a brief respite hundreds of flights remained canceled officials warned many others would need to be rerouted after the shutdown for some wary travelers a mix of frustration and sympathy. it's it hasn't been funny i don't think if that for homecoming they came forward yeah things that i going they're going on with it's like more people and here hopefully to you things. and everyone gets safely home. hong kong's airport one of the world's busiest is now ground 0 for protesters and their challenge to beijing thousands staged a sit in here on monday outraged over what they see as the erosion of their democratic freedoms by china. is a kind of thing called income p.t.'s off selfishness opposed to out of the robot god we cannot avoid this just somehow know i'm not for the world because we fight for our final goal that is all freedom. protesters anger fueled as well by fresh

scenes of police violence on sunday they fired tear gas at close range at demonstrators inside a subway station and charged many with tons. of violent scenes are now a growing part of the biggest crisis hong kong has seen in decades. but the territory's chief executive defended the police and gave no sign of concessions at a tense press conference. was set up for what is your was a dot com was the chief executives responsibility is to ensure that hong kong remains a safe and orderly and law abiding city that is just my utmost responsibility my you might know it as protesters show no signs of backing down the territories rulers have ramped up their rhetoric denouncing some violent

demonstrations as terrorism for the 1st time that many fear could be a prelude to a harsh crackdown under anti terror laws and joining me from hong kong international airport is our very own phoebe call phoebe even though the airport is open again many flights are still canceled understand does that mean that we can expect further on rest at the airport. well the thing and let us some play for this place thanks they are here at the conference now still with yeah i'm right here by way i'm standing right here the bush has to stand up to the right at the arrival of the so far as you can see behind me that was true as i see just walking through not at the cost for there like going to the phone call and i'm so mothers will pay off all the stops on of calls to be all for a self the air force of the office 100 license with the shows i cancel button on

the base carry it they receive it but other life operates by other allies around the out with this through normally and protesters then i'll give them a chance though guns and somehow this walk around on the new tunnel and this fight is about message to the true surviving. long haul from different from the pole they know that this would be you can use to them and so far you would means you sold the movies not that chance is at. the protests are obviously continuing to understand that they're actually spreading to other locations so what can you tell us about that. yes apart from here forward there are rallies all the nice and down and open and hospitals and also on the phone today and the hundreds of medical stuff including talk says this is a protest against the less talent see on the phone companies most say so what they will lack must cannot be where black ribbons on the uniforms and

the full test of what it was i was just the hospitals and this trying to state governments especially the police force not to try to come off having the citizens . 7 like in the future and that is the nature of the monster and the city they're professionals not a focus. it's a little something else standing out on boys on their own sons too was the 1st for us to spot at least. hong kong authorities and the chinese government are using increasingly sharp language to condemn the protests the word terrorism has been used what do these latest statements tell us about the authorities strategy for resulting such. was just mentioned in the report only that try them that's the press earlier today and she says she's trying to reiterate it all the consolations who was the fall and all

this so forth all right it's just on the government's that they're not backing now anyway they're not making money from the mines to any of the months of the process the spend use that they are using cost language to condemn the post as this action also shows 7 for them the same that the protesters have simply no state of the society and the face of the flora to they even are despite the protests this is terrorist cell on which and see that is this not something this is not a good sign to cool down the situation but it will further strike a balance i feel like lead in these t.v. thank you very much brings up today to our correspondent there in hong kong t.v. cause. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today australian police arrested a man who stabbed a woman and tried to knife others in sydney police said the man shouted god is great in arabic for being pinned down by passers by the victim is now in

a stable condition police are also investigating a possible link to a body found near the scene of. the truck that ministration has announced new rules aimed at cutting legal immigration into the us rules would deny permanent residency and citizenship to illegal migrants who are used to. assistance such as food stamps or medicare yes mitchell said the u.s. wanted immigrants who are self-sufficient who are likely to become a publisher in argentina president. trees surprise defeat in sunday's primary election has sent the country's stock markets and currency into turmoil peso fell to a record low over fears of argentina could return to the protectionist policies of the previous. italian senate will convene today for a special session to figure out its next steps in the country's political crisis

lawmakers will attempt to set a date for a motion of no confidence in the populous coalition government last week the leader of the far right league party interior minister matteo sound beenie called for snap elections in a bid to lead a new government himself. 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 bice premier luigi to my oath called ending the cold you're responsible i'll shoot my j.-o. salvini and his party decided to cancel the coalition and run away from the problems facing italians which must be resolved back to 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 that once that see it is so from my. want to avoid elections turning this government crisis into an economic emergency

that could possibly even force its italy out of the e.u. so got. the 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 the video or to goggle a new right wing alliance among silvio berlusconi supports a sell beanies league and the neo fascist brothers of italy supports 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. the standard is to decide the next steps tuesday evening prime minister joseph a county will likely face a confidence vote on august 20th. but let's bring in journalist john hooper he's in florence he's the italy correspondent for the news weekly the economist thanks for

being with us john tell us what can we expect when the italian senate meets today. well i think we can expect plenty of drama this evening as the 2 factions in parliament battle it out on the one hand the those who support teo salvini who will want to move forward as quickly as possible to heal actions and those who are on the other side want to just slow things down either because they're being caught unawares by his sudden withdrawal of support for commentates government of all because they dream of dragging things out of the a certain point the president. will have no option but to say look i've got to put in place some kind of government appointed by me just to get next year's budget

through polymer in time and that's a government that maybe. could be supported by his former allies or his former allies in the 5 star movement and at least part of the center left democratic party some material being he is tired of being the junior coalition partner in the government he wants to lead the country himself by calling snap elections when his party is in the polls how likely is it that material any will get his way. i think that at the moment a lot depends on this evening's vote on the tactics that he used against him. how likely is it that if he gets to elections it's he will win an absolute majority is also all because he's riding a round of mom 3637 percent in the polls at the moment and most people think that

he's going to need about 40 in order to ensure that absolute majority power he has the backing of paved a number of far right party the brothers of italy for money you know fashion is. the big no no a moment is whether he will also need to bring into his coalition a suit your bet was tony and his folks italia oxy so it's uncertain then whether salvini has enough support to form a new government what if he fails could all this end up backfiring in kicking salvini out on the government. where he himself according to one report this morning is going to pull out all jews are paid conti's government to day. also his ministers having said that yes he is involved in any

high stakes gamble he feels that he is very popular that he is riding a wave the moment this is the moment to cash in and also. as you indicated in your report perhaps sidestepped some of the problems that accumulated in the current government. if the outcome is far from sir. john thank you so much for your insights john hope for the economists correspondent in italy thanks a lot talking to us from florence my pleasure. the indian city of mumbai now it's home to thousands of colonial era structures but has recently seen a string of building collapses called pounded by heavy monsoon rains despite the danger many citizens continue to live in old elaborated building risk of collapse our correspondents on your father went to mumbai to find out more. young people india has lived here for much of her life this building

a century old was built just as world war one ended it's a tough climb for the 55 year old with chronic need but that isn't i mean what. she says the building which is 80 tenants is crumbling and that it had our gallup all right how can you let it have had recently this slab of stone came loose and seriously injuring a neighbor on the ground floor and then you're right in the one dream that young he shares with a family practice run to the whites the plaster. and bamboo sticks prop up the ceiling then there will be a way that i live in constant fear that the building will collapse my children are at work all day so at least they're safe but my husband and i stayed home we could be killed but the way i see it we've lived our lives. already leaving the police isn't an option for young whose family owns a modest living tenants like her she just $10.00

a month here in print some pay even less. that's due to a colonial that limits when buildings like this one but that also means owners get little money to invest and repairs leaving the structures to rot. many areas in mumbai like here in. a home to all of rickety properties data shows that are more than $14000.00 buildings in the city that at risk of collapse due to a lack of maintainance and government apathy dealing and repairing them often have deadly consequences. last month a 4 story building collapsed at that spot killing more than a dozen people and injuring many more disasters of this kind on uncommon in the city. mumbai's chronic house it was also linked to its dense population and scarcity of land the city is surrounded by water on 3 sites and has

no space to grow. more than 40 percent of its 18000000 residents live in slums and shantytowns experts say at the heart of the problem of the city's sky high values and a powerful builders lobby. has sort of in the last 20 years for the situation collapse of a building it would mean that there will be an option off the developing. private developer and also because then they have much going on most of these buildings are in the island city and that. the prices of. cities. people residents who do decide to run down buildings in these prime areas on to much better. sunday family used to live in an old building in south

mumbai until it partially collapsed one. the government and the president here to the so-called transit camp to wait till the building was demolished and rebuilt that suddenly the day when we moved in here we thought it would take a year or 2 at most but now 13 whole years of come by we've just somehow continued living here in the hope that someday we will get out and. young isn't much and often dangerous place. option would be to get out and lead a much better life in a far flung sample either way it's not much of a choice. the end of our story for what used to be an infamous cold war landmark 58 years ago today work began on the construction of the berlin wall the barrier was intended to stem the population drain from communist east germany to west berlin and west germany the wall formalized west berlin situation as an island

in otherwise communist territory the enclave was now surrounded by more than 150 kilometers of massive fortifications yet west berlin remained a magnet for those wanting to escape east germany at least $136.00 people were killed trying to get across that wall in total more than $600.00 people were killed trying to flee east germany the berlin wall stood for 28 years until $989.00 when a series of mass protests set off a chain of events that ultimately led to the opening of the front tier and the end of communism in central and eastern europe during that time dissidents and activists in east and west germany helped smuggle thousands of people a crawl sore under the inner german border our reporter christina cook caught up with one of. the best thing about jail hartmut says it was.