was. the but . this is deja news lawyers are from but it hong kong braces for another weekend of pro-democracy demonstrations protestors are aiming to peaceful gatherings as the city celebrates a traditional chinese festival for some activists still face stiff punishment a daring bold and in earlier protest that turned violent also on the program. to see it as full presidential elections this weekend but with prostration of the economy candidates find that many voters are cynical about the political system.

and the contenders square up in german football off the lights they count designs on the borders need a good title but they 1st have to prove that credential since they are used by munich on saturday. time have an on phrase to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome to the program where hong kong is preparing for another weekend of pro-democracy demonstrations and off to recent protests led to violent clashes with police this weekend's protests coincide with the chinese media looked in the festival with many families gathering outdoors activists of demonstrating peacefully now protest is all still calling for hong kong leader kerry now to step down or have also been counted demonstrations in support of mainland china.

and here in the studio i'm joined by dan had bhatia senior expert at that his money institute a former china correspondent welcome to you great to have you with us now we understand what we know of course that that controversial extradition the with spock's this movement it is off the table protest is one that but of course they are calling for greater democracy reforms so you think they can get them i don't think they can get them but in a way they're back in the game. we now see all these spectacular social media activities that they're doing the light show is the new anthem that they composed and this all shows that they're winning back the hearts not only in hong kong but internationally for them it's not any more about just the extradition or it's a much longer. fight that they're in but at the same time we have to have knowledge

the strength in this thing is really with beijing and they show that they want to use it absolutely has been a very tough fight so far i mean during these 3 months we've seen more than a 1000 people arrested trials are due to begin soon we understand that they could face in very tough punishments in day that's according to our reporting what he is putting a let's take a listen to his report now and then i'm going to come back to. the shore and you hong kong's legislature has been a hot spot of the anti-government protests daniel chan has spent a lot of time here but that could change soon daniel not his real name was arrested and charged with rioting in july he faces up to 10 years behind bars now about a logical hall to the moment i was arrested i was very calm and i was thinking about what i needed to do in a situation but when i was told what the charges were police felt like i was entering another world. hong kong has some of the most draconian assembly laws in the world some of them have rarely been applied until now but since the protests

began authorities have brought the full force of these laws to bear daniel denies having been involved in any violence. like too much of a coward to get into fighting i don't want to be beaten but also don't want to stand there and do nothing so i went to the front line and to help those who were tear gassed and i helped them wash their eyes out with saving solution $43.00 others were arrested the day daniel was detained or have been charged with writing the most severe offense on the books it is the most people facing such charges since hong kong was returned to china in 1997 the british government established the laws to quell anti-colonial unrest but they remained in place after the handover then a squawk a lawmaker who represents the legal professions in the legislature says charges are politically motivated if one is to look at these cases. impartially

i think i'm sure you would find that a lot of these charges are not supported by evidence and they were made up charges and done to scare people hoping that they would be deterred from going out. in a statement to d.w. the department of justice denies political considerations it insists prosecutors would act fairly and impartially daniel chan is not convinced. but i try not to think too much about the possibility that i might go to prison for the next decade or. the like i would rather focus on what i can do to support the movement. to worry about the sentence will just demoralize me. something that's hot. this trial is scheduled for the end of this month but whatever the outcome might be the government strategy has already had an impact since july daniel hasn't taken part in any more protests.

about how you were a correspondent in china as well as from me from your experience how dire could the consequences that the outcome for protesters like we just saw in that report daniel and many others be i think very serious these 10 years that they threaten them with that they mean that they really will set up examples now to frighten off everybody else and i think the significant thing is of course there has been violent protests but we only see pressure on the activists we haven't seen one case where they're bringing policemen to court and there's been a lot of police violence indeed i mean do you think that there are other measures up china's city for example that it could potentially use against the protesters as well as i think they're not only using the legal system they're putting pressure on them through their employers that basically slowly using all the methods that they

use in china their strategy is not to have a big fight with them but they're making life hell for them one by one and they'll identify them they have all these means of finding out who they are and know they're just working their way through the masses and the tactic is really interesting do you think that's a pivot from what we've seen from china in the possible something due to the fact that it has opened up to the international economy it just cannot afford to crack down in a move a vote way that it has done in the past yes i think if this was happening in mainland china that be much more open pressure because they could censor everything around to there wouldn't be pictures they know that in hong kong they need different tactics in the beginning they try to lock this whole thing down very quickly. they know now this is going to drag on for a while but they'll make sure that they really discourage everybody from taking part by drag on for a while but at the same time we've seen for example potential punishments coming

down will not protest or like daniel we just saw in the report is also a potentially you know displeasure with in hong kong itself i mean how long can protest escape this action up that's what i wondered too because they're taking high you risks it's really impacting their lives i think they're very dedicated to keeping it up for a long while we've been surprised that they took this up at all if they're still there 3 months later so i think they're not going to stop anytime soon but the cost that they'll be here is. well then i botch the expert up battles money institute thank you so much for your insights thank you. china's ians vote in a snap presidential election on sunday originally scheduled to take place in november it was brought forward after the death of president. baby now more than 26 candidates standing in the 1st round of voting at the bottom rule of the islam missed party and now that on the current prime minister use of child head and known

as the birthplace of the 20 eleventh's arab spring she musea is often held up as the only country in the region to have successfully manage the transition to democracy but it is still upset by problems like poverty and high unemployment. it's election time in the rural village of money about a young politician who just shabab is trying to convince people head to go out and vote but many farmers a skeptical politician comes out was that it was not a man who had the i don't trust politicians are they all lied to us none of them told the truth or they cheated us the farmers more than others and if so far we haven't had a single government that kept its selection promises little boy if you told them how many. understands their frustration many chain asean is disappointed with politics now more than ever the economic crisis is causing problems for people and some blame democracy. several presidential candidates openly in favor of

a return to authoritarian rule china's is the only country that introduced a parliamentary system after the arab spring 9 years ago democracy is now at stake that's why how joe wants to fight for it and i want to buy him a bowl of products what i'm going to talk to a lot of young people i'm not that old i enjoy it i tell them how much we used to dream about democracy i ask them what they dream of today and how we can make their dreams come true when assad from using them had one of the most people are probably dreaming of getting a good job about one 3rd of young chinese ins are unemployed especially university graduates. most of them want to emigrate. in the in human nature of the 2 things are important the presidential candidates must 1st recognize this problem and secondly actually solve it and if we can't meet the expectations of our young people soon it will be a serious threat to our country i knew what i hear now that. instead of working toward strengthening the economy politicians only care about themselves says couto

darcy for years she's been at the forefront of the youth movement and now she wants to boycott the election but said bin if i found the ethics of the political class very frustrating it's all about internal power struggles and accusations that frightens me. nearly 90 percent of china's in surveyed say they're dissatisfied with politics but not everyone has given up more and more people have registered to vote in the last few weeks perhaps this is also due to the chair initiative which was launched by the president where young activists advertise the parliamentary system to other young people. like him but he made a comment that was that then we asked people what they would do if they were on charge then we tell them why the election is important look at people need to understand what the president does want to parliament does then politics you're no longer be a mystery to them and that i used to shop salary but i'm a shop shall i go pick of the law. one topic that continues to puzzle is the

outcome of the elections 26 candidates compete with very different profiles and goes according to polls no individual party can count on a majority the 2 top drunk candidates will probably have to face a runoff fight. now some of the other stories making news around walt all spittal far in rio de janeiro has left at least 11 people dead firefighters rescue dozens of patients from smoke filled wards the blazes stalls have been caused by a faulty generator but officials have not ruled out to touch. a family of zimbabwe's formally to robert mugabe has agreed to have him buried at a monument for national heroes in harare my god his relatives in the government had been at all it's either way he should be laid to rest his remains are now lying in state at the photo stadium in the capital. a 4th person has died off to another day of torrential rains in southeast and spain hundreds of

people have been evacuated from the regions of the lens here mercia and charles 4 networks have seen significant disruptions some municipalities have reported record rainfall. across southeastern spain streets have become rivers. and many of the rivers have broken their banks. and some municipalities have reported the heaviest rainfall on record. we started early on throughout the night in the last 24 hours almost 200 liters of rain have fallen but importantly in the last 6 hours alone there have been 120 liters according to experts this will not be repeated in 100 years. present rain continues to soak the region's military units have been dispatched to assist. but there's only so much they can do against the forces of nature.

landscapes are under water the flooding has closed schools and airports roads are the danger zones. 2 people died when their car was washed away by the. what water's another man died trying to drive his car through a flooded tunnel. this man almost met a similar fate but was saved from the submerged road. when i see how he was holding on to a traffic light he wasn't responding to the wind so the officer and i jumped down to pull him out. with water still raging much of spain southeast remains on high alert. authorities are urging people to avoid driving and to use common sense. turkey is preparing to host

a summit with russia and iran next week to discuss syria's ongoing civil war turkey has taken in millions of syrian refugees and seeking to prevent any renewed hostilities that might drive even more people across the border european countries are also concerned they fear that anchor will pull out of a deal with the e.u. and allow migrants to cross the sea to greece. turkish troops by warning shots and tear gas at the border with syria. they're trying to prevent syrian protesters from storming across the frontier. the demonstrators are demanding protection from an offensive by the syrian government on the last rebel stronghold if it lives up. to the warning that if nothing is done to help us then we are coming to turkey and europe a lump of. this is added ones fear that the destruction and the death in italy will send tens of thousands more syrian refugees towards his country joining the nearly

$4000000.00 who've already fled the carnage he says this will have dramatic consequences not just for turkey but for europe too it was the couple that are supposed we will be forced to open the gates. but out of all the women we will be forced to open the gates. if you're going to provide support then provide support if you're not sorry everyone sees this area in northern syria as one solution to any new refugee crisis. turkish an american troops are already patrolling here ahead of the establishment of what's being called a safe zone for the resettlement of up to 1000000 syrian refugees but everyone says the international community and europe in particular are not offering enough support for the plan. he also accuses the e.u. of failing to honor its commitments in a landmark 2016 refugee with turkey. to a you offered anchorage 6000000000 euros to stop the flow of migrants into europe

in 2015 but add one says he's received barely half of the money europe says it's willing to have a discussion without one but greece which takes in most of the new arrivals says he must 1st change his tone. the migration issue is a european matter it is not a bilateral issue and mr erdogan must understand that he cannot threaten greece and europe in an attempt to secure more resources to handle the refugee issue you know love or getting a little bit. but with more migrants reaching greek shows in august 29th teen minutes any other time in the last 3 years athens also knows the dissolution needs to be found in italy. you're watching news still sick of the drought in parts of germany isn't just being felt by fondness it's also affecting wildlife we'll tell you which animals biologists are watching to gauge

the severity of the choice. and it is to turkey now where this music video has caused quite a stir. the 15 minute track features no fewer than 20 round photos and it's titled systema turkish for icon stay silent and it's quickly shaping up to become the battle cry of the opposition to president threats to ones rule for you can. you tell us why i'm joined now by g.w. reporter nicole race good to see you nicole i understand that this song has caused quite a stir in turkey it's been quite explosive tell us more about why well explosive is just the right word even if you look at the numbers this video has been uploaded only last week on you tube and it's already been 21000000 people who collect it and that's probably because of these rappers are addressing social issues that have not

been addressed publicly in turkey for some time now we're talking about violence against women corruption in politics of the destruction of the planet but also injustice and the reason why these topics haven't been in the spotlight in turkey for some time might just go back to july 2016 when. didn't add on got almost ousted by it cool attempt and after that tens of thousands of people from the public sector were suspended from their work of the teachers that's also professors or doctors some even got fired so they lost their jobs in what human rights activists labeled as a witch hunt rooting out those people who might be critical of president early on and obviously we've also seen many journalists going to prison and with that the public square it was basically wiped out people so could go to social media where they could share their opinions and now these rappers are taking this sort of soapbox and turning it into a ghetto blaster and what does get a boss to sounds like oh wait just have

a quick listen. i want you to money you're going to a lot of. good choices joel salatin and it will not be able john companies should be able almost 60 to sell them. you know to get. you guys. to meet you. to get it out of egypt. so so so mom the title of the song like const a silent i think agree reflects in the words of these lyrics as well so very powerful what about the rappers themselves have they said what their motivation was to release this has had exclusive access to several of them and they pointed out that what they're looking for with this video is not dividing the people even more from what they already are and not for people to pick sides but what they really want is that people come together to discuss these issues in

a more open public dialogue maybe also to look at how they can shape a brighter future for turkey let's just listen to what they told us. i don't think we should mean some words we even feel guilty for not speaking out so far so we don't think we should be silent and we're not afraid of being investigated is what we actually think the underlying issue that created all these problems in the 1st place was fear. all we do is love the truth if we have kids in the future we want them to grow up in a good world. that's why our message is to increase the consciousness of the youth not to limit their bright minds. to it no matter what whenever they see injustice they should talk about it and stand up against it because to do them with. a so these rappers might just be pushing for a long overdue conversation in the public square which they are with this video reclaiming in a way that i imagine that president added one might not be that biggest fan but

what do people in turkey think their message well it's really seems to have hit a nerve especially among young people who have seen this video but also others i mean the numbers speak for themselves 21000000 people at least have seen the video and they're also observers of turkish politics not just a call he's calling this a political earthquake and he also says quote an incendiary art the kind that holds a mirror up to society and then shatters it so as you can imagine this not only him but also many other people who are trying to analyze this clip it's 15 minutes long there's quite a lot to analyze and you also might expect that there is some blowback to this video we have the former mayor of ankara also a member of everyone's a k party if merely check and he's claiming in the tweet that the video is trying to instigate rebellion he's tweeting watching this video music video you notice calls for rebellion innocent music encourages people to rebel it's

a very professional method to just watch so as you can see there is a vivid discussion already about this video maybe this open conversation that they are aiming to have and maybe this is also the moment where we might see a bigger movement developing just now and monitoring it for us is nicole reese thank you so much nicole. well the one does leaguer is back off the international break an on saturday table top as all be leipsic host 5 munich leipsic al making a push for the title this season while be defending champions have enjoyed a stuttering start to the camp a by coached me cocoa rich says that he's expecting a hot don'ts in light sick blemish free is one way to describe you re an august month start as a have it i seek coach he's month 3 from 3 league games his teen conceding just by race but expect no of grant master plan against by on for novice mun it's

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strengthen their big 4 1st ever been this league title. or here in northern europe some countries like germany have experienced their 3rd hottest summer on record and there's also been less writing to drought conditions and below average average harvests and germany's eastern state run about which surrounds the capital a sure way to gauge the severity of dry spells is to observe the behavior of these creatures cranes. cranes with their young a rare sight this summer here in the north east of brandenburg the birds have less offspring these days a meadow like this one is actually the ideal breeding ground for cranes says thomas falters local nature guide here the birds can find enough food in these low lying areas the water is usually up to one metre high this provides the koreans with enough protection against fox is another wild animals but now everything is dry

fluffers has to dig a little while before you finally reach is water now is insufficient it is already serious when a whole year passes by without a broad period if it's only a one year they will probably survive because cranes can live well over 10 years but if this happens more often it is really serious so the fish of your own. the drought is having to manage consequences for other species besides the grains. example of the eurasian britain which has been breeding here annually for 15 years there are several parents in the neighborhood which did not even meet this year because it was so dry and you can see that shirts everywhere that used to house small creatures like water snake are so worms they have no chance of survival due to the lack of water the biologist expects 500 fewer young koreans this year than in years past normally about a quarter of the 10000 or so pairs of koreans living in germany nest here in

brandenburg. that of this happens a few years in a row they might migrate the question is where i don't know what it looks like for the north of for the eastern poland i hurt or has been a big drought the summer there too. it's the drought establishes itself as a normal weather pattern then annual spectacles like these might become a thing of the past. you're watching the news from but then i'll be back after a short break to take you back through the day stay tuned for that you can always get the latest news on our website dot com ceasing.

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