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this is news live from berlin punk kong police strike early firing tear gas to disperse an unsanctioned protest demonstrators again take to the streets in what they say is an emergency call to protect khan's autonomy our correspondent is in the middle of those protests also coming up. fans are jubilant as south africa or the new rugby world champion the south african side put on a dominant display outclassing england 3212 in the final at south africa's 3rd world cup title. and as germany gets ready to celebrate 30 years since the wall
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came down a massive part tragic is unveiled here in berlin thousands of colorful streamers with messages of love and peace. a michael look you thanks for joining us 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 in 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 even after 22 straight weekends of demonstrating this protest was dubbed an emergency call for
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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 quick to use tear gas which pushed thousands on 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 lol dozens of arrests were made and yes another weekend protest in hong kong descended into chaos.
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phil is in hong kong covering today's crackdown charlotte police started firing tear gas pretty early on what's the effect been. here at this 1st round of take i ask aimed at our own city that's running all the day but on the way they find its traces with homs where people would gather and they believe that the president is trying to see if that is the reason behind the rally that didn't run mission for it they said that they would take part of the political and a gathering of that meeting at a district council elections later this month the police claimed victory very differently now wouldn't that it was on the on the rise crisis firing not taken sending thousands of people is united now on to the street and see if the shopping district well i'm standing right now from then on the cat's mouth game leaving between police and protesters is that
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a huge amount of take half on the streets he had 6 he claims he praises who is still as them being taken as a spy just a short time ago it's to clear this area really has been quite strong crackdown from police today very keen to try and stop the spray system happening before it even really got a chance to get out of the way. and there's been almost 5 months of this. struction in hong kong at this point are there any signs the pro-democracy movements losing any momentum. the streets that you have people coming out of sequence in the streets every weekend just a few months ago and i want to back that up since you. were on the scene not that they should have seen nothing like that seems a lot of people don't buy that but that is happening can often be can the police will settle the line here it is a priest getting pretty concerned about the coming arrested she should be arrested
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she should have been arrested she's pretty sad because that's not something that is easy and it makes it in time down it still looks split among people that we stay busy for a diplomacy with a lot of people running different ways to support the movement without being on the front lines without taking on some of that. not all happening on the streets a lot of these prove democracy protest is setting a date with my plans into this protest rally now this is the flight from hong kong take it out and if they continue now when they. fill in hong kong thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world an attack on a military post in northeastern mali has left $53.00 soldiers and one civilian dead authorities believe your saillant 7 links to the so-called islamic state in are likely to have fled toward the nearby border with tunisia where it's the 2nd major
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assault on the country's military in a month. protesters in iraq have taken over an abandoned building in baghdad as a focus for their dissent the growing movement began spontaneously weeks ago on social media with anger against government corruption and the demand for basic services. the tom long 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 caves reopening. german chancellor angela merkel has wrapped up her 2 day visit to india on saturday merkel spoke to the indo 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
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a partnership with india. w.'s chief political editor cliff near is covering angela merkel's visit she sent us this update on the chancellor's last day in india the german chancellor has chosen a cop components pounce on to the sound of how a metro station has a loft stops before she heads back to its symbolic for germany's focus on the losses on our 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 despite the situation of people that as unsustainable she also raised it with think it's time to invent the nobody at that point today he remains unapologetic about his clampdown and 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 the world's largest democracy the
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wealth of counterweight in times do you political. sports news now south africa have won the rugby world cup the south africans defeated in england $3212.00 in the final and yokohama japan sparking celebrations across the country. nowhere more so than in soweto where fans packed the bars in anticipation of victory and there were joyous scenes as their team made sure their cup was coming back to south africa for a 3rd time the wind had special significance here after captain. became the 1st black man to lift the trophy for south africa. earlier i talked to correspondent agar increase in state town i asked him how important this rugby title is to the south africans. absolutely maybe you can hear it's hooting people moving around celebrating motorcades moving around all over the place this was such an important
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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 with totally overcrowded today in the movies 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. i mean football still has a lot 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 waltz cup took place right here in south africa in south africa one this was
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a unifying moment for this country that brought people together and many people are hoping that today is a similar situation. a regionally the perception of the sport but south africa is looking more and more like a truly multi-racial squad 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 springbok sees such 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 at this point of time . if you increase in south africa for us thank you so so much. in the buddhist
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league late game on saturday the 2 teams from berlin will lock horns in across town derby west berlin who have been a familiar presence in the top flight for decades but paid 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 it's time for the darby. to be. be as a dumpy but the city is a bit more special i'm expecting an awesome encounter. speed i think it's important to find the right balance between being aggressive and staying cool.
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coolness 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 hair 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. and it's good to see despite all the tension in both camps and at the end of the day it's all about keeping a cool head about trying to put in the best light as a city as a city at least he gets least. on saturday night at the out to 1st of all i wear lyn will find out whether only on or head to our number one and the german capital . 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
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anniversary and the centerpiece has just been unveiled it's a huge art project that commemorates the nanny people who made their voices heard in 1909. it's ganna take fishing that full of hand-written massachusetts contending memories and hopes and demands this art installation visions in motion at darlene's brandenburg aides commemorates the fall of the berlin wall the basic idea there's the physicality of it which is to create a surface that is the lightest possible that floats on the wind that creates this this feeling of. something happening that's bigger than yourself you know we're all aware of the wind 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
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the workforce installation the organizers collected massachusetts on line on the streets and workshops with students. this piece of art here is made out of 30000 masses just 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 the demolition of the barrier that for so long divided the city that call is one the open eyes of this art installation feel has to be expressed loudly again but then somebody 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're ready to stand up for today that's morning
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