w. . this is g.w. newsline from herb lynn a man's in hard hats notre dame cathedral in paris fold its 1st services the devastating virus which ripped through the gothic masterpiece 2 months ago donors have pledged hundreds of millions for the restoration but only a trickle has come and some are also coming up on kong's leader backs down on extradition chief executive gary lam shelves a device of law the amount equal to and over mainland china or trial or bursal

follows the course of political violence in the territory in decades. and iran casts new towns on the future of its nuclear deal following u.s. accusations that these pictures show iranian forces attacking an oil tanker in the gulf of oman the u.n. is calling best to gauge. i'm calm aspen thanks for joining us 2 months ago today fire tore through notre dame cathedral in paris the blaze destroyed the gothic roof and toppled the famous spire there now today the cathedral is rising from the ashes has held its 1st mass since that devastating fire for safety reasons only around 30 people mostly priests and restoration workers were allowed in and the on board are asked the catholic faithful were able to watch a broadcast of that mass on a religious t.v.

channel. the service was led by the archbishop of paris shall open. we do so well for them oh it was a day we're deeply happy to celebrate the eucharist which is why the cathedral was built it is also a message of hope and thanks to all those who were touched by what has happened to this cathedral a symbol of france and of our christian roots. all standing by for us in paris is french journalist on this a bit now clearly this cathedral it's still dangerous enough to be inside you have to wear hard hats and yet this mass is going ahead today clearly quite a symbolic event i mean how important is this moment. it's a very important moment because 1 there was a moment during the fire the fine arts to let in the evening and last all night

and people thought that the the cathedral which is 850 plus years would be entirely destroyed as it happens the fire took not on the ground of the cathedral but in the under the roof in the beans that had been holding the roof and so the inside of the cathedral what we saw from the images the 1st public images enough that i during this mass is remarkably unharmed and the the mouse itself is not given into the great name that was given in the chapel behind the name because the chapel was entirely secured and knew that he knows what the intense heat could have done to stones even 2 months later they could fall on people's heads but the the stained glass windows were intact for instance and we saw them during the mass so there's a combination of great destruction the fact that the there was no roof and there was a kind of shielding and next to protect from the open air high above. the most of

your could see the the archbishop and the few people who had that mass and the familiar fruit of cullen's and stained glass windows now 2 months since the fire i mean you describe just the devastating damage that was done how are those repair works coming along. there are not many repair works going on for the very good reason that out of one a full night $8800.00 degree centigrade plus. that's enough really to sort of make it very dangerous to make assumptions on how fragile the stone has been stood all but so there are still studies being taken there are people inside the cathedral every day take these studies securing up walls and start huge and. also sort of details bit by bit and assessing that the result that as it is it's almost not begun the actual route has not begun now the church did receive some

hundreds of millions of dollars and donations after that fire for those future repairs it all came from billionaires and from business as have any of that money come in yet. actually the money from the billionaires which we have to assume will come in eventually has not arrived yet i would imagine because we are talking about almost $1000000000.00 euros that's also you need of to have a special structure in order to manage that many within one or several banks etc but you have already 90 percent of the patch 20 come in from the people of paris from the individual from tourists all the words etc and this is a small donations to the mound that's without foundation but they have trickled down and they're council that already 9 percent of the sums that are expected so that's really a sort of groundswell support from the entire world so small donations picking up the slack there as notre dame cathedral holding its 1st mass since that fire thank

you very much on elizabeth in paris. after days of unrest and street protests in hong kong the government has backed down hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb says a proposed law that would allow people to be extradited to mainland china is being suspended indefinitely on its ear the bill would herb civil liberties and on status as a financial hub. many students are among those protesters our correspondent my ts met some of the young people are juggling their classwork with demonstrating to shape the future of their city. school's out for 17 year old zach today it's the final exams we can on kong and zach is completing grade 11 but his mind is not with the exams these days. today i

did my chinese language test and i think i did quite ok. but for the other topics that require more preparation things aren't looking that great this year but i'm setting aside my future for the future of hong kong. zack is an organizer for a group of middle school students in hong kong's protest movement they are planning to meet this afternoon but suddenly he gets a call from a friend who thinks he's followed by the police pay sites what you let me call you later. i have to. decide to hold the meeting but won't have their friend join in. the government's announcement to delay the bill is a 1st victory for them but they're not satisfied the government has left the option open to bring it back at a later time so this sunday protests will take place as planned. their view

point here. around here. around you you read keep you fan and you act. the friends have known each other via social media platforms they remind many of the umbrella movement that blocked hong kong for weeks in 2014 but failed to achieve its goal the extradition bill has revived hong kong's opposition a new generation is taking to the streets they have no organizations and no leadership they coordinate in chat groups. you know oh my god i was just going to say. when the umbrella movement happened i was only in 7th grade but i've been paying attention to hong kong politics at the same so now there is this and to extradition bill news meant to say that it's time to get out from behind the computer and fight it is and you will occasionally go. zach and his

friends morrow to continue on to the extradition plans to make you scrapped. all right a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world susanna chapa tova has been sworn in as the 1st female president the 45 year old boy or has never before held state office she entered politics as an environmentalist fighting against a toxic landfill in her hometown. protesters have clashed with brazilian police on the streets of rio de janeiro police fire tear gas against demonstrators taking part in a 24 hour nation wide strike in protest against government reform pensions and cut education spending. around 60 people have died in central and southern china following 2 weeks of heavy rain and flooding authorities have rescued thousands of people under its of thousands more have been ordered to evacuate their homes. celebrated italian film director franco zeffirelli has died aged 96 is perhaps best

known for his 1960 s. films of shakespeare plays a taming of the shrew starring richard burton and elizabeth taylor and the oscar nominated romeo and juliet he also directed opera working with luciano pavarotti and to me. and iran's president hassan rouhani says his country is backing away from its agreement with world powers to limit its nuclear program as follows u.s. accusations that iran carried out attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman washington released a video that it says proves iran is responsible britain says it also believes the images are authentic while iran denies the allegations the u.n. is calling for an independent investigation. the united states says this is the video that proves iran was behind the attacks u.s. military claims it shows iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers it's also published

a photo purporting to show damage and a mine attached to one of the ships president donald trump called into fox news to declare iran guilty they're a nation of terror and they've changed a lot since i've been president i can tell you they were on top a little and now they're in deep deep trouble back at me but he also said he was open to talks with iran and. said we want to get them back to the table if they want to go back yeah i'm ready when they are the incident was sparked early on thursday when a fire broke out on a norwegian oil tanker following explosions the crew radioed for assistance. from propane you're going to have to report that by want that over on the open air more probably not a question of fact up at the back where. that got to. hours later a 2nd tanker japanese owned also called for help the crew said they saw

a flying object hit the ship before hearing a blast the ships had passed through the strait of hormuz a strategically important waterway which carries a 5th of all global oil supplies. iran has rejected the u.s. accusations and says its navy came to the aid of one of the ships iranian state t.v. broadcast images of the rescue crew members the foreign minister said the incidents were suspicious. as a reminder of the potential for the incident to escalate globally iran's president hassan rouhani has met with russia's vladimir putin russia has cautioned against racing to judge iran both stressed their strong security ties. under the current circumstances with all the external pressure and foreign sanctions being imposed the necessity for cooperation between the countries in this region including our countries is becoming more critical each day.

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definitely suspending debate on a divisive would have allowed it to be handed over to mainland china for trial this comes after massive street protests and the worst local violence in the territory and. coming up next this shift with reports on social media and chinese politics or news at the top of the hour i'm from aspen thanks want to. burst. home to a species. worth saving. yes those are big changes and most are small steps to. tell stories of credence people and enough .