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the future of europe starts september 2nd on d. w. . this is coming to you live from berlin hong kong airport reopens after 2 days of pro-democracy protests today it looks like business as usual but this was just yesterday. what it calls terrorists like acts by protesters does this rhetoric signal a crackdown is coming government we look at what's driving this political crisis.
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and a female referee will take charge of a major mince match in european competition for the 1st time tonight stephanie for a pop will read liverpool against chelsea in the super cup. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us flights have resumed at hong kong international airport after 2 days of chaotic protests forced to shut down in a bid to avoid more disruption the airport authority has obtained a temporary injunction banning protesters from certain areas china's hong kong affairs office has condemned what it calls near terrorist acts the mass demonstrations have escalated into outbursts of bile and says activists clashed with police here's
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a look at how things unfolded. was the 2nd day of the shutdown and the anger is palpable was clashes everywhere ah was protesters penned a policeman into a corner take his truncheon up. forcing him to pull his weapon up. remarkably no one was killed elsewhere the thing this man is an undercover policeman ah was he's attacked was eventually medics bring him to safety. ah the demonstrators continue to apologize to frustrated travelers was
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afraid of was hong kong's leader carrier fearing or threatening the worst. hong kong society has become insecure unstable and violent no matter who's perpetrating violence it will push hong kong down a path of no return but. it will put hong kong society in a very anxious and dangerous situation like him. she was harangued by journalists who want to know whether she's a puppet of paging. through the bill or not or does beijing need to give an authority on says that question up images from the mainland suggest a showdown may be near a visible military buildup 30 kilometers away just over the border and shines an. the question no is this just bellicose pull string or we'll be joining actually send in the troops. bring in our various t.v.
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calling now in hong kong phoebe what's the latest on the protesters returning to the airport or are they turning their attention elsewhere. now standing at the arrivals hall the oncall international airport and if you can see behind me there are still one to 200 protests this did return to the airport and some of them actually stayed here opened night they continued the mass faces at the arrivals hall at the whole place national airport and the number off the pistons to please quite significantly today it's not clear that there will be more people joining you know the answer day but the latest development is that the airport authority has confirmed that a court has found to be a party and intelligent order to ban whoever illegally or intentionally
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disrupting the usaf off the airport in other words that means the pope has this what are the protesters they can continue their sampling here at the airport what the question and we asked as we as we have at the airport 9 there. plus the committees of offices passionately hold out and they're expected to post the notice i'll be jealous and that was that. the auto will come into effect if they weren't clear how it will be carried out and i think we have to wait for more details from . the t.v. beijing has released video of military drills just across the border from hong kong that was clearly meant to send a message how is that being interpreted there. this kind of message sent from beijing and mainland offices has been all frequent. these days and that has been written this about what this chinese troops
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will be deployed to handle the crisis in hong kong 4 weeks already and most of the hong kong citizens they have the chance that this kind of message and i think this kind of. move is more like a kind of intimidation to oppose has this and these citizens in hong kong and actually and this is the kind of threats to protest. the government and the authority from beijing they want to all want to protest this not to go on the streets but a lot of why stay well they're bad a consequence says somehow maybe they'll send troops and this is a small one like simulation to. clearly intended to try to intimidate but what do you impact or those warnings from beijing having all the protestors and public support for the protest movement.
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while most of the protests we have spoken we have asked them how they feel on this kind of move from the chinese government actually most of them they are not frightened by these kind of warning messages somehow they are mentally prepared for these kind of the worst situation of what we have mentioned earlier and i think this is part of those has this but for them there is it a sense both of them they actually do believe that the chinese government will handle a crisis in this way because this bill dramatically the economy a phone call and that will be a disaster to the hong kong international repartition and so on from many of them in hong kong they ask they didn't believe the chinese government will actually be swayed. t.v. thank you very much as always for bringing us up to date. called there in hong kong . now let's take
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a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today russian authorities ordered the evacuation of a village close to the site of a nuclear accident only to cancel the order hours later this is added to the uncertainty surrounding last week's explosion at a russian military testing facility which killed at least 5 people and caused a spike in radiation levels in a nearby cities. hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires from wildfires in greece with the largest blaze burning out of control in a nature reserve on the island of the north of athens 4 villagers in a monastery have been evacuated authorities have declared a state of emergency in the area. to new treatments for the didley in both the disease or know being offered to all patients in the democratic republic of congo after a trial there showed survival rates of up to 90 percent. a major ebola outbreak in
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the country has already killed at least 1900 people. to music companies have cancelled appearances by plastic go domingo he starts turner is facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment spanning decades los angeles opera where think of is general director is launching an investigation in a statement the singer called the accusations troubling he said he believed his interactions and relationships were always welcomed and consensual. italy's populist prime minister is in a fight for his political survival giuseppi conti is facing a leadership challenge from the right wing of his governing coalition cota got a reprieve on tuesday after the senate's put off a vote to set a date for a no confidence motion deputy prime minister matteo salvini is behind the challenge so beneath through the coalition government into chaos when he demanded snap
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elections he said the differences between his far right league party and its coalition partners were too great. all joining us now from florence is john hooper he's correspondent for the economist news weekly john where do things stand now does italy still have a functional government at this point. it has a government taking care all day to day business but i think the mood of the moment was the best summed up in one of the newspapers this morning which had the headline even the crisis is in chaos. the what we saw yesterday was a nowhere trickle defeat for mr salvini up until now he's had all the running he was meant to have
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a meeting with silvio berlusconi still believed to have a small party in parliament that would see all the alliance that would have virtually no gallant teams mr salvini victory in the next election that didn't happen then he was meant to withdraw his ministers from the government that it would. then he went to parliament and he was defeated by for the 1st time one alliance between his former allies and the 5 star movement and the center left opposition democratic party solution not a good day for mr salvini but what he did succeeded in doing most confusing everybody and by saying that he would back a measure out of the road that had been widely seen that still is widely seen as something that was dreamed up by the 5 star movement as a way of delaying what we don't know and whether he has driven away
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injured train the 5 star movement or added some new friends or whether he is crafting a ladder down which to go out to climb out of this crisis and he's created so quite a chaotic crisis as as it were to help us out here in terms of where this how this might play out is there any clear timeline here what can we expect to happen then over the coming weeks. well we. tion line is we have is that on the 26th mr kong the prime minister who go to the senate following day he will go to the chamber of deputies and in either or both of those they could be a motion all new confidence in him which if he loses
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or if he feels that he doesn't have the backing all follow him then he would go often he would see if he the president had a state 7. and hand in his resignation but beyond that we really don't know and in fact one of the other newspapers today said what all the various ways out of this crisis there were far you all so that gives you a measure of the degree of confusion that we have at the moment john thank you so much for explaining that for a set was john hooper there from the economist well italy is marking one year since the collapse of the marandi bridge in genoa 43 people were killed in that disaster and some 600 made homeless the bridge provided a key link between france and italy carrying the highway that emerges from the
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series of mountain tunnels in the west and runs to the port city of genoa on the mediterranean last august the bridge collapsed during a heavy thunderstorm sending some 35 cars and several trucks onto the railway tracks below the calls of the collapse has still not been determined authorities are investigating dozens of people as well as the motor operators last june the ruins of the bridge were demolished to make way for a new structure but for those affected by the tragedy the future remains uncertain . not read the charts no has lived near them over on the bridge for most of her life she says seeing the last few pillars disappear didn't bother her it was more of a spectacle but now she has to watch as the house she lived in for nearly 60 years is demolished only pieces of the 1st floor remained the same theme song on there.
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you can hear the dickens and jackhammers what i can get away with. the sound is terrible. that affects you more than watching a. little bit. and i'm rita and her sister me mum were lucky they own a flat in the center of genoa and were able to move there it's smaller than their home near the bridge but they have to leave a lot of their belongings behind anyway they were only permitted to return to their old home accompanied by officials a few times it lies directly under the bridge which at that stage was in danger of collapsing. and i. believe that like grave robbers because there was no sign of life there anymore it's an awful feeling when you don't recognize your own home you know vehicle most in some ways going back was part of the process of letting go. so memories are
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painful for the 2 sisters but not all of them there were like moments among all the drama. that you will find. funny when one of the firemen the one with the pasta opened a drawer and found some noodles from a good brand and he said you're leaving them here and we said tad they're just noodles. and he said i have that they're noodles from money santa they're good for another year. you can make so i get even. i said ok ok take them. the courts are currently debating who is responsible for the disaster local authorities or the private company in charge of the motorways the outer strada pad in a case that will probably last 2 years the motorway company is currently refusing requests for interviews gena was vice mayor is keen to point out all the work that
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has already been done but he avoids answering the questions of who is responsible to be a considers certain things disaster it was a catastrophe or something didn't work. but i can't judge what happened technically the judge has to find answers with the help of engineers who understand these things a lot more. a lot of that is passed in the meantime traffic is rolling again but infrastructure is in bad shape in many places around the country the bridge which is now being used to redirect traffic to church i know rita i mean as old neighborhood has also seen better days. these volunteers at the committee that campaigns for victims of the disaster or weeks after the bridge collapsed i was distraught to try to divide those affected. ways that up but what saved us was that we all said no. we showed that we were united and that we weren't
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for sale and you know. that gave us power in the goetia nations and it was dangerous for the other side that it didn't. for the victims it was a good lesson to learn that there is power in unity but they will still never get their old lives back. swedish climate. is due to set sail for the un climate conference in new york today toward traveling by air the 16 year old is making the trip in a carbon neutral racing yacht she'll be leaving from the english port city of southampton we as we report it could be a rough journey. this is a boat climate activist gratitude. for at least 2 weeks on tuesday she went to familiarize yourself with the vessel. had been how to get to new york without increasing her carbon footprint this yacht she hopes is the answer last week she
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admitted the journey would not be easy. i have not sailed this form. so i thought i am going to go there now and to try to sort of get basic lessons and how how to what to do and what not to do. before setting sail skipper. and our father who will accompany her on possible problems including the weather. this trip will be massively challenging. for all of us. i hope we were able to find a route that it's not too rough so we can go out a bit longer to sail around strong winds. that's not always possible so we have discussed we have. she tries to mentally prepare for that. the weather will not be
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the only challenge the 8 to put your to design for speed rather than luxury so the amenities such as the sleeping quarters are basic at best. and there is no toilet or shower but the vessel is fitted with solar panels and the electricity on board is produced by underwater. this means to me he's likely to achieve her goal of making the long journey across the atlantic with 0 carbon emissions and so set an example for others to follow. some sports news for you and history will be made tonight in the usa for super cup for the 1st time ever a woman will referee
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a major men's match in european competition france's stephanie will take charge of the all english clash between liverpool and chelsea in turkey. the stand bowl is the venue for the latest milestone in the career of stephanie frappe the french referee has already taken charge of a men's game in her country's top league but she says she doesn't feel like she has to stand out from her male counterparts. i don't think so i think is the same we had to prove as physically they can legally and that the game that we have the same that demands so i'm not afraid about that so i think nothing changed from. the respective coaches say they're proud to be part of history. so many things in the world which we are still obviously not. smart enough to make the right decisions at that very very smart decision that we finally can bring able to
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put to him to be the referee of a very very important game in a big game in front of millions of people i think we were very slow everywhere on this and now we are trying to make strides and it's a long way to go over and sons of tomorrow i think is a huge moment it should be very well addressed and very place this place we are pleased he said historical moment as one more step in the right direction i was there. as well as for this super cop is notable for other reasons it's a 1st between 2 english clubs and for liverpool it's a returns we stand scene of their greatest ever european triumphs and miraculous champions league final victory over ac milan in 2005. chester said they have avoided a transfer ban after admitting the breaching regulations on signing players under the age of 18 city were applied 340000 euros by people but escaped the ban after
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it was said the club had both accepted its responsibility if it did not specify which players exactly the breach related. said he's premier league rivals chelsea were handed a transfer ban earlier this year also for breaching regulations regarding use player. i am unique and signed even parazit on a season long loan from enter milan the croatian winger has been brought in to bolster viands tak german media reports a buy and have paid 5000000 euros for the loan with the option to make the deal permanent next season for 20000000. unlike other most of the european capitals berlin has never really been a domestic footballing powerhouse but this season for the 1st time in over 40 years the german capital will be represented by 2 different teams in the top flight have
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joined in the bonus player for the very 1st time by rivals in your own who earned promotion in a playoff. beats being a summer of ecstasy for. the arrival of top flight football at the outer 1st i means that 2 historic capital city darby's are on the horizon. it has to be the move in the 1st league and also real pros of the good we can play against. the big big derby and that's what we look forward to seeing from the new and rising in the east means that hats have a challenger for the capital city crown it's the climax of an unlikely success story. journey to the bundesliga has been a long and arduous 120 years ago the club was on the brink of bankruptcy and extinction now they've got a freshly renovated stadium plans to expand it even further and have just become the 1st club from the old east german leagues to make it to the bundesliga since
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and in 2009 but out west hats are have long been at home. room in the upper reaches of german football they're accustomed to having the police league or to themselves this year they've got company for my hats a star and current general manager. knows that the rise of hertz as rivals puts plenty of pressure on his club it will be of course a lot of pressure in the city like the city but. hatter as the more established side have the most to lose this year underdogs are out to cause an upset all eyes will be on bowling for the east west capital city darby with the season about to start the countdown is already on when your host hatter here at the 1st i in november it will be the 1st time ever that these 2 sides meet in the german top flight it's a historic occasion for the german capital and whatever's going on in the
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bundesliga table it will be a massive footballing occasion for both teams bragging rights are on the line. just a reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on d.w. news flights have resumed at hong kong's international airport after 2 days of pro-democracy protests last demonstrations were marked by outbreaks of violence trying to slam the protesters for what it calls terrorists like action. still to come here on news from germany's economy contracts for the 2nd quarter of the government says there's no need for a stimulus package to profit up it's coming up and business with christoph cover right after. course you get all this news information around the clock on our website that's it t w don't call me and all of us here in berlin thanks for
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watching.
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renewable solar wind i'm optimistic that. we're not totally say b.c. . you know. where all of the r. word germany research statistics showing its economy contracted in the 2nd quarter what chance on the macro says it's too soon to worry about a recession also coming up the united states postpones tariffs on chinese goods as beijing releases new figures it says show the economy still booming. i'm chris clover welcome to the program europe's biggest economy is running out of steam and fears of a.

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