it could have been the fact that. this is the w. newsvine from berlin a mass in heart pabst cathedral in paris holds its 1st service since the devastating fires which ripped through the gothic masterpiece 2 months ago donors have pledged hundreds of millions for the restoration only a trickle has come and so. also coming up kong's leader backs down on extradition chief executive terry lamb shelves a divisive long thought that would have allowed people to be handed over to mainland china for a trial the 1st so follows the worst political violence in the territory in decades

and a record falls of the women's world cup as the netherlands reached the last 16 of beyond a media force twice in a 31 win over cameroon she's become to director goalscorer at the age of just 22. i'm calm aspen thanks for joining us 2 months ago today the fire tore through notre dame cathedral in paris the blaze destroyed at the gothic roof and toppled the famous spire today the cathedral is rising from the ashes of saddam 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 they all wore hard hats catholic faithful were able to watch a broadcast of the mass on a religious t.v.

channel. the service was led by the archbishop of paris the shell. we do so well for them oh what a day we are deeply happy to celebrate the eucharist which is why the cathedral was built there 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. 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 there was a moment during the fire of fine arts to let in the evening and lasted 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 beams that had been holding the roof and so the inside of the cathedral what we saw from the images the 1st public image is enough but during this mass is remarkably unharmed and the the mass itself is not given into the great name it 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 in touch for instance and we saw them during the mass so there's a combination of great destruction the fact that we there was no roof and there was a kind of shielding internationally to protect from the open air high above. the most and your could see the archbishop and the few people who are that must be

familiar. through to the columns 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. 2 that's enough really to sort of make it very dangerous did make assumptions on how fragile the stone has withstood 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 whose

future repairs it was came from billionaires and from businesses 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 individual from tourists all the word 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 will take in paris. after days of unrest and street

protests in hong kong the government has backed down hong kong's chief executive kerry lam says a proposed law that would allow people to be extradited to mainland china is being suspended indefinitely elements of the bill would curb civil liberties and threaten hong kong's status as a financial. many students are among the protesters there our correspondent mathias met some of the young people were juggling their classwork but demonstrating to shape the future of their city. school's out for 17 year old zach today it's the final exams we can hong kong and zach is completing grade 11 but his mind is not with the exams these days. today i get 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 a sense that 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. there will be some point here. a moment here but i ran through the red

tape you fan me 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 organisations and no leadership they coordinate in chat groups. 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 punish 8th at the same it's so now there is this and to extradition bill news meant to say that it's time to get out from behind to compete and fight for it is i who occasionally come out. zach and his friends borrow to continue on to the extradition plans to mchugh scrapped.

all right now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world saudi arabia and the united arab emirates of call for quote decisive action to protect oil supplies energy ministers from the group of 20 major economies have been meeting in japan the call comes after 2 tankers were attacked in the gulf of oman on thursday driving oil prices sharply higher. so this on a chopper toba has been sworn in as slovakia's 1st female president 45 year old boy or has never before held state office she entered politics as an environmentalist fighting against a toxic landfill in her home town. around 60 people have died in central and southern china following 2 weeks of heavy rain and flooding authorities of rescued thousands of people while hundreds of thousands more have been ordered to evacuate their homes. celebrated italian film director franco zeffirelli as died aged 96 he was best known for his 1960 s.

films of shakespeare plays the taming of the shrew starring richard burton and most of its tailor and the oscar nominated romeo and juliet he also directed opera working with luciano pavarotti and domingo. millions of workers in brazil have staged a general strike to protest planned pension reforms the changes would mean an increase in the retirement age and higher pension contributions brazil's hardline president also now row has warned that failing to overhaul the pension system would bankrupt the country. the strike was directed at plans of far right president to reform the pension system raising the retirement age and increasing workers' contributions the government says it needs to cut spending to save the social security system from bankruptcy the unions say the reform would hit the poor hardest was o.b.l. always if the government does not listen to the voice of the people on the streets

the future will be dark we're losing our rights in a country that is failing as a society failing in education and we don't see where it will end he always uses up in sao paulo the protests went on late into the evening as tension mounted police used tear gas and rubber bullets against demonstrators. there. the demo was calm it was not us who are doing the right thing fighting for what we have to fight for education is important and the pension reform is unjust but the clashes are shane coming. rio de janeiro also saw clashes with police deploying tear gas there as well. since taking office at the start of the year both government has already faced a series of protests by women's and indigenous groups by teachers and by students so far it's simply ignored friday's general strike.

thank you at the women's world cup the netherlands have qualified for the knockout stage after securing their 2nd win of the tournament against cameroon it was a special game to say the least for dutch striker if yanna who drove. the usual city of orange was there to greet the dutch side and they gave their fun something to cheer on 41 minutes when to be on the medium of the opener with the full extent there was the lead did not last long with cameron levelling through gabrial on getting a i then delivered a message home via her t.-shirt it was cameroon 1st goal in 251 world cup minutes was the 2nd half belonged to the netherlands though and they reached elite quickly after the restart dominique bloodworth my cameroon's defending left a lot to be desired. the gift meant the defender had the easiest of finishes thank my medium and then became the neverland's record score with her

60th goal and she still only 22 was going to go through the looking dangerous if impressive stuff there all right a fun story here former tennis champion ivan bundle has finally picked up a trophy that he won 34 years ago he finished 1st in the stuttgart open back in 1905 but simply forgot to take the hardware with him turman organizers kept the trophy safe for him they finally for sensitive to lendl on friday it was the 1st time the bubble had been back in stuttgart since winning that tournaments more than 3 decades ago. boxing now former heavyweight world champion tyson fury will be back in the ring in las vegas later today he faces german tom schwartz he's a relative unknown. he does though have an unbeaten record with $24.00 wins fury

also undefeated weighed in considerably heavier than his opponent at $263.00 pounds the fighters clearly had plenty to say to each other when they faced off for a stare down i love this ben schwartz the side that i'm just going to go have you to chop the bar while you do your thing yuri then refused to shake hands. a reminder now of the top stories that we're following for you at this hour hong kong's chief executive terry last this is spending indefinitely a proposed law that would allow people to be handed over to mainland china for trial measures sparked massive street protests and the worst political violence in the territory and decades. up next our series reporter looks at violence against terror medics working to save lives before we go will beat you with the pictures from that service of the military and terrorists the 1st mass since that disastrous

fire. song. called. the elite it. all of it is all over the. the the who. are not proud of the willem succeed in dividing us so not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking the stand good news that matters.