this is deja vu news live from berlin twitter and facebook take action against chinese government propaganda targeting hong kong protesters beijing has been trying to counter the pro-democracy movement with social media dissin for mation some 200000 accounts linked to that campaign have now been suspended by twitter also coming up. a landmark case in el salvador a court acquits a young woman accused of murder after suffering a miscarriage the 21 year old was facing 40 years in prison.

and a german chancellor on the machall talking climate change in iceland a country that just said farewell to a glacier that simply melted away. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us social media platforms twitter and facebook have shut down accounts targeting the pro-democracy movement in hong kong those platforms said the accounts were part of a chinese government does information campaign aimed at groups and individuals twitter has suspended some 200000 accounts and plans to ban advertisements from state run media facebook has also taken action it has also closed a number of accounts some of the posted images showed protesters as cockroaches and terrorists. or posts on social media platforms are just one of part of

beijing's propaganda war here's a look at what state run t.v. is doing to get the government's message out. state propaganda can seem so harmless at hong kong's border china's communist rulers have rustled up a fairy tale $600.00 illuminated drones however in the night sky i love hong kong and i love china is their message but propaganda can have another aspect the evening news also has a message protesters are plunging hong kong into chaos. she's the only indian who should take to the demonstrators are like you read droppings they have angered the people and the powerful in heaven here in the u.s. . china's state media feed the viewers an endless stream of the same images of violence there's no coverage of peaceful mass protest demonstrators are equated with terrorists under the control of foreign powers no coincidence then that the

stars and stripes flooders into the shot. it doesn't start as a very young it's very sad that they are being led astray i mean that most of us i hope every good tale needs a hero that rules are reserved for food. a journalist for chinese state media who is seized the sound and beaten by anti beijing protesters at hong kong airport whose fate went viral on state controlled social media presented as an assault on all of china's 1400000000 citizens. while the demonstrators say they are defending human rights but they deny journalists their right to enter the airport i give that journalist a big thumbs up for the courage he showed footage of we don't get that propaganda is especially effective when it stirs up deeper feelings this side of demonstrators throwing the chinese flag into hong kong harbor triggered outrage on social media

and in response an outpouring of patriotic fervor from chinese citizens branding hong kong's pro-democracy movement as an attack on their national pride will soon trollish to say you it is a great honor for me to be one of the 1400000 defenders of our flag and i will do my best to ensure it is always respected hike without which as you well know it's injured. and china isn't only flying drones at the border close by and the paramilitary people's armed police has been holding drills this week more profit ganda that doesn't seem as harmless as i love hong kong. ok let's break this down now with did abuse a charlatan until she's been covering the protests in hong kong for us today to charlotte what have you been seeing where you are just how broad is a propaganda war being waged by beijing. boys thing

is a real battle over the narrative of these process of course we've been seeing. today's weeks this narrative that's unfolding from beijing in the social media from chinese state media as well suggesting that all of these protests is a place to terrorists but the people here who are taking to the streets every day of course have their own social media campaign going on as well and they are frequently posting images 0 of what they say is police brutality just today we've seen one video in particular going viral that shows a elderly man apparently being assaulted by police in a hospital that is absolutely everywhere on social media say people getting very upset about that because of course anger at police is has become one of the main motivating factors for people taking to the streets people here in hong kong on breach trying to challenge the narrative but it is a case of course if you believe who you trust trust on social media that will

dictate of course how affected you are by any of the posts that you read in our shows facebook and twitter are fighting back against the propaganda coming from beijing they're closing down accounts and pages is this going to make a difference. well the concern is of course that is sort of a whack a mole situation that facebook and twitter are going to be facing they suck shut down some accounts will then pop up just as quickly and twitter in fact has said that it's already got up to 200000 other social media accounts under review at the moment so that just gives us a sense of the scale but this. way this narrative that we're seeing being played out is one of the reasons why people here in hong kong will never too concerned about those images that we saw of the people's armed police on the border with hong kong beijing people the police they felt that

a lot has changed since tiananmen square in 1909 when beijing crackdown on protesters killing some suggest thousands of people people here know that china has other ways of cracking down on protesters social media being one of them they see those tanks on the border is just one part of this propaganda war that is being waged in beijing aims not only at people here but also people on the mainland as well proof that beijing isn't sitting on its hands when it comes of watching this process move in and 1st that they are prepared to take action it's a show of force if you like ok what about the damage that's being done by this propaganda how much has a hurt the protestors image and their cause. for this propaganda has been going on for weeks and what we saw on sunday is that these protests still can gather an enormous crowd they still do have broad support here

we saw overnight to say 1700000 people on the streets and one of the really. defining features of this protest movement is just how inventive these protesters are how creative they are to try and counter the narrative to keep momentum going we've seen them on the streets night often. right we've seen that they plan different ways of protesting that remain as peaceful as possible that because they are of course is that any image is a protest is behaving violently i will go around the out on social media and they need to show that this is con as possible charles thanks so much for that from hong kong. let's preview now on some of the other stories making the news at this hour french president manuel mccall has hosted his russian counterpart vladimir putin for a rare bilateral meeting the talks were aimed at improving relations between moscow and the e.u. leaders vowed to make

a new effort to bring peace to used in ukraine but remained out august over the war in syria and. there was no let up in violence in afghanistan as the nation celebrated its national independence day dozens of people were wounded bombings in jalalabad in the east the capital kabul still reeling after saturday's wedding attack that claimed 63 lives so-called islamic state says it carried out the suicide bomb. turkey's defense ministry says 3 civilians have been killed and 12 wounded in an attack on a turkish military convoy in northwestern syria he was right group says the syrian regime and allied russian warplanes hit rebel held it live province to prevent that convoy from advancing. all for the very 1st time german authorities have taken in children born to former fighters of so-called islamic state the children were living in a refugee camp in syria in june

a german court ruled that the country must take in the children with german citizenship other countries including france and belgium have already done so. many 4 children are traveling to the country of their parents who had once joined the so-called islamic state and died now for the 1st time and often tough negotiations with the kurdish led administration the german government is repatriating children born to yes militants. for lish it's a welcome development that for german children who had been in custody in northern syria were able to leave the country today. in addition will advocate for the possibility of other children in the same circumstances to leave syria is this essentially concerned small children whose living conditions are far from optimal. the kurdish calms us quality not whole combo 75000 people live in close quarters

among them a many i guess followers hygiene and medical care are minimal and deceases spread easily german children are among those growing up in these conditions and their mothers want to return home as soon as possible. he says she arrived in syria in 2014 and lived in iraq die yes control she has been living in a kurdish come with her 2 children for 2 years. so it's very difficult for the children my son is 4 years old i send him here to school he has to learn something i want to learn something too it's already been 2 years that's time i won't get back i hope we'll get picked up so that we can get a 2nd chance. one out of many stories us pressure on the german government grows to bring more of its citizens back from syria. you're a news live from berlin still to come on the show is at the heart of an election campaign in the german state of brandenburg where it is the major employer we look

at how the right wing populist if the party is fighting to keep this industry a law against government plans to shut it down. but 1st a 21 year old woman in el salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where she gave birth has been cleared of murder during a retrial evelyn hernandez always maintained her innocence saying that she didn't know she was pregnant and had lost consciousness during the birth of her case has been closely watched with women's groups calling for her acquittal. it's a happy ending for evelyn hernandez after 3 years behind bars a court and sent salvatore a quid at the young woman of aggravated homicide charges the prosecution had requested a 40 year sentence. finally free hernandez couldn't hide her joy. thank

you for being here and thank god justice was done i also want to express my gratitude to those who have protested on might be half as well as my supporters and other countries and i want to thank my mother for it being there for me all along. hernandez had been imprisoned after suffering a miscarriage and being found guilty of murdering her unborn child the woman's lawyers argued she had been raped and was unaware of her pregnancy when an upset trick emergency at her home resulted in a stillbirth. woman convicted under out salva doors draconian anti abortion law usually face sentences of 2 to 8 years but often those who seek medical treatment after a miscarriage are charged with aggravated homicide and 2017 hernandez was sentenced to 30 years in prison but in february el salvador supreme court overturned the

ruling for lack of evidence over the past 2 years the struggle of evelyn hernandez has become a symbol for the women's rights movement and the fight for a more lenient abortion policy in all of latin america. that's why scores of activists outside the courthouse celebrated the ruling as a collective victory and a long overdue step in the right direction. well here in germany in less than 2 weeks voters in the states of saxony in brandenburg go to the polls in 2 very closely watched elections that's because in both states the right wing populist. could become the strongest party and push the established parties the c.d.u. of the s.p.d. into the background. well what's giving the campaign extra appeal is coal the last major well for do producer in the economically weak region of the laus it's now the f.d.a. wants to keep coal fired power plants while the c.d.u. in the s.b.

they have decided they have to go the coal industry employs thousands in this region. it's half past 3 and stephan kubicki is under pressure he needs to order a crane. and it's me again what kind of crane do any kind of wine was it again what. could be its key works in a coal fired power plant in the eastern german region of laos it's lately he's been managing his election campaign qubits key wants to represent the far right alternative for germany party or in brandenburg state parliament. 10 years ago i never would have thought that i would get into politics so to speak and with this involved i could have gone to fish ingrid already taken my dog for a walk i could have had a lot easier it's tough to be in the a.f.d.

. hostile to you on your point of but the f.d.a. is popular here germany's phase out of coal fired power plants has many people here worried and the a.f.d. backs coal power which is practically the region's only source of income the party thrives on frustration with germany's mainstream parties. whatever they've done for the last 30 years they make most people sick people don't believe in all the promises being made again just before the election. and. after the collapse of communist east germany many people move to the west sense then the center left social democrats have governed the state of brandenburg. most party supporters deny climate change and are prone to use fear mongering to stir up xenophobia this party which has links to neo nazis could become the most powerful force in the former east only

a few people here are willing to comment on the f.t.'s rise in popularity. i was a 100 times on where they want to go. we won't know until they're in power what is on the bottom and also why then it may be too late all of those messages. a.f.d. candidates steffen qubits key who could lure s.p.d. voters to his camp dismisses concerns that his far right party is too extremist when george's issue of what they have something in the a.f.d. became an example nightly out fast but i don't think that's an issue about it all week nish you mean a far right trend yes that's always the assumption but there isn't one it's well informed and yet some of its key's own friends and family criticized him when he joined the f.t. . well my family was divided some other relatives

were really surprised and some were horrified they said man you're a decent guy how can you join the effort. even so other parties have been losing ground to the a.f.d. but not the environmentalist greens they've won supporters on the issue of the climate crisis and say they don't know why eastern germans vote for the far right. people are doing well and that's why they're willing to do ridiculous experiments we have 3 percent unemployment and our district is at the top compared with others . but when it comes to the f.d.a. they act crazy and take risks. with us he. has nothing to offer and they don't contribute to solving any problems at all he said they just make vulgar complaints about their discontent.

this evening another drawn out complaint. a f.t. national party co-leader alexander galland is due to make an appearance he thrives on polarizing communities steffen could be its key also knows how to score points with this crowd. the funniest question was what do i think of the climate activist great to turn back i was taken aback so i answered i drive a v.a. with 388 horsepower do i still have to answer this question. but the party chief gets even more applause did i want them ladies and gentlemen if the f.d.a. governs branden org we will patrol our borders again. when. we leave him dear friends even if that means things get ugly many voters say

gellman's unvarnished frankness compliments steffen could be more amiable style i have here for mr kubicki talks so much like ordinary people other politicians use more of a parliamentary language but he talks like the workers in the power plant and of course people really like it. it seems the a.f.p. can do what it wants in eastern germany at least it's set to become one of the dominant political forces. or is it the party of the people do their views chief political editor michelle talk about that with us the morning michelle is. the only big tent party in brandenburg in saxony right now is it replacing the seaview in the as well that's the big concern amongst those established posses i'm going to michael's conservative see you on the social democrats but this is a trend that really goes into 2 directions yes the looks likely to become the

strongest party and saxony at the same time at the other end of the spectrum the green party has been very successful in present representing a kind of count to balance to that they have a program they have a legacy of decades here and still a very young party and they seem to be able to mobilize voters as well the greens look set to double that figure from the last time around. but the look set to come on top of that election slogan is we all the people but that's all quite true. to get more than like 21 percent that still leaves some 79 percent with other parties ok you're just back from saxony in brandenburg and the greens have been out there stumping as well bringing out the big guns into those states right now is well they argue that the big gun is that they actually have an election program they've been talking about c o 2 emissions for decades now and that they really want to present an alternative particularly for those coal mining regions

but at the same time they say that they don't want to be fighting the 50 this is something that the f.t. actually has been able to capitalize on they see themselves as the political out cost and they are representing themselves as the true alternative to established politics. and that certainly has struck in with people who are disappointed with developments following the full of the bout in war which is now there's real. what is this going to mean for the stability of the german government a strong showing the a.f.d. becoming the strongest party of both those states what does it mean for berlin well if becoming the strongest party and with also this right wing tendencies with parts of the posse being under suspicion of actually being in breach with the german constitution they're getting a very close look at right now a definite particularly about we in the east and it means that the a.f.p.

will become get a stronger force to be reckoned with here. but the main concern amongst people who want to see this government continue is that the social democrats will get such a hard hit in these elections that back could lead to the end of the so-called grand coalition looking at opinion polls right now that coalition is not so ground anymore it's a looking at the figures so. loss of potential for instability on which could lead to the end of this government but the situation in my memory has never been so open as it is right now here in germany ok so this could threaten the survival of the governing coalition of germany as elections michel thanks very much for that. we're given shows all america is in iceland for talks on climate issues she'll be meeting government leaders from the nordic council of ministers its members have pledged to intensify efforts to shape global climate policy. arriving at one of iceland's most historic sites with the future of the

nation in focus. right thing build their national park iceland's 1st parliament once convened here where 2 tectonic plates meet chancellor merkel welcome to steps iceland is taking to protect its natural heritage in so germany won't be far behind you sometimes see iceland has very ambitious climate goals and of course its own particularly natural conditions that germany also wants to be climate neutral by 205010 years later than iceland and we're currently preparing intensively to make further decisions tigerman for. america's governing coalition is due to announce a raft of new climate policies in september but the coalition partners reportedly disagree over issues like raising taxes on non renewables. the environment has topped the list of concerns for german voters in recent polling. you know iceland

the prime minister has made tackling climate issues a signature policy that it seems scientists have predicted is happening now and that's why i think it's so important to do everything that's human there possible to prevent the climate crisis that we're already seeing around the world is the phrase draws flaws and a very serious disappearance today's german nordic climate summit has such a focus on finding common ground in a world where coordinated action on the environment is seldom a given. wildfire on the spanish island of gran canaria has forced evacuation of 9000 people firefighters struggling right now to get the blaze under control but high winds are fanning those flames this is the biggest fire fighting operation ever carried out on the canary islands. it's the 3rd wildfire since last week more than a 1000 firefighters and soldiers are on shift work night and day to try and control

the place in some areas flames from the fires reach 50 meters into the sky making water drops from aircraft difficult work is now concentrated on keeping the outer limits of the fires contained so they don't reach an area as mine you know today and tomorrow are decisive then we'll know whether the fires are under control but that doesn't mean they'll be out yet fires like these can last for days or even but i want your reaction several villages were evacuated as a precaution during the night and early hours of the morning around 9000 people left their homes they're staying with relatives or in emergency shelters now they're waiting for permission to return home here their good that i'm 87 years old and i can remember a fire like this is getting it's unbelievable that it's happened again we simply have to look after the forests and fields better. the wildfires

are raging and part of a unesco biosphere is. strong winds are making firefighting operations even move difficult. this is deja vu news i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being here.

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