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does the world stand today? 10 years after the arab springs and rebellion starts june 7th on d, w. the news . this is d w. news live from berlin. nigeria says it's the spending twitter indefinitely accusing it of double standards. this comes after the messaging platform remove the post from the country as president, but not from a separatist leader, or get the latest from lego. also in the show, hong kong or is marvina for 3 of the gentlemen square massacre. police feel off the
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side where the annual vigil is usually held, but crowns gather outside to remember the pro democracy of protesters killed in beijing in 1989 and anti government protesters in columbia about justice for their dead. but after 2 months, there is no sign of an end to the violence. our reporter goes to cali where the military has been sent into the streets. ah. a mariana evans dean. it's good to have you with us. nigeria government says it's suspending twitter indefinitely after the company deleted a controversial tweet from the countries president. the social media platform remove the pose from president mohammedan hari saying it violated the science rules against abusive behavior. in between,
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hurry threatened to punish members of the session this movement in the country, se nigeria is information ministry accused twitter of double standards and ignoring violent messages from a separatist leader have been certified all the countries information minister ally mohammed question twitter is actions, labeling them as various suspect, twitter, we have these old roof for the universe. he was a president. anywhere in the world feels very bad and concerned situation. he is free to express such views. let's bring in our correspondence, fred, move any who is canden by in lego. hello to you, fred. so can you tell us a bit more about what exactly led to this twitter ban?
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well, there couple may be 3 points i can put forward here. first of all, yeah. when there was a south port it when again, we are protesting against police power to talk kind of called nigeria and i'd be fired. their voice is something that nigeria government was not happy about. then at least in $3.00, pay them to heidi, 3 kids, any reaction to the current after you can get that across the country. but then he kind of put, posted the tree, the tree top so that it actually reaches its rules under the gay shows. and then they deleted these 2 after the division of the street, the government of an idea that was of course on re. and then they said the tree top was what was my as it was, was targeting the government. and what it brought out saying on treats out was
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undermining this page security. so this guy saying that today's not rocking is against the government, but then treat the hot said that they're going to investigate based on their going to put, puts out the, the official reaction. alright, so it's clear that the government is unhappy with twitter. but what about ordinary nigerians? how have they been reacting to this move this, this isn't this suspension of 3 top indefinitely. of course i got an i j as you have to know that nigeria is probably the biggest. i mean, they have to have the biggest market in nigeria, maybe you know, across africa,
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the biggest markets men and i j and actually use tree top. and they're so angry because this platform, they used to use this platform to vent their i'm guy to contain about bud savvy, says that government is giving them. but now by suspending, treat, it means that the government has cut off their voice. so it's something that has made and i did, and i agree, i mean, ordinate i, j and, and even critics on that doable heidi. alright, fred mooney, reporting for us from leg goes. thank you so much for that. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world. facebook has suspended former us president donald trump, from his platform until at least january 2023. the social media giants independent oversight board of health is block on trump,
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which was enforced in the wake of the january, ryan of the us capital over concerned his post had incited the violence. germany's most senior catholic cleric has offered his resignation to poor francis. cardinal hard mark says he must share responsibility for what he called the catastrophe of sexual abuse by members of the church. his resignation comes 2 weeks after the pope ordered a review of several sex abuse scandals in germany to hong kong now where hundreds of people have defined a banner gatherings to mark the anniversary of the 1900 $89.00 tenements square massacre. hong kong used to be the only chinese city where a visual could be held month for the last 2 years. chinese authorities have banded 32 years ago. chinese troops killed hundreds if not thousands of student protesters in beijing. the massacre remains that have bu, topic in mainland china. a light to remember lives last
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snuffed out just moments later. but the resistance of hong kong is proving more difficult to extinguish for 30 band and annual vigils for the victims of the 1989 piano min square massacre. for the 2nd year in a row, they started close at safety restrictions, although other mass gatherings like concerts and football matches, have resumed, were once a constellation of candles lit up, the night now lies empty. neither the ban nor the threats of a 5 year prison sentence has deterred people from turning out in the streets. hundreds carry license or shine lights from their mobile phones all day. since i have the whole thing, we were being very peaceful we. we laid out candles to commemorate. they found your
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hotel there accusing us of violating so many different laws. it's an abuse of their power to detain everyone and to silence everyone come though noticeably absent this year was vigil organize a child who was arrested by plain clothes, police or a legit crime promoting on authorized assembly weeks ahead of the 32nd anniversary of the gentlemen square uprising, the organization, hong kong alliance, led by child again promoting the commemoration chow at the time highlighted its importance is gone beyond us. the remembrance on cameron is also goes to the heart of what hong kong, where do we still have the fight type? you know, hot weather, we are still missing, we are, we can still to serve our pre freedom by our own actions. it's a question protest as are asking them, faced with an intensifying,
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crept down from beijing fighting for democracy is getting hotter. here in germany and chance are anglo miracles, ruling conservative could face afar. right upset and key state elections. this sunday, polls of the eastern state of zack from the on has show the popularity of the conservative c. d. u party has slipped and it could be overtaken by the far right alternative for germany. it's a key test for a cd you leader and chancellor candidate arman. last sunday's pool is the last regional poll before the general election on september 26th, which will be the 1st in 16 years, not to feature on gall america, half convert houses. there will st. cleveland book is famous for its old town, but with very few tourists visiting during the pandemic and go about have turned their attention to the upcoming state election. the far right a if
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d is said to gain a quarter of the vote. and it's moving wants to go to the state parliament for cleveland book, he's complaining with slogans like, get your country. that was the one i want to we. we want our old ways back. we don't want to take anything away from anyone. we just went back the country that existed before the wave of immigration velo loans. we want the old state of things again and the mission of the i s the stokes and immigration sentiment even though just 3 percent of the city residents are immigrants. some see the a, f, d as a threat to democracy, the party branch here and sex and they are not as accused of being at least partly extremist. and it is under civilians by the german intelligence. and this very somebody has moved. he is evidently monitoring each and every opinion poll. love does this for me. one of the most exciting elections since the re,
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only cation of germany, known to me. i am stunned that we have 24 percent of the voters and we aren't even asking ourselves how that came to be kind of cognitive voice. we'll have contest clue sets. the a s d promises simple solutions to complex problems. we spoke to a c, d u state parliamentarian, 2 years ago he was supposedly open to working with the a f d. but now he's ruling that out of the d because the a, f, d is not a serious partner because it has a very radical profile and 6 and the, and the state parliament over the last few years. the a f d has also shown that it doesn't have the skills required to take on the responsibility of governing so far. america, c, d, u has categorically rules dialed, collaborating with the a f d. that the question is, will it stick to its worth after the election, even of the city, you need the i sd to stay in power. many great and eagerly anticipating the 1st
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projections on sunday evening. the election result will also affect the politics will be on sex and the unhappy board in columbia talks between the government and protest leaders have deadlocked. it's been 2 months since the demonstrations began against the social and economic policies of president ivan to came. doesn't have been killed in classes between protesters and security forces, while neither side has shown any willingness to back down. we report from the city of cali, one of columbia's protest hotspots the neighborhood of still away in cali. people here are mourning a protest or who died during clashes with police. the circumstances of his death are still unclear. this man was killed by the police with a rifle bullet, a young working man who left behind
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a 2 year old girl. he was 22. this can't go unpunished. to violence in cali, prompted the government to deploy the military to re establish orders a measure that further inflamed tension. through patrolling the fries, a met with anger and abuse. this woman yelled murderers, rapists. you are using weapons against the people. you see, i know there's some a band or the police are killing the army is killing us, but people in civilian clothes come to our neighborhood and shoes, us out there disappearing young people and go on this up. but it's in the hall and it's on columbia flora, he's dismissed the demonstrators as vandals, and to cry the destruction of public property and roadblock urban terrorism. county security secretary says he won't be deterred in clearing the streets and
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says he's offices are prepared to use deadly force initial setup. and surely, if there are clashes during our attempt to unblocked the road and our offices are short as they will have the legitimate right to defend themselves. there are 3 cases when they can do so, when there's a threat to their lives, to their colleagues, live, or to the community. and according to our constitution, force can be used even lethal force. some local offices are trying to lower the temperature, the so called blue helmets, who are attached to the mayor's office, a monitoring human rights. ah, but in kelly, the spiral of violence continues. protest is a calling for police reforms. the immediate demilitarization of the city and justice for the victims of the violence. and before we go, the pandemic has had a big impact on children around the world. many been missing school and their
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friends. we asked kids age between $6.15 and dozens of countries to take part in a project recording their impressions of the crisis that have drawings conveys sadness and loneliness, but also admiration for doctors and nurses as superheroes who might just save the world. i use i where i come from, we have to fly for a friend and was born and raised me. how is the state or ship with us one tv channel and a few newspapers with official information, a journey. i have work on history for many cameras and there was.

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