this is d w news live from berlin protests return to hong kong police fired tear gas of pro-democracy activists as they take to the streets against a proposed security deal they say threatens the territories autonomy also coming up . muslims around the world break their fast for the last time in a ramadan overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. benyamin netanyahu becomes the 1st sitting israeli prime minister to go on trial as he faces

corruption charges we'll go live to jerusalem for the latest. and in week 2 of the bomb the city just returned from a forced break buyer showed there it's supposed to rest after dispatching frankfurt the stars are aligned for a match up with 2nd placed to. pablo foley s welcome to the program protests broken out in hong kong after china sparked outrage with proposed new legislation that would ban beijing what beijing calls secessionism and subversive activity it could allow chinese security agents to operate in the territory pro-democracy campaigners are calling it a threat to hong kong's autonomy. again shrouds the

streets of hong kong. protests returned after china pushed for a strict new national security law for the territory under cover of the corona virus. the national security law is even more damaging and harmful than the extradition bell last year introduced by the government and now when time is running out in hong kong we would describe now as the beginning of the end we don't have enough time but we still need to continue the fight. for opponent see this is the end of hong kong's one country 2 systems relationship with china the legislation that gives beijing more surveillance powers is supported by hong kong pro chinese legislators and local security chiefs. were not of the great majority. i don't think the great majority of people in the

interest. subverting state central government so i don't think that is an issue. facing rubberstamp assembly is expected to approve floor next week but protests on the small island may prove difficult to stamp out. well joining us now for more is laura westbroek a reporter for the south china morning post hi laura and what are the main concerns that the protesters have. yeah it really cannot be underestimated how significant this is here thousands of protesters took to the streets in defiance of banning public gatherings of more than 8 people to protest against this legislation and their concerns are that this would erode hong kong's one country 2 systems myself now when hong kong was handed back to china from britain in 1907 the principle of one kind she t systems was put in place which gives hong kong

a high degree of autonomy for 50 years until 2027 and freedoms that aren't enjoyed in the main that is like freedom of speech and the right to assembly so they worry that this little would be used to essentially a rage these freedoms they argue that china uses national security legislation to go off their activists lawyers and even journalists and so they worry that could happen here as well and one of the most controversial things about this law is that the they have now that they could have mainland agencies aka racing in hong kong with chinese mainland agents enforcing this new national security legislation now the hong kong government has come out saying today that that they would still be tied to local laws but that's got people very worried here as well. briefly laura what options do does this leave for the pro-democracy movement.

so the timing of this is quite interesting because it comes up the back of last year where there were local elections a district council elections where the pan democratic camp overwhelmingly flips. $18.00 to $17.00 out of $800.00 just breaks and coming up in september there's legislative council elections and it's expected that the pro-democracy camp will do well there so whether that gives them a mandate the pressure on the hong kong government that remains to be seen nor westbroek in hong kong thank you. well muslims around the world have been celebrating a new a festival that marks the end of ramadan but this year celebrations are subdued the coronavirus pandemic means no prayers at the mosque for the faithful no family reunions and no meal together to mark the end of. the film to this time last year this is what dhaka in bangladesh normally looks like in

preparation for 8. now measures introduced to curb the coronavirus have left it on recognizable. normally we see many customers coming in ahead of aid but this year there are far fewer we've opened our shop for the last 4 days and sold nothing. more than 400 reported deaths and 30000 and fictions prompted the country to extend its lockdown restrictions until the end of may. confined to their homes many will find a 3 day holiday a very different experience this year. as there is a nation wind and we can't do our aid shopping because the markets are closed we have donated the money for all our aid related expenses to the poll. was. even in europe where some countries have begun to ease restrictions faced preparations have been hindered by rules that prevent large gatherings. i think this will be

a sad byrom for me because no one will come to visit and i will spend a learn but i will buy groceries and cook everything just as i always do and i will send what i make to my loved ones to enjoy it hard. for strictures are not most determined to celebrate the end of a long month of fasting with plenty of comfort food. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world despite the threat posed by covert 19 americans have been heading to the beach to celebrate memorial day weekend the holiday marks the unofficial start of summer in the u.s. president donald trump celebrated with his 1st round of golf since the pandemic broke out. the fire has engulfed a warehouse on san francisco's iconic fisherman's wharf sending a thick plume of smoke over the waterfront the blaze threatened to spread to a historic world war 2 era ship before firefighters brought the flames under control. and moving to israel where all eyes are on

a courtroom in jerusalem that's where the trial of benyamin netanyahu israel's long serving prime minister is getting on their way it was postponed in march because of the coronavirus crisis the court rejected a request by netanyahu his lawyers for him not to attend the 1st hearing. one week ago benjamin netanyahu was sworn in as israel's new prime minister for the 5th time. today his trial is set to begin in jerusalem it's the 1st time in israel's history that a sitting prime minister has been indicted netanyahu does not have to step down until proven guilty. at sunday's court hearing the charges will be formally presented case $1000.00 who is suspected of receiving gifts from wealthy friends case 2000 alleges netanyahu attempted to influence a newspaper to gain more positive coverage and case 4000 alleges that he granted

a series of favors to israel's largest telecommunications company in exchange for positive media coverage on a news website. the charges fraud breach of trust and bribery there have been countless demonstrations both for and against him his opponents say he cannot be prime minister and on trial at the same time his supporters say the indictments are part of a political campaign against him. netanyahu himself has denied all allegations but the trial is expected to go on for some time. as well for more let's use tanya kramer who is standing by for us in jerusalem hi tanya what can we expect from today's proceedings. one standing by to be outside the court prime minister binyamin netanyahu has arrived just some time ago no i mean

it's very loud too because there's a demonstration in support of the prime minister just here next to the court what we're expecting today it's the opening of the long awaited trial it's actually the 1st time a sitting prime minister is standing trial and the panel of this 3 judges will read out the charges against the defendants against prime minister netanyahu well if netanyahu is found guilty tanya what what could the sentence actually be. but 1st of all prime minister netanyahu one arriving at the court he has again denied all allegations he said. this is the chinese against him and his family has maintained that during all the time of investigation you know the most serious case is considered to be the case of $4000.00 where it's charged with bribery that could lead to a charge of more than a sentence to more than up to 10 years in the most serious case but of course it

was just at the very beginning i talked to the experts here and they said this could take a very very long time until a verdict is good tanya briefly in what way could this actually interfere with prime minister netanyahu his work. what i took to look spence about this and this is of course he will do this work as usual but he will be very much be occupied with the proceedings in court because they. go on from now on and of course this is why did his opponents have said he shouldn't be a prime minister going to court in the morning and then. governing in the afternoon cramer is. well to the bundesliga bar leverkusen celebrated a 31 victory away from home against. leverkusen went into the lead after just 6 minutes when wonderkid. his 9th goal so far this season the

hosts did manage to pull one back in the 2nd half for their own young star to have a penalty soon afterwards so have grabbed his 10th of the current campaign to make it 21 because the guests wrapped up all 3 points in the 81st minute thanks to spend bender shoulder. well tom get away from the sports is with me to discuss this weekend's been this league action hi tom. moved up to 3rd to. win you know obviously a great result for them really yeah absolutely they're now just 8 points behind league leaders by munich and possibly in with a very distant outside chance of a title they really are creeping up on the top 2 and you know it's always good to have a late surge there you know that coming of a you just posed at the perfect time in the season they have also shown especially

with that result yesterday that they can really be very good opposition and i'm glad to hear a team who play a very attractive attacking football similar to lave accuse and have us was just really the difference yesterday you know 20 years old he's been outstanding all season 4 goes in the past 2 games now i think by leverkusen will do very well to hang on to him if i can this summer because he's the subject of a lot of interest a lot of interest and there's also a lot of interest always in the champions byron munich they've been great for maybe not a shocker there since in this league. started back up again right yet exactly perfect start for them to the coronavirus era in the bundesliga now 2 victories in 2 games a great win for them again. yesterday lovie open up from leon gorecki here who looks really to have finally settled in a bomb unit which is great to them and of course another player who's very important to bomb unit can always use is thomas miller and he's had a really exceptional season as well because the 2nd goal from the bomb unit from

thomas miller yesterday you know when miller does well in munich do well because he's such a talismanic figure for the club and he's been really great for them the hyundai flick has been able to get the best out of him briefly they also managed a victory yet they did it to. away from home against both. linking up very well for the 2nd goal in that game here and great for dortmund that those 2 can link up to provide goals even when star striker adding holland didn't make the school sheet 4 points behind by then and there's a huge game coming up on tuesday when dortmund host by munich that could be a very important point in the eventual history of this season's total race so definitely want to watch and i'm sure we'll be watching at tom get away from d.w. sports thanks so much for all your analysis well. brings us to the end of the show so you're watching the news don't forget to keep up today the latest news on

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