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this is deja vu the news live from berlin small protests flare up in hong kong police fired tear gas and angry crowds cheering and now the weekend of pro-democracy protests pecial gongs also fly as clashes resume one small between parties and activists also coming up. young activists gather at the united nations in new york for a dialogue on climate change and meeting comes a day after millions for the strains to running against global warming will speak too long from here. clowns dashed hopes for u.s.
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phone hunters plans to storm the secretive area 51 military base in nevada in search of aliens physical when only several dozen people turned up. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program clashes broke out in hong kong again on saturday during another weekend of pro-democracy protests police trying to just broke disperse several 1000 people using tear gas and brandishing firearms a march started peacefully about skirmishes soon broke out. the. scenes such as these are becoming all too familiar tear gas fills the air as police and protesters clashed in hong kong streets road satellite the 2 sites have been facing off every weekend for 4 months what started as anger over
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a proposed extradition law has grown into a wider management calling for greater democracy protesters were arrested outside a real we station in sight people were marking 2 months since activists were violently beaten in a more botak they are. the one who was. after a largely peaceful march airlie or in the day clashes then brocades between police and a group of hardcore activists the day even strangers 3 petrol bombs from behind their barricades in a separate incident walls of anti government messages were torn by these so-called lenin walls have become something of an emblem for the demonstrations which have been held every weekend for the last 16 weeks. protest leaders have dubbed this home kong summer of discontent and although the numbers at the protests are dwindling those attending are just as passionate as ever. because
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my people have my break from being held down by national power and north pole i'm told we did not run this is what gets back to the topic but the right and. the pro-democracy activists are looking for a show of solidarity from the west's and are calling for the international community to support them and stand with home call by. correspondent bellinger has more about the clashes and the latest clashes in hong kong. 7 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
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anything that happens then a warning by the police an announcement to disperse the crowd inevitably leads to violence. when you slate is 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 time of protection among them was granted to the young woman who started the fridays for future demonstrations in a foreign country sweden more than a year ago she was one of nearly $100.00 young people at the summit it's a chance for them to meet decision makers like u.n. leader antonio good terra's ahead of a major u.n. meeting this monday 2 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 demand those real climate action especially young people.
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we showed that we were united and that we young people are all stoppable. one of the other young activists attending the summit is consummate sacrifice and he joins me now from new york come on thanks for joining me now you'll from the marshall islands and have quite a personal experience with climate change tell us a bit more about that. so i'm in the back at home in the marshall islands 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. a navy day experience 1st. so you're quite at the forefront and you've had a lot to do at 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
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attention there. for sure in my home and we're still a developing country so we're leading 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 to get attention for at the un cle youth 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
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were among millions that attended that that rally yesterday globally across the world some food. a 1000000 people turned out i do 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 not validated enough yet. we still want to be taken seriously we want to be taken seriously we're here to push for that very hard on their credit. all right well hopefully you will be taken seriously on monday when you meet with later is count on 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 told protesters to call it quits following violent clashes
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between police and radical activists who will thirty's said had infiltrated the rally police arrested more than $100.00 demonstrators. china and the solomon islands have formally established diplomatic ties out of the solomons broke off relations with taiwan it was one of 2 pacific island nations to switch their allegiance to beijing this week who would buy the promise of economic investment only 15 countries worldwide now recognize taiwan's independence from china. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast on a minibus in iraq that killed 12 people and wounded 5 others the explosion near the shiite shrine city of karbala was one of the biggest since the iraqi government declared i just defeated in the country 2 years ago. former tunas in president zena aberdeen in ben ali has been buried in the saudi holy city of mn dana then elaine was the 1st lady to be toppled by the arab spring protests in 2011
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is led to saudi arabia where he lived in exile and till his death on thursday. the security forces have been deployed to central cairo after rare anti-government protests broke out on 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. that saying 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. 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 seeds l.c.c. was elected he's consolidated his power and enacted an unprecedented crackdown
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imprisoning felons 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. caused by shock. and german football now and shell kept up their revival under new coach david wagner's as they beat mines 21 in 5 days bundesliga game the pick of the goals came in the 89th minute i mean i read curling the ball home to seal the points and strike a child thirdly victory in a row and continues their ascent to was the top of the table. let's take a look at all the winners they results so far this weekend but in munich waltz past
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cologne leverkusen beit hanoun berlin herds of berlin defeat in panama and freiburg and outspoken shared the spoils there's a shout as win against months on friday bremen vs be lights is now underway will have those results shortly on sunday glad the battle doesn't off while frankfurt face dortmund and monday's take on hoffenheim. in formula one ferrari's the class is frank surprise in singapore by taking pole position ferrari and not renowned for this success in singapore bobsleigh claire produced a fine display of driving to pip the runway late and lewis hamilton isn't the sadie's to 1st place the klez ferrari teammates avastin fettle stance good in sunday's grand prix. no one of the world's biggest parties is now underway in munich and as always the mayor of the german city tapped the 1st of many cases of beer there. i was up there
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for more than 6000000 people are expected to attend the to wreak a vent which began more than 200 years ago some have been complaining about the prices this year and they were a big costs nearly 12000 s. oh wow. out to the u.s. state of nevada now and a disappointment for people hoping to get a glimpse of extraterrestrial life a student posted 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 of facebook people on facebook indicating they would join the raid the turnout didn't quite live up to the hype. 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
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response on social media only a 100 people showed up there were truly and fine it's the author of the incredible you wouldn't believe it on their feet. although believe are there are aliens there are. 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 a one more lifetime experience. the u.s. air force ramped up the security around area $51.00 ahead of the event is the nevada test and training range where it tests spy planes and trains star of the
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site was so secret that the u.s. government took until 2013 to admit it even existed. just a few people were detained and at the end of the night new aliens were freed the secrets that area $51.00 holds are still under wraps seems like the truth. it's still out there. planets from aliens to superheroes now and fans of the caped crusader batman have been celebrating batman day by watching the bat signal being baned into night skies around the world like here in tokyo to move up. the iconic signal signal summons the superhero in the comic book series which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year and since going into a multi-billion dollar global franchise with characters like catwoman and the joker getting their own successful spin offs well that's all for now up next
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around 160000 people in germany don't identify as holy mile off a mile in reporter this week we follow the into 6 journey of a man who 1st lived as a woman and forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's day w dot com i'm rebecca it is for me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching. the fall of the berlin wall because before november of 99. the heroes of eastern europe. we talked began the struggle for freedom. personal courage. to score you know.

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