because i tried to do it exactly a day. and i watch. this is the w.'s line from may day clashes on the streets of paris police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators as trade unionists and yellow vests protesters rally against the president's economic policies and bring you the latest from the french capital also on the program. supporters of venezuela's opposition leader why don't have returned to the streets in the latest push to oust president nicolas maduro

the fear is that demonstrations may turn violent as they did on tuesday. on the court of arbitration for sport rules against south african and picked gold medalist caster semenya after she challenges rules forcing female athletes to suppress their natural testosterone. i feel gail welcome to the program and you will made a demonstrations in the french capital paris have turned violent police used tear gas to disperse the hooded massed demonstrators yellow vests protesters and trade unionists taking part in the marches many of them using the occasion to protest against president emanuel economic policies. it was supposed to be a peaceful demonstration but quickly devolved into violence trade unionists and

yellow vests protesters made common cause but they were joined by the so-called black bloc violent protesters who often show up at demonstrations across the continent. with the violence the government is inflicting on us and everything that follows what little violence we can inflate does absolutely nothing and it's just a warning sign if we have to get to that level it's because it's a real problem and we don't have any other solution it's just something that services work when they say good we've been trying to make ourselves heard for six months and nobody has it's pretty simple we just want to miss norman a subcommittee she. may first usually seize mass demonstrations by french unions this year the traditional holiday honoring labor movements comes after months of so-called yellow vest protests large scale demos that have seen crowds trashed public spaces and upscale stores the government has often seemed unable to stop them. job i mean. there's

a real discontent in this country and it will be expressed today and in the coming days and it's been expressed for five months those who said that protests don't make any difference that there wasn't any younger left in the country have been forced to realize that there is unhappiness in the country. and i think that it's a pity that. it's a country. it's a pretty good that's the french caracter it seems. the authorities have adopted what they call a zero tolerance approach after a particularly violent demo earlier this year that's being put to the test yet again today. straight to paterson where we joined the correspondent elise lewis welcome lisa how have things been today. well it's been a strange day reading i mean violent clashes. happened right before the

beginning of the demonstration actually when the demonstrators were still waiting at montana's to take off and they were you know it's a kind of cat and mouse game going on inside streets with some people injured with tear gas that was being launched by the police forces then the demonstrators a walk towards the plus to tell you just behind me and and then in the end when they got here the police cordoned off the area it's been a weird day because normally you know the first main fronts is a demonstration full of joyous parties music you've got families they've got people happy happy people who are dancing and i haven't really seen that today on the say and these may day demonstrations and you say as a traditional outing there in france but they have turned violent for the last two years how did police prepare this year. well that's right the police deployed more than seven thousand police officers in the streets today they were using drones

they were using one hundred nineteen mobile teams on motorbikes actually that were trying to when something happened be there really quickly and intervene the police have already also changed strategy because beforehand they would stay away from the germans demonstrators but these five months of demonstrations sometimes very violent stemmed yellow vest and stations of the park fast past five months and that actually has the effect that the police has now changed its strategy because this day today was announced as a day of power here in france and so the violence that we've seen coming from those yellow vests to protestors or from these these outside agitators if. it's kind of difficult to tell because some of the yellow vests protesters have become very violent but they were also reported to be joined by so-called black blocs you know you see these masses and hooded people in the streets they were just here to

actually fight with police so i think it's a mixture of these two groups really. paris thank you. now we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now court in london has sentenced wiki leaks founder julian assange to fifteen weeks in jail for breaching the terms of his bail he broke violent end to the ecuadorian embassy in twenty twelve to avoid extradition to sweden over right publications he was arrested last month after ecuador withdrew his asylum. u.s. attorney general william barr has faced renewed criticism as a senate judiciary committee hearing over his handling of the report into russian interference the twenty sixteenth presidential election it's emerged that the special counsel robert mueller complains to mr about the way he had characterized the report's findings it didn't fully capture their context nature or substance.

a sit in protests continue in sudan's capital khartoum the african union has given the country's military rulers another sixty days to hand power to a civilian authority or face suspension from their own isolation the army promised to hand over power toppled president omar al bashir three weeks ago. the government in mozambique says forty one people have died as a result of cycler kenneth the second major storm to hit the country in six weeks aerial photos footage shows the damage done island in the north the death toll could rise as aid agencies are reach more areas. and friends with an opposition leader why don't why don't i and his supporters of return to the streets of the capital caracas i he's mounting a push to convince the military to back him in his bid to oust president nicolas maduro the new demonstrations following violent protests on tuesday and some of why

those supporters have already clashed with police today they support is back him as interim president of venezuela fifty other countries. i german foreign minister has been in the colombian capital bogota he commented on the situation in venezuela. for us one guy doe is the transitional president tasked with organizing new elections that's the goal we're pursuing we want free and fair elections in venezuela and the election of a new president. we're going to talk to members of the opposition about what could help them whether additional sanctions could be a way to speed up those processes in venezuela but will also clearly tell them that what we want is for this to be a peaceful process with no escalation of violence with this car but it's got its own their guard. the german forum is a hike of mass jumping that caster semenya has lost a landmark legal challenge against the international athletics federations

regulations on testosterone levels for female athletes the court of arbitration for sport to dismiss the south african star's appeal this means she'll now have to take drugs to lower testosterone levels if she wants to compete with twenty eight year old was trying to overturn the new regulations aimed at regulating testosterone levels of intersex athletes i don't they after somalia and other female athletes classes having differences in sexual development gain an unfair advantage because of race testosterone levels but the court also expressed its concerns about the federations regulations. looked around and found out that there is the regulations discriminatory but the majority of the panel found that on the basis of the evidence submitted by the parties in the procedure such discrimination is a necessary result of all proportionate means of achieving the i do believe ifs objective of preserving the integrity of so let's see if we can unpick this we have

all of the movie from d.w. sports welcome. so first of all caster semenya is reaction to this ruling caster semenya south has not said much on the ruling yet she did give a statement with her initial kind of response saying that the idea is always targeted to me specifically that saw a decade of the i w. has tried to slow me down that this has actually made me stronger the decision of cas will not hold me back she says now i think the first thing to read into this is that she doesn't say whether she accepts the counts decision or not whether she's going to take further action kind of be appealed it can be appealed yes you can still go to a swiss tribe you know but i think the other thing to read into the statement is that it's an incredibly defiant message you know this is someone who has had years of doubts rise. publicly about her very nature as a human being and i had to deal with all these invasive questions and that must

just have a an incredible effect on somebody who is in the public eye all the time i think regardless of which side of this debate people come down on you simply have to admire the strength of character the castors menu is trying to out this time the dignity with which she's dealt with this is she's now meanwhile the general secretary did find the rules discriminatory so this is this case is far from clear cut and far from clear cut the caps did say that the implementation should actually be delayed the implementation of these rules so that more evidence can be gathered on the actual science that underpins it all in fact independent research as recently checking on the study so that they found flaws in the data they said quote the data that's presented is not solid and this is just on the scientific side of the issue so this is even before you get to the kind of the moral nature of it as you said cancer called the rules to discriminate three there are many people on each side of the debate involved in women's sport enough let's fix who have very strong opinions on this people like martina navratilova billie jean king these

icons of women's tennis they support someone you know in her campaign on the other hand you've got someone like paul right cliff who holds the record for martha in math and who supports the measures saying that they protect women's sports there really are no easy answers on this phil and i think i can't see that changing in the near future either so where does the courage to go from here well as i said so many can still appeal to a swiss tribunal that has to take place within the next thirty days if she's going to do that however the rules a currently due to go into action on the eighth of my now this could mean already that women who want to compete at the world championships in september may have to start taking medication to lower their hormone levels already next week so this is something we're going to be hearing a lot about this. already in the next couple weeks i think all the way up to the champions ships in september we're going to say who is actually competing if anyone

pulls out because of these rules and then of course how competitive those athletes are here how. sufficiently reduce the level of testosterone which is being told to take drugs by your very international athletics federation all of a moody thank you so much and you can clubs liverpool take on barcelona in the semifinals of the champions league tonight the spanish sides already won the first major trophy of the season clinching the la liga title over the weekend now the focus turns to their bid for a sixth european crown in a messy will lead the line for the catalans joined by striker luis suarez used to play for liverpool coach nestor valverde has called on barcelona fan to help make the camp new stadium a fortress but liverpool's coach told the w.c. he believes he knows how to beat barca being really brave defending the mosley and all that stuff at play football bios of the biggest challenge you face in a game like this because when they have the ball and use your frustration tolerance

must be here because they pass the ball through you so there you have to accept that but there are moments when you have the ball and then you have to be the biggest threat they can imagine i mean to say champions league semifinals underdogs i ax falls off another shock beating tottenham away in the first leg the only goal of the game came from midfield that dani found to be in the first half the side must now defend their slim lead in the second leg in amsterdam next week. legendary spanish football. has suffered a heart attack and been taken to hospital in portugal the puerto goalkeeper who played most of his career at bell traitor holmes captain of the spanish national team won the world cup in twenty tell us some of the attack during a morning training session with his club local media site thirty seven year old is now out of danger i am. coming up next in business news africa nigeria

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