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get ready for the. business c.w. news live from berlin the u.s. urges all sides of the hong kong protests to avoid violence that's after the authorities closed down the airport as anti-government protesters occupied the arrivals hall the chinese government has signaled its rising anger at the protests denouncing some of them as terrorism. also coming up italy's far right interior minister mattel's celgene it hopes to push through a no confidence vote in the government so that he can win a snap election in italian lawmakers are to meet to set
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a date for the vote. and russia tries to tighten the screws on you too over the live streaming of recent posts in moscow demonstrators have been calling for free and fair elections to the city council. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program tonight as china's show signs of losing patience with demonstrators in hong kong a senior u.s. official is calling on all sides to avoid violence saying that societies are best served when diverse political views are respected and can be freely and peacefully expressed the official spoke on condition of anonymity hong kong authorities shut down the airport earlier today as thousands of activists staged a sit in there the shutdown came as the chinese government signaled rising anger at the pro. test announcing some of the violent demonstrations as terrorism for the
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1st time for. a huge occupation hong kong international shut down for most of the day i was civil disobedience and disruption are mainstays of this protest movement is a kind of interest in tom p.d.'s ah selfishness of course to other people but we are we can our boys this is somehow i'm not void of work because we fight for our final goal that is our freedom and that is why we pay old soul justice to go for i think. it does not it doesn't matter all right they're also angry at police violence was an eye for an eye protestors a dressed up in solidarity with another demonstrates a who was filmed bleeding heavily from her eye the video went viral over the weekend. these processes have angered hong kong's all thirty's who have been closely watched by the authoritarian government in beijing hong kong international
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airport is one of the savers. one of the most efficient airport and what has been done today has seriously. harm their reputation of hong kong most well as their hong kong international airport and therefore i would like to appeal once again to all those who are now famines trading on call international airport to leave peacefully and i soon as possible and many have now gone home business should go back to normal but the protest is set to continue with many fearing a violent crackdown at the behest of beijing. today he is fevicol has been at the international airport throughout the day. hoho international airport is one of the p.c.'s the airport even though was that over it also now flights depart and arrive at these aviation everything the post has this is not just to paralyze the airport
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itself they want to stress that the monks and the ngo too was the excessive force used by the police the police office says there now we're pressing the demonstrations by taking a more hot light approach to the ploy all kinds so proud can throw weapons was results in more serious injuries despite the aspirates intention beijing is not making any compromise try to compromise to the public but instead they accuse some of the protest this as a terrorist was just not going to cool down the situation but more likely to raise the public and of course has this or even some of them they may resort to reward balance act to achieve their goals. in hong kong so let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world a yemeni separatist group supported by the united arab emirates says that it is ready for talks with yemen's saudi arabia back to government the separatists control of the city of aden over the weekend after
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a breakdown in the coalition fighting yemen's iranian backed rebels the separatists seek independence for southern yemen. the norwegian man charged with killing his stepsister and opening fire in a mosque near oslo has denied the accusations and asked to be released the 21 year old made the statement at a court hearing the court ruled that he can be held for 4 weeks while an investigation continues. and swiss rescuers are searching for a man and a girl missing since sunday after their car was swept away by a flooding river heavy rains in the alps water mud and debris surging through that village in the southwest of the country. a new migrant rescue ship has been saved more than 200. people onboard. these vessels in the past 3 days and the better to raney and the ocean viking picked up migrants off the coast of libya it is the largest of the rescue boats searching the seas between
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north africa and italy. and staying in italy now the senate will convene on tuesday for a special session to figure out its next steps in the country's political crisis during a meeting in rome earlier today party leaders agreed that the senate would attempt to set a date for a motion of no confidence in the government the leader of the far right league interior minister matilde salvini called for snap elections last week in a bid to lead the new government the league has been in coalition with the populist 5 star movement since last year. so delhi is standing by for us and rob so what can we expect when the senate meets tomorrow so there are different opinions within the different parties in italy said d.d. and his allies would like to go to the no confidence though as soon as possible so this week but we should keep in mind that thursday is
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a huge national holiday in italy so we'll see how that is going to plan pan out also because opposition parties and former ally 5 star movement would like to push the no confidence vote to next week so we'll have to see tomorrow how the different parties are going to come together and decide on the timing how likely is it salvage any will get his way. well at the moment it is difficult to say because the situation is very fluid and parties keep changing their opinions and their positions. for what we can see there is top within the opposition parties to maybe come together and up with a caretaker government which would try to bridge the government for the next few months and try to take care of important business that italy has to deal with but it is unlikely that this will come to fruition actually because we're seeing some contrasts and some other willingness to come up with this play or alternately it
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will be the president of the republic if the no confidence vote is approved that will have to decide whether illegals the new elections all or if there is a chance the floor of a caretaker government would he have enough support to form a new government. well somebody would have to go to new elections to form a new government increases a majority because over the last year since the previous elections in march of 2008 team has increased its share of votes according to the fullest by 20 percent might not have the around 37 percent and that would give him a good chance when he would enter into coalition with some of the other parties for example the far right nationalists or it was connie's party to reach an important majority which even give him 2 thirds of the month already in parliament which is given quite a big power within the italian parliament to the delhi thank you. russia's
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media regulator has demanded you tube stop promoting live streams of what authorities call illegal political protest russian demonstrators have been gathering for the past 4 weekends to call for free and fair elections it took to the streets after several opposition candidates were excluded from the ballot from moscow city council one of the russian capital's biggest political protest in nearly a decade took place on saturday. t w social media editor call last min joins us here in the studio for more on this story so what exactly does moscow want you to have to do i mean 1st of all as you mention these protests this week and they were big deal 50000 people on the streets of moscow around 100 people arrested so the very next day russia's communications watchdog sends a letter to google that's of course you tube's parent company and they're essentially saying look stop promoting these rallies on your site or else and this is that letter it specifically says that you tube was sending push notifications to
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you tube users to help promote what are called unlawful demonstrations the letter as you can see also says if google doesn't respond it will be regarded as quote in for interference in the sovereign affairs of the states hostile influence and obstruction of its. democratic elections so russia taking this pretty seriously i mean the letter does not exactly spell out what actions russia might take against google in response and google for its part has not publicly commented on this either but if we're reading between the lines here i mean why does russia really want you to block these push it right i mean what's the big deal about the push notifications the letter doesn't specifically mention which accounts or war which videos were sending out these push notifications but it's pretty clear if you look at youtube which videos the authorities were really worried about being promoted and then this is one of them here and there were scores of accounts that were actually live streaming these demonstrations for hours i think this one went on for 7 or 8 hours many of the largest channels were run by international bob katter
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broadcasters are radio free europe voice of america for example this particular one comes from radio free europe it was seen by more than 2000000 people it had interviews with protesters you can see there on the side an active discussion board as well so if you read between the lines that might be the kind of stuff the russian authorities didn't quite like why the focus on you tube specifically because i mean it's not the only platform right right it's not the only one but in russia you know television especially is heavily censored it's essentially controlled by the state so you tube has become this kind of safe haven for free speech it's one of the few places you can go if you're a russian citizen to see video of an opposition protest to hear anti kremlin opinions the best example really of you tube's power inside of russia is alexina vali himself this opposition figure and really youtube is what launched his career in the 1st place i mean his you tube channel has nearly 3000000 subscribers and they tune in for these investigations into state corruption you might remember this
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wonder few years ago he dug into prime minister dmitri medvedev of his use of dirty money to allegedly by mansions and other property as you can see here that was viewed 30000000 times on you tube obviously not something you would see on state television. so you tube and google in general are really being targeted specifically by russia i mean the company was fined last year for failing to filter out sides that have been banned by the government from its search results you tube also last year was forced to take down video ads for the volley during the election this threatening letter not coming out of nowhere i mean google definitely is in the crosshairs of russian authorities thank you. well now we go to india where nearly 200 people have been killed in severe monsoon floods and mudslides the rains have forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in the south and the west of the country the worst hit states are struck. and corolla it's been
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only a year now since carla suffered its worst ever flood. the terentia rains just keep coming teams across india's southern and western states have mounted major rescue and relief efforts more than 300000 people have been evacuated in the worst affected areas carola karnataka and maharastra to provide assistance in the prevailing particular region the drug testers saw 1st american born just different people because india faces rain related disasters during the monsoon season which kills hundreds of people each year flood waters and landslides have made roads impassable have cut off and even in some cases downed bridges and have made traveling by bus and train impossible. people are forced to seek shelter and safety at relief camps some houses are covered in several metres of mud like that cafe which has been completely destroyed in kerala. it's been at least 5 or
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6 things everybody is stuck in the villages animals and everything all stuck there people are facing a lot of problems. water's coming from all directions and entered all the houses. rescue teams worked tirelessly to evacuate those affected by the floods and most at risk they are also being helped by the good samaritans in their communities. the worst may not be over authorities worry that the flood hit areas will be pummeled by more thunderstorms hampering their rescue operations even further. and. a quick reminder now the top stories we're following for you here at the deputy is unconscious canceling the rest of monday's flight after about 5000 pro-democracy demonstrators staged a sit in the wrong us all it's the biggest mass protest at the airport so far
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activists accuse the police of using excessive force. coming up next it is business africa with their heart alford's you're watching t w news and i'm sorry kelly in berlin i think you so much for joining us to wish you a great day. bursts. home to news of species. a home worth saving. given those are big changes and most start with small steps global india's tell stories of credence people and innovative projects around the world. but to use the country could return to screeners in shops and resource to. croon to.

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