from minds. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin more chaos in hong kong as anti-government protesters disrupt train services demonstrators blocked doors causing massive delays for commuters is the latest move in their campaign to force the government's response to their demands for more democracy also coming up germany in shock after an 8 year old boy has pushed in front of a high speed train to train for station apparently for no reason because the latest on the investigation plus. a cracked and broken in tested mess that's what

president trump called the city of baltimore at the weekend outraging many of its residents we sent our reporter to find out what it's really like. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us anti-government protesters in hong kong are refusing to back down this morning hundreds of demonstrators disrupted train services by blocking the doors of the commuter trains it's part of their campaign to increase pressure on the government to give in to their demands for more autonomy from mainland china they. rush hour and one of the world's most densely populated cities in the subway system commuter chaos. activists have blocked the train doors. calling for democratic reforms and independence from

beijing's rule the protestors hit where it hurts the daily grind of hong kong's economy. the top of beating at times on this 8 hour oh my thing my work and beating took away. our freedom safety and going to rise and to get away and got caught like so i'm ok with that come along for us all great because i think all the months of the response to the mom of the citizens was that our state would authorize cairo these are. the protests began over 8 weeks ago against a proposed bill that would allow suspects from hong kong to be extradited to mainland china for trial i the bill was shelved but demonstrators are now demanding its complete withdraw. they're also calling for hong kong leader kerry lead to step down and for greater autonomy i lawmakers in europe and the u.s.

have weighed in many defending the protesters and saying the police have used excessive force the chinese government said that this was hypocritical i gonna continue our what if you ask the u.s. police if there were a similar violent attack on the police in the united states in washington d.c. or in new york city how would they respond watch what i think everyone can imagine the scenes in baghdad to crete some to. me for me beijing has not addressed the protesters demands for more democracy instead it insists on a return to order in hong kong. that some city lawmakers have taken the side of the movement saying beijing is out of touch on the impression of hong kong is simply a funky mentally wrong if the so far away from hong kong people. realist

sentiment was all over the demonstrators would most likely agree and they seem willing to continue the near daily disruptions until their message gets through. our correspondent phoebe kong is in hong kong she told us why anti-government protesters have targeted commuter trains for the latest demonstrations this is the kind of on civil disobedience action to passion and they're trying to take. i rather. think. that's controversial way to. express their actually this is not the 1st time to match a lie and they always they usually just do it. and matches

nations so this is not something that we could expect that maybe like happened more like in the coming. hours or correspondent here because i'm talking to us just a short while ago now let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today brazilian authorities say at least 57 people have died during a prison riot in the north of the country officials said brutal fighting erupted between rival criminal groups near a prison in state the death toll may still runs. u.s. financial services company capital one says the personal information of more than 100000000 people was stolen during a cyber attack the data included the names addresses and phone numbers of credit card applicants in canada and the u.s. this announcement follows the arrest of a suspect on monday. in sweden american rapper a south has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault the artist was arrested

a month ago for alleged alling while on tour in stockholm the case caught the attention of u.s. president gul trump who tried to intervene with the swedish government. germany's interior minister haas a whole set to hold a crisis meeting to discuss the killing of an 8 year old boy on monday say hopeful has interrupted his holiday to deal with the case the child was pushed in front of a train by a 40 year old man a prank for at station the suspect was detained by police after trying to flee the scene reports say he has so far made no comment. it was here at frankfurt central station that the 8 year old boy and his mother were pushed from the platform the mother was able to scramble to safety but his son was struck by an approaching high speed train so it securely to the main suspect a 40 year old man fled the scene the same up some eyewitnesses are part of this to

us discommode even able to track him down with the help of subversion ends and he was detained many of the station not hired to help on the office to step down. earlier this month a similar incident took place in the state of north rhine-westphalia there a 34 year old woman died after she was pushed in front of an oncoming train. police say that the man didn't know the woman all the child in monday's incident. this motif was me to approach as a motive doesn't have to be related to the victim's funds or they can simply be random victims and it has more to do with the offender and their personality and their mood of indium and that's why when someone has murderous intent and wants to carry out a violent act and do something horrible then that can be motive enough to come to us and. it still remains unclear what to drove the suspect to push the. boy and his mother on to the rail tracks german interior minister horse is ending his some a vacation early to make

a statement on tuesday meanwhile the interior minister has expressed his sympathy to get done news into the men spy in which to find out at the moment our thoughts are with the mother the son and the family. isn't in. full as yet and we are very grateful for the courageous citizens to do so because of their brave intervention we were able to capture and arrest the alleged perpetrator stayed in clinton want to move on to these and. the mother is currently receiving medical treatment in hospital police appealing to possible eye witnesses for more information about the. political correspondent max many other caution has been following this story very closely and joins us now in the studio much many other have any more details emerged about exactly what happened at that frankfurt train station yes fish just hired a press statement by the spokesperson of the public prosecutor's office in

frankfurt just this minute she's been saying that they're now treating this case as a homicide 1st of all the homicide off the 8 year old boy but then also the attempted homicide off the mother who survived what we know so far by police authorities and witness reports is that the man pushed the mother and the child onto the train tracks on turned on coming train the boy died by faking injuries the mother was able to save yourself by trying to roll herself off the train tracks and we know so far by the authorities that the man has been detained he's not been speaking to the authorities about his motives so far they've done extensive tests that's one way they've said to us and he hasn't been alcohol lies he has been taking drugs as far as what his authorities have been testing and that's what the spokesperson off the public prosecute. office just said. now and what we also know is that he's lived in the switzerland in the last couple years and then recently in

germany. the story is getting a lot of media attention here and sure money was driving well of course this is a very emotional case this is been a very tragic scene yesterday in frankfurt germans are currently going on holiday frankfurt is a big train station and and i was a happy mood people going on vacation traveling and then this scene this random acts of violence these people being pushed on to the trains the boy die and the mother surviving this is of course a very tragic moment and that has caused a public shock in germany another thing that has caused quite a stir on in the media janice passion and social media is one data off this case that emerged yesterday that the man's not nationality he's not german he is from every tear this is something we would normally report this has nothing to do with the case but we've seen an increase of center folk in germany and this case has also again ignited debate and cinna fulvia in germany which came especially since

the 2015 migration crisis when we saw an increase of foreign people coming to germany and a lot of content in this country and a very controversial device about here in germany and just briefly if you can germany's interior minister understand his broken office is holidays going to make a statement what do you make of the well this is his for to this is what he's like to do he is in charge of public security and we also have seen is a debate about the security of the german train stations we've had a similar case a couple weeks ago where somebody had been pushed on the train tracks and that is now the question can germany's train station become more safe and can we try to prevent these cases especially other thank you very much d.w. political correspondent much money out of caution. u.s. president donald trump caused yet another controversy at the weekend by calling the city of baltimore

a rotten rodent infested best's critics say the president's remarks were directed at a black politician from the city alija cummings who had slammed the federal government's treatment of migrants some have described trump's comments as racist he ws all over sol it has been to baltimore on the east coast us to assess the situation and hear what citizens are saying about their hometown. the city of baltimore faces many problems and one has been there for many years west baltimore which is prone to crime and violence and with the streets are indicate. one of the last homicides happened just here a few days ago and with more than 300 people murdered last year there is no doubt that baltimore is one of the most violent cities in north america but does this make it a rap and rodent infested mess as president trump says. a series of inflammatory tweets from the y. tells its baltimore slate as problem president trump calling the city of very

dangerous and filthy place worst in the usa and says no human being would want to live there president trump statements are wrong. represent a political attack and a lack of understanding regarding the dynamics of baltimore the dynamics of crime a city with a black population of more than 60 percent some feel insulted by the president's rhetoric but others say there is some truth to what he says he's right about some part as well like others like if you haven't been here you can't really say anything about it especially if you're not helping the city he's right about what do you then it may be in a way that it but that there will drop the fear that i get is i think people who are insulted are absolutely justified in being insulted because he has no idea what he's talking about but that's the case of everything what does it mean what with his attack president trump is taking on some of his most vocal critics congressman

elijah cummings who represents parts of baltimore in congress they are human beings . city council man leon pink cat says trump's attacks on baltimore are above all political gamesmanship a congressman cummings has been doing an exceptional job as he chairs the oversight committee in congress and. the reality is he is and as a result of his work and he's shedding light on a lot of issues that are directly respond that the president is directly responsible for when we talk about a border policy when we talk about the the the the treatment of immigrants a good reason for the president to take on cummings and his congressional district even if that doesn't improve the situation in west baltimore is. just reminder the top story we're following for you here on news and government protesters in hong

kong have disrupted train services by blocking the doors of commuter trains and it's part of their campaign to increase pressure on the government to give in to their demands for more ptolemy mainland china. soyuz for now sir kelly will be with you for with more news at the top of the next hour i'm terry martin thanks for. it's all happening good job for. sure link to news from africa the world is your link to exceptional stories and discussions continue on with the constant abuse after coming program tonight from funny jenny c.z. towel at website d deputed com slash africa join.