorities within within sri lanka are now. Are now treated to a government that is. Mostly almost entirely speaking towards the ethnics and how these majority. And as you mentioned. Go to by defense secretary as the civil war ended is sort of accused of a number of the disappearing zeman rights abuses around them so i would think that theres a lot of fear right now what happens to those allegations im not really certain what is going to happen because i think one of the aspects of such a such a vicious civil war is that Political Institutions themselves have have been sort of quite divided and there hasnt really been sort of a center that has a Strong Center that has risen up to protect different Political Institutions there hasnt been much of a reconciliation process in the country since the end of the civil war thank you very very much for sharing your thoughts with us dr Adnan Mesilla from thank you very much college chair in london well now the New York Times is obtained leaks Chinese Government documents it says reveal new details about the crackdown on muslim week as in the chin jiang region they include instructions to local authorities on how to handle students returning home and finding relatives to tangle missing and how to mass control week as well as plans to extend restrictions on islam to other parts of china they also reveal that president xi jinping called for absolutely no mercy. In private speeches off the weaker rebels killed 31 people at a train station in 2014 the documents reveal how the crackdown worsened after a hardline local party chief took control of gen jang in 2016 they also seem to suggest as more resistance to the crackdown within the communist party than previously known richardson is china director of Human Rights Watch and says the documents now increase pressure at the chinese officials to be held to account for this as a legal matter its now incredibly clear who is responsible for these highly abusive policies at the same time one reads the story and thinks about all of