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not a turn on wrote it it's more words it was from a oh. the truest international trade at. the but . this is deja news coming to you live from bali on the 30th anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre defiance from a victim of the pledge that followed. the cursor when i expelled me from the party they liberated me my brain and my mouth are free today. we talk to a father and son more determined to speak out as the chinese government tries to
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stifle the memories of the crackdown also coming up britain gives president trump a lavish welcome a state banquet in trey's for friendship between nations that donald trump wants to tell america but elsewhere in london a very different reception for the president putting and sudan's military council for previous agreements with the opposition and calls for new elections that's after troops opened fire on protesters killing dozens and wounding hundreds more. sort of a will continue i'm on the touchy mom today is a thirty's anniversary of the tournament square massacre in beijing when this image was seared into our collective memory this iconic photo of a lone man facing
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a column of armored tanks a heroic act of defiance this was in the spring of 1909 students occupied the square demanding new reforms and freedoms from the communist government but their hopes for economic and social change greater freedom of speech and less corruption were rejected by the regime the chinese government declared martial law in the early hours of june 4th troops moved in and crushed the pro-democracy movement their brutal actions shocked the world on sunday the chinese defense minister said the 1989 crackdown had been the right thing to do for decades china's authorities have tried to keep the event out of the history books and punish those who commemorated did. a father and son who are doing their best to keep alive the memory of the tournament square massacre we hear from the son 1st. was a book publisher in hong kong there was in 1909 i was
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a 4th year student in university. so i wasn't very interested in society. when everybody went to tiananmen square i just went to have a look everybody went there time to actually watch but what he saw there changed his life students were mourning. the reform minded leader i was to 2 years prior they saw him as a victim of a corrupt party elite soon they started raising more issues who were living standards human rights corruption. for the time i had an argument with my father he already said if the students continue this might lead to bloodshed i could not agree to what his father was then a high ranking official but i didn't know this would end in such a tragedy but i knew it was a very difficult situation this. had been a close aide to the young the successor to. the young was also
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a reform and want to dialogue with the students but the conservative prime minister favored a hardline approach. and i was not interested in my father's work i didn't care what he was doing in the government. what the son did not know was another man was in control. china senior leader had retired from most duties. the country knew the students knew who have been ousted by done shopping 2 years before that. over the next few weeks the students became more and more radical they demanded negotiations with the parties some went on a hunger strike they want to lot of sympathy on the way. the fact that we don't everybody had a feeling that we. and certainly when i guess everybody supported us that's what i
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saw on the square. i don't know when i came home there was a deeply pessimistic atmosphere of freedom to be one of the. you don't you know. on may 18th i'm shopping instructed the government to declare martial law the reformers in the party had lost the young disappeared from public view he spent the rest of his life in the house. was with us yes i prepared for an investigation but what i didn't know was they would investigate me in prison he was detained a week after. another week later tanks and to this was watching from their account . when they started shooting i thought they were shot in the air you were at when people were rushing the wounded on our bikes into the hospitals that's when i understood they were really killing people then the. left the country shortly after he became a publisher of critical books many of them about 1909 there were life for you or me
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the events of the 1989 are still like an open wound are. well tom was released after 8 years in prison he remains under constant surveillance. to what that is when they expelled me from the party they liberated me my brain and my mouth are free today father and son can not talk often about who is allowed to visit once a year and some years not at all. that a book by detail news not just pulling a who's not hong kong with a commemoration ceremonies think had let us tell us what's happening there to remember that in africa. yeah hong kong is the only place on chinese soil where cameraman ration events can be held it is
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a big event every man that this has been for 30 years parties are rallying here behind me a little further there is a scene right now there's music playing people are coming in now and in about 2 hours there will be a vigil people will light candles and will remember the dead of june 4th in beijing so i don't sing much as the begging is basically ignoring this song but anniversary and no commemoration events are taking place that. beijing is not only ignoring this event it is suppressing any remembrance of it there are no public remembrances in china gentleman square these days is like a high security facility. gentleman mothers are regularly. banned from leaving the house on that day so they cannot go to the places where their kids and husbands died to remember them aging is trying to erase the memory
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of this event and they're doing it through awfully this year because 30 years is of course an anniversary. that people want to remember. much is the link in hong kong on the 30th anniversary of the tiananmen massacre recommended nation events being has thank you very much for that. says he heard from mathias the chinese government is trying to do everything to raise the memory of the tournament square massacre joining me for more is cherry chan she's a social media editor and originally herself from hong kong welcome to you chave from what i hear that any mention of the german square massacre is banned on chinese social media so what happens when someone tries to search the. the social media yes so as you said any discussion of the incident. on chinese social
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media and actually. sensitive by the chinese government. i try to search for a ball and i type the 8964 which is a year and the date incident happened and. it shows no results. and so others he was such a tenement incident or. also have to say besides. the chinese equivalent of twitter actually one of the most important china and such an important instance mentioned on the platform really shows that censorship in china is very powerful and do find ways to get around the censorship is it possible yeah. trying to be really creative in that post and so there is an archive done by a hong kong research institute and they. pose before they were taken down.
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shows all these photos and sensitive was that a sensor. and. a picture. of a chinese. dog the tank tried to get over the censorship and when this photo was widely shared. sensitive again it became sensitive content and so it really shows they can't then between chinese social media users and a censor chinese people are talking about that you know square massacre on forms who should media platforms so even though. they are banned inside china many chinese social media users they try to get there on the they used to get access to these foreign platforms and actually one of the most important for political discussions for chinese uses but then just a few days ago many to use is complaining that the. chinese icons that get suspend
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. later apologized and they said this is just one check up but many chinese people buy this story and says it is time and kind of spent and also actually just last month was also taken by china. many chinese social media users they are fearing that a phone platforms if they cannot even find information of the incident on foreign. key chair each end of the social media editor thank you very much for that information on the 30th anniversary of the cinnamon square massacre. let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the want italy's prime minister just said because they have said he would resign if 2 parties in the governing coalition don't stop squabbling the far right league party and the populous 5 star movement have been arguing for months or
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a range of issues konta who has no party affiliation says he now wants a clear and speedy response. hungary and south korean divers in budapest have recovered a 2nd body from the wreck of a tourist boat that sank in the river danube last 3 of the 33 people on board only 7 are known to have survived the accident. the indian capital delhi is to offer women free transport in an effort to improve their safety almost a 1000000 are expected to benefit crime against women has become a major political issue in delhi and the city's government has said public transport was considered as the safest way for them to travel around the city. u.s. president donald trump is in london on a state visit to the united kingdom has been greeted with official of pomp and ceremony a banquet with the queen and he's now with prime minister to resign may they are
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holding a meeting with business leaders from both sides of the atlantic significant anti trump rallies are expected later today while parts of london are in security lockdown. because one shot of pots is in front of 10 downing street in central london and joins me from there charlotte today is a day of political and business meetings trump's visit trump and promises to the me are talking with business leaders what does the u.k. need from the u.s. . well 1st and foremost the u.k. needs an extensive a trade deal with the u.s. and this was also discussed at the business roundtable this morning where american and british business men joined trump and to raise some may by the way we are expecting trump to arrive at downing street right behind me any minute now with 2 recent may ok. to briefly show me the to be reassessing choose off a donor trump we will sing pictures of donald trump's cavalcade arrives they close
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to 10 downing street there beyond we have the pitch is that so he is on his way to donning street and you see him shortly to continue what is expected what is the u.k. one from the u.s. . salute you the red carpet is already rolled out here i think i'm seeing the beast over there a limousine that is bringing him over here so he is going to be walking into downing street with theresa may very shortly so as i was saying the the u.k. needs a trade deal with the u.s. both parties to get that through and this trade deal would be for the time when the u.k. has finally left the european union the u.k. needs a strong partner at its side and this is going to be sorry i'm getting a little distracted here donald trump is just arriving here at 10 downing street i hope you're seeing the live pictures as well. and donald trump walking out they're
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greeted by a series of may and by mr may shaking hands there they just minutes to finish the business roundtable with british and american business men at some james's palace they are now due to hold a working lunch here at downing street where the 2 leaders will discuss of course this u.s. the u.k. trade deal and also other contentious issues such as for example the issues surrounding the chinese tell a communique. giant why that's a very contentious issue between the 2 nations because donald trump wants the u.k. to ben who are why to build the next generation network here in great britain to resign may has already said she is not going to budge on the topic but also we know that 2 reason may who us seeing now in those life pictures is she will
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step down as leader of the conservative posse already this friday so shortly after trump has left the u.k. and she will also not be prime minister any more by this time or so there is really nothing she can offer trump at this point she is a lame duck and it is going to be for theresa may successor to decide it's on all these contentious issues now they've just and to downing street as you saw there for that working lunch i'm rita. looking at those live pictures of the door has shot on 10 downing street as the leaders in this spouses have entered 10 downing street as you said to recently is only in office till the end of the week given that what does trump expect he can get from the u.k. . actually very little at this point very little that theresa may can offer there as you mentioned she is
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a lame duck basically and all she is something that she is going to give him is a gift which i found very interesting to read about it say in the original document from winston churchill which basically built the foundation for the united nations and was that of course she's giving donald trump there a little. too. a letter a live and how important it is to hold together in the west and how important the united nations are something that has constantly criticized so she is going to give that gift. but there is very little crow creek that can come out of this meeting of course you see it for entering those talks there right behind me and downing street including ivanka trump just walking by here right shall have passed in front of 10 downing street to seat the scene of the action and during trump's visit to the you get thank you very much for that. and of course is expected to get
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a less warm reception on the streets of london where major protests planned turning out to sudan and the military has canceled a power transfer agreement with protesters and called for elections the move comes a day after security forces opened fire on protesters killing at least 35 people and wounding many more they've been ongoing demonstrations in caught them calling on a for a caretaker military council to make way for a civilian government after the fall of saddam a longstanding dictator bashir. after weeks of sit ins occupations and demonstrations the military opens fire on khartoum's protesters. heavily armed members of the paramilitary rapid support forces a unit formerly associated with massacres were deployed along the capital's main roads to disperse the protests. killing and injuring many.
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civilians have been conducting a huge city in central khartoum for weeks demanding that the transitional military council hand over power to the people. once news spread that the military had opened fire more protesters are out in the streets building barricades and calling for peace and more protests. after the dispersal of the sit in we went back to the streets and squares and thank god with the help of the youth we closed the streets and we will close everything again and god willing. the. testis cut ties with the military council off to the bloodshed and then the generals hit back. previous agreements with protest leaders are off they say they'll now hold elections within 9 months but it seems very much on the military's own terms where. the bloodshed has drawn international condemnation the secretary general strongly condemns the violence and reports of the excessive force used by security personnel
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on civilians that have resulted in the deaths and injury of many and he is a lawyer by reports that security forces have opened fire inside medical facilities both sides a calling for peace but with lines of communication down that won't be easy. and now business on the german government is under fire from business leaders for damaging industry the president of the federation often german industry still. who's attending its annual meeting in berlin that corporate taxes were too high and that industry was having to pay the biggest electricity bills in europe he demanded a change of course. we're worried. about the future of this country and our society and we worry about the future of our companies. the government maintains the status quo talk about how good the economy is right now but you can't move forward you keep looking in the rearview mirror. the ruling
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coalition and i want to make this very clear has lost a great deal of trust and confidence that we put into the government. joining me now is john allen demián from the business desk she's at that meeting of industry leaders on what they're calling the day of judgment industries in their industry has a big list johnson america has just spoken i think jen to be having some trouble getting through to janelle. should we just move along o. . me. ok i'm sorry i think i'm hearing is that. me so we have to just move along and be trying to establish a proper line with her later turning to sports instead south african drama cost us a man you will not need to take testosterone reducing medication to compete at least for now that's risk or temporarily suspended a recent ruling last month the olympic $800.00 metre champion lost
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a challenge at the court of arbitration for sport and had been told that she could only compete if she medically reduced the test test her own level so many had said she was thankful to the judges for suspending that decision it means she will be able to compete until her next court date on the 25th. and now to some football and fever has announced will host the club cup in 20192020 the competitions. for the 2022. preparations for back to a long being followed by controversy not in the least. the rights and safety of workers involved in stadium construction. officials maintain the situation for labor as it is improving despite reports of. fatalities.
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tragedy. returning now to our business the story. business says joins me now she's at a meeting of industry leaders on that. industry janelle industry has a big wish list for the government they want the government to take 7 actions to support industry chancellor merkel has just spoken what did she say. well merkel wasn't exactly facing an easy crowd now ahead of this event she had the opportunity to prepare for the criticism that would be coming her way we heard for example of german industry says that the government afraid of the way trust and was an able to deliver on big ticket items like digitalisation for her part saw merkel
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said. trust in government is important but so is government trust in industry and she alluded to all the time spent at the government but the all the time that the government had to spend feeding off a mess is that were made by industry like the auto emissions cheating scandal that's all plunging the german auto sector in disrepute so her message there was about the shared responsibility between government and industry now earlier i spoke to mr you walk him long he's the executive director of the beady eye that's germany's biggest industry lobby and the organizer of this event and i asked him what industry it was bringing to the table to improve the situation not just a long long list but it's also what also to weigh in on his views with regard to digitalisation here's what he had to say. we share this responsibility and it's our companies that invest billions of euros to solve tech leaders solve problems that
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we have we have seen that 50 percent of all the patrons that exist worldwide in an autonomous driving come from germany so the automotive sector is investing a lot of money to help so these issues then we have banned a lot of money successfully on the issue of industry 4.0 or. advanced manufacturing as it's called in some parts of the world this is a unique selling point of german industry the knowledge of production combined with digitize ation and this is exactly what's happening in german industry at the moment we see this in the larger companies already a very strong one but we also see it in the so-called middle stunt and we need to develop it further to the small and medium sized companies now if we can just give it to another topic digitalisation also a foremost concern of yours what is your position towards while we are helping to build up the 5 g. network in germany given that there is this u.s.
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led campaign against the chinese telecoms giant. we have only a few companies were doing business and that area and we have made good experiences with all of them we don't want to talk about single issue companies. big want to talk about the whole structure and if there is. the need to look into technology that may be compromised we will do this we have an agency that is created especially for this and they are doing a terrific job and what we have string all companies that are active in this area and there is at the moment no need to focus on one special one. that was yaki milan director general of the federation of jim industries talking to our business reporter. you're watching the w's she has a recap of the top story that we're following for you today among 30 years since
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the chinese government carried out of bloody crackdown on student protest as into naaman spread security has been stepped up around the square and center in beijing where the massacre took place. to give just one the story and that's a definite dot com up next a documentary looking at their newest contribution plans to develop the amazon engine that's coming up shortly thank you very much for your company i'm on with.
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