this is news launch from berlin another tense day in hong kong where thousands defying the government and a fresh court ruling pro-democracy activists challenge the ban on wearing face masks but their efforts failed in the high court today despite the verdict they are marching with their mass for more freedom also on the program. the united nations calls for a dead end to the violence shaking iraq nearly $100.00 people have been killed during days of protests over the stagnant economy.

a michael thanks for joining us we begin in hong kong with a legal setback for pro-democracy protesters the territory's high court has rejected a challenge to an emergency law banning demonstrators from wearing face masks the court refused to grant an injunction against the mass ban but said it would hear lawmakers petition against the measure later this month the ruling came as thousands of protesters braved the rain showing fresh defiance against the decree hong kong chief executive terry lamb imposed the measure on friday she said it was needed to prevent more violence. moments after the high court's decision pro-democracy lawmakers said the facemask ban could set a dangerous precedent. there are extremely important constitutional implications

coming out of this case because if the chief executive can use to emergency powers in this way there is nothing stopping her from using it to do other things such as prolonging the detention time and to contravene the fundamental human rights and freedom of the hong kong people you can suspend elections so i think the high court sees the importance of this case and that is why they have taken the rare move in allowing this case to go forward within the shortest period of time d.w. is mathias a boon and is monitoring developments in hong kong and joins us now with more mathias now that the court has rejected the challenge to the emergency law how are protesters likely to respond. well as you can see protesters are out and about today again and i have never seen so many people wearing face masks as today on demonstrations this is they are clearly not

accepting this law whether the court is now granting the injunction or not that the real case will be in court a little bit later when they will when the democratic lawmakers will challenge again the constitutionality of this law but for the protesters here it's very clear that they are not going to obey a ban on face masks and i do not think that this measure will calm down or this in this not granted injunction will calm down things here on the ground and you know in the early days of these protests hong kong's leader kerry lamb appeared to take a hands off approach to the demonstrators then she took a firmer stance and announced this emergency law which the court has now of course for now appelle what's next is force or protesters are concerned.

their main argument off those who challenge this law in court is that it opens the box of pandora we've heard it and that this emergency provisions that date from the 1920 s. and old colonial law have a lot of undemocratic measures that the government could apply so if the government would be allowed to you do too to put in place this facemask ban they could also put in place other regulations from this emergency law which include media censorship which include could fuse you so there's the argument. that the lawmakers are making here is that all of these measures are unconstitutional and this law predates the constant new jews should be obsolete by the company by the constitution since the constitution is many constitution called basic law has been and acted so mathias put all of this in perspective

a little bit so and so we have a suspended metro system that usually carries millions of people every day a government now at least for the time being empowered by the court and processors who seemed more resolved than ever do you get the sense that conditions are more volatile now that they've been in in weeks. well i think we are seeing a gradual deterioration we have seeing protesters more ready to use violence not only more determined to protest but to use violence that police dropping one limit after the other in their ex's exercise of violence and we see a government that has not been in control ever during this summer the government house as you have sand pulled back a little bit then house after i took on so with more police and none of this has worked so. we are seeing a gradual erosion off the way that hong kong used to be government.

in hong kong on a very significant day thank you so much. the united nations is calling for 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. of there was there was no note of the another 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 well i hope they don't find out that he went out to defend his rights nothing more but he had nothing on him and was on top of he was targeted by snipers to head shots that go on but the last

thing i looked in the us. this is the sound that is greeted protesters in recent days police cracking down on crowds with deadly results. 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 the moment 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 that. the government's response curfews and internet shut down 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 7. now to some other stories making news around the world north korea has broken off talks with the u.s. on its nuclear program john yang officials blame us in flexibility for the collapse of negotiations and stocco the american delegation says it put forward some construct. initiatives. voters and cost of though are casting their ballots for a new column and the vote is taking place amid calls for leaders to resume dialogue with serbia in july prime minister of herat in ny resigned after facing accusations of involvement in war crimes against ethnic serbs in the late 1990 s. a group of kurdish students is offering

a chance to briefly escape the horrors of war and fear their students are crisscrossing northern syria with movies to share to bring the magic of cinema to children in the region. in the world without more terror or fear for many children in the schoolyard this is an unforgettable event they're watching a movie for the 1st time. a group of film students and producers from commission are bringing cinema to children and their kurdish homeland and the war torn region of northern syria. this year they've already held similar events in over 60 villages attracting some 15000 children. to follow the. children have grown up under difficult circumstances in the midst of war than we want to give them hope and make them laugh at the give them a chance just to be kids. that hadn't got to follow. the group

a visiting by and don't a tranquil village in the east of commission. many residents here have lost friends and relatives in the world they live with trauma and fear. cheryl hender talks with one family a few weeks earlier their father was ambushed and killed by us fighters they're still in shock. and it was in doha bladen on plus i think it will cheer me up to be able to forget everything for a moment i have heard that all children should come outside and discover the world through fell what if they manage to remember set up the outdoor cinema and the school playground together with a couple of eager people who can't wait for the show. by sundown hundreds of children have gathered for the screening tonight it's a classic charlie chaplin's the kid chaplin plays a homeless man who takes in an abandoned child and raises him. to

film with kurdish subtitles captivates the children for over an hour. plus one. i'm so happy my friends outs are. and mel has not last night i wasn't so sad during the film i got to see my friends again i hope they'll show films like this again and again look as you watch. making a crisis to the region a little more livable that's what the movie bus from commissioning and for and to succeed in night after night. sport now and the world athletics championships and qatar saturday's more success for defending champions and sprint veterans but the specter of doping still haunts the event. my dutch athletes if one hasn't hasn't let the scandal surrounding her coach alberto salazar abandon the week for doping offenses the focus in doha she smashed

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as a limp the 100 metres hurdles champion brianna macneill's mate ended abruptly macneil was left distraught after being disqualified for a full start in the heats. in football by in munich were on a high after thrashing tottenham 72 in the champions league during the week but the bavarians came crashing down to earth in abundance league home clash with struggling hoffenheim. nico kovacs can't stop smiling right now things could hardly have been running more smoothly for him and the champions as they entered october surged gnabry made headlines in midweek banging in 4 goals in the champions league win over top notch and even not to eat only briefly on the shattered robot love an incredible goal scoring form but it was awesome i knew had the 1st real chance of the game in just the 4th minute saugus at downie and sprinted clear but he lacked composure at the crucial moment bion responded gnabry bore down on goal but he

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