this is t w news 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 the scene just yesterday beijing condemns what it calls terrorist like acts by protesters does this rhetoric signal that crackdown is coming also on the program.

please don't use the r word germany releases statistics showing its economy contracted in the 2nd quarter but chancellor merkel says it's too soon to worry about a recession. radiation levels spike in a russian town after an accident of a nearby weapons testing range authorities canceled an evacuation order and downplayed the danger is it a cover up. also giving up the woman makes soccer history she will take charge of a major men's match in european competition for the 1st time tonight stephanie from power steps up to referee 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 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 violence as activists clashed with police here's a look at how things unfolded. was the 2nd day of the shutdown and the anger is palpable ah clashes everywhere i 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 the law was he's attacked was c eventually

medics bring him to safety. the the the demonstrators continue to apologize to for straighted travellers was afraid of was hong kong's leader kerry lam 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 beijing with rule the bill or not or does beijing need to give an

authority on says that question the images from the mainland suggest a showdown may be near a visible military buildup 30 kilometers away just over the border and shames an. the question now is this just bellicose postering. actually send in the troops. our correspondent has been covering the story all along and she joins us now from hong kong international airport phebe what is happening at the airport today. while the f. up was you just press the send the sands here at the entrance hall the international airport this is to be functional level we asked and they were like yeah yeah and the representatives are the authority just they just post that the intel send order down to 5 because outsiders come know at the end and that is this

all that will come into effect immediately and this order. banning everyone from head to sustaining and assemblies our whole task here at the airport and the destinated area they're not allowed to participate in the sampling out of and that's made the area speidel fartsy and are not allowing anyone to are coming here to you legally or intentional it is drop the usaf off that we off the airport so that means the questions would be what the airport authority what they removed that we maybe post past this was they hear at the airport sulfide as you are 100 suppose past this they return to the airport and they continue demonstrations here they're going to say that the protests area but we're still not clear what or what is the next step on the authority. to talk to us about this video that beijing has

released of military drills taking place just across the border from hong kong it was clearly meant to send a message how is it being interpreted there. won't be in hong kong many of these kind of messages and instrumentation to the society and especially to the protesters on the streets on this kind of message has been spread throughout the hospital. by the probation politicians the banking spankers they all want the hong kong. that it says that there is a chance for chinese government to send troops to handle the crisis in own home. but most of them they have a chance that this kind of message and i think that most of the protest is down already frightened by this kind of message. tell us about the impact that the warnings that we're hearing from beijing from hong kong authorities what impact those are having on the protesters i'm particularly the public support for the

protest movement. was mentioned to oppose has this been on i mean they're not frightened by these kind of mass a stand on its feet just because the cost line plays off amazing how it seem at all that there is this is most of them they actually they don't believe the chinese government will. take these supposed to end the crisis of hong kong because this go further on the economy we are on call and that will be at the sas to do own homes international rapt attention which has been all eyes something really ideal for all not only on top at large chinese government south most of the ordinary citizens they don't believe that this will happen but for probation sake i am and prototype was out of business at this and the system fine put them to my very my they have just paid my way the hour on my own i was happy to see thank you very much that was

the w.'s phoebe kong there reporting live from the hong kong international airport and you were just seeing some live footage from the airport. now of some of the other stories making news around the world hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires in greece the largest blaze burning out of control on a nature reserve on the island of the north of athens 4 villages and a monastery have been a back you with stories have declared a state of emergency in the air. 2 new treatments for the deadly ebola disease are now 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 of both the outbreak in the country has already killed at least 1800 people . the colombian government has confirmed the presence of a fungus known as panama disease on banana forms and its coastal region the fungus attacks the roots but now the plants which eventually fall bearing fruit its

presence could have a devastating effect on the crop both as a food source and an export commodity. germany's latest growth figures have fueled concerns that the country could be on its way to a recession the economy contract to 0 point one percent in the last quarter this after posting lackluster growth in the 1st 3 months a year and none at all at the end of last year. the slump has been attributed to a halt in sales of machine parts and cars to china uncertainty over brakes it and a difficult lobel trade environment through the economy contract again in the next quarter europe's largest economy could officially would officially be in a recession. well for the story behind the numbers i'm joined now by christoph cover from our business desk good morning christiane german economy shrinking or is this pressure coming from well germany is is one of the very prominent victims of

the globally deteriorating trade environment which you know of course is a result of the trade war between the u.s. and china domestic consumption and government spending remain solid in germany sort of propping up economic growth but exports there are huge drag been look at the at the 2nd quarter and they remain one of the one of the big pillars of course of the german economy and thereby you know when it's not working and it's not going on when you run when business is not good then we see the sector causing problems to the to the overall picture ok well one quarter of negative growth we get another one of those and it's officially according to most definitions a recession should germany be worried about it well if we look at the last year the last couple of quarters they have all been somewhat unstable i mean you mentioned that there was there was dip in the 3rd quarter of 2018 there was stagnation in the

last quarter of 2018 we had slight growth the beginning of the year now we're back into negative territory again so it is a somewhat unstable picture if we look at the reasons why we are have why we have a shrinking economy right now which is a a worsening trade environment then chances are that we're going to have more of the same in the weeks and months to come because the trade conflict could be resolved but doesn't look like it so far and so the chances of germany entering a recession well i think they've grown by today ok so the question is then what to do about it from a government point of view any stimulus measures. the works well as of now the government is holding still because they're saying domestic spending is solid government spending is so far also helping to keep the economy going the german chancellor just yesterday said well germany might be facing difficult economic

times but we have to we have to act as the situation demands it and as of now situation isn't as bad as the government things you know at my feet necessary for them to intervene that again might change if we look at the months and weeks and months ahead and if germany should go into recession kristoff cover for a business unit thanks for bringing us up today you're watching news still to come in this half hour are we in danger of radiation that's what the residents of a small russian town want to know after an accident at a nearby weapons range if visual response has only raised more questions. italy is marking one year since the disaster is bridge collapse in the city of genoa hundreds of people among them top government officials have gathered at the site where a memorial ceremony is underway the bridge collapse killed 43 people critically

injuring many others and left leaving 600 homeless disaster struck in the city of jeddah or during a heavy thunderstorm a 200 meter section of the bridge gave way sending dozens of cars and trucks on to railway tracks below. authorities are investigating dozens of people including the bridge operator. in june the remains of the bridge were demolished but for those affected by the tragedy the future remains uncertain. and i read a chart that was live near the motor 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 remain the same theme song on there.

you can hear the dickens and the jackhammers well i can go away. the sound is terrible. that affects you more than watching it. and i 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 had 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. some memories are painful for the 2 sisters but not all of them there were light moments among all

the drama. that will fast out of this 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 we said tad they're just noodles . and he said i but they're noodles from muddy sunnah we stuff they're good for another year. you can make so i get them. 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 i'll just drop a penny tallia in a case that will probably last years the motorway company is currently refusing requests for interviews. gena was vice mayor is keen to point out all the work that has already been done but he avoids answering the questions of who is responsible.

i only consider certain things disaster it was a catastrophe and something didn't. know but i can't judge what happened technically the judge has to find answers with the help of engineers who want to stand these things a lot more. that it was 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 volunteers at the committee that campaigns for victims of the disaster or weeks after the bridge collapsed i was thrown out of try to divide those affected. was that. what saved us was that we all said no. we showed that we were united and that we weren't for sale you know.

that gave us power in negotiations and it was dangerous for the other side i think 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. to russia now and the kremlin says it's winning the race to develop cutting edge nuclear weapons despite last week's mysterious explosion at a military testing site which killed at least 5 nuclear scientists following the blast authorities ordered the evacuation of a village close to the accident site in northern russia only to cancel that order just hours later local officials had reported a spike in radiation levels in the area while russia's defense ministry said radiation levels were normal and conflicting accounts are adding to the uncertainty surrounding the accident. when help clear is up was crossed over to our moscow bureau chief yuri rachet to europe we've got 5 people killed in evacuation order

issued then withdrawn do we know the true spirit of this nuclear accident. well terry what we see now is that typical russian secrecy tactics that that surely is not very helpful and that can probably cause more damage than how it's a back and forth tactic of that scholz that there is obviously no real plan how to manage the situation look yesterday there has been contradictory information about whether the area has to be evacuated or nor of course we shouldn't jump to conclusions now like u.s. president donald trump did in history to be she's sad that the united states could learn much from the failed to missile explosion and russia to be honest i don't know what he exactly meant and what exactly is the world can learn now from these russian secret back and forth tactic let's remember another recent a similar incident in russia 14 sailors died in july in

a file in the nuclear nuclear powered submarine in that barren sea all information about this accident was classified as a state secret so now once again it's unclear how much of the official information we can believe or whether the russian authorities perhaps trying to hide to the true extent of what happened well tell us how this accident than is being reported in the russian media and what normal russian people are saying about it. washing media also had very little information about what happened. to the accident itself nor obama to the danger of hope people in the area where it's happened according to iraq's government center of the russian state where the edge and see the iraqi ational went up by 6 times last week on thursday directly off of the explosion here in moscow the ministry of defense had to claim there was no increase at all. save. that is located close to the explosion

as opposed to short term. activity but this information vanished from their off fishel side nearly a week now has passed since the explosion terry and we still have almost no information about what exactly happened in the north of russia yuri thank you so much moscow bureau chief yuri rachet to the next story takes us to northeastern nigeria where a group of young men and women are taking the fight against boko roll into their own hands calling themselves the civilian joint task force they say the army has failed to protect the people of the group was formed in 2013 with the aim of driving the islamist fighters out of their towns and cities these young people armed themselves not just with guns but also with daggers machetes sticks and iron bars and some fear these young people might one day themselves be the calls of

trouble elisia progress reports from my degree. the city of my to glory during the islamic festival of salafi muslim families intermingle s. groups of blue clad civilian paramilitary stand guard against possible book karama tax something they say the army has failed to do the young residents begin arming themselves in 2013. we just. sort of diffuse will reign in regret that is our emergence that this ideology of everybody's revenge that it will today the civilian j t f has around 26000 members many a school dropouts who says little of tonnage have to fighting in the militia their growth has left residents worried that my degree is turning increasingly violent activist ahmed noor is one of them locals call him a peace ambassador all the while adam blows the more government counters

in inappropriate manner the more you know you know aggressive our people are trying to be is giving it's changing the cultural mindset of our people our people are now right becoming violent by the day and other who have to fight to survive day in day out every month he gathers members of the community to build networks of activists and to work on education programs one initiative aims to encourage young people to return to school and to speak out against hate speech and he courageous community. before we had all your children to school and you were being is a sensible for our children. and also for health especially he has met with caution times of a major advance with his history major curry's official motto is home of peace but peace disappeared when boko haram came says. he hopes that the lorry will push

harder to. improve the situation. however many youngsters admired the civilian joint task force now while yusuf a research at the university of my degree calls it of resistance culture of violence these villages are what they are doing really attract a young ones. to join them are all sort to be like them they are supposed to be in this school and the problem is going to surrender so bad not fighting broke why don't. more how mad is checking worshippers for weapons she joined the militia when she was 17 after poke around had killed her husband and father she prides itself on being braver than her male co fighters nevertheless she still dreams of becoming a doctor. i was there but is that what we are hopeful that one day we will study and get good jobs but i think i'm going to go our government has promised us

that that's why. but for now the civilian does not expect a defeat anytime soon they continue to recruit new members steadily militarizing my degree and so grows the need to offer its youth and i'll turn it to future perhaps and then can this city reclaim its place as a home of peace. in football news now in history will be a major night in the way for the super cup for the 1st time ever a woman will referee a major men's match in european competition france's stephanie will take charge in the all england 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 i was physically they'd make me a tactically that we have the same that demands so i'm not afraid about that so i think nothing changes only. the respective coaches say they're proud to be part of history. because 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 and for 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 still a long way to go over in terms of tomorrow i think it's a huge moment it should be very well addressed and very pleased this place we are

pleased to historical moment as more struck in the right direction i was. 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. talking about english clubs manchester city have avoided a transfer ban after admitting to breaching regulations on players under the age of 18 city were fined 340000 euros but escaped a ban after a fever said the club had quote accepted its responsibility if it did not specify which players exactly the breach related to. city's premier league rivals chelsea were handed a transfer bed earlier this year also for breaching regulations regarding use player see. and just reminder the top story we're following for you

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