this is day 8 of the news live from arrest in moscow as russians attempt to rally demanding free and fair local elections hundreds of people are trying to tank including off incision politicians banned from running for office we'll get the latest from our correspondent in the russian capital also coming up in hong kong police move into clear pro-democracy protesters marching against organized gangs who attacked earlier demonstrations they also accuse the place of deliberately holding up their response to the assaults. and hundreds of thousands are out and

proud on the streets of berlin as the city celebrates its annual tribe's array and this year it's marking to special anniversary. on record has welcome to the program police in moscow have arrested more than a 1000 people as they attempted to rally outside the mayor's office the protesters were demanding free and fair local elections after a rocket of opposition and independent candidates were barred from running in the city's upcoming polls the demonstration was declared illegal and police began to time people before it began. this is our city the protesters defiant chant. but most goes police see things differently arresting one demonstrator after another for the people here

a sign of thirty's in vladimir putin's russia are afraid. they counting how many of us there are and that's why we need to come. with me you can't be indifferent if we don't start with these local moscow elections when will ever begin russia is a big country and i hope people will see us and understand we can't go on living like this. but the russian seeing scenes like these is what authorities seem determined to prevent. as the protests began police stormed the offices of opposition leader alexina found the who had been streaming the demonstration live on the internet they arrested his studio head they also raided internet t.v. station and ordered its editor in chief to undergo questioning. for now the strategy appears to be keep the protestors and their anger against the

ruling party contained. correspondent emily schoen is following that very tense situation in moscow emily tell us what's happening now. well things seem to be slowly quieting down in the capital but that is probably just because so many people were arrested throughout the day and even into the night there were arrests continuing the police presence at the demonstration was really really strong from the beginning there were police lining the streets arresting people left and right there were big buses set up to put all the arrested people in to drive them off to the police stations several of the candidates that were fighting against the decision not to let them register for the upcoming moscow elections were also arrested and even my colleague said a gay dick who works for our russian department he was arrested while he was

filming the demonstration on his mobile phone he told police that he's an accredited journalist but they still took him to the police station he's now been released. which is good the police were blocking protesters cordoning off areas pushing people back so really strong moves there from the author or it is still the protesters are showing their defiance just recently one of the candidates has called for a new protest next saturday as well he was then arrested one of the protesters trying to achieve here. well i think the most notable thing for me today rebecca was just how much of a mix there were was of protesters out on the street really young and old and people were really showing despite all the arrests how how strongly they felt about this issue of the upcoming elections they were chanting for

a city in the city's mayor to resign they were chanting this is our city they were chanting all for one and one for all which is kind of become the rallying cry of this movement of this movement which is really united the opposition here in russia russia which is usually very divided but they also told me that this is really about much much more than moscow they said that everyone in the whole country is looking to moscow now and they need to show that russians are prepared to fight for their democratic rights and just give us a sense of what how much support the opposition has in russia. well that's always really hard to say rebecca what i can tell you is that support for the ruling united russia party is dropping one of the state pollsters this month found that it reached just over 32 percent that's a record low the lowest number that they've found since 2006 and that's

one of the reasons why the united russia party candidates are actually running as independents in these upcoming moscow elections they don't want that label even to be attached to them and i think you can really sense that across the country there have been protests about a variety of other issues as well in the north of the country there were protests against a planned garbage dump there were protests against the unpopular pension reform so really dissatisfaction with the ruling party and with the government i think is on the rise and thank you very much. attention's kate rising in hong kong where hundreds of thousands of protesters faced off against riot police today the final orders to stay on a march took place in the neighborhood where a violent mob attacked attacked pro-democracy protesters and bystanders last weekend on kong's been rocked by weeks of civil unrest with mass protests calling

for a stronger commitment to democratic values and up holding the city's city states autonomy from iran china. would you consider. violence begets violence a quote attributed to civil rights leader martin luther king jr is playing out on the streets of hong kong police had banned the protest in advance citing safety concerns but organizers say close to 300000 people turned out police fire tear gas when they refused to disperse several protesters were reported injured police threatened arrests but made none for much of the day demonstrators appeared undeterred. and are for is this important to change hong kong we are to up close what happened last week that was why we are here c i am that's what a mob of men and whites swept through a train station here injuring dozens of clubs and pipes victims included

journalists lawmakers and bystanders but the real target appears to be the ones in black pro-democracy protesters. they've been rallying for weeks against their government's ties to mainland china protesters have blamed police for acting too slowly against the mob violence police deny the charge saying they've made arrests including those with suspected ties to try at a chinese gang. that hasn't satisfy the most hardcore protesters as night fell they hunkered down in the train station. run. some hurled objects. police ultimately storm the station. clearing them out by force. and joining me now in the studios degrees cherry terry thanks for coming in what started peacefully in hong kong last week has been gaining violence and becoming

more violent hauser's happened so yeah you're right the protests at the beginning they were really peaceful and when 1000000 or 2000000 people went on the streets it was very orderly very peaceful you even see family bringing their children and their kids to the protests but then at some point police started using very aggressive approach to disperse the protesters and now many people are saying that this is very unnecessary violence and the protesters there is a very became very suspicious of the police and they became very defensive and now in every protests you can see that these protesters they hearing are they are wearing helmets they are wearing face masks and they are preparing for any confrontations with the police and so there's really a tension between the 2 sides and these protesters actually they even see the police at the end they think that they only protect their government but not the people right this protest began against the extradition bill as we know but it's

now become a lot more than that what have you heard from protesters about their reasons for continuing this demonstration yeah so the bill has been suspended but it has not been totally withdrawn and this is what the protesters are asking for and also apart from this tradition actually the focus has now shifted to post police brutality as well and they think that the government should look into the file and used by the police and they're asking for the government to set up an independent investigation into the police as yet i mean this violence and how much damage is it done to the public trust trust into the police actually. last week also is that there was a mob attack and then many people. that the police call for a take with a texas and there were showing that the police being friendly with texas and of course the police they denied the claims but then among the protests assists that they really have no trust for the police so we could be seeing

a lot more unrest in the coming months thanks very much for coming. here in berlin hundreds of thousands of people around the streets for the annual pride parade this year's event celebrates half a century since the 1969 stonewall uprising that helped launch feel g.b.t. rights movement revelers have been marching through central berlin towards the brandenburg gate where concert will be held event known locally as christopher straight day or see as day has taken place annually since $979.00 it was named the new york city street in which those people riots took place. has been covering the events joining the revolution what's the atmosphere been there in the center of berlin today. it was raining there was a huge party it was like a fast seville atmosphere never a lot of people outside on the street the weather of course very summery very nice

just like a lot of leather and sat there and some people wearing closely to nothing and then now the parade has got into now and you can see behind me close to a brand there supplied it going on and not just here but also another their places are for len people will keep on celebrating tonight with such a party atmosphere there tonight how much of the origins of this event as a political protest is still evident during berlin's christmas straight day. that actually looks like a party some people i talked to they told me yeah it's not me and so i this is not going out having a party having a couple of drinks but there's also something deeper truth most people are actually here because they want to protest because they want to protest that l.c.d. t.v. people sounds have the same rights in most parts of the world i mean we all know that there are still countries where you could. punish with death penalty when

you're a guy you know less than or a transsexual so that's definitely still this political points of this principle straight say yeah well how are people commemorating the 50th anniversary of the stonewall are promising. but actually why is that she was wrong this time because even the famous this year's christopher straight guy is out the $59.00 you got the idea and it's the same actually as our pricing begins with your wall if. i talk to a young woman from manchester i see john mann yeah actually this event is very important because it's very important she was. the community it's a balance of it's a community that's not so bad not just of that it's important for us average but yeah people can hear you could see that you could see oh that sounds out to come oh right so these events as well marina strauss in central berlin thanks very much for

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