streets as they have been for the last 4 months but this time to be adversarial a so-called umbrella movement. and the civil base for the president robert mugabe has been buried in his home village it follows weeks off wrangling between the government at least family over his final resting place. hello i'm christine want to welcome to the program. afghanistan's presidential election day has been mobbed by as many as 68 taliban attacks most of them by iraq it's at least 5 people were killed and scores more were injured according to the interior minister there were also problems with the voting process is fueling concerns about the legitimacy of the poll the last elections into a foreseen will my head in allegations of fraud and ended with the united states stepping in to appoint a power sharing government peace talks between the u.s. and the taliban collapsed earlier this month the islamist group creation to disrupt the election with violence and one version is just stay at home some people who defied the taliban pay the price they went to vote and ended up in hospital. joy after the polling s

live pictures of totalitarianism rallies being held there to mark the 5 year anniversary of the umbrella movement our correspondent is in the middle of those protests also coming up. former austrian chancellor sebastian kurtz is the odds on favorite to lead a new government in a snap general election which party he choose as his coalition partner he is anybody's guess. and in german football star striker shoot their team to the top of the blue to sneak up with a hard fought when. a michael thanks for joining us. for what's being called entitle telly what's being called totalitarianism demonstrations are taking place in hong kong where protesters are marking the anniversary of the so called umbrella movement solidarity protests are also being held in cities around the world the last 3 months have seen violent clashes between activists and hong kong's police on most weekends today the authorities once again used water cannon to disperse protesters . lurie to hong kong the anthem of the pro-democracy movement thousands gathered in the park in front of the main government offices to mark the annivers

the umbrella movement. glory to hong kong the anthem of the pro-democracy movement thousands gathered in the park in front of the main government offices to mark the anniversary the umbrella movement 1st gridlocked the city in 2014 this year the protests have taken on even more force as the authorities tried to push through a law since scrapped allowing defendants to be extradited to mainland china. from which the days anti extradition richmond has brought people together 5 years ago people had differing opinions which caused the movement to break up today it's very different. from at back at. 5 years after the emperor in a new movement the hong kong people who had previously been dormant if united jog at home by. the so-called lenin walls have become another symbol of the protests surfaces across the city covered in post it notes calling for democracy often torn down by beijing's supporters one of the best known leaders of the protests joshua was jailed earlier this year today announced he would be standin

who crucially the umbrella movement ended back in 2014 without any concessions from beijing so protesters back on the streets 5 years on want to see that change they have 5 key demands that they want to see filled by the old story here including democratic reforms and a full investigation into the police now i think what a lot of protesters have learned from what the people that we've spoken to over the course of those 5 years what they've learned from the umbrella movement is the need to stay united as sticks together in this their common cause and they've also learned to try and diversify that tactic for the bat while this street was all keep in 2014 it was a mostly tactic protest movement. this year though what we've seen is protests cropping up all across hong kong we've seen great to see the via 2 different tactics to try and hold the wild 8 attention including human chains images of that going around the world so it does appear that the protesters have learned some lessons and diversifying their movement and today's rally is just one of many protests planned this weekend tell us a b

guy to 2014 and the umbrella movement that brought central hong kong to a near standstill for 79 days it was fronted by students who went on to form a political party but now we've got the current protests with as with the umbrella movement our report back on increasing control from china scott hardly has a look now at how the movements compare. born and raised in hong kong helen chen looks at the recreate of a main symbol of the territory's umbrella movement a so-called lenin wall this is the site of the 1st that went up in 2014. 5 years on protesters are again building them to post messages and themes that have brought millions out to the streets while helen agrees with the focus of what's happening now she did not back then she believes freedoms are being stripped away in the situation now is more urgent in the amber and a movement to me i think it's only me it just the yanks this matter and they that it's pricing full it's almost a believes and i'm already out more than 60 is 00000 women and i just asked for the the piece and there are. no more life of hong kong over to mark the 5

no more life or phone call over to mark the 5th anniversary of the umbrella movement a rally was held next to hong kong's seat of government hundreds of thousands gathered into mar park. as with most of the larger protest events there was anger directed at police they've been accused of using excessive force against demonstrators. a surveillance helicopter hovering over the rally a target of the protestors lasers pro-democracy leaders say that the success and passion with this protest compared to the umbrella movement 5 years ago is rooted in how it's organized. isaac chang was only 14 when he was out on the streets during the umbrella movement now he's one of the leaders of a pro-democracy political party born out of the umbrella movement of the defenses of the previous before that they will fight for a sense of peace the previous will have once and all i say should while leaving the ok 5 he also says there are many people driving the protests now in their 17th weekend as the range of issues is much larger than 5 years ago bringing up. people of all ages. as with many of the recent l

no more life or phone call over to mark the 5th anniversary of the umbrella movement a rally was held next to hong kong's seat of government hundreds of thousands gathered into mar park. as with most of the larger protest events there was anger directed at police they've been accused of using excessive force against demonstrators going to a surveillance helicopter hovering over the rally a target of the protestors lasers pro-democracy leaders say that the success and passion with this protest compared to the umbrella movement 5 years ago is rooted in how it's organized. isaac chang was only 14 when he was out on the streets during the umbrella movement now he's one of the leaders of a pro-democracy political party born out of the umbrella movement of the defenses of the previous movement that they will fight for a sense of peace the previous will have once and all i say should while leaving the ok 5 he also says there are many people driving the protests now in their 17th weekend as the range of issues is much larger than 5 years ago bringing out people of all ages. as with many of th

have been taking place to mock 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella movement which saw the beginning of mass protests in the territory pro-democracy demonstrators have been protesting for months over a controversial extradition bill that has now been scrapped but their demands for direct democracy and autonomy from china echo those of the umbrella movement. glory to hong kong the anthem of the pro-democracy movement thousands gathered in the park in front of the main government offices to mark the anniversary the umbrella movement 1st good luck to city in 2014 this year the protests have taken on even more force as the authorities tried to push through a law since scrapped allowing defendants to be extradited to mainland china. today and he extradition may have meant his booklet put together 5 years ago people had differing opinions which caused the movement to break up today it's very different . yes well at home at that at. times he is soft to the emperor and a nuisance the hong kong people he had previously been dormant if united alcohol on the so-called lenin wools have

marks 5 years of demonstrating for democracy it's been 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella movement and pro-democracy demonstrators were out in the streets as they have been every weekend for the last 4 months we'll take you to hong kong for the latest also coming up violence in afghanistan as voters go to the polls to elect a new president several people have been killed and dozens injured in blasts near polling stations. and zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe is to be buried in his rule hometown today follows weeks of brand link between the government and his family over his final resting place. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program fresh rallies has been taking place in hong kong to mark 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella movement which saw mass protests in the territory pro-democracy demonstrators have been protesting for months after a controversial extradition bill which was tabled back in march this year it's since been shelved but protests protesters have a wide range of demands that echoed those of 5 years ago they include direct democracy from h

in hong kong rallies have been taking place to mark 5 years since the start of the so-called umbrella movement the mass protests against chinese influence in the semi autonomous territory the pro-democracy movement erupted again earlier this year in response to a controversial extradition bill that bill has now been scrapped for the protests show no signs of abating. glory to hong kong the anthem of the pro-democracy movement thousands gathered in the park in front of the main government offices to mark the anniversary the umbrella movement 1st could not the city in 2014 this year the protests have taken on even more force as the authorities tried to push through a law since scrapped allowing defendants to be extradited to mainland china. from. day's anti extradition richmond has brought people together 5 years ago people had differing opinions which caused the movement to break up today it's very different . i guess i'll have home at that at. times he is off to the emperor in a nuisance the hong kong people who had previously been dormant have united hand on the so-called lenin walls have bec

no more life or phone call over to mark the 5th anniversary of the umbrella movement a rally was held next to hong kong's seat of government hundreds of thousands gathered in tomorrow's park. as with most of the larger protest events there was anger directed at police they've been accused of using excessive force against demonstrators. a surveillance helicopter hovering over the rally a target of the protestors lasers pro-democracy leaders say that the success and passion with this protest compared to the umbrella movement 5 years ago is rooted in how it's organized. isaac chang was only 14 when he was out on the streets during the umbrella movement now he's one of the leaders of a pro-democracy political party born out of the umbrella movement of the defenses of the previous before that they will fight for a sense of peace the previous will have once and all i say said while leaving the ok. he also says there are many people driving the protests now in their 17th weekend as the range of issues is much larger than 5 years ago bringing out people of all ages. as with many of the recent

they have been for the last 4 months but this time marking the anniversary off the so-called umbrella movement. and zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe has been buried in his home village it follows weeks of wrangling between the government and his family over his final resting place. hello i'm christine window welcome to the program. polls have closed in afghanistan's presidential election with people voting amid a wave of violence and consequence about legitimacy the last elections in 24 c. and we're mired in allegations of fraud had ended with the united states stepping in to appoint a power sharing government peace talks between the taliban and the us collapsed earlier this month the islamist group thracian to disrupt the election with violence and there have been several attacks across the country they went to vote and ended up in hospital. after the polling station opened some voters came in and cast their votes and suddenly there was an explosion i don't remember what happened after that i got wounded. over here in kunduz in afghanistan's north as well as in kandahar in the south

five years ago the umbrella movement began on this spot. they gained no political concessions. that's why these people say their far more militant tactics are justified. votes are being counted in afghanistan after an election marked by low turnout and attacks on polling centres. special secrecy for president trump's conversations with foreign leaders leads to questions about his international dealings. and christian coleman, is the fastest man of the year, but there's controversy over his three missed drugs tests. police in hong kong have used tear gas and water canon to disperse protesters hurling rocks and petrol—bombs in anti—government demonstrations. they were marking five years since the start of what became known as the umbrella movement, a campaign for greater democratic freedom under chinese rule. from hong kong, here's our china correspondent, john sudworth. the everyday object that lent its name to a movement was in use again. five years after it first shielded the protesters from the pepper spray and tear gas. in 2014, the umbrella protests faded away. but this yea

leaders of a pro-democracy political party born out of the umbrella movement of the defenses of the previous before that they will fight for a sense of peace the previous will have one single they say so while leaving the ok . he also says there are many people driving the protests now in their 17th weekend as the range of issues is much larger than 5 years ago bringing up. of all ages. as with many of the recent large protests riot police are called in to clear out the remaining protesters the steps of the original lead and wall now reclaimed by police got her out 0. and he's 36 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in a crash between a bus and a truck in eastern china it happened on an expressway just north of shanghai in jan sue province initial investigation suggests that the bus had a flat tire just prior to the accident may have maher says it wants revenge of muslim refugees in bangladesh to return home it's been 2 years since security forces launched a violent crackdown on more than 700000 rohingya in rakhine state mean marsan boyd told the un general assembly

well he course was the face of the umbrella movement back in 24 saying i hear peter paid on time he's been arrested numerous times for his role in those pro-democracy demonstrations he's a 22 year old young up political activist and he's been demonstrating in these rallies but he's also this particular enough but it's significant on the grounds it will be a 2nd see a surge of interest from these products to groups he's going to stand in the cities district election in the city self but it is the 1st time he's running for politics he did co-found the great the political party didn't see started another one of his colleagues night in law he was elected in the elections under the dentist a party but he has since been disqualified but let's not pretend a surge in numbers really string for these district upcoming district election and this certainly is an indication of the interest and the political awakening that was saying currently in hong kong sarah clarke in hong kong thank you very much still ahead on al jazeera chaos in haiti we'll tell you what's causing it and what the people on t

no more life of hong kong over to mark the 5th anniversary of the umbrella movement a rally was held next to hong kong's seat of government hundreds of thousands gathered in tomar park. as with most of the larger protest events there was anger directed at police they've been accused of using excessive force against demonstrators. a surveillance helicopter hovering over the rally a target of the protestors lasers pro-democracy leaders say that the success and passion with this protest compared to the umbrella movement 5 years ago is rooted in how it's organized. isaac chang was only 14 when he was out on the streets during the umbrella movement now he's one of the leaders. of a pro-democracy political party born out of the umbrella movement and the defenses of the previous wolf that they will face and it's. the previous will have the winds and all i say so while leading the whole campaign it was he also says there are many people driving the protests now in their 17th weekend as the range of issues is much larger than 5 years ago bringing out people of all ages and. as with many of th

they were marking five years since the start of what became known as the umbrella movement, a campaign greater democratic freedom under chinese rule. from hong kong, here's our china correspondent, john sudworth. the everyday object that lent its name to a movement was in use again. five years after it first shielded the protesters from the pepper spray and tear gas. in 2014, the umbrella protests faded away. but this year they're back with a vengeance — in far more violent form. we have no choice. like, we can't go back. imean... for me, like... if we lose this time, hong kong cannot survive for more than another five years. the anniversary began calmly enough, with thousands joining a peaceful rally. but this is now a deeply divided society. with those who fear that hong kong's freedoms are being eroded... ..pitted against often ugly confrontation against the supporters of chinese rule. this man, beaten for carrying a chinese flag by those who say they are fighting to protect freedom of speech. by the end of the night, the centre of hong kong was a battleground once more. so the prot

by the students who went on to form a political party now the current protests as with the umbrella movement are a push back on increasing control from china scott hyla takes a look at how the movements compare. born and raised in hong kong helen chan looks at the recreate of a main symbol of the territory's umbrella movement a so-called lenin wall this is the site of the 1st that went up in 2014. 5 years on protesters are again building them to post messages and themes that have brought millions out to the streets while helen agrees with the focus of what's happening now she did not back then she believes freedoms are being stripped away and the situation now is more urgent in the amber and a movement to me i think it's only me it just the yanks this matter and they that it's pricing full it's almost that the needs and i'm already out for more than 60 years old. old woman and i just asked for the the peace and there are. no more life or phone call over to mark the 5th anniversary of the umbrella movement a rally was held next to hong kong's seat of government hundreds of thousands gathered

for here of course was the face of the umbrella movement back in 24 tane and its time it is made this announcement today on the 5th anniversary of the umbrella movement of the occupy hong kong demonstrations he's a 22 year old who's never run for politics before but he's the co-founder of the dems to start party which is approaching mopsy group which had a couple of the people elected in the last election into the lives of council building because they were the spot of 5 so this he. his decision to run it is significant and here's what he had to say earlier on so that. you would think in those days the 1st is that you should know better what to move play. this more time since the summer all this whole time i'm the few that's high road is essential to put pressure on the hong kong government and also president seeking to show that we are determined to fight for the part of the 5 demands universal suffrage which made for a good action. last month we saw a surge in numbers of people who were registering to vote and these upcoming just election district elections and that particular surge

joshua when he was the face of the occupy hong kong movement the umbrella revolution back in 24 change of course he's been to jail numerous times on the law . years of the last 5 years and to die on such that he's announced that he will run for the city's upcoming district by district election so that is a 22 year old and this particular election he's running for it it's a probably a lower level municipal organization but this could fast track in through the lips of council election or the parliament which is here behind me now it's the 1st time he's running for politics but he did co-found the dimiss isto a political party and a number of his colleagues were democratically elected and the democrats are party but they were disqualified but not long after his were just one had decided early on saturday. to who think you know is the force is that you should know before you move play bledsoe. this more time since the summer all this whole time my mom can be that high rolling playing host is essential to put pressure on the hong kong government and also to president. we have common point f

many similarities in terms of that demands back of it crucially the umbrella movement failed in the eyes of many people they didn't win the concessions that they wanted from beijing so a lot of people here say that they need to learn from mistakes that were made during that movement 5 years ago you said one of the what they've done is they tried to diversify and they didn't become more creative now the protests back in 2014 was launched estatic they occupied right around government complex what we see now is a process is adopt the structure. see that they're calling the water water is actually means that the fluids keep away from riot police and keep up the events and throughout the evening so the protests can continue long into the night protesters are also trying to come up with different ways of making their voices heard without taking to the streets to see a human chain is happening we've seen huge levels walls of messages left by protesters urging that these calling these a democratic reforms that they're looking for that is how they want to keep up their men to and of course to kee

more than a decade later occupy central also known as the umbrella movement propelled a new generation of pro-democracy activists to international prominence day included then 17 year old joshua wang was later among the leaders convicted and jailed the activists at the heart of the protest had already been mobilizing for several years spurred on by a crackdown on mainland dissidents and concerns about beijing's encroachments into the territory. a sit in to demand free elections lasted 79 days. it was the most serious challenge to beijing's of thoresby in hong kong. until the protests that erupted in june this year sparked by a proposed extradition bill to allow of suspects to be transferred to mainland china activists said built on the lessons learned during the umbrella movement. they've proved highly organized using guerrilla style tactics as well as mass marches and says in. the message they won't give a punk songs autonomy with a fife. thank you. and pro-democracy activist joshua wong is with me in the studio joshua welcome and welcome to berlin in fact at an event last evening her

these are the same streets which were occupied five years ago in the umbrella movement. mood is so different. then, it was like a mass, peaceful sit in. now it's much more tense. we have water cannon down the end of the road there, spraying water with blue dye in it. there are people here smashing up government buildings. the authorities, in the lead—up to the 70th anniversary of the communist party coming to power in china, are not prepared to tolerate the type or the levels of disturbance that they were prepared to put up with weeks ago. you can see here these activists do not want to get arrested. the mere hint of the police coming through — and they've all taken off, you can see. . . ..how many people are now coming through here. i mean, just minutes ago, thousands of protesters were occupying this road. that street is now empty, and they've all come down here — and now walking up because the police are in the underground train station, so they can't go there. for that reason, protesters are walking out. the polls have now closed in afg hanistan‘s presidential electi

it was yet another sign of how much things have changed since the umbrella movement. no one person local was in charge no one could tell these protesters what to do. away from the front lines the protest remained peaceful. up on a bridge filmmaker yang and a group of academics and artists were on a hunger strike. originally from mainland china he now lives in exile in hong kong off to making a film critical of the mainland justice system if enacted the extradition will could be used on him domino watson's ashoka editing to repair the whole. side of the phone and she was xanga to i.u. the present 1000 shouted things up each year marrying your jesus. by late afternoon some protesters on the front lines getting restless. outside the main entrance of the legislative council building demonstrates is charged police lines police responded. with rubber bullets. and then tear gas driving school protesters in the area including those not involved in clashes towards the entrance of a nearby building. puts it shed on social media shows a near stampede as hemmed in on 3 sides by p

protests in hong kong to mark the 5 year anniversary of the umbrella movement into another chance to send a message to china. zimbabwe's former leader robert mugabe is to be buried shortly after a dispute about where he should be laid to rest. i don't know major sporting shock minister pat upset one of the world's best bump is world cup. polls close in afghanistan's 4th presidential election voters have had to brave violence to cast their ballots at least 5 explosions were reported a polling centers across the country in addition many stations didn't even open tony berkeley reports now from kabul. a city in lockdown the streets of kabul almost deserted on election day those polling stations open the biggest and tightest security operation ever in the capital was under way the taliban had warned people not to vote and it didn't take long before the group carried out its threats. and a mortar round was fired in the grounds of a school where voting was taking place a number of people were injured it was one of a series of taliban attacks around the country 2 north of kabul one in helman

and in the coming days we have more protests today is about is about the anniversary of the umbrella movement but on the weekend on sunday we have more rallies in the lead up to china's national day which on tuesday and that's a public holiday in hong kong as well as in china and this is the anniversary of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china and places certainly preparing for potentially violent clashes between the 2 opposition can't . choose time. in hong kong thank you very much for the update. police in nigeria say they freed more than $300.00 male students held captive in a building in the northern city of could do you know some were found with chains around their ankles they say some of the students as young as 9 years old was sexually abused and tortured. this place is an. islamic school because you have small children some of them are brought for neighboring countries like you know fossil miley. the children gathered here for all of us all over the county here some of them why even change i use human eyes i'm a dangerous has more from the. police say

protesters who gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of a pro—democracy campaign known as the umbrella movementriot police dispersed protesters after activists threw petrol bombs and damaged government offices. afghanistan's incumbent president, ashraf ghani, has appealed to taliban militants to respect the people's choice in saturday's general election and end the war. the country's election commission extended voting by two hours, but turnout appears to have been low. several people died in taliban attacks on polling stations. reports in the us media say the white house has imposed unusual levels of secrecy on transcripts of some of president donald trump's calls with foreign leaders. they come as an impeachment investigation into president trump over his administration's dealing with ukraine is gathering pace in congress. doctors are heralding an extraordinary transformation, in the treatment of a deadly form of skin cancer. ten years ago, advanced melanoma was seen as untreatable, but a clinical trial shows half of patients are now surviving for at least five years. the drugs involved targe

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all of this was happening on the anniversary of that umbrella movement.t movement pretty much peaceful. but this has become more violent by the week. they don't want any violence here to overshadow the fess it in beijing. in fact saturday night we saw a much tougher approach from the police. they acted early to break up violent actions. even targeting we in the media at the site of the demonstrations and away from it. we saw searches at bus stops and shopping areas trying to get people off the treats before they cause more problems in the weeks and months ahead. these pro-democracy demonstrations have been going on for four months now. we were here at the beginning and saw it beginning to change, tracking into violence, but also some success as well. at the rally saturday night the slogan was, we are back. it's unclear if the authorities here will allow this to go forward. jon: the house intelligence committee telling members to prepare to return to d.c. for possible hearings as democrats move full speed ahead with the impeachment process. could their eff

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years ago for the umbrella movement. this has evolved into something very different. the first time they used tear gas they had just arrived from the assignment in istanbul. it was shocking for people here in hong kong to see police use tear gas against hong kong citizens. people have gas masks. theme know to stay home, to expect public transportation in areas like where we are, admiralty, and other places where protests are going to be taking place will be shut down. you wonder if this is going to keep happening, even after october 1st. if this has now become something that the young people feel is just part of their life, something that they have to do to fight for their future they feel is very much in jeopardy if mainland china does not allows things like freedom of expression, does not allow people to select their own leaders. and that's one thing they say will not be allowed. >> will ripley, stand by for just a moment. i want to remind our viewers what we have seen. if we could pull up images from earlier to take t