weapon systems. in robot collapse aug 14th on t.w. . does do that when you fly from berlin hong kong protesters are calling in their summer of discontent as they continue to march for democracy police have fired tear gas to disperse crowds and barricaded themselves into the city's center and the finance of an official ban will hear from our correspondent as well as one of the key thinkers and hong kong's pro-democracy movement. and the world have a titans day we ask why more than 300000000 people are still affected by a disease that's true and preventable.

unaccomplished thanks for joining us. hong kong police are cracking down on pro-democracy demonstrators who had to find an official ban to blockade the city center protests were taking place near the chinese government office in downtown hong kong when police unleashed a volley of tear gas canisters it's the 2nd consecutive day of such clashes last night dozens were arrested and many injured the marches are part of a weeks long campaign for greater democracy in hong kong and autonomy from mainland china. after saturday's clashes protesters took to the streets of hong kong again this time to demonstrate against the police's use of tear gas. i think we need to have the protests to show that we are strongly against these calls. with

ology that we need them to was i was born to. respond to the mom's leading democracy activist joshua long told d. w. the protests have now gone beyond opposition to the controversial extradition bill that sparked them now it's the summer off this call in hand to beijing and hong kong government last week we experienced pro beijing games and most ordinary citizen yesterday we experienced whole riot police beaten on his fro protester inside railway station know what a probation gangs of all is for suffering the interest of beijing they are just hoping to silence the voice of hong kong people. the demonstrations began peacefully with anger against the police only adding to the litany of complaints against hong kong's government. people that. are really on happy with what has been happening in the last weeks they are unhappy with with the

police's response they i think they want an investigation and were released action and i can smell the chicken. with all sorry he's unwilling to show restraint protesters now fear that hong kong's freedoms are at stake as beijing exerts ever more influence over the territory but protestors are unbowed calls for democracy will never stop we will continue our fights a fight that looks set to continue with neither side willing to back down. for more on this i'm joined now by telling a reporter to cherry chan cherry we've been observing the protests. developing an increasing degree of violence police is using more and more force and the demonstrators are radicalizing where do you see this going so the tension between the police and the protests this is really increasing now the protesters even see

the police sister and me so you can see that police every time there you saying more falls and they it's almost guaranteed that they would use tear gas or rubber bullets to disperse the protesters and you can also see that the protesters stay in not just passively taking in all of these fallen cracked actually also defending themselves they were put on helmets or face masks and they would actually sometimes make spontaneous weapons on the scene and in some cases you can even see the protests for example when the police fired tear gas to them they would pick up these canisters and throw them back to the police and so you can see that the tensions are high and it's reaching a breaking point we just heard john key pro-democracy activists there in hong kong saying the calls for democracy will never stop what exactly is the movement and again so the protests started to. terminate

you know it has been script but it has not been totally withdrawn from this demand the protesters they're asking for more than they're for example they're asking for the wrist nation of kerry they are asking for ultimately food democracy. and so i think if they. come out and to answer some at least some of these requests it's really hard to see these demonstrations people from all across hongkong society have joined these protests even people you wouldn't normally expect to write yeah exactly so in the past. yeah you can see a lot of people are trying to make their voice heard online. you see a lot of this stuff. and they want to speak on behalf of different industries so for example i have seen nurses flight attendants i've seen bus drivers sign online

petition on behalf of their industry to their government to answer the protesters request and was more surprised than these actually government employees they also joined these online protests and what i've heard today is also that they're actually hundreds of government employees they are planning to launch to organize a rowdy next week to demand their balls to answer the requests of the protesters presumably beijing isn't liking any of this how long do you think it's going to be until the chinese central government takes on a more active role in all of this actually just today. in hong kong the hong kong affairs office and they said they will come out to speak to the press tomorrow and to respond to. the protests in the last 2 months it is highly unlikely that the beijing government would answer any of the requests of the protesters and they will

probably take a very tough stance against these protesters they will probably say that. there has also been rumors. my in the n.c.a.a. and hong kong to stop these protests if if it doesn't stop so very tense situation there in hong kong. for us thank you very much. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world russia is facing international criticism after police arrested nearly 1400 people protesting against the disqualification of opposition candidates from local elections the european union called on moscow to respect its own constitutional and. meanwhile opposition leader alex a no ball me has been taken to hospital after apparently suffering an allergic reaction while in detention. at least 2 people have been killed in an attack

coinciding with the 1st day of election campaigning in afghanistan gunman stormed the offices of incumbent president gone his running mate after the detonation of a large car bomb it's unclear who was behind the attack. iran's president hassan rouhani has said britain seizure of an arena an oil tanker violates the international nuclear deal tensions have been highest since british forces captured the ship earlier this month on suspicions of smuggling oil to syria . croatia has deployed its army to help firefighters tackle wildfires that have broken out along the adriatic coast no casualties have been reported but people are being evacuated from the area of fire comes a peak tourist season and this holiday destination. pressure is mounting on syrian refugees in lebanon to return home authorities have been cracking down on work permits and i.d.'s of activists as

a pretext to try and force the refugees to leave and in the eastern region of arsal syrians have been forced to demolish their own homes in refugee camps as authorities say they only allow shelters made from wood and plastic sheeting. anything over a meter has to go replaced with wood and plastic tarp. more than 1000 homes that are near lebanon's border with syria have already been dismantled. syrian refugees here say those who refuse to do it themselves risk having the lebanese army come tear the place down. a polish at least we had a concrete roof that could protect us from the snow and sun. but to do the cold will make our children sick so. refugees are expected to live in tents like housing an effort to prevent ourselves 130 camps from becoming permanent it's part

of the lebanese government's campaign to pressure syrian refugees to go back. to lebanon those fields here die in the tents if we make use of even one stone and then where do we go will be homeless children then a lot of the little. ourselves mayer says he feels for the refugees. but the lebanese are minority here and after 8 years it's getting to be too much for them. just so. you can feel the fear because no one knows when this flow of people from syria into lebanon will end. the people here are preoccupied with this question. i mean hedges. the people here are reluctant to speak on camera privately many say they're afraid of all the refugees and want them to leave the sooner the better . today's world have

a time to stay in alone the virus is preventable and treatable and still one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases the most severe varieties have times b. and c. kill 1400000 people every year that's more than a tiny to work for low says or malaria scientists estimate the liver condition affects more than 300000000 people worldwide but the majority of them are unaware the w.h.o. is aiming to eliminate the disease as a public health threat by 2030. for more let's bring in jonathan ball professor from molecular biology at the university of nottingham mr ball thanks for joining w have a tie this is preventable it's treatable and still shocking numbers of people suffer from it and many don't survive an infection what's holding us back why can't we get it under control. there are several faxes come into play and the. elimination strategy of identified fine if ways that they hope to prevent future

problems and the future burden caused by scientists particularly if you're out he said hepatitis b. and have to see how does isis be we have an effective vaccine so one of the biggest challenges for the w.h.o. is to. ensure that they fascinate particularly young babies preferably into and show that 90 percent of babies are facts and science is they not know prevents a lot of infections similarly one of the big problems with science beyond have to see is these viruses and they can be transmitted through plane on star needles often in many parts of the needles of really used for medical practices a big challenge is to ensure that sterile needles are always used and also intravenous drug abuse people who inject strips again and risks of another thread

in other elements of the campaign is to ensure that drug abusers have access to clean needles find doing this they hope to prevent a significant number of new infections through this virus that 10 people affected by happened with aren't aware that how can that be. so that's the 2nd important parts of this huge number of people who aren't whether they're infected with hepatitis and this is mainly because of poor access to diagnosis diagnostics so in the western germany in the u.k. for example we have good access to tests many of the people who are in sites it on t.v. or whether they may have been exposed securely to things i have time to see inside a big challenges to and show the increased numbers more people to get tested because again one of the main arteries in the strategy to eliminate viruses

is to roll out treatments for hepatitis c. we have incredibly good treatments that can kill more than 90 percent of people who are infected and in the case of hepatitis b. we know that people who carry the virus we can bring the virus under control and that by prevent the development of these areas of the disease viruses call cirrhosis liver cancer and cause the significant significant number of deaths. professor at the university of nottingham thank you very much sports now. i want to. pray today and stop and think you're in a 2nd one of the things then after. tennis and what conditions. a thumbing displaying coming from the last 2nd. so if you're wanting to donate his life from berlin i'm close one is next reporter with

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