oh, this is the deputy news line from berlin. 3 leading hong kong activists really guilty to protest charges a top class hong kong time will continue to fight for freedom. and now it's not a pipe toss out a painting of the surrender. joshua wong and 2 other prominent pro-democracy organizers send a message of defiance as their trial gets under way. also coming out, what amount of government says protesters who set fire to the country's congress building and guilty of terrorist act?

the demonstrators are furious about cuts to education and health care in the latest budget. and in the bundesliga, all eyes were on mines. striker sean, freely as his side typewrite more visit on nationality act. i'm rebecca rich's. welcome to the program. in hong kong 3 prominent activists has pleaded guilty as a trial begins over their involvement in last year's pro-democracy, protests joshua long ivan lamb, and agnes chao where all expecting jail terms for inciting and organizing an unauthorized assembly. the charges are related to a protest outside of police headquarters in june of last year on kong's pro-democracy movement has faltered since beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the territory that has severe. he restricted

political speech. joshua wang has now been remanded in custody, but before entering court, he had a message of defiance. the support is neither prison bars, no election, both nor any other arbitrary power will stop us from activists on. what we are doing now is to explain the well off freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love so much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of our all. prepare for the pinchas of walking free, may god bless hong kong, and we will continue to fight for freedom. and now is not a pipe for us, kowtow to beijing, and to surrender. thank you. leaders of the wealthiest countries have wrapped up an online summit, promising to supply and covert 910 vaccines and tests affordably to all the world's people. the virtual gathering of the g. 20 group hosted by saudi arabia, aim to ease worries that poor countries could be left behind. as the pandemic

deepens, divisions between rich and poor climate change and the environment emerged as the other main same's during the summit. a 1st for an arab nation has to give summits of the leading industrial countries, even if it was a virtual gathering dominated, of course, by the pandemic cope with the environment. also high on the agenda, grammar jane must be for not being able but in degree and to read the g 20 should continue to take the lead in tackling climate change. we need to follow the guidance of the united nations and push for the full and effective implementation of the paris agreement on climate change. most of the leaders made, the right noises about the need to protect the planet. but in typical style, u.s.,

president donald trump defended his decision to pull out of the agreement. the paris accord was not designed to save the environment. it was designed to kill the american economy. i refuse to surrender millions of american jobs and central years of american dollars to the world's worst polluters and environmental offenders. and that's what would have happened. german chancellor angela merkel stressed the need to help poorer countries to deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus. for the 1st time in a long time, we see an increase in global poverty, and we need to act resolutely against this in allen meeting today. we therefore stressed the importance of private investments in particular in africa. it was left to the host king solomon of saudi arabia, to close the summit with an upbeat message. we have not held up

a commitment to work together to meet the challenge of the covert, 19 pandemic, to save lives, and livelihoods, and protect the most vulnerable. now the world must put its faith in the coronavirus vaccines in development. and in the g 20 leaders promise to distribute these fairly and affordably. well, a cycle at mt of other stories making news around the world. human rights groups say bellerose police have arrested more than 300 demonstrators in the capital. minsk, thousands protested for the 16th. straight sunday, calling on president alexander lukashenko to step down. thank you. the president of bringing elections in august. the people of became a fast who have been voting in a presidential election, overshadowed by a rising to haddest threat. president rucka born a is expected to win re-election opposition. candidates have criticised his failure to contain the violence opposition parties of one of massive fraud and threaten not

to accept the results. let's go back to our top story now in hong kong. the trial of a prominent activist has begun for more. i'm joined by our correspondent mathias bellinger in beijing mathias, the defendants including joshua. long be the figurehead, if you like, have plaited guilty. what is the sentencing likely to be yeah, they have pled guilty for organizing an illegal assembly that was a day in june where protests surrounded the police headquarters, beleaguered it for more than 18 hours. the sentencing this, the offense can carry a sentence for up to 5 years, although the real sentence is likely to be lower because not all levels of courts

come how can hand out top the most severe sentence. so there is probably going to be an announcement in a few days what the amount of prison term will be for the 3 activists. but it's very likely that they will be handed a prison term is based on using this to sic, an example. beijing or the hong kong authorities have arrested a number of people. the courts in hong kong are not completely under beijing's control, but of course, the prosecution is part of the government and they have enforce all or sped up all cases related to these protests. this is not something directly under the jurisdiction of beijing. it is not an offense under the national security law,

but it is part of a cleaning up in this city where and revenge taken by the or thirty's by the prosecution on the protest. as of last year, it is part of an intimidation campaign from the side of the prosecution. what impact will this have on hong kong's pro-democracy movement? we already see an impact. i mean, all this together, not this particular case, we are seeing many impacts of what has happened in the past few years, starting from the passing of this draconian national security law. it is not much more difficult to stage protests in hong kong. the situation is very different from before, and that is of course, something that is felt and it will have a long lasting effect, a chilling effect on the city. and if he is pulling a speaking terrorists, thanks very much. if europeans prime minister

has given later in the northern region of to cry a 72 hour ultimatum to surrender, threatening an all out assault, if they don't, the country's military has also warned civilians to get out of the regional capital . michaela before the deadline, commanders say they will show no mercy to the, to grab people's liberation front. fighting between the government and take ground forces began more than 2 weeks ago. a show of force on ethiopian state t.v. . and as the army advances in the region, an ominous warning to residents of its capital city make we want to send a message to the public, save yourselves from any artillery attacks, and free yourselves from the hunter. after that, there will be no mercy. half a 1000000 people live in mackay,

after the stark words, many will swell the stream of refugees fleeing the conflict into growing more than 35000 have already crossed into neighboring sudan. after being registered of the border, they are sent to ramshackle camps. most arrive with little more than the clothes on their body. yeah. when we heard the gunfire, we couldn't see it, but we could hear it. we just ran with only these clothes, we came to sit down with nothing. as long as the fighting continues, people will continue to come. the u.n. is preparing for as many as 200000 arrivals. as government has condemned unrest that led to the burning of the country's congress building on saturday, the protests were part of growing demonstrations against conservative president 110 for approving

a budget that sparked outrage in the impoverished central american nation. most of the funds were in mount for infrastructure projects, while spending on education and health care were cut in the morning after workers clean up the debris. what to mallos government says protesters who set fire to the country's congress building on saturday. are guilty of terrorist acts by the human rights groups and the police used excessive force against them. at least 12 were injured and dozens of others arrested. it was, was, i guess my hands raised in the air, but 358, policemen still came and beat me. they put their boots on my head. i think they're images of that. the truth is that it's just not right. we must remember that we are

no longer in a dictatorship and will die in what you write most. ilia, it whittles yesterday, i was arrested for documenting the demonstration in the square. i'm a documentarian and a photo journalist. i was doing my job when the police attacked me and illegally arrested me. but he is a man who they don't emit a little bit when thousands of demonstrators had gathered in central guatemala city to protest cuts in education and health care spending. the new budget was negotiated in secret and approved by congress before dawn on wednesday. yet more want that i had the people can't stand it anymore. is it over there? burnt the building because they're angry and because the president doesn't help them and his own party, the people are needed and they're suffering. they are hungry and in mississippi that who is going to help them eat if the president has all the money, the animals like that back at home and he had better get that they're not going to

meddle vice president to hear more testy. you responded to the protests with a drastic proposal for the good of the country. i have asked the president that we both present our resignation from office, him as president and myself as vice president, but we must do it together by president aleksander. refuses to step down, clinging on to power despite the widespread outrage. strugglers, fribourg and mights faced off in sunday's early bundesliga clash with both sides desperate for points after a poor starts to the season, might have been especially dire, and without a win after 7 match days. let's take a look at how the game played out. yeah. moritz least is struggling mines, arrived in freiburg looking for

a change in fortunes. much would depend on the form of join felipe. the strikers 4 goals in 7 games, the only bright spots in a terrible start to the campaign, and metate to show his worth with less than 2 minutes on the clock. the frenchman charging clear before slotting home, cooley, one nil to the visitors, potato was on hand again to make it 2 nil in the 34 minutes prior book keeper, florian miller, making it far too easy for the frenchman potato, completed a stunning 1st, half hat trick 5 minutes later, the titanfall causing no problems for the red hots, 23 year old from a book got one back in the 2nd half prevention strike in neil's pieces. and the full and final goal scored at the busy end of the pitch $31.00 extended 3 goals from a tater and

a valuable 3 points for minds. you know, watching daytime, in the news out next as world stories with a look at how the u.s. border city of el paso is struggling with the pandemic of more headlines at the top of the ally in the meantime, there's always our website state of the telkom i'm rebecca, written from a and a tame thanks very much. w's crime fighters are back with africa's most successful radio drama series continues. only this odes are available online. course you can share and discuss on w. africa's face for each other social media platforms. crime fighter 2 mean no reason for media organizations in a session.