Foreign minister slammed the rugby star israel folau over his comments on the countrys push far as Scott Morrison calling for old words appalling to hitler in the far goldsworthy of punishing australia for passing. An abortion law. Will begin with a 10 standoff in hong kong between riot police and prodemocracy protesters at a university where demonstrators have barricaded themselves inside the polytechnic campus for several days before dawn on monday police entered the grounds they were met with a bag of petrol bombs and arrows they responded with tear gas water cannon laced. They did weapons were used in a poorly attended university which has become a weapon factory as well as a refugee for extremely violent viruses that development so rare is has reached a critical level rogers. Has so intention murder officer at all costs or later a number of demonstrators fled the universitys building several people were arrested its unknown how many remain inside and there are large groups of people on the streets of the city reportedly making their way towards the University Campus lets bring in our correspondent rob mcbride hes joining us live from hong kong its been a busy day there today rob whats happening now. To say the least lizabeth and an increasingly tense evening is developing here this monday in hong kong and also increasingly troubled as you mentioned there we have a developing situation a group of protesters who seem intent on trying to help the protesters the students who are besieged in this campus now this is a. Tactic that they have deployed since yesterday sunday as their way of trying to Stretch Police resources trying to take police away from here away from attacking this campus they have been staging small skirmishes in surrounding streets in this part of the calhoun district of hong kong using cars to create road blocks that cetera it seems to be coming to a head this monday evening weve had in a couple of blocks just over in this direction there is a square where up to a. 1000 students and protesters have gathered maybe even more by now they have tried some of them have tried to move this way get through police lines maybe get through one of the Access Points to try to get into the campus if they can they have been pushed back theres been tear gas but they do seem to be massing once more so this is a developing situation meanwhile of course the protesters themselves those students are still inside as you mentioned there were groups that came out a larger group that came out early on monday and throughout the day we have seen smaller 3 groups emerge a few one a few at a time some of them have been given blankets and given medical treatment it does seem as though theyre potentially injured we do know that some have been injured in the in the past few days of attacks. From facing being taken away in ambulances and given medical treatment its also likely that they are going to be arrested as well because the police are determined that the people inside this campus are guilty of a number of offenses including writing and rob the reports of you know people go into words the university can. As as you mentioned about a 1000 gathered elsewhere these come as protesters are trying to get people out to as many different spots of the city as possible to really Stretch Police resources after 5 months of these protests. Thats right i only think its fair to say that police are definitely strange to me this has been an exhausting time for everybody concerned for protesters for police there has been talk about you know at what point the police the police may buckle under the strain of this they do have thousands of officers as one of the better resourced forces in asia if not the world so they do have thousands of forces but there is talk about possibly maybe bringing back officers who recently retired from service also maybe even bringing in other uniformed Disciplinary Services such as prison warders those sort of people who may be able to help out but certainly the police are stretched and of course were now getting into a week normally typically youll see the the protests there with the most violence the most activity happening at the weekends but now of course it doesnt seem to matter these protests can happen any time of the week of the weekends or the working day and in some respects for hong kong that is the more worrying trend because of course it does disrupt the working life of the city there were calls again this monday for protests to take over the Central Business district of the city that didnt come off but it does seem as though possibly protesters were saving their powder if you like for whats happening here this evening on the cow loom district of hong kong with the fate of these besieged protesting students here hanging in the balance and rob as you report on this were actually looking at quite extraordinary pictures of i guess they are student protesters. Making their way on royal. Abseiled down away from i guess where theyve been trying to evade police that is no doubt waiting for them as they have other student protest as a number of arrests today. I havent not quite sure what these pictures are that youre seeing theres barrys agency feeds coming through this evening throughout hong kong there has been talk though about ways of the students trying to find their way out of this campus obviously all of them want to get around facing court action and possibly lengthy prison sentences so weve hearing all sorts of speculation about ways that people have been trying to help them provide vehicles or provide ways to get them out what the other protesters who have massed on the streets around here want to do of course is to create distractions to move riot police away from this campus to deal with them and to make it easier for people to try to get out if they can as far as the police are concerned and they have said anybody is welcome to leave this campus if they put down their helmet right shields or if they put down any weapons they might have all of that will go in their favor at their Upcoming Court trial but they do stress that they definitely want to see them face a court action and prosecution for a number of crimes up to of course the crime of rioting but. It does not seem to be that much of an attraction for the students themselves many of course are still determined to hold out if they can evade capture they will interestingly earlier on today we did see 3 students make a run for it running along this overhead walkway here chased by Police Firing tear gas and also rubber bullets they seemed determined to capture them and there is of course the Still Standing this warning that if any of the protesters think that they are going to try to break out of this campus using the weapons that they have such as molotov cocktails which the police say lethal weapons then they are quite within their rights they say to use live ammunition well thank you very much for that for now that is rob went by and joining us. Live from hong kong we are going to stay with the story were joined now by joseph chang political activist and member of the prodemocracy Group Alliance for true democracy and hes also joining us live from hong kong mr chang always good to have you with us on aljazeera so as weve been reporting we are looking at pictures now of protesters you know abseiled in their way down onto the road to escape arrest by police weve had a number of arrests today after days of these students being holed up at a university and as weve been reporting you know throwing petrol bombs arrows at police have been responding with tear gas water cannon its been 5 months of protests how do you see the events of the last few days in the context of the 5 month movement. Its approaching that in gains so to speak to government probably believes that now it has a rest more than 4000 dr stirs and with the surrounding of the parties cant you it may well be the last batch of arrests and and if these that you can break the hard core of the radical protesters the police around the b. C. Of them protestants if you will says to allow them to leave peacefully and it demands either surrender or phrase future arrest and serbia prosecution certainly if its not itself the bowl and that is why you still have. Rather than confrontation going on there some of these are you practices supporters are coming from the other side the parents say they want to break the r r c of the police so as to allow the children potus thirds full have been so rounded and kept in captivity in the polytechnic you have to be able to escape to to freedom and get is exactly why he expects it said the actions perhaps in the coming star as a sole lead of course and violent action is the last thing thats needed in hong kong off to 5 months of these protests with every thought violent incident to action how much further do we get from any kind of reconciliation between protesters and hong kong authorities. This is exactly the problem i think in general people are pessimistic people do not see the light at the end of the kind of get this also why people are still very much on the government because the government has the tools that you need the balls any process of reconciliation simply emphasizing. The or not resolve the crisis you. Will not bring hong kong back to normal life again it doesnt mean has suffered the fields even do set up and independent commission of inquiry and this is the very 1st demanded by over 80 percent of the hong kong people. Mr chang thank you as always for your time we do appreciate it that is joseph chang live in hong kong thank you. Were going to move on to other news now cause no one has laid a computer is on trial in barcelona for an edge disobedience is accused of ignoring orders from the Spanish Electoral Authority to remove a symbol of support for the separatist movement from a government building where tensions have been high in the region since the jailing of a number of leaders last month. Now a spokesman for the iranian government says protests over and creates and petrol prices are karma around the country but says they have been more riots the government has confirmed that 3 people have died since demonstrations began irans president Hassan Rouhani says 28000000 people start receiving Financial Assistance on monday generated by the proceeds from the fuel increases the bar has more from ted on. Nearly 20000000 iranians will receive the subsidies that the government has promised later on monday evening into their Bank Accounts following that the government has announced the next batch will be released into the peoples Bank Accounts on thursday and the last group will receive their subsidies on sunday so nearly 16000000 iranians will get some kind of assistance from the government but its not clear how that will help them with this increase that theyve seen over the past few days in fuel prices they woke up on friday morning to find that the price of petrol had gone up 3 fourths in the country thats when broke out in various cities across the country and there have been a number of arrests and the government has said that although it is the peoples rights to protest it is not their right to riot the Supreme Leader has also made his position clear backing the governments decision to increase the fuel prices saying that it was a necessary step to ensure that ordinary iranians can make ends meet all this is as a result of United States sanctions on iran and the president has said that they tried everything to avoid doing this but in the end it was the only option they had now iranians are still angry and theyre worried that that increase will also affect other aspect of their lives for now we are waiting to see what kind of assistance they will be getting later on monday and whether or not that will actually have any kind of major impact on their daily life. But plenty more ahead on the new zeland occluding 3 naval ships captured by russia a return to ukraine and a sign of a good book well look at the makeshift lobby that is helping iraq you protesters to use words as weapons and. So whats the its a. Bad day for hollywood a biology brazilian bond for you thats coming up with a hole in support. A new report from human. Rights watch says a violent crackdown on protesters in sadar in june could amount to crimes against humanity the Rights Group SaysSudanese Forces opened fire on protesters they also committed crimes of Sexual Violence what this is say members of the forces were seen throwing bodies into the river nile a paramilitary unit commanded by the deputy head of saddams Transitional Government is accused of leading the attacks activists are demanding an independent inquiry and that those responsible are held to account for more than reports now from khartoum. Walking down the street bring spin full memories for idea eric he says he was here on june 3rd one of the founders part to be to sit in but had been going on for 2 months when soldiers raided it he gets in the Current Issue is the scar left by the bullets that blow them out. The soldiers came from all directions and started firing at the protesters they burnt the tents where some of the protestors were we ran and hid inside a nearby building but they raided that and started beating us when i saw them beating the girls who were also hiding i told them to let the girls go and beat the men instead thats when one of the soldiers took an aim and told them to shoot. The sit in started in april after a month of antigovernment protests against former president ahmed bashir the demonstrators demanded bashir step down accusing him of corruption and mismanaging the country which he ruled for 30 years these after this if in fact that the military council forced him from power and took over but it continued even after he was gone i saw this between protest leaders and the military council dragged on the argued over who should run the country during its transitional period protesters demanded a civilian rule. After nearly 2 months the system came to a deadly end. Medical groups aligned to the protest movement say 120 people were killed and over 400 were injured during the raid by soldiers dozens were reported missing. The june 3rd attack did not just involve putting it on are protesters women and men reports of being raped as if i was reported witnessing protestors some still alive being tied to a block and thrown into the river nile a few feet away. The Rights Group Human Rights watch says what happened bad day could amount to crimes against humanity the evidence points to a clear pattern that is widespread and systematic and points to a policy that the government had adopted of using live ammunition against peaceful and unarmed protesters when crimes like this of the serious nature are committed as part of a systematic pattern of attack. Back they can qualify as crimes against humanity a committee to investigate better cause thats a by the Transitional Government sworn in in september it includes members from the military and the police sides protesters accused of being involved in the attack. Of fences. That took place on that day. Of fences or always not or always committed by individuals not even even if it is executed by force protesters say they want justice for the lives lost badly and they wont rest until its delivered people morgan aljazeera hundreds of russia has returned 3 captured naval ships to ukraine ahead of a planned peace summit next month the vessels had been moved to a handover location in the black sea russia sees the ships off the coast of crimea a year ago more than 13000 people have been killed in Eastern Ukraine over the past 5 years in fighting between pro russian separatists and Ukrainian Forces well alex are just out of a god for it is joining us live from moscow now so 1st the release of the ukrainian sailors and now the ships alexandra. Yes exactly after a year of being in the russian cursed of these ships have been released today they were released and handed over to the ukrainians in a neutral waters of the black sea some 30 kilometers off the Crimean Peninsula there at this moment being the words the ukrainian the black sea ports offer there so this is a journey that will last hours the 3 ukrainian ships have been shot at by a year ago by russians that claim that they violated their territorial waters off the coast of crimea peninsula but the Crimean Peninsula has been enix by russia in 2014. Kiev denies that if they violate any territorial waters and they are suing ukraine in front of a un merrick tame tribe you know who has a preliminary measure of actually ordered russia to release the boat men and boats russia claims they are not acting on this order of the u. N. Court but theyre saying that with their finish their investigation and that they can return this boats and sailors as you said as a bit have been returned to ukraine as a part of a but is no Exchange Program so this comes actually ahead of a 4 way summits a summit between Ukraine Russia germany and france which is scheduled for the beginning of december well where the future of east ukraine conflict will be discussed and alexander whatever russias reasons for releasing the ship it is a positive step before that summit to try to resolve the wider conflict between the countries. Yes exactly and it is not alone it is actually last in a line of positive steps that he we have witnessed in past months we had the exchange of prisoners thing that was discussed for a very long period and then we had this engagement in 3 points on the line between the Ukrainian Army and the russian supported separatists in east ukraine and now there is a summit coming in which a lot of other things have to be discussed very sensitive issues off the elections in this area that are held by separatists but also about a certain special status for those there it does are not going to be easy dogs and theyre probably going to last last for quite a while but theyre important and theyre also important for