tv DW News Deutsche Welle July 15, 2019 12:00am-12:16am CEST
12:00 am
greenwood w. . this is the w. news live from berlin and clashes erupt again between police and pro-democracy protesters in hong kong over the controversial extradition law demonstrators faced off against riot police and the luxury shopping mall in the chinese territory after another day of street protests also coming up heavy monsoon rains leave dozens dead
12:01 am
and many more homeless as flooding and mudslides wreaked havoc in the northeast of india and neighboring nepal. i'm irish waiter thanks for joining us police and protesters have clashed in hong kong as public anger over a controversial extradition bill shows no sign of letting up the confrontations came at the end of another huge rally against the protesters see as china's tightening grip on the semi autonomous former pressure colony. they turned out in their tens of thousands in shot in a suburb between hong kong's main city sprawl around the harbor and the chinese border. like most of the protests over the last month that started out peacefully the mood resolute we are fighting for democracy killing right and.
12:02 am
and rid of. the demonstrators unwavering in their main demands the resignation of the territories beijing backed chief executive kerry lamb and the formal withdrawal of a hated bill allowing suspects to be sent for trial in mainland china. we have run the all off call the reds. silences all the option. protesters also called on the authorities to up hold the freedom of the press. are not asking police to treat is better than all people with respect and i think the media has done that quite a good job in treating all parties involved with his rights so i hope that will be become usual. later in the day there were ugly scenes inside the shopping mauthausen luxury brands protesters wielding the now familiar umbrellas clashed
12:03 am
with police. it's the 5th straight weekend of mass dissent and this little sign of either side backing down. earlier we spoke to journalist him on the plateau in hong kong and he explained why the protests are persisting even though authorities have said the extradition law is dead i pulled the whole protest today and what people say is that she said it is dead and she even used a chinese expression for it but she reached used to use the word we draw and we would have legal consequences where i say the bill is dead it means ok. we cannot promise you that we're not going to pass it but it's still it's still there somehow some people don't trust the government of hong kong there is a deep distrust and because of that. and to officially we've drawn from the program of the late co-belligerents
12:04 am
a lot you can see that we keep protesting it wants to people who have been arrested so far should be released they want the protest not to be leveled right yours and you can mark and the last addition to these long list is they want popular election so you can see that it has a hobby with a very controversial bill that the government didn't she paid woods and her going to the people of hong kong so much but now the whole political system hong kong with cheese. india space agency has aborted a highly anticipated launch to the moon and the decision to delay it came less than an hour before blastoff citing a last minute quote technical snag found in the launch vehicle onboard as a robotic rover meant for the moons as of yet unexplored south pole if successful india would be just the 4th country to achieve
12:05 am
a soft landing on the lunar surface but a new launch date has not yet been confirmed. and i will take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world officials have confirmed that the current ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo has spread to goa a major city close to the rwandan border more than 1600 people have already died in what is the 2nd biggest of all outbreak on record. french president among democrats has showcased europe's defense capabilities at this year's best steel day parade key e.u. leaders including german chancellor angela merkel join my call to watch the annual parade come down the shelves early say. police in russia have detained dozens of people as the opposition rallied against its exclusion from moscow's main oral action in september the affected candidates say they've been excluded from the vote on political grounds but city hall says they didn't gather enough signatures
12:06 am
to be eligible for the race. the floods and mudslides caused by heavy rain have left a trail of destruction across northeastern india killing at least a dozen people officials say at the disaster has also displaced at least one and a half 1000000 people in the region and many homes in the northeastern state of assad are submerged. homemade rafts bring people to what's left of their flooded homes the high water rushed in overnight taking many here in northeastern india by surprise the floods have left hundreds of thousands of people homeless farmers can only try to save themselves and their livestock. will go. the entire region is under water. there are 52 villages here and the government has been nowhere to help. the. heavy monsoon rains turned the brahmaputra river into
12:07 am
a torrent that swept almost everything away the monsoon season happens every year but rainfall in the last few days has been especially heavy. on the in the living go to the river reach flood stage at 10 am. now it's 16 centimeters over. and we're worried water levels will keep rising minute by nuke us on the line. just a few days earlier floods carved a path of destruction in neighboring nepal dozens of people have been reported killed the high water is slowly receding there but forecasters are predicting more rain that as people across the asian subcontinent bracing for more of the same way devastation. european council president donald tusk has criticized russia's decision to ban flights to the republic of georgia amid increasing tensions between the 2 neighbors during a visit to georgia on tuesday test pledged e.u. support for the country georgia has seen weeks of protests against russian
12:08 am
president vladimir putin and the continued presence of russian troops in 2 breakaway regions south ossetia and abkhazia russia and georgia fought a brief war in 2008 and since then diplomatic ties have been severed an addition to the flight down some russian lawmakers called for the banning of georgian products but that idea hasn't gone down too well with ordinary people in the russian capital . a little slice of georgia in the heart of moscow a restaurant the biggest wine shop in the russian capital in russia georgian one is much loved. just barely people love georgian wine because of warm neighborly relations that emerge around the table because just a lot of. there are more than a dozen georgian restaurants in moscow nowadays socket alvey and piddles mommy form an essential part of every wine list there but this week georgian wine turned into a hot political issue in the russian parliament the reason
12:09 am
a georgian journalist scolded russian president vladimir putin on georgian television so lawmakers started to discuss banning georgian wine again as they have in the past along with mineral water and showed him that it's all temporary i think that they're making some noise now i will stop saying that it's down to them what it was and it's funny it's all politics you know people are not a part of it i still love georgia and russia equally yes no no one thing's for sure arguments confrontations and scolding won't lead to anything. we need to learn how to live peacefully and agree with each other. people on the streets are worried about ties between 2 countries but president putin has already come out against one sanctions and this georgian restaurant no one talks politics they hope that relations will warm again and that georgian wine will never disappear from their wine list in the meantime all the tables are still reserved. today is that as the past folk with georgian president salim is an obvious feely we asked her about her
12:10 am
country's 15 year long effort to join the european union which has been another cause of tension between her country and russia. so there has been the 1st slow and then accelerated movement to the movement towards european union that doesn't mean that we do not have challenges that we have had many challenges we have had the. frozen conflicts and we have had the war in 2008 we have 20 percent of the territory that is occupied and we have. the patients line that is a constant problem and tension we have had the recent tensions. with russia but in the way. minimizing say that we are used to that and that has never proved to be a deterrent for georgia to continue moving on its past towards the european union
12:11 am
because again that's not only a perspective but that's something that is very in the hair and to the georgian nature the culture history georgia feels itself european so it's only going where he sees it should go to russian government because very concerned about the safety of the russian citizens recently the government becomes so concerned all that even stop the flights to. the shouldn't take everything gets a face value we've had since the war and that's very interesting and it's something that maybe we have not and but we've had to last year i think 1700000 russian tourists in georgia and the war was in 2008 so it's very recent and we have an occupation in line at 40 kilometers from p.c. despite that there has not been a single incident involving any russian tourists in georgia on the country i think
12:12 am
that the reaction of the russian population was that they wanted to continue to come to georgia and in a way i'm sure that they will come back to georgia because do. the hospitality is for everyone we. are a country of exceptional stability in this region that is not a mode of it why did region where there are many issues that we have beauty between 20 and stability despite everything so i think that we need from our big neighbor is more respect for the stability and that's the message a signal that all partners should be carrying to russia when they're talking and discussing about regional issues that was georgian president saleh is going to be feeling speaking to the vitamin c. paul of moving on now to sports in tennis novak djokovic is the men's wimbledon champion after coming through an epic 5 set encounter with fellow heavyweight roger
12:13 am
federer federer was dominant on his own serve claiming 2 of the opening 4 sets but top of its took the other 2 on tie breaks to set up a thrilling finale it all came down to the tense 5th set with the scores at 12 games all joke of its took the victory via another tie break it will be his 5th title at wimbledon and his 16th grand slam win over all. meanwhile in formula one lewis hamilton edged closer to retaining the driver's world title with a win at his home race the british grand prix hamilton has been dominant again this season winning 6 out of the opening 9 races before this one and at silverstone he was unbeatable once again. lewis hamilton started behind his mercedes teammate. the same who had clinched pole position in qualifying by a fraction of a 2nd to hold on to his lead for 19 laps i would haue milton
12:14 am
hungary to win his record 6th british grand prix took advantage of a safety car deployment to put himself in front. the race was high on drama with 21 year old charles le clerc ferrari and marks for stop and of red bull engaged in a time jules 1st 3rd. first stop and was later run by luck clerks' teammate sebastian fattal and last year built on. amidst all the hope of hamilton extended his lead at the front and cruised to victory in front of his home crowd at silverstone. solitary boathouse came 2nd followed by charles look lurk in 3rd. the reigning world champion is now $39.00 points clear of nearest rival boathouse at the top of the driver standings. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you in hong kong clashes between police
12:15 am
and pro-democracy protesters continued on into the early hours of monday morning local time as controversy continues over and extradition law. you're watching news coming up we'll have more on a lunar theme in our reporter segment with a portrait of the man hoping to be the 1st german on the moon don't forget you can always check out our website d.w. dot com i'm irish waiter. thank you so much for joining us. and gentlemen with. any time any place. to sing new music video novellas. yes i
46 Views
Uploaded by TV Archive on