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this is deja vu news live from berlin a suicide bomber attacks a crowded wedding party in the afghan capital kabul dozens of people are killed and many more injured it's the deadliest attack in kabul this year no group has yet claimed responsibility also coming up. tens of thousands of protesters in hong kong braved heavy rain for a mass pro-democracy rally their turnout is being closely watched as a gauge of public sentiment after more than 2 months of violent clashes and increasingly stern warnings from beijing. and jubilation in sudan as the country's
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military and pro-democracy opposition signed a landmark power sharing deal degree meant paves the way for a transition to civilian life. unlike the local thanks for joining us we begin in the afghan capital kabul where a suicide bomber has attacked a wedding party killing more than 60 people and wounding dozens of other no group has yet claimed responsibility the attack comes as the taliban in the united states say they're closed for a deal aimed at getting u.s. troops to withdraw and ending the 18 year conflict. cobbles huge wedding halls are centers of community life but the grand design and decor of this one belie the carnage of the attack the death toll detailed in part by what many of
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the victims left behind. throughout the night ambulances ferried the injured for treatment outside of a nearby hospital relatives checked for names of the dead and injured an attacker had set off explosives in the midst of the wedding celebrations yeah dimon presented the explosion happened near the stage where the musicians were all of the young people and all the people who were there were killed some are wounded and now they're in the hospital and others are dead. this nearby hospital needed every bit of space to accommodate the victims they had arrived in a massive wave of distress. of all of them or can borrow money we came to the site of the blast and i saw that many women and children were screaming and crying many martyrs and injured people were transferred by the ambulances and it was really
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a terrible situation. beyond the weddings themselves wedding halls are also used as simple meeting places for small and large gatherings that's made them the target of a local affiliate of the so-called islamic state. last november at least $55.00 people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked hundreds of muslim scholars and clerics gathered in another kabul wedding hall to mark the birthday of the prophet muhammad. we spoke a short time ago to journalist t.v. and kabul we asked him who could be behind the attack on the wedding party. at this point it's hard to tell who's responsible for this attack and. i received dire still operates and i'm on it's on it's all gone how flat out rejected any responsibility calling it an anus attacks saying that lewdly condemned such an attack. but you know i think it's really important that this kind of attack into context because as the video showed you know the fact that the bombers name it so
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close to the stage means that they made it through the entire route of the people these wedding halls are giant structures where hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people gathered you know tables all around said ensuring namely around the dance floor. and the state of the performers are so essentially you know the bombers have open access to hundreds of people who have nowhere else to go the other thing that you see in these structures is as big as they are and as shocked as they are there's generally only one entrance and one exit. and socially we have to remember that the average on person who can't go abroad who doesn't you know have access to fancy are the ones who don't know foreigners who drove these wild creatures and things like that this is really like their one chance you know to to dance and to solitary and to sing and to have some kind of enjoying the you know
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this was like the one last vestige of something like that and the fact that you know it's come under attack this time. in such a thing in this way you know it's also very much a blow. to life in the city. that was journalist ali latif he's speaking to us earlier from kabul. in hong kong pro-democracy demonstrators are marching through the city center for a major rally it's the 11th consecutive weekend of protests you're seeing live pictures now as tens of thousands brave heavy rain to join that demonstration organizers have planned a peaceful march to prove they still have popular support despite mounting violence and growing warnings from mainland chinese government protesters are demanding democratic elections and an independent investigation in what they say is police brutality against the protester. phil is at the
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pro-democracy rally in hong kong and sent us this assessment just before the downpour. this is the climax of another big we can do protest thousands upon thousands of people gathered in the victoria. now this is being organized by the civil rights front they were the people behind 2 massive protests back in june which they said attracted a 1000000 even 2000000 people onto the streets but of course so much has changed since june we've seen weeks of violent clashes protest is going head to head with police on the streets we've seen those very violent scenes in the app this week which chinese state media jumped on accusing some of those move by the protesters of being close to terrorists we see in beijing harden up its rhetoric we've also seen the people pulling china's peoples on police gathering on the border with hong kong there was a very very different situation today today's other mass rallies that we saw back
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in june you will deny this is somewhat of a point to prove they want to show that they can still be a chance group supports in hong kong or they still have the backing of the people who might some of those by the name they also want to prove that this can stay a peaceful pro-democracy movements. in hong kong for us now to some of the other stories making news around the world. some 4000 people have taken part in a moscow rally organized by russia's communist party ahead of city council elections other opposition groups were not granted for mission to hold demonstrations and supporters have been holding single person pickett's instead to get around the ban . and iranian oil tanker detained in last month is preparing to depart after receiving a new iranian name the ship previously known as the grace one is due to set sail on
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monday the us has obtained a warrant to seize the vessel but would still need approval from gibraltar is courts. heavy rains in have triggered flash flooding killing a homeless man in the parts of the historic grand underwater several roads across the city were also submerged the floods briefly halted ferry services connecting the asian and european sides of the city. to italy now where the government has allowed 27 unaccompanied minors to disembark a migrant rescue vessel off the island of lampedusa interior ministry. reluctantly authorized them to leave the open arms ship but he says he won't allow the other 100 migrants aboard the vessel to enter the country 6 other e.u. countries say they will accept the migrants. accompanied by the italian coast guard the migrants finally reach land medical stop
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a 1st to see the unaccompanied youths before they are allowed into the receiving center. but just a few 100 meters off shore more than $100.00. as the italian government refuses to let their rescue ship dock. being on board the. since they were picked up near libya on august 1st. the constant fights and arguments 17 days of unbearable tension and living in over. credit conditions even a detained person should not be treated this way the battle is holding us against our will even though a court has mandated the evacuation of these people so they can receive medical attention. the spanish rescue ship one a legal battle to enter italian watches despite a ban by far right interior minister material salvini still refusing to let vessels dock in italy despite offers from up at you countries to take in them are grants his hardline stance is popular with many people here. why should they come to love
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adieus and why. the aid group has now filed a formal complaint with prosecutors in sicily accusing salvini of holding both the moderates and the crew hostage. sudan is celebrating a historic agreement after months of protests the country's ruling military council in civilian opposition alliance have signed a constitutional declaration paving the way for a transition to civilian rule and free elections it's a new chapter for a nation that has weathered demonstrations and a bloody military crackdown after the ousting of longtime president oma al bashir. dressed for a day that's historic salmond is taking to the streets again this time to celebrate she was one of the 1st to join the protests spent months demonstrating time behind bars now she feels her struggle has been worthwhile. we want to sit down where
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freedom prevails and the rule of law we want good relations with our neighbors and a country where resources are distributed in a fair way for all people. 2 signatures to seal the new beginning the military and civilian opposition together adopting the power sharing agreement after weeks of negotiations a document designed to bring democracy to see don. but there's a bloody stay on the new alliance the june massacre when paramilitary troops cleared a protest camp. killing 120 protesters the new deal places the militias under the army style wrecked control. i promise you that the army will do its utmost to respect the will of the people we want to protect the path to a democratically elected civilian government. who was for hundreds of thousands to celebrate in khartoum. was
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including salmonella. that the aftermath of our sacrifices were not for nothing the bloodshed by those who died the wins that were torn and the time we invested from the beginning i mean. the people of sudan have tasted people power and they say they will use that power again if the new partners do not abide by the new agreement representatives of 180 nations are meeting in geneva to agree on protections for vulnerable species like elephants the trade in ivory has been banned worldwide for years but some african countries say the ban is unnecessary they want restrictions on elephant in ivory exports to be loosened elephant tracks go straight across daniel jeremiah's field the small farmer lives in kasama on the edge of tobie national park the packer derms often enter his farm
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and eat or trample his crops you know over there come every day can see. everything. botswana is home to africa's largest elephant population with around 150000 the number is growing in some areas there have been deadly encounters between humans and elephants in may but want to lifted a 5 year hunting ban now the country's going a step further by pushing for limited ivory trade at the world wildlife conference in geneva scientists fear that could also lead to more illegal trade in ivory we know that within africa we really struggle to control trade of products like wildlife and we struggle to sort of monitor it and regulate the legal side of things and we cannot stop in the illegal side of things i mean it's theoretically
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possible that poaching could get worse and of course than that that's that's a worse outcome for elephants effective controls are needed to ensure that only tusks from legal haunting are traded but countries with rampant corruption often lack such oversight and that could worsen the plight of al offense and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you in hong kong demonstrators are marching through the city center for a major rally you're seeing live pictures again as tens of thousands brave heavy rain to join the 11th consecutive weekend of protests. you're watching the news up next the blueness leader show is back with a bang bringing you all the goals from saturday's match ups conceded an early one at home to out for find out if last season's runner ups could be battling back again all that and much more just a couple of minutes on the bundesliga a mike local i'm in berlin you're watching news more news at the top of the out.
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