this is news from live from berlin. almost 100 people have been killed and thousands wounded in 5 days of violent antigovernment protests. more people die than is today between police and demonstrators. police are out on the streets in force in hong kong as the probate government evokes emergency powers pro-democracy demonstrators defy a facemask ban and hold candlelight vigils. iranian women want the freedom to let

their hair down and leave their headscarves at home but it's against the law on iran and can bring fears consequences we'll take a look at why some women are defying the rule anyway. thanks for joining us. in iraq the number of people killed in clashes has risen to nearly 100 with thousands left wounded government demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest against corruption and poor public services despite efforts to curb the unrest with a curfew and an internet blackout security forces have fired on the demonstrators with tear gas and live ammunition prompting the u.n. today to say that the violence quote must stop. yet another funeral. and people here are shouting that they too will martyr themselves for iraq

. their sorties response to the protests has left scores of people dead iraqis have been taking to the streets since tuesday protesting against corruption and the lack of basic services such as an interest and water. people young and old all determined to bring about change. the mission actually am about the protesters aren't holding anything in their hands except for iraqi flags that have been shed and they're calling for the most basic of rights on and point mentum public services to me that's what the wonderful young people who graduated from universities wang as he was to join it live numbers this way are well able to make that is. it's the revolution of the hungry and courageous people it will hopefully open new doors for us god knows if the government is trustworthy or not. these. things are better now that the curfew has been removed. i hope that decisions by

the government are applied on the ground because honestly the iraqi people are tired of promises. us what i'm going to think of through. the anti-government movement has no apparent leadership nor is it connected to any political or sectarian movement. iraq's parliament speaker on saturday invited grassroots representatives of protesters to discuss 30 months and parliament an attempt to calm down the situation and to respond to growing international scrutiny after countries mounting death toll the to hong kong where a group of lawmakers has filed a legal challenge to the territories ban on the face masks worn by pro-democracy protesters the ban went into effect at midnight yesterday but activists have been defying the prohibition city subway and many shops remain closed after a night of violence on friday there were more clashes today as police confronted

massed protesters oh. oh oh oh right oh right. hand in hand against the face. protesters have frequently formed human chains in hong kong in recent weeks a peaceful yet potent act of defiance inspired by a human chain 30 years ago that propelled the collapse of the communist salvi its union. was heard. today the fury of the protestors is focused on the communist party in beijing and the emergency law invoked by the government in hong kong the time you go call it a time to numerous rallies before but i never wore a mask are wearing a mask today and i cannot because i want to hide my identity but to express my

anger towards this law. when you know i think the human side of the political problems should be resolved politically the government should find solutions instead of imposing more regulations there is an end to mask law now there might be a curfew in the future guy there not solutions the real issues discontent with the government and that has to be tackled by seamen but i think women were not so placed. ations a many shops remain closed throughout saturday after friday night's protests ended in clashes hong kong's leader has just to fight the facemask down by saying her government is only acting to stop the violence. hong kong is facing one president it's violent attack the government needs to take drastic measures to say no to violence restore peace and society he said will protect citizens rights to continue its daily lives and freedom was not allowing a small group of rioters to destroy it she also bolthole they've. got many

protesters disagree blaming the heavy handed tactics used by hong kong's police. they say major political concessions and not trick pony and measures are needed to end the own rest. our correspondent charlayne charles until is monitoring developments in hong kong she sent us this update despite huge numbers of people coming out onto the streets wearing their face masks today police say yet to take major action to enforce the ban leaving many people here uncertain as to what's next today's protests have largely been peaceful if these people weigh up what's next and take stock of that ban there's a real sense that protesters and police a both waiting for the other to make the 1st move. locals meanwhile fear more violence scenes on the streets this weekend that off your number of shops seem to

have preyed beijing ties with vandalize on friday night chief executive carrier said that is exactly why these emergency laws need to be introduced she describes hong kong as hall of power lies now no matter who people here blame for that that is the at least one thing everybody can agree on. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. terror prosecutor says a man suspected of a deadly knife attack in the paris police headquarters likely had links to a radical vision of islam investigators say he had contact with members of the ultra conservative islamic movement the assailant killed 4 police officers before being shot dead on thursday. tens of thousands of people took to the streets of edinburgh to support scottish independence just weeks ahead of britain's planned exit from the e.u. 1st minister nicolas sturgeon contends that it will devastate scotland's economy

2014 a majority of scots voted against independence. north korea's top nuclear envoy says that working level talks with the united states in stockholm have broken down into sides had resumed their dialogue after a february meeting between donald trump and kim jong il failed in hanoi. for women in iran wearing a head scarf for he job is a legal requirement not followed is punishable by a lengthy prison term but some remain women are defying the rule and calling for greater freedoms for all women across the country. they're young they want freedom and they don't want to be forced to wear a headscarf he's a rainy and women are making their views public. yasmeen filmed herself singing in the subway without a he job she was sentenced to 16 years. there's no way i'm going to wear he job why should i it's raining so beautifully. and another woman 20 year old seen here on

the right was sentenced to 24 years for her video filmed without the job. more and more women are joining the movement against the compulsory job and so-called white wednesdays women protest together by holding up white head scarves they send their videos to u.s. based iranian journalist and women's rights campaigner. she initiated the white wednesdays campaign compulsory a job is the main pillar of a religious dictatorship it's the the civil symbol of gender apartheid so that is why the government is very scared upon to compulsory a job movement and they took my family hostage because they want to keep the woman shut down. mrs shows us a picture of her brother the regime is targeting her family she fears that both her brother and her mother have been arrested to put pressure on her.

brother sent her this video shortly before his arrest. hello marcy the pressure on our family is increasing. they call us constantly trying to scare us. they want us to denounce you publicly. mussy has been in the u.s. since 2014 she couldn't remain in iran as a woman's rights activist she now has some 4000000 followers on social media which makes her a target for the regime. i think about my family a lot every day and sometimes i think about. my going to just give up. because of my mother. but i'm sure the government are looking at me and that it's why i don't want to cry and i don't want to give up in the islamic republic of iran all women even school girls are required

to wear headscarves hardliners crackdown on those who refuse many say the issue is about much more than head scarves. is what it will damage ok from the start the regime has been behind the compulsory he job cleaning it is prescribed by islam this idea has since been rejected by islamic scholars but the regime knows that if the job fails it will also bring down other barriers says. oh that is precisely why my c.l. and her movement are determined to continue their fight against the oppression of women in iran. nigeria's nollywood is one of the largest movie producing industries in the world aspiring to be another hollywood or bollywood it produces some $3000.00 movies every year though generally budgets are low but now it's grabbing the attention of global entertainment players let's take a look at where the nigerian movie business is booming.

welcome to the heart of the african film industry nigerian film company founder marion who knows the business like the back of her hand she has witnessed the industry's evolution thanks to affordable digital filming and editing technologies the movies quality has improved so it was 10 years ago. molly wood was. different very i saw that. i was a child and trust me it was not like this so they were. 6 we were called to separate from. we do things just. differently so in time yes time . yeah the industry will be really really different where we live where very. little work has attracted the attention of a foreign investor her company was acquired by the french broadcaster piece. this

is the 1st time you get people. because it's like saying you guys are doing something you guys are doing something valuable something we need this is the 1st time. the ward is really seeing as in scene one molly wood has gone like. this is a like a success for exports often i would contact. for decades nollywood as a discipline early known was seen as a factory turning out additional pulp fiction for the market stalls of d.v.d. pirates films ranging from body comedies to morality tales about witchcraft and intra day to day it's the 2nd largest market in the world. nollywood movies are still made on shoestring budgets an average production takes just 10 days and costs approximately $50000.00 u.s.

dollars yet they're in charge far beyond nigeria's borders. you can see about a lot of. actors are. working with people often because a lot you think a lot of actors outside the country want to come here and work with both and like express our culture. you know and put it in the movies nollywood is growing fast much to the delight of all nigerian filmmakers. time for sports now and germany's women footballers have won their 3rd qualification game out of 3 for the 2021 euro's martina. thrashed ukraine 80 just like in the away game last month. scored a hat trick and as did team mate. germany are 6 points clear at the top and visit greece on tuesday. and there's more from us at the top of the

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