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oh. this is data really news live from hong kong from berlin hong kong marks 5 years of demonstrating for democracy it's 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella movement and pro-democracy demonstrators were out in the streets as they have been every weekend for the past 4 months we'll take you to hong kong for the latest also coming up. counting gets under way in afghanistan's presidential election but several people have been killed and dozens injured in blasts near polling stations after the taliban want voters to stay at home. and zimbabwe's former president
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robert mugabe is to be buried in his rural home town today and it follows weeks of wrangling between the government and his family over his final resting place. i'm rebecca rivers welcome to the program fresh rallies have been taking place in hong kong to mark 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella movement which saw mass protests in the territory pro-democracy demonstrators have been protesting for months after a controversial extradition bill was tabled back in march this year it's since been shelved but protesters have a wide range of demands that echo those of 5 years ago they include direct democracy for hong kong and autonomy from china. let's go live now to hong kong where our correspondent charlotte shell some pill is standing by
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charlotte how is the protests today shaped up on this anniversary. a lot of people were back i had predicted clashes on the streets today and that is what we saw for a brief time protesters were throwing bricks and stones and government buildings molotov cocktails as well police then responded with water cannon briefly using up blue dye that we've seen a couple of times previously designed to identify and to mock protesters now what we've seen since is that many of the protesters have discussed they've gone home but in this area just behind me a short time ago police were starting to pull buses to the side of the road which buses that people were using to get home they were taking people off those buses many of them were lined up along this will just behind me and death possessions. a number of people a well rested just behind me
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a short time ago it's still slightly unclear how many people were driven away in those police vehicles but it appears that anybody believed to have taken pause in the march i was being searched and. accused over unlawful behavior that is despite the fact this protest was agreed was allowed by police so we've seen at best is in numerous areas not just it being pulled to one side protesters being such a will these protests have many similarities to 24 times umbrella movement what kind of lessons have the protesters of today taken from those events 5 years ago. many similarities in terms of that demands back of it crucially the umbrella movement failed in the eyes of many people they didn't win the concessions that they wanted from beijing so a lot of people here say that they need to learn from mistakes that were made during that movement 5 years the days when it did what they've done is they've tried to divest if i. become more creative now the process back in 2014 was
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launched the stuff that they occupied right around the government complex what we see now is approaches as adopt the strategy that. calling be water be like water essentially means that the fluids keep away from riot police and keep up momentum throughout the evening so the protests can continue long into the night protesters are also trying to come up with different ways of making their voices heard without taking to the streets to see a human chains happening we've seen huge lead in walls walls of messages left by protesters urging these calling for these a democratic reforms that they're looking for that is how they want to keep up that meant to him and of course to keep their protest movement in the public eye keep up public support and keep the eyes of the world on hong kong. china tells them pill in hong kong thank you. polls have closed in afghanistan's presidential election with people voting amid
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a wave of violence and concerns about legitimacy the taliban opposes the election and there have been reports of several attacks across the country peace talks between the islamist group and the us collapsed earlier this month more than 100 civilians have been killed in a space of bombings in recent weeks the last elections in 24 tane were mired in allegations of fraud and ended with the us stepping in to appoint a power sharing government. security forces are out on the streets to protect the public in the face of threats of violence by the taliban going to vote in afghanistan takes courage. officials are adopting new methods to prevent election fraud every voter has to be fingerprinted and photographed the downside is that it might dissuade more conservative muslim women from voting at all. samir in a series is voting for the 1st time. when i demanded the leader
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i voted for is that he provides security throughout the country. and also that he make peace with the taliban along. lasting peace. many voters think peace security and corruption of their most pressing concerns the 2 lead candidates each claim that best suited to address the country's problems the one is the incumbent president ashraf ghani. they will this peace is the 1st demanded of our nation. and this election will give us the legitimacy we need to bring peace to this nation that want to stand with. the other isabella abdullah currently the country's chief executive the 2 have been in a government of national unity since 2014 after they both claim victory in elections marred by fraud whoever wins this time will have to find a way to deal with the taliban. the right to the taliban forces who have threatened
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this election process i would like to say as a citizen of this country and as a voter that threatening innocent people is not a demonstration of strength on your part. and that casualties among innocent civilians will not benefit you. after decades of war and misery and a number of fraudulent elections voters will be demanding bold action from the new president under what continue to be very difficult conditions. earlier i spoke to a journalist in the afghan capital kabul i asked him how the reports of violence and polling stations have affected by saying. the issue of violence has definitely affected voting and it's going to affect places where people who are already i'm sure whether they should vote or not but one thing that we have to take in consideration that's really affecting voting right now is the logistics. i went to
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vote earlier this morning for me you know the polling center was supposed to open at 7 it didn't end up opening until closer to 8 and even then people have issues you know getting to the booth they were supposed to get to understanding how to vote where to put their votes and now the biggest problem is you know i've been to 4 different polling centers and in the last few hours and everywhere i go there's dozens of people who say that their names aren't on the list at all and they're essentially being told you know you can't vote so they either have to go to the independent election commission and file some kind of a complaint or somehow try to reregister their which is not as easy as it sounds or essentially just go home. and this has become a big issue and you know the one thing people are saying if this is what's happening in kabul in some of the most well known neighborhoods of the capital city what's going on outside in the districts and in the provinces why attacks on polling stations and these technical issues and these concerns of fraud everything
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you've been saying at these really free and fair elections. this is exactly the question of people are asking you know i was at what a couple polling centers and the people who were turned away who were being told you know your name is not on the list and you can't vote this is what they're saying you know they're like how is this not the problem they feel as if they're being kept from their vote which they see as an issue of fraud and so what will happen now is you know they've extended the willing by about 2 hours but people are fearful that starting tomorrow all the questions will iraq which team will claim that there was fraud which team will claim that there is irregularities and what will happen from there you know because they don't want to read 2014 where the entire process took months and months and president danny has said the most important issue was finding a leader who could bring peace to the war torn nation can any of the candidates likely to change this. it's not easy i mean because what we know is that the
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taliban are very unhappy with president and he himself so he will have to find a way to try and convince them to trust him. as for the other candidates you know the taliban keep saying that any government now harness on and they've issued statements against the election saying it's a student government saying that you know the election is fraudulent so any government that comes to form will have to somehow prove its legitimacy to the talat and have to prove that the taleban you know should negotiate with them because the taliban right now isn't the stance that any government cobbled as a matter of what matters is the decisions made in washington and then there's heathy reporting for us from afghanistan thanks very much. in zimbabwe the former president robert mugabe will be buried in his rural home village today it follows weeks of wrangling between the government and his family over his final resting place the funeral will be held at his 1st place the village of tama where his body was taken last week he died in singing in
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a singapore hospital earlier this month he was 95 years old he's a controversial figure many revered him as a freedom fighter who helped bring about zimbabwe's independence from britain yet his 37 year rule as president was defined by brutal repression and economic chaos. we're joined now by correspondent privilege was found here use in khatam a village for that burial now privilege it seems a rather quiet fair affair there today. yes quite. a crowd just family homestead where the final resting place for the late for my present political god is going to be. the crowd is be fitting probably for day used to have a private burial it is. very good the national you will see the way the huge
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crowds are normally drawn to witness the burial of national interest the ease surely more describe just come out probably more so than people from their close family and friends come to be their last respects and the decision to have his burial here cause some conflict between her family and the government how did they finally come to an agreement oh oh. no. i think the government had to give in because from the testimonies that we have had is that robert mugabe really intimated that you did not want to be buried at the national guard because you failed to that he was demeaning following the military overthrow in november 2017 even though the government wanted
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him to be very different national. they had to give in to defend their loot. because that's what the. ultimate brotherhood seed that you wanted to be down to these. guys and program he was very controversial figure how will he be remembered by those in his hometown. coming. to some he remains a hero. to some easier vilain do you know in the sense that you there was one of the founding fathers of independence zimbabwe and some of the things that you did for the community and. and even some within the region itself in africa is all he's regarded as a pan african most but on the other hand you also have people who are.
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receiving and who are which is rein saw their opinions i divided for a man who was a liberator and i'm in warsaw at the end of his reign he was a dictator privilege most fun here in town a village thank you. some sport now and in formula one shells leclaire bank 4th pole position in a row ahead of sunday's russian grand prix the clay is the 1st ferrari driver to post 4 consecutive polls since the legendary michael schumacher was sadie's lewis hamilton completes the front row with ferrari teammate sebastian fettle in 3rd. at the rugby world cup hosts japan pulled off one of the tournament's biggest ever shocks as they down the island in group a ireland are among the tournament favorites japan brought on by the home crowd produced a gutsy display to come home from behind to win. to moore a penalty sealed the points for the hosts who now have
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a huge chance of reaching the quarterfinals. or minor of the top stories we're following for you vote counting is underway in afghanistan's presidential election they made complaints of irregularities and pockets of violence several people who claim killed and dozens more were injured in the blasts near polling station it's. more news headlines coming out the top of the hour i'm records in berlin facts. and language courses. video or. any telling. w.

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