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this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin police in hong kong restore order after extraordinary scenes protesters had stormed and ransacked the parliament building during a pro-democracy demonstrations the chief executive says she's shocked and saddened by the destruction so what now for the territory also coming up firefighters in northern germany are struggling to contain a massive 4 aspire their job is being hampered by the presence of unexploded bombs and munitions at the site of the blaze and team usa gear up for their semifinal
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match with england at the women's world cup but all of the americans already looking ahead to the championship england think so and the talk is adding to the tension ahead of the match. hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us hong kong's chief executive kerry has condemned the violence that rocked the city last night and has called for society to return to normal as soon as possible protesters stormed hong kong's legislature and then korat clashed with police on the streets demonstrators say lom has not responded to their demands despite multiple protests in recent weeks china has called the protest an undisguised challenge. hong kong
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police were alone in the parliament building just hours after protesters had occupied the legislative chamber. the south china morning post reported that offices only entered after the occupiers had left. hundreds of protesters hadn't been stopped as they smashed their way in. they won the hong kong government to completely withdraw the proposed extradition bill which sparked this unrest. hong kong carried lamplit the extradition bill on hold after protests in mid june on tuesday morning she spoke out strongly about the storming of parliament. so this is something that we should seriously come down because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong so i hope the community. will agree with us that with these fallen accept we have seen it is right for us to condemn it and hope
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society will return to normal as soon as possible. protesters had remained in the streets outside parliament deep into the night police was surprisingly restrained in the use of force but will that continue if public opinion changes. and joining us now from hong kong is the w's phoebe kong phoebe what's the situation on the streets there today. i don't. * wanna hear. out. how likely. today we. thought police officer. oh come on many of them i gathering evidence. and all of this a
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a. all to come down. the road. 0 building. for that right now no one can come by and falling clearing the lawn. but i don't think i we can see there is no protest today at all no one thing all you to gathering outside you that's. right now so the police are there now at the legislative council building today but where were they yesterday they made no effort to protest to protect rather the council building when the protesters ransacked it have they offered any explanation for that. yeah this is a controversial issue many people are discussing and many are really critical about what they see last night because at the very beginning police have
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to have this quality of some number of police inside the actual building just sort of the at night she says so that these 2 the occupation because when the protesters wrecking soak into the building there is simply no police inside the building at all so the police is saying that because they are being there and had a right before they also patients and they found that is talk to them to deploy more forces to to the actual building because i'll see some of the kind of things all the involvement here so so they decided to proceed and then. they also criticized by some of the totem pole posting also to lawmakers that they think this is a kind of tactic to have to close have. to do that. if the reason for police . well they just like to get this all last night to do. this is very controversial he just hong kong's chief executive terry levy has condemned the
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protesters actions there at the legislative council building how has the protesters themselves reacted to the. kind of them. to hell because anything you have bought i am a time bringing home call out that all the clearance and all the classes that is. what he said she was simply repeating want to see how many. impossibly we saw when his she's only been in the video and shooting you can write it out of the world's eyes and i. think everybody's going to going to like what we saw to the face but obviously she would be used to enjoy it so she did and with the of the result is all i know but the amount of the post has a sub only too strong to do it all comes i am developments all the post has this so . obviously she is going to open room and she's not addressing the the
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major concerns also both have those though the post has said they are all satisfied and this is not going to solve the problem and this is not going to ease my dog's attention between the protesters and the government or maybe thank you very much for bringing us up to date the d.w.p. calling there in hong kong was one of them. out of some of the other stories making headlines around the world today facebook evacuated for building 7 headquarters in california for a suspicious package tested positive for the nerve agent 72 people are being checked for possible exposure to the talks a compound which can be fatal authorities have not yet identified the substance. and the paris firefighters who battled the flames said notre dame cathedral in april have been altered by france's interior and defense ministers the cathedral's fire and roof were destroyed but firefighters managed to save the bell towers and
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many are works hundreds of firefighters arrived on the scene in under 10 minutes. president don't trump has warned iran that. it's playing with fire after it violated the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal for the 1st time iran's says it has exceeded a limit on low enriched uranium reserves allowed under the accord britain has urged tehran to avoid any further steps away from the deal the us early abandon the agreement last year. they're playing with and i think they're playing with fire a warning from u.s. president trump as tensions with turan reached another high not 2 weeks after iran's shoot down of a u.s. spy drone nearly triggered retaliatory air strikes confirmation monday that to iran has breached the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium. that limit of 300
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kilograms was set by a historic nuclear deal with world powers in 2015 but the pact has been threatening to unravel since the u.s. unilaterally withdrew last year and reimposed crippling sanctions since then iran has been piling pressure on the country's still party to the deal foreign minister mohammad serif warned europe in particular to deliver on a promise to help to iran circumvent u.s. sanctions or face consequences. the europeans have failed to fulfill their promises of protecting iran's interests under the deal. mad about the next step will be enriching uranium beyond the 3.67 percent allowed under the deal. such a move would be a step toward amassing the highly refined material needed for a nuclear bomb. it would also raise the possibility of the e.u.
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taking punitive action. europe has fought to keep iran in the 2050 nuclear deal but britain france and germany have promised a strong diplomatic response in the event of a fundamental breach by tehran. if e.u. officials can't get iran to reverse course in the coming days u.n. sanctions could be reimposed in 2 months time. you're watching t.v. news still to come hungary's 3rd terry in prime minister viktor orban has been accused of tightening the government's grip on media education and the legal system now critics fear he's trying to seize control of scientific research reports on their efforts to fight back. now firefighters are struggling to contain a wildfire in the northern german state of western pomerania the blaze broke out in woodland at a poor military training area near the village of lutein hundreds of people have
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been a back you waited for years unexploded munitions are hampering efforts to destroy to extinguish the fire. smoke as far as the eye can see. covering more than 4 square kilometers of forest this is said to be the largest fire in the northeastern german state of michael berg western pomerania has ever seen. more than 1000 people have been forced to flee their homes and the residents of 3 villages have been evacuated. we have evacuated numerous villages at the moment we are doing our best to keep them safe and. we're not just talking about putting out this fire rather we're talking about protecting people's lives and livelihoods and securing the region. it's dangerous work for the firefighters and not just because of the flames but also because of
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potential explosions this was previously a military training area and tons of bombs munition is still on site that's why firefighters are not allowed to come any closer than one kilometer to the blaze the state's interior minister is calling for federal help. as the leading edge of this wouldn't it's federal land and the leftover munition and other issues go back many years now we're seeing the terrible result the state can't be left alone to deal with this problem and it wasn't because of the fire is not yet been determined and authorities are not ruling out a possible arson. correspondent joins us now from just outside the fire zone teso what's the situation there now are firefighters any closer to bringing this blaze under control. well unfortunately i have to tell you nothing is under control here latine the situation is very difficult still a fool but it has to be evacuated. and winds are expected to blow today which could
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father aggravate the fires here. luckily for more helicopters are expected to arrive today you can see one behind me they come here and land at this crown to charge water and then teach on to the forest these helicopters a so important because normal firefighters working on the ground they can actually reach the forest because they have to keep this one kilometer distance because of the munition that's still in the soil of the forest we're speaking about of 30000 tons of munition in the tulsa area of this former military training ground and this is exactly where the fire started well luckily no one has been hurt so far neither the 5 fighters nor the inhabitants. of the sea people here especially the ones who were evacuated i spoke to a lady she had to leave her home within 10 minutes and she has a normal job but also works as
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a family had to leave her animals behind and now she is scared of losing part of her livelihood but so far no and of the 5 are inside his. thank you very much should use tests there covering those wildfires in northern germany thank you very much. to hungary where prime minister viktor orban is supporting a controversial new bill to replace the country's oldest and largest scientific institution the academy of sciences or one once a new organization one with a board appointed directly by the prime minister putting funding decisions under close government scrutiny critics say it's just one more move to consolidate power and stifle academic freedom. hungry and prime minister victor while bonds authoritarian approach to government doesn't tolerate much to send since taking power and 20 town he's tightened his grip on areas from the media to the judiciary
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to education many say he's now seeking to be the same in research opponents of the plans among them many students and scientists have been hitting the streets in protest like at this march in the capital due to past in early june they see the prime minister's plans as an attempt to nationalize research and they don't want to belong to. the government because we are afraid that the government will decide what to be sure the research and even they want to to to decide to determine the outcome so for the research of the idea because it will be a good meet because of the completely organisation of the academy and obviously. how to say we are afraid of. changing the status of science in hungary in general open has been tough on criticism from academia and the past a long feud with the central european university funded by american billionaire
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entrepreneur george soros ended last year with the critical institution forced out of hungary. i'm not going to waste time trying to figure out what is in the mind of the man who runs this country just go ask him don't ask me what i will say is this. hunger ariens should ask themselves who benefits here the hungry and government says replacing the country's academy of sciences has clear benefits for research projects that receive public funding but critics say the move to replace it with an institution controlled by the prime minister benefits one person most of all the orbán. or more of the story let's cross over to stefan he joins us from budapest a fun 1st of all tell us why viktor orban government wants to do away with the academy of sciences. which well they say they really want to do what he's best 40
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comedy and they are looking at scientists and they say many. scientific projects are really not beneficial to hungary's economy and they want to make it more profitable now of course that a scientist would say how can you put a price on science it takes your studio valid and they of course disagree but it's not how the prime minister if you say it's and in fact here behind me it is expected that a new will wreak guarding these 200 year old the situation situation the academy of science will passed without much problem ok then you say it probably will pass what impact then who is this bill likely to have on scientific research in hungary . well it will have a huge impact that is what the leadership sense of the hung garion academy of sciences they fear that many scientists will effect leave the country and those
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that are already at 40 situations will not come back so de fear really a brain drain and they also fear it will be a really the end of the independence of the un garion academy of sciences and many other you situations and they say it's part of a broader effort by hungary prime minister viktor orban and his government to limit free thinking in this country thanks to fun stuff on both for us there in budapest . women entrepreneurs in the west african country of senegal have often faced discrimination but business woman. who was even subject to ridicule 13 years ago when she decided to open an auto workshop run mainly by women but she proved her critics wrong know the business family auto is a success and is hoping to inspire others. that car as they because
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fleet is growing rapidly more cars that mean more mechanics to keep them going insane it goes male dominated society i do i visit ready to have their the cools fix by we men then you build a mobile home and the world works like this now there is no longer a profession dedicated only to men who are profession dedicated only to women. since the concept of parity exists there are no more do not enter signs for women want to. know more about persevere mark cutifani. honestly i pity them its hard work i respect their choice but i can that women fix my car. this woman isn't interested in any female stereotypes. is changing the industry running on her own car workshop since 2006 she's been getting our ends dirty
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working on engines for the past 26 years but it's been a bumpy road. wanted you to walk in the day if you buddy pointed at me everybody thought i was crazy every time i went out on the streets trusted my overalls to go fix a car all by pots everybody was laughing at me and often have a cry and then carry on now i have considered tonight i'm shown as a good example. checking all fixin parts all the women working your way inspired by us to learn how to fix cars but there are only 3 females who are time mechanics year and most of this is still male but in the future she wants our target seem to be women making sure that the big girls are running smooth the fed the only i'm really proud to be able to do a man's job and i am so proud when i see
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a vehicle that doesn't whack and i know how to fix it now my big dream is to have my own company and it's also quba stream she always pushes us to get our in business so. they goombahs workshop is never short of business. i really trust them with my calm it's reassuring to see women taking care of everything and it's easy to communicate with them i believe we'll see more and more women mechanics. and so does the cooma and her team one day dream female mechanics will be considered the norm in sin. in tennis the 1st day of wimbledon produced 3 big shocks 15 year old corey goff beat 5 times champion beingness williams who is 24 years older the american is the youngest ever player
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in the wimbledon main draw in the professional era also on the women's side reading australian and u.s. open champion naomi osaka crashed out in the 1st round after losing to put 1007 the number 6 seed for the men germany's of xander sara rather was also a surprise early losing going down to check best only who's ranked 124th in the world defending men's champion ooc djokovic had no such worries he beat germany's philipp kohlschreiber as usual fans plugged into the south lawn tennis grounds by the thousands this year's tournament has also seen a different take on wilton's famous strawberries and cream with the conversion on sale for the 1st time in its 142 year history. so it's tasty soccer to talk around the 1st semifinal game in the women's world cup
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the defending champions the united states take on highly ranked england the americans have denied accusations of disrespecting their opponents the english meanwhile say they're ready for a marquee match up. seem brimming with confidence after eliminating hosts france in the quarter final the usa of the clear favorites for the title but the hotel scouting mission has further fuelled accusations of arrogance members of the usa stuff were caught looking at england's current hotel in leo as a potential base for sunday's final so all the holders focused on the toss get hammed. i don't think our teams arrogant at all i think that our team is confident we're respectful of our opponents and i think the way that we respect them is by preparing for each game against as if the opponent that we're going to play is the best in the world chasing their 1st title england who were knocked out at the
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semifinal stage in the last 2 major tournament but off to an emphatic 3 nil win of a norway in the previous round confidence is mounting. the last tournament gets a lot of quality. you know we go to games we play a different style of football maybe we didn't have that but maybe because we hadn't beaten the best player to say finals now back to back this is going. to play out of a can of this is to get us to transpose to the mean much to me and if you get the plate of them. you know they're always tight games will you know that we can beat them you know a lioness is all ready to challenge the reigning champions and will be hoping to avoid an early check out. phil newton news with european cities the backdrop now for one of the summer's biggest blockbusters we take a look at what happens when marvel's send spider-man to save the day and some of
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europe's biggest tourist destinations. london venice and prague are in for a beating in this latest film as our friendly neighborhood spider-man swings over and tries to save your. most picturesque landmarks anticipation was high at the film's premiere in l.a. fans are nervous to see if the spider-man can reboot the marvel cinematic universe after the epic conclusion that was a dangerous anger star tom hall and promises still get their money's worth. whole new spider-man something we've never seen before stakes higher than they've ever been before a film that follows the mos the piece is avengers you know this film is the conclusion to face 3 and it is the introduction of face for the and it won't disappoint. but in a trip. to europe. peter parker wants to take a break from being spider-man and on a school trip to europe to get back to being an awkward teenager maybe even get
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a little bit closer to a very special if somewhat snarky girl. really pretty and therefore i have value no no that's not what i meant at all i was just i'm messing with you. and. you're welcome pretty. but teen romance will have to wait there are big baddies to fight in the form of magic creatures called the elementals new onboard is jake gyllenhaal as the very weird looking superhero mysterio you don't want to be part of this. along with saving the world spider-man also has to learn to grow up and take on the mantle of being a hero as well as a burden of shouldering marbles a multi-billion dollar movie franchise. you're watching news still to come speaking of money chinese money makes the world go round a new report details the surprising and potentially dangerous signs china's credits
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