but going out of the country. don't get. chunks of time i take on. good. player. play. this is news live from berlin violence returns to the streets of hong kong police fire water cannons and tear gas as some protesters threw petrol bombs and set fire to barricades that was off the pro-democracy demonstrators defied the police back to march through the city. and drone attacks for saudi arabia to cut off its crude

oil production the world's largest oil processing facility was 6 ablaze by the assault the rebels from yemen have claimed responsibility but the u.s. blames iran. and visitors to looking forward to having a go on the world's most expensive toilet all in for a disappointment the toilet made of solid gold has been stolen from a stately home in england just a used to being unveiled at an auto exhibition. hello i'm christine window while come to the program. pro-democracy protesters in hong kong have defied a police baton and taken to the streets once again riot police fired tear gas and water cannons with blue dye at demonstrators who sold rocks and petrol bombs there

ready to a downtown hong kong shopping district descended into violence when groups of hardcore activists tried to attack the city's main government operates it was also an attack on a subway station demonstrators are calling for international support in the months long for democracy campaign. is now reported much yes but it is in hong kong and it joins us now from ohio mathias good to see you so people are back on the streets in their numbers what's happening now way way you walk. well people have 1st gathered around the government headquarters and the parliament the legislature there have been dispersed with tear gas. water cannons from there and then then all of them moving around the city just a moment ago there were a lot of protesters here now they've moved to other streets and they're really greek grouping over there as you can see so everybody is on the move the protesters

in the streets of hong kong and the police behind them. the it the protests were initially triggered by an extradition bill that has since been withdrawn one a why are people still taking to the streets while they still protesting. if this withdrawal had come in the very beginning after the 1st mass demonstrations then probably everything would have ended soon but since these protests have begun so much anger has built up anger mostly at the police force that has been using tear gas and rubber bullets and what protesters and many hong kong to see as excessive violence. so an investigation into police violence is one of the main demands off the protesters and this slow reaction of the government paired with this harsh reaction off the police and and this willingness to use violence against the protesters has also convinced many people that they should stand up to

their demand of universal suffrage to elect their government themselves they are not happy with this system they have not been happy with this system that guarantees beijing a say in appointing the chief executive the head of government and the more this has been continuing the more people feel that this system is broken and they need political reform a one month you might say yes and perhaps on this one very quickly yesterday we saw some clashes between pro beijing's support is and pro-democracy support is how polarized would you say hong kong is right now. well the cleavage between the 2 camps is getting bigger you can imagine all these pictures of violence violence by the police but also by the protestors are of course driving people closer together in their own camp from surveys of you know we know that most hong kong as a majority is standing behind the demands of the protesters an ease with the

political system has been growing over the past 5 years when beijing interfered more and more directly into hong kong politics so probably the moral majority is standing with the protesters although they might not be approve of all of the methods they use and the violence right that's mathias bowling in hong kong thank you is see the middle east now where drone strikes on saudi arabia's and largest oil plants have slashed the walls daily supply of oil by 5 percent but while who the rebels from yemen have claimed responsibility the united states has been iran for the attack raising tensions yet further between washington and tehran . one of the globe's most crucial commodities going up in smoke the result of twin drone strikes at the heart of saudi arabia's oil industry state media say the fires that erupted after saturday's attacks were quickly brought under control but

officials say that production at the apple cake oil processing facility the largest in the world and the courageous oil field the country's 2nd biggest has been temporarily suspended their if it is of how this might affect world markets with saudi arabia responsible for about a 10th of the world's oil output these strikes have effectively cut 5 percent of global supply overnight for the 4 years now riyadh has been involved in a proxy war with iran in yemen the country's who the rebels who are backed by tehran have claimed responsibility for these attacks and filed more. well. promise the saudi regime that are coming operations will only grow wider and will be more painful than before so long as their aggression and blockade continues no good washington is pointing the finger at iran u.s. secretary of state. said on twitter that there was no evidence the attacks had come

from yemen is a rainy and counterpart tweeted back dismissing u.s. claims that tehran was involved in the strikes details about the weapons used and the damage caused remain sketchy ok for more on this story we're joined by advantage he's a middle east analyst based in desolate off welcome to the devaney add that so who the rebels and yemen have claimed responsibility but the u.s. accuses iran of being behind the drone attacks tehran denies it what's your sense of who do you think is telling the truth. in this in this time and in this era we really have to think through different scenarios it is perfectly capable that there is have been carrying out this strike. there has been this war going on in yemen for years now and these have tried to show that they are able to strike back and there are now showing vulnerability of some of the oil infrastructure iran could be behind this to show that it can resist against the

maximum pressure can be launched by the u.s. against iran and the u.s. will obviously try to blame iran not only to find another cause to up the pressure against iran but to also back their allies saudi arabia with regards to the war that is going on in yemen how likely or rather how is saudi arabia likely it's a respond to these attacks. that is indeed difficult to say because what we really have to keep to bear in mind here with these attacks is that the vulnerability of the crucial saudi oil infrastructure has been on display here and it has a lot to do with what this that what the saudis believe the u.s. . security umbrella will actually do for them the control of their country our missile system which is supposed to in fact prevent such attacks from happening so it's difficult for saudi arabia to now assess whether it should strike back or in

fact wait and see what really has been behind those attacks and then elaborate more sound strategy and then you sort of hinted at the vulnerability have but this is not the 1st time that oil facilities in saudi arabia have been targeted just how vulnerable odd they say let's hack i think to the scope and the magnitude of this one has been significantly different so that is it racial has gotten worse we've had u.s. state times issuing reports in in august basically last month in tng 2 that it will it will have an effect on how secure saudi arabia feels under the u.s. security umbrella or whether it has to develop its own security arrangement in the region which may sound cynical would actually be a good outcome of an incident like this so that in fact there is a regional arrangement for security something that i think is vest really needed in

that region. but in a sadness at nantes how that have i thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu his government has approved a new settlement to be occupied west bank it's seen as a move to boost fishing old suppose a base just 2 days ahead of general elections all settlements in the west bank all viewed as illegal and the international. tennis is holding its 2nd free presidential election the vote was brought forward from the after the death of the president. is obscene the polls are widely viewed as a test for the young democracy the 1st that has emerged in the region off to the arab spring. more than 80 migrants on board a risky ship have disembark on the italian island of lampedusa the move suggests the hard line previously taken by the government may be easing and the new

coalition the ocean viking ship is heading back out to continue its rescue mission in the mediterranean. the state funeral for zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe took place on saturday several african heads of states traveled to the capital had it on a controversial strongmen in a sports stadium which was to this empty not all zimbabweans all mourning his posse correspondent adrian krishna reports. give us time to grieve our hero seeing the supporters of robert mugabe in the national stadium of our hour there celebrating the life of zimbabwe's former president as nearby helicopter lands carrying his casket i remember. this is a hero he's an icon of zimbabwe and he's the only president in africa is to stand against tony blair so he is the true president has got the qualities of leadership

is that he will present with influence in the whole of the world gaba fought for the independence of his country and against western imperialism but during mugabe's 37 years in office zimbabwe was blanked into an economic crisis that has yet to recover from. hardly any of the a.t.m. since zimbabwe are walking there is no stable currency hardly any jobs constant power cuts and every 4th has left the country 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 in one god well benefited from the coup against the gaba the opposition remains under pressure even so some of mugabe's one time opponents among the mourners have suffered quite a number of pay in. what to a budget that he did to me. said 64 times by him they did this not live without

a member my mother and my father. theirs and i was in a joy in a good being destroyed during that period of you scott. are you remember my house then said many civil tongue should bend down but you must be able to corner those people who are in agreement to see that does the nazi care mundra this one this with mugabe has supported so many african states in their battles for independence that's why meters 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 back with to focus on the future. now you may want to sit down for this next piece of news a fully functioning toilet made of solid gold has been stolen from a stately home in england it was part of an exhibition that had just opened at blenheim palace the birthplace off britain's wartime leader winston churchill

police say a man in his sixty's has been arrested in connection with the burglary. the leaf if you think if visitors hoping to spend a penny on the world's most expensive toilet will have to hold it for a night the 18 carrot party of gold has gone missing just days after being unveiled at a palace in england. i'm really shocked economy there's a 1000000 pound toilet that's been stolen all gold i wanted to go and that is quite shocking i have to admit i go back over to the home we were there in the crime scene someone stole a 1000000 pound well it was one raising story i think. the toilets had been part of an exhibition of the work of the tele an artist move it seal castle and he called this piece america intending it as a comment on extravagant wealth cattle and described it as one percent art for the 99 percent when it was on display in new york hundreds of thousands of people

queued up for some light relief for that. police are still trying to locate the toilet 103 kilograms of solid gold thieves if he gets away with it will surely be feeling flush. and you're watching t.v. news from berlin i'm christine with the and i'm back at the top of the hour joining me if you get. 2 words. with its own gravitation. the finest musical composition. with some mysteries.