this is date over the news live from berlin. 3 leading hong kong activists plead guilty to protest charges. god bless hong kong, a little political football played up about it's not the kind of boss caught up with beijing at this hour. rather, joshua long and 2 other prominent pro-democracy organizers send a message of defiance before being detained to await sentencing. also coming out what amount of government says protesters who set fire to the country's congress building and guilty and terrorist act, the demonstrators and furious about cuts to education and health care in the latest

budget. and the bonus laying out all eyes were on mainstay minds to strike a chilly montagne as his side paid fribourg a visit on match day 8. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program. 3 prominent hong kong activists have been detained after pleading guilty for their involvement in last year's pro-democracy protests. joshua wang ivan lanman, agnus chalo, all expecting jail terms for inciting and organizing an un authorized 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 and has severely restricted

political speech. before entering court, joshua wang had a message of defiance for his supporters. neither person boss, 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 fin, chance of walking free. may god bless hong kong and we will continue to fight for freedom. and now it's not a time for us kowtow to beijing and to surrender. thank you. strong words that if i just will one for more, i'm joined by material burning up in beijing mathias. the defendants including joshua wont of the figurehead, some might say, have pleaded guilty now. what's the sentencing likely to be

yet they are all in there reminded no and waiting for their sentence to be announced that we next week. the offense carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison. it's however likely that the sentence would be lower than that, because handing out the maximum sentence would require a higher level off court. handing down the sentencing. joshua one had originally said he would fight the charges, but has changed his mind to plead guilty. why do you think that was they have decided to speed up the process. i think it was very clear that they could not win it all. defy this court. there is a crackdown going down going on against the protesters of hong kong and

might be a reason for his decision. what is also noteworthy is that this is a process under the hong kong common law. the often is all the paragraph that we are talking about is one that is remnant off the old, colonial british laws. and it is negotiated in the regular hong kong court. joshua long might await a much harsher sentence under the national security law. if he had won this case, they would probably not have left him, let him off the hook. so i am pretty sure that all these conditions to together made it look like a better option for him to do so. and what impact will this court case have on hong kong's try a democracy movement in this court case and its own is

probably something that everybody would expected already last year. what has a much wider impact on the protest movement is this national security law that introduces the arbitrary chinese judicial system into hong kong that provides for secret trials and all these things. this is much more scary to the hong kong people and to the protest movement than these a court hearings. these sentences by the regular course under common law, climate is telling us, speaking to us from beijing. thank you. leaders of the wealthiest countries have wrapped up an online summit, promising to supply covert 19 vaccines and tests affordably to all the world's people. the virtual gathering of the g. 20 group hosted by saudi arabia and to ease worries that poor countries could be left behind. as the pandemic deepens,

divisions between rich and poor or climate change and the environment emerged as the other main themes during the summit. the 1st for an arab nation hosting a summit of the leading industrial countries, even if it was a virtual gathering dominated, of course, by the pandemic. but with the environment also high on the agenda again must be for not being but in degree of competence. and or used to be 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 by refused 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. we need to act resolutely against this in our 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 got 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 on coronavirus, that same being developed by the university of oxford in the u.k. has released showing that it's effective against the virus. in 70 percent of cases, the effectiveness of the vaccine was boosted to 90 percent. if patients were given a half dose followed then by a full dose one months later, research is currently unsure why this is. the data also showed no serious safety concerns. it comes as german company, bio on tech and its american partner, pfizer requested emergency use for approval for their vaccine in the us after promising results when i have a look. now,

at some other developments in the pandemic, global virus cases that are approaching 60000000 according to a tally by johns hopkins university, the global death toll stands at almost 1400000. china is testing millions of people in imposing local lockdowns. often, multiple new cases were discovered in 3 cities across the country last week, and the united states, germany and the united kingdom ols, say they could begin vaccinations in their countries as soon as december. as now, take a look at some other stories making news around the world in the u.s. joe biden is pushing ahead with preparations for office despite donald trump's continuing refusal to concede the presidential election. media say biden will nominate anthony blinken as secretary of state. and can serve as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the obama administration. ethiopia's military has given leaders in the northern people's liberation front,

fighting between the government and t. . ground forces began more than 2 weeks ago. what amount of 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 at a 10100 year matty for approving a budget that sparked outrage. most of the funds were in marks for infrastructure projects, while spending on education and health care was cut in the morning after workers clean up the debris. what demolish government says protestors who set fire to the country's congress building on saturday are guilty of terrorist acts. but a human rights group said the police used excessive force against them. at

least 12 were injured and dozens of others arrested. it was both, 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, but we must remember that we are no longer in a dictatorship and will die. i mean, what you write most ilia it we had a long 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 has managed the image to italy, and 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. thank you. god not want

that. i had the people can't stand it anymore, is it how they have burnt the building because they're angry and because the president doesn't help them. but if people are needed, they're suffering, they are hungry, and this is he that who is going to help them eat if the president has all the money, he had most likely that back at the moment. he had better get that they're not going to meddle. vice president. responded to the protests with a drastic proposal. put in by this 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. but president refuses to step down clinging on to power, despite the widespread outrage on some sports now. and in the bundesliga on sunday, mayans picked up their 1st win of the season with

a 31 victory of a fellow strugglers borg french striker. philip meditator was the hero. for the away side scoring all 3 of their goals. yeah, maurits least those struggling minds arrived in freiburg looking for a change in fortunes. much would depend on the form of join felipe. but take the strikers 4 goals in 7 games. the only bright spots in a terrible start to the campaign and metate of showed his worth with less than 2 minutes on the clock. the frenchman charging clear before slotting home, cooley, one nil to the visitors. but a 2 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, but say to completed a stunning 1st, half hat trick. 5 minutes later. the title causing no problems for the red hots, 23 year old. freiburg got one back in the 2nd

half preventions. striker neil's pietersen the 4th and final goal scored at the busy end of the pitch $31.00. it's ended 3 goals from a tater and a valuable 3 points for minds. and the tenets, russia's daniel medvedev has won the a tape, a finals in london after coming from behind to win a gripping match against u.s. open champion, dominic tame medvedev, won 7 straight points in a 2nd set tie break to level up a match. he then held his nerve to win $64.00 in the 3rd set to clinch the title. the russian follows up his victory earlier this month at the paris masters to take the biggest title of his career. the ses and ranked number 4 in the world. you're watching data over the news doc film is up next and asks if climate change

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