people of the world for. peaceful country. to date got in touch. this is d w news live from berlin police and protesters clashed on the streets of hong kong officers used tear gas and water cannon against the demonstrators earlier some of the protesters occupied and set up barricades at a university campus we'll get the latest from our correspondent in hong kong also coming up. 3 lanka's former defense minister about to buy

a rajapaksa has won the country's presidential election his main opponent has now conceded defeat paving the way for edge of prophesied to become sri lanka's 7th leader. and iran traffic grinds to a halt in the capital tehran as people there protest against a 50 percent increase in fuel prices many residents are angry about a spike in the price of food staples as a result of u.s. sanctions. i'm married to evanston welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where there have been fresh clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police protesters barricaded hong kong's polytechnic university as part of a week long campaign aimed at disrupting traffic and hitting the local economy riot police fired tear gas in a bid to clear the dead. it's traders many of whom threw petrol bombs and started

fires on the streets on saturday chinese troops were deployed in the city for the 1st time since the protests began emerging from their barracks to clear road blocks . correspondent is that inger is following developments in hong kong and he joins us now for the latest hello to you mathias so for the 1st time says these protests broke out nearly 6 months ago we've been seeing chinese soldiers on the streets of hong kong what more can you tell us. yet it was yesterday that they came out off a garrison to clear up some of the barricades they were wearing their sports outfits and they were marching and then clearing some of the debris there they said that was a voluntary action it's sparked a bit of concern here because they are not allowed to interfere in hong kong unless they're asked by the hong kong government and the hong kong government has not

asked them to do this so they clearly broke the constitution however as they did just some cleaning work. the outrage was not not very high wave more important at the moment is what is happening now on the streets this confrontation between the protesters and the police that is taking more and more violent forms well much here is let's talk about the standoff specifically at the polytechnic university it's very central in the city what are the protesters tactics and how are police responding. so this is the polytechnic university this crossroads over there has been blocked and over there there is a tunnel one of the 3 tunnels that cross over to hong kong island it has been blocked since monday on monday the protesters from the university the students

blocked the tunnel and have then occupied the university in there they have been manufacturing petrol bombs that have been parading around pose and arrows one police officer was hit in earlier clashes today by an arrow the police have come to clear the barricades outside they have deployed water cannons and. tear gas and rubber bullets they were met with with molotov cocktails now that the water canon in hong kong is something very special it's different from water cannons in other countries because it has not only water inside but also pepper solution that is highly irritating and that is very painful so they advance there they've sprayed protesters who have locked the road with pepper spray we have seen people over there who were whose skin were burning one reporter and also a few protesters and other people. and it seems to be something that

is really really highly painful. but it has not succeeded in driving the protesters back they are holding their line there at the crossroads the police are standing at the other end of the crossroads and it looks like this is going to be another long day for both sides with more violence to come all right corresponding mathias bearing are bringing us up to date with the latest developments and hong kong we thank you very much. to sri lanka now where go to buy average of pox is set to become the country's next president that's after his main rival conceded defeat in the country's election which was held on saturday rajapakse his party had earlier declared victory with their candidate ahead in the count with over half the vote turnout was high and the whole went off mainly peacefully security was

a key issue in the election campaign the vote comes just 7 months after a series of terror attacks left more than 250 people dead over the easter holiday. all right let's bring in joyce wall who's in this room and can capital colombo let me show what more can you tell us is the election now decided is it final well more or less we have heard from both candidates the un fame of the house conceded defeat iran parks the swan to but be precedent off has also put out a statement on to it took a damning tree still took your official word from the election commission full of course best to conform once we hear that but the numbers are speaking clearly good has taken the strong lead already and results seem pretty clear as well it seems

that the anti in fumbling few sentiment against the un to which the which part do you side of the premadasa belong may have had it all and both candidates off of the majority said this community. likely most of that for the minority would rent to being with us now but it wasn't enough to give them a victory all right images unless assume that rajapaksa is indeed going to be sri lanka's next leader what kind of a leader is he going to be what construe lankans expect. well this is the process. but it's taking such a high profile political role but he has been defense minister and the past he oversaw the defeat of the thumb of tiger's a b. and over she decades of civil war in sri lanka so he's seen as a strong military nationalistic leader which could be why he was well to too far as he's seen as somebody who could leave she long gone out of insecurity in the wake

of the insta sunday bombings however there are concerns that my in order to use have raised about his leadership under the dodge boxes what him and his brother that have been allegations of in false disappearance serves as well as repression of dissent but i must also know that in the statesman good books upward out on twitter he said we must go forward as one sri lanka with no divides between ethnicities and religion so if this is the tone he's setting perhaps there is hope . now as we've mentioned this election comes just a few months after those very brutal easter sunday attacks israel on the road to healing after the trauma of this and can roger perhaps a lead that process. well that is definitely the hope on the ground almost everyone we spoke to spoke about how urgently and how much they want peace in the country between communities between ethnicities of

course there are other issues large part some will have to deal with that is a ready sluggish economy at hand that is massive debt the country which was contracted joining my hindu logic book 1st time so it would be interesting how he deals with this but of course putting up a united front and calling for peace will be important however it would also be valuable for minorities if more if more valuable or more fleshed out assurances were made to protect the rights of minorities so that they can feel that they can also live freely and equally under the knowledge of books like government initiatives while reporting from the sri lankan capital colombo we thank you very much. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world in the czech republic around a quarter of a 1000000 people rallied in the capital prague against prime minister andre bobbish the protesters are giving bobbish an ultimatum to sell his business interests or

step down opposition groups say the billionaire prime minister profits from his political office. demonstrators from france's yellow vest movement gathered in paris on saturday 12 years since protests began police responded with water cannon and tear gas as fires and violence broke out on the streets of the french capital. protesters in bolivia have been mourning the death of at least 8 people who were shot by security forces during violent demonstrations in support of deposed president evo morales the interim government to struggling to restore stability following the resignation of the former president. authorities in iran have blocked internet access and say they will respond forcefully to quell protests across the country at least one person has been killed and many injured in clashes between police and protesters who are angry by an increase in fuel prices the government says it needs the money to help the poor but many fear the price

hike will hit poor people the hardest. teheran at a standstill the motorways blocked every nuance of her idea due to u.s. sanctions but the announcement from the government was the last straw gasoline prices up by 50 percent only $62.00 per person per month. have to pay more. for our situation is only getting worse a leader used to cost around $0.07 now it's $0.21 everything's getting more expensive for the government it's good news since they've taken more money security forces took to patrolling outside gas stations many believe the fuel price hike is just the start of many price increases. with her on the everything in tehran and all over iran is dependent on the cost of energy if gasoline gets more expensive rent will go up too i think this is going to break the back of poor working people . but there were rapid reactions to the government's announcement protests erupted

around iraq demonstrators targeted gas stations and police building the images are reminiscent of scenes 2 years ago when protests were met with violence now a hand us government is facing more pressure to resolve the situation peacefully religious leaders and their eenie in parliament demanded gas prices be returned to normal but the police have threatened to take a hard stance against demonstrators 7. all right to sports now and a major upset in tennis stefano says it has defeated roger federer in the 70s of the a.t.p. finals the 21 year old greek cruised past better winning 6364 the possible face austrian dominic team in the final on sunday. in soccer news germany have sealed their place at next summer's euro 2020 tournament after

a 4 in the win against belarus you know him live side had also needed a helping hand from old rivals another lions who's known will result against northern ireland confirmed germany's qualification. germany had been in the driving seat long before mathias didn't so open the scoring in the 41st minutes they got but not showing any zone stadium i knew you live sides lead was double just off the whole time leon gretzky smashing home this time to give germany some breathing space veteran midfielder tony close out of the 3rd in the 55th minute the real madrid filled with a neat finish from the edge of the area and close out of the 2nd with 10 minutes to go the 2014 world cup winner now has 17 goals for his country job done for germany who can now focus on fine shooting their preparations ahead of euro 2020 injured. a reminder now of the top stories we're following for you. police and protesters

have clashed in hong kong as protests in the city enter their 6th month the demonstrators barricaded themselves in hong kong's polytechnic university dozens of pro-government supporters tried to clear the area. sri lanka's former defense minister got up by rajapaksa has won the country's presidential election that comes after his main opponent conceded defeat results have yet to be formally announced. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app from google play or from the app store give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d w app to send us your photos and videos. you're up to date now on d w news coming up next is the world of stories the week in reports american evan

stand in for me and the entire news team here in berlin thanks for watching. and now going affectionately but as affectionately as you can. put him in the middle of his election campaign in the year 2000 the documentary was filmed for russian television. to turn the camera back on of course the film see.