room. booking travel now. this is news coming to you live from berlin hong kong on the verge of total breakdown let's stay assessment of a police chief who said pro-democracy protesters were carrying out quote insane. they've been back on the streets after days of heavy clashes look at the latest from our correspondent in hong kong also coming up bolivia has a new leader opposition senator you date on the is the clear self interim president

saying she will quote do everything necessary to pacify the country but supporters of former president. oppose. israeli tanks move into positions along the border with gaza israel's targeting killing targeted killing of a palestinian militant leader in gaza has been met with a barrage of rockets fired on israel park across the border and we profile an indian boy who has become the very definition of inspiration from this angle. looks like an ordinary boy but it soon becomes clear that he has no. as yet he's won 3 national swimming trophies and he set his sights on the 2024 hour let. alone. terry barton good to have you with us hong kong police say protesters are

pushing the city to the brink of a total break the last 2 days have been among the most violent since pro-democracy demonstrations began on tuesday some 1000 protesters block transport in the busy downtown district the main flashpoint is now the university district where there have been fresh clashes between demonstrators and police. they say they're protecting their university. they use anything they can get their hands on to create barricades so campuses have emerged as the latest front in battles with the police. the students are determined to fight for their freedom. this is a fight for the whole generation we are not letting go slowly change our place i hope. it doesn't take long for things to escalate. the familiar click of tear gas being fired. scenes like this play out across hong kong

like here in the financial center. there now seemingly normal parts of 5 months of unresolved protests the police say the city is on the brink of a breakdown. journeys daily life disrupted after protesters through debris on the tracks. asked what he'll do says the protest leader no choice but to go home and not work. hong kong's leader his c.v. . the years see ways yeah the protesters plan to paralyze hong kong and stop people from going to work and to school was extremely selfish. lighty see. police and protesters accuse each other of brutality on monday the protesters set a man on fire after an argument. police are investigating the incident as attempted

murder. they've also defended shooting a protester saying they were concerned for their own safety. in a situation like this we believe we're acting according to the guard lines to protect ourselves as well as the people around us. here with more protests expected the fear on both sides is that they already volatile situation is only likely to get worse. correspondent has been covering the protests from the beginning and joins us from hong kong but here's so the police there are warning that the city is on the brink of a total breakdown what's your impression. well i am now not very far from the central business district one off the scent of today's clashes where chinese banks have been vandalized and police and protesters have been charging at each each other as you can see shops here are working so people

somehow do get along but what is true is that we have seen an escalation in violence in these last 2 days that is unprecedented. there have been clashes all over this city into the until late at night before the clashes used to end some time around midnight latest 2 o'clock this morning it was until very early protestors have occupy campuses have fought back police for the 1st time since these. demonstrations of these protests started so there is the there is an escalation both sides are hardening there's no doubt about that but do you see protests seem to have taken on a life of their own now do the demonstrators still head clear demands that have any chance of being met. they have very clear demands there are 5

demands and one of them has been met that's the withdraw of this anti extradition bill but there is a very important demand for an independent investigation into the police something that would probably ease tensions here but the protesters are saying all their 5 demands must be met and colluding universal suffrage to democratic elections that is very unlikely that this would be met considering that beijing has to make a decision on that and we have a hardline government in beijing highly ideological that will not meet this demand furthermore the chief executive has said she is not willing to meet any of the demands. saying. this would just give them a sends off that they achieve something with violence so she thinks the best way to deal with this is not meeting their demands she's been doing this for 4 months it's

her assessment obviously why she thinks that this is weird. but here's what he expect to happen there today. we see we seeing the clashes in different parts of this city and the university that has been occupied yesterday with the police has been pushed out of campus is of course at this center today i we are not sure now how the police is going to react most people expect that and at some point it will try to come back there the protesters i have seen it yesterday have prepared hundreds of molotov cocktails to meet them so this is of course a very very. tired very very worrying situation but here's thank you very much for bringing us up to date there correspondent in hong kong. now to bolivia opposition senator yet has declared herself interim president

following the resignation of former leader if i'm around as the constitutional court has endorsed on years even though there were not enough lawmakers present in congress to appoint her or alice has gone to into exile in mexico he's condemned on is accusing her of instigating a coup. yes we could libya's opposition chance the presidential palace is finally days up to 14 years but in the most controversial of circumstances and i knew as has bitterly opposed to countries rula since she entered living politics over a decade ago now in the midst of a political crisis the senate vice president has declared itself the country's new president. thank you to everyone in the navy f.a. keeping faith i promise to return democracy and stability to benefit. thinking. that has our news come to power democratically in moments aliyah she made her

constitutional case. that you know. with the ruling party boycotting the national assembly she told opposition lawmakers that she had to step into the breach and take the president's job. approval of the i assume the state presidency immediately as specified in the constitution but only that long time leader ever morale of the shadow still looms over events in time morales is now in mexico where he was granted asylum after he resigned. from there he is continuing to write his removal from power. of love on twitter morale is quickly responded to and he has this declaration writing the sneakiest and most nefarious coup in history has been completed a right wing coup mongering senator has proclaimed himself president of the senate

and then interim president of bolivia. a morale is still has his supporters especially among the country's poor indigenous communities they've responded with anger and yes this declaration. less than a month after a presidential election plunged the country into chaos the battle for libya so only seems to be escalating. let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today at least 7 people have been killed in a car bomb explosion near the interior ministry in the afghan capital kabul no group has yet claimed responsibility the blast comes a day after a prisoner exchange between the government and taliban insurgents which was aimed at diffusing violence in afghanistan. a protester has been killed during a new wave of demonstrations in lebanon all the man was shot dead near beirut by soldiers threw open fire to disperse protesters blockading roads lebanon has seen

weeks of nationwide protests against the country's ruling elite. and australia's highest court has agreed to hear the appeal of cardinal george pell who's serving a 6 year jail term for sexually abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. ells case rocked the catholic church in australia he's the most senior catholic hard human ever convicted of paedophilia. in washington the u.s. house of representatives is preparing to open up its impeachment hearings to the public starting on wednesday the hearings investigating alleged wrongdoing by president will be broadcast on television as the w.'s oversell are explains democrats are aiming for maximum exposure. from now on every hearing will be live on television and that's the big chance for the democrats to make their point president tranced july phone call with ukraine's president selenski was impeachable

after years of special counsel mahler's investigation and weeks of the impeachment inquiry this will probably be their last chance to gain public momentum and convince the american voter and that's crucial because in the end they will have to decide about president trump's fate we asked voters on the streets let's listen to what they had to say about the public hearings on portland is it that it's going to be broadcast live on t.v. it's good because you know they don't mind and need the hand for everything to be public yet be careful what you wish for because it will be public. well i got to say looking forward to watching it based on what i read our president is in a lot of trouble i don't think he really has come out with a good explanation for everything he's done but hearings will be very interesting and i'm glad they're public i don't really have an opinion on it frankly i think it's a waste of time frank with you. is it not going to change the the opinions of the

of the voters to hear it probably 2 years what happened i guess i'm just tired of it frankly i think a lot of forces with these impeachments to think the election is still going on from 2 years ago now you know i've that's my opinion you know. there's a whole lot i don't cover their i really don't we're trying to find out of the americans if that will change the people's minds that the fact that it's now live on t.v. from tomorrow i think the country is so polarized that everyone's going to hear what they want to hear so they might but unless something crazy happens i don't think so. washingtonians they're talking to w.'s. now turkey's president your time parrot on is due in washington on wednesday for talks with donald trump their meeting comes at a time of mounting tensions between the 2 nato allies over a list of disagreements the turkish sense of against washington's kurdish allies in syria is expected to top the agenda. relations between turkey and the

united states are probably at the worst they've been in years but their 2 presidents virtually get along very well trump has called one a friend and a hell of a leader there's a mutual respect for each other a strong man presidents but can the bromance help make headway on the list of problems 1st up the kurds relations between washington and i'm correct it's a new low last month over syria after turkish forces began across the border offensive against america's kurdish allies they've been washington's main partner in the fight against islamic state militants the u.s. congress was furious after a storm of bipartisan criticism transcend vice president mike pence to ankara to demand a ceasefire president one agreed but only on the condition that all kurdish y p g fighters and correct incidents terrorists leave the turkish border with the

exclusion zone extending at least 30 kilometers into syria it's what ed one had wanted all along. now a bullish turkish president says that promise still hasn't been fulfilled and has pledged to raise the issue with trump. another bone of contention turkey's purchase of the russian s 490 aircraft system which i'm korea began installing back in july the u.s. immediately removed turkey from its f. 35 fighter jet program and threaten further sanctions washington fears a system would allow moscow to gather information about its stance fighter. turkey for its part is furious over a vote by the u.s. house of representatives last month it declared the mass killing of armenians by ottoman forces during world war one genocide triggered a stinging rebuke from president add one party later a country whose history is full of the stain of genocide slavery has no right to

say anything nor to lecture turkey. on. so plenty of room for disagreement even between friends. there are fears of an escalation of tit for tat violence between israelis and palestinians after some of the worst attacks in years along the gaza border people in southern and central israel were advised to stay inside after palestinian militants fired a series of rockets into israeli territory they came in response to an israeli airstrike early tuesday morning that killed a militant leader in gaza. cheese day morning seen at the home of islamic jihad senior commander abu. i was late to islamic jihad fights is respond with the power of rockets attacks. over the border in israel the warning sirens sound once again.

israel's defense system into seps many of them but some do get through. damaging peoples' homes and injuring some israelis. many choose to evacuate from the israel gaza border israel's response in gaza more airstrikes killing several palestinians. israel is not interested in escalation but we will do anything to defend ourselves . islamic jihad vallance revenge for the death of. siobhan we assure our people and our holy fighters that we have no choice but confrontation. israel's strike on a popular anti israel militant came during

a period of relative peace but now the deadly to and fro of rockets is back. israel is in political turmoil right now perhaps headed for a 3rd general election in less than a year netanyahu is under intense pressure and has recently been criticized for his failure to stop rocket attacks from militants in gaza now he's responsible for a targeted assassination but consequently more rockets. cross over to jerusalem to get the latest from our correspondent tanya kramer tanya what is the situation there this morning had there been more attacks over night. yeah it had been quiet overnight for several hours and then that $630.00 local time the 1st warning sirens went off in the southern communities but also. to swim and that

has been going on now for the past hours or so so there were incoming rockets from gaza and we also understand that israel is carrying out as strikes and now in gaza at the same time we understand i mean there are reports coming in from cairo that egypt is trying to deescalate the situation there mediation efforts underway had always played this role in the past when we had these times of escalation over here but at the moment because this time it's mainly focusing on the actions of the islamic edgy hard it is not yet clear whether they succeed in these mediation efforts this flare up of hostilities hanya comes amidst a serious political crisis in israel what do you make of the timing of this confrontation. well i would say that to political commentators in israeli journalists to have actually quickly questioned the timing of this operation as you

say israel is in a political crisis it has currently a caterpillar government with prime minister netanyahu who failed in the 1st round of coalition talks to put a coalition together now it's up to benny gantz also former army chief of staff who's has again one week left to put a coalition together so there's some questions about that but prime minister netanyahu addressed these speculations himself on tuesday together with the army chief of staff and the head of the internal security so this cement this said this . operation was decided together on the recall mendacious and off the army and the internal security service to carry it out on purely operational. merits but of course it comes at a time of political deadlock here in israel. how are people there israelis and palestinians coping with all of this tanya. well i think as the voyage and

especially i think about people and to south of israel but also inside the gaza strip civilians that you know this will probably the escalate it's already very bad and the largest disrupted schools are closed on both sides. and people don't know how long this will go on no where that it will you know become another war or whether mediation efforts will work at this time having said that even if there would be a come at some point you know people have always this in the back of their mind can break out any time it's so unpredictable because there is no real solution no political solution it's usually this formal calm for calm that has been working for some months but then you know there's another escalation so it is a very difficult time for civilians on both sides tony thank you very much for bringing us up to date w's tanya kramer in jerusalem. some sports now

and in tennis austria's dominic team booked an early sunday final spot at the a.t.p. finals with a stunning group stage victory over world number one novak djokovic circuit which took the 1st set 76 but the 5 time champion could not hold team all longer than 26 year old won the next 2 sets and called this the best match he's ever played he has now beaten roger federer and novak djokovic back to back to book his place in the semifinals the prestigious tournament in london features the top 8 men's players in the world. or earlier roger federer had put his bid for glory at the a.t.p. finals back on track he secured a straight sets win over italy's matteo better teenie having lost his opening match in the end of season tournaments he is back in the frame for the semifinals

following a confident display in london the 38 year old took the 1st set of the round robin clash on a try tiebreaker the swiss maestro them prevailed 63 in the 2nd set federer will face no about djokovic next to decide who the advancing out of the group stage. now an indian boy has become the very definition of inspiration after repeated successes in the sport of swimming but what makes dual cuddyer story remarkable is that he's been able he's been winning despite having no arms for. abdul could even doris' happy place. swimming has helped the young boy either come big obstacles and made him an inspiration for many in his native india. at the age of 7 abdul qadeer lost both of his arms after an accident but he refused to let its life be ruled by it. so. when he was 7 years old my son

accidentally touched a high voltage electric wire we took him to a hospital in mumbai and doctors treated him for almost a week but they said the infection was spreading fast and that they had to amputate both his arms were saving his life with the priority but he had to lose his arms. since the accident abdul qadeer has adjusted in all sorts of ways he does his homework using its feet and he is a smartphone that way too. but it's clear that where he truly excels is in the water and he said his eyes on a big goal. but there are still over there missing i lost my arms when i was in 2nd grade i had an infection that spread to both arms when i was in hospital. but i love to swim. or i get bored and i want to win

a gold medal for india in the olympics. it's more than just a daydream abdul qadeer is already a 3 time national swimming champion and she's got the medals to prove it but it requires hard work and determination from everyone involved. in the beginning we were really at a loss about how to teach them to swim. we didn't know how to support them unlike other kids we couldn't hold him by his shoulders. we could drop them into the water but taking him out was a challenge. but. was determined and nothing could stop him. he started to swim in just 10 to 12 days and learned how to climb up the ladder on his own. with he used to fall and get hurt. but in just a month he became independent in the pool. reporter.

hoping to see him join an elite swimming in 68 and trying to qualify for the 2020 full some up have on them picks. this is news and these are our top stories authorities are warning that hong kong is on the verge of total breakdown a senior police officer accuses pro-democracy protesters of carrying out insane acts many train stations are closed in schools and universities suspended after days of clashes between activists and police. israeli tanks have moved in along the border with gaza as tensions rise and israeli airstrike killed a palestinian militant leader a barrage of rockets has targeted israel in retaliation leasts rather people in several areas have been advised to stay indoors. libya has

a new interim leader opposition senator. proclaims herself president hours after long term for head of state if this pledge to mexico he's accused her of instigating a coup and his supporters boycotted her swearing in ceremony. australian high court has agreed to hear the appeal of disgraced cardinal george pell he's serving a 6 year jail term for sexually abusing 2 choirboys challenged the most senior catholic clergyman ever convicted of child sex abuse.

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