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the book. is called tender. starts july 10th on the job. this is d.w. news live from berlin hong kong protesters smashed their way into the legislative building they got in after spending hours branding for a window earlier thousands of pro-democracy protesters clashed with police they're rallying against an extradition bill we'll get an update also coming up. iran breaks the terms of
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a 2015 nuclear deal for the 1st time the foreign minister says the country has exceeded the limit on its stockpile of low enriched uranium. plus they talk through the night but still no result to european union leaders cannot decide who should get the top jobs heated talks over the powerful post of commission president have opened up deep divide. and bring your demonstrations in sudan demand civilian rule but at least 10 people are reported killed and scores more wounded in clashes with security forces. i'm seeing you so much going to thank you for joining us protesters have stormed into hong kong's legislature on the anniversary of the city's return to chinese rule pro-democracy demonstrators there tore down sections of the glass and metal wall before entering the building amid anger over plans legislation that would allow. extraditions to china earlier police used the tongs and pepper spray to
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disperse crowds who had occupied a row near the city's government complex now on this day 22 years ago britain handed the former colony over to mainland china under a deal that would ensure democratic rights for the city's people and activists now fear that those rights are being rolled back. and our correspondent phebe kong has been a covering the protests in hong kong for she joins us on the line phoebe we understand of the protesters have a managed some of them at least have managed to get into parliament what are they planning to do inside the building. i am on now standing right next to the legislative council called 5 right now where tens of thousands of votes have been gathering around right. over to this you have some of those have to class so successfully and to the feelings but then they are quickly held back by police have to spray and do include as oh what are they would want to offer
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a kind of problem is all this too like a sort of pressure the government on not the adults the enemies to steal their attentions it has been so i was it's often been tens of thousands i'll close as this now gathering here now also trying to make those roads here and they putting those who are killing to use already this afternoon and some of them they are you know stealing barricades by deal box and fencing we lose some of the legislative calicoes in the area nearby and and they are delivering protective gear to the front line so obviously they have to keep pressing hold something maybe more threats if i think about to happen in the next few hours because this demonstration is happening as we said on the run anniversary of hong kong's reunification with china what protesters been telling you on the streets today about about why they have come out.
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well the hottest topic in hong kong has seen a lot about the extradition deal for being a month out of several rallies helping towns and many paying it's them a facial is held out with a discreet sense demonstrated they feel asking for things the amounts as they call it to the companies a tradition veil and to release all their dresses to sell all gaiety charges and also the hour tell them to step down and to take her political responsibility of all these are called healthy. well these days and. so that they mount up to the same a fifo but none of them has been with us on that side that government to them i see has mentioned nothing about our 2 restored appeals. has ceased today so all
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this is all things a not enough sort of court has to send off satisfy work only to suspend appeal but they won't come up with so. all right and we have been looking at live pictures right here of hong kong have the demonstrations have been growing in size t.v. just a very briefly if you can do you think we'll see any changes from kerry lamb from the government with its pressure growing. on dick as to how the government has just if you was statement. one to 2 hours. because i am the thousands asked off their hotel but they have mentioned nothing about all of us about their seamounts which. i have mentioned to withdraw to is to say how do you. know that the stance has taken out of the government it's high it's quite tough they're not responding to that the amount. yes. the predator who would
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possibly use to be out of the. hotel that area all right are reporters he'd be crying there in hong kong would be our protests to be thank you for bringing us up to date now at some other stories making news around the world german foreign minister has called on italy to release the captain of a migrant rescue ship the detained saying rescuing people from the sea is not a crime of telling authorities arrested german national cowboy left. for allegedly hitting a police boat while docking at the port of love to do so with 40 rescued migrants on board. a german military helicopter has crashed in athens near the northern city of hanover several media reporting that at least one person has been killed so far there's no word on the cause of the crash a powerful car bomb blast in the afghan capital kabul during rush hour has wounded at least $65.00 people with fatalities feared the explosion targeted the afghan
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defense ministry the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. the international atomic energy agency says it has confirmed that iran broke the limit on its enrich uranium stockpile that threshold was set by the 2015 nuclear deal with global powers iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif acknowledged iran's 1st major departure from the accord after the u.s. already unilaterally withdrew from the deal the move means iran has defied warnings from european coast signatories to stick to the deal despite u.s. sanctions but a foreign ministry spokesman said iran steps to reduce its commitments to the agreement will quote reversible. and i did ever use it to this the top is following the story for she's reported from iran for us and a cover is the reason extensively how significant is this breach well it is of course a clear violation of the deal that iran signed back in 2015 i mean a deal that was designed to make sure that ron can never quiet
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a nuclear weapon and with this it's the 1st step in a process that could eventually allow iran to have enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear warhead so the time it would need to do that strings but we have to remember that iran says it doesn't even want to build a nuclear weapon of course foreign minister zarif just reiterated that it's even against the country's religion because this is a religious hotwire against nuclear weapons but of course other countries don't really want to rely on that so what is the message that iran is sending with this then well we have to remember that it's been a year since the u.s. pulled out a very remained and so far iran has still complied with it even though it hasn't had any benefits at all and the sanctions that the u.s. imposed in the past year on iran have really had like a dramatic effect on people's life and also the country's economy so with the other signatories of the deal europe china russia they have failed to provide some sort
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of relief for iran so it gets something in return for still sticking to the deal so that's why iran is now stepping across red lines of the nuclear deal one of the time to show that now we have to we have to start doing something we have to negotiate today the foreign ministry urged the europeans to step up their efforts to save the deal what is that what does this leave europe in terms you mentioned the coasting to tory's of the deal the e.u. has been very clear including germany that it wants to salvage this agreement where does this leave its efforts to do so well they suddenly have to step up their efforts that that's really hard to do without the u.s. because the international trade heavily relies on the united states with the dollar also with the banking system it's really hard to get something to iran and. turn without the u.s. and especially with the u.s. still adding sanctions and sanctions every couple of months i mean that's why to iran says it's not really willing to negotiate at the moment while the u.s. keeps adding sanctions ok but what about the u.s. because washington has said it it is open to perhaps re reopening negotiations with
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iran how likely is that to happen i mean the u.s. is sending mixed messages of course they're also threatening obliteration the next day they're offering fresh talks. the thing is that iran has ruled out fresh talks in some regards the supreme leader has that he doesn't want fresh talks the president hasn't said so clearly but this one thing that's for sure there are not willing to negotiate without preconditions like the u.s. president offers they want the u.s. to return to the old deal 1st and then start negotiations from there and that's something trump is obviously not considering at the moment reported to us that's what but with the story for us thank you. now european union leaders are still deadlocked over who should take on the block's top jobs and they've suspended their talks until tuesday france and germany had agreed to support the same candidate for the post of commission president the dutch social democrat france temperaments but
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there's spend staff opposition to that choice all of the top jobs are changing hands this year following european elections and. good night sleep that's what journalists and your leaders are desperate for after talks through the night brought no consensus speaking after the marathon meeting german chancellor angela merkel said technically a candidate could have been chosen by our voting a group of countries but that she said would be unwise decision we should really make an effort to find a compromise before a vote like this to avoid tensions that could cause problems for many years we're facing briggs's in many of the challenges and also say we should be careful in the way we treat each other. with and on the. franco german compromise could see the dutch social democrat friends to months have the commission but eastern european countries and italy reject that idea. the
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stalemate is a disappointment for many leaders and prompted francis presidents to demand radical changes to the way the e.u. operates but we cannot be held hostage by a small group of member states we need to find a more efficient method to make key decisions. for now it's hoped a new attempt at compromise tomorrow can bring what 20 hours of talks so far could not. now fear of unexploded munitions are complicating efforts to bring the large forest fire under control in northern germany and the blaze is raging across $430.00 hectares of woodland and people in the region say they can smell the smoke from 100 kilometers away several villages have been evacuated and the cause of the fire hasn't yet been confirmed but it is thought to have been started deliberately . and the test of allah has traveled to north or in germany where these fires have been burning she joins us now with more hi tessa gives an idea of what you're seeing how bad are these fires where you are and what are authorities doing.
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so right now i'm right in front of the forest that is running you can see actually the dust in the background and sometimes we can see the helicopters as passing by carrying water to try and contain the flames here i was just at the main fire station and very intense atmosphere i mean hundreds of firefighters are working here to contain the flames and they explained to me that they're not even trying to extinguish this wildfire because it is that large that it is impossible to extinguish it it is only possible to contain it and to protect the villages around so this is what they're doing at the moment and luckily the flames have a date on the ground all of the forest they haven't lifted up because if they do you that climb into the trees then they could spread much more rapidly but so far they haven't been doing that and from yesterday until today we didn't see an increase of the fires were still of around $400.00 hectares so that. everyone is
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happy that they haven't explained creased. what about the cause of these fires there's been some reports that they may have been caused deliberately what are authorities saying about that. so people are saying well there is and. there is an investigation going on by the police here because what made them suspicious is that fire broke out right at the same spot on friday and then they were extinguished and then by sunday they broke up again so this is what made the police think that there might be something behind it and they're starting to investigate makes the investigation much more complicated is the fact that there is still ammunition in the forest this is a former military training ground and therefore distance has to be kept one kilometer between every firefighter and the flames and they can investigate very intense and you know how serious this is is this for people who are or are
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living there you know the people have been forced to evacuate their homes. so the religious have been evacuated that makes up around 650 people also 100 children had to leave there's some account which was just taking place around the corner here but so far everyone is safe and sound there in town halls in the region and they're being taken care of but up to see everyone wonders when they can come home but so far we don't know yet all right our reporter for us in northern germany covering these forest fires thank you very much. now to to sudan where at least 10 people are reported to have been killed and almost 200 injured in clashes between police and protesters thousands took to the streets across the country to demand that the ruling military council have power over to a civilian government the demonstrations are the biggest sense security forces opened fire on a protest in the capital khartoum almost a month ago killing dozens. of these demonstrators made
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their way to khartoum's defense ministry to appeal to military rulers it was one of several rallies in cities across sudan protestors were eager to make their voices heard. god punish these oppressors ready. we want to civilian government a civilian one. and some marches carried photos of family members who were among dozens killed when police broke up a peaceful sit in protest outside army headquarters in early june that violence coincided with the collapse of talks between military rulers and protest leaders about who should head a new governing body sunday's rallies marked the 1st return to the streets since then. as protesters in khartoum neared the presidential palace officials made it clear that they were unwilling to listen to the voice of the people on throwing the chants with tear gas. the military council justified its actions and
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a special t.v. address. yes. when i came up that man with troops mission is to protect protesters but we don't trust the vandals. in front of the youth center in the medical headquarters there are snipers shooting at people they have hit 3 members of the rocket support forces and about 5 or 6 civilians that's why we were upset and trying to get things under control we're going to have a good look at. sunday's demonstrations also not the 30th anniversary of the coup that says brought president omar al bashir to power in 1909. that coup toppled the last democratically elected government here the demonstrators have vowed to continue their protests until saddam has a civilian leadership again i now japan has officially resumed commercial whaling after a 31 year hiatus fisherman brought ashore there 1st catches today brushing aside
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criticism from activists who say the practice is cruel and outdated 5 vessel set sail from northern japan and the boats returned with 2 grade minka whales the government announced plans of catching $227.00 whales this year. that decision of sparked some heated discussions on social media alex for swiping has been looking into some of the conversation online for us hi alex how is social media reacting to japan's resuming whale hunting for the majority of those people who are outside japan has provoked a lot of anger let's look at twitter for example one user tweets it's time the whole world stands up against japan resuming commercial whaling also time to help greenpeace and others doing the fight financially and propaganda wise now another user asked people to boycott japanese products altogether she says the lifelong ban
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on my posts to never purchase japanese products and to well hunting ends will also continue if you can do the say but not everyone agrees with this and one user is in favor of whale hunting resuming in japan and is infuriated by the so called social justice worries o s j w i'm pro whale hunting the tweet goes it's just a big seafood to do i eat it no do i hunt no but it bleeps me off s j w and psycho environmentalist so i support it way to go to japan obviously becomes who put the belief says that but a bit of a mixture i would say the majority though of people are against this decision what about the whale hunting industry what are they saying about commercial whaling well those people who are involved in it the fisherman say that then are in line with japanese law they formally left the international whaling commission the i w c on sunday interesting lee that was just off to the g.
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20 summit to finish which of course was held in japan many people saying that to save the face of japan because there's been a lot of criticism about this decision about the decision had actually been taken hafiz year ago japan stopped commercial whaling back in 1988 but it continued to hunt 12 the so-called. scientific research in the antarctic and it meant up to one year 1200 whales were killed and critics were saying that effectively japan was flouting i.w.c. rules because a lot of this meat ended up in the domestic market and that's being eaten now the country is resuming commercial well hunting officially it has a new quota in place and it says it will kill up to $227.00 whales this year so up until the end of december we've already seen today with these pictures at the moment that at least 2 whales have been caught now we have heard from one chair
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of the japanese whaling association on this decision basically saying to the critics you're wrong and this is why it is still sustainable let's listen to what he had to say. to the quota is something that would not affect resources even for 100 years we want to continue by lng in the future in a sustainable manner the quota that has been released is something that would not affect resources for 100 years so we will follow the quota and continue to hunt. you know it's also important to look at the japanese perspective here they say this is our tradition this is our culture what role does that play in this discussion i think that's a very good point and many say that whaling in japan began in the 12th century it became organized in the 16 hundreds and it is all about tradition national pride and it's become part of japanese food culture thoughts when i say that we need to look at the numbers on this because back in the 1960 s.
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200000 tonnes of whale meat was consumed in japan recently it's about 5000 so no point no one percent of all meat in japan is whale meat will that now change now that this decision has been made to resume commercial well hunting will have to wait and see oversee the japanese government will hope so they're throwing money at this but the critics will be hoping it won't and so that japan in the end will decide to change its mind again all right our reporter alex forrest whiting thank you for bringing us the story. found millions of people have taken part in annual gay pride celebrations in cities around the world over the weekend this year's celebrations are special because it marks the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising the revolt of gay people in new york that began the struggle for rights. loud colorful and diverse hundreds of thousands of revelers gathered in new york to
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mark the 50th anniversary of the still riots the world pride march kicked off outside the landmark in a brutal police raid on the popular gay bar triggered the struggle for gay rights. this was a day for celebration. this is really exciting i came out of. her hands just being a our parents and having them assist their ministry to tazer etc it's really heartwarming to see how much of that as a nation that we progress be more accepting of others and. accepting of individuality. but not everyone was a satisfied at the pace of change in the united states. today still in much of this country you can get married to a person of the same sex on monday and then go to work on tuesday and be fired because now they know you're gay and that's perfectly legal. and much remains to be done in the fight for equal rights in many other countries. in turkey's biggest
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city istanbul several 100 l.g.b. t. supporters gathered for a small rally despite about. i don't understand why a gathering like this is banned in a country where people are supposed to be secular and phrased in the snuffy. despite hopes that the new mayor could convince of dorothy's to allow their rally to go ahead the march outlawed for the 5th consecutive year ended with tear gas and rubber bullets. to sports now in south african track star caster semenya ran her 1st 800 meter race since appealing to switzerland supreme court over a testosterone limits rule imposed by the sport's governing body so many dominated in the diamond league meeting in california opening the fastest time ever on american soil in the event she's back to competing while the court hears her appeal but she says she will not run in the world championships this year if the decision goes against her. now to
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a story about sports and politics in spain coming together over the issue of domestic violence it's been put back on the agenda by the far right vox party vox $124.00 seats in parliament on a platform that includes doing away with a gender violence violence law which it says discriminates against men but one politician who was herself physically abused is fighting back and she's using boxing to champion women's rights. a picture of resilience miriam gutierrez is a fighter who has battled her way back from a horrific past when she was pregnant today aged 21 a partner at the time beats her so severely that she gave birth prematurely. when he beat me the 1st time i was 8 months pregnant and about to give birth he hit my face and such a way that he broke several bones and i fell to the ground. the 1st thing that came
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to my mind as a person carrying a child was does my daughter still have a heartbeat. luckily she did her daughter has grown up healthy and out of harm's way. or even out the night of my daughter's now 14 and she's super super happy she has a mother who's 4 for her telly end and i'll keep doing so i also have a 6 year old my life is completely read vote that i'm in there it's up the spanish mother of 2 has had quite a year 1st becoming a european lightweight boxing champion in march and then getting elected as a city councilor in a madrid suburb in may a journey that has inspired me. i'm just doing what i enjoy doing people who get up again and see me as a little ray of inspiration can say if she's done i can tell you. that because of
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all the outside the ring she spreads her message by holding workshops and delivering speeches at events tackling domestic violence it's her dream to one day with a world title. coming up next on news asia more on hong kong's huge demonstrations how long can the protesters push back against beijing's growing influence. the respondent she will have that story and much more coming up on news asia that's in just a few minutes stay with us. climate
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. thank. you this is deja news asia coming up on the program and to beijing protests escalate again in hong kong angry demonstrators tried to break down the door of the city's fall about and this as hong kong passed its return from british to chinese rule our long protest has pushed back against beijing's drawing influence plus. giving up st.

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