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news live from berlin hong kong police strike earlier firing tear gas to disperse an unsanctioned protests demonstrators again take to the streets in what they say is an emergency call to protect the to autonomy our correspondent is in the middle of those protests also coming up. a new partnership for india and germany chancellor angela merkel and prime minister new rendered loading announce
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a raft of deal since they seek to build closer industrial in strategic. and fans or as south africa or the new rugby world champion the springboks put on a dominant display outclassing england 3212 in the final at south africa's 3rd world cup title. hong kong has been hit by some of the worst violence seen in 5 months of unrest police fired tear gas at protesters who had set fire to street barricades and metro stations and made dozens of arrests there's no sign that anger is fading at china's perceived meddling with hong kong's freedoms beijing has indicated it may now tightening its grip on the chinese territory. these protesters are furious
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even after 22 straight weekends of demonstrating this protest was dubbed an emergency call for increased autonomy. that beijing says it will not tolerate any challenge to hong kong's system of government. the unrest started in victoria park on saturday a traditional venue for rallies and vigils all thought i think it is all about the 5 demands we cannot accept war unless. on a peaceful rally like today the police should not fire tear gas. but police work way too used to gas which pushed thousands found to government protesters towards the central business district and streets lined with banks and top end jewelry and fashion shows became a battlefield. this rally was not given official police commission as is required by law dozens of arrests were made and yes another
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weekend protest in hong kong descended into chaos. has been covering the protests in hong kong on this 22nd week of demonstrations i asked her if the movement still has momentum people are still coming onto the streets weekend after weekend one of the reasons for that is that the process organizers who are there are numerous protests organized this is of course a leaderless movement they are always trying to come up with a different reason a different path for protesting on that particular day whether it be protests against the police handling of this crisis whether it be the pro-democracy protests there is always a different reason one in fact has been protesting against said cats in fact being hit by take us is that kind of ability to come to reinvent themselves every weekend that is still drawing crowds on to the street having said that they the numbers of people who are taking to the streets have window there for the last few months
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a few months ago we saw up to 2000000 people marching through the streets of hong kong we haven't seen anything like that recently a lot of people being put off by the violence on the street the fact that police on authorizing these processes frequently is they as they used to say they are now staying away but this of course is now in its 5th month and a lot of people are feeling that they've been out on the streets for so long now they've been so many arrests that they simply cannot give up now a lot of people saying this is a fight for their future is a fight over fights. i do they need to be keeping up as the clock ticks down to 2047 when when hong kong. uses some say they still think it's important to take to the streets if not now then went. down to some of the other stories making news around the world a raid on a military post in northeastern mali has left $53.00 soldiers and one civilian dead officials are describing it as terrorism if so where would be one of the deadliest
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terrorist attacks in a country that has suffered years of jihad assaults protesters in iraq have taken over an abandoned building in baghdad as their focus for their descent the growing movement began spontaneously weeks ago on social media with anger against government corruption and a demand for basic services. israel has carried out air strikes on a militant training camp in the gaza strip authorities said the raids came in response to 10 rockets fired at israel from gaza most of which were intercepted palestinians say one man was killed in the israeli strikes the temple in cave in thailand has reopened one year after 12 young boys and their soccer coach were trapped inside the 3 week plight of the wild boars football team gripped the country and the world some 2000 tourists were present for the reopening.
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german chancellor angela merkel has wrapped up her 2 day visit to india on saturday merkel spoke to the german chamber of commerce the chancellor's trip focused on furthering economic cooperation between the 2 countries germany is set to spend over 1000000000 euros on green mobility projects as part of a partnership with india. w.'s chief political editor. is covering engler merkel's visit she sent us this update on the chancellor's last day in india the german chancellor has chosen a car components pounce on to the sound of powered metro station as the last stops before she heads back to its symbolic for germany's focus on the top business potential japanese scenes here in india the issue of kashmir is something i'm going to raise as well that caused quite a stir when see you describe this situation of people that as unsustainable she
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also faced it with easy money in the end the know the at that point he remains unapologetic about his clampdown that in these times when india is competing with china to become the most populous state the german hope is that it will take on more responsibility in the future on that well not just democracy but the wealth of counterweight in time do you political. sports news now south africa have won the rugby world cup the springboks defeated england $3212.00 in the final in yokohama japan south africa took an early lead in the 1st half with hungary poland kicking for penalties however the english side made it tight with their own penalty kicks for a south african 126 half time lead the springboks then took control in the 2nd half to win by 32 points to 12 and joining us now from cape town to discuss the rugby
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world cup is t w correspondent adrian crease adrian i imagine the party's been full throttle for about an hour now how important is this title to south africans. absolutely maybe you can hear tooting people moving around celebrating motorcades moving around all over the place this was such an important victory for the country and in the end of the day quite clear when i'm just coming from one of the many props and bars that were totally overcrowded today and the mood there was of course very good people told me that this is exactly what this country needed after weeks of rather negative news that economy xenophobic attacks this is finally something positive getting out of south africa and it is a reason to celebrate and the captain of the team has said it's right after the match quite clearly he said we have so many problems back home but we are showing the people now what we can achieve when we all stand together give us a sense of how this sport ranks compared to say football.
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i mean football still has a bigger supporter base i would say but rugby has been going through an interesting transformation it's been seen as the sports of the white minority of the white oppressed us during the time of apartheid but then in 1995 when nelson mandela was the president already the world cup took place right here in south africa in south africa one this was a unifying moment for this country that brought people together and many people are hoping that today is a similar situation. originally the perception is of the white sport but south africa is looking more and more like a truly multi racial spline do people there talk about the. well they do and still whites dominated but really as i said there was a tremendous transformation in the still ongoing but there's one person one character who really shows the this transformation and that is clearly the captain of the team the 1st black captain off the springboks sees such
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a strong role model for the kids he's somebody who stands for this new south africa not for the old one the young generation he's married to a white woman but he doesn't even want to talk much about this white black things anymore he says we just have to look forward and work together as a country and i think this is a very powerful and important message that this country needs of this point of time if you increase in south africa for us thank you so much. in the business leaders late game on saturday the 2 teams from berlin will lock horns in. west berlin who have been a familiar presence in the top flight for decades will pay a visit to east berlin. playing in their 1st ever season in the bundesliga making this showdown something truly special for the german capital. training ground has been abuzz with activity the newly promoted team is ready for the showdown with cross-town rivals hair. they beat fribourg in the german cup on tuesday and now
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it's time for the darby. is a dumpy but the city is a bit more special i'm expecting an awesome encounter. i think it's important to find the right balance between being aggressive and staying cool. 30 years ago just days after the fall of the berlin wall thousands of fans from the east made the pilgrimage to olympic stadium to see 2nd division side among them many only on supporters at the time it was a special east west fan friendship but what happens on the pitch will be the main focus in the 1st pundits league clash between the 2 clubs. despite all of the tension in both camps but at the end of the day it's all about keeping a cool head about trying to put in the best light as
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a city city at least he gets least. on saturday night up the aisle to 1st of where lin will find out whether oneone or hair are number one in the german capital . well it's been almost 30 years since the berlin wall came down bringing the divided city together celebrations are planned across the german capital for next weekend's anniversary and the centerpiece says just been unveiled it's a huge art project that commemorates the many people who made their voices heard back in 1909. it's gonna take fishing nad full of hand-written massachusetts contending memories and hopes and demands this art installation visions in motion as barlow unsprung book guides commemorates the fall of the berlin wall the basic idea there is the physicality of it which is to create a surface that is the lightest possible that floats on the wind that creates this
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this feeling of. something happening that's bigger than yourself you know we're all aware of the wind on our on our skin and you feel it in your hairs in your skin and you know it's happening but become if you become used to it it's like that's just what's there but when you can see it and sense it and hear it and feel it coming and all of a sudden you're aware of a bigger presence around sharon was eager to involve as many people as possible in the workforce installation the organizers collected masochists online on the streets and workshops with students. this piece of art here is made out of 30000 messages from people from all over the world explaining what the fall of the virgin wall 30 years ago means to them and what they think should be different today. visions in motion seeks to honor the protest in east germany and 989 through the massachusetts demonstrators put on their posters demanding freedom and
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the demolition of the barrier that for so long divided this city that call is one the open eyes of this art installation feel has to be expressed loudly again but don't stop it often are not we're doing this because we're living in a time when walls are going up again in other parts of the world and because we want to and must confront what we are ready to stand up for today that's the morning according to many of the mass it is people want to fired from our mutual understanding around the world individual thoughts that like here turn into a wife that will bring some color to a typical november. and just before we go there is just enough time to show you pictures of the 1st meeting of twin panda cubs since their birth the siblings were born at berlin zoo at the end of august staff say the baby bears which each now wait just a little over 3 kilograms have already made their 1st attempts at crawling keepers have been helping their mother with childcare duties since pandas normally nursed
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only one cup. coming up next world stories the weekend reports looks at displaced kurds calling for a homeland i'll be back at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com thanks for joining the. to your friends dear antonio here's a scene. my 3 grandchildren sleep on troubled when i was a trances ages germany was split in 2 and remain divided for decades when your
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mother was born in 1969 the old ones already 8 years old.

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