don't you know how you. start september 18th on d. w. . this is a line from berlin a blow to indian attempts to put a rover on the moon engineers at mission control have lost commune occasion with their lunar lander the signal from the chandrayaan 2 spacecraft disappeared after it entered its final descent to the moon's surface also coming up. hong kong's freedom must speak erin teet that's german chancellor i'm going to marcos message

to chinese leaders on a state visit she says dialogue is the only solution to the ongoing political crisis plus fighting like in jeddah in france the science fiction soccer star wars head has fueled a lightsaber dueling trend there in the country's fencing federation hopes will attract more young people to this for. a nickel for the welcome to the program india's space agency says mission control scientists have lost commune occasion with a spacecraft carrying the country's hopes of a successful moon landing it appears the lander was just a short distance from the lunar surface when contact was lost prime minister narendra modi joint mission control personnel as the final countdown began the chandrayaan 2 or. they're launched into space in july and has been circling the

moon for almost 3 weeks if it touches down successfully it will be the 1st craft to land near the lunar south pole for an uncharted and unexplored part of the moon. it's let's get more on this from barr and gopalaswami he's an honorary senior fellow with the indian political think tank the observer research foundation he joins us from delhi mr goble as mummy thanks for joining me the loss of context doesn't mean the mission has failed what more do you know well i mean i think that's that's what the official reports passable as it stays in the prime minister said there were damn message saying that you know be courageous and correction congratulated the scientists it doesn't look good. and they were like to wait for the official where they think to let him out but you but you know this is this is a bold an ambitious project well done well and we'll wait for until the final

results to come out so india was set to become only the 4th country in history to land on the moon just how significant would have be if this mission indeed turned out to have failed also for india's pride. well i mean. by far a very successful agency be stored in a base just based projects do not come back but do not come out do not come without any said by actual funeral and and as far as bones tremendously back from all the said backs that they received in there in the course of their history their very resilient organization being in space research organization i would actually rename them as indian space resilient organization you know it's and they should be commended for the resilience and if it's if museum that it failed and they come back and. think there's no doubt in my mind that they will succeed twice as big when they attempt at the next start. so they're very resilient in the execution but why did india want to go to the moon in the 1st place. i mean you

know going to. the space program started with my 1000000 applications oriented goal which was spread providing a major a communications and launching services the exploration is now and natural evolution of something of a space agency where they would want to explore the planetology once they've achieved self-sufficiency in the application on the air the exploration just grew out of a space program it's after all a research organization and you have to extend these kinds of projects better understand your own. planet and competitive planetology and there are all the spin of benefits they are not pursuing these kinds of endurance and that's where that's where a sticker i'm sort of this from. any of the moon mission was approved in 2008 and designs were on the table in a year later but the lander wasn't launched until until lie of this year why these 10 years of delay. no i mean. really not qualified as 10 years of

delay i mean it's essentially putting all the chips into play is getting the proper political approval getting through all the policy changes and you know getting older you want to have all the right questions in place before you're from the comfort of putting these things up there yes i mean it did not have joe quite i didn't come out of the way that we would want to live but i think you know that this is faster and this is really probably we're best positioned for sexist jokes during the years and in the scheme of things for the agency like it's pretty quick i'm pretty sure are a couple as well me from the observer of research foundation in delhi thank you for your let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world hurricane dorian is heading towards canada after making landfall in the u.s. states of north and south carolina howling winds and heavy rain knocked out power

to more than $200000.00 homes and left many submerged in the bahamas at least 30 people are confirmed dead and hundreds possibly thousands are missing survivors are anxiously awaiting a. colombia has been hosting a summit to boost protection for the amazon rain forest latin american countries that share the amazon discussed measures to preserve the river basin but they clashed over cooperation sovereignty and venezuela's exclusion from the talks the meeting was called to after a surge and wildfires in the region this year caused a global out crying. germany's chancellor has called for the rights and freedoms of hong kong residents to be respected and for a peaceful solution after months of protests in the chinese territory i'm going back on mate the comments at the start of a 2 day visit to china. uncle americal visit to

beijing is a tightrope act on the one hand china is germany's most important trading partner and the current trade dispute between the u.s. and china has a big effect on the german economy on the other hand people expect merkel to address the situation in hong kong the chancellor recommends talks between demonstrators and the hong kong leadership in the incidents of 2 it's one in the current situation we should do the utmost to avoid violence solutions can only be found politically through dialogue and signs that hong kong's government leader wants to invite the demonstrators to such a dialogue i mean. prime minister likud kyung is not mentioning a possible intervention by the chinese security forces he supports the government in hong kong in its efforts to literally put an end to chaos within the framework of the law. we will protect hong kong's long term success and just

ability. the world must recognise that the chinese people have the capacity and the wisdom to take care of their own affairs chinese and german managers have signed 11 economic agreements that are expected to create and secure thousands of jobs in both countries hong kong activist wang mo told daughter bella that the chancellor could address human rights even more strongly without endangering economic relations. back then she lived in east germany so she knows exactly what life in a system with police violence is like and that's why she should at least mention that it was a mistake for police to use violence in hong kong in meanwhile hong kong police once again used tear gas and rubber bullets against demonstrators protesting chinese influence it remained unclear how many were injured.

for more let's bring in journalist in history and she's in beijing nina thanks for joining me we just heard a pro-democracy activist from hong kong saying that under mecca could have been clearer in her condemnation of the violence used against protesters but considering what's at stake economically she really well i don't merkel always raises human rights issues when she comes to beijing which is not something many world leaders do. so the fact that she spoke about the hong kong and i guess she said the things people expect her to say that. the protesters and the government should seek a peaceful solution and that. there should be dialogue she would like praised the hong kong government's decision to for we withdraw our controversial extradition bill this week so she brought the issue on the table but i think nobody expected

her to be like extremely openly critical of china's strategy the chinese prime minister basically told margo to stay out of his country's business are her words likely to have any effect at all or was this merely a symbolic gesture in support of the protesters. well china over is has this this statement that. issues related to hong kong or like. now where there's mass in terms of ethnic minorities they're all related to china's internal affairs that's why the government says but we know that actually the government the german government's lobbying on him on rights issues in china has had various degree of success over the past years like there are there are multiple human rights activists who live in germany for example last year the wife of a nobel laureate or. was was

a released from home arrest basically and like was allowed to move to germany after months of lobbying by the german government so there is they're saying you can successfully now go also sat down with president xi jinping what was on the agenda there but they haven't because. because i know american and she and human being are not at the same level in terms of product role because she's human being of the president of the country they don't usually come out and speak really statements together like merkel did the premier league so we don't know in detail what they spoke about but i assume trade was very high on the agenda that possibly can rice but trade was probably the main issue that was discussed during this visit because both china and germany are their

economies are suffering because of a trade conflict between the u.s. and china and you know mr yano in beijing thank you very much for your analysis thank you. and now let's talk about fighters of a different kind back in 1977 when he released the 1st part of his epic science fiction's our all star wars george lucas couldn't have possibly imagined that his jet i warriors would one day inspire a new category of sport well that day has come and you don't even have to travel to a galaxy far far away in france it's now easier than ever to channel your inner loop skywalker ever since let's say we're dealing was officially recognized by the french fencing federation. this is no scene from star wars it's a real life light saber duel. in this gym in france

antone local court takes on the role of a master of the dark side from the star wars son. says i want even more this is the star wars event as a boy i always dreamt about star wars and playing with light sabers like in the movies no matter how old you are you can still have fun with it like in the movies is accomplished. lightsaber fencing inspired by the star wars franchise created by american director george lucas is a new trend in france antone loco is tipped here as the favorite. he won the previous 2 national championships this time he's going up against nearly 40 competitors from all over france for the time to win the fencer has to lead for 3 minutes straight or score 15 points a touch to the head is worth 5 points one to the legs 3 in may 28th in the french fencing federation the only one in the world to do so officially recognized lightsaber dueling was just

a joke and we're always looking for something to attract young people any game from the star wars universe does that. we had that did it to fencing. this is how the favorite practices of them all this move is just for looks or to scare your opponent onto the local co tries to inspire others with his love for light saber fencing as a coach his club is one of over 90 across france with a total of some 2000 people fencing with lightsabers. this time on sony loco brought home silver but for most of the lightsaber community it's not about the medals it's about infecting others with their passion just like with the original star wars bieber. over again you can get do w. news on the go anytime to download our free app from google play or the app store that gives you a full access to the latest news from around the world and push notifications for

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