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oh. oh. oh. this is dave every news line from birth and more protests flare up in hong kong police fired tear gas and angry crowds during another weekend of pro-democracy protests petrol bombs also fly as clashes resumed once more between authorities and demonstrators also coming up young activists gather at the united nations in new york for a dialogue on climate change the meeting comes a day after millions took to the streets around the against global warming and we'll go live to new york. and breast scenes of protests in egypt crowds returned
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to tahrir square angry over claims of corruption against the president and military it's the 1st sign of public outrage being he is after a crackdown on dissent. plus dashed hopes for u.f.o. hunters plans to storm the secretive area $51.00 military base in the nevada desert in search of aliens fizzled when only several dozen people turned off. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program clashes have broken out in hong kong in another weekend of pro-democracy protests have been trying to disperse several 1000 people using tear gas and brandishing firearms the march started pace filling but skirmishes soon broke out. who called 1st all the territory from the west their numbers were lower than previous weekends but protesters in hong kong were not to
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tear down despite beijing's offer of an open dialogue with selected activists next week some of the demonstrators here are skeptical. i'm not sure whether it will help even if we voice our opinion and even if the selected people talk about how denounce the government might not take any action so i think marching is the most practical way. after a peaceful march through and i lying area of hong kong clashes broke out between police and a group of hardcore activists police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the protesters who threw petrol bombs and built barricades in a secretary student walls of antigovernment messages were torn die in these so-called lenin walls have become something of an emblem for the demonstrations which have been held every weekend since the end of june. protest leaders have dubbed this hong kong summer of discontent which although numbers are dwindling
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could very well continue long into the autumn. i'm correspondent t. is building a has more about the latest clashes in hong kong. both sides are really on the brink of the nerves we are seeing the police getting provoked easily and the protesters expecting something to happen so some of them come prepared with petrol bombs and other gear to the demonstrations and anything that happens then a warning by the police an announcement to disperse the crowd inevitably leads to violence. use leaders gathering at the united nations in new york for an unprecedented crisis meeting on climate change on friday 4000000 people across the globe took part in the world's biggest ever rally calling for radical crime and protection among them was great attend the young woman who started the fridays for future demonstrations in her home country sweden more than
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a year ago she was one of nearly 100 young people at the summit it's a chance for them to meet decision makers like you and later antonio good terra's a head of a major u.n. meeting this monday timberg spoke at the opening of the summit and praised everyone who took part in the global protests yesterday millions of people across the globe. marched and the man does real climate action especially young people. we showed that we we are united and that we young people are on stoppable. one of the other young activists attending the summit is common in smith's sacrifice and he joins me now from new york come on thanks for joining me now you all from the marshall islands and have quite a personal experience with climate change tell us a bit more about that. so it was in the
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back at home in the marshall islands it's actually tiny pacific island nation in the middle of the pacific and over there we experience a lot of erosion coastal erosion and sea level rise we're kind of losing our home. it's. in every day experience for us. as you quite at the forefront and you've had a lot to do at that home in the marshall islands tell us a little bit about what you've what you've had to do how you're trying to get gain attention there. for sure my home and we're still a developing country so we're leading in the climate action plate for raising awareness and that's all we can do because we're still developing we don't have that much budget to do action. and that's obviously something that you're trying
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to get attention for at the un cle climate summit there in new york what are you hoping to achieve there. so yesterday we actually attended the climate shake. we we want to be the last generation to strike for climate justice because like for my country i hope we are we have a future because the future generation is. it is near. you were among millions that attended that. rally yesterday globally across the world some food. a 1000000 people turned out i mean do you think that that has really made leaders start to listen. personally you know i think we were kind of being tokenized because the youth are
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now delegated enough yet. we still want to be taken seriously we want to be taken seriously we're here to push for that. kind of it. all right well hopefully you will be taken seriously on monday when you meet with late is called on to me is that chris thanks very much for talking today w. but. now to some of the other stories making news around the world organizers of a climate march in paris have told protesters to call it quits following violent clashes between police and radical activists who authorities said had infiltrated the rally police arrested more than a 100 demonstrators. china and the solomon islands have formally established diplomatic ties after the solomons broke off relations with taiwan it was one of 2 pacific island nations to switch their allegiance to beijing on this week they would buy the promise of economic investment only 15 countries worldwide now
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recognize taiwan's independence from china. a bomb aboard a minibus in iraq has killed 12 people and wounded 5 others the blast near the shiite shrine city of karbala is one of the biggest since the defeat of i.a.'s in the country 2 years ago iraq's prime minister says security forces have detained a suspect. formative years in president. ben ali has been buried in the saudi holy city of medina and ben ali was the 1st lady to be toppled by the arab spring protests in 2011 if led to saudi arabia where he lived in exile until his death on the day. the security forces. has been deployed in central cairo after a rare anti-government protests broke out friday evening in the egyptian capital as well as other cities demonstrators called on president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down amid allegations of widespread corruption. saying
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don't be scared sisi has to go the message from hundreds of protesters in and around tahrir square in cairo egypt calling on president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down. that was these demonstrations are a rarity in today's egypt sparked by appeals shared on social media to take to the streets in opposition to government corruption and oppression the since l.c.c. was elected he's consolidated his power and enacted an unprecedented crackdown imprisoning fountains of political islamists secular opposition figures and popular bloggers this is the 1st major protest against l.c.c. in which demonstrators have defied a ban on public protest. according to reports security forces have been quick to disperse crowds with tear gas 55 people have so far been officially arrested but reports suggest their initial momentum is not abating it was shot. as to japan now and the rugby
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world cup where a clash between heavyweights new zealand and south africa held top billing in today's group matches the keyways loto manhood is they went into the break 14 points ahead south africa stormed back in the 2nd half but you zealand held on to claim a hard fought win astray survived a scare against fiji to post a win in their opening group match a bright start for from the pacific islanders source trailer behind at half time but to 2nd half tries from tony lot who swung the game in favor of the wallabies meanwhile france came from behind to win a thrilling match with argentina comey lopez was the hero after he scored a drop goal to clinch a narrow 2 point victory in tokyo. and german football kept their revival and a new coach david wagner as they months 21 in friday's bundesliga game the pick of goals came in the 89th minute i mean ari curling the ball home to seal the points
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that strike a shock of the 3rd league victory in a row and continues their ascent towards the top of the table. now let's take a look at the other bundesliga results so far this weekend by munich waltz past cologne they've accused. in the berlin defeated possible freiburg and shared the poles spoils that shelters win against mines on friday braman versus the leipzig is now underway will have those results shortly and on sunday battle dusseldorf while frankfurt face dortmund and monday's save will ses wolfsburg take on hoffenheim. one of the world's biggest parties is now underway in munich and as always the mayor of the german city taft the 1st of many cases of beer served there . i was up there. more than
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6000000 people are expected to attend the 2 week event which began more than 200 years ago but some of been complaining about the prices this year a little bit costing nearly 12 euro is. so the u.s. state of nevada now in a disappointment for people hoping to get a glimpse of extraterrestrial life a student and post in an event on facebook inviting people to storm the state's secretive area 51 military base which is long rumored to house government secrets about u.f.o.'s and aliens but despite millions on facebook indicating they would join the raid the turnout didn't quite live up to the hype credit where there was some revelers a few outlandish costumes but just not many earthlings and definitely no flying sources at the perimeter fence of this remote military base after an overwhelming response on social media only a 100 people showed up there were truly and fine and swear off all through the
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incredible although you wouldn't believe it unless the far right. although believe are there are aliens there are a. but far from catching a glimpse of each sheet the much hyped raid was what some party goers wanted to see the most we came out the same kind of people make a run for it. why would you ever miss this a bunch of random people in weird costumes standing outside of a government base. why would you want to miss that that's one more lifetime experience. the u.s. air force ramped up the security around area for. $51.00 ahead of the event is the nevada testing training range where it tests by planes and trains staff the site was so secret that the u.s. government took until 2013 to admit it even existed. just
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a few people were detained and at the end of the night no aliens were freed the secrets that area $51.00 holds are still under wraps seems like the truth is still out there. fans of the cave crusade of batman have been celebrating batman day by watching the bat signal being veined into night skies around the world like here in tokyo. the was the iconic signals summons the superhero in the coming book series which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year that man has since grown into a multi-billion dollar global franchise with characters like catwoman and the joker getting their own successful spin offs. just a reminder of the top story we're following for you clashes have broken out again in hong kong with demonstrators throwing molotov cocktails and authorities firing
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tear gas and approach china groups have been pulling down public messages left by anti-government activists to voice their democracy. that's all for now up next shift with a look at a sports don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site at standup you dot com i'm a beggar it is in berlin thanks for watching. the british. surely from africa the world tour link to exceptional stories and discussion from all use of easy to our website d w dot com smash africa join us on facebook. africa. work on the tax. cut deal and i'm just going to brown a new delusion by.
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