future of europe start september 2nd on g.w. . this is d.w. news live from berlin tens of thousands of hong kong protesters have braved heavy rains to take to the streets and take out another mass demonstration in the turnout is being closely watched as a gauge of public sentiment ultimo the 2 months of violent clashes and increasingly stern warnings from beijing. the so-called islamic state says if behind a deadly suicide bombing in the afghan capital kabul generals are now being held

for the victims the blast targeted a wedding celebration attended by more than a 1000 people dozens were killed and scores more injured. and storm in the open it's been this latest season with a hot one something about to show that it's a serious contender for taking the championship title. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program in hong kong pro-democracy demonstrators a marching through the city center for a major rally it's the 11th consecutive weekend of protests there saying live pictures now as tens of thousands arrive throughout the day and evening to join that demonstration one large group of activists has gathered in front of hong kong's government complex organizers planned a peaceful march to prove they still have popular support. despite mounting

violence and growing warnings from the mainland chinese government protesters are demanding democratic elections and an independent investigation into what i say is police brutality against the protesters. let's hear now from one of the protest organizers bonnie long she blames the hong kong authorities for the violence in recent weeks. that we feel it will stick out like norah barrow again that makes a lot of young protesters feel that they have no was a way to protest except to do the radical. actions however we saw that asked am i always been happy to. be a victim of excessive politics at least bringing hope that these young people kept the day eat grass so today we got our socks. and also we hope that the feast will understand just wow so they will allow time to have

a peaceful day because they will explain itself so yellow ballot will party gas bombs no rubber bullets will be released to that. date a nice challenge chosen who joins me now from hong kong chelate tell us what's been happening there today. correct i'm outside the government headquarters at the moment where a number of these protesters have convened i'm not sure if you can see just behind me but these as this is the legend is of council the government had courses there's a bit of a spontaneous laser show happening at the moment these lasers have become a a common feature an icon if you like of this protest movement that's ever since one protester was arrested by police for having one of these days as it is still peaceful on the streets at the moment but the protesters who are just below me on this big main road have completely shut it off and there are some questions about how long police will allow that to carry on for better. as i say it has been an

extremely peaceful day so far the protests began in a pot they assembled that was something that was committed by police but the the spread of these people through the streets was not authorized nevertheless they have marched through the whole essentially hong kong braving pouring rain at times but rebecca a lot of these protesters who we're seeing out again tonight have seen tear gas they've seen rubber bullets in recent weeks they certainly aren't going to be put off by a bit of rain. shield that we've seen these mass rallies often every weekend for 4 months now what's different about today. today's been organized by the people behind 2 massive rallies that took place in june where we're going to say at one of them up to 2000000 people attended now what's been crucial about today is the organizers wanted to prove that they could still bring out that many people back onto the streets of hong kong and that this could

importantly remain peaceful as well they really are trying to counter this narrative that sprung up over the last few weeks that some of these protesters are extremely violent that something that wasn't happy with my scenes that we saw at the airport earlier this week which was sprung on by chinese state media as proof that these protesters were violent and not sort of peaceful the peaceful demonstrations like the ones we've seen today in fact beijing likened some of those more violent protesters to terrorists so all the nice is today are going to be very candid the scenes that the the world 2 sees that go around the world peaceful scenes like the one behind me and what we've seen so far today so a much more peaceful event there today but tensions must still be pretty high their health authorities been responding to the romney. authorities have put out a statement in response to today's rally they said that they're particularly on set . upset that one of the key complaints of protesters today one of the key themes is

today is to to accuse the police if brutality in their handling of protests in recent weeks that authorities have said that the police have been violently attacked themselves in authority say that they are fully behind the police cause here now what we have seen is a real hardening of rhetoric day from beijing in response to these weeks of protests that is common tandem we've seen that we've seen all the peoples police the chinese paramilitary on the border with hong kong said people of course given that are going to be watching very closely for statements coming out of authorities in hong kong and beijing challenged doesn't pull in hong kong thanks very much. several line grunts who are among a group stranded on a rescue ship off the coast of italy's lampedusa island have jumped overboard in a desperate bid to reach the shore the migrants began swimming towards land after

being denied permission to disembark for more than 2 weeks by the italian government an offer by spain to dock at one of its ports was rejected earlier by a spokesman for the open arms rescue vessel he says diet conditions on board make the 6 day journey to the spanish port of i'll just see it as impossible. for the founder of the ngo in charge of the rescue ship warned that the humanitarian emergency was only getting worse. how many days of we've been warning how many days. people in the water fighting violence panic crisis everywhere how far do you intend to go. what are you waiting for. do you want deaths remember this is over for me i heard those. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world to broach the house refused a request by the u.s. to seize an iranian tanker currently caught in a standoff between tehran and the west washington had attempted to detain the

vessel on the grounds it had links to iran iran's islamic revolutionary guard which the u.s. has designated a terrorist organization the ship is judas that sale on monday. in the bangladeshi capital dhaka several 1000 people have been made homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum many of the shanty homes have plastic groups which help the flames to spread no deaths were reported although several people were injured. some 4000 people have taken part in a moscow rally olden eyes by russia's communist party ahead of city council elections other officers were not granted permission to hold demonstrations and supporters have been holding single person pickets instead to get around the ban. in afghanistan the so-called islamic state has climate responsibility for a deadly suicide attack on a wedding party in the capital kabul funerals than being held for the victims the

attack left more than 60 people dead and dozens more injured many of the victims were women and children the explosion took place as more than a 1000 guests were celebrating a marriage in a shiite neighborhood of kabul. the so-called islamic state declared war on afghanistan's shiites nearly 2 years ago and it's time responsibility for many attacks targeting them in the past. 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 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 pursuit of 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 that the market bottom of it 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 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.

representatives of 180 nations a 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 and ivory exports to be loosened. elephant tracks go straight across daniel jeremiah's field the small farmer lives in cousin a on the edge of toby national park the packet derms often enter his farm and eat or trample his crops you know i live in the come every day of can see. this. everything. there they already damaged 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 pretend we're not stopping the illegal side of things i mean it's theoretically possible that poaching could get worse and of course than that that's why 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 elephants jim and 2nd now in dortmund opened a bond as they get champion at home to old spec they were came to take advantage of

by munich stroll with her to berlin on friday portman had an early fright quickly recover it. dortmund fans are hoping that this is their year and off their bye and opening day draw on friday perhaps the back 4 was already dreaming of the title as they were caught sound asleep in the 1st minute. outboards new signing florian needle ational with his 1st goal for the club just 55 seconds in. but don't mend responded just 2 minutes later they're attacking the trio of jade and sanchez to marco royce and pack o. cassidy combined to pull one back i know look past from royce showing telepathic understanding with the spanish striker. in the 2nd half it was outsports defense that started off snoozing axel vittal calmly dribbling down the left flank and his time cross carried straight to jade in sand show i was linked with

a move away this summer that showed where his loyalties lie i to one after 51 minutes i was on the calamitous defending continued. my this time outs book keeper who must prove it made a mess of it allowing al cassatt city up captain marco royce the dortmund stood. just 2 minutes later than lead increase to 41 as a house for collapsed and outcast a sealed his press was really going scored in 8 minutes or starting down dortmund's left on site to round things off new signing your young guns came on to score on his debut was it was the 5th time and don't wince history that they conceded in the 1st minutes of an opening day fixture but after the shock of the early goal they put on a dominant display that sends a clear message to their title rivals you know that by going on that us we all took

note of the fact that by andrew on friday and that was a little added incentive for us we're just happy to have taken 3 points and we're looking forward to the next game with the black and yellows will be wary of last season's to refix start but the fans already dead to dream.