this is e w news live from berlin and beijing warns hong kong protesters punishment is coming police make mass arrests after clashes with pro-democracy demonstrators as ongoing street battles plunge the city into crisis we will speak with protest leader joshua long also coming up pakistan's prime minister urges international intervention after india revokes kashmir special status tensions are on the rides as delhi's radical move raises fears of fresh violence and the uncertainty works

for a. t w reports from el paso a city of mourning those killed in the weekend's back shooting. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program china has issued a stark warning to protesters in hong kong a government spokesperson in beijing says that the punishment is coming and that they should not under estimate the strength of a central government hong kong police also announcing that they had arrested more than $148.00 people after clashes on monday the largest single day tally since pro-democracy demonstrations began 2 months ago our correspondent in pill was in the thick of the protest last night and just this report. the scene as we arrived the chaos speaking. yes. that's the 1st time.

so i was going to tell them that i have done something to. follow. her around the clock on how the cut the long haul. is the take as clear as protesters slowly return us among them dozens of local residents. many joining chants demanding police retreat. curious bystanders watching almost stunned at the scene unfolding in this normally quiet neighborhood the police call for more backup as the mood once again tense dog . the showdown begins the was noisy world was far from a duck not heard of the god i was on that front all our

job now was the each side waiting for the other to make the 1st move. but he's threatening to tip this standoff over the edge. place to midnight the police may be. sending people scattering. with the blockade cleaves theorists begin. to die oh ok this is a residential area one woman screams people here when people wearing face masks get the site down 7. 20000000 more protesters a swept up as the police round on the struggle is 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 hey wanted it to end this way ok. those arrested face up to 10 years in prison

if they're charged with rioting because it's a heavy price to pay for a night on the streets her. children and joining me now is joshua wang activist and secretary general of the pro-democracy activist group demo sisto welcome to the program and thank you for joining us as we just heard there strong words from beijing today warning that protesters like yourself are playing with fire and that punishment is coming what's your response cheering the last generation by. this useless because protests still continue i will cause for street action and democracy rule never stop even we have experienced 800 tear gas yesterday were fired by right. but surely joshua i mean you must be worried you must be worried that this could potentially escalate into violence i mean has your strategy or your aims at all

changed in the past weeks. our short term goal is to urge government terminated and withdraw to. exist on the legislative program and a long term goal is to os for free election hong kong scotland should be elected. is to find and manipulate by. at the same time we fully aware on how life threatening weapon and force was used by riot police is just a trick no more people anger and they come out to destry even include all the nursery resident they come to the rest of your area and urged riot police not to fire a bullet and. joshua how far are you willing to go i would you for example laid down your life for this we continue i will fight and we hope to let the world to know that hong kong people distort democracy free election is the right to enjoy by

lots of people in germany since last century and hong kong people are still fighting for it of course we are not sure what kind of price we need to pay 500 activists were arrested safety off down were prosecuted last made worse then true and they will paint a hospital we are not sure and it will be to set fires to life but our battle will continue until that day we have democracy and now is the long term battle under the rule of president xi jinping joshua what's your next move now. protests will continue eason clash happen silas he was sent on a style course tomorrow consul and lawyer they will have to sign a rally on this friday we will gather at hong kong international and we will continue our protests and not some of this content will continue until the 1st of october chinese national day. activist and secretary general of the pro-democracy

group. thank you so much. thank you. the political firestorm over kashmir is heating up after india revokes the region special constitutional status india's hindu nationalist led government held the repeal of article $370.00 as a historic moment but pakistan's prime minister imran khan says that he'll consider approaching the united nations security council over the move earlier pakistan's army said it would go to any extent necessary to support the contested territory india's move has spiked tension between the nuclear arms neighbors. and residents in pakistani controlled kashmir have been making their anger clear that it was on the d.l. says it's revoking article $370.00 of its constitution which gives the region more freedom to make its own laws compared with other indian states in neighboring

pakistan politicians have been meeting to discuss their response action and. they will take action against us and we will respond because it cannot be possible that they attack us and we don't retaliate you know happen next things will be even more aggravated when both of us keep reacting it could lead to a conventional war. conventional waters of. people living in kashmir fear that india is decision to remove the region special autonomy status could still tensions even further activists they are say they will do whatever it takes to oppose the changes. and this is a question of political existence this is a question. the identity also i don't think that we can think of and we want to fight it out but the indian government shows no signs of backing dying. jammu and kashmir is a part of india and integrity part. there is no legal or constitutional disputes

about it you are. left wing activists in india have been protesting against their government's actions but right wing hindu. nationalists have been sailing breeze saying. the region has long been a source of tension kashmir shares a border with india and pakistan both claim it is their territory but only control part of it china also claims a section of descriptive sized india for stripping the region of its autonomy daily has warned to be saying that kashmir is an internal matter both have said they are committed to maintaining peace in the border areas. and let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the united states says that it will use every appropriate tool to oust venezuelan president nicolas maduro the comments come from the white house as the u.s. ramped up its sanctions on widodo and his government the new sanctions are aimed at cutting off foreign money to the venezuelan government. and one person has been

killed and 12 others injured after a fire swept through an arms depot in siberia blaze erupted on monday and was put out by the russian military earlier today the incident led to the evacuation of nearly 10000 people from the surrounding area. south korea says the north korea has launched 2 more missiles its 4th test in less than 2 weeks the short range missiles fell into the sea off the pencil is east coast in an online statement north korea protested and joint military exercise being held by the usa and south korea. and the united states there have been more commemorations after a weekend of mass shootings with the death toll now at 31 u.s. president donald trump has called for bipartisan solutions to the bloodshed but he's facing sharp criticism from democrats who say that he lacks the moral authority to rally the country against violence and racism trump is doing a paso texas tomorrow alexander phenomena is there

a sense the support. every jewel to honor the road ragers a high school student killed today in boston to help pass only 15 years old bright polite and quick on his feet that's how his friends remember he will always be there for me. he was a really are. a positive person. never negative. always happy. always trying to make it. and i just said are you going to search. for. we have a really strong community and everybody here loves each other we're really big family. students parents teachers they came together at horizon high school just outside apostle trying to come to terms with what they see as a terrorist attack against hispanics all over the past so residents are willing

after 30 days horrific events and they are hoping that the mass murder a crime committed by an alleged white supremacist from outside the town does not give a pass a bad name after all they say this is a diverse and tolerant place which has consistently ranked one of the safest cities in the u.s. for many years. a border city with an 80 percent latino population el paso has suffered under president trams and immigrant rhetoric and his administration's 0 tolerance policy at the border residents say christina garcia works for a local organization that helps immigrants and asylum seekers she says some of her clients are now terrified they feel like every client i've had interaction with they've had to apologize for what happened this weekend and i've had to reassure them that we that we are going to be a safe community but for now they mourn the dead. every day people gather at the

wal-mart store where the mass shooting took place president trump is expected to visit us on wednesday and we respect him because he's the president but to be on is we don't welcome him we don't need him this was a very different city and what happened there was the worst thing that could happen to us and i know we are a lot of people know that if we will come his going to bring a matter people that really hate his people. hate is not what should define us they say it's not what the united states is all about. the american author toni morrison has died at the age of $88.00 after a short illness according to her family morrison was the 1st african-american woman to win the nobel literature prize in 1903 she also won a pulitzer an american book award for her novel beloved about an enslaved woman who

kills her infant to spare the child from slavery her works were praised for shedding sharp courageous light on the african-american experience and we'll have more on tony morris and then her pioneering work coming up in about a half an hour with robin merrill and david leavitt's in arts and culture but 1st some sports and in cycling a 24 year old german has become the 1st woman to win a 4000 kilometer bike race the transcontinental fiocco bigger beat out her more than 260 other riders most of them men the 10 day race started in bulgaria and did this morning in france with the runner up still hundreds of kilometers behind her it was cold winter's 1st ultra cycling event and she says she could have done better if she slept less than 4 hours a night. congratulations to her washington news still to come on the program and in the ivory coast the u.s. and african countries are busy talking trade but it's clear that the 2 sides are

coming at things from 2 totally different directions. that story and more on g.w. business to africa from all of us here at the union's i'm sara kelley in berlin that you so much for joining us every day. earth the home for saving google india's tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global india's vision for the series of global 3000 on d w and online. the quiet melody resumes one to lighten the mood.