i. this is d. w. news live from but she 7 leaders meeting in the french town of b.r. it's split on how to deal with iran the leaders of the g. 7 nations have had a full day of bilateral meetings in talks with african leaders but a surprise visit from the wrongs foreign minister took a sentence today oh sorry coming up violence on the streets of hong kong police pull their guns on pro-democracy protesters and by at least one live shot of the authorities sending water cannon for the 1st time since the protests began.

on having their own free glad you could join me well the leaders of the g. 7 summit have spent the day grappling with everything from forest fires in the amazon to fighting terrorism in africa but they remain divided on international trade and how to put a stop to wrongs nuclear program or the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations wrapped up with a family photo off for a day of bilateral meetings and talks in the french town of berets today was also mocks by a surprise visit from iran's foreign minister mohammad javid that he for met his french counterpart and held talks with french president a menu item a call on the sidelines of the summit the white house said it was not informed that he had been invited. and do you have any chorus when it matters is at the g. 7 summit in beirut respecting

a short while ago and asked him about that surprise visit by the iranian foreign minister. french officials here said they had positive discussions and we know from german chancellor angela merkel that serif was invited on a french initiative but in light off the deposit of discussions that leaders had last night here a over dinner everyone agreed that the tensions with iran should be east and that message was passed on to the iranian foreign minister prison my comment up with him even before the summit they met met again today and the reigning foreign minister himself concluded that it's a tough road ahead but it's worth a try ok ok how realistic is it that nikon's efforts to deescalate the situation will walk it's been of course a surprise move here by my call but it's

a way for you want a smart move to show the president of the united states that dialogue is possible that you can talk to the iranians it is a right has been so far of the closest step to resolve this this diplomatic deadlock ever since the u.s. walked away from the iran nuclear accord and the 1st full day of the summit is wrapping up as it didn't receive and one of the main takeaways from today. well let's start with world trade what is something the g 7 is particularly known for there was a moment of hope here really one president on the trump talked about 2nd thoughts and recruits looking at the escalation of the relations with china but then the white house corrected it and said it was a misinterpretation actually what the president meant was let's say a poor a more oil into the fire rather than less so

a slap tougher sanctions on china bad news for the other 6 member state heads of state here at the she 7 table bad news also for boris johnson who had to acknowledge today that the prospect of a cracks a deal was touch and go and so the only really tangible result that came out was a new deal on the hill zone 5 states in africa will get money and training for military forces in order to fight terrorism and in a way that is why michael has put this on the agenda knowing that there is so such such big rifts on the big topics of trade on to on iran that he broadens the agenda to an extent that some positive news will come out and those positive news are today that this that particularly germany and france are ramping up their security efforts in africa. matters for us in paris thanks don. let's take

a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. of present my call france says the g 7 has agreed to help countries affected by the wildfires raging in the amazon rain forest quote as fast as possible brazil's right wing president has begun to pull in tens of thousands of troops to deal with the blazes . germany's president. has officially oscar's italy for forgiveness for war crimes committed in northern tuscany in 1944 soldiers of the nazi regime were actually murdered about 400 people in the village of 50000 or 75 years ago at a commemoration ceremony steinmeyer spoke out against nationalism and racism. thousands of our hindu refugees rallied in cox's bazaar bangladesh to mark 2 years since meeting was armed forces crackdown on the population more than 730000

re-injure were displaced from me in ma into neighboring bangladesh and have been unable to return the rally mostly men and children who attended prayed and chanted we want to go home. well violence has flared in hong kong once again after pro-democracy activists took to the streets for a 12th straight weekend the purchase started at the beginning of the summer when hong kong's chief executive proposed a controversial extradition bill that was later shelves but the movement has since expanded to demand hong kong independence from china for the 1st time since protests broke out a gunshot was fired. on the barricades wearing hard hats and gas mosques the protesters held rocks and bricks at riot police the offices responded with rounds of tear gas. the clashes continued into the evening protesters attacked the police with rods and sticks to demonstrate his

chased the officers down the street calling them gangsters and then this. sounds like a gunshot a local t.v. station said its reporters sorry uniformed police officer fire shots in the air i was was we had thing a low in violence like this on the streets of hong kong up until this weekend this time last week protests organizers say 1700000 people marched peacefully through the streets of hong kong this weekend withing a very different atmosphere of. protest to say they changed tactics because they felt the government was not listening. to the people the people we did their very peaceful protest by the government this role be small and that's why we go to go on the street there and maybe some police. thing that we brought the

road that's why the boy that fired the tear gas and i and i just want. to know or. care and greet yeah. i i it seems the police are also changing tactics in response for the 1st time who to cannons rolled through the streets threatening to drench the protest as was was the case of arrested more than 700 people since protests began in june more protesters are risking arrest to make their voices heard. well one reason protesters took to the streets of hong kong this weekend was that mistrust of a new style of lamppost that has sprung up across the city now these lampposts are equipped with surveillance technology and next to have links with chinese tech sound such as a protest is used in the electric saw to cut through at least one lamp post and

bring it to the ground over fears that it was equipped with facial recognition cameras that could be used by your enforcement the hong kong government said that the 50 so-called smart lighting poles were put in place to collect data on traffic and weather many allege that the government is not telling the whole truth. and our report on me and he said has been looking into the control the sea surrounding these lampposts for us i mean protest us think that the government is using these posts to spy on people what evidence do they have well there was controversy surrounding these lamppost when they were 1st introduced in the spring because they're actually full of data collecting technology that's their purpose the government says that the technology is only being used to track traffic pollution whether things like this but the protests is obviously didn't trust them especially in a time right now and beijing for example is very interested in who are out there on the streets so when they cut down this poll as we saw earlier live physically

taking it right to the ground they were able to break open the casement there and look what's inside there and have a look back get their hands on and see for themselves and what they did there's nothing super surprising that the government had said was in there but they were able to take pictures and post it online which has created a lot of speculation about what these devices actually are what their function is one of the devices that caused the most controversy was actually a big locator you can see it here right now it's a device that allows the system to track bluetooth devices so if you are walking by you have your cell phone on and your bluetooth is turned on then the lamppost would know that you're there and you can read. yeah you could even possibly see that it's your phone and identify you which is easier than facial recognition technology actually and after it was put on line people speculated that the company that made it tick tack tech actually has links to showing a shanghai based company which would be mainland china this is alleged anyway and

have we heard any response from the hong kong government that well the hong kong government maintains as they had before that none of this technology is being used to identify protesters i think there is they have the technology in there but they said they've restricted it but actually now that these devices have created controversy online they actually issued a statement about this b o u locator saying that the allegations that it was linked to mainland china technology company are false that the company is local small enterprise based in hong kong from from hong kong has and the means they're implying that the data is not going to be sent to beijing for further analysis i'm said briefly then i suppose the question is is that actually any evidence that the hong kong government may be hiding something well that's not so different from what you might find in new york city or even in berlin but it depends on how much you trust the hong kong government as you can see right now that the protesters don't trust them at all times indeed thank you very much indeed thank you. and you museum commemorating the liberation of paris from the nazis 75 years ago has opened

in the french capital this is going to a resistance command post in a bunker deep below the streets of the city which is that badge of cutting the 25th of august 1944 the day paris was finally liberated from occupation by the nazis. during the record. after 4 years of planning a new museum in the city will help the public understand the role the french resistance played and driving the nazis out of the capital. of the 7000 artifacts from one. war 2 were on display from military equipment to everyday objects. but the star attraction of the museum is its location which incorporates the

underground bunker of one of the key leaders of the resistance colonel tom de. lay's son hopes young people will be interested in his father's story. that you see here on and it was here that for a week the battle was led commanded commented on that orders were sent out all the bad reports came in for all those men who under my father's orders led the insurrection of the most years of. the museum offers an interactive experience of history in the bunker using virtual reality. paris deputy mayor for culture kristof shihad hopes these heroes of the french resistance will inspire people to continue fighting for democracy democracy is something you have to actually discuss protect and take care of so this museum is absolutely necessary for the knowledge

in these referrers and the young generation i think we learned a lot about their own city. the grand opening is part of the series of events in the french capital marking the liberation of paris from nazi occupation. you're watching d.w. news coming up next is the bonus league or with a nick mechanical line date like sick when a 2nd in a row to get off their best season start ever or to frankfurt get in their way than a much more coming up on the wonderfully. about before we go we'll leave you with some stunning pictures from the bosnian city of mazar where the. annual diving competition off the famous story most bridge was held this weekend the historic 20 meter high bridge connects the christian and muslim neighborhoods in the city.

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