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probably the fact that. this is day doubly news live from berlin hong kong reels from the day of k.l. take on reduced activist i just see things against police violence after dozens of anti-government protesters put injured in clashes with officers they gather at the school where police shot and injured as demonstrator from close range. this while beijing shows off its military might just try to mock sivan t.t.'s of communist rule president xi jinping telling his countrymen that now the power to control china's attack. plus u.s.
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president trump claims he's facing a coup as he's tough aides including the secretary of state pushed back against subpoenas in the democrats' impeachment inquiry. i'm anthony how it thanks for joining us hundreds of people in hong kong have staged a sit in against police violence at the site of a major escalation in the cities and government on wrist on tuesday a police officer shot an itin your old protest at close range leaving him in hospital tens of thousands had taken to the streets to defy a ban on protests during china's national day clashes with security forces left dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators injured. it's another morning after in hong kong with the street cleaners left to clear the evidence of the latest ugly confrontation between protesters and police. at least 100000
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demonstrators marched on the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china while beijing celebrated 7 decades of communist rule people in hong kong took to the streets to protest against it in what has become a familiar pattern the peaceful gathering quickly descended into violence police fired tear gas into the crowd sparking clashes that flared up across the city. then another escalation a police officer is filmed firing a pistol at an 18 year old student who strikes the officer with a metal rod it's the 1st time a bullet has hit a person since the protests erupted in june. footage will serve merged of protesters beating a police officer to the ground for 30 say that 66 people were taken to hospital
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while more than 180 were arrested as night fell a subway station entrance was set alight and the cat and mouse game between police and protesters continued the demonstrators insist they will persist until 5 key demands are met including an investigation into police brutality and greater democratic freedoms guys are so i people from all walks of life want an independent inquiry i watch the withdrawal of the bill is not enough. it's hard to settle the matter if i think of the whole article i got black ink with chant tongues people are ready to sacrifice everything to fight for democracy and freedom i hope hong kong has will persist and carry on so as to get to freedom promised under one country 2 systems this morning people gathered in front of the college attended by the student gunned down by the. lace the protesters are no closer to achieving their goals instead their list of grievances continues to grow.
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well our correspondent charlotte shows some pill sent us this or this report from the streets of hong kong these protesters a gathered outside a police station just up that heading abuse at the offices inside that it's off to one young man was shot in the chest by a live round he is apparently currently in a critical condition police have said that they were trying to protect themselves by firing that live rounds but people here oh extruding me angry police have fired warning shots into the ad before but this really is a major escalation in these months long protests challenged chill some people there in hong kong well as china turned 70 amid protests in hong kong by jing is said to be orchestrating an online offensive to spread this information online this is according to a new report which also says mainland china has dramatically expanded its digital. has more on that story although what can you tell us well this reports from the
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oxford internet institute says that beijing is a major player when it comes to spreading disinformation online what we've seen before the protests in hong kong started this summit that has been focused mainly on domestic platforms like and we chat but now they have changed their tactics and they're targeting international platforms like facebook twitter and you tube now those platforms blocked for citizens in mainland china and behind the great chinese fire wall but they are available for hong kong now these attacks these accounts that we're seeing they are originating in mainland china and we seeing coordinated efforts to spread the message that the protesters in hong kong violent radicals with no popular support. now of course we have seen violent episodes in hong kong but we've also seen millions of peaceful protesters so the concern now is that the
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share scale of this campaign can actually end up influencing audiences outside of hong kong in the world in the western world it's very powerful what can actually be done to stop this if anything yeah unfortunately not much facebook have said that they have eliminated some of these pages some of the groups trying to say they have taken down 93900 accounts but the sheer volume makes this difficult twitter also recently put out a statement banning. adverts from state backed media and that was after beijing placed ads suggesting that the protests in hong kong were in some way sponsored by western interests so this move to these international platforms that are not available in china and the sophistication with which they are spreading this information is really shows that china is ramping up its efforts in what is
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really a global information war and interesting time all asika thanks for your time. well as we mentioned china has been staging huge celebrations to mock 70 years of communist rule the people's republic of china has undergone massive change since its founding in 1949 as part of the anniversary celebrations president told crowds that china's development will continue to be peaceful but its military is there to ensure both sovereignty and security. on tuesday the world's longest surviving communist nation celebrated its achievements on a grand scale. standing where chairman mao proclaimed the people's republic in 1949 president xi jinping struck a combative note home. today a socialist china is standing proudly in the world's east. and no force can change
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the position of our great motherland and no force can stop the chinese people and the chinese nation from stepping forward. the spectacle that followed was designed to highlight china's rise from a nation in despair to a global superpower. at the forefront of the new found confidence and display of military might on a massive scale advanced weaponry including nuclear capable missiles rumbling through beijing. the event comes at a crucial time growth is slowing as the trade war with the u.s. takes its toll on the economy and calls for more democracy grow louder both in hong kong and among the middle classes and mainland china. but that wasn't the point of the fireworks that ended the day along with an elaborate gala show on tiananmen square thousands of musicians and dancers performed
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a massive display for the nation and the world. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. north korea launched 2 projectiles from its east coast according to japanese and south korean officials tokyo says they appeared to be ballistic missiles one of which landed in japanese waters the launches come a day off to pyongyang announced fresh talks with the u.s. on its nuclear weapons program. vice president. has resigned her role as interim president and called for fresh elections furies congress appointed her to the roll a die off the earlier after the country's president not just got it dissolved the legislature tend in a tense standoff with the opposition of corruption. at least 2 people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes between protesters and police in the iraqi capital baghdad protesters were angry about public services and high unemployment as well
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as what they see as a remnant influenced government. printing president a lot of me is a lengthy says he's government and russian backed separatists have agreed to temporary special status for the east of the country the deal signed in belarus just hides the way for further talks to end a conflict that has ground on for 5 years and killed about 13000 people. well u.s. president donald trump has condemned an in pitchman inquiry led by democratic lawmakers saying he is facing quote a coup congressional committees have issued subpoenas against trump's lawyer buddy giuliani and secretary of state mike and other top i. on pay or has lashed out at the requests accusing democrats of bullying and trying to intimidate his staff. is in italy at the start of a european trip and he said it was not now feasible for officials to testify mr
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giuliani has also suggested he won't comply. when a washington correspondent published foley ileus reports other trumpet ministration official officials are hearing from congressional committees and are expected to testify. well tuesday was earlier files to moving day here in washington with regards to the impeachment inquiry of president donald trump and it's expected that wednesday will maintain that momentum we know that key committees on capitol hill have been notified that the inspector general from the state department is quote interested in discussing and providing stuff with copies of documents related to the state department and ukraine we also have the media here in the united states talking about kurt volker now he's the former trumpet ministration special envoy to ukraine it's also believed that he wants to speak to several of the investigating
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committees expected to happen in fact on thursday the intelligence committee chairman jim schiff is also expected to appear on wednesday alongside the speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi she gave. a press conference every wednesday and we cannot forget about president trump and he's been tweeting quite vigorously will say and in fact late on choose day he tweeted in fact a pretty. strong statement calling the impeachment inquiry by the democrats a coup so a very fast moving story and it's expected that there will be no let up on wednesday . the elites in washington the football now and in the champions league by meeting produced a phenomenal performance to be premier league told them what's $72.00 in london
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total took the early lead the back and went on to completely dominate in the 2nd half surged not 3 scored 4 goals to hope the german jenkins secure a huge one. although i thought the world athletics championships finished with a gold rush for american athletes 3 world titles just about doubled team u.s.a.'s tally in that means the united states now leads the medal table with 7 gold medals . the most unlikely world title came courtesy of donovan bridger in the 800 metres a 1st ever u.s. win in this event as braziers set a new championship record but possibly also a controversial one as braziers coaches alberto salazar who was banned for doping offenses earlier on tuesday. the most anticipated title came in the 200 meters from no alliance the 22 year old is widely tipped to become you saying bolts natural successor posting faster personal bests than the jamaican great had at the same age
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. the most thrilling title came in the pole vault with sam kendrick's defending his crown but only just both kendricks and swedish teenager are meant to plant has cleared 5 metres 97 the press tied at a world championship since 2001. kendricks only took the title because he had fewer failed attempts becoming the 1st man to win 2 world titles since the great surge a book. and before we got passengers waiting to board their flight at chicago's o'hare airport on monday witnessed an unusual spectacle when an unmanned catering class literally spun out of control stop alerting drinks on an airplane when a case of water fell on to the gas pedal sending the vehicle spinning wildly into reverse the cop was stopped by a driver intervene and. prevented damage to that need by playing you'll see they.
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