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this is the news live from berlin zimbabwe's government strikes back the protesters accusing it of corruption and mismanaging the economy police attacked protesters with the tongs tear gas and water cannons in the capital harare the demonstrators had defied a police ban to take their complaints into the streets also on the program hong kong braces for another weekend of demonstrations as a newspaper seen as a mouthpiece for beijing urges china to take direct action. and indonesia's mega
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capital jakarta is sinking because of uncontrolled round water extraction so the government is planning to move the capital to another place and leave jakarta so it's something to arrange things. i'm calm asked and welcome to the program police in zimbabwe have used tear gas and water cannons against anti-government protesters in the capital harare more than 100 opposition supporters demonstrated despite a police ban which was upheld by the high court supporters of zimbabwe's opposition movement for democratic change accuse the government of corruption and mismanaging the failing economy. chaos and violence as zimbabwe police clashed with a position support says firing tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters. earlier on
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friday demonstrators took to the streets of harare after their plans for a 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 until now. it is in the general people people we have the power one busy is the executive that is why they will receive the system was originally. it was supposed to be the 1st in a series of protests across the country organized 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 picking doubt
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we are going forward to the people of zimbabwe i can't pick up the one in this long suffering so what was he doing with my cheese please listen but. as police launched the crackdown the ruling party zanu p.f. issued a warning to demonstrate his. visions no that we weren't really in. any of this and oh and i was the mend. howard stern. we are not going to allow him. to do this that is the 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 was fun here it is in harare and sent us this is suspect. i think the government is
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bound to treat these demonstrations that were planned for today to 10 violent and to become a threat to the government with the bad ground of their 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 sentiments that obtaining across the country where people are feeling hard done with what the economy 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 i was elected into government a lot of expectations were high that they going to turn out for the better but it
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is turning out for the west but you also need we also need to take into account that ye inherited 30 years of misrule and economic decay so to turn around such a situation it would take 10 years ask for patients there are 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 is zimbabwe had no currency now they are trying to bring back a 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. a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world an iranian oil tanker is preparing to set sail from
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gibraltar after being held since early july the british territory has released the grace one despite a last minute legal bid by the u.s. to keep it in detention that's was held on suspicion of carrying iranian oil to syria in violation of e.u. and u.s. sanctions a charge that iran denies. u.s. democratic congresswoman rush to leave has rejected an offer from israel allowing her to visit her palestinian grandmother in the west bank saying the conditions for the trip were oppressive that the special permission reversed a previous israeli ban on her entering the territory israel's offer came after to leave agreed not to promote boycotts against the country during her visit. a bomb has exploded in a pakistan mosque during friday prayers killing 4 people and wounding at least 20 others it happened near the city of cuenta 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 demonstrators in indian administered
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kashmir after friday prayers several 1000 people rallied in the main city of srinagar which is in its 12th day of a security lockdown after india's strict kashmir of its autonomous. alright i'm calling now where china appears to be readying to take direct action against protesters 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 direct 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. these pictures show a paramilitary police exercise in the chinese city of shenzhen 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
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a warning to the quote riot is 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 on its own it's imperative that the central government take direct action the message is a thinly veiled threat to the demonstrators in the former 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 stand with hong kong. many arab hoping for support from western democracies and fear that beijing could soon intervene. for. fair. share i am cause she dying from their home we are as a point of no return so we have to push our own homeland and no one stand by on code you know come back to that's why i'm here. more rallies and protests much is
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a planned for over the weekend. it was in hong kong she sent us this update as the territory enters its 11th weekend of protests a. 1000 people once again gathered in this iconic hong kong congress evening this is the 1st in a number of protests planned over the weekend this one is being called the stand with hong kong power to the people protest the organizes 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 nights when 2 men were detained and assaulted by protesters at the airports protests and 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
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possible but the trouble is of course this is a leaderless movement where 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 protests as hearsay 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. well it's a city of 10000000 people or perhaps 30000000 and 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 its most polluted and on top of that it's sinking the result of uncontrolled groundwater extraction and for these reasons the government is looking to move the capital today indonesians learned roughly where that by b. . young the capital city is not only
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a symbol of national identity but also a representation of the progress of the nation. this is for the realise ational of equality and economic justice this is for the vision of forward indonesia indonesia lives for ever. here by request permission to move national capital. is the indonesian name for the island of borneo and it's also shared by brunei and malaysia we don't know didn't reveal the exact location borneo but as in the past the island looking for the ideal location was said to be favored because unlike other parts of indonesia most of the island is not prone to earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. the plan is for the government to start moving there by 2024 that's something that's expected to cost up to $33000000000.00 for many though in jakarta
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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. of allowed us to get it was the water level now higher than my home. why mine are living below the water level. maybe because the sea water is swallowing the soil little by little. that's all i know. but luckily we now have that sea wall now that then will lead. to. 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
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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 and now we can't do that anymore the water is murky and dirty it floods every high tide. to caught up. to climate change and resorts 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 a bit 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 with all my belongings were swept away and i had to start all over again. with. the government to planning
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a fresh start hoping to relocate the capital. to borneo such drastic measures aren't an option for the peerage of cottons living on the edge of this unfolding disaster. are in sports now when the new bundesliga season kicked off on friday night and wasn't the start the defending champions by munich were hoping for in their game against erica berlin robert the dusky byron in the lead in the 24th minute opens later dodie buka baju is shot so could a flexion on the signs were level then marco grew huge for territory in the lead after the break it was netting his 2nd of the game from the penalty spot to make it to all and that was the final score by iron drop points in their 1st game of the season. business news up next with stephen beardsley stay tuned for that and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web
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