the problems. starts october lucky. enough. more pro-democracy protests in hong kong activists join. totalitarianism it comes as mainland china prepares to celebrate 70 years of communist rule our correspondent in the middle of those protests also coming up. former austrian

chancellor sebastian kurtz is the favorite to lead a new government in snap general elections. which party he choose as his coalition partner anybody's guess. counting is underway in afghanistan's presidential election the vote took place in the shadow of taliban attacks several people were killed and dozens injured in the blast near polling station. thanks for joining us. what's being called a t. totalitarianism demonstrations are taking place in hong kong just 2 days before china's leadership celebrates 70 years of communist rule clashes have broken out between them demonstrators in hong kong police officers used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowds the last 4 months have seen violent confrontations in

the semi autonomous territory between activists and police on most weekends us. earlier i spoke to shoulder charleston pill in hong kong i asked her if police were already engaging in a show of force just a short time ago the add on this street here behind me was thick with tear gas smoke riot police fired several rounds of tear gas at the protests you would gather today and of course the john is here as well reporting on that this one the area where this anti totalitarian protest was sched jewel to start that take us there was 5 just moments alter the protests was meant to begin at a pace police he was trying to crack down on the protests the school it even started people here though and now back on the streets already determined to keep going to find in the face of that take as many of them holding on breath as trying to shield themselves from view from the helicopter which is flying overhead at the

moment we're hearing word that a number of the protesters have planning to continue along the plans were from this area usually a very busy shopping district here in hong kong to the government complex now what has to be pointed out is the organizers of this event did not apply the permission meaning that this protest according to authorities here is now on the. show that 2 days of protests are supposed to be part of a global event but i imagine that they have special significance in hong kong. will this protests here is part of the series. otello the events planned across the 4 days leading up to choose day now choose day is crucial to say the date that observers here people in hong kong have been eyeing the several week and that is because it's the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china people anticipating a lot of unrest in the build up to that event and then of course yesterday we saw

the 5th on a vestry at the umbrella of the crowd to look at events that's the brits called home at back in 204030 this is untrue totalitarian protests isn't on a number of high profile events designed so you i get the attention of the world people in hong kong they added on the protests trying to keep up momentum and of course trying to keep up public support for the gym on weapons of charlotte the images behind you appear to be fairly peaceful are there any signs that there are efforts being made right now to deescalate the violence. was so often the pattern of these protests it could be peaceful one moment the next minute you might see tear gas and of course water cannon as well as the police here in that attempt to you see crackdown alyona this protest on trying to stop this

from escalating early on rather than let it continue well into the night. and kill in hong kong 1st thank you for that. austrians are going to the polls today to elect a new government after a corruption scandal in may prompted the spectacular collapse of the right wing coalition government all eyes are on the front runner former chancellor sebastian kirks and his conservative austrian people's party church is expected to win handily but will probably need a coalition partner to secure a stable majority and who will pick is currently anybody's guess. for more let's bring in our correspondent max hoffman who's outside a polling station in vienna so sebastian kurtz as you know max has long been leading in the polls is his win a foregone conclusion. let's put it this way there really is no way around cool it's also because most of the other parties have ruled out

a coalition with the far right freedom party. has not he's expected to poll with more than 10 percent of the vote ahead of all the others so that is very very comfortable margin and so the answer is quite simple yes it's likely that the next will be courts so as you mentioned he is not ruling out forming a government with the freedom party and yet that is the party that led to the scandal that brought down his previous government why has he not ruled it out. of the 1st thing is that the freedom party is the party where on the issues that the very close to that is they already had a program they already had a coalition that coalition was supposed to hold until 2022 so they wouldn't have to do much work to get back into the game again so that's number one number 2 is maybe he wants to keep his options open and not alienate any of his voters also he's

always been trying to appeal to the right of the voters spectrum for example on by the way a topic he's very close to the freedom party party as well and he's probably most comfortable in that coalition but the problem of course is that with all the scandals that the freedom party has not over yet it might not be a very stable coalition you know an outsider looking into all this would say well therefore the scandal that plagued the last government clearly didn't have an impact on the public. it didn't it doesn't seem like it had a huge impact if you look at the numbers the freedom party which is at the center of all those scandals is set to lose about 3 maybe 4 percent we'll have to see today later on in the day and that's not a whole lot if you look at the scope of the scandal but you're absolutely right there but there is a little impact i mean we talked to people here in the streets that went into that polling station behind me and they said the thing that they are really looking for in this election is to try to have more calm to calm things down in politics and

that really is a code for we're not going to vote for the freedom party but it's a different story outside of the big cities there people say ok it's us against the rest of the world we don't believe what the media saying we don't believe all those scandals we're going to stick with our party you do it up for us at least that's the feeling they have and that's the explanation why the freedom party is set to gain yet again more than 20 percent of the vote. in vienna next thanks so much now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least 36 people have been killed in a roadway collision near you in china's young province local officials say a bus veered into the opposite lane an expressway in collided with a truck a flat tire is thought to have caused the accident. clashes with right wing protesters have marred a gay pride march in the eastern polish city of loveland about 1500 people marched under heavy guard police used water cannon and detained several dozen far right

demonstrators. 2 people have died and 5 more were injured in a roller coaster accident in mexico city one of the attractions rail cars left the tracks during the ride and fell 10 meters to the ground investigators are treating the incident as a negligent homicide. billionaire iran musk has unveiled a spacecraft designed to carry people and cargo anywhere in the solar system and return to earth must display the rocket at the space x. launch facility in texas he said the starship as it's called will blast off in one or 2 months for a test flight and then one. of afghanistan's presidential election day has been more by as many as 68 taliban attacks most of them using rockets at least 5 people were killed and scores more were injured according to the interior ministry the islamist group threatened to disrupt the election with violence and had warned

voters to stay at home there were also problems with the voting process fueling concerns about the legitimacy of the poll. they went to vote and ended up in hospital it was a joy after the polling station opened some voters came in and cost their votes and suddenly there was an explosion i don't remember what happened after that i got wounded was it more not for me to watch it over here in kunduz in afghanistan's north as well as in kandahar in the south photos were left injured after attacks on polling stations votes and now being counted after a tense polling day month by violence or threats of it from the taliban. for many voters peace security and corruption of the most pressing concerns. that doesn't get iraq the hasek as a would i demand as the leader i voted for is that he provides security throughout

the country. and also that he make peace with the taliban and long lasting peace. the 2 lead candidates each claim they are best suited to address the country's problems one of them is current president ashraf ghani. they will as. 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 is up to a lab the country's chief executive the 2 have been in an uneasy government of national unity since 2014 when they both claimed victory in elections mount by fraud whoever wins this time will have to find a way to deal with the taliban the are you sure the taliban forces who have threatened this election process i would like to say as a citizen of this country and us 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 in a country that continues to face very difficult conditions. to athletics now and controversial u.s. sprinter christian coleman has won world championship gold in the 100 meters in doha coleman missed 3 drug tests but was cleared on a technicality last month i struggled off the controversy the 23 year old stormed to victory in a time of 9.76 seconds fellow american justin gatlin took the silver medal in canada's andre to the book the bronze but it's coleman who emerges as the parent heir to retired sprinting legend the same boy. thousands

of lego fans have gathered in the finnish capital helsinki to celebrate the world's favorite toy building blog the highlight of the weekend is a mass building event with millions of lego pieces just waiting to be assembled into something spectacular. the builders hard at work constructing their lego metropolis within hours the city take shape the mountains of plastic bricks transformed into a miniature civilization. sons of the iconic toy young and old have descended on the hell sinky congress center to left their imaginations run wild. the sound that the see that knows i got my own lego bricks when i was one and i've been building ever since the top 5 us. anyone can take parse out in their own

personal masterpiece to the lego sprawl creations by finland's most talented lego builders are also on display from world leaders to priceless paintings. c.m.'s i was inspired to do the girl with the pearl earring when i went to the hague last year and saw the original i thought i'd like to do my own one on the wall i'll make it out of lego as its legacy. this year's lego city is the biggest yet in finland a reminder of the bricks injuring popularity 70 years after they were invented. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you clashes have broken out in hong kong you're seeing live pictures of police shooting tear gas at protesters. it comes as mainland china prepares to celebrate 70 years of communist rule.

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