room. booking travel now amazing time. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin a 2nd death amid hong kong's turmoil a 70 year old street cleaner caught in the clashes between pro-democracy activists and police will be live in hong kong also coming up italy declares a state of emergency after catastrophic flooding in bed is the highest tides in half a century the government says the floods are

a blow to italy's heart. and the phone call that led to an impeachment inquiry donald trump's talk with his ukrainian counterpart is the focus of hearings in the u.s. this week what do people in ukraine think about the affair we talked we take you to kiev to find out plus another school shooting in the united states leaves 2 students dead it took place of a high school near los angeles police say the 16 year old shooter is among the injured after turning the gun on himself to get the latest from l.a. . hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a man has died in hong kong after being caught in clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police the 70 year old street cleaner. i was hit in the head with

a brick on wednesday it's not clear who threw the brake early this fall the student fell from a car park and later died the rest in hong kong has worsened in recent days after more than 5 months of anti-government unrest. more from our correspondent a t s bollinger who is standing by for us in hong kong this is the 2nd death related to protests in hong kong this week what more do we know about how this particular incident happened. there are lots of things we do not know but what we know is that at the moment when this man was hit by probably a brick although that is not confirmed 2 groups of people were hurling bricks at each other one pro protest and one pro government there how to be rumors earlier that day that people would attack protesters with sticks in this area and then

these 2 groups of people one group as i said protesters the other one not really clear where they came from whether they were local residents or people who had gathered there to face the protesters these 2 groups were hurling bricks at each other this man. city administration said he was a street cleaner in his lunch break it is not clear whether he was part of one of the groups or whether he was just whether he just happened in the middle of these 2 groups he was then hit he was standing some hour moving inside the battlefield if we can call it that way between the 2 groups and then he was hit that is what we know so far ok well hong kong others are clearly divided about these protests the difference in opinion extends to chinese mainland living in hong

kong a signal. a neighborhood forum on hong kong's political crisis is one of many such events that hong kong's vibrant civil society has organized so she ology lecture a mini leader is happy to speak out publicly something she would have never considered 11 years ago when she 1st moved to hong kong from the chinese mainland to end it into i said i had all but how i suddenly heard so many different opinions when i arrived yes and some of them felt completely unacceptable even just talking about them was too much to see i had a feeling of danger which i felt they were foreign forces trying to change me or even brainwash me. but then i became curious even the edge of the house today minutely ardently supports free speech when the pro-democracy movement took to the streets in june she joined them and when the government ignored their

demands she even went on a hunger strike. since then the protests have escalated massively with police using tear gas and rubber bullets and protesters hurling petrol bombs and ric's almost daily and things just keep getting worse many people in hong kong are shocked by the violence. victim oh is one of them he also arrived in hong kong more than a decade ago he works in the financial sector and proudly identifies as a hong kong. boley hong kong people must condemn the violence and the illegal acts no matter where we are from including our friends from germany the us japan we only to stand up and say no to this so we are so this must stop. but he's not concerned about the city's freedoms to those who say they fear that

hong kong might become more and more like the mainland he responds so what question 1990 or so what i'm from lunging but i know now i'm doing very well and you go to shanghai and to beijing and. i don't know hong kong very well so much i think there's nothing to fear. i think the source of this fear is that people don't understand the mainland. we nearly however is afraid of losing her freedom videos she publicly defends the democracy movement are circulating online when her father recently texted her from the mainland warning that what she said was inappropriate she knew who was behind it or biological for if i might have a doesn't know how to bypass the great firewall so there's no way he came across my speeches on the sense of chinese internet i didn't tell him. so the only way he could have known is that state security told him so i asked him whether agents had

visited him he didn't reply off way or. me leave hasn't been intimidated by the threats so far she has do speaking out hoping to preserve her hard won freedoms. what is your report there it shows 2 different opposing opinions about the protests in hong kong but do we know how widespread those opinions are other in the opinion polls that show just where people in hong kong are with respect to the protests. it depends on what specifically you are asked me if you're talking about the general public the latest figures i've seen no they're not from the recent days but rather a month ago show that the divide is about 2 thirds one 3rd or 3 quarters one quarter meaning the bigger part of society on this side of the

protests is that does does not mean that all of them and dorce the violence of the protest is but it means that they rather see the police responsible for the violence than the protesters for the. mainland people in hong kong it seems doubt about it is about one 3rd one 3rd one 3rd one 3rd identifying with hong kong society and. jim democratic way of life one 3rd indices if and one 3rd sticking to the mainland chinese way off life and choose sources of information from the mainland as you're speaking there mathias we're just looking at some live pictures of protesters gathering again many people are watching these protests and wondering how they're going to play out what are the most likely scenarios being discussed there in hong kong

about how this is going to end. there are very few scenarios discussed at all nobody has an idea how this is going to end it is almost like an automatic. spiral of escalation that is happening even if you ask those who participate in the front line they say yeah they feel like they're caught in an escalation but they feel if they retreated now the other side would have won the most. practical poignant slogan that protesters use is if we burn you burn with us addressing the government so. very few optimistic. ideas about an outcome but he is thank you very much spelling out there in hong kong

italy has declared a state of emergency after catastrophic flooding in venice the government in rome has released 20000000 euros for immediate aid prime minister just at a contact described the disaster as quote a blow to the heart of the nation the mayor of venice says the very future of the city is at stake. the floodwaters recede and the people of venice salvage what they can. just. this city floods regularly and venetians take precautions the owners of this jewelry store a normally prepared for one and a half meters of floodwaters but the high will trying to stay both almost 190 centimeters of salty sea water swimming into the city. this hotel's entrance is reinforced with metal barrier the water breached it you're basically saying which i think we have 70000 years of damage more loss. obviously we're still counting the

level of damage and we're trying to fix parts of the electricity. we threw away around a 1000 years of food because it was all in a large fridge and the fridge filled with salt water. for 2 people at least prime minister saw the damage for himself. but. i saw great distress. today i spoke to a newsstand owner mr gallagher who saw his kiosk collapse in the. lost everything. you can imagine what it means 1st someone who owns a business to see his world drowning in the water. if you've been in. an undersea barrier called the most is being constructed to protect venice from high water but it's not finished yet it is face constant delays since construction began in 2003 the bill for the current damage is expected to run into the hundreds of

millions of euros people hope that the 20000000 euros in immediate financial aid promised by the government will arrive soon with more floods expected over the weekend conditions hope they won't be left hanging. earlier we heard from our correspondent julie assad early in gave us this assessment of conditions in the city. venice has gone back at least for today to its normal tides in this time of year the moon and the sun and their effect on the earth's waters. influence the high tide in venice so today we reached about 110 centimeters which is definitely lower than the record reached on tuesday night people however are still reeling from the high tide they are counting the damage they are trying to clean up their homes and their shops and they hope that they will receive some help from the government today just that because of the prime minister promised some money that

will be readily available for citizens and for business owners in the city in the hopes that that will help them kick starter and get back on their feet so venusians are used to hardship high tides come every year but this one was exceptional no one was expecting it no one was prepared for it and venetians are tough but they are also a little skeptical of what the government has done and will be doing for example the most of this system of very years that is meant to protect venice from the high tide has been in construction for almost 20 years it was meant to be finished 5 years ago but it still hasn't happened and the trust in the government being able to bring that to completion is quite low here. you don't use julius of delhi there in venice well let's get you up on some other stories making headlines around the world today more anti-government rallies have been underway in chile thousands have taken to the streets across the country for nearly a month 1st to oppose

a planned hike in subway fares but now protesters are calling for wide ranging social reforms and for president sebastian pinera to step down. olivia's interim president. says former president if former rivals cannot run as a candidate in new elections thousands of more other supporters marched through the political capital of pas on thursday saying morales was forced out in a coup around us resigned on sunday and is now in exile in mexico. media outlets in lebanon on our reporting that political parties have agreed on a new prime minister muhammad son poddy a former finance minister has been chosen to lead the country is predecessor resigned at the end of october following nationwide anti corruption protests the demonstrations a threat in lebanon into political and economic turmoil. you're watching news still to come this dearth the fact cats fraudster his owner's perfect plan to

sneak him all board a flight results in a high flying fast ravine say tune in to watch the fur fly. in the u.s. the house of representatives impeachment inquiry into president begin its 2nd day of public hearings on the witness stand will be the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who trump recalled after what one state department official called a campaign of lies against her by the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani all that drama plays out on capitol hill the man on the other end of the phone. call that sparked the impeachment inquiry is also caught up in the events thousands of kilometers from washington ukraine's president. is getting much more attention from the u.s. than he ever wanted so how does the impeachment inquiry look from kenya and what's

at stake there for we had. i think good phone call it was normal we spoke about many things and the so i think when you're ready that nobody bullshit bullshit me yes no great. no pressure on ukraine to launch an investigation into trump rival joe biden's son hunter that's a claim that since been challenged by numerous top u.s. officials testifying to congress irrespective of whether this ends in impeachment to trump what does this mean for his visibly uncomfortable guest polluting as events and the country's elite. as worrying is ukraine gate is for ukraine's leaders in the streets of the capital kiev it's barely making waves most people struggling to understand just what trump is accused of wanting from the list. you'd have to ask trump what it is he wanted to be honest i don't have

a clue on the other nurses in the police probably wanted to make ukraine join nato and the e.u. . this to turn 33 but it trump has his reelection to think about. and selenski really wants to be friends with world leaders that's why he caved in. as far away as the so-called ukraine scandal might feel to ordinary ukrainians this is clearly about more than just making friends with world leaders $400000000.00 in military aid to be precise dependent on presence selenski willingness to launch an investigation into trump opponent joe biden's son hunter so the allegation goes in ukraine's 5 you conflict with russia u.s. military assistance and financial support being crucial until now aid for ukraine has enjoyed bipartisan support in washington but could that support now evaporate if ukraine was seen to be meddling in u.s. domestic politics well i think his strategy was to avoid taking sides because he

understands that the american support the international support is crucial for for ukraine because ukraine is facing russian aggression imagine if you crane is loses american support that means that ukraine is left alone with russia and no country that is left alone with the can basically survive. just 6 months into the job and president selenski now faces an enviable choice please don't trump by investigating hunter biden and face allegations of interference in u.s. affairs were dragged his feet and risk incurring the hostility of the man in charge of ukraine's most important ally it's a lose lose situation and with the impeachment inquiry gathering pace sitting tight and keeping quiet will prove more difficult by the day. as nick calio who filed that report joins us now from kiev nick your report suggests the presence

alaska is still under pressure to decide whether or not order an investigation of hunter biden how likely is it that an investigation could still be launched in the middle of a u.s. election campaign. well terry logically there's not much chance there's not much reason for ukraine authorities to launch such investigation. that would be seen in washington as a kind of jump into the u.s. political fray but logical as that might sound it doesn't stop the trump administration the trump team from having that expectation from expecting. to provide something in return for that military aid at least that's the allegation goes and we have seen from time again that he sees foreign policy in very personal very transactional terms so there is. also history with ukraine trump as you might remember in his election campaign losing his campaign manager to allegations of his

work with ukraine's former president so there's a history of. feeling that in that sense so have a logical it might seem that nervous nation happens that expectation is there and there's a fear here in ukraine that if this impeachment doesn't happen that ukraine will have to deal with president trump at least for a year maybe for a 2nd and be in the white house's bad books and not have anyone in washington to call for help. impeachment inquiry in washington against trump alleges that he was making military aid to ukraine conditional on investigating the family of his main political rival just how important is u.s. military aid for ukraine. it's crucial in terms of equipment on the ground the u.s. is still the only foreign country to have supplied ukraine with lethal weapons most notably javelin antitank missiles all of the countries of either provided ukraine with civilian aid or with training for its troops so it really has been important

ukraine's army was in a terrible state back in 2014 when the conflict began since then there's a lot of change happening but that has been crucial also in terms of morale showing the ukrainian troops in the ukrainian society that there is an ally there in ukraine's standoff with its much bigger neighbor russia but it's also in diplomatic terms an important symbol to show that the u.s. support to ukraine continues despite desire in europe for an end to the sanctions and closer ties with the kremlin so really this is of symbolic and of practical importance to give nic thank you so much to nick connelly there in kenya. well in the united states students have again been the target of a shooting the teenage suspect walked into a high school near los angeles pulled a gun and shot dead a 16 year old and a 14 year old 3 others were injured authorities say it was the suspects 16th birthday he turned the semiautomatic handgun on himself but survived and is in

critical condition. the story a sad one and all too familiar how one students file out of saugus high school and ambulances their own way the victims. to school north of los angeles has seen the u.s. is latest mass shooting. somebody just freaked out. the door then my teacher rush to the door. just log put all the chairs in front of the door close is really scary having everybody panic and call their parents saying . this. is scary. in the immediate aftermath of the shooting police place the school and others nearby on lockdown relatives of the students swung to the area. desperate they remained glued to their phones trying to reach

their loved ones. to wait. for many. police have described the suspect as a 16 year old a student at the school who carried out the attack on his birthday. detectives have reviewed the video at the scene which clearly show the subject in the quad withdraw a handgun from his backpack shoot 5 people and then shoot himself in the head. police are investigating the crime scene including the suspect's house for clues trying to figure out his motive answer the question of why he turned on his fellow students. now we all know that the wealthy are among us the fat cats get champagne service says they fly around the world however in our next story the fat

cat isn't an oligarchy but a rotund russian feline it's the strange case of a cat lover and his plan to smuggle his tubby tabby onto a plane victor is a plus sized cat and he's on his flat in vladivostok he's king of the hill and he likes to chill by grabbing him so if a drink we're not drinking or eating well this big boy really likes to fly so we sort of bought an airline ticket and passage for the frumpy feline the problem being that the plump pussy weighed much more than the airline limit of a kilograms so he's on a hatched a cunning plan an airport switcheroo swapping out big victor for a small a lot of cattle they have port wine at that point he would reunite with these heavy friend and i would both be drinking bubbly high in the sky which they did but the airline found out and the russian carrier who i showed it's close.

up on revealing several facts indicating a deliberate violation of terms of the carried agreement aeroflot decided to purchase this passenger from his loyalty bonus program all the miles that he accumulated for the entire duration of the program will be cancelled and his membership account will be closed. heavy indeed for the ya know. lance i'm old local news you know the laws the laws i broke the rules and the air carrier has the right to act as it sees fit if they chose such a preventive measure i can't argue with that word back in the flat they have privileges scratched mikail is not planning to talk to his favorite feline about his waistline any time soon. a cat swap was brought to the attention of president vladimir putin on wednesday when asked about victor by russian journalists mr putin said the kremlin does not call the aunt on cats for this is t w news these are top stories a man has died in hong kong after being caught in clashes between pro-democracy

protesters and police the 70 year old street cleaner was hit in the back of the head on wednesday it's unclear who threw the brick. through students are dead after a mass shooting at a school in california authorities say a male student opened fire at a high school near los angeles before turning the gun on himself. libya's interim president says former president cannot run as a candidate in new elections thousands of bravo's supporters have marched through the political capital of saying morale this was forced out in a coup iran has resigned on sunday and is in exile in mexico. italy has announced a state of emergency for the city of bennis due to catastrophic flooding the government in rome has released 20000000 euros for immediate aid near record high

tide so on tuesday left much of the city underwater. this is t w news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at d w news or visit our website that's talk call. you're watching the w. news live from berlin coming up d.w. business with ben physical and he'll be taking a closer look at the german economy in the meantime get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that is it every dot com attorney marcia thanks for being with us for.

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