tv Reporter Deutsche Welle June 23, 2019 12:15pm-12:31pm CEST
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well norway's ingrid and get dispatched the winning spot kick to send her side in the quarter. up next meet the young people fighting for a free future in hong kong in the new program reporter so if you're for that you're watching he took the news from berlin be back at the top of the hour with more headlines again to get all the latest news and information around the clock our website. called extra. you know this 05 minutes or minutes. past the
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hour. has been all. the feats in the pantheon of great tennis certainly he's one for the ages. but. tennis. stars july 10th on g.w. . hundreds of thousands of hong kong hours are taking to the streets to protest their government. right over and die out. 17 year old zach ho is one of them they oppose a proposed extradition bill that could put hong kong's freedoms and the city's
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autonomy from the chinese mainland at risk. 30. 00. 0. 30. 0. 0. 0. 0. 00. sacco is about to finish 11th grade in school it's also final exams week but since the protests show kong kong he has found little time to study although there is maybe function this time but i think i am doing the right thing i use my fair share. for. paul paul. he and his friends have founded an activist group all of them high school students. that sounds like you are in trouble. later by.
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forest chased by chased by the police therefore they follow him for all. i have to contact my poor me for if you go off. a few days ago protests ended in clashes with the police since then security forces are on the lookout for potential protest leaders. best most remote effort off a fastball. back to trace back mean that right now. check group posts have been arrested young men risk being stopped and searched as an organizer zach needs to be careful he avoids the city's subway system where police patrol the protesters want the government to shelve
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a bill that would allow for extraditions to china they fear that beijing could target its critics in the city another mass protest is scheduled there'll be some more here for. you if you're fat and you are. but it is unclear whether the next protest will be approved by the police their group has decided to meet and discuss possible scenarios the friend who is being followed by the police joins them by phone. by what is a hole if the police approve the march what should we do. and it was so hard just tells us how that. surprised. stories. our members. will. fight to join us but
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you know if it's not approved well who then we'd better not join in. the rally finally the rally is approved by the police zach and his friends bring flags and banners they want their group of young people to be visible. they're prepared for any incident. in 2014 when the umbrella movement blocked hong kong streets for weeks they were too young to participate now is their time. i thought i was a member. of the 4 but. it soon becomes clear that it will be very crowded they decide to stick together so they can leave quickly if things escalate. ha ha ha ha ha i thought that. was. the bill is seen as
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a move by the city's probe aging establishment to allow china a closer grip on the city people demand the resignation of chief executive kerry lam who they see as too cozy with the communist party. by god i promised her 6 i was. there. i was told must call her if the off 5 got the ones. carrying. 5. back i already got out i was running grandmother our gut rather i organizers estimate that 2000000 people have joined this sunday and although police put the number at much lower it's clearly one of the biggest
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demonstrations in the city's history. the government's initial response to the protests has further triggered people's anger a few days ago police fired massive amounts of tear gas into the crowds rubber bullets were used for the 1st time since hong kong was handed over to china by britain. today's march however remains peaceful. some of the protesters have camped outside hong kong's parliament they have occupied the area in front of the building and vow to stay until the. is fully withdrawn zach hesitates at 1st technically this is an illegal assembly but it's also exciting. that. in an attempt to appease the protests chief executive carrie lamb has announced postponement of the bill but that is not enough for the protesters they want it to be withdrawn entirely
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i took it to her they're going to face it right there yes. i thought so much all i exam week is not over yet zach also has some more exams coming up i lived my let me talk to the crowd 1st let's all you know just overall effect i think the fact that. joshua long the leader of the 2014 number of protests has been just released from a month long jail term that morning i was i hope everybody understands that i will need some time to catch up with these
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developments i have not even had time to change i'm still wearing the t. shirt and the underwear i was wearing when i was sent to jail. and up i. i i i think after josh well juan's appearance a flurry of activity breaks out protesters decide to march to carry lymes office and demand an answer. zach puts on a t. shirt. to cover the school logo on his uniform face masks are a crucial gear for protesters in case of clashes they not only make it harder to identify them but also offer minimal protection against tear gas. was very it was. a lot of their lot but the march gets stuck a few meters from the starting point a heavy shower drenches the protesters sack and his friends decide to head back.
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sacks middle class parents prefer to stay out of politics he says that nevertheless they approve of his commitment but they're also worried about his safety and his performance in school. i just thought. ok so. i think it was it was the right thing i like her oh god right from a high 5 off day if this were 5 that. before calling it a day he takes a small stroll in nearby tame our park a green spot that stretches from the parliament to the shore.
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sometimes i come here yes i like. like sunrise yeah. for family day. and my paycheck that. the protests take place amid the skyscrapers that symbolize the city's competitiveness. basically just hold. on now all. this issue really caught that. all last night. i'm very tall of. all. i'm being one of them before.
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the next day things start moving kerry lamb has called a press conference. i saw the tears that the officer of the pair of. you called off to share for her. yeah i think. at this moment if you're just beginning. to see what i missed that was. what. pressure on her has mounted since the big march the world is watching hong kong. i also my nose says yes. to them that's far from enough. you are the one to do.
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undernourished comes to do this of the many initiatives the tums on my stool for this doesn't work in this case. you have to step. down how that i am her if the laws work and all. zach and his friends will discuss how to proceed but not right now. that backgammon tackle like hockey stick graph for about. exams will soon be over then sakho will be able to dedicate even more time to the protests.
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