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this is you know we news lie from berlin the u.s. urges all sides in hong kong protests avoid violence well that's after the authorities closed down the airport as antigovernment protesters occupied the arrivals hall the chinese government has signaled its rising anger at the protest announcing some of them as terrorism also coming up at least far right interior minister must day or so he hopes to push through a no confidence vote in the government so he can win a snap election i tell you lawmakers are expected to meet to set a date for the vote. and the death toll jumps in southern and western india after
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heavy monsoon rains and most lives almost 200 are feared dead and hundreds of thousands have been displaced. on my own rockets so great to have you along with us everyone tonight as china shows signs of losing patience with demonstrators in hong kong a senior u.s. official has called on all sides to avoid violence saying societies are best served when diverse political views are respected and can be freely and peacefully expressed while the official spoke on condition of anonymity on 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 protests denouncing some violent demonstrations. as terrorism for the 1st time
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. a huge occupation hong kong international shut down for most of the day i was civil disobedience and disruption a mainstays of this protest movement is a kind of increase in tom feeney as odd selfishness cost to other people but. we can't are boys this is somehow not i'm not void of work because we fight for our final goal that is all freedom and that is why we say oh it's all just a single file i think. it does not it doesn't matter all right they're also angry at police violence was an eye for an eye protest as a dressed up in solidarity with another demonstrator who was filmed bleeding heavily from her eye the video went viral over the weekend. these processes of anger at hong kong's or thirties who have been closely watched by authorities government in beijing hong kong international airport is one of the savers airborne
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one of the most efficient airport and what has been done today has seriously. harm their repetition of hong kong most well as their home called international airport and therefore i would like to appeal once again to all those who are now them and straight to your own call international airport to leave peacefully and i sure 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. all us citizens of hong kong living in other parts of the world have been closely watching developments a large hong kong community lives in britain and some have been taking to the streets of west london to support the protesters back home. hong kong expatriates in london are showing solidarity with the activists back home nearly
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100000 people from the former u.k. colony are now living in britain there watching the protests with a mix of hope and concern for the last 8 weeks a crowd has been putting on the yellow helmets of the democracy movement and gathering over the weekend in west london we in the u.k. cannot do much but we want to know that the hong kong people know that. you know hong kong us all over the world we are u.k. photos as well which we should apply pressure on now and peace to put to go for the parliamentary process to put pressure on the hong kong government but london isn't offering much more than encouragement success for the u.k. after brics it is heavily dependent on economic deals with china a dispute with beijing now would be extremely unhelpful. like many others alexandra is worried about being confronted by an aggressive chinese state when she returns home the 25 year old has been living and working in britain for 2 years she says
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her body is in london but her heart belongs in hong kong. who can best them they have a whole army they have to pull east and what we have. the how much. safety cocos. and this is just not fair to me and even though we are strong right now we stand strong and who can help us in london alexander is safe from the tear gas and yet she still considers her protest part of the big picture. we will fight stuti and until we got what we want we want out the more christine we want. our universal suffrage but that is exactly what beijing doesn't want them to have and so the fear is spreading even to those far away from home. next is really where the senate will convene on choosing a 1st special session to figure out its next steps in the country's political crisis all during
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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 last week the leader of the far right league party deputy prime minister met there are so many calls for snap elections and a bit to lead a new government. tourists got a special tour of italy's senate building on monday because inside the country's future was under discussion snap elections no decision yet vice premier luigi to my oath called ending the coalition you're responsible i'll shoot my jail salvini and his party decided to cancel the coalition and run away from the problems facing italians which must be resolved backroom talks all day on finding a way forward so being his former coalition partners the 5 star movement opposed to the elections the democratic party is split ones at sea in east a from my. want to avoid elections turning this government crisis into an economic emergency that could possibly even force italy out of the e.u.
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so. allstate was going to vote. c b idea of a caretaker government passing the new budget that the current government is running away from and holding elections afterward is neither possible nor credible it would be a huge gift to the far right that we are actually trying to stop for a bit davido or die god or a new right wing alliance among silvio berlusconi supports a sell beanies league and the neo fascist brothers of italy support early elections on to the city we are the power of yes yes to big projects yes to tax cuts to reforms in taxes education and justice and to traditional family values and through the senate is to decide the next steps tuesday evening prime minister joseph a condé will likely face a confidence vote on august 20th. that's very up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. and you migrants rescue ship has saved
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more than 250 people and its 1st 3 days in the mediterranean the ocean viking picked up the migrants off the coast of libya it's the largest of the rescue boats searching the seas between north africa and italy. the trump administration has announced new rules aimed at cutting illegal immigration into the u.s. the rules would deny permanent residency and citizenship to legal migrants who use public assistance such as food stamps or medicare and official said the u.s. wanted immigrants who are self-sufficient. a yemeni separatist group supported by the united arab emirates says it's ready to for talks with yemen's saudi backed government the separatists seize control of this city of 8 over the weekend after a breakdown in the coalition fighting yemen's iranian back to the rebels separatist seek independence for southern yemen. and india nearly $200.00 people have
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died in severe monsoon floods and mudslides the rains have forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in the south and west of the country the worst hit states are maharastra contacts and kerala and it's only been a year since kerala suffered its worst ever flooding. 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 maharashtra to provide assistance in the prevailing particular mission juggernaut a strong saw 1st met the longest deployed press 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
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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 like a mad kerala. it's been at least 5 or 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. the german government is planning
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a lot to ban plastic bags because it says voluntary agreements with retailers haven't worked well enough for one seen as a pioneer of green policy germany has been struggling to deliver on its environmental goals including reducing greenhouse gases. a reusable cloth bag that's the ideal alternative but ubiquitous plastic bag still reign supreme germans use an average of $24.00 plastic bags a year that adds up to $2000000000.00 plastic bags annually and that's too much according to germany's minister of environment the. best thing that hits that i am going to ban plastic bags out right it's an important and symbolic stick to discourage throwaway society from using things once and then tossing them out it can't go on we're going to put a stop to it. that's for several years now there's been a charge and most plastic bags which is led to
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a 2 thirds reduction in their use now that last 3rd is in the target the move many german support ms are special i'm fine with it i have enough cloth bags and the like that i can use and reuse so it was a whole it's definitely a good thing those plastic bags are thrown around just about everywhere it's a sensible environmental step to take to reduce plastics plus we're going to get additional at the i i really like them and i was just shopping and you can scrunch them up so nicely. if the environment minister has their way this will be just the 1st step she's already got her sights on single use plastic packaging but that used for fruits and vegetables it's likely that producers and manufacturers will be asked to carry part of the disposal costs so that others aren't left to deal with the rubbish. next in football byron munich are through to the 2nd round of the german cup while the defending champions won 31 against cutpurse who play in
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the 4th tier of german football byron kick off the want to go season on friday taking on heritage belin. and in tennis canada has a rogers cup canadian teenager the yankee school became the 1st female home winner of the cup in 50 years after serina williams had to pull out with an injury where he was was only on court in toronto for some 16 minutes before she had to stop playing because of back spasms she was left in tears as she was consoled by her opponent. in the men's final in canada rafael mandela came out on top in his match against danielle medved yes. the reigning champion rafael nadal dazzled from golf showing plenty of aggression to set the tone early on the against i'm neil made better. off just surviving to break points and breaking medvedev served the world number 2 looked in
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control of his russian rival showed fight but couldn't force areas. that al sealed the 1st set 63 with this suit put shot down the line and it was smooth sailing from then on much to the delight of his spanish supporters in the audience i. want you to angle to serve failed to turn around much better if fortunes in the 2nd set nadal at this point clearly comfortable with everything the world number 8 through its him. the spaniard consistently broke in the 2nd set to cruise to 6 mil claiming the rajah's cup for the 2nd year running making it the 1st time he has defended a title on the mournfully court he will now recharge his batteries before the us open having pulled out of the cincinnati musters shortly after this match and. this
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