this is deja vu news live from berlin another weekend of anti-government protest in hong kong ends in violence police firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse thousands of demonstrators and as protesters seek refuge in a train station they're attacked by dogs to be triad gang members. also coming up there's really authorities are demolishing palestinian homes near jerusalem palestinians say israel is using security as

a pretext to expand its own jewish settlements in the area. and another big one for ukraine's president exit polls giving a lot of members a lance his party a commanding lead after sunday's parliamentary elections but will he get the absolute majority he's hoping for. also coming up india is heading for the moon a countdown is on again for an ambitious launch that could see it become the 4th nation to land a probe on the lunar surface blast off isn't just over one out. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us. we begin the program in hong kong and a 7th straight weekend of anti-government protests has descended into violence demonstrations began peacefully as tens of thousands rallied against

a very unpopular extradition bill many fear will erode that city's autonomy as protesters headed for the office of china's communist party police fired on them with rubber bullets and tear gas and in a new development suspected triad gang members attacked the demonstrators. it was a vicious assault. videos shadow social media show anti-government protesters and reporters being attacked as they try to exit a subway station. by a seemingly coordinated group of men all dressed in white t. shirts. elsewhere in the city dispersal we fire this was the warning from diet police as protests continued well into the night. demonstrators used whatever they had on hand to avoid clashes as others threw eggs and paint at the china d.a.'s

office. some managed to find shelter to recover from the effects of tear gas. many a calling for an independent investigation into police actions. people will do them both before calling this violence we must look into the root of it we need to look at the bigger picture and that's why we need an inquiry which. although the controversial that should issue there which sparked these rallies has been suspended the demonstrators are backing down. with momentum building and the protest showing no sign of abating all eyes and i won the hong kong executive and beijing. well the kong is in hong kong and was at those demonstrations i asked her for more about the suspected triad erst were attacked demonstrators. this is through a big question marks i for our most of the hopeful people and

a few have mentioned there are many rumors saying that they are coming from someone i know gangs or like try society and is the one cleared out what their what what what they identity i mean these are based must man r. and r. and so far there is no organization. any responsibility on this kind of attack. but we can but i can share facts to you that you long is of this child which are controlled or like where the gangsters always lie here and get their very often so this may be something related to try society but some rumors also suggesting that this may be something like related to some probation lawmakers it's because one of the probation lawmakers appear to have the are somewhere nearby the crash scene right before the attack so. it is still unclear and i think we have to wait for the answer off the police and the any investigation of the police ok good

this represents though no matter who these people were a real escalation in hong kong what about the protesters what demands are activists leaders making now and are they directed to hong kong's leaders or beijing. this movement this anti extradition deal movement has lasted for like over a month and so far right now it's more than something it's more than like asking the government to scrap the field but most of it people and they're also very angry with how the police handle the clashes over the past few weeks and also what we have seen last night so and animation of the maoists they are asking for the government to set up is an independent inquiry to encourage them to investigate audit controversies and also to ask encourage them to step down and more

importantly they are asking for true democracy which is something they failed to to fight for 5 years ago and so right now it's not just about extradition below the asking for more about to the pan hong kong freedom and fighting for democracy which is guaranteed in the cities in the constitution ok freedom. democracy this is what they're looking for now does this mean that the protesters are looking for a complete break with china and political independence from the mainland is that where this is heading to be. a someone not suggesting some like i b s i watch you have mentioned life especially on some of the protests this day on demonstrate in front of the beijing the asian office in hong kong yesterday and. some of them they do support local independence but that is not the majority off the protests to the mobs and that is

just a minority of them and more like over why many they're asking for what i mentioned a steam office and they're asking for 100 governments and also the chinese government to uphold the autonomy scanty and promised in the sino british secular declaration and the cities in this constitution so on independence is not something like most ethical by asking for yeah did he become for us in hong kong many threats . this is deja vu news live from berlin still to come on the show one week after a technical glitch forced a last minute delay india takes a shot at the move will have the latest later in the show. first israeli authorities have started demolishing palestinian homes it considers to be built too close to a separation barrier dividing israelis and palestinians every equipment was brought in after residents were forced to leave the building south of jerusalem some of the

homes were still under construction say the areas meant to be under the palestinian authority and that israel is using security as a pretext to expand its own settlements in the area. let's get the latest now on cramer joining us from jerusalem why. is it so important for israel here stories that these buildings home to so many palestinians are destroyed. well of this decision to demolish buildings this actually on the military order dating back several years ago and how the students have to challenge this military order in court over the past years no this order for hits. according to the israelis and the buildings are construction which is in close proximity to the separation barrier the security barrier as it's hold in israel now the catch is as you already said it's not this part of the land

but the buildings have been. have been under construction is actually part of the occupied west bank and palestinians have sought. apartments building permits in the palestinian authority but in the eyes of israeli authorities these buildings are illegal they have been days ago in june. and demolition order and have the residents. demolishing those buildings themselves they didn't do that obviously and this is why those posts moved in this morning ok you know how the president's been reacting and what have been some of the responses from the palestinian leadership as well. well i mean for the residents and those i mean owning the supposed close not all of the buildings have been occupied yet there have been some apartment spared few families have been moved in the past 2 years i mean it's a very difficult day i mean they lost investment lost departments but there's also

concern that this might be applied maybe also to other buildings and structures along the barrier and they say the heart actually building on that spot from the palestinian authority but they also say what is common in palestinian parts are occupied east jerusalem that they have difficulties to getting building permits in east jerusalem and miss makes it difficult to expand the palestinian neighborhoods . usually you know demolitions are not uncommon in those parts but this is certainly one of the largest demolition complaints that we've been seeing here in the past years and also the e.u. and the un had called on the authorities to refrain from those demolitions but that didn't work out. so much for bringing us up to date on the situation with these demolitions in jerusalem a spree of you know some of the other stories making news today britain's prime

minister treason is to chair a further session of the government's emergency committee to decide on new sanctions against iran after the seizure of the british flag will tanker stand and piro run claims the ship failed to respond to distress calls after hitting a fishing vessel. state's east coast and midwest are struggling to deal with the severe heat wave that's led to at least 6 deaths some 95000000 people are under i heat warning or advisory with temperatures climbing above 36 degrees celsius. and the intense heat wave in the u.s. is being blamed for major power outages that have left thousands of people in the dark across a number of states in new york city nearly 50000 residents lost power as a 3rd day of dangerous he says. it's to ukraine now where. a servant of the people party looks set to become the master of the polls the new party of the comedian turned president is on course for

a resoundingly victory in sunday's parliamentary elections early counting shows him well ahead of rival parties but possibly short of an absolute majority he may need a coalition partner therefore to open push through promised reforms. the former comedian who attended ukrainian politics once before by becoming the country's president is set to do it again exit polls put flow to mr lensky 70 of the people party on course to win the biggest share of the votes in ukraine snap parliamentary election was hot air. speaking off the exit polls were released selenski outlined the goals he hopes a convincing win would bring more easily within reach. of parity it was about them and us. well our main priority this small voice and i repeat it is for everyone craney and greens. to end the war return our

prisoners home and defeat the corruption that persists in ukraine. those sizeable crania the likely victory for his new party named after the sit com in which he played a president is vital for selenski to consolidate his political power after being elected president by a landslide in april the political novice faced a parliament full of his opponents threatening to thwart his pledge to implement classical reforms lucky to come short of a majority selenski will still need a coalition partners to form a government the president said he has invited the goalless party led by rock star yet to slough back for coalition talks. many ukrainians welcomes the results of the exit polls putting the president's party ahead i think spence of the old guard. your council on only the servant of the people i believe all others have already shown themselves they have done everything they could for the

ukrainian people and it's time for them to retire it's. going on all day which is just i'm happy that the servant of the people got as much as they did you hear because i'm really inspired by what our president is doing right now and i hope you . will continue doing the same things with the same pace and enthusiasm. that even with a loyal parliament behind him selenski faces a host of challenges and a country scarred by years of war with russia but separatists where the celebrity can overcome these problems will become just another and a long line of politicians either unwilling or unable to affect real change is the question that remains on the lips of many. now india is heading to the moon today a rocket carrying a lunar lander is due to blast off in about an hour's time that is if everything goes according to plan this is the 2nd launch attempt after a technical glitch caused the mission to be aborted shortly before blast off last

week. chandrayaan 2 is india's most challenging mission so far a highly complex undertaking. the spacecraft should reach its destination in the 2nd week of august when it enters an elliptical orbit of the moon. then it will approach the lunar surface. when the landing robot vic separates from the craft the most exciting phase begins india's 1st soft landing on the moon. to select a landing site is about 600 kilometers from the lunar south pole a region of craters on the dock side of the moon. the blue markings here shows frozen ice in craters i spotted by satellites. given the high plateau the landing

robot should touch down gently ancient rocks. after landing will open its doors and release india's 1st lunar rover on to the surface small as a briefcase it can travel up to 500 meters. with its on board instruments the rover will measure water bearing minerals in the lunar rock as well as the concentration of elements such as aluminum silicon and titanium. meanwhile the landing robot will record moonquakes and explore so-called lunar plasma a thin layer of electrically charged particles above the surface. and the rover will be able to collect data for a few earth days and it will go dark for 14 days that's when the temperature drops to $160.00 degrees below 0 celsius. the orbiter will spend

a year gathering data about the moon the objective is to fill in the gaps from india's previous mission it has 8 measuring instruments on board their function is to investigate the moon's thin atmosphere and show which minerals and chemical elements make up its surface when for the 1st time a special radar will be used to determine the location and quantity of frozen water . india's mission is the 1st to bring this type of instrument to the moon. let's go straight now to. the car following the story for us from the indian capital delhi good morning sagna how confident are indian scientists today about about this launch are they holding their breath this is a really exciting mission. that's true it is an exciting mission and you know by all accounts today's attempt is likely to be trickier and that's

because you know reports say the scientists have a very narrow window of opportunity this afternoon to carry out that mission the don't have very much flexibility in terms of time because the suitable time slot for this takeoff it's literally just a few minutes long so they literally have to get it right all the kind of preparations leading up to the takeoff have to be carried out there with the exact position they can be no room for deeply so i think we're going to see some jittery moments on india's space station of 300 in the bay of bengal on the country's eastern coast a song you can can you give us some perspective on just how important this launch is for the country's space program. whether this is india's most complex space mission to date you know the 2 is attempting a soft landing on the kind of uncharted south for that region off the moon and if it's successful india would really become only the 4th country in the world to do

this off the u.s. russia and china if it carries it out it will be a huge technological achievement for india's space agency it will give a big boost to india's space submissions and i think we have to also remember that all the equipment used for this mission the land of the over the orbiter they've all been designed and manufactured in india so it's a wholly indigenous mission carried out at the cost of just $150000000.00 i think it's successful that's also a testament to india's capability to build high speed. high tech space equipment at a relatively low budget this comes also as the the indian prime minister narendra modi says he wants to expand india's space program further what do we know about the goals for the nation space program. when so we have to remember that india has had the space program in place literally since the 1960 s. but it's true that it's. new prominence on the prime minister marine from or the who was a nationalist lido he's promoted india's space program as

a symbol of india's you know rising stature internationally but he's also said it's kind of a you know a bunch of walk for india space defense capabilities if you remember in march of this year during the election campaign more the has a televised address to say that india had shot a new all but such like with the messiah that's that's a pretty advanced space given that it's i think what india wants to do is really sure assault itself as a space nation to be reckoned with and i think the current administration there is a realisation that for india to be a major player in the world stage when he needs to have a big of a space program in place ok much of this will be hinged on what happens later today in that small 2 minute window you're talking about just a few minutes for this launch to be successful song and thanks so much for that. it's to portugal now where some 2000 firefighters are battling massive blazes in the mountain the central region of the country it's the same area it was devastated by wildfires just 2 years ago

a number of firefighters and local residents have been injured. wildfires whipped by strong winds in gulf in forests and encroaching on villages a familiar scene for people living in portugal's castello branco region. while phones can be deadly because they happen so quickly it was nominate me i never thought this would happen today it was all so quiet yesterday this morning i don't know how i don't understand how suddenly there were no means to avoid the situation i just don't understand no not. around the world wildfires are becoming more intense and wildfire season is longer key to climate change but because of better precautions since the deadly fires in 2017 no one has died in portugal in the last 2 years but there have been injuries especially amongst the firefights as. police have arrested a 55 year old man in castello branco who suspected of starting a fire on the outskirts of town it's hard to control

a fire in such difficult terrain although the winds have died down the fire remains uncontained i the aid groups of doctors without borders and s.o.s. monitor all every started margaret rescue efforts in the mediterranean with the new vassal the norwegian flagship ocean viking will be conducting search and rescue operations off the coast of libya it's equipped with a medical clinic and has the capacity to take in up to 200 people. aid groups previous rescue ship had to halt operations last december because of what they say was obstruction are a number of european governments. well later today diplomats will be meeting in paris to discuss how migrants rescued from the mediterranean should be distributed throughout the block but the sea is not the only migration route thousands are still attempting to reach europe by land the situation is especially critical along the bosnian true asian border where many end up and overcrowded camps facing an

uncertain future we have this report from one of them. the border with the european union can be seen from the mountain ridge next to the czech refugee camp the site was 1st set up in the middle of june on a form of garbage dump. between 450 and 700 migrants live in tents here that will men 10 kilometers away in the city of to hatch there are 2 other refugee camps for families with nearly 5000 inhabitants they're already overcrowded that's why about 100 more people arrive in check every day to school to buy books and police. the local red cross accommodates the people here as best they can aided by donations from the turkish red crescent the government in sarajevo however seems to be ignoring the growing problem. there are often drinking water shortages and since there are only 2 shower and toilet facilities disease spreads quickly especially scabies very very. bad there is no electricity. lunch or

dinner everything there's no. living like animals in the 1st a tent lacks sufficient supplies and there isn't enough medicine volunteers such as german journalistic planet an austrian doctor carrying chara fair provide health care since the beginning of the refugee crisis in 2015 they've been helping in refugee camps throughout the balkans but even dr schauer affair has never seen a camp quite like this one. become an often hideout hi can you pit people on a garbage dump it's so disrespectful there's no other way of putting it it's and. then this this but planet says he thinks he knows why the behalf city government chose to form a landfill site for a refugee camp. this site belongs to the city when i asked why does it have to be

a garbage dump and they said they don't have to pay rent here that's what i know but i think it's logical that they just want to make it as unpleasant as possible for the refugees here so that they'll leave. again and that's exactly what they're trying to do day after day secretly crossing the border nearby into croatia but many are caught there by creation police and forced back to bosnia sometimes violently this is what some of the migrants report once they return to camp bardot believe. me. to be. here to be. but a police man one man one by one. or a long one like one big b. here. know everything to get ready. money i would think big and dear to boarding now europe sees itself confronted with a massive humanitarian emergency not only in the mediterranean but also on the

nearly forgotten balkan roots. stitcher reminder now of our top stories at this hour man attacked democracy activists following the latest protest against an unpopular extradition earlier police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators filled the streets for a 7th consecutive weekend. israeli authorities have started demolishing palestinian homes near jerusalem else funny and say israel is using security as a pretext to span jewish settlements in the area. and india is just about an hour away from launching an ambition mission to the moon one week after a technical hitch forced a last minute delay a rocket carrying a lunar probe set to blast off from the sawfish dajuan space center.

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