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this is the leaders live from. continues after dark on the streets of hong kong. police firing tear gas to disperse protesters who most surges accuse of all the rioting demonstrators say that defending the territories free also on the program. the world health organization calls an emergency meeting of the democratic republic of congo's an outbreak a child dies as the virus spreads to uganda. welcome
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to the program hong kong has been rocked by the most serious political violence since control of the territory was handed back to china more than 20 years ago police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse tens of thousands of protesters who blocked key roads and stormed parliament demonstrators oppose a government plan to allow extraditions to china legislators have not postponed a debate on the issue. from peaceful protest to violent clashes umbrellas became shields and weapons as demonstrators tried to fend off rubber bullets and tear gas fired by the police. tens of thousands of people came out to rally again today in protest against hong kong's controversial extradition build a quiet march until tempers flare. christe mostly. black
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their faces covered with surgical masks and wearing improvised body armor from the get go today's crowds seemed ready for a different kind of protest than the largely peaceful mass demonstrations on sunday i was such a leader it is the week. of protests or do we do like or even say differently i believe that's the only way that you will feel like i mean i would say. they are worried about a proposed law that would mean hong kong could send people to mainland china to face trial. critics warned that would allow beijing to target political opponents in hong kong which retained its own justice system after being returned to china from british rule in 1997 conference chief executive has vowed to push forward with the legislation in an interview she condemned the violence. to the protest else now . in front of the legislative council again i make this plea. will not be
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tolerated by all enforcement authorities because tolerance off violence also gives rise to very adverse consequences she also admitted the government had failed to communicate. we have not done enough in engaging young people from different backgrounds and different sectors and. this incident we certainly would do better. the protests forced the legislative council to postpone debate on the proposed bill but with the legislature dominated by beijing loyalists few protesters expect the law to fail the vote now scheduled for june 20th on this new young not so. i'm quite disappointed and i don't think. they will listen to the people. there will still go ahead but i think there were people.
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the protesters may have delayed the vote but their struggle to preserve hong kong's autonomy has only just begun. reporter sherry chad who is from hong kong welcome sheri. why is this spill causing such. in the territory so basically this bill would mean that hong kong. to china for trials and many people fear that it will mean that china would use it as a tool for political to pursue political ponens and that it would mean that hong kong but most a freedom of speech that is has been enjoying so far and this is very important people and they actually told me that they don't want hong kong to be just one off the chinese cities and so they came out so far as their opinion at china has not been backward and coming forward when it comes to extracting people that it wants from from around the world it's that they've been accused of doing. here in germany
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i suppose the fear is that this makes it legitimizes that option yeah yeah they feel that it would legitimize the. kidnappings that have happened in the past and this is the biggest fear itself the society of hong kong ok so there was a we've seen this before and it's quite interesting people are making comparisons with the umbrella movement process of 2014 do you see these 2 as being similar phenomena actually i would say that this is quite different from that's a dozen 14 protests because into doesn't fall you see a really clear generation though they fight the people who went out to the streets they were mostly students young people and then the parents' generation they often opposed them to go on to go on the streets to protest and you would often hear that base arguments and the base inside the family and they even tried not to talk about politics so much 5 day but then this time around you see that the society of hong
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kong is really going right to it and there is one really clear goal is that they don't want this law to pass and you fear that i like across different generations they all want to stop this at all and so how do you think the territory has changed since those 2040 demonstrations yeah i would say that after that was also 14 protests people feel a bit hopeless and like they feel that what they did didn't achieve anything and in the following years most fear of hopelessness and people became a bit apolitical but then this time when 1000000 people went on the streets and if it's like people feel like it's coming back like they're right there again and they want to force the opinion and make their voice heard to talk to you and thanks so much for joining us very interesting churches. in the world health organization says it will reconvene on emergency your committee to decide whether you buy. breaking the democratic republic of congo should be declared
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a global emergency only $1400.00 people have died during the current outbreak and it's now been confirmed that the disease has spread to uganda a 5 year old boy died of the disease late on tuesday in the western ugandan town of course essay it returned to uganda from congo well sources say 2 of his relatives of also have contracted the disease. more on this now from quite a c. from the aid group world vision d r c he joins us from the capital kinshasa welcome to d.w. is this outbreak about to get bigger. thank you for gets into this role. please can you repeat your question again to did not get you propound do you think this this outbreak is about to get bigger. i've got to go to a place to come again is this is the is the ebola outbreak about to get bigger.
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compared to the last month of may we saw in its biggest decrease. this week so all. the figures. on their car we can see. things may be getting a bit slow growing dull however if you compare. the fact that within $220.00 days we have $1000.00 cases on which in 70 days we are now out of all in 2007 to $1.00 it's well over $1000.00. 296 dead and that really moving faster well ok so that's it but believe is the situation in congo and of course now the disease is moving to
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a uganda we've been speaking with people in the ugandan capital kampala and they think that government should be doing more will have a listen. to go in should do issue new student says people are both in they have come from it if you see these guys but no i mean these we are not sure if they can put me medical doctor or the necessary you see 15 materials to help this park on the ng him to be checked and treat sure that the f.b.i. they come to the people should go about it but are going to government should also come out strongly and talk about if the government has not done enough to sustain its people about it because i think the uk in order to meet should have started the from the rural areas direct and it comes to be what they are been sent as a back to mother. in kinshasa so congo seems to have a handle on this disease it's just going in to uganda uganda north or it is ready.
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so you went great and i could not get your question please you gander ready for this disease. yeah i think we. our best us international community and this is brought to you and i just see. all those as well as the government working to contain this is so yes. in the past we thought that this could get hot. based on the fact that it is in that is within the body in countries like wanda and uganda however. the part that was affected is a family that came from that to g.i.c. and they have returned back to to uganda so what we believe that. this is a case that. i'm not going for what it's not going it's working very hard to do
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that thank you so much for joining us quite nicely from world vision in kinshasa. moving on to other news i. think government in germany has raised more than 6 and a half 1000000000 euros from the ocean of its 5 g. telecommunications frequencies a lengthy ocean of a next generation telecoms network and on wednesday the biggest overall but it was deutsche telekom which paid more than $2000000000.00 euros for 5 g. frequencies vodafone and telefonica dogs and also made significant purchases germany's 5 g. plans have been in the spotlight after it ignored u.s. warnings to ban chinese telecoms manufacture quali from involvement. police in moscow have detained hundreds of protesters as a rally in support of the investigative journalist if on good enough this comes a day after prosecutors drop struggling charges against him for lack of evidence mr
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goulden off supporters say he was framed. opposition activists and journalists being carted off by police. and he hoped that the release of journalist even called enough signaled a softening of the kremlin stance on free speech dashed. russian opposition leader alex was among those detained at the rally against corruption in law enforcement. but if you look at it as a regional to the news limited as cool as it's fantastic that they've released going of look that it's just a drop in the ocean and now. the we want all of those still in jail to know that we haven't forgotten the love she was doing i can't just sit around and do nothing as if they were date or marry over here just not just. this your purchase coverage this isn't over because we want to see the people who set up this case brought to
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justice yes that it would be a joke if all they did was dismiss them from their jobs that are coming at them within the city of. damascus an authorized protest was originally planned to demand called enough be freed but after the charges against him were dropped on tuesday the demonstration was repurposed to call for police reforms and accountability. of himself had encouraged people not to take part following his release. i think it's better to spend time with loved ones for some direct support rather than to attend the march that's just my opinion. of the cold enough knew the risks such rallies can bring in moscow those arrested for taking part could now face sentences of up to 20 days in jail.
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to sports and in the women's world cup germany's footballers have all but sealed their place in the kind of stages after one nil when i'm dangerous tspice a 2nd group he went to. the 1st. cops had been saved said day it's over not to prod especially not to shout for a penalty right right top a group with a game to play. in the days early game nigeria defeated south korea 2 nil in grenoble to record their 1st win of the campaign and got off to a dream stuff when it came. time to take a long fall to the goalkeeper to get not to believe it's time. to forget the functions defined by compose finish from nigeria's boss now for what seems a shoulder for the game.
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