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this is news live from berlin hong kong pro-democracy activists keep up the pressure on authorities for their sit in at the airport thousands gathered at one of the world's busiest travel as protests enter their 3rd month we'll go live to hong kong for the latest also coming up. a tornado wreaks havoc in the heart of europe 14 people are injured in luxembourg houses are damaged and people have been made homeless by the tornado that hit on friday evening. and standing in
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solidarity with assaulted in the center of berlin germany's foreign minister calls you attack repulsive and despicable. to welcome to the show democracy activists in hong kong have launched another weekend of anti-government protests protestors have begun marches into hong kong neighborhoods they're also staging a sit in ad hom kong airport activists occupied the arrivals hall and distributed flyers to tourists and other passengers police warned against violence or disruptions they could in danger of public safety but reports suggest the airport appears to be operating normally. i'm joined from hong kong by our correspondent. thanks for joining us we're seeing this 2nd day of protests
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at hong kong airport this weekend but overall they appear more peaceful what's your take. there are various. protests happening right now we have you have mentioned that. he's. being held at the airports. and also the latest call to the international community especially to the tourists around the world and they like to supplanting in the soundly in a very peaceful manner and we also see the families and elderly as they are they also talk to streets to demonstrate to the government and this is a way to show you how. to show that. to. protest movement but meanwhile right now.
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this is. called. the roll and they're trying to go on the rallies by the fact that the police banned the application. that might be fascist happening in the coming days. taking a different approach to continue their movement. the protesters made a conscious decision to change their tactics after heeding warnings from both beijing and hong kong's military that they were basically crossing red lines. yes this is the question many people are there now this testing. these days because serious. questions in. protest these days
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they are now evaluating the effectiveness. of some of them. 7 7 because we can see there are. people being harassed. but that is not something. given given up the. whole goal is. to pressure the government. to. move. both tactics. like to see. so peaceful for now but not necessarily giving up the radical approach in
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hong kong thank you so much. china has issued a red alert its highest warning as typhoon made landfall south of shanghai the sure his battered coastal areas bringing with it heavy rain it's now headed northwards with the country's most populous city in its path 13 people have already been confirmed dead. and hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes as a typhoon near here in western europe there's been wild weather too as a rare tornado tore through the south of tiny luxembourg tearing up homes and injuring 14 people. a menace not usually seen in skies over western europe. police said a tornado with winds speeds of 130 kilometers an hour blocked a trail of devastation over some 5 kilometers in southwest luxembourg.
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emergency services reported more than a 1000 calls within minutes the storm damaged more than 150 homes forcing authorities to set up homeless shelters residents have been warned to stay away from downed power lines. across the border from luxembourg severe weather also affected parts of germany 15 football players were in a lightning strike in the southwestern town of repose and told how they can some one football matches an open air advance in other cities were also disrupted. in luxembourg shocked residents and tongues are cleaning up after the storm and the government has set up a crisis team to help coordinate relief and cleanup efforts. thousands of young climate activists have marched through the streets of loads on demanding concrete measures to combat climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions several 100 had attended an international climate summit in the swiss city at which they
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unanimously adopted what they've called the loads on climate declaration it includes a call for climate policy to be based on the best scientific research in friday's for future movement was inspired by the 16 year old environmental campaigner gratitude who was at the luzon conference. by young climate activists from the fridays for future movement are trying to send a message at the close of their 1st european conference and. it's so great that we're all here together for the same cause and it sets and i feeling to be surrounded by people that believe me the same as we do but there has been quite a debate on how the student protest movement should present itself in the future some activists think the discussion should stay out of the public i. think. in what they are calling the laws i'm climate declaration the activists reaffirmed
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their common goal of tackling climate change they also called for a european initiative to pressure the european commission to take action but for some of the participants it did not go far enough is this from the us i think we need a kind of hierarchy in the organization so we can plan betcha. sadly fridays for future does not have to. buy for this feature this has been it i need to define it quite happy with this week then we really discussed a lot but i hope that we can keep the ball rolling and it doesn't just end when everybody goes home like you did and i'm still in. the conference was a strategic meeting for the movement. in the future the activists want to cooperate more effectively on a global scale. now to some of the other stories making news around the world north korea has fired 2 unidentified projectiles from the site on its eastern coast they landed in the sea of japan according to south korea's military john yang has
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called other recent rocket tests or warning to seoul over its plans to continue military drills with the united states. the man accused of last weekend's deadly mass shooting in el paso texas has told police he was targeting mexicans most of the 22 people who were killed in the wal-mart store were of hispanic origin 8 were mexican citizens russia's state nuclear agency rosato says 5 staff members were killed during the testing of a rocket engine on thursday local authorities near the military site in northwestern russia reported a brief spike in radiation levels during the accident no official explanation has been given for why an action it like this would cause radiation to spike and. hundreds of people have attended a prayer service in berlin to show solidarity with their rabbi who was assaulted in
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the german capital german foreign minister who was among those who attended the service in a synagogue on friday the attack took place 2 weeks ago by 2 arabic speaking men as a rabbi walked home with his son after conducting a service at the synagogue it's the latest in a string of recent anti-semitic attacks in germany. synagogue is rabbi yehuda titles work place it isn't far from where he was recently attacked it happened on his way home from services 2 men approached harling insults in german in arabic and also spat on him it's fun to tell the fish it's it was dramatic my child was with me. i was really shaken. tut. anti-semitism is growing again in germany the hate and violence directed at jews come largely from the far right although the muslim community also bears some responsibility. experts are taking note of these new forms of anti-semitism
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as mentioned. jews getting spat at on the streets which we've seen in berlin and recently in munich. this is particularly degrading and. you have. young jews in germany are also concerned but they aren't running away. we are making a statement jewish life is here against me a strong confident position and to some distance i myself haven't experienced any anti-semitism. but i read and hear a lot about it and it's shocking to us look at me rabbi tiësto isn't staying quiet . we have to make clear time there is no tolerance for intolerance we have to say it loudly we want a colorful positive society that respects everyone's spirits and. he's praying for
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peace and tolerance a show of defiance against anti-semitism. you could say bull fighting is in the d.n.a. of spain's culture where the battles between man and beast are even protected by the constitution it's a tradition only recently resuscitated on the standish island of majorca it just says the blood sport is making a comeback in the ring a familiar set of combatants are taking the fight over its future out to the streets. was these people celebrating tonight finally bullfighting is back it. was opposite then the animal activists shout murda. bullfighting culture or torture was this fight between those for and against plays out before the bulls arrives it is plain 2 years since the last fight in majorca a thrilling 20 minutes per animal lunging toward the red cloth the matador dances
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with a bleeding animal posing and posturing towards the glory i the island's regional authorities had banned bullfighting that was before the spanish constitutional courts decided the practice was a pot of national cultural heritage that the region could not ban in the capital palm of the left of center government is trying new ways to put a stop to a show by sending building health an animal will fail thirty's to the arena but none could find regulatory grounds to stop the of it. a new star is ready to appear on to the stage by the name of l hughley he killed his 1st bull at the age of 14. tickets are selling by the thousands in part. because i'm out there we have grown up with this we've been watching both fighting
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from an early age is you know and that must be respected this is a spanish tradition in there. but it's like with animals that we hunt for food which we also kill it's the same so a little bit of suffering but that's the way it is and that's why we hunt them i.e. dakota seto on the other hand says that on a modern highland like my yorker bullfighting should not be tolerated. if they see them as this how do we really need this violence and blood to be entertained this has me as someone who lives on this island and it hurts me as a person. and yet the spectacle continues the matter though is a game carried triumphant from the arena the excited fans carried to once more into the. was you're watching news from berlin up next world stories with some of the w.'s vest reporting from the past days stay tuned for that i'll be back with more news as always at the top of the hour watching the job news
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