post the 5. this is d. w. news live from berlin hong kong residents stand up against gang violence watching now live pictures as protesters march against the organized gangs who attacked pro-democracy demonstrators last week police are cracking down on the unauthorized protests will go to our correspondent in hong kong also coming up to big wins for president trump and his battle over the border the u.s. supreme court says he can use military funding for his border wall and a lot of monologues recently stopped us found by friends at their border after

trump's terror groups plus as the tour de france nears the finish line we meet the racers oldest living champ in the former eagle toledo tells us why he thinks money is ruining the city. i'm called aspen welcome to the program we start in hong kong where police are cracking down on protesters marching to demand action against gang attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations police have fired tear gas at today's rally in the district of when the long grass where protesters are marching despite a ban put in place by authorities this area was the site of violence last week as men in white t. shirts attacked democracy protesters and bystanders demonstrators are angry about the slow police respond. those attacks on months of protests triggered by

a controversial extradition bill. and joining me now is our correspondent my ts bolinger he is in hong kong for us at the protest now that he is we just saw images of us here gas being fired at protestors can you just tell us what's the situation like where you are right now. while police have moved in there started to disperse the protesters tens of thousands of people have gathered here to protest last week's attacks by these white clad gangsters as they call them here in hong kong they have blocked one of the major roads of this district you're long in the northwest of hong kong and certainly police started in they used tear gas they drove away the protesters now we are seeing skirmishes protesters being driven the way coming back it's also a bit of. a complicated area it's hard to say how many people are aware and

people are scattered around a little bit right now police is moving back and forth and i've just seen just before i came here i've just seen near the new this new front line that they are announcing more tear gas they have a black flag that they raise before the fire and it looks like they are trying to get the protesters out of here before night falls because there are rumors that at night the white clad people might come back again so there are in fact rumors of them maybe we may see a similar violence to what we saw last week in terms of clashes between demonstrators and those gangsters as you call them. yes these rumors have been around for some time. these this area here has a bit of a bad reputation some of these gangsters might be based here that we saw. there

have been lots of rumors around it's really very hard to say why they were there last. last sunday and who ordered them to be there there is most people think that they have not been there on their own initiative but somebody has paid them and ordered them to come but that's all speculation and we don't really know a lot of this but what we see is this protest today that has not been allowed by the police is is being cracked down upon and it is we're looking at pictures there of the front lines of police and protesters standing off let's talk about the police they were criticized for being slow to stop those armed attacks now today we're seeing them using tear gas what can you tell us about the relationship between police and these protesters. hong kong police has always had a very good reputation but during these 78 weeks since these these protests

started the police has lost their reputation within a big part of society police have been criticized from the beginning as being unnecessary brutal unnecessarily brutal firing tear gas firing rubber bullets as has happened at some of the demonstrations and processes is seen as an acceptable by most people most people blame the police or the violence on the police rather than on the protesters and there this this there's a word that goes around at these demonstration now it's black police police the police are compared to thugs in the eyes of the protesters and some people even think that they might have not interfered with these white clad gangsters because there was some kind of an agreement now that's again speculation but it turns you something about how people view the police in hong kong these

demonstrations they've been going on for weeks against this proposed extradition bill is there now though a sense that this movement is taking on a deeper or deeper significance deeper resonance there hong kong. yes it's they the extradition bill has been shelved it has not been withdrawn that's angering many people but now this issue is much broader it is exactly about people ease about how the government treats their citizens it's about hong kong system and although we don't have a consistent demand for a change of system this is or this is not one of the primary of the protesters to change the system this is underlying this whole thing but now the most important probably demand of the protesters is an independent into this to gauge an into what the police is doing and how the police has been behaving it's about the relationship between the power and the people in hong kong and it's then this

relationship is deteriorating at a rapid pace. in hong kong for us thank you very much let's check in now on some of the other stories making news around the world several strong earthquakes struck islands in the far northern philippines killing at least 80 people and leaving dozens of others injured locals flood their damaged homes and took shelter in town squares as aftershocks shook the region public buildings including in $1000.00 century church were severely damaged in new zealand protests have entered their 5th day against plans to construct hundreds of homes on land a sacred to the indigenous people some 5000 people are occupying the disputed site on the towel and instal sometimes referred to as new zealand's stonehenge the country's largest builder is trying to evade. the united states supreme courts has ruled the truck the ministration can use military funds to build a wall on the border with mexico the decision frees up billions of dollars in

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to pay compensation to the victims' families but many say that's not enough they want criminal convictions plants are growing again at the edge of what used to be the dam but down below the mud is toxic and the search continues for bodies. but are you giving up is not an option 22 people are missing in the sludge there what are families that are waiting for answers. there so is a small farm near the lines at the bottom miles village lost half its residents during the catastrophe almost everyone here worked in the mine even and his wife who each lost a sister palooza the dam break wasn't bad luck it was a crime. this isn't the 1st broke and i have no doubt it will happen again we have many many downs just like. the dam was controversial there have been warnings but the german weightings agency to visit said it was fine the courts

will now decide why the metals and mining company valley has to pay compensation and regulations are being tightened. ballot in france is politics very directly for laws that are supposed to control. mining written by violet itself with. not a valley nor to agree to interviews about the allegations but the victim's families have a clear view the words valley their murderers stand right below the town sign. now a dramatic change in the tour de france stage 19 was a chaotic one it was abandoned early due to heavy hail on the final downhill stretch so a rider times were instead taken from the summit of cold the sarong 40 kilometers before the planned finish line and well a gun better now he was the biggest benefactor of the colombian claimed the stage victory and the yellow jersey he now has to defend his lead in today's stage which

has already been shortened dramatically due to landslides caused by that extreme weather. well before we get around to crowning this year's champion we want to take a look back at the tourist oldest living winner 91 year old federico days back in 1959 the eagle of toledo also became the 1st spaniard to win cycling's most prestigious prize he's been retired now for more than 50 years he says he's still in love with the sport but not so much with modern cyclists. for the ricoh martine momentous so many hardships early in life during and after the spanish civil war his major concern was finding food in staying alive before becoming a professional writer he honed his cycling skills while delivering bread for black market traders and fleeing the police those skills led him to racing and eventually the spanish cycling federation picked him for its tour de france team in 1959 by

montez won it all. but when i won the tour all the spaniards enjoyed it more than anyone. from that moment on things changed for spanish cycling in general franco met with me and the evolution of cycling changed for the better. decades removed from the sport he still regarded as the tour de france his best ever climber winning the king of the mountains classification 6 times but he's definitely not a fan of the sports modern era. just look at some of the commercial firms are killing the sport right now you have x. number of millions 100000000 euros to make a great team and you can do it you can't do it because they're all thinking about money and not about the results at all. you know what i call today cyclists the holy week procession and. they only lack the candle and the lighter to

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a district of when they're demanding action against gang attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations it's the latest in a string of protests to the terror. i'm calling assman you're watching news up next a reporter takes a look at what life is like for 2 dads raising twins together come back with more news at the top of the. her 1st day of school in the. jungle. first coming listen. doris grant a moment arrives. joint direct attack on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary. to iraq to tame returns home on t w dot com or wrong answer.