discussion. is easy it's our website deputed comes much for joining us on facebook. this is d w news live from berlin police and protesters clashed on the streets of hong kong officers use 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 sri lanka's former defense minister go to buy rajapaksa has won the

country's presidential election his main opponent has now conceded defeat paving the way for the pops out to become stray like his senate leader. and in iran traffic grinds to a halt in the capital tehran as people there protest against a 50 percent hike 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 right police fired tear gas in a bid to clear. the demonstrators who threw petrol bombs and started fires on the

street chinese troops were deployed in the city for the 1st time since the protests began. well earlier i talked to him and he is building a who's in hong kong and i asked him about the significance of the chinese soldiers being on the streets for the 1st time since the protests began. yet it was yesterday that they came out of a garrison to clear up some of the barricades they were wearing their sports outfit and they were marching on them clearing some of the debris there they said that was a voluntary action it 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 so 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 block the tunnel and have been occupied the university in there they have been manufacturing petrol bombs that have been parading around bows and arrows one police officer was hit and earlier clashes today. by and 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 the with molotov cocktails now that the water cannon in hong kong there's 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 hardly irritating and that is very painful so they advance there they've sprayed protesters who blocked the road with pepper spray we have seen people over there who were whose skin were burning one reporter and also a few protesters 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 off the crossroads and it looks like this is going to be another long day for both sides with more violence to come are i had to correspondent a burning are bringing us up to date with the latest developments in hong kong we thank you very much. to sri lanka now where it goes by a rajapaksa 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 as party had earlier declared victory with their candidates ahead in the count with over half the vote turnout was high and the poll went off mainly peacefully security was a key issue in the election campaign the vote comes 7 months after a series of terror attacks that left more than 250 people dead over the easter holiday. all right let's bring in delhi is an emission wall who's in the sri lankan capital colombo. what more can you tell us is the election now decided is it

final. well more or less we have heard from both the leading candidates the un the flame of the house conceded defeat i'm good. the so want to but be precedent off sri lanka has also put out a statement on twitter katie aiming great tree there still took your official word from the election commission full of course best to conform once we hear that but the numbers are speaking purely good spark so has taken the strong lead already and the desire to seem pretty clear as well it seems that the anti incumbency sentiment against the un to which the which bought 2 sides the pm of us of belongs may have had it all and both candidates are from the majority some who love but this community would probably dodge trucks like even the most of that was the minority water when compared with us now but it wasn't enough to give them a victory all right emissions the less assume that roger pocket is indeed going to be lanka's next reader what kind of

a leader is he going to be what construe lincoln's expect. well this is the foss. 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 dhamma tigers at the end of she decades of civil war and she lancaster he's seen as a strong military nationalistic leader which could be why he was well to too far as he was 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 praised about his leadership under the dodge boxes what him and his brother that have been allegations of in false disappearance was as well as oppression of dissent but i must also know that in the statement box up work out on twitter he said we must go forward as one tree long with no divides between ethnicities and religion so if this is the door he is setting perhaps there is hope. now as we've

mentioned this election comes just a few months after the very brutal easter sunday attacks is relying on the road to healing after the trauma of this and can reach a pox a lead that process well that is definitely the hope on the ground almost everyone we spoke to smoke about how urgently and how much they want to be used in the country between communities between ethnicities of course there are other issues large box i would have to deal with that as a ready sluggish economy at hand that is massive debt the country which was contracted joining my hindu rajapaksa stone 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 a large box like government. reporting from the sri lankan capital colombo we thank you very much. let's get a quick check now of some of the other stories making news this hour in the czech republic around a quarter of a 1000000 people rallied in the capital pronk 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. clashes erupted between protesters and police in the french capital paris as demonstrators marched the one year anniversary of the yellow vest movement protesters set fires and smashed windows police responded with tear gas and arrested dozens of people. 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 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 iranians have already endured a lot due to u.s. sanctions but the announcement from the government was the last straw gasoline prices up by 50 percent only 60 per person per month more have to pay more. to 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 . there were rapid reactions to the government's announcement protests erupted around iraq demonstrators targeted gas stations and police buildings the images are reminiscent of scenes 2 years ago when protests were met with violence in our hands government is facing more pressure to resolve the situation peacefully religious leaders and their ini in parliament demanded gas prices be returned to normal but the police have threatened to take a hard stance against demonstrators 7. germany's green party is in the opposition at least for now but polls show that nipping at the heels of uncle america's conservatives and there's a good chance they could find themselves in government after germany's next elections increased concern over climate change is largely responsible for their

newfound popularity but the party's co-leaders have also done their share of uniting and expanding the party's base and they've both been reelected at the party's annual conference. flowers for the winner the greens reelected are now in a bear book as co-leader with 97 point one percent of the votes here thank you i accept the result i'm speechless and close to tears thank you no leader of the greens has ever been elected by such a margin before in her acceptance speech stressed a goal of her she is in a carbon neutral economy and society. the most in government that we have to assure that the ecological transformation is a social ecological transformation that works for all people for all people in this society 30 delegates also reelected topic their books partner in leadership he told delegates he wants to open the greens to a wider electorate. do for me we can't allow ourselves to be

rigid we have to listen to legitimate criticism and always be ready to talk to everybody of the a couple of the questions remain unanswered should to greens propose a candidate for chancellor in the next election and who should that be but it was clear that the party feels ready to govern. its various forms are we are growing into a new role and that is not just to participate in government but to provide leadership . so does our need to feel that. the greens have thick ambitions but they remain weak in germany so eastern states and in areas where voters fear climate action will hurt local industries many voters still see the greens of elitists who are detached from ordinary voters concerns. all right some soccer news now and germany's men have sealed their place said euro 2020 after a 4 nil win over belarus group rivals the netherlands also confirmed their

qualification will hear opening live side now poised to clinch top spot in tuesday's game with northern ireland croatia and austria also went through. germany had been in the driving seat long before mathias skins are open to scoring in the 41st minutes but luck but not showing any sign stadium i knew the live side's lead was double just after half time early on gretzky smashing home this time to give germany some breathing space but sure 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 added a 2nd with 10 minutes to go the 2014 world cup winner now has 17 goals for his country to leave us are in talks to it's great to score some goals but it's more important that we can enjoy this as a team you could see that it can get or could that's the way it is in these types of games until the 1st goal goes in the doors we're soon going to be a joke done for germany who can now focus on fine shooting their preparations ahead

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