to protect the climate boost green energy solutions by joe blow into those beams on a new series of global 3 goals and on t.w. and online. this is day to every news live from berlin protesters 5 bow and arrows at protests police in hong kong offices gas and water cannons against the demonstrators who occupy and set up barricades that he university campus also coming out. gotten by out rajapaksa is set to become sri lanka's next president the former defense minister has been declared the winner of saturday's election there in the capital

colombo the celebrations and concerns for the future. and in iran traffic francois hope in the capital tehran and people there protest at 50 percent hike in fuel prices iran's supreme leader says he backs the decision despite rest. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where they've been fresh clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police chinese troops have been deployed for the 1st time since they protests began in june activists have dug into hong kong's polytechnic university and value to defend it from police is part of a week long campaign aimed at disrupting traffic and hitting the local economy.

another assault on the voices of protest police fire tear gas at protesters occupying hong kong's polytechnic university and blocking nearby roads mass demonstrators hurl molotov cocktails in response the street battle pits water cannon against fire bombs and armored trucks against umbrellas and police claim protesters shot arrows at them injuring one officer in the leg. the protesters are showing themselves to be skillful tacticians this week they moved away from flash mob demos to occupying universities and blocking the city's key traffic arteries the polytechnic is the last university held by protesters by barricading themselves in they have succeeded in closing down the city's cross harbor tunnel connecting the mainland and the hong kong island. we want the city to go on strike at the hong kong polytechnic university we can occupy the cross harbor tunnel so it

can help to achieve the school and we could also block highways and other major roads in the area or the roads around the hong kong polytechnic university our major roads and they could be blocked to help us achieve the strike. the protesters are trying to quote squeeze the economy and it's working the city is in recession for the 1st time in a decade but their actions are dividing public opinion with many residents irritated by the disruption. on saturday chinese soldiers emerged from their barracks in sports gear to help clear barricades on the streets it was the army's 1st deployment in hong kong since protests began 5 months ago and it's both a warning and a p.r. move aimed at those fed up with the chaos but protesters still have sympathy from some locals angry with the government. and more and more yet. i think no one

in hong kong is happy when they see this and i think all the things are just broken and it affects a lot of people's daily lives. in the end it's because of this bad government. otherwise the young protesters wouldn't come out and do these very violent things. he told to come. with protesters vowing to carry their campaign of civil disobedience into next week and neither side willing to back down normality in hong kong seems a distant prospect. to sri lanka now where go to buy out rajapaksa has a been officially declared winner of the country's presidential election well wishers have been congratulating the former defense chief at his home budget pacs it took more than half the voters in south asia and the south asian island nation which is still recovering from a series of bombings last easter that killed some 250 people to pax it has vowed to

restore security and is calling for national unity. davies in the mission john's father has been covering the sri lankan election she sent him this analysis of the victor and the challenges he faces once he takes office. celebrations breaking out here on the street all for lambo in sri lanka it is official but that it out but so will be the next president of the country the elections was just yesterday but not results have already been announced this is where the lection commission is in the crowd behind me is the waiting for their new president to come out and greet them go dobby rajapaksa is expected to take office early tomorrow morning me taking over from president seriously and i will step out a few days ago now of course the voters were jubilant but critics have raised concerns about not all get out because today shows when it comes to supporting the

rights of ethnic and religious minorities but it is interesting to note that it was on twitter declaring victory he called for united still long called a free long call that stands together and does not discriminate between ethnicities and religions he's calling for a celebration that is as civil as they can be in this have been a historically useful election in-field on cross so if the new president is setting that north there could be reason to hope that this is the feel you still feel god that everybody has been hoping for to morrow but i would argue that takes office. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. and south korea have agreed to postpone military drills in a bid to move the peace process with north korea forward washington denied that the decision was another concession to pyongyang north korea had objected to the drills even though they had been scaled back. clashes erupted between protest protesters

and police in the french capital paris as demonstrators month the one year anniversary of the so-called yellow vest movement protesters set fire and smashed windows police responded with tear gas and arrested dozens of people. in iran thousands of people have been out on the streets protesting against the government's decision to raise petrol prices by 50 percent and to introduce rationing since the price hike many demonstrators have abandoned their cars along major highways and join mass rallies in the capital tehran but some of the demonstrations have turned violent and at least 2 people have died as a result of the protests with many more injured. unfortunately we don't seem to have that report for you but we'll try to get that up for you a little bit lighter. i mean to the czech republic which is saying it has been marking a 30 years since the velvet revolution the popular uprising that brought an end to

communist rule the 3 decades on the country's lay days contending with a public backlash. prime minister was jailed by protesters in prague as he laid a wreath to mark the anniversary on saturday about a quarter of a 1000000 people demonstrated in the city calling for baggage to sell his business interests resign opposition groups say the billionaire prime minister profiteers from his political office. and joining me from prague the capital of czech republic day don't you correspondent jonathan crane jonathan today's the 30th anniversary of the so-called revolution what's been happening so far. well major events on the way across the city not just actually here in prague across the whole country flash point from the protests 30 years ago of course a crackdown on students back then it will culminate i went to square behind me as you can see there will be a concert here later a concert for the future it's called featuring some famous musicians also some

political activists but the political events took place earlier today at the national museum of events hosted by the prime minister on trade bobbish offensively dedicated to evening an exhibition to the velvet revolution but of course bobby steeds acknowledged those protests as you mentioned he was heckled earlier when he laid a commemoration wreath now he basically said look i thank you everyone for expressing your opinions on the future of this country but he said that actually we should be grateful this is the most free we've had in the czech republic the most free period in the country's history and actually things are going very well but he admits to being a member of the communist party that's not a surprise he said he wasn't proud of that he said he wished he had more courage to rise up and protests. like some of the other people at the time but obviously he has also been accused of being a secret spying for the secret police back then he accused he denies all those allegations but actually the overall tone of his speech today was quite

conciliatory we mentioned some of the protesters we saw about a quarter of a 1000000 and he protests on the street yesterday one of the people calling for. well they want him to either give up his conflict of interest racing to his big conglomerate agra fair or resign if he doesn't do any of those things they say they will step up their protests they will find more innovative ways to protest because . one of the country's richest people and he's put his businesses into 2 trust funds his critics accuse mr profiting from that from benefiting from the business being able to influence it as prime minister even the european union is investigating and it's expected to release the results of that investigation later this year now bobbish says this is a witch hunt i think it's very poignant 30 years on from the 4 of communism that we're having this conversation because for many people this is a bittersweet day you have people who are obviously glad to be communism here is

over that chapter in their country's history it's close but they are worried that some of those powerful freedoms are being lost on the other hand you have people who perhaps say that they were better off on the communism they don't feel that actually their lives improved and what they've been promised hasn't actually met those people that actually vote for bobby she said trying to them with some of his populist policies and the party is polling around 30 percent so there you have these waves of protests specifically in prague elsewhere in the country bobbish remains very popular and sort of can be very difficult to dislodge him even if he gives up his business interests as you say john crane in the czech capital pronk thank you. some sport now on cost of i will host england and. 2020 qualifier later it's arguably the biggest football match to be hosted in pristina and after england players were racially abused by fans in ball garia and montenegro in previous great games the people of kosovo have gone out of their way

to show racism is not rife in their part of the balkans. these banners have been set up in kosovo in order to welcome some very special guests the people of kosovo have a soft spot for england even though the 2 countries football teams are standing on opposite sides of the pitch in sunday's euro 2020 qualifier. there's a fantastic. this this is the best thing anybody's ever done for for the for our country come into football. there's a reason they think so highly of the english britain was a major ally of kosovo in its struggle for independence especially during the kosovo conflict in the late 1990 s. . the british helped us a lot during the war and afterwards and where among the 1st states to recognize us in our new york now the people of kosovo want to show their gratitude by showing solidarity with england players such as raheem sterling who has been

a victim of racist abuse at matches ausra in eastern europe you saw it was him that behavior towards england by others and we have taken on this campaign to show that we are against racism we will welcome the english as brothers just as they have welcomed and helped us before for us they are our brothers. kosovo whose population is majority ethnic albanian declared independence from serbia in 2008 more than 100 countries recognise this statehood including britain but serbia did not nevertheless kosovo was welcomed into international football competition in 2016 now they feel a strong bond with england's footballers. we actually were discriminated against for a long time so we know how it feels firms aren't racist. the result on the pitch doesn't matter and england have already qualified for euro 2020 and kosovo have booked a spot in the playoffs next march off the pitch both on the same page fighting

racism together. and germany have sealed their place that euro 2020 on saturday after a 4 nil win over belarus group rivals the netherlands also confirmed their qualification with the autumn love 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 can sell open the scoring in the 41st minute they got back in his own stadium i knew you love sides lead was double just after half time on gretzky smashing home this time to give germany some breathing space but for midfielder toni close out of the 3rd in the 55th minute the real madrid filled it 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 a clear answer until it's great to score some goals but it's more important that we

can enjoy this as a team of course 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 were so good for your job done for germany who can now focus on fine shooting their preparations and head of euro 2020 in june. this is dayton his line from the end up next a report which this week follows a young indian ex-pat who goes home to get married don't forget you can always stay up to date on our website at state w dot com i'm rebecca ritter's thanks for watching. shish hello upswings this is the move all speaking welcome to the show with a ding dong xoai concerts. with illustrators get. rough.