peaceful leave people just saying songs or shout their protest locums but there today is a group of chinese beijing supporters who are also stong these shopping malls and they were carrying chinese flags and they started singing the national anthem of china and so. broke out between the 2 sides. the pro-democracy protesters have complained that police were treating them more harshly then the protesters from the probate jink out what did it look like to you . so at least from what i've seen there were no probating supporters there were none of them being arrested but i've seen 2 pro-democracy protesters being arrested by the police and even though both sides they are quite aggressive and foul and sometimes and so this claim is also justifiable from the pro-democracy protesters and it's also actually heightened the tension between the protesters and the police because they think that the police really is really siding with probating group. for tomorrow there's another major demonstration a planned in hong kong tell us more. so tomorrow these protests actually by the police but then. in the past sever

while the chinese media continue to take their orders from beijing on this story one outlet has beenvital to international coverage of sin jack radio free asia service is funded by the us government and it has a track record of breaking news on sin jack it was among the. 1st to present facts and figures to back up the rumors of the so-called vocational training camps and it has since on earth dozens of stories on the crackdown informing foreign reporters and the we like for our f.a. we go stuff the singeing story hits on comfortably and dangerously close to home many say they have had family members arrested aleem say toff is the director of radio free asia as weaker service he joins us now from washington mr say tof thanks for joining us the listening post today ever since day one on this story are a week or has led the pack breaking news on sin jang how did your organization 1st learn of this policy and the existence of these huge detention camps in early twenty's 17 we began to realize after interviewing chinese officials we were official as police officers and local residents tha

while washington continues to hike tariffs on chinese products angela merkel is pushing for a european investment deal with beijing that she's bang heads together reprimanding the american and chinese on a trade war in 1st meeting with chinese premier beijing's great hall of the people metal said the dispute is affecting the whole world and hopes they'll resolve it soon lee didn't seem too focused on his country's problems with the u.s. but with germany telling the chancellor he hopes germany will accept more chinese companies and loosen export rules for certain goods he went on to say that china promises to open up its economy even more. but china is becoming an even more important trading partner for the european union since 2002 way trade has almost tripled according to data from the european statistics office last year the total trade between the e.u. and china was 605000000000 euros the block worth more than 200000000000 to china and importing nearly 400000000000 euros of goods. the german business view with regards to china could be summed up as one of huge opportunities coupled with huge challenges one of t

trade deal in sight the united states is now imposing levies on a further $112000000000.00 of chinese exports beijing is counting with retaliatory tariffs on $75000000000.00 in u.s. goods smart speakers headphones sneakers those are among the chinese made products that could become more expensive in the u.s. beijing meanwhile will hit u.s. crude oil with a 5 percent tariff and that marks the 1st time the commodity has been targeted in this dispute and this isn't the end of the levies the u.s. plans to raise tariffs on a different set of chinese goods totaling 250000000000 dollars to 30 percent from the current 25 percent and then in december a further 15 percent tariff on chinese cell phones laptops and clothes and that would mean the virtually all made in china products will be subject to tariffs in the u.s. . we are going to get giant at that meeting is still long as you know the depth. that has yet to happen yet we haven't we'll see what happens but we can't allow china to reprise off a force of god we can't go out. to take $500000000000.00 a year out of our country we can't do that now let's take

anson chan was the chief secretary of hong kong during the handover from british to chinese rule. beijingow accuses her of fomenting the protests. is hong kong's fragile status quo irretrievably broken? anson chan, in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. in your city, we have seen three months now of street demonstrations and protests. they have become increasingly violent. is your heart and your head still with the protest movement? yes, very much so. i think it is a pity that there is escalating violence, both on the part of the protesters, although involving a very small number of people, but also on the part of the police. the police are increasingly brutal and unrestrained in exercise of their powers. but i'm very much behind the underlying causes of this movement. it is about hong kong's fight to defend basic freedoms, civil liberties and to demand political prime participation through fair and open elections on the basis of one man, one vote. all of which promised in thejoint declaration man, one vote. all of which promised in the joint declaration and hong kong's basic law,

chinese rule. you never used to beijing as the enemy, so what's changed? do not think that maligning is quite the word i would use. i am simply pointing out facts. it is the case that in the publication of the white paper by the state council in 2014, beijing's made it abundantly clear that they have, and i quote, "comprehensive jurisdiction over hong kong despite the assurances in thejoint declaration and the basic law." furthermore, the white paper goes on to point out that the judiciary part of the administration, and therefore have to have regard to national development and security interests. now, this is completely contrary to the separation of powers that hong kong believed in under the rule of law and the practice of the common law. to be blunt about it... i do not regard beijing as an enemy, but i am bound to point out that when they stepped all over one country, two systems and depart from their solemn promises, not only to the people of hong kong but the whole international community, then i have a duty to point that out. well... i take personal

be respected she made the comments after meeting with chinese premier the cut young in the chinese capital beijing nicol also aims to strengthen business ties with china. now hurricane dorian is speeding towards canada now after making landfall in the us states of north and south carolina forecasters expected to bring hurricane force winds to parts of nova scotia late on saturday the storm has already left a trail of devastation in the bahamas and thousands of people have been fleeing the islands to escape the catastrophic aftermath of the storm the death toll is now at 43 but is expected to rise sharply. a cruise ship full of evacuees from the bahamas people on board have survived an apocalypse and for now they're the lucky ones. desperation is setting in for those left behind who've lost everything. until november he didn't leave me nobody calls on the fire there will be off no poles to have nothing no are no power roads where i know. i it's 5 everything you say everything is damage. as the scale of the destruction becomes clear international aid efforts are ramping up. but it's a complicated ta

while the chinese media continue to take their orders from beijing on this story one outlet has been vital to international coverage of sin jang radio free asia is weaker service is funded by the us government and it has a track record of breaking news on sin jack it was among the 1st to present facts and figures to back up the rumors of the so-called vocational training camps and it has since on earth dozens of stories on the crackdown informing foreign reporters and the we ask for a like for our f.a. wigger staff the sin jang story hits on comfortably and dangerously close to home many say they have had family members arrested say tof is the director of radio free asia as weaker service he joins us now from washington mr say tough thanks for joining us the listening post today ever since day one on this story our f a weaker has led the pack breaking news on sin jang how did your organization 1st learn of this policy and the existence of these huge detention camps. in early twenty's 17 we began to realize after interviewing chinese officials we go official as police officers and loc

while the chinese media continue to take their orders from beijing on this story one outlet has been vital to international coverage of sin jang radio free asia as we go service is funded by the us government and it has a track record of breaking news on sin jack it was among the 1st to present facts and figures to back up the rumors of the so-called vocational training camps and it has sense on earth dozens of stories on the crackdown informing foreign reporters and the we alike for our f.a. wigger staff the sin jang story hits on comfortably and dangerously close to home many say they have had family members arrested. is the director of radio free asia as weaker service he joins us now from washington mr say tough thanks for joining us the listening post today ever since day one on this story our f a weaker has led the pack breaking news on sin jang how did your organization 1st learn of this policy and the existence of these huge detention camps. in early twenty's 17 we began to realize after interviewing chinese officials we go official as police officers and local residents that

relations with china while washington continues to hike tariffs on chinese products on the mantle is pushing for a european investment deal with beijing not only that she's banging the heads together reprimanding the unit u.s. and chinese for their trade war in 1st meeting with chinese premier li keqiang at beijing's great hall of the people whose mega said the dispute is affecting the whole world in the hopes that both sides will resolve it soon mr lee didn't seem to focus on his country's problems with us but rather with germany telling the chancellor he hopes germany will accept more chinese companies and loosen export rules for certain goods he went on to say once again that china promises to open up its economy even while. china is becoming an ever more important trading partner for the european union since 2002 a trade has almost tripled according to data from the europeans to to 6 office last year the total trade volume between the european union and china was 605000000000 euros now the bloc exported products worth more than 200000000000 euros to china and imported nearly 400000000000 euros worth of goods. the german business v

while the chinese media continue to take their orders from beijing on this story one outlet has been vital to international coverage of sin jack radio free asia as we go service is funded by the u.s. government and it has a track record of breaking news on sin jack it was among the 1st to present facts and figures to back up the rumors of the so-called vocational training camps and it has sense on earth dozens of stories on the crackdown informing foreign reporters and the we ask for a like for our f.a. we're going to stuff the sin jang story hits on comfortably and dangerously close to home many say they have had family members arrested. is the director of radio free asia as weaker service he joins us now from washington mr say tough thanks for joining us the listening post today ever since day one on this story are a week or has led the pack breaking news on sin jang how did your organization 1st learn of this policy and the existence of these huge detention camps. in early twenty's 17 we began to realize after interviewing chinese officials we go official as police officers and lo

refresher this weekend the united states imposed levies on an additional $112000000000.00 of chinese exports while beijing is countering with tariffs on $75000000000.00 in u.s. goods smart speakers headphones and shoes are among the chinese products to be made more expensive by new u.s. tariffs beijing meanwhile will hit u.s. crude oil with a 5 percent tariff it's the 1st time or oil has been targeted in this dispute and this isn't the end of the u.s. plans to raise existing tariffs on $250000000000.00 in chinese exports from currently 25 percent to 30 percent and in december of further 15 percent tariff on chinese cell phones laptops and clothes that will mean that virtually every product made in china will be subject to tariffs in the u.s. now here's what donald trump had to say about those duties. we are talking to john did that meeting you still long as you know the depth there that as an example we have it we'll see what happens but we can't allow china to do it by still 30 boards because we can't allow it. to take $500000000.00 a year out of our country we can't do that. our correspondent our corres

the united states is now imposing levies on a dish on an additional $112000000000.00 of chinese exports while beijing is countering with retaliate toward tariffs on $75000000000.00 in u.s. goods. smart speakers headphones and shoes are among the chinese exports likely to be made more expensive through the u.s. tariffs beijing meanwhile will hit u.s. crude oil with a 5 percent here now that's the 1st time the quantity has been targeted in this dispute and of course this isn't the end of the levies the u.s. plans to raise tariffs on $250000000000.00 in chinese exports to 30 percent from the current $25.00 and in december a further 15 percent tariff on chinese cell phones laptops and close that would mean that virtually all made in china products will be subject to tariffs in the u.s. now take a listen to what donald trump had to say about the latest escalation. we are talking to china that meeting is still long as you know the depth there that they haven't yet we haven't we'll see what happens but we can't allow china to reply so that it works because we can't go out. and take $500000000000.00 a year o

refresher this weekend the united states imposed levies on an additional $112000000000.00 of chinese exports while beijing is countering with tariffs on $75000000000.00 in u.s. goods smart speakers headphones and shoes are among the chinese products to be made more expensive by u.s. terrorist. meanwhile will hit you ask who toil with a 5 percent tariff it's the 1st time oil has been targeted in this dispute and this isn't the end of the u.s. plans to raise existing tariffs on 250 $1000000000.00 in chinese exports from currently 25 percent to 30 percent and in december a further 15 percent tariff on chinese cell phones laptops and clothes that will mean that virtually every product made in china will be subject to tariffs in the u.s. now here's what donald trump had to say about those roundup duties. we are going to get generated the meeting is still on as you know the debt there that they advocate we have we would add that we cared about generator which was still very very good we cared. to take $500000000000.00 the gear out of our guard we care through that. our correspondent our correspondent in washing

chinese citizens for roughly 7 tons. but there's little sign of all this troubling beijing on wednesday chinese president xi jinping cut the ribbon for beijing's $60000000000.00 ford does ng is ready to serve $45000000.00 passengers per year to set its ban to capacity of over 70000000 with 4 runways and nearly 300 gates. clearly shows that for china economic expansion seems to come before climate protection how much sense does it make if we all reduce our as well let's bring in our live sound of eisenstein he's with the 3 g. an independent climate change think tank here in berlin it son. germany produces just 2 percent of global c o 2 just introduced stricter climate regulation. china opens a new make up order how much sense does all these well intentioned climate action of countries like germany make if we're leading c o 2 emissions like like china obviously don't. it's a question i guess there's 2 sides of this story a china has a message because on the crew from beijing they're talking about a city of more than 20000000000 inhabitants 1000000 have a 11400000000 inhabitants in china rising middle class of course there's

it is expected to hanzo up to 72000000 passengers a year by 2025 rob matheson has more from beijing. chinese president xi jinping officially opened done showing airport here in beijing on wedding the state their ports is costing $11000000000.00 to build it it's estimated that it's going to be handling about $45000000.00 passengers by the end of 202-1100 1000000 passengers by the end of 2040 it's also going to be dealing with $300.00 takeoffs and landings every hour those figures give an indication of just how confident china is that it is going to be able to expand its air market but that's a view also held by international air companies and plane manufacturers as well the u.s. plane manufacturer boeing the says that it's expecting china's wealthy middle class to double in size within the next decade and at the end of that decade boeing says that one in 5 of international passengers is going to be chinese now that means there's a lot of opportunity for aircraft manufacturers and airlines around the world in chinese markets and they're very keen to be part of that but of course the u.s. compa

shouldn't be too smug either we produce just as much as chinese citizens roughly 7 times each but there's little sign of all this troubling beijing when said chinese president xi jinping cut the ribbon for beijing's $60000000000.00 apple does ng is ready to serve $45000000.00 passengers per year and a set to expand to capacity of over $70000000.00 with 4 runways and the link $300.00 games. has clearly shows that for china economic expansion seems to come before climate protection how much sense does it make if we all reduce our as well let's bring another son of eisenstein he's with the 3 g. an independent climate change think tank here in berlin next sunday germany produces just 2 percent of global c o 2 just introduced stricter climate regulation. china opens a new mega board how much sense does with all these well intentioned. climate action of countries like germany make it world leading 02 images like like china obviously don't. it's a question i guess there's 2 sides of this story a china has a mess of economic growth beijing they're talking about a city of more than 20000000000 inhabitants 1000000 have intense 1400000000 i

beijing's growing influence in the region he was drawn to aware that the high beijing government beijing chinese authorities just try to hew. protests by other things such. withdrawal of meal and that's just the strategy for beijing to. reduce the number of participants. in the next few weeks said mainland china was particularly looking to the 1st of october china's national day a day when beijing will want to avoid a repeat of scenes like these. austrian skiing legend marcel here has announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference in salzburg ending in a. his career. widely renowned as the best come compact competition skier in the world he won the overall world cup title a record 8 times as a multiple world and olympic champion 30 year old said he wished to step back from the store sport as he has dominated for the past decade to spend more time with his family. the german fashion photographer paid to lindbergh is dead at the age of $74.00 lynn bag was widely credited with inventing the $980.00 super model he was famous for photographing women without heavy makeup and his iconic

update this weekend the united states imposed levies on an additional $112000000000.00 of chinese exports while beijing is countering with tariffs on $75000000000.00 u.s. dollars in goods smart speakers headphones and shoes are among the chinese products to be more made more expensive by the new u.s. tariffs paging meanwhile will hit u.s. crude oil with a 5 percent tariff it's the 1st time or has been targeted in this dispute and this isn't the end the u.s. plans to raise existing tariffs on $250000000000.00 in chinese exports from currently $25.00 to.

it's images like the beijing. chinese president xi jinping trampled underfoot. instead mass demonstrations have dominated the countdown to the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china and these protesters are no mood to celebrate. with the world watching closely they want to capitalize on the attention and make them and ahead we should be a great day but we really can find a reason to start to bring we feel more sorry and sorrow for what do you have suffered i hope to make our country attention to understand more wides we are going to fight for this this thing is a good one to protest to have to show all hope we all lose who fight for freedom. so much the whole. allstars he's hit their mass on rest on cheese day they want to avoid a repeat of more scenes like this. images of angry young patients is threatening to pull focus from beijing celebrations and embarrass authorities police have made clear this weekend that un sanctioned rallies will not be tolerated by us there's only so much they can do to keep people off the streets instead that massively sc

package >> the trade tit for tat turns positive after president trump delays tariffs on some chinese goods and beijing levies on u.s. products >> a bid to list budweiser brand in hong kong >>> and saudi arabia's energy minister says every country should comply with oil output. we'll sit down with the russian energy minister later on this morning. >>> a lot going on today also in oil space. i want to take you to highlights from the iea report. the agency has kept 2019 and 2020 oil demand growth forecast unchanged. the latest report describes the newly appointed minister as an experienced figure saying the country has acted as a lynch pen even though the compliance rate has fallen to 116% in august >> and a recession is on the rise in germany. saying the weakness in industry is slowly spreading to other sectors in the economy, quote, like an oil slick. they've scaled back growth indicators now forecasting 1.2% growth. we'll speak about this more at 10:30 central european time. >> interesting ifo is using the word oil and oil slick there could be potential for things to turn around. ecb expectations have

chinese president xi has formal opened beijing's new airport. project cost around $63 billion and took five years to build. it is one of the largest single-structure airport terminals in theorld. china says it will be a new powerful source of national level. -- national development.

relations with china while washington continues to hike tariffs on chinese products on the mantle is pushing for a european investment deal with beijing not only that she's banging the heads together reprimanding the unit u.s. and chinese for their trade war in the 1st meeting with chinese premier li keqiang at beijing's great hall of the people said the dispute is affecting the whole world in the hopes that both sides will resolve it soon mr lee didn't seem to focus on his country's problems with us but rather with germany telling the chancellor he hopes germany will accept more chinese companies and loosen export rules for certain goods he went on to say once again that china promises to open up its economy even while. china is becoming an ever more important trading partner for the european union since 2002 a trade has almost.

people are just saying song says shout their protest locums but then today there's a group of chinese beijingsupporters who also stop these shopping malls and they were carrying chinese facts and they started singing the national anthem of china and so choros broke out between the 2 sides then. the pro-democracy protesters have complained that police were treating them more harshly then the protesters from the probe aging kept what did it look like to you . so at least from what i've seen there were no pro beijing beijing supporters there were none of them being arrested but i've seen 2 pro-democracy protesters being arrested by the police and even though both sides they are quite aggressive and foul and sometimes and so this claim is also justifiable from pro-democracy protesters and it's also actually heightened a tension between the protesters and the police because they think that the police really is really siding with the probation group. earth for tomorrow there's another major demonstration the planned the in the home kong tell us more so to morrow these protests it's actually bent by

separate legal and financial systems offer something those cities don't protection from beijing's reach for chinese political elites in need of sheltering cash that's no small consideration financial reporting in hong kong suggests that almost 60 percent of the $550000000000.00 in hong kong financial trusts comes from local and chinese sources that means party elites in china have other interests in hong kong besides the economy and that in turn could help shape beijing's response to the ongoing protests. and the author of that paper is under have been there she is with the global public policy institute in berlin and joins me in the studio. so you're right you say that china's elite will prevent the chinese government from removing hong kong special status what exactly have you found and how odd how good is your evidence. ok so. what i do is that i study the power relationship between offshore finance and to state and the relationship between china and hong kong is a perfect case study for that shit and so what i found in the case of hong kong is that wealthy chinese indeed hold their money in tru

relieving the pressure at beijing's older and overcrowded capital airport rob matheson has more from beijing. chinese president xi jinping officially opened done showing airport here in beijing on wedding the state the airport is costing $11000000000.00 to build it it's estimated that it's going to be handling about $45000000.00 passengers by the end of 202-1100 1000000 passengers by the end of 2040 it's also going to be dealing with $300.00 takeoffs and landings every hour those figures give an indication of just how confident china is that it is going to be able to expand its air market but that's a view also held by international air companies and plane manufacturers as well the u.s. plane manufacturer boeing the says that it's expecting china's wealthy middle class to double in size within the next decade and at the end of that decade boeing says that one in 5 all of international passengers is going to be chinese now that means there's a lot of opportunity for aircraft manufacturers and airlines around the world in chinese markets and they're very keen to be part of that but of course the u.s. c

beijing's growing influence in the region which strongly aware that the high beijing government beijing and chinese authorities just tried hugh. as. such. withdrawal of bail and that's just the strategy for beijing hope to. reduce the number of participants. in the next few weeks said mainland china was particularly looking to the 1st of october china's national day a day when beijing will want to avoid a repeat of scenes like these. austrian skiing legend marcel here has announced his retirement years as widely considered the best competition skier in the world the 30 year old said he wants to spend more time with his family. the final powerful one of australia's greatest ever sportsman must sell his share retired live on prime time austrian television and even moved an election debate to this such is the esteem in which he is sure is how old he long been contemplating retirement now the time had come. because it's not a major surprise anymore today is the day i and my active career as a ski racer. this next step is going to be better and easier for me to me here should dominated the slopes trip d

october the child as national day we strongly aware that pact with the high beijing government beijing and chinese authorities that strike you talk our protests dancing is such withdraw the fall off. at that just though a strategy for beijing hope to. hew reduce the number of participants protests in the next few weeks especially on 1st of october ok let's talk now to andreas fault a senior fellow at the university of nottingham asia research institute he joins us on skype from taipei and re-installed is. a lame duck chief executive. well she's been a lame duck for quite some time now and most. of service with the agree that this with all of extraditions the comes. much too late to bear in mind that actually the protest movement made fighting man and 3 of these other demands actually related to the role of the on calm police force and we shouldn't forget that over the past couple of days hong kong has effectively been under effect martial law we have seen mass arrests. there has been a lot of violence against protesters especially sexual violence against young female protesters. there have been sc

beijing. making the comments in talks with the chinese premier and she's hoping to improve bilateral ties and secure in to get amik agreement but she's under pressure to be tough on beijing over the treatment of pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. plus 2 long time rivals who battle it out in euro qualifying tonight germany takes on the netherlands. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe has died at the age of 95 that news was confirmed by current president emerson who mourned him as an icon of liberation were god way was about ways 1st post independence leader and held on to power for 37 years but during that time he ruled that country with an iron fist trashing dissent and destroying the economy he was forced to resign by the military in 2017. robert mugabe's political career began in the 1960 s. with the formation of a radical anti colonialist movement dedicated to fighting white minority rule. after zimbabwe became independent in 1800 any actions were held and robert mugabe's son apologies won by a landslide. gobby became the country's 1s

growing influence in the region he was drawn to aware that happens behind beijing government beijing and chinese authorities just try to stop protests by saying such. withdraw. and that's just the strategy for beijing hope to. hugh reduce the number of participant ah protests in the next few weeks one said mainland china was particularly looking to the 1st of october china's national day a day when beijing will want to avoid a repeat of scenes like these. and my colleague jerry john joins me now here at the big table she's been following events in hong kong. worse is good to see you i'm wondering was this do you think the decision of kerry lamb to withdraw this bill or do you think she was ordered to barbara or that she had the blessings from beijing to do this i'm sure this is that this isn't that they have been think very long time but the final approval of cos it came from beijing of course they are the to make the announcement makes you look like a puppet which is what the demonstrators have claimed during a 2nd in speaking of demonstrators the prominent pro-democracy activist joshua one he

. >>> european equities follow chinese stocks higher as washington and beijing apply a fresh round ofit for tat tariffs. >>> boris johnson warns they risk expulsion if they help opposition lawmakers block a no-deal brexit in a move that could sacrifice the prime minister's majority. >>> italian stocks outperform after the prime minister says he's confident of a positive outcome in coalition talks he says he's prepared to enter into new government if the terms are right. >> i want to give a government to this country, but not at all costs. if another is formed, we must not approximate these issues. >>> germany's far right makes sweeping gains in two regional elections a blow to the country's ruling grand coalition. ♪ >>> want to just bring you some eurozone final manufacturing pmis coming in at 47.0 that's in line with the earlier estimate we had of 47 that's against the july final number of 46.5 in terms of the output number, 47.9, that's slightly higher than the preliminary estimate 47.8 against the july number of 46.9 don't forget, this is the seventh consecutive shrinkage in factor

$75000000000.00 worth of american goods after trying to increase duties on $300000000000.00 worth of chinese goods. from beijing. shoppers come to beijing sun un lee market to buy all kinds of imported food including american cherries but it's fast becoming a casualty of china's trade with the u.s. tariffs have already gone up twice pushing the price of a killer to around $25.00 and from to temper the 1st tariffs on us cherries will be raised from 50 to 60 percent then it is looking for cheaper alternatives to what the chinese fruits are very good the price is much cheaper than american products the quality is also very good so more and more people are choosing local foods higher prices are the only reason shoppers are considering buying less from the u.s. . for me being patriotic is something more important for me to consider than the price we are trainees and we are all affected that by the trying to us treat war cherries may be the most popular american product at this market but it's not the only for it that will receive high it's harrods new jersey's will also apply to things like american palms rights and

china trade dispute during a visit to beijing all of machall making the comments and talks with the chinese from new york just hoping to improve bilateral tars and secure dreams but she's under pressure to be tough on change over the treatment of democracy protesters in hong kong. plus 2 long time rivals battling it out in euro qualifying tonight germany take on the netherlands. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us some bob ways former president robert mugabe has died at the age of 95 the news was confirmed by the current president emerson dog walker who mourned him as an icon of liberation mugabe was zimbabwe's 1st post independence leader he held on to power for 37 years but during that time he ruled the country with an iron fist crushing dissent and ushering in an era of economic turmoil until he was forced to resign in 2017 years more. robert mugabe's political career began in the 1960 s. with the formation of a radical anti colonialist movement dedicated to fighting white minority rule. after zimbabwe became independent 988 elections were held and robert mugabe's zanu party w

chinese premier. in the capital beijing michael said everything should be done to avoid violence and recommended talks between demonstrators and the hong kong leadership the chancellor is also aiming to strengthen business ties chinese and german business leaders signed economic agreements expected to create ounce of kewl thousands of jobs in both countries. and pay for more let's bring in journalists an enormous triano in beijing hong kong pro-democracy activists saying michael should have been clearer in her condemnation of the violence used against protesters but considering what's at stake economically here is not really realistic. well i know that merkel said to some extent what everybody was expecting her to say she called for a peaceful resolution to the protests she called for dialogues here. spoke in favor of a move that the hong kong government. made earlier this week to withdraw an extradition bill that was at the heart of the conflict so for i guess to observers she she said what she was expected to say but of course the protesters wanted more from her they even wanted to meet with her. on