to be an instructor for the names. of witnesses starts december 13th w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin a 2nd death amid hong kong's turmoil a 70 year old street cleaner caulks and clashes between pro-democracy activists and a group opposing police have opened a murder investigation. also coming up on welcome arrivals in berlin turkey says the german fighters for the so-called islamic state the german government says

there's no proof but it's still last to work out how to handle that. then it suffers renewed flooding after another high tide the water did not reach one safe record levels but it adds to the threat to the city's unique cultural heritage. and now it's taking sharp time. to find out how the infectious south korean song got 3900000000 hits on you tube and landed in front on this but. i'm sorry someone's got to thank you for joining us amanda has died in hong kong after being caught in clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and a group opposing that the 70 year old street cleaner was hit in the head with a. on wednesday it's not clear who threw it earlier this month the student fell

from a multi-story parking garage and later died the unrest in hong kong has worsened in recent days after more than 5 months of anti-government demonstrations and we can get an update on the situation now correspondent spending a is standing by in hong kong hyla ts what can you tell us about this lace that latest incident of this man having died on wednesday yeah so the man was hit on wednesday with a brick as you say it was in a northern suburb off of hong kong and protest is facing counter protesters in this in this place we do not really know who the counter protesters were with their local residents or were they people who had gathered there to face the protesters both sides was throwing bricks at each other and this man cleena who was on his lunch break was got in between the 2 sides whether he was part of

one of the sides or whether he just was happened to be there we do not know so he was hit by a brick in his hat and then he was brought to a hospital where he died today it really shows how these protests have escalated mathias they've grown more violent this week we also understand they've taken on a new look at tell us more about how they the protests have changed and what that means. well what's new for the 1st is that they have been going on for the whole week office workers have come out of their offices at lunch break to stage a 2 hour protest around noon and we have seen these battles for the university campuses here where i stand this is one of the universities it's occupied now by the protesters but some of these clashes especially at one university in the north of of hong kong have been very violent it looked almost like

a medieval battle scene from a movie with. fire bombs being thrown to the police they answered with tear gas it was smoke everywhere and then some people even brought arrows and flashes which fortunately did not hit any of their intended targets but it all looked pretty pretty awful. yes as all of this is thing going on either any holes on how much supports these protesters still have among the general hong kong public. there are regular polls about which a lot of questions are own these protests from which we can. deduct that basically about 2 thirds or 3 quarters of the population are on the side of the pro-democracy movement now that doesn't mean that all of them support what all the protests or what some of the protestors do. about 40 percent think that the violence has been

excessive violence by the protesters 70 percent though think that tobias by the police has been excessive but we see this divide around about 2 thirds one 3rd 75 percent 25 percent throughout all. the questions these polls that show the late is there from october october saw another escalation to these polls were conducted after a significant escalation and at that time there was almost no shift in the in the divide there are almost no indices of people in these polls and there has been no shift compared to august and september but we have not seen the results for november yet i am not sure the the. questions might have been asked before this week we will probably soon see the results so i am not sure whether they will reflect on this new escalation where university campuses now have been

blocked permanently and also major roads have been blocked permanently it could be that this would change the picture a bit but so far we haven't seen a correspondent here spending a reporting from hong kong good to talk to you. meanwhile hong kong's deeply unpopular justice secretary theresa chang has allegedly been assaulted by demonstrators in london the protesters many dressed in black and wearing masks heckled chang calling her a murderer as she made her way to a speaking of vent on thursday night chang whose department is in charge of prosecuting protesters fell after being surrounded by the crowd hong kong's leader carrie lamb and the chinese government have strongly condemned the actions. the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump is resuming at this hour with more public hearings on the witness stand a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was recalled after what one state department official called a campaign of lies against her by trump's personal lawyer speaking at

a campaign rally in ways anna trump said the inquiry would fail to impeach him and called it another witch hunt but house speaker nancy pelosi has stepped up her argument for impeachment saying allegations that he asked ukraine to investigate his political opponent in return for aid amount to bribery. and the devastating testimony corroborated evidence of bribery uncovered in the inquiry and that the president abused power and violated his oath by threatening to withhold military aid and white house meeting in exchange for an investigation into his political rival alright well democrats are hoping that the hearings will help turn public opinion against trump but will that work peter doll has been looking into the story for us thanks for joining us peter what impact has the impeachment inquiry actually had on public opinion well no actually we are beginning to see a slight shift in favor of impeachment among democrats if you go back to may that

was round 6 little over 60 percent now that's jumped about 20 percentage points up to over 80 percent or more crucially among independents so people who identified neither asked him across nor republicans we've seen that up to. from about 30 percent to $45.00 so quite a substantial hike where we're not seeing the same time of movement is among republicans support for impeachment has ticked up slightly but it's kind of stuck around 10 percent and that will be the big challenge for democrats i think to kind of make a strong enough case that they can win over not just the people on the fence but also republicans who ultimately will be leading the trial if this thing moves to the senate the republican led senate where they don't need to a 2 thirds majority to hold from it lee peach the president yeah i mean you said it but that seems to be the big challenge or because a lot of republicans are standing behind the president so that appears to be the big hurdle for democrats going forward isn't it is how to get republicans also over

to their side yet it's going to be so much harder republican support for trump has been really vox solid ever around 90 percent since he was elected remember this is a key as a candidate the guy who said you know famously he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th avenue and he would lose any vote and part of the reason for that really also is about the type of media they consume republican supporters by and large just aren't you know witnessing or seeing the same presidency that a lot of democrats are. especially the conservative fox news network which is has been very supportive in his coverage of trump and that definitely the the impeachment hearings. this is how they covered the 1st hearing you know trying to cast doubt on the credibility of the witnesses and the testimony of describing acting about it or william taylor as a never trump or that's

a republican word for people who don't support trump they call his testimony hearsay and saying that he has no firsthand knowledge about the whistleblowers accusations this same scenario on the pro trump right wing new site breitbart where they're trying to discredit house intelligence chairman adam schiff who heads the public hearings they accuse him of being in transparent and fair. and that counter narrative campaign on conservative networks really does appear to be working trump campaign manager about saying that the campaign raised over $3000000.00 in just the 24 hours after the 1st public hearings. so for democrats to you know change the tide if you support for impeachment they'll need to present such a strong case. probably such a refutable testimony that there's no chance for networks like trump or like like

fox and breitbart to drown that out be interesting to see those hearings get back under way today peter keller reporter bring the story to us thank you very much. now to some other stories making headlines around the world mourners in southern california how to vent vigils for the victims of thursday's school shooting in santa clarita near los angeles 2 teenagers were killed and 3 others injured when a 16 year old opened fire before turning the gun on himself authorities say the shooter apparently after the loan with. the german parliament has approved a new law making the government responsible for implementing climate protection measures the loss that specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the future from the energy transport and housing sectors goals and steve. it was only. then it has been hit by flooding from another exceptionally high tide st mark's square has again been under water and to close to the public the levels at

midday on friday did not reach those of the people flooding seen earlier in the week but the water still poses an ongoing threat to the cultural heritage of the city. and let's speak to our correspondent james jackson is standing by for us in venice and he joins us for more on this story hi james good to see you we understand it has been another dramatic day there in venice tell us what you've been seeing there. it's been an extremely high level of tide today people have not felt prepared i've spoken to shopkeepers and they say it never reaches this level normally it's not as high as 2 days ago but still 70 percent of venice is expected to be under water today it's just started raining the whole of some mark's square is flooded there are seagulls floating around rubbish you can probably see behind me we've had various politicians famously famous politicians walking poss minister and the mare of venice himself so it's been a dramatic day with helicopter heads thus the tide is beginning to go down arrows

very quickly it's taking a little bit longer to go down but it's going to have to wait until that happens before we can see how much damage is being done well amid that flooding of people there in venice have been trying to cope with the situation and concerned of course about more rain possibly being on the way let's take a look at some of that coping efforts now. land and sea become one again another exceptionally high tide is wreaking havoc on venice. workers dismantle elevated walkways to protect the public. it is yet more destruction after days of dismay. not jurado has given everything to this place. none of the fridges are working we're trying to dry things off. for 200 years this grand hotel has stood the test of time untied. but this week the devastation is

considerable these are so much a ship that i think we have $70000.00 euros of damage more or less obviously we're still counting the level of damage and we're still trying to fix parts of the electricity to me that really matter. as all of venice take stock of the damage some are wondering if nature is finally closing in on this lagoon city's fortifications not rado. long we're from the venice venetians born in venice most of us are venetian so to say stop with venice never. get to the prime minister took in the damage for himself visiting since marks basilica and meeting those working to rebuild he pledged millions of euros in help but. i saw a great distress. today i spoke to a newsstand owner mr gallagher who saw his kiosk collapse in the ju decker canal.

he lost everything. you can imagine what it means a person one who owns a business to see his world drowning in the water because it was as if you don't have it he also promised to turn this into a reality the moves are a title defense system that has been plagued by corruption and delays it was designed in 1984. before then locals must contend with an almighty clean up operation that is expected to cost hundreds of millions. right james so we saw that people are trying to assess the situation from what you've seen what is the extent of the damage so far so we've seen a lot of flooded shops we've seen coffee shops and hotels the whole streets a fold with water making it really hard to get around there's a lot of people coming out onto the streets to see what's happening but others are

pushing water out of their shops piling thing sunnah trying top of things just trying to get rid of as much water as possible and to see what they can do about the damage i spoke to someone a minute ago who said they've had to throw away for mattresses afraid and a story all because of the damage in the last few days and today so it keeps on happening to the local venetian and they're very they're not happy about it they're not. feeling particularly hopeful about the city's capacity to reimburse them for the federal government has approved 20000000 euro is in aid how will that help. so 20000000 euros really isn't a lot of money when you think the the local man. has 6 has estimated but it's 1000000000 euros worth of damage that's been done of course venice is a site of you know esko cultural heritage so that means that there's some things

here which are completely priceless and irreplaceable it's salt water that's flooded which is especially damaging because it can crystallize it could be destroying precious works of art but also the people who live here their houses are destroyed and they're not feeling particularly hopeful about getting that money back some someone i spoke to this morning told me that the government always sends money but we never see any of that. our correspondent jackson reporting there in venice thank you. turkey has started to porting people it believes to be foreign terrorist militants a group of suspected supporters of the so-called islamic state has arrived in berlin turkey is that it will deport $23.00 more european nationals in the next few days. 7 members of the same family arrived back in berlin after a visit to turkey they traveled there in january and were arrested shortly afterwards back in germany they met by the police the turkish government claims

they were intending to travel on to syria but there's no proof of that it's known that some family members were involved with the islamist movement in their hometown in germany and may have sympathized with the so-called islamic state that in itself is not a crime one son is said to have been a member of the german islamic circle which is led by the radical cleric who were law and was banned 2 years ago it's not clear what will now happen to the family who are not facing the rest. the following put inside us when we have to assess the potential threat posed by these written nice in each individual case. you can simply say that every person coming back represents a danger. but we make extensive checks to determine what steps the police or local authorities need to take in the healing you will need to

come to tensions in opposition politicians say the government has failed to put measures in place to deal with the return of islamic state supporters to get her to say government has had its head in the sand not wanting to deal with this now they are paying the price they should have agreed on procedures which turkey much earlier. turkey now wants to deport the wives of 2 islamic state fighters to germany both women were being held in kurdish run prison camps when ankara launched its offensive in northern syria last month. they managed to escape but were taken into custody for deportation by the turkish authorities. in bolivia the self appointed interim president janina on yes is building a cabinet and has announced upcoming elections but she says former president if and what alice will not be allowed to run but alice resigned on sunday following allegations of vote rigging and is now in exile in mexico thousands of his

supporters marched through the capital of past saying what alice was forced out in a coup and should be allowed to run again while the. many haven't stopped protesting since they left power. evil merola says bicycle for indigenous people some of the red poncho is because red is the color of the left and the poncho the traditional garb of indigenous people in the andes right now morale is red bice's white hot with fury. this evil morale is a good man who has been working for the people he didn't want to rob is like those of all gangsters evo morales who's believed his 1st indigenous president on sunday he quit and then fled to mexico from there he's given statement after statement saying he was forced out for being against the country's rich white minority. the laundry to sit in my crime was being indigenous the president when

a president governs in the interests of the social movements of the peasant farmers and workers in the police mutinies and carries out a coup because he wanted to sell the believe his government says there's another side to evil morale is on display inside the penthouse he had built. they say he's been living lavishly despite his socialist rhetoric. a lifestyle far removed from that of his struggling supporters many of whom and just a couple of 100 euros per month. can be accumulated like a rich man while claiming to speak with a number that was bogus so what i mean to put what's on show is why evo morales never less anyone up to the top floors of the hives of the people if they. believe he is of the house of the people of the national assembly from here the woman who has declared she's replacement is consolidating her power you need 9 years is promising new elections soon but she's ruling out

a comeback by morality saying it would violate the constitution it will have a morale is not sellable to run for a 4th term trying to do so has caused all these protests. since last month's disputed presidential elections the 2 believe us has been struggling for power right now morale is off as it should has the security forces backing but what still disputed is he truly has the support of the people. more stories now from around the world chile has announced it will hold a referendum to amend the country's dictatorship era constitution after weeks of anti-government protests demonstrations started nearly a month ago over a plan to increase the price of subway tickets the protesters are now demanding wide ranging social reforms and the resignation of president president sebastian pinera. 3 major lebanese parties have agreed to nominate a former finance minister mohammad saffi to serve as prime minister sufi his

predecessor resigned at the end of october after nationwide anti-corruption protests the demonstrations have thrown lebanon into political and economic turmoil . and at least one person has been killed during heavy snowfall in southeastern france the 1st major storm of the season has caused widespread disruption across the region tens of thousands of homes have been hit by power cuts and dozens of roads are blocked for sports news now and in tennis the last time roger federer and novak djokovic faced off was in a grand slam final at wimbledon in july that showdown lasted almost 5 hours with djokovic eventually defeating his rival now at the a.t.p. finals in london federer of venge that loss and moved on to the tournaments last for. it was a long time coming after a run off 4 years and 5 straight losses roger federer finally managed to overcome

novak djokovic shot once more the swiss outperformed the syrup capitalizing on every mistake this was nothing short of a master class 38 year old fred or a not showing any signs of aging and playing with trademark grace and elegance his dominance didn't let up djokovic eventually folded and federer's seen the victory 6463 you know i played incredible and i knew how to use that's what novak does and i was able to produce i was the 2nd magical you guys made a super special thank you i can't thank you enough. federer claimed to be unaware of his record against joke of it over the past few years but with an a.t.p. semifinal coming up that is all in the past now. from children's song to global ear worm if you know baby shark you also know it will very likely get stuck in your head the infectious south korean tune is now the

5th most viewed you tube video of all time with nearly 4000000000 hits and it's reached the most unexpected places. it started as a children's song about a family of sharks. then it was sung by demonstrators to calm a scared top player during anti-government protests in lebanon. thank goodness it's also become the unofficial i'm fame of the washington nationals the u.s. baseball team and their fans seem to love it. the kids melodies so catchy it's become a global phenomenon. its creators say they looked at korean popular music also known as k. pop for inspiration. there was something powerful

about forks and comp songs we tried to use the same principle to turn this song into a hoop like key pop does and it worked out good young boy stuck with other than books . baby shock is no longer just a tune and it's no longer just on you tube. it's a theater show and the t.v. cartoon serious it's a brand earning smart study its south korean founding company a growing fortune. who would have thought sharks could become this popular i like this turn of events couldn't cut and want to know what i think dinosaurs are still something to dig up premium so personally i'd like to make a brand of dinosaurs. and while its producers are at war to pull out their next hit we will surely hear more of this one.

ok coming up next on news asia sri lankans head to the polls on saturday amid an onslaught of misinformation and untruths on social media. and with protests in hong kong in their 6 month we meet mainland chinese with constricted views on what is happening in their city. that's coming right up on did you say that with the bench .

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and you know what time the voice is. on the 77 percent talk about the issues. from politics to flash from housing boom boom time this is where. welcome to the 77 percent. this week and g.w. . this is the doctor there was a show coming up and i learned it's future shaped by its media treat i'm going to head to the polls on saturday but ahead of the elections they're facing the talk of the for information on media platforms a lot of untruth but in colombo where we are if this were determined the windows plus bullet are used in hong kong need up to meets mainland chinese who joined the

protests friends and others will say the city has nothing to fear from beijing.