this is the w. news live from berlin hong kong protesters are calling it their summer of discontent as they continue to march for democracy police have fired tear gas to disperse crowds who have barricaded themselves into the city's center and defiance of an official bound we'll hear from our correspondent as well as one of the key figures in hong kong's pro-democracy movement also coming up in lebanon syrian refugees are being forced to demolish their own temporary homes or watch the

lebanese army turn them down. and the world have otitis day we ask why more than 300000000 people are still affected by a disease that's treatable and preventable. flourish welcome to the show chaos and hong kong as police crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators defying an official band 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 demanding 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. a thing we need to have a poet has issues so that we are strongly against these kinds of without it you know we need them to was respond to our. response to all the moms leading to mock receive activists just go along 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 content to a 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 the probation gangs of all is fostering 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 government. people. are really on happy with what has been happening in the last weeks they are unhappy with with the police's response they are that they want an investigation into what actions i can smell the stick us. with all authorities unwilling to show restraint protesters now fear that hong kong's freedoms are at stake as beijing exits ever more influence over the territory but protestors are unpowered. 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 terry 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 protesters is really increasing the protesters even see the police as their enemy so you can see the police every time there are you saying more falls 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 for the taking in all of these fallen. 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 so that they would pick up these canisters and throw them back to the police and so you can see that. it's reaching

a breaking point we just heard joshua key pro-democracy activist there in hong kong saying the calls for democracy will never stop what exactly is the movement and again so the protests start. to. be you know it has been script but it has been totally withdrawn from this demand the protesters now they are asking for more than they're for example they're asking for there is a nation of kerry they are asking for ultimately food democracy. and so i think. that's and come out and to answer some at least some of these requests and 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 on my what. you see a lot of stuff. they want to speak on behalf of the film industry so for example i have seen nurses flight attendants i've seen bus drivers sign online petitions on behalf of their industry to their government to answer the protesters request and was more surprised than the. government employees they also joined these online protests and what i've heard today is also that there are actually hundreds of government employees they are planning to launch to organize a round the next week to demand their boss to answer the requests of the protesters presumably raising 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 beijing's top of the in hong kong hong kong affair 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 likely that the beijing government would answer any of the requests of the protesters and they will probably take a fairly tough stance against these protesters they will probably save. them a stray sions and. there has also been rumors china my in the end sent me to hong kong to stop these protests if if it doesn't stop by and 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 at an unauthorized rally on saturday they were protesting against opposition candidates being barred from local elections that called on moscow to respect its own constitutional and.

meanwhile opposition leader alex in a balmy has been taken to hospital after apparently suffering an allergic reaction while in custody. on mars foreign minister has held talks with representatives in a refugee camp in neighboring bangladesh both sides were discussing conditions for the muslim minorities save repatriation to me on more including possible housing and citizenship for the rohingya about 700000 of them fled myanmar in 2017 after a brutal military crackdown. 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 decimation of a large car bomb it's unclear who was behind the attack. at least one person has been killed after a small tornadoes struck a coastal area near italy's capital road the woman's car was overturned by the

strong winds flash floods and storms claimed 2 more lives in the north of italy the heavy rains extended to neighboring austria causing months lines. to lebanon now where pressure is mounting on syrian refugees to return home authorities have been cracking down on work permits and i.d.'s a move activists say 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 the only allow shelter is made from wood and plastic sheeting. anything over a metre 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 the. refugees are expected to live in tents like housing and 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 one of the fields here die in the 10s if we make use of even one stone and then where do we go will be homeless children then a lot of. 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 and. the people here are preoccupied with this question. just that 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 and although the virus is preventable and treatable it's still one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases the most severe varieties habitants b. and c kill $1400000.00 people every year that's more than a child to work in los alamos or malaria scientists estimate the liver condition affects more than 300000000 people worldwide but the majority of them are unaware the world health organization 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 chair in the elimination strategy of identified shine if ways that they hope to prevent future problems and the future been caused by scientists particularly if you're right he said hepatitis b. and have to see how this isis be we have an effective vaccine as 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 will prevent a lot of infections similarly one of the big problems with science is the antecedent

to see is these of 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 sterile needles are always used and also intervene in this drug abuse people who inject strokes again put themselves at risk 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 happy time with aren't aware about how. so that's the 2nd important parts of this huge number of people who aren't that 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 since i have time to see this as a big challenge is to ensure all 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 then 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 as farces call cirrhosis liver cancer and cause the significant significant number of tests done professor at the university of nottingham thank you very much some sports now and one. has one german grand prix stop and think you are his 2nd one of the things

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