this is deja vu news live from berlin a massive show of military might in beijing as china marks 70 years of communist rule president xi jinping says no power on earth can halt the rise of the chinese nation. but will china's big day be overshadowed by the ongoing protests in hong kong and what are beijing's plans for that territory also coming up. the pressure mounts on u.s. president donald trump house democrats subpoena his personal lawyer rudy giuliani

over the ukraine was a lower allegations. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us china has been staging a massive military parade to mark 70 years of communist rule some 15000 soldiers on his of tanks and military hardware including a hypersonic missile all rumbling through the capital beijing the celebrations commemorate the founding of the people's republic of china by chairman mao 1949 an event that ended a bitter civil war they claimed millions of lives president she said china's development would be peaceful but that is normal terry would safeguard the nation's sovereignty and security. let's bring indeed abuse mathias bowling who's at the celebrations in beijing good morning to you mathias president saying this morning

that nothing can stop the rise of china was that message more for the home crowd or for the international audience. it was of course for both but the more important crowd here is the home crowd because what she's impeding ideology what his narrative his promise to his people is is that he will make china strong and powerful his predecessors have started he cannot make reforms they have started this economic miracle they have achieved some. economic prosperity and he will be the one who gives china the role that he thinks it should have on the international stage these. are the preparations and the parade has been broadcast throughout china broadly in social media on t.v. in newspapers so it is really a show of. what the communist party thinks it has achieved and it is thanks very

much for that from beijing ok let's go straight to hong kong now and there are no big celebrations planned there today did have the charlotte chosen bill standing by in hong kong for us charlotte that city has been dominated for months now by the end the beijing demonstrations what's happening where you are right now. brian we're one of several mass protests taking place across hong kong today and the mood really has changed quite dramatically in the last hour or so we're hearing that sick ass has been fired in multiple different locations we're also getting reports from local media that to live warning shots were followed was fired by police officers it's still very early years in the day here usually the pattern has been peaceful protesters in the day descending into violent clashes in the evening when we've already seen those clashes on the street there is an enormous police

presence here off to rule this protest has not been authorized anyone taking part therefore is breaking the norm not sure if you can see behind me at the moment but there are police officers stationed across this area they're up on looking down on the protesters looking to see what's happening to try and keep them over the head now where we are is still very peaceful but this should be a busy road usually this is a national holiday today instead it is overrun by protesters chops close barricaded everyone here bracing for was expected to be in a snow expected to be an extremely tense day yes you can hear some of the the chance in the background there where your i'm considering this this heavy police security presence stands out on the streets today are protesters still planning for more events later today. it's widely expected

that these protests will go on far into the evening people here that we've spoken to over the last few days have only signaled that today is expected to be a big day that been protests in the lead up to today in the lead up to the anniversary but many have said that they wanted to save that energy to come out on the streets are they not because they know that the whole world is watching they know today is a significant day for mainland china and people here. to capitalize on that attention to show you the quote 8 at that angle and to repeat that i'm on on an international stage i think some people here is well i came to show you the show come to the streets like they did china is trying to celebrate in a sense is trying to overshadow perhaps even paris authorities in beijing say people will be here on the streets it's expected going in one more from charles chosen pill from hong kong as those protests move forward today thanks very much. especially down some of the other stories making the news at this hour a bridge over a bay in taiwan has collapsed gnashing on the boats low

a truck carrying oil wasn't plummeting from the bridge into the water is 10 people been injured injured a rescue teams are searching for survivors. in pay room president martin this car has dissolved congress and called for new elections in a power struggle with the opposition he cues lawmakers of blocking his attempts to fight corruption through has been engulfed in a scandal involving a brazilian construction company with multiple politicians accused of accepting bribes and exchange for government contracts the. flooding in northern india has killed at least 100 people over the last 3 days which our progress in bihar states have been especially hard trench on monsoons brought down trees power lines roofs india's weather department says this year's monsoon rains are the worst in 25 years . the u.s.

opera star jessye norman has died at 74 she sang more than 80 times and new york's metropolitan opera was awarded a grammy during her long career she sang for presidential inaugurations queen elizabeth's birthday and the opening ceremony of the atlanta olympics. the british prime minister boris johnson says he'll present his final plan this week to get a deal for britain to leave the you at the end of october. reports indicate his ideas include locating customer customs officers rather several kilometers away from the irish border he also wants the e.u. to rule out any further delays to bret's. it's to the us now where democrats in the house of representatives are increasing their pressure on president trump as they move closer towards impeachment proceedings they've now issued subpoenas against trump's personal attorney a former new york mare rudy giuliani. has democrats are turning up the

he's on donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani has been ordered to turn over text messages phone records and other communications related to crane. it's a significant step by the house intelligence committee as it examines whether trump abused the office of president when he asked ukraine's president to dig up dirt on political rival joe biden. trump has been pushing back aggressively firing at verbal barbs against democrats leading the impeachment probe reports on the whistleblower that prompted us probably figured i made a call the call was perfect when the whistleblower reported it he made a senator and then you have that i'm sure who even worse made up my words which i think is just a horrible have everything he that they would get to but the allegations against the president are mushrooming the australian government has confirmed that trump

recently urged prime minister scott morrison to help him discredit the miller inquiry another instance of trump pushing his own personal political interests with a foreign leader. the new york times reports that the white house then restricted access to the call a breach of convention also used to conceal trump's call with the ukrainian president nigerian police say they have freed 900 pregnant women and girls from a so-called baby factory the victims were allegedly abducted and then raped so their captors could sell their babies to women suspects were arrested in the raid and. women impregnated by their captors now free to tell their stories they were subjected to serious abuse. a woman gave me a drug suddenly labor started although i was only 7 months pregnant. i was in

labor for 3 days and i did not deliver until police came to free us. the victims say they were tricked into coming to us by the promise of jobs us to mystic stuff poverty drove him to seek work far from their homes some are as young as 15 and they do a deal to make to me what i had not done think it was. just. given . to some kid. to sell the big. heaps police say this baby girl would have been sold for around $900.00 on the boy for about $1400.02 women suspects have been arrested and authorities are still looking for a 3rd so-called baby factories run by criminal syndicates are not unusual in nigeria but for these women at least there are deal is over. there some sports now in the

world athletics championships are taking place in qatar yesterday 3 out of 6 gold medals went to ask leeds who also to talk spots at the last. undisputed leader of the pack of defending champions was russian high jumper maria unless it skinner who won her 3rd straight gold medal was this one though as a neutral athlete as russia's track and field federation has been suspended since 2015 due to widespread doping allegations. the men's 5000 meter final had 3 norwegian brothers competing in good britain the youngest of the band of brothers was leading in the final lap only to be picked at the left corner. in get rich ended up in 5th gold and silver went to ethiopia i'm with a dress repeating his tram from 2 years ago in london. and finally some joy for

a no we didn't athlete cost involved home defended his title in the 400 meter hurdles crowning an impedance streak of 14 races meanwhile 3rd place after some in the 1st middle of the championships for hosts kitsa was staying with athletics coach alberto salazar boss of u.s. track and field program funded by sports giant nike has been handed a 4 year ban by the u.s. and you know he agency salazar has been found guilty of orchestrating in facilitating doping the british olympic champion mo fountain u.s. runner galen rupp are among the athletes to have trained under him at the nike we're going to project but they have not been accused of any wrongdoing salazar said he to peel nike has not commented. in football the champions league returns tonight but by and munich facing off against tottenham that game comes at a perfect time for byron striker. he set a record by becoming the 1st player to net 10 goals in the opening 6 bonus league

again. there can be no doubt who the main man at byron is this season robert levon dusky just keeps getting better and better the polish striker has scored 12 goals in mind games in this campaign but in buy ins champions league clash against tottenham he'll face another of the best strikers in the world english forward harry kane. complete was unleashed and there's nothing he can do he's a very strong striker i'd say that at the moment him and love and dusky are among the top 23 or 4 strikers in the world. and canes goals help drive top end to their 1st ever champions league final last season their fans hope they can go one better this time around but coach modise your party tino is wary of buying a team with a more storied past in europe's top club competition. the other club.

tried to bribe. or liberal they said to try to win the competition the term believe because the story say that by and will become the 1st german team to play at tottenham's new stadium it cost more than a $1000000000.00 euros to build the 2 strike is set to grace its pitch a priceless. let's get your mind of our top stories at this hour china is marking 70 years of communist rule the country stage a massive display of military might the capital phasing showing off new weaponry present she said nothing could hold the advance of the chinese nation. and nigerian police say they've freed 19 pregnant women and girls from a so-called baby factory the victims were allegedly abducted and then raped so their captors could sell their baby. this is the interview news live from berlin

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