and, our very own max hoffman, he's on the scene there in hamburg, where those clashes took place. evening to you, max. what's happening now? reporter: at the moment of this particular area seems to be safe. the only thing we can see in the distance right here in the back is a little smoke. apparently some members of the so-called black blocks, those that were part of the violence we experienced earlier are still here, but most of those people are dispersed throughout the city, causing smaller riots but with some damage, as we're hearing there apparently are some burning cars in hamburg and also smashed in windows. there is one case of a larger window that was smashed in, saying the authorities are chasing them around. that is much harder than it was here when you had everybody in one place. brent: we've seen today the images that you have been sending us, showing us police out in force and riot gear with water cannons greater they are not playing when they say zero-tolerance for violence. reporter: yeah, zero-tolerance. we knew that all along, that has been hamburg's tradition. th

brent: max hoffman on the story for us tonight in hamburg ahead of that g20 summit.nks very much. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a berlin court convicted a 28-year-old man of causing serious bodily harm for kicking a woman down a flight of stairs. -- stairs in a subway station last october. judges sentenced the bulgarian national to 2 years and 11 months in prison. the victim suffered a broken arm and other injuries in that attack. the international criminal court in the hague ruled that south africa violated its obligations by failing to arrest sudan's president when he visited in 2015. but the judges declined. the court once to prosecute bashir on 10 charges of her crimes. there have been celebrations in eastern libya after the regional military leader announced the city of benghazi has been freed from islamist forces. it was said the city would now enter a new era of peace. if confirmed, it would mark a major victory. police in germany uncovered a child pornography website with nearly 90,000 users. the suspected operator of t

brent: our correspondent, max hoffman on the story for us tonight. in the shadow of the eiffel tower, in paris. max, thank you very much. as we said, before president macron welcomed the u.s. president in paris he spent some time with his biggest european ally, the german chancellor angela merkel. as you are about to see, they began their visit by focusing on speaking the same language, literally. reporter: two leaders who play ball together. merkel spoke some phrases in french, macron in german, a sign of friendship. the two showed new or for strengthening europe and bringing it further along. >> in the face of many developments in our neighborhood, we must also increasingly take control of europe''s destiny.. we must succeed, and we must give our people both protection as well as security, advancement, and development. security, climate protection. the development of the eurozone. the french and german governments agreed a whole range of shared goals at theheoint cabinenet meetingng. merkel also stressed the imimportance o of reforms for fe . and, m

that is where our very own max hoffman is in the thick of it in hamburg. tell us about the security arrangements you have seen. you have been in the middle of one of those protests, haven't you? >> i am. this is a peaceful protest, at least so far. actually, it has turned into a full-blown rave party. this is sort of the tail end of that protest. it has gotten bigger and bigger ever since it started two or three hours ago. this is probably a g 20 demonstration at its best, but make no mistake -- in the side streets, you have policemen. they retreat and try not to provoke anyone. that is why they are in the side streets. they have dozens of police cars preceding and in the demonstration, but so far, extremely peaceful people having fun here. if it can stay that way, i'm sure g 20 organizers would take it. >> yes, i'm sure g 20 organizers would love it if it turned into a big love parade, but we know that is not what is expected. we knonow police are going intoo this with a zero-tolerance policy for any violence. what are they expecting by the time saturday

let's go live to max hoffman, the bureau chief in the city for the german broadcaster.ter. thank you forjoining us. we can see there is a presence behind you, what has been happening on the streets today in terms of the violence and the protests? protesters gathering here for a new march and that is what we have seen throughout the day. the difference between yesterday and today is that yesterday, you could pinpoint one massive protest march and today, there is nothing authorised so things are happening all over the city. that makes it difficult for the police because it is sort of a cat and mouse game, especially between what is called the black bloc of protest is, so those that are prone to violence and the police themselves. we witnessed scenes that we re very themselves. we witnessed scenes that were very violent with protesters throwing stones and rocks and basically everything at the police. some of them have worked for 36 hours and are really on edge. we're hearing of a major street fight going on. a couple of blocks from here, surrounding the monuments of the ex

max hoffman, the bureau chief in the city for a german newspaper joins us bureau chief in the city fory. a couple of blocks in this direction. there isa of blocks in this direction. there is a full—blown street fight going on between police and the very left black bloc. part of the left—wing movement in town. protesters prone to violence. it also reports of different items burning, barricades burning. what the police are doing is using their water cannons to extinguish those fires. normally they are not used for that. the police are so stretched, they have to improvise. we can see one of those fires burning. a line of police behind the protesters. water cannon fired again. missiles being thrown by protesters wearing black herds. how far away from the summit venue are herds. how far away from the summit venue are these demonstrators? all of this is pretty close. within walking distance to the actual summit. it would take me from here, about ten minutes to get there, maybe 15. in the same direction, about 5—10 minutes to go to the places where you see those pictures. this is of course th

max hoffman, bureau chief. let's pause and get a sports round—up. good evening.ppearance on wimbledon‘s centre court today, even though he didn't get the result he'd wanted in his second round match. unfortunately for the home crowd edmund couldn't make it five britons through to round three in the singles. the british number two had no answer to the guile of the 15th seed gael monfils. the frenchman took it in straight sets 7—6, 6—4, 6—4 in temperatures reaching a0 degrees on centre court. first time playing up there was a really good experience for me. a lot of players would say is the most famous or biggest court in tennis. being british, growing up watching tennis and wimbledon, to actually get the chance to play out there was something you will always remember. three—time champion novak djokovic eased through his second round match. he beat the world number 136 from the czech republic adam pavlasek in around an hour and a half and was rarely troubled — winning 6—2, 6—2, 6—1. it was also straightforward for the tournament favourite, third seed roger federer.