this is d.w. news live from berlin zimbabwe's government strikes back at protesters accusing it of corruption and mismanagement of the economy police attacked protesters with the tongs and tear gas and water cannons in the capital harare the demonstrators had to find a police van to take their complaints into the streets also on the program the iranian oil tanker seized by gets ready to set sail to british territory granted the ship permission to leave after securing a promise from iran not to deliver the cargo of oil to syria. and on call

braces for another weekend of protests as a newspaper seen as a mouthpiece for beijing urges china to take direct action. i'm carl massive and welcome to the program police in the zimbabwe have used tear gas and water cannons against anti-government protesters and the capital harare more than 100 opposition supporters demonstrated despite a police ban which was up held by the high court supporters of zimbabwe's opposition movement for democratic change accuse the government of corruption and mismanaging the failing economy. pails and violence as a symbolic way police clashed with a position supports his firing tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters. testis. earlier on

friday demonstrators took to the streets of harare after their plans for large scale marches were banned by police late on thursday nights. that angry at the government blaming them for the country's dayak anomic situation if we demonstrate peacefully we want change was rather tired of promises promises promises riyad tired enough is enough. if there's ever going to be people people we have the power within is the executive that is why i often proceed he is the most original. it was supposed to be the 1st in a series of protests across the country overnight by the main opposition party movement for democratic change after zimbabwe's high court rejected that challenge to the ban opposition leaders vowed to continue fighting. we are not making doubt

we are going forward to the people of zimbabwe i typed it up i want to end this long suffering so what else again would be my cheese please listen but. as police launched the crackdown the ruling party zanu p.f. issued a warning to demonstrators. visions no we didn't really. need this in a recent oh number has she demanded. howard stern no shit. we are not going to allow him. to do the piece that stand. with almost a 3rd of the country's population in need of 8 demonstrators a set to keep up their calls for change however police attempt to stop them. so how big of a threat are these protests for the government in zimbabwe correspondent privilege

most on here it is in harare and sent this assessment. i think the government is bound to plead to these demonstrations that were planned for today to 10 violent and to become if threats to the government with the bad ground of the january 14 riots where they were spread across the country and ended up being violent and property was destroyed across the country. the government is also weary of just the general sentiment is that obtaining across the country where people are feeling hard done with what only he is doing because a lot of people the cost of living has gone up high and a lot of people are struggling to put food on the table but if you look at the year that is just gone by when prison and when al gore was elected into government

a lot of expectations were high that the economy was going to turn out for the better but it is turning out for the west but you also need we also need to take into account that you are in the heritage 30 years of misrule and economic decay so to turn around such a situation it would take 10 years ask for patients there and reforms that the government is instituting but those reforms will not take place or take effect overnight they will need time to be implemented this zimbabwe had no currency now they are trying to bring back their currency but all these reforms unfortunately are coming into time when the economy is not performing and people are demanding immediate change so it is a difficult task for the government. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world and iranian oil tanker is preparing to send sail from gibraltar after being held since

early july the british territory has released grace one despite a last minute legal bid by the u.s. to keep it in detention the vessel was held on suspicion of carrying iranian oil to syria in violation of e.u. and u.s. sanctions a charge that iran denies. a bomb has exploded in a pakistan mosque during friday prayers killing 4 people one wounding at least 20 it happened near the city of an area with a strong taliban presence the brother of the afghan taliban leader is reported to be among the dead. police have clashed with the demonstrators in indian abner's and ministered kashmir after friday prayers several 1000 people rallied in the main city of srinagar wishes in its 12th day of a security lockdown after india stripped kashmir of its a ton. or china appears to be readying to take direct action against

protesters in hong kong with a newspaper seen as a mouthpiece for beijing backing intervention the global times said quote if hong kong cannot restore the rule of law on its own it's imperative for the central government to take to read action chinese armed police have carried out drills just across the border with hong kong ahead of fresh pro-democracy protests planned for this week at these pictures show a paramilitary police exercise in the chinese city of chanson on the border of hong kong forces here appear to be practicing how best to handle angry protesters it's clearly a signal being sent to hong kong a warning to the quote rioters there that's according to the global times a mouthpiece of the communist party it says that hong kong cannot restore the rule of law in its own it's imperative that the central government take direct action. the message is a thinly veiled threat to the demonstrators in the form of british colony in hong

kong on friday thousands of people gathered for a peaceful demonstration in the city center the slogan for the evening was standard hong kong side many here are hoping for support from western democracies around the world and fear that beijing could soon intervene. if air his various scare as. i'm cause she dying. from their home we are as a point of no return so we have to protect our homeland and know and stand on my own code you know come back to that's why i'm here. mall rallies and protests marches a planned for over the weekend. charlotte shelton pillas in hong kong she sent us this update as the territory enters its 11th weekend of protests. thousands of people are once again gathered in this iconic hong kong congress evening this is the certain number of protests planned over the weekend this one is

being called a stand with hong kong power to the people protest the organizers demanding that the u.k. and the u.s. take action in solidarity with this pro-democracy movement now a lot of people are going to be watching the events of this weekend very closely that is after a big turning point on tuesday night when 2 men were detained and assaulted by protesters at the airports protested then issued an apology saying that they believe that the 2 men were chinese infiltrators they say that they've learned from their mistakes they want these protests going forward to remain as peaceful as possible but the trouble is of course this is a leaderless movement well that's been a big strength of the protest movement is also a weakness is there a small factions factions of protesters who do plan on becoming more aggressive protesters here say the events of this. weekend will also depend on beijing any action they take and of course the actions of police who protesters say that become

increasingly violent over recent weeks. all social media played an important role in the hong kong protests activists have been using apps like twitter and telegram so organize rallies and inform protestors about times dates and places and now they're getting even more creative in order to extend their reach rebecca ritter's is here and she can tell us more about that i mean what kind of tools are we talking about here were you mentioned a couple of them before the more standard ones twitter and telegram but now the police are cracking down on the protestors they're having to get you to move more savvy you know way to keep up momentum and spread the word so one of the ways they're doing that is through the dating app tinder so people in hong kong of started using the app not just for dating but that is where their protests support for the protest movement like these ones here adding hash tags political slogans to that in the profiles just to keep up a mentor and some even using political slogans as their profile pictures like as in

this case here as a show more support more support keeping up the momentum rather than actually organizing you know day to specific times or whatever but another tool that's become really popular. may not be as 5 minutes of us but with i phones we surely know it's a it's an i phone file sharing feature and it's great for reaching people who don't use social media people who perhaps on a tech savvy or the elderly you don't have to download it you don't even have to be on the internet peer to page have to have bluetooth for sharing files you can share files to random people who are basically in the radar proximity it's kind of like an old method style of leafleting if you will and there they're also all encrypted on this on this tool so it's pretty safe and of the features turned on you can send a message to. anyone in the area so it just pops up the new phones as receive

message so they've been sending you know lots of dates and post his stuff about events that are happening so tender airdrop i mean what about who are they trying to reach them is just people in hong kong well you know they want to they want international recognition as well but a particular group of people that they're trying to target is a tourist from mainland china there so they're targeting them through address up coverage of the protests in china has been heavily censored so a protest is a tug meant to try and get their message across through this way. some of the images are done designed to look and feel a bit like propaganda from beijing but if you look more closely and realize that you realize the message is actually anti chinese government jobs especially good for reaching these this target audience because it gets around any files that people might have from chinese telecommunications companies it think they're really coming up with some creative ways very creative stuff even using tender with no thought of that user backorders they very much. you're watching

news still to come in the militias make a capital city jakarta is sinking because of uncontrolled groundwater extraction so the government is planning to make another city the capital and lead to heart to its subdomain in fate. or hinge or refugees in camps in bangladesh or facing danger from their own people according to reports over the last 2 years at least 31 refugees have been killed in camps in bangladesh many others have been abducted for ransom the perpetrators are gangs of young role hinge or men in the camps are home to more than a 1000000 people the majority of whom fled mean more in 2017 to escape brutal military crackdown our correspondent david greene reports. well to see his son ali shows us the spots were bullet struck him in february 6th the ranger refugee spent almost 2 months in the hospital. and has limited use of

his right arm and hand. i think i'm the luckiest person because i'm still alive even though they shot me 6 times that one had the. lease says the assailants are also written and mistakenly think he's an informant for the bangladesh authorities this is not an isolated case refugees say criminal gangs murder people they think are government informants and cannot children from families with relatives living in more wealthy countries or hands a father told me he bought me a couple more than $6000.00 us dollars to get us 4 year old son back refugees and researchers say for some of the gangs the only goal is to make money no matter what the human cost but there are also range of militants in the camps as well as the surrounding jungle whose aim is to fight me a mars army and they're willing to kill their critics the dominant militant group is the arab just salvation army or r.c. it's attacks on the m r security outpost in 2017 were immediately followed by

a brutal crackdown by me m.r.s. military forces hundreds of thousands were injured a fleet of bangladesh matthew smith of the human rights group fortify rights says our side has not been held accountable for violent acts against their fellow almost complete impunity for. militants with regard to these crimes against civilians so killings torture threats and intimidation. there is there's no real justice bangladesh's refugee agency says the country is struggling to handle the challenges of hosting so many refugees but it says security in the camps has been stepped up more police more police because the police. thought you know now maher. can you mean if you talk about 1000000 people. person there for 1000000 people under pressure after reports of murders are so-called honor him to refrain from committing crimes in bangladesh at the same

time are said disavowed any responsibility for any of the violations that have taken place today which is a problem because we're talking about a very serious crime his son only says he's unaware of any connection between his assailants and are so since being released from the hospital he along with his wife and 3 children find a new place to live every few days when i met him he again had his bags packed. i have no protection so i keep moving from one place to another because i fear the people who shot me as. he says life on the run is the only way he can stay alive. it's a city of 10000000 people or perhaps 30000000 it depends where you draw the boundary line what is certain is that the indonesian capital jakarta is one of the world's most crowded cities and one of the most polluted and on top of that it's sinking the results of uncontrolled groundwater extraction and for these reasons the

government is looking to move the capital today indonesians learned roughly where that might be. young the capital city is not only a symbol of national identity but also a representation of the progress of the nation that we do this is for the realize ational of equality and economic justice this is for the vision of forward indonesia indonesia that lives for ever. here by request permission to move national capital. to cali well is the indonesian name for the island of borneo it's also shared by brunei and malaysia we don't know didn't reveal the exact location on borneo but has in the past toured the island looking for the ideal location borneo is said to be favored because unlike other parts of indonesia most of the island isn't prone

to earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. the plan is for the government to start moving there by 2024 something that's expected to cost upwards of $33000000000.00 for many in jakarta though the move could be their only hope. jakarta is disappearing slowly being swallowed by the sea an abandoned mosque no more human to the city's bleak future scientists estimate as much as a 3rd of it could be lost by 2050 1000000 are at risk. that allowed us to get it why is the water level now higher than my home. why am i now living below the water level. maybe because the sea water is swallowing the soil little by little. but that's all i know. but luckily we now have that seawall now that. the sea defenses though showing cracks in

the thousands of shacks that dot the shoreline here flood regularly. leaving behind hazardous waste and pollution. in the past it wasn't like this it was nice there and the sea water was good the beach sand was nice and we could still play in the water now we can't do that anymore the water is macky and dirty it floods every high tide. that out of. jakarta. to climate change and poor resource management excessive grown water use has led to massive subsidence the city is sinking residents are heading if not for higher ground then higher floors resigned to chaos. but i'm never good to know what's worse today i'm not so nervous about the flooding. in the past when the floods came i used to tremble i nearly drowned back in 2007 all my belongings were

swept away and i had to start all over again. with. the government to planning a fresh start hoping to relocate the capital. to borneo such drastic measures aren't an option for the poor to cost and living on the edge of this unfolding disaster. to germany now where finance minister scholtz is in the running to lead the country's center left social democratic party s p d german media is reporting he told the party's interim leaders that he would run if they wanted him to would be the most high profile candidate running to lead the government's troubled junior coalition partner according to a recent poll he is currently the 2nd favorite among germans to become the country's next chancellor the final s.p.d.

vote party vote will take place in december. i'm joined now by our political correspondent simon young from our parliamentary studio simon good to have you how good you think olof scholtz is chances are becoming the new s.p.d. leader. i think he's got pretty good chances or at least these chances would be good if this candidacy turns out to be confirmed at the moment we're just hearing media reports that mr scholtes is ready to rumble looks pretty likely and he choses would be good because he's the 1st real political heavyweight who would be joining this contest there are 12 or more other candidates who've already said they're running but you know he's the 1st one from the front rank as finance minister and deputy chancellor obviously he carries a lot of weight he's got a few more hurdles to get over though he needs to find

a woman running mate because it's been more or less decided the s.p.d. will have a sort of double headed gender balance leadership in future and he needs backing from some of his cabinet colleagues as well and then of course he'll have to appeal to the majority of the 420000 men because of the s.p.d. who are the ones who will be voting on the question of who will lead them in future simon let's assume that he clears those hurdles i mean the yes to be a p.d.s. and slumping in the polls and through the asm is low and that's being nice is scholtz is he the hero that this party needs. yeah well a hero isn't perhaps the 1st word that you think all in this connection shorts has often been described as sort of cool and technocratic and even arrogant

and he doesn't have much of that sort of down home charm that many german politicians of the left. have had and of needed to get to do to advance in the past so. that spats against him or what's for him is that you know as finance minister he has shown that the social democrats are capable of exhibiting financial probity fiscal probity and good financial management of course that is worth a lot in a national poll where germans look in particular at the economy when they come to vote yes of course in a coalition with the chancellor merkel's c.d.u. party what could scholtz mean for the government of he were to become the new head of the s.p.d. . well i think whoever takes over as leader will have to look at the question of how much longer they can carry on in the grand coalition of conservatives and

social democrats. as a junior partner in that coalition the s.p.d. have been doing very badly as you said they've lost massively support and many of their own supporters even say that they no longer know really what they stand for that's going to be changed whoever's leader. shorts might not be the man to do that because he's very identified with this coalition because he's been quietly supporting angela merkel for many years as finance minister. d.w. political correspondent simon young thank you very much. leaders of nations at risk from rising sea levels in the pacific ocean have failed to agree on new climate change commitments the meeting of the states into follow hoped to help limit rising temperatures but australia the world's biggest coal exporter blocked a binding agreement in order to protect its economy. the half hearted handshake says it all there's nothing to be proud of here instead of

a compelling global call to action the pacific island forum concluded with a watered down plan that opposing nations can easily opt out of the frustrated host scrambles for conciliatory words everybody should move together in the firmly spirit of the forum but i think that. it's used to start ups to the blaming game but all fingers are pointing towards australia and its prime minister scott morrison. of the 15 most climate vulnerable states on the planet 7 are in the pacific region in order to protect them the leaders were hoping the forum would commit to action to limit temperature rises and agree to an immediate halt to coal mining these hopes for quickly dampened by the region's powerhouse. we as christians very strongly during our exchange in face betrayed me in school as

though you were concerned about saving new economy. situation in australia conserves about saving my people involved likewise the leaders of those of this rich moron tom just morrison has long championed his country's lucrative coal industry he concedes climate change is real but insists it can be managed in a way that doesn't hurt his economy. because try to cancel 1.3 percent of the will to missions astride you. want to start one on them. and if we're serious about it we'd better actually understand that emissions don't have a nationality and with the bulk of emissions come from that's what's threatening the world's moment but at this point it's also australia's actions or the lack of them that are jeopardizing the future of millions of people living in the pacific structure our responsibility morris and won't be able to walk away from.

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