this is g w news live from berlin hong kong pro-democracy protesters appealed to the island's former colonial rulers for help and up holding the city's autonomy hundreds have gathered outside the british consulate in hong kong stepping up calls for international support in their campaign for democratic reforms also coming up a nation remembers the life and legacy of one of the most controversial african leaders of our time zimbabwe holds a state funeral for robert mugabe. and in the bundesliga the race for the title

heaps up early on as birth to dortmund take on viral they were cruising on match day for. america evanston welcome to the program. we begin in hong kong where pro-democracy protesters have defied a police ban and taken to the streets once again thousands are marching through downtown hong kong shopping district with shops shut over fears of renewed violence earlier hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the british consulate to appeal to former colonial rulers the u.k. to help ensure the city's autonomy is upheld the scene of british joint declaration the laid out hong kong's future at one country 2 systems formula for when the territory was returned to china in 1997. well correspondent has been

a is in hong kong and he joins us now for more hello to you but can you tell us exactly what the protesters in front of the british consulate were demanding. when hong kong was returned to china britain and china signed a joint declaration that would guarantee the city's freedoms for 50 years now the protesters are seeing this demonstrate this declaration as being breached by china and they are calling upon britain to do something about it they handed a letter to the british consul here they're also calling as you can see a small group of people also calling on the u.s. to take more action there some of them are calling on donald trump to liberate hong kong whatever that would mean they also some are also demanding congress to to. put in question hong kong's status hong kong's privileges in concerning trade

saying if the city's freedoms are eroded the city would not deserve this special status so during the past 2 weeks it has happened all the time hong kong as have been calling for international support. for months years and we know that today's demonstrations were not approved by the authorities and yet we can see quite a number of people turning out anyway what can we expect to happen. i well today's turnout is much lower than at the at these big marches that we've seen a month ago 2 months ago when 3 months ago. but still a number of people have turned out people feel they have not achieved what they wanted to achieve they have laid out 5 demands to the government that is an investigation into. police brutality that is fair elections and

universal suffrage and they vow to continue until these 5 key months have been met one of them has been met that was the withdrawal off this extradition bill that would have allowed extraditions to china that was at the beginning off this protest movement and how many things we did see yesterday fights erupting between the pro-democracy supporters and also supporters of beijing just how polarized is hong kong right now. while you can imagine 3 months of escalating protests have of course polarize people. protest movement seems to still have support by a big part of society but i think there is also quite a few people who disapprove of the violence used by the protesters and to have been

. protests organized by a pro china all pro government approach pollies groups against against the pro-democracy protests and the rift it goes sometimes through families we have spoken to people who died how one part what parts of the family are is protesting against the government and others are on the side of the government usually the young people are mostly on the side anti government and in the older generation it's not about clear i'll write my test but i got in hong kong we appreciate your reporting thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. drone strikes on key saudi arabian oil facilities and oil fields in the east of saudi arabia have disrupted about half of the kingdom's oil capacity which makes that 5 percent of the daily global oil supply yemen's who the rebels

have claimed responsibility for the attack but the united states says iran is to blame. tunisia is holding its 2nd free presidential election the vote was brought forward from november after the death of the last president to. the polls are widely viewed as a test for the young democracy the 1st that's emerged in the region after the arab spring. protesters have again taken to the streets of france to demonstrate against president a monologue kron hundreds faced off with police in the city of najaf and black clad anarchists dandelions local businesses promised facing renewed opposition over plans to standardize france's pension systems. the state funeral for zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe it took place on saturday several african heads of state travel to the capital harare to honor the controversial strongman in a sports stadium which however was 2 thirds empty all zimbabweans are mourning his

passing our correspondent sent this report. gives us time to grieve our hero seeing the supporters of robert mugabe in the national stage you are right there celebrating the life of zimbabwe's former president as nearby helicopter lands carrying his casket i remember you. use the reason i can also use the only praise didn't you know for go to stand against tony blair who is the real president has got the qualities of leadership is the president with influence in all over the world a god who fought for the independence of his country against western imperialism but during mugabe's 37 years in office zimbabwe was blanked into an economic crisis that has yet to recover from. probably any of the a.t.m. since zimbabwe are walking there is no stable currency hardly any jobs constant

power cuts and every force has left the come. also this is part of the legacy of robert mugabe and his party zanu p.f. that has been running the country since independence under the new president emerson non-god work benefited from the coup against the gaba the opposition remains under pressure even so some of mugabe's onetime opponents among the mourners have suffered quite a number of. pay in. what to a budget that he did to me. before chance by him they did this now live without a member my mother and my father there's an i was really drawn in a good being destroyed cheating that people. are you remember my house instead made a civil action. but you must be able to corner those people who are in agreement to see that despite nothing mundra this one this with mugabe has

supported many african states in their battles for independence that's why leaders from across africa have taken part in the state funeral in iraq it's a painful moment for many but also a chance for them about with to focus on the future. italy has allowed more than 80 migrants to disembark on the southern island of lampedusa after 6 days at sea aboard the ocean viking vessel the move signals a change of approach by italy over migration but rome says the vessel was only allowed to dock because most of the migrants will be relocated to other e.u. countries. a few days ago they were rescued from the sea now they are celebrating these migrants a change of government in italy means they found a safe. haven

a somewhat mocking village here arriving at a place where he will understand and listen to us. we are very happy to there in that we are disembarking in lampeter saddles. but it's lee's new foreign minister says this doesn't mean the restrictions against migrant rescue vessels have been lifted a lot along. here all cradle. she's young and i believe there's a big misunderstanding about the safe port given to ocean viking. could it was assigned the portal only because the adhered to our request to take a significant share of the migrants that are the case that people actually get clear that even before under the previous government our aim was to ensure that those who arrived in italy were redistributed to other european countries yet they were a funny model if you have a family now a new measures have been created including automatic measures to ensure that when foreigners arrive in italy by

a bird they are sent which are other european countries even the most ready to be jolly are rubbish but that's only been a registry mostly just the way sort of. taking in a quarter of all migrants like greece is a redistribution german officials say the country can't handle. a strong position in the football game hype in the past germany has played a decisive rolling taking on people who need protecting that we will continue to act according to humane principles when it comes to ensuring that people don't drown in the mediterranean the number of people we've taken in over the last 12 months is perfectly manageable it was 561 but i don't safety. as long as the migrants a still making the journey to europe e.u. member states will need to agree on the best way to cope with new arrivals ahead of this next round of talks germany and france have each provisionally agreed to take in 25 percent of those coming to italy by boat for those who arrived on the ocean viking whatever the political maneuvers behind the decision they're just happy they

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