this is deja vu news my from berlin arrests in moscow as russians rally demanding free and fair local elections hundreds of people have been 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 into k. pro-democracy protesters marching against organized gangs who attacked earlier demonstrations they also accuse place of deliberately holding up their response to be of soldiers. and hundreds of thousands of our album problem the streets of

berlin as the city celebrates its annual private parade and this year its marking and 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 protestors 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 started. 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. up 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. given. the russians 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 protesters and their anger against the

ruling party contained. a correspondent evolution is following that very tense situation in moscow emily tell us what's happening now. while 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 colleagues. 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. 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 even to 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 these 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. and it's to hong kong now where hundreds of thousands of protesters faced off with riot police today to find orders to stay the demonstration took place in the neighborhood where a violent mall botak pro-democracy protesters and bystanders last weekend hong

kong's been rocked by weeks of civil unrest with mass protests calling for a stronger commitment to democratic values and i'm holding city states autonomy from mainland china. i'm interested in. violence begets violence the 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 i have. an hour for is this important to change hong kong we are forced to what happened last week i think that's why we are sure that c i am right 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 charges saying they've made arrests including those with suspected ties to try at a chinese dang. that hasn't satisfied the most hardcore protesters as night fell they hunkered down in the train station. i some hurled objects. the police ultimately storm the station clearing them out by force. well earlier we spoke to our correspondent has been following us 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 protesters both sides are hardening more and more and 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 tear gas 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 atmosphere 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 ever. the deputies mathias pulling out talking to us a little earlier from hong kong let's take a look now some of the other stories making news around the world prosecutors in sudan say military officers will face charges for attacking a peaceful protest camp in khartoum last month 87 people are said to have died in the incident but civilian oppositions say the death toll was high and it amounting an independent investigation. to american teenagers have been charged with killing an italian police officer in rome the men allegedly stabbed maria cello 8 times after he and a colleague confronted them on friday night over a bag 50 italian media reports say the suspects one of the suspects confessed saying he didn't know they were police and panicked. after

a 2 day flight space x.'s dragon cargo capsule has successfully breached the international space station it's delivering lab equipment and supplies for the astronauts it's the reusable spaceships 3rd flight to the i assess the mission had to be postponed several times due to bad weather. now right here in berlin hundreds of thousands of people have been out in the straits for the city's annual pride parade despite germany legalizing gay marriage 2 years ago harassment and discrimination against the l.g. beatty 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 possible lynn it's the 41st christopher street day here in germany scap until the 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 that you 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 where it's a really really dangerous to be homosexual if the kind 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. in the world 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 see. this year's parade owners 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. on christopher street the event that 2 protests and triggered the modern find for l g b t rights. today this fight still continues and it's reflected here in berlin hundreds of thousands from all over the world take part in europe's biggest christopher street day. some sport news now out of cycling and banal is said to win this year's tour de france after he held on days late through the penultimate stage the colombian held off his closest competitors on the state climb up to val to rennes as italian bench ends on a volley won the stage that means banal simply has to cross the finish line on the shelves allays a in paris on sunday as the final stage of the race is only ceremonial and speaking after that stage ben al said it's still sinking in that he's about to become colombia's 1st 2 and a france winner europe's docus and what is yours are going to go on 1st of all i'm really proud to be colombian. most of those men as young as is that i think we

deserve to win this tour. jones which was on us we've had really good cyclists for so many years and for one reason or another we've never been able to win the tour as are going to visit us in formula one there'll be no home track advantage for germany sebastian vettel the ferrari driver was not amused and left on able to compete in qualifying 2 problems with this cop was a different story for lewis hamilton however he set the fastest lap time and starred in pole position in a savings driver and reigning world champ in currently currently has a 39 point late in the drive and standings. $200.00 game isn't battling it out this weekend in new york for a whopping $30000000.00 in prize money and the 1st ever fortnight world cup the tournament is the biggest and wealthiest in the burgeoning e-sports market and has attracted the best fortnight players from around the globe most of them teenage

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