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mental decline in the early stages of the disease. but there can be side effects. ah, i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. chinese authorities a re doubling their efforts to stamp out unrest over beijing's is 0 coded policy. students are seen as leading the protests against lockdown restrictions have been sent home. police are on the streets in force, but despite that, but despite your authority is also relaxing some curbs. there is still widespread descent. oh, it's a display of public rage not seen in china for decades. and what began as a position to strict anti covet restrictions, has moved into something bigger, a thinly disguised challenge to those on power from beijing to hong kong. we don't

want all thorough terrorism. we want human rights, we don't want monarchy done. while we're all ready. all father, no law, the protests have become too loud to ignore the ruling. communist party has staged a massive show of full spice security services, and about a resolute crack down on what it's labeled sabotage activities by hostile forces. oh, this is what the crank down looked like in glank z through the lance of a citizen's marble sine. large numbers of police and personal protective equipment, patrolling the streets with riot shells. here and, and other major cities. people reported that their mobile phones were checked for photos, band apps, or other potential evidence that they had taken part in the demonstrations. beijing has made clear it went, tolerate descent or hulu for china as a country governed by the room and the variously,

a raw sewage freedoms enjoyed by chinese citizens are fully guaranteed in accordance with all of you, same time. and he royal. so freedom must be exercised with the framework of the law li, called johnny shoes, in an apparent concession to demonstrate his authorities have east some anti cove at measures and announced a new purse to vaccinate vulnerable groups. but it may not be enough to quell this type of anger. and a recent video also from guangzhou, protesters can be seen toppling a p. c r testing tent and throwing objects at dr. police ah, over the last few days, demonstrations have also spread beyond china's borders. these people protesting in toronto, canada, containing all dissent everywhere is

a challenge. even the powerful chinese communist party is unlikely to win. c a journalist of fairbanks much more is in beijing, i asked him how much of an impact the protests to havoc where they appear to be at that appear to have some impact in gone joe, that's the city where anti locked on protests broke out, and the city announced quite a substantial easing of pandemic rules are many of the locked dance have been lifted. schools have reopened, and the city wide mass testing has been suspended. and that is significant. but of course, it's only in one city and many other parts of the country. the lockdown continue the transferring em into current teen centers. continuous. so let's see how that works out. but the pandemic demands were only one part of what the protesters have requested. there were also very political protests many asked for freedom. they asked for a rule of law for human rights, and for those political aspects, the chinese government has made more than clear that it will repress those claims

and it will counter them with a heavy police presence as can be seen here in beijing. but also in other cities and are really a campaign of intimidation that stay with us or fabbing as wait. we're going to talk about another story coming out of china. and that's the death of the former leader jang jam been at the age of $96.00. and he came to power just after the massacre of pro democracy activists in chairman square in 1989 and introduced economic reforms that turned china into a manufacturing a power house junction and also oversold the return of hong kong from the u. k. and macau, from portugal, the 2008 beijing olympics for china on the world stage. john was also criticized over the repression of fallon gull, religious or minority. so fabulous craft rome invasion and clearly a very important figure in chinese history. yes, i mean,

i think he's leaving him very ambivalent legacy, but also a legacy as an economic reformer that until this day actually has not been fully appreciated. in my opinion, he came to power in 1993 as a president, and at that time he was made mostly seen as a compromise solution as a bureaucrat. but that turned out to be a false assessment. so politically, he will be remembered and criticized for the very violent and correct on of the fallen gong religious sect, and are on the, at the same time, economically. he was a reformer under his presidency, china ur joint, the world trade organization, which was a huge milestone in the economic rise of china. and what i find really very interesting is that a while he was in power actually gentlemen, was not particularly popular, but now there's a huge nostalgia for him. and i think the reason is because his personality, his political leadership is quite different than the leadership that we have. now i give you one idea. i mean gentlemen, he was a person in public appearances. he can be seen, you know,

a singing elvis presley songs or when he met the philippine president, he was actually on a 60 minute interview. sure. with legendary u. s. to a television journalist mike wallace and was quoting abraham lincoln. he gave her a press conference for journalists where they could ask critical questions. i mean, all those things are seem very unheard of an unimaginable now. and the youth really thinks while what a leader in he exposed himself to journalist question. he was really, he showed very genuine emotions and he seemed very close to the people. that's quite a contrast to what we have now. right. and there had been rumors of his death for some time. i think it's a, it's interesting that the announcement has been made during these a coven protest. i could his death be useful to either side. and in this current controller say, yes, there are many ways of interpretation. so under, at one hand, it was also the death of a chinese politician in $9089.00, which in turn was leading to the t n. m protest. i mean,

the biggest protest movement which was cracked down a violent in 9089. and now we have, of course, again, a political movement, a protest movement which is not as big as before. but i mean, it's still quite historic and of course, or there could be some nervousness within the leadership to that gentleman's death could again, you know, spark some morning, which could, you know, bring the protest or to the street. but then there are also some other people who said may be jammed them in was already dead for several days. and the leadership only announced it now because they want to distract some attention from the protest movement. and they want to use it for their purpose. it's really hard to tell them this is all speculation like a fabric fabric quadra in beijing. as new hope for alzheimer's patients, as for the 1st time and experimental drug has succeeded in slowing mental deterioration in sufferers is called macanna map. and it reduced overall cognitive decline by 27 percent of 18 months. but the trial involving that nearly 1800 people

shows it can also produce side effects, such as brain bleeds and swelling. while the benefits so far are small doctors of welcome the results as a significant step forward in the treatment of outsiders. back to the world cup, but now we're at the final group matches are being played. australia and denmark face off in group d to secure a 2nd spot in the group behind in the group behind france. and it was former heter berlin plan, matthew lackey, who score the own goal of the match and decide game in favor of the soccer ruse. shanicea surprising the beat france in the other group d game, but it wasn't enough. australia are progressing to the knockout stage, while a disappointing world cup comes to an end for them. good. these final order of finishes to has defending world cup champions of france at the top. they lost 2 new z, a one new today, but the previous 2 wins and to go differential,

keep them in the 1st place, australia victory. put them 2nd in their bounce around of 16 as well. trinity a came a very close 3rd. but that a tuesday evening, so iran battle the united states, the right to move on to the round of 16, the right hand side that came on government pressure for showing support for protesters at home by refusing to sing the national anthem in their 1st game. but their hopes of advancing fell short with reports about the iranian government, putting immense pressure on the team. the players were singing the national anthem without a great deal of enthusiasm and accompanied by booze and whistling from fans. de game kicked off at the u. s. were in control after a half hour. it was timothy wire with the 1st big chance, but his header lack power and precision. 10 minutes later it was western mc kenny's perfect cross into the run of surgeon odessa who squared it to kristin pool as ej chelsea's attacker puts the u. s. one milla head. however, while the fans were going wild pool, as it was in a lot of pain,

after crashing into the iranian goalkeeper, he was pulled out at half time. iran had very few chances to tie it up, but in the ninety's 2nd minute it was center back mortise up rally gum g. he missed the goal with this header. the game finished one nil joy for the u. s. fans dismay for the iranians. who can still be proud of their effort in this tournament, both on and off the pitch. while that result was disappointing for the tame and lots of urine fans, lots of other iran fans weren't actually quite happy about it. and you can here cheering a video from a cities across the country when the u. s. score. and after the final whistle, and these images from the campbell tan was shed by, so it was k, overjoyed about us. victory is what one iran found at the match, told the w is very, very, very difficult or tricky position. at the same time is our national team. we wanted to win, but at the same time,

we didn't want them to in because they are presenting your ideas. yeah. that was in did on. and we were happy that the loss because they were use it for propaganda. political propaganda and flood form to show the world everything is normal, everything going up according to plan normal life. i think going on, or wings of antique government protest in iran having spied a wave of actions in solidarity around the world. and is not just campaign is taking to the streets. culture is also raising its voice. germany's best known fears as is highlighting the courage of iran's women. i go and iranian love song from the 1970s. the prelude to a sold out evening at the berliner ensemble theatre. it was initiated by 3 well known german rang and actresses and their colleagues. is cindy mentioned. it's been all in iran who are in danger, who are risking their lives. what we can do is simply amplify their voices that and

we can empower them, be stackable, my and as a mark of remembrance, the names of 62 children and young people killed in the demonstration law as the t at isn't light entertainment. ah, it's an evening of many voices, sometimes with a soft and melancholy tone. must own her text, read by iranian poets and writers, such as nutty kamani. often deal with suffering and death thought. the boat launch, but beauty and change are also mostly that executes u, as in the work, a famous persian poet, huffy boy, oh, add a strata. m rose by father fe canny mall. yay! in math there by horrible k, xamarin hard, short skipped in. there's the pain that comes to the for on an evening like this. but there's also something like an awakening of hope that's equally important.

oh, the courage of iranian women is often center stage. journalist natalie mary says western cliches about oppression or inaccurate cabin. anya, it's cause bull and i've worked and lived in this country for 9 years as a correspondent for a r d. and i saw almost exclusively proud, strong will, and courageous women who didn't let anyone tell them what to do. disney thompson lesson. but bringing change require staying power and a dream. i hope i will live to see the day or maybe my children of a free iran and democracy that is secure. and we're a woman as a president o an evening of hope. that concludes with the song that has become the anthem of the revolution.

coming up next in news, asia a japan fans go viral up because our world cup with post match cleanups will take a look at the awkward silence of a chinese official whose job it is to speak spanish. we will have those stories on board. that's d, w, use asia in just a moment. i'll be back at the top of the out. i'm good with dish with.