this is the law and 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 maps for more freedom also on the program. the drive to get more women running for office in a male dominated society as tunisia goes to the polls we hear from the campaign empowering female lawmakers.

among for joining us we begin in hong kong where pro-democracy activists are brushing aside a legal setback to protest an emergency law banning facemask tens of thousands have been braving the rain to defy the decree even after hong kong's high court refused to grant an injunction blocking the ban the church chief executive imposed the measure on friday she said it was needed to prevent more violence pro-democracy activists hope the law can still be overturned when the high court's hears their petition against the measure later this month. after the court ruling pro-democracy lawmaker said the facemask band could set a dangerous precedent there are extremely important constitutional implications

coming out of this case because if the chief executive can use the 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 ws mathias a buddha 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. while 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 i do not think that this measure will come 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 announce of this emergency law which the court has now. well of course for now a hell what's next is for some 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 to 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 and so 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 has many constitution called basic law has been and acted so much as put all of this in perspective a little bit 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 protesters who seem more resolved than ever do you get the sense that conditions are more volatile now than then 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 sound pulled back a little. it then house after i to answer with more police and none of this has worked so we are seeing a gradual erosion of the way that hong kong used to be governed.

in hong kong on a very significant day 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 are protesting against corruption and unemployment. of that had the american side 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. they don't find out that he went out to defend his rights nothing more but he had nothing on him and was. he was targeted by snipers to head shots that go on but the nothing like the feel of 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. those who go to parliament wearing suits don't represent us but if 100 of a star a next time we will be 1000000 and none of these protestors belong to a religious establishment or party. 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

. now. other news stories making news around the world north korea has broken off talks with the u.s. on its nuclear program showing yang officials blamed u.s. inflexibility for the collapse of negotiations in stockholm the american delegation says it put forward some constructive initiatives. in new york city a suspect in a series of attacks that left 4 people dead has been taken to the hospital for evidence collection police believe the 24 year old beat for homeless men to death with a pipe as they slept in chinatown on saturday. voting is underway in tunisia as citizens elect a new parliament for the north african country security is tight for the vote which some 100000 soldiers and police keeping watch on voting stations

a moderate islamic party and a movement backing a jailed media tycoon are the favorites. for many tunisians frustration is rising along with inflation and unemployment and in a male dominated society campaigners have been trying to ensure women have a stronger voice in politics. i said with democracy in action raja geraghty found at the independent electoral lists called citizens and we participate she's brought her supporters to the city of ariana to come pain the 2nd time and marcus here is a popular spot where many women shop she wouldn't mind that 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 can here's a day 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 he said her in the city cuss at that very few of tunis is electoral lists can claim darfur. only about 14 percent of more than $1500.00 taking part in the poll have a woman at the top. is one she heads to museums democratic and social union and she's calling on voters to choose her list in sunday's poll and when economics give you to win this well usually the number of women who take part in political life in tunisia is very low and women are not politically active despite their obvious ability. yemi out that i think women are just as competent as men can be and even more so than men sometimes has. been had the feet 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. as reducing fiction is in league of women voters this backing health howie is aims to empower female candidates and enable their participation in political life. in this realm with us she had women candidates are subject to political pressure from different political parties and they need fostering and protecting. them so even the government doesn't really take into consideration the principle of equality between women and men and he said if it were just despite the fact that we have highly competent and honest women in public life. whenever that 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 29000 fear their chances may be worse than in previous elections. in football by a munich were on a high after thrashing taught him 72 in the champions league during the week but the bavarians came crashing down to earth in a buddhist we go 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 serge gnabry made headlines in midweek banging in 4 goals in the champions league win over tottenham and even not to eat only briefly on the shattered robot love an incredible goal scoring form but it was

tough and i knew you had the 1st real chance of the game in just the 4th minute saugus a dummy and sprinted clear but he lacked composure at the crucial moment by and responded not very bored down on goal but he fired his shot straight to keep all of a poem on hoffenheim while offering a stern a test than spurs so far. out for troika could be happy with his team's 1st half performance but by and always have a goal in their sights often had to start taking their chances they did just that in the 54th minute current until the so was robbed in midfield and a dummy and did the rest. it was from a by a man sebastian rudy who won the ball and a downie and made up for his earlier missed to put off and mind control. but one goal is never enough as long as 11 dusty is on the pitch the polish striker headed in the equaliser with less than 20 minutes to go this is an 11th gold and already

phenomenal bundesliga campaign it took him until january to hit that mark last season but in the sky he was outdone a dummy and hit by a man with a sucker punch. the striker still has his effort past manual noir from the edge of the box and this time brian had no response niko kovac she is smiling no longer a saga set down the us 1st 2 goals of the season gave hoffenheim their 1st ever victory by. meanwhile brasier dortmund travel to freiburg in the hopes of putting an end to throwing away leeds actual vigil. dortmund ahead with this sensational volley from the corner but fiber undaunted. equalized in the 2nd half his 4th goal of the season. he may put dog and back in front in the 67th minute but the black and yellow squandered the lead again this

time conceding an own goal to many well a country late in the 90th minute to 2 the final straw. was up next shift living in the digital age thanks for joining you will be back in 45. to itself. with its gravitational pull. of the finest musical composition. with some mysteries terrific.