to move to. the night. this is d.w. news live from berlin a legal challenge to the hong kong government's ban on facemasks a court hearing another tense day are in prospect pro-democracy activists have already defied the band forming a human chain then clashing with police more demonstrations are planned for today also coming up the united nations calls for an end to the violent shaking euro

really $100.00 people have been killed during days of protest over the stagnant economy. and the drive to get more women running for office in the male dominated society as a sunni goes to the polls we hear from the campaigners empowering female lawmakers . time my ass waiter thank you for joining us hong kong is facing down another tense day a court is set to hear a legal challenge filed by lawmakers against a ban on pro-democracy activists wearing face masks many protesters are just find the prohibition sparking clashes with riot police. from the streets into the courtroom hong kong's pro-democracy lawmakers are hoping to do. surely we'll take

their side they're making a 2nd bid to overturn a facemask ban and emergency powers which bypass the legislative council today is about authoritarianism versus the rule of law i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of all of this could be the very last constitutional fight on our part in this emergency we all just saw the pass just like that hong kong will be the one to one for a club hold out there. on saturday protesters lined up hand in hand against the emergency powers forming a human chain and wearing masks in a peaceful act of defiance. to time you go to college i attended numerous rallies before but i never wore a mask i'm wearing a mask today not because i want to hide my identity but to express my anger towards

this law me back at all when you know our subway stations and many shops were closed for much of the weekend following violent clashes on friday hong kong's leader has justified the facemask ban saying her government is only acting to stop the violence. hello hong kong is facing an unprecedented violent attack the government needs to take drastic measures to say no to violence restore peace in society he said will protect citizens rights to continue to daily lives and freedom was not allowing a small group of rioters to destroy its bolthole. but many protesters disagree claiming the heavy handed tactics used by hong kong police they say major political concessions and not draconian measures are needed to end the unrest today the courts will have their say. i did not he is building

a is monitoring developments in hong kong and joins us now for more but he has hong kong is waking up from a relatively cold nights but can we expect it to stay like that today. yesterday was relatively calm and relatively is just relatively there were still shops being smashed yesterday because march that was scheduled for tomorrow haas been postponed to today so today we will probably see more people on the streets and as this measure this face mosque down is obviously not perceived by the protesters as a measure to deescalate but is rather likely to infuriate people further there is little chance there little chances that this day will stay entirely peaceful now in addition to the facemask and we've also seen the metro system shut down and that kili carries nearly as of people every day how is the city ben affected by the

service outage. yeah this is a metro station it is still closed if they're going to not to open today it seems they didn't say specify at the entrance there's a little message they didn't specify for how long the system will stay closed but it's a very very different feeling in hong kong these days we have not only seen the metro system being shut down also many shops stayed closed yesterdays morals 22 more hours was shut to malls and hong kong really the center of city life and this is probably going to be on today as well tomorrow is a public holiday so tomorrow they might still not reopen but at some point they must reopen 5000000 people taking the metro every day to go to work they cannot shut it down forever as a some disruption to everyday life now chief executive kerry land use some colonial

era emergency powers to restore order but that is going to face its 2nd judicial review on sunday morning what are we expecting there. it's very hard to predict there is a lot of controversy around these him this is emergency ordinance lawmakers who took to the court today are taking to the court today they say it's unconstitutional the weird peculiar thing about hong kong law is that there was no constitution when this law was introduced in the 1920 s. common law or the like britain did not hong kong did not have a constitution now it has a basic law i mean the constitution as they call it and there is these lawmakers are contest ing whether this emergency law is constitutional and whether it is constitutional to introduce it without consulting the legislative council because kerry has introduced it on executive powers and that of course is having the

considered controversial we do not know how the courts will rule this is a 1st i let is filling in for us in hong kong thank you so much. the united nations is calling for an end to the violence in iraq which has left nearly 100 people dead and thousands wounded security forces have repeatedly opened fire on demonstrators who were protesting against corruption and unemployment the un's top official in iraq has called it a senseless loss of life the back of. another a funeral procession in iraq the country has seen almost a 100 deaths in the past week this one is for a protester whose family say he was shot by police 6 1 well i'll they don't i hope that he went out to defend his rights nothing more. he had nothing on him and was an homage of he was targeted by snipers to head shots that go on but the north and

by the us. this is the sound that is greeted protesters in recent days police cracking down on crowds with deadly results. the protests began last tuesday sparked by anger over unemployment corruption and a lack of basic services like electricity and water it's a movement without leadership crossing political and sectarian divides. but those who go to parliament wearing suits don't represent us but if 100 of us die next time we will be 1000000 and none of these protestors belong to a religious establishment or party at the. government's response curfews and internet shutdown and promises of eventual reforms the speaker of iraq's parliament invited protesters into talk but it's action they're calling

for one influential cleric has demanded new elections. but as authorities respond with violence the flames of discontent continue to burn . and i will take you some of the other stories making news around the world north korea has broken off talks with the u.s. over its nuclear program. blamed us in flexibility for the collapse of negotiations in stockholm but the american delegation says it put forward some constructive initiatives. u.s. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders has returned to his firm on home after being treated for a heart attack 78 year old underwent heart surgery in las vegas and says he will return to the campaign trail he's one of the leading contenders for the democratic nomination. turkey says it's planning to launch a military operation in northeast syria against kurdish fighters ankara is blaming

its ally the u.s. for not doing enough to establish a safe zone on the turkish border the government regards the kurdish militia militia as terrorists. president red jet type $21.00 has threatened to intervene militarily in syria several times in recent months but this time he could be serious was opening his aka party's annual summit to one gave the clearest indication yet that turkey is ready to act i looked at him see up to i have you made no preparations we have completed our plans and given the necessary orders for still most all of the decision has been made and the process has begun the springs of peace could begin flowing today or tomorrow i. on saturday turkish state media showed these images of a convoy making its way to the syrian border ankara says the hardware was to

reinforce military units based but it's not clear whether these are preparations for an intervention. turkey in the us agreed last year to establish a so-called safe zone in northeastern syria. ankara wants to push the kurdish groups away from its borders particularly the white p.g.d. which it sees as a terrorist organization. but the u.s. supports numerous groups in the region including the white b.g. which would help to fight the so-called islamic state. one says he's tired of waiting for washington to resolve the situation. for votes in those surely we have given all kinds of warnings to the relevant parties in the region east of the euphrates we have shown enough patience cardew. turkey has launched cross border military operations into syria before but this could be the 1st time that u.s. interests a court in the cross-fire. tunisians are voting in parliamentary elections on

sunday with inflation and unemployment both rising major parties are under pressure from populists voters will choose from a list of candidates prominent in local media and in a male dominated society campaigners are trying to ensure there are more women candidates. for the democracy in action raja jeremy founded the independent electoral lists called citizens and we participate she's brought her supporters to the city of our union or to campaign the 2nd hand market here is a popular spot where many women shop. and they can imagine is even women come to this market from the surrounding areas i know too noisy and women decision makers and women should support each other that's why we came here today to make sure these women know that they are important to enable them to improve their situation taking part in the elections and being able to choose a list that is headed by women. and sit at that very few of tunis years

electoral lists can claim das only about 14 percent of more than $1500.00 taking part in the poll have a woman at the top. how far he is one she had strong his is democratic and social union and she's calling on voters to choose her list in sunday's poll. when economics give you the business but. the number of women who take part and politike . life in tunisia is very low and women are not politically active despite their obvious ability. yemi out i think herman are just as competent as men can be and even more so than men sometimes has. been unhappy statistics say that the percentage of girls who are successful in school is higher than that for male pupils as it is but. when they can however they remain less well represented and

they are discriminated against in decision making positions. even as reducing fiction is in league of women voters this backing health is aims to empower female candidates and enable their participation in political life. in this realm with us she had twin accounts women candidates are subject to political pressure from different political parties and they need fostering and protecting. the even the government doesn't really take into consideration the principle of equality between women and men and he said it well that's despite the fact that we have highly competent and honest women in public life that whenever a. graduate jeremy is that easy on the campaign trail she doesn't have any problem sitting with men in cafes and just us in politics but she's convinced that she is

still a patriarchal society and thinks most people tend to vote for men rather than female candidates. and there's a sense here that the political parties campaigns and slogans calling for women's empowerment and participation are mere words many of the female candidates standing in 2019 fear their chances may be worse than in previous elections. this is the new statesman for shifts living in the digital age coming up next and my ass waiter in berlin thank you for joining us. in support. of. the degree of. what's the connection between bread. and

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