bases d.w. news line from berlin a leading pro-democracy figure is arrested in hong kong activist joshua long was taken into custody on suspicious of joining in on a suspicion rather of joining an unauthorized assembly last year he spread word of his arrest himself on twitter. also on the program 2 police officers a shot and wounded as racial justice protests erupt across the united states demonstrations break out after prosecutors bring no charges against police for the killing of briana taylor the 26 year old health worker was shot dead by officers

during a raid on her part. in spain times coronavirus restrictions in the capital in the dritte as infections and cries nationwide but critics say the new measures unfairly stigmatized all people plus. she was known for her black clothes an incredible voice juliet like the french singer and cultural icon died at the age of $93.00. i'm rebecca has welcome to the program we begin with breaking news hong kong democracy activist joshua wall has been arrested while shown here at a court appearance on wednesday there. this was taken into custody for joining

a demonstration last october the 23 year old came to international prominence as attain age protest later he was barred from running in district elections last year he's the most high for a high profile campaign and detained since media tycoon jimmy lie was arrested last month. i'm joined now by phebe kong in hong kong fabian what happened to josh where wall why has he been arrested. what just all is a rest for lashley participating in an unauthorized assembly most a year ago as a wish is exactly held in last october nearly a year ago so. by that time the last number of people and protesters took to streets to protest against a new elite and that and the mosque laws set up by the government in order to tackle the city why anti government and that's why it is appears that

strong. celestially is there weren't covering his face well during the last authorized assembly and that's why he is also accused today finally taking the mosque and apparently i'm not the only one called today and not a local person as it was also arrested for same reason why now what's the significance of the timing of this arrest. well this is an interesting question so i would talk about the election authorized assembly it's actually happened nearly a year ago but the police wait until now to take action to arrest these activists so it's really kept this is on the authority of. adultery and they may be using these kind of tactics to put pressure on activists we are expecting 2 major protests next week people are now calling for

a shadow to come again to commemorate the anniversary of the 2014 umbrella movement and also to protest on to new chinese national day so this is why it is seen as and not to say what authority to try to intimidate people from talking to st. louis from hong kong thanks very much. to the u.s. now where 2 police officers have been shot and wounded in the city of louisville. tucky is angry protests erupted across the country the demonstrations follow the announcement that no one would be charged with the killing of briana taylor a black woman who was shot by police tyler was shot in her own apartment by plainclothes policemen in march and has become an important symbol for the black lives matter movement protestors are calling for an end to what they say is unjustified police violence. shots fired against police in louisville. 7 right there. was.

as they were deploying to do this to get what was going on at 1st and broadway shots rang out and 2 of our officers shot both officers are currently undergoing treatment at university hospital. one is in alert in stable the other officers currently undergoing surgery in stable we do have one says because. the officers were shot during protests ignited by a grand jury decision that 2 white police officers will not be charged over the death of briana taylor taylor a black medical worker shot in her own home during a raid in march became a symbol for the black lives matter misspent. hour my 5. 55.

a state of emergency has been declared in louisville as the authorities confront protesters. several were arrested. i'm here because i think it's you know it's not right to kill her and i have no repercussions for going to sleep when i 1st found out about it i just feel like the city of little city i grew up in phil black woman today they feel that women miserably. it's spoke all across the nation. demonstrations have been held across cities including new york chicago and atlanta as protesters demand justice for what they call unwarranted police violence. like the only. one.

well our correspondent stefan simons is standing by for us in louisville kentucky. protests are being held in cities across the u.s. but your entire as a hometown where she was killed what's been happening there. you know looking behind me you wouldn't believe what was the picture here just hours ago now we're here at the impromptu memorial or vigil for rianna taylor here at the jefferson park square here in downtown louisville and hours ago this place was packed was packed with protesters was also packed with police with law enforcement hundreds of them and what happened was the protesters took off this place in marches throughout the town police followed it immediately came to scuffles after the grand jury announced that there will be any charges no arrests no charges filed against any of those officers who were involved in shooting rio not everyone at taylor's 6 times

to death. after that's what happened 46 arrests also i think this is number increased there were more arrests later on as well as 2 police officers actually got shot they are in hospital one is as we understand still in surgery but both. officers are not suffering from wounds which are endangering their lives we're told and of course police now is asking for help public help in finding finding more out about who shot them they have one suspect in custody it's. just have an elaborate for us if you will a little bit about this decision that spot today's protests why would none of the offices charged with murder or even months. excellent question and i don't have an easy or simple answer for you because i don't know. your experts don't know that the attorney of the taylor family doesn't really know and

had to succumb to saying like this is a total disgrace this decision the attorney general of the state kentucky he said he followed the law the state law and there was no room and no space allowing him to charge any of those officers directly and that is key here directly to the death of briona taylor that's why we already have a charge of endangerment in the 1st degree and 3 counts of this for one officer the other 2 weren't even charged that is literally no charge against any of the law enforcement involved in the death of briana taylor and of course this is not sitting well with anybody here people are actually at an absolute loss how this can happen and no justice no peace this is what we heard all day long this is what we're going to and we will hear this for the next few days and nights not only here in louisville kentucky i'm sure about that ronald the end of this story then steph and simon standing will file for us in louisville thanks very much for the. well

let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour the u.s. is paying tribute of a 3 days to the light supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg to lie in state in the u.s. capital president trump plans to nominate her replacement before november's election . president trump has refused to commit to a smooth transfer of power if he loses november's presidential election he told reporters quote we'll have to say what happens trump has questioned the legitimacy of the election should he lose claiming postal voting is susceptible to fraud. german economy minister says he self isolating after coming into contact with the coronavirus case foreign minister hike amasses also quarantine enough to one of his bodyguards tested positive for the virus both ministers say it's a precaution as they have undergone coronavirus tests which came back negative.

coronavirus infections are on the rise again in spain the capital madrid is worst affected or thora teams there of introduced new restrictions many residents are not happy they say the new measures unfairly target paul. madrid is now a city divided by invisible borders and there does bridge police are checking cars driving in and out of a jackass the district is in lockdown because of the high number of current virus infections residents can only leave to go to work school or to the doctors this resident says she can't make sense of the measures. it's unfair nobody knows exactly who can go in or out or what is still allowed. for a year because is a poor neighborhood where many live in overcrowded conditions that's resulted in one of the highest infection rates in the city 6 times higher than more prosperous

districts in the north many residents in by yet because have to travel to madrid to return neighborhoods for work often as cleaners or waiters many workers say the near rules are unreasonable. if there's another way it's shameful so i have to take the metro to go to work i could infect myself or others what's the point of these measures. it's completely unjust other areas have also many cases only a lockdown in the whole of madrid would make sense. many in the south of madrid feel discriminated against and neglected over the past years but yet has health centers suffered several cuts to its budget a sign on the door worries that the clinic is down 5 doctors a fatal lack of staff in the midst of a pandemic. we are without doctors nurses and money pretty much everything we are

exhausted the class conflict has also reached madrid opera house. on sunday it hosted arun dition a very dismasted ball while the cheaper upper tiers were crammed. down below in the most expensive seating areas there was plenty of space for 1st social distancing. protests in the upper tiers were so persistent that the performance had to be stopped. as targeted lockdowns divide the city the coronavirus is also beginning to split to moderate society. france is also tightening its covert restrictions as pressure grows on hospitals in viral hotspots and the government attempts to avoid a new nationwide lockdown and restaurants will be closed in the worst hit areas from saturday the health minister is urging people to work from home and stop gathering with friends and family france is one of the work seriously affected

countries in europe with more than 30000 deaths. it's not only in france and spain much of europe is seeing a surge in corona virus infections causing restrictions that were lifted only a couple of months ago to be reimposed here in germany the corona war tracing app is seen as an essential tool to combat the spread of the virus now it's developers are hoping to make the app compatible with other european warning systems. social distancing hygiene measures and masks these are the prime tools the ploy by germany's of thirty's to limit the spread of the corona virus in the country since june these measures have been complemented by a new tool germany's contect tracing app $100.00 days after it was 1st launched the corona warren app was downloaded more than $18000000.00 times not that many considering that the app could run up to $50000000.00 smartphones in germany still

it is by far the most downloaded coronavirus tracing app in europe despite some hiccups along the way the app is overall considered a success but some issues remain germany's health minister. said only about 5000 users who tested positive for corbett 19 use the app to warn others this if only around half of the absolute there is who get a positive result then form their contacts so this means that when there is confirmation that the test result is positive it would be very helpful to just press the button to inform your contacts about it. after velour per se work is underway to create a european gateway so that the german app can communicate with those from 10 other european countries including italy spain and portland. with cases rising across much of europe and the difficult winter months nearing a europe wide approach to contact racing might prove

a useful tool to help contain the spread of the virus. and here's a quick roundup of some of the other developments in the global health emergency infections in the czech republic are rising at the 2nd fastest rate in europe cases top 2300 on wednesday canada has entered a new wave and officials are warning it could be much worse than the 1st over the past week cases have nearly tripled compared to mid august and foreigners with some types of visas and resident permits will be allowed to return to china from next week and officials say the threat from the virus is receding there. about or is this hardline later alexander lukashenko has been sworn in for another term in an inauguration ceremony that was not announced in advance when the news came out his opponents once again took to the streets the anti-government movement has gained momentum since last month's election which activists claim was wreaked. in this surprise inauguration longtime authoritarian leader alexander lukashenko

attempted to snatch a 6th term as president of belarus all pomp and circumstance and no protesters. here at independence palace in the heart of minsk lucas shingle ignored calls for an end to his 26 year grip on power. and took the oath of office before distinguished guests and the military who we thanked for saving the nation. maybe some of us today don't understand what happened but i am sure that in a short period of time all of you standing in front of me will understand that you saved the world on this piece of land you defended the sovereignty and independence of our country. during the ceremony doesn't match what's been happening on the streets of minsk and around the country for the past 6 weeks thousands took to the streets after the swearing in demanding look

a single step down they believe the august 9th election was rigged and they say belarus will never have democracy as long as new cars shango is president. just so we're tired of the lawlessness in this country we want fair elections we deserve better than we've seen over the past 26 years. where disgusted it really hurts how could he hold this inauguration secretly from the people he promised to protect us but in reality all he cares about is his right police it's over he's no one to us anymore. exiled opposition leaders of atlanta to call the inauguration a farce. we all understand what has happened it was an attempt by lucas sankoh to call himself a legitimate leader which only means that his previous mandate has ended and the country has not given him a new one at that was a bomb in the garage for now protesters and lucas shango continue to fight for

their differing versions of the future of belarus. data connelly is in minsk forest nick nice to see you were up those protests yesterday what was your impression. well extraordinary scenes yesterday kind of pitched battles and then people just spread across the whole city as soon as the police came to take 101520 people away in one of those police vans that become so characteristic convince. more people out in the streets the police force to come back time and time again just to try to block streets people who. think their horns we saw a new level of violence this is the kind of violence we haven't seen here since that rigged election in early august people just really angry i think there was a sense of disbelief at those images of the inauguration no one could quite believe that he was doing this for the real it seems in a she like a joke or maybe a dress rehearsal when it became clear that this it happened without even

a single foreign dignitary present not even the russian ambassador invited people just couldn't quite believe that after a month of ignoring the protests in the streets he would then go to claim himself president but it definitely wasn't a dress rehearsal lukashenko is clinging to power obviously but many european countries including germany no longer recognize him as the legitimate president of belarus how much pressure is that putting on him. it's definitely symbolically a hugely important move there have been quite of worry on the european side that this inability of the e.u. to organize sanctions would you know be a significant blow to the opposition but i think most importantly for the people here on the street of minsk is that news that most of his western neighbors poland as well as germany baltic states the u.s. is made a similar announcement ukraine do not recognize him as belarus as president that is a real blow something that people see as support of their protests and of their demands i think realistically you know he is in

a very tight space he has as we saw in the report basically thrown his lot in with his security services he thanked them for basically dealing with the people in the streets who he called trash he basically now needs to see if he has the money to really keep on paying the huge bonuses he's having to pay to keep those right police loyal reports here of people in the security services earning several times the normal salary and selling to the government is running out of cash trying to save money on other things in the hope of being able to really keep that core of security services loyal and on side it's not clear if the army is really willing to use force against the population especially given that these protests are not just in minutes they're not just on the weekends and not just in the downtown they are now everywhere they're in people's residential districts you see flags hanging on balconies every time the government comes take them down there a place the following day i think this is a very difficult situation he finds himself after a quarter of a century in power. in minsk for us thanks very much for the update. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour really

$400.00 wiles' beached off the australian island of tasmania have died rescuers have managed to save some of the animals but dozens are still stuck in shallow water it's thought to be the worst incident of its kind seen in australia. folks will pay $5500000.00 euros to former workers and their families for the persecution of employees during brazil's military dictatorship between 164-1905 become a collaborated with the regime to identify suspected opponents who were then fired detained by the police and sometimes even tortured. the us state of california has to ban the sale of gasoline powered cars by 2035 governor gavin newsom signed the executive order which ends to encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles it's the most aggressive legislation from any us state in the fight against climate change. the social media talk is asking a us court to freeze

a ban on its american operations set to take effect this weekend president donald trump has already postponed the move after a u.s. companies agreed to take stake in take talk the tick tock app is blaming the ban on trump's reelection campaign. some sports now in the corona virus has impacted yet another athletic competition it happened here in germany at the beginning of an 80 paid tennis tournament and it involved freshman ben wop pair he's the one who was knocked out of the u.s. open a couple of weeks ago after testing positive for the virus he quarantined tested negative then left the u.s. it didn't end there. he is haunted by covert 19 but while pair was welcome to the court by some fans and a norwegian opponent in red. he's been given the ok to play from the tournaments doctor and from hamburg health authorities who knew despite more recent negative tests the pair had again tested positive before this event twice so they said it's

not that unusual a bit of leftover virus material after his infection in the states and then pair tested negative on tuesday he's not contagious dr said so he played but then it was all a bit too much for the frenchman who later said he was out of shape from not playing he was exhausted and withdrew in the 2nd circuit. doctors concur he's not infectious pair says he intends to return to the court next week not far from home at the french open. and the french singer as you call whose career spanned more than half a century has died at the age of 93 became famous singing some of france's most beloved songs in the bars of post-war paris she went on to become a national icon and continued performing on stage until she suffered a stroke 4 years ago.

this is how the world knew her dressed in black with a powerful voice and her hands moving as if they wanted to sing along you're going to be a busy busy busy. yet good cook moved to paris after world war 2 and soon integrated into the capital's bohemian culture she felt at home in the smoky bars of signs or money to play paris intellectual hub there she became known as the muse of the existentialists leading existentialists all 1st jump at best come in and go all right songs for her. we were completely liberated we could say what we wanted do what we wanted we sat in the streets until dawn we talked and we laughed we were loud finally we were

free. her songs were political and intellectual something the french love her for but she never reached the popularity of other singers of her time like piaf because the career had its ups and downs just like her private life and her new love was jazz legend miles davis she was later married to the movie star. will be remembered as one of france's cultural icons. as a reminder of the top stories we're following for you hong kong pro-democracy activists joshua one has been arrested in the territory according to a post on his official twitter account the tweet says that one was taken into custody on suspicion of taking part in an alter ised assembly last october. and demonstrations break out across the united states up to prosecutors in louisville brings no charges against police for the killing of 3 on a tie the 2 police officers have found shot and wounded. you're watching news up

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