this is deja news live from berlin singing and light shows in hong kong as protests take a peaceful turn families are celebrating a traditional chinese festival this time of year there is still anger against the city's leader and calls for more democracy as demonstrations look set to continue also on the program. we'll turkey continue to hold back syrian refugees who want to cross to europe and the upcoming summit could determine whether ankara sticks to the fragile 2016 migration deal it agreed with the european union.

on its face or thanks for joining us hong kong is preparing for another weekend of pro-democracy demonstrations there have been clashes with the police in recent protests but in the day of the chinese mid-autumn festival protests were peaceful. my. god god they're still singing their protest anthem glory to hong kong and they didn't stop for one of the most important celebrations in the chinese calendar the mid autumn festival. activists are forming human chains day using the event as a way to keep their movement in the spotlight. i've seen some of them took to the hills of the city to shine a laser pens released lanterns with protest slogans and just sing the anthem.

i know they also probation demonstrators trying to make their voices heard i was their version trying to keep going i want to show all i am like evolution and my loyalty to my country my month the country. tensions are running high between the 2 sides i. so far only one of the 5 demands of the pro-democracy protesters has been met the government scrapped the controversial extradition law last week. but demonstrators are also demanding that hong kong's leader carry lamb steps down they want an inquiry into police brutality the more than $1300.00 arrests have to be released and greater democratic freedoms . and correspondent mets years billing here is following approach us for us and sent us this update from hong kong people have climb this line in raucous mall moan

from in hong kong to day because it is mid autumn festival on traditionally people who go out that day they have lanthorn still people staged light show the protest the is haas these inc every opportunity here to a protest and you time today's atmosphere is quite joy fall it's more like a scout outing compared to other all occasions where we have seen violence in this treif 3 month after the beginning off there's movement there is no sign off even slowing down all protests slowing down people and drawing the pro piss then drawing this solidarity but at the same time there is fear that if their protests would stop there would be of they of revenge 5 painting and fido hong kong government that is what the people half experience 5 years ago when will the umbrella of a warrant the enron for universe with how roots when this pay old after that page

inc tight grip on the 50 and a motivation for people to continue know is not to let this half and make down turkey is preparing to host a summit was russia and iran next monday to discuss serious an ongoing civil war turkey has taken in millions a syrian refugees at is seeking to prevent any were nude hostilities that might drive even more people all across the border european countries are also concerned they fear anchor out will pull out of a deal with the e.u. and allow migrants to cross the sea to greece ted to streak spy warning shots in t. a casts at the border with syria they're trying to prevent syrian protesters from storming across the front here. the demonstrators are demanding protection from an offensive by the syrian government on the last rebel stronghold of. this is a warning that if nothing is done to help them we are coming to turkey and europe

a lump of. this is added ones fear that the destruction and the death in a clip will send tens of thousands more syrian refugees towards his country joining the nearly $4000000.00 who've already fled the carnage he says a says will have to mattick consequences not just for turkey but for europe too. the couple that are struggling we will be forced to open the gates. of the outer world building and we will be forced to open the gates you know this before going to provide support then provide support if you are not sorry everyone sees this area in northern syria as one solution to any new refugee crisis. turkish and 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. the e.u. offered ankara $6000000000.00 euros to stop the flow of migrants into europe in 2015 but added one says he's received barely half of the money europe says it's willing to have a discussion without $1.00 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 edwin must understand that he cannot threaten greece and europe in an attempt to secure more resources to handle the refugee issue. that would move migrants reaching greek shows in 2900 minutes any other time in the last 3 years athens also knows the dissolution needs to be found.

now to some of the other stories making news around the world. a hospital fire in rio de janeiro has left at least 11 people dead firefighters rescue dozens of patients from smoke filled wards blaze is thought to have been caused by a faulty generator but officials have not ruled out sabotage. and a 5th person has died after another day interventional rains in southeastern spain hundreds of people have been evacuated from the regions of valencia and most. transport networks have seen significant disruptions some municipalities have reported record rainfall. and american actress felicity huffman has been sentenced to 2 weeks behind bars for paying bribes to get her daughter into university and was one of dozens of people involved in a scam to help the children of the wealthy when places at top u.s. educational institutions she pled guilty in may. and staying in the

u.s. teenage environmental activist great to join protesters in washington d.c. on friday. she's there raising awareness ahead of a u.n. summit on climate change hundreds of mostly young people took part of the demonstration just across the street from the white house demanding that lawmakers take action on global warming interviewed before the rally this teenager contrast to attitudes in the u.s. where president trump questions climate science to those of her home country this is not a lot of differences and also in the way we. we talk about the climate crisis of course here it's more like. it's more like some things you either believe in or not believe in and. where i run from it's more like. it's a fact. thank. god

. and washington correspondent all over salad was at the demonstration across from the white house. you might not have attracted reports of protesters but great to get attention on her trip to the united states trying to raise awareness for climate change in a country where she says that some believe it but others don't well get up to her it wants to change exactly that and her biggest appearances still lie ahead of her with more protests and invitation to testify before congress and her participation at the climate action summit at the united nations it's a phenomenon that threatens how much food reaches your plate and also where you live this certification or the degradation of land is affecting more than 3000000000 people worldwide the u.n. conference on the problem attended by $9000.00 participants ended on friday estimates are that

a land area half the size of the european union is degraded annually and the worst affected regions are in africa and asia. when preached seeing looks at the fields in his village tears come to his eyes here and how young they used to grow millet and make a good living from it today the land is bone dry in fact 30 percent of india's land is no longer usable why because of climate change and the leeching of fields by intensive agriculture. in the years ago our soil was fertile but then there was less and less rain and we had to irrigate. now the ground water has too many minerals in the soil is salty that's why farmers can't grow anything here anymore. preet singh visits his cousin a rest his family in a rush was a farmer and had taken out a loan for seeds but the harvest never came the bank would no longer accept his dry farmland as collateral then last year in

a rush committed suicide now his family doesn't know how to make ends meet. you you know that is money farmers have had to give up our thousands of hectares of land have become infertile many families have met this bank not just no rushes all the farmers in the country are suffering but nobody cares. every year 10000000 hectares of arable land are lost worldwide this is a global problem this year's un conference against desert occasion was attended by more countries than ever before india's prime minister narendra modi promised that by 2030 his country would make 26000000 hectares of land fertile again other countries want to follow suit. and experts say it's high time some countries came when really degrade our land it is actually our food that we are debating at the same time land is the best security of the farmers have for many communities don't

have assets other than land so any land to good vision would mean poverty would mean reducing income for poor communities would mean the risks of irregular migration. reforestation irrigation intelligent land use the global community wants to reverse the earth's desert a fixation by 2030 but this will cost billions investing on land means restoring degraded land preventing further degradation from ecosystems which we call stopping the bleeding and secondly healing the wounds and now preaching wants to started to certification project in his village he wants farmers to sow an old plant species that should at least be able to get the salt out of the soil and make the fields fertile again but it will take years. so what are some of the strategies that could reverse the certification do you have use india correspondent

michelle jaiswal put that question to the lead scientists at the u.s. u.n. convention to combat desert of. the 14th conference off the u.n. 50 haskin 2 did in india india has committed to restoring 26000000 hectares of land by 2030 an ambitious goal i have with me dr or delete scientists at the un c.c.d. dr or how exactly are countries planning to meet these ambitious goals so in the past when we had goals like this we focused entirely on restoration but this conference of the parties recognize that we have to look at the entire environment every aspect the economic side of this how do we link all of that restoration to the livelihoods of those people living in those areas the value chains the markets that are out there so it's a very innovative approach that looks at governance it looks at land tenure all of that was discussed at this conference of the parties and also there is an association for hearing between and droughts and migration patterns as well how is

the conference planning to address this in a country like india so one of the interesting things is that in the in traditionally we had drought separate from land and that's because we always think of drought in relation to rainfall and the releveled of our reservoirs but the reality is that if we change our land use and we plant thirsty crops or we have degradation and we lose the water holding capacity of our soils we can have severe water scarcity and not necessarily register it that's the big change here we're bringing the land and the drought communities together and we're ensuring a much more cohesive approach to build resilience in both communities and ecosystems and that was dr baron joseph or the lead scientist for the un convention to combat is sort of the cation. now despite being called giant pandas the 2 cubs born at the berlin zoo 2 weeks ago still look tiny. more than doubled in size

since they were born but still weigh less than a half a kilogram yet to be named duo are starting to grow white fur and are developing the typical dark circles around their eyes still hard to believe that one day looked like them up. there watching t.v. news live from berlin thanks for watching. long time to its. with its own gravitational pull. of the finest musical compositions. with some mysteries terrific.