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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 chief executive says she's shocked and saddened by the destruction so what now for the territory also coming up. they negotiated for 18 hours from sunday to monday and still couldn't find the right mix for the e.u. used top jobs sold there giving it another shot today here at the e.u.
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council but so far no signs that the situation has changed. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us china has condemned what it's calling gross interference by other countries in hong kong following volume protests in the country in the territory i should say china expressed resolute opposition to statements made by the us britain and the e.u. in support of demonstrators a tense calm has now returned to the city after protesters stormed infantilized the parliament building yesterday. the cleanup is underway. at hong kong's legislative council building the police have moved in after the protest has moved out. the city's leaders have condemned the destruction of.
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the legislative council complex has been stalled and extensively damaged the police it's not gathering evidence in the complex. past let's go faster than i strongly condemn the serious widens that undermines the poll bad it was all phone call. just hours before the protesters were able to smash their way in with nobody standing in their way. previous demonstrations have been largely peaceful but with the hong kong executive offering only limited concessions campaigners say they had little choice i understand people. and hong kong all right the world might not 100 percent agree or disagree on all of that be a fear of protesters but where more than 25 percent of the population knows more the true ministry will join to read it already but all the requests have to acknowledge it so it's bad anyway out. of the 1st beijing
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usually celebrates the return of hong kong to china this year it broke its silence over the ongoing unrest images of police clearing away protesters was shown for the 1st time on chinese state media. activists in hong kong pushing for the withdrawal of the bill that would allow suspects to be sent to china to face trial the issue has become a focal point through sentiment towards beijing with the chinese government now demanding a criminal investigation a resolution is still a long way off. cross over to hong kong. as standing by material it's calm there so far we understand but still the protesters demands haven't been met today how is this going to play out anything. yeah as you can see people are assessing the damage the lawmakers have shown up here around this legislative council to see what happened what the what the scene
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looks like today the protesters have disappeared it's unlikely that they will disappear forever how have it because as you said their demands have not been met and discontent is still strong now this these scenes yesterday they have of course shocked many people and we will have to see how this plays out in the future but what about the leaders in beijing what do they make of all of this. they have condemned the violence they have also condemned foreign interference whenever foreign governments european or american mostly western governments have commented on these events they see this as an interference they see this and tiley as their own affair although they have an international contract by ending them to the status of hong kong that's walking a thin line with their own public right now because they do not want a broader discussion about protests but they often cause want to influence the
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public opinion in a way that would make people follow their interpretation which is too much democracy leads to chaos so we have seen a multifaceted approach here we see the awful new official newspapers who kept news about these clashes yesterday low they would be low the news about the celebrations that were held but they still try of course to influence the public and to prevent a spillover of this wish for democracy onto the chinese mainland test thank you did obviously ts berlinger there in hong kong. for the tussle for the e.u. hughes top job is taking center stage in brussels again today european leaders have been arriving for a 3rd day of talks to determine who will take over from john as you commission president the discussions have revealed to define its head of a summit france and germany had both agreed to back the dutch social democrat. but
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his nomination has met with stiff resistance from eastern european leaders like andre. cross straight over to brussels where our correspondent is standing by max 28 countries trying to agree on a new head of the e.u. commission are they getting any closer. well the thing that really changed from yesterday is that they got a good night's sleep so everybody had the chance to think things over and that's the hope also that the german chancellor angela merkel expressed when arriving here she said maybe. we need to be a little more creative we everybody has to give a little something we got some sleep and so she said she's approaching this in its cheerful yet determined manner but other than that we haven't gotten any closer no ok so no closer no compromise in sight already after so many hours of negotiations
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how is this going to get sorted out. well probably not unanimity. the press conference yesterday already hinted she does not expect unanimity as we often had in the past here in the european union so they will try to find the largest possible majority it's unclear how our large that can be in the end but we do know that the need to represent 65 percent of the european population and $21.00 countries so that's the majority you need to get something through and in the end they'll probably settle for the for the model where you can get the most of those those 2. actors but which one that is we just don't know it is entirely possible that the number of the names we've been hearing yesterday and also sunday will be completely dumped and we end up with a new set of ideas and the package of appointments for the top tier jobs will ideally achieve a political geographical and gender balance i'm told but in going for that is there
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not a risk that your leaders will not respect what you citizens voted for parliamentary elections 6 weeks ago. we'd that's an argument we hear a lot here but the will of the people is represented in the european union it's just a little more complicated for example the leaders that decide not entirely by themselves but a lot on on this package are elected themselves and then all of this has to be approved later on by the european parliament so the will of the people is there it's just not as straightforward as in a national election. ok and finally max to morrow i understand the european parliament supposed to elect it's a president that's one of those top jobs so what does that mean for the other appointments. yes well if they haven't agreed on a pact a cheer leader is and the european parliament goes ahead and elects its parliamentary president nevertheless then that's the 1st domino to fall and it spells trouble for the rest of the package so many expect the parliament to hold
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off even longer if they don't agree here today in brussels on a package the leader that leaders that is but it also adds some pressure to the leaders here even more pressure but you know the parliament just going ahead voting if there is no package seems unlikely at this point nice thank you very much for filling us in on those complicated negotiations that was max hoffman that in brussels. some of the other stories making headlines today at least 15 people have been killed in mumbai after torrential monsoon downpours caused a wall to collapse the. addition calls travel chaos in the city flooding roads and water logging train tracks whether agencies say the area was hit by at least $35.00 centimeters of rain which fell overnight into tuesday. facebook evacuated 4 buildings said its headquarters in california after a suspicious package tested positive for the nerve agent sarin 2 people are being
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checked for possible exposure to the top 2 compound which can be fatal doherty's have not yet positively identified the substance. and the paris fire fighters to battle the flames at notre dame cathedral in april have been honored by france's interior and defense ministers the federal spire and roof were destroyed but firefighters managed to save the bell towers and many artworks hundreds of firefighters arrived on the scene in under 10 minutes. 30 firefighters here in germany are struggling to contain a wildfire in the northern state of mecklenburg western film pomerania the blaze broke out in woodland a former military training area near the village of new teen hundreds of people have been evacuated fear of unexploded munitions is hampering efforts to extinguish
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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 a thank you waited numerous villages at the moment we are doing our best to keep them safe moment on your shuffle so i just get it 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 potential explosions this was previously a military training area and tons of bombs munition is still on site that's why
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firefighters are not allowed to come any closer than one kilometer to the blaze the state's interior minister is calling for federal help. if this hits federal land and the left over 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 the cause of the fires not yet been determined and authorities are not ruling out a possible arson. test on the 1st day of wimbledon produced 3 big shocks 15 year old cory got off beat 5 time champion venus williams who's 24 years old or the american is the youngest ever player in the wimbledon main draw in the professional era also on the women's side reigning australian and u.s. open champion naomi osaka crashed out in the 1st round after losing to yulia put in 7. the number 60 for the men germany's federer was also
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a early surprise loser going down to check erie a vessel he who is ranked 124th in the world defending men's champion or novak djokovic had no such worries he'd be chairman and philip in straight sets jovovich is aiming for his 5th wimbledon title. in soccer the 1st 70 final game in the women's world cup the defending champions the united states' take on the ranking england the americans have denied accusations of disrespecting their opponents the english meanwhile say they're ready for a marquee match up. a team brimming with confidence after eliminating hosts france in the quarter final the usa other clear favorites for the title but the hotel scouting mission has further fueled accusations of arrogance members of the usa stuff were caught looking at england's current hotel and lee all as a potential base for sunday's final so all the holders focused on the tosk at hand
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. i don't think our team is 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 point that we're going to play is the best in the world chasing their 1st title england who were knocked out at the semifinal stage in the last 2 major tournaments but after an emphatic 3 nil win of a norway in the previous round confidence is mounting. i think the last one gets a lot of. you know we call a few games we played a different style of football mad because we didn't have that belief because we hadn't beaten the best player to 75 holes now back to back this is going. to play out of a given sufficient for us to transpose me may not still in every game they get going. you know they're busy always tight give us hope we know that we can beat
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them now lionesses all ready to challenge the reigning champions and will be hoping to avoid the check out. washington news coming up next to our documentary on the new silk road chinese moved all the west's watching t.v. news from berlin i'm terry martin thanks for being. the 1st economy listen to the doors granted moments arrives. to join the regular jane on her journey back to freedom. you know work interactive documentary . you know renting returns home on t w don't come to tanks.
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