on d.w. . this is day to bring us live from berlin arrests in moscow as russians rally demanding free and fair local elections under its of people detained including opposition politicians banned from running for office we speak to our correspondent in the russian capital also coming up. in hong kong police move in to 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 assault . and hundreds of thousands are out and proud on the streets of berlin as the city

celebrates its annual pride parade and this year it's making a special anniversary. i'm rebecca riches 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 protests were the protesters were demanding free and fair local elections after a raft of opposition and independent candidates were barred from running in the city's upcoming polls the demonstration was declared illegal and police began to detain people before it even 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 and vladimir putin's russia are afraid.

they counting how many of us there are and that's why we need to come. up with 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 me 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 contain. a correspondent emily show and 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 sygate deek 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 at least 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. so 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 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 pollster is 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 shown in moscow thank you very much for that update. turning to hong kong now where hundreds of thousands of protesters faced off with riot police today to find out is to stay the demonstration took place in the neighborhood where a violent mob attacked pro-democracy protesters and bystanders last weekend hong kong has been rocked by weeks of civil unrest with mass protests calling for

a stronger commitment to democratic values and up holding the city state's autonomy from mainland china. 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 on deter. and are 4 is this important to change hong kong we had to up the coast what happened last week i think that's why we are queuing up irish that's when a mob of men and whites swept through a train station here injuring dozens with 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 triad a chinese gang. that hasn't satisfied the most hardcore protesters as night fell they hunkered down in the train station. i am. some objects. the police ultimately storm the station clearing them out by force. i have. correspondent who's been following the protests for us. we have not seen what most people feared most that these white clad thugs would attack the demonstrators today but we have seen extensive clashes between the

police and the protesters both sides are hardening more and more more and more protests and in violent clashes this movement is really getting more radical and the police is getting more ready to use force and at an earlier stage of the protests isn't of intervening with massive amounts of chagas driving away the protesters at the bottom of all this is a deep mistrust between the hong kong government and a big part of the population people accuse the government of being. of acting on behalf of beijing rather than on behalf of their own population and the government has done little to counter these accusations it has almost not been seen leaving it to the police to deal with these protests these protests are going to continue in this heated up at miss fear in hong kong we are going to see more protests over

the next few weeks and chances that they are going to stay peaceful are lower than have a. date having correspondent tears filling and speaking to us from hong kong a little earlier let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 11 people have been killed and dozens more injured following a raid on a rebel held town in northwestern syria a rights watchdog said government more planes targeted in italy province since april acids forces trying to oust the country's last remaining rebels from the regime. 2 american teenagers have been charged with killing an italian police officer in rome the men allegedly stabbed mario rigged cheli 8 times after he and a colleague confronted them on friday night over a bag 50 italian media report one of the suspects can fish saying he didn't know they were police and panicked. now right here in berlin hundreds of thousands of

people are out in the streets for the city's annual pride parade despite germany legalizing gay marriage 2 years ago harassment and discrimination against the l.g.b. take community still takes place for many people attending the parade taking a stand and speaking out is just as important as having a party. the colors of the rainbow taking over the streets of berlin it's the 41st christopher street day here in germany scap a tell a celebration but that the same time is a statement and a protest for equal rights and acceptance for the gay community. in germany especially in berlin we have a lot of freedom but we know about our sisters and friends in the east of justice in the east of europe and in other parts of the world was why it's a really really dangerous to be homosexual if we are not monsters we are loving people like everybody else we should not be beaten or killed and we have the same

rights as everyone else. under whose motto our grandmothers and grandfathers fought for this for us and we're with them we're fighting every day for diversity and equality for all and it's great fun to have. this year's parade on us and those who fought for equal rights for the l g b t community in the early days. the mall to stonewall 50 every riot starts with you force. a reminder of the 28th of june in 1968 when police raided the stonewall inn in new york the gay bar on christopher street the event that 2 protests and triggered the modern find for the rights. to take this fight still continues and it's reflected here in berlin where hundreds of thousands from all over the world take part in europe's biggest christopher street day.

radius trial has been covering the events joining the revelers marina what's the atmosphere been there in the center of berlin today. if history to get her back out there was this year's party it was like a faster full atmosphere there very a lot of people outside. the mystery of the weather was very summary very nice just like a lot of leather and sat there and some people wearing clothes leads to nothing and said now the price has got into now and then you can see behind me close to the prime there's a cottage going on and not just here but also another places are for len people keep on celebrating tonight with such a party atmosphere tonight how much of the origins of this event as a political protest is still evident during christmas treat day. that actually looks like a party some people i talked to they told me yeah it's nice. not

going out having a party having a couple of drinks but there's also something deeper truth and most people are actually here because they want to protest because they want to protest l.c.d. t.v. people in towns have the same rights in most parts of the world i mean we all know that there are still countries where you could be punished with death penalty i'm your guy alaskan or transsexual so that's definitely still just political points to this principle so it's a marina strauss in central poland thanks very much for the update. i have to cycling now agan banal is said to win this year's 2 it affronts after he held on to his late through the penultimate stage the colombian held off his closest competitors on the steep climb up to torrens as italian been chan's on a volley when the stage that means burn out simply has to cross the finish line at the same paris on sunday as the final stage of the race is only ceremonial. you're

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