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this is d w news alive from lebanon and increasingly bloody crackdown against protesters in the me and ma police open fire to stun grenades and tear gas failed to disperse crowds it is this only adding fuel to burn these anger against the military to also on the show i mean eons and battles prime minister on the defense and the president the military and the people turn their back on 10 of the country's defeats in the world with azerbaijan. mountains book full like they stake their claim to the bundesliga title it changed when she got back in 85 goals these are 3 new rules of
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the highlights. and thanks so much for joining us media and me and ma are reporting that police have shot dead protesters and have wounded at several others and a crackdown on people protesting against the military junta tear gas water cannons and stun grenades were fired into crowds in various locations while schools of demonstrators were hauled away in police trucks authorities are trying to crush weeks of demonstrations against the february 1st military takeover which deposed the civilian government. and for more on this i'm joined by journalist a man who's in young gun a thanks for joining us can you tell us more about what's happening right now where
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you are gone. so again what we're seeing today is more and more militant opposition to police we see protesters out with shields scout's on. we also recently just saw. the reports of multiple cocktails being thrown and essentially people creating barricades in order to hold their position in the places that they're trying to protest against these. ok so it seems like the police are really getting more violent in the way that they're dealing with the protesters does this suggest that they feel they're losing their grip on the situation. yeah so we're seeing not just police on the streets today but also soldiers and you know based on what we saw yesterday which is just the in the middle of me and normal you are having borne the brunt of these crackdowns it really looks like they are trying to stand stand on 2 days ago to clean themselves self administered city that was
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free for them to control and so they saw the most violent yesterday and is this violence expected to keep getting worse. likely that the violence will keep getting worse what we've been seeing from the protesters side is more and more going to be in here. from hong kong and time of testers in terms of how to limit things how to keep themselves safe really see a lot of people carrying shields down everyone pretty much everyone's wearing helmets running shoes things like that and we're really seeing more and more police . crackdown start again as well so you know the purse protestors who were shot where shot in the late afternoon as police are trying to break up protests and now we're hearing. live and my mission ok i can see that we're being used as early as 8 in the morning ok now briefly on sun suit she hasn't been seen
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since the coup she's due to face a court hearing on monday on charges brought against her by the military junta will this galvanize the protests. yes and i think also the arrest hundreds of protesters as well as other people who've been influenced both prisoners and journalists who are really just out there doing their jobs well also galvanize people and that's more of a people get injured anything killed you know the result of the protesters has only got struck there journalist i am in tongues thank you so much. thank you can. now dozens of hong kong pro democracy democracy activists are expecting to be charged with national security breaches today they are due to report to local police stations as the crackdown on dumb democratic opposition there intensifies the group of 50 activists were arrested in
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a raid earlier in the year or 2 used of subversion under a new national security law were drafted by china the activists helped to organize an unofficial primary last july to nominate opposition candidates for a legislative election. and i'm joined now by detail these who's in hong kong thanks for joining us how many people have reported to the police station so thaw. gone now standing at one of the police station where some of the the activists will have to report to the police today like right behind me the police station just now one of the leading activists and totally station and he's now in charge for the national security force a person charged today over 50 leaving prominent opposition figures in hong kong have to report to have to report to the police because of. charges of
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subversion over the past in dissipating and in the fischel primary last july so they're all accused ops of putting this they power because they organized and also put dissipated in the on the fischel primary which was set up to choose the opposition kind of days but now because that's just a few election now several of those have been denied bail including the media mogul in china critic jimi lai are we expecting this to be the case for the group of activists who are have been asked to report to the police today. yes that's exactly the case. also position taken as i am to a police station and report to the police force now stuff now the sources we have. $7047.00 of them have been prosecuted under the national security law for
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subversion charges and they would have to appear in court tomorrow and they won't be allowed to leave today brought to the courtroom tomorrow for the national security case so this is a. case in hong kong we cutting the suppression off the opposition power and we have talked to one of the activists who was a prosecutor right before he entered police station and he said he believes that this is not the end of phone calls democracy and he helps people with hangin and walk forward despite the cresting climate political climate here on the ground at home call people feel that the despite the new security law despite the pandemic the protest movement. will continue briefly if you could.
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well actually i mean the movie in the in hong kong is really frustrating my people you really follow this in that to this them because they are largely under the national security law and today this is the biggest round of prosecution since the imposition of the national security law and this will be an otter set back off the opposition coward. ground to become thanks so much for your reporting. it's tell me now which has seen another day of angry protests with thousands taking to the streets prime minister nicole paasschen yon is refusing to resign despite the army demanding he step down he in turn is accusing the military of an attempted coup alexander proca penco has been following the protests for us. protests that show no sign of winding down several thousands of position protesters
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took to his tweets of armenia's capital yeah to call for the resignation of prime minister nicola passion yan down not only unhappy about his handling of last year's war was as a by jan doubt also bitter that he tried to dismiss the head of the army. army's doing the right thing now by not supporting him because these prime minister has failed in every way he's not even human he's a traitor. we need in armenia without a traitor nicole passion yan we want to build a new armenia we save borders in a future. that i come here every day because the war is not over for me after the war the struggle against the internal enemy has began here and we will win i have no doubt. president our men sarkeesian whose role is merely representative sided with the protesters as he refused to sign
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a prime ministerial order to dismiss the army's chief of staff. then shows or mean the high after the prime minister rejected calls by armenian military officers to resign and then accuse the military of an attempted coup this is the 1st time in 30 years that the army here has gotten involved in the political crisis and many are wondering what's next. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news at this hour u.s. regulators have cleared a coded 19 vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson it's the 3rd and not kill ation to be given the go ahead in america and the only one that requires just a single shot the company expects to supply 20000000 doses by next month. is the lives prime minister just has announced a 7 day lockdown in and that's after authorities detected a new case of covert 19 this is the 2nd look down there in
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a month health authorities are working to contain clusters of the more contagious corona virus variant 1st identified in the united kingdom. in nigeria more than 40 students and teachers who were abducted 2 weeks ago have been freed they were kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the north central state of nigeria on friday more than 300 girls were abducted at gunpoint from another school in neighboring them far a state their fate is still unknown. and spanish police have come under attack during protests against the railing jailing of a popular rapper loosing broke out in barcelona as police confronted supporters of public has said the singer has been jailed for glorifying terrorism some of his fans claim the sentence suppresses free speech. some but in this league of football now in light safe made history in a thrilling match against not only did they keep their title hopes to life by
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scoring a 3 2nd half goals it was the 1st time that they have ever won in the top league after being 2 goals down. 2 of the best coaches in the business came to grips in logic you leonardo's months home saw them a 4 game winning streak founded on a physical defense but a little too much muscle from di joachim account i meant that marco rose's men would open the story on the spot for your misfortune month after just 6 minutes it was a bad start and things would get worse for locks it just 13 minutes later baucus to run was writing mocked at the back post in the 19th minute the deflection would make it a 2 no late for at half time. in the 2nd stanza the hunt side started to look more menacing in attack and when christopher incomplete finally began so much in the 57th minute arm side began to look like an irresistible force 10 minutes later use of polson struck from long range i that day had to live with the
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schools and set the stage for an all well see john clarke box go in the final 25 minutes. i mean we close from a free kick. the tension of the really conscious building to a person though in the 90th minute when norwegian would serve the sort not to use the speed to keep you sorry the last minute when. the conversation continued after the final whistle about whether you'd use dispenses will. watch you leaving you know would say goodbye to title can teach. and after last weekend's defeat reigning bundesliga champions by in munich got back on track with a win over relegation threatened cologne the hosts scored 5 times in a commanding performance built around midfielder les on gretzky he set up both 1st half goals the 2nd of which saw him skillfully combined with league top scorer
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robert. 51 the final score at the allianz arena. i. now archaeologists have discovered an ornate roman chariots near the italian city of pompei the 4 wheeled vehicle and its components and bronze decorations are in excellent condition the vehicle was left on damage when nearby mount vesuvius erupted in 7980 and buried pompei in a sea of boiling lava researchers believe the chariot was used for festivities and may have carried brides to the new. and finally britain has said goodbye to captain tom the 100 year old veteran who raised tens of millions of pounds for britain's health workers by walking laps in his backyard only his immediate family attended the ceremony in central england the soldiers carried his coffin and formed a ceremonial guard
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a world war 2 era transport plane flew over the service fijian soldiers from moore's former unit of the yorkshire regiment gathered to pay tribute to the global hero. you're watching new news live from berlin next up as well stories and reports i knew. i'd say much for watching. today don't miss our highlights. program. w. dark cards. carefully.

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