To run for city council. Plus a tornado rips through luxembourg and a deadly typhoon battered china with heavy rain will bring you the latest on the devastation wrought by the worlds increasingly volatile weather. Im michael ok welcome to the show. In hong kong there have been renewed clashes between police and prodemocracy activists police fired tear gas at protesters who were holding unauthorized demonstrations in 2 locations its the 10th straight weekend of protests that were triggered by opposition to a proposed law that would have allowed extradition from hong kong to Mainland China activists held a number of other protesters earlier in the day that remained peaceful including a sit in at hong kong airport. At the airport protesters assembled for a 2nd day to greet passengers arriving in the city drawing International Attention to their cause saturday morning also saw a rather tranquil rally in support of the prodemocracy movement it brought together families demanding a stable and free future the wave of protests began 3 months ago in opposition to draft legislation to allow suspects in criminal cases to be tried in Mainland China but the demands have widened. Im worried if the extradition law to china is imposed or this movement of ours is a failure my kids might have no democracy or freedom and a lot of things will be taken over by the mainlanders. A group of elderly people also submitted petition letters to the police and the authorities to stop and investigate what they call violence against the protesters especially a clashes in july. The reputation of the Hong Kong Police was so good for more than a decade but it was completely destroyed on july the 21st i dont know how many years it will take to restore the trust of the people i was on at the same time there was smaller demonstrations in front of several police stations in support of the police the people gather to express their thanks and called on others to say thank you whenever they meet officers on friday various business groups also called on the people of hong kong to support the police and to reflect on the chaos and the economic him. Pact of the protests. The average income of taxi drivers has decreased nearly 40 percent over the past 2 months. I appealed you to stop and think if the situation continues our hong kong really is heading towards a dead end. This is probably the kind of thing the communist leadership in beijing wants to hear and once people around the world to hear as it seeks to boost resistance to the prodemocracy movement in hong kong. Hes alive and up close for us in hong kong she good evening all day weve been reporting about a number of peaceful protests there but now it appears were seeing a return to confrontations between police and protesters what can you tell us. Where the u. S. And hong kong. They have occupied to roles and im sorry if i where we are and police have. Gas. Has just been shot here at times and you have nothing but the police. Operation. However the protest. To stay still in one area now they moved in hong kong like they have been trying to. Be. In the. Tunnel and they are now moving to the heart of hong kong to move to the urban area of hong kong to try to occupy that role but there so as we can see the protesters they are taking small protests. And. Tonight and theyre trying to move very quickly between different districts to try to like this from the transportation and also. To. Police so be a long night and. We know there are. Thank you so much and of course stay safe. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least 57. 00 people have died in tanzania after an overturned fuel truck exploded people in the east african nation were siphoning petrol from the vehicle at a busy intersection when the blast happened some reports suggest a lit cigarette was to blame. North korea has fired 2 unidentified projectiles from the site on its eastern coast theyve landed in the sea of japan according to south koreas military john yang has called other recent rocket test a warning to seoul over its plans to continue military drills with the United States russias state Nuclear Agency says 5 Staff Members were killed during the testing of a rocket engine on thursday local authorities near the military site in northwestern russia reported a brief spike in radiation levels during the accident but theres been no official explanation for why an accident like this would cause radiation despite millions. China has issued a red alert its highest warning after typhoon the kima made landfall south of shanghai the storm has battered coastal areas bringing heavy rain its now headed northwards with the countrys most populous city in its path 18 people have already been confirmed dead more than a dozen are missing and hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes as the typhoon. Here in western europe theres been wild weather too as a rare tornado ripped through there south of tiny luxembourg ravaging homes and injuring 19 people. A menace not usually seen in skies over western europe. Police said a tornado with winds beads of 130 kilometers an hour left a trail of devastation over some 5 kilometers in southwest luxembourg. Emergency services reported more than a 1000 calls within minutes the storm damaged more than 150 homes forcing authorities to set up homeless shelters residents have been warned to stay away from downed power lines. Across the border from luxembourg Severe Weather also affected parts of germany 15 Football Players were hurt in a Lightning Strike in the southwestern town of those involved high they can some one football match is an open air advance in other cities were also disrupted. In luxembourg shocked residents and tongues are cleaning up after the storm the government has set up a crisis team to help coordinate relief and cleanup efforts. As russian president Vladimir Putin marks 20 years in power thousands of opposition supporters have gathered to protest for democratic local elections in the capital moscow protesters have gathered for the rally alongside a heavy contingent of riot police are calling for opposition candidates to be allowed to run in septembers Moscow City Hall of elections as after all the oppositions candidates were ruled ineligible for the poll this is the largest Opposition Movement in russia since 2012 with police detaining thousands so far this summer. D. W. Correspondent emily sure when joins us now from russia emily. Greetings whats going on where you are right now. While im at the protest that you were referring to on software of course the prospect in the middle of moscow now and you might be able to see that the whole avenue is kind of filled with people full with people all the way to the end as far as the eye can see. This morning you wolf so when one of the opposition candidates who has been pushing to register for the election was arrested most of the independent candidates who were pushing to register have been rearrested this week dorothys say that they have been organizing unauthorized rallies and that they have been organizing on the rest even this rally today is authorized by the author already is and it seems much bigger than the ones that weve seen in the past few weeks people here are chanting for freedom chanting for the independent candidates to be registered and several celebrities including well known musicians and well known bloggers have called for people to come out today in the streets of moscow as well. I mean how realistic is it that the protestors will succeed with the key demand and that is of course if the opposition can. The dates be allowed to take part in the local election. I think the chances that the independent candidates will be registered at this point is basically 0 in fact the Central Election Commission here in russia this week finally decided or get gave their final decision on many of them and said that they wouldnt be registered let me tell you again what is happening here essentially the independent candidates who want to register to run in the upcoming Moscow Parliament elections in september they have to collect a certain amount of signatures in their district and the independent candidates say they did that the author already say that those many of those signatures were invalid that they contained socalled dead souls so people who dont exist people who are already dead the independent candidates say no the author already is kind of didnt register them on purpose and made mistakes when putting the names of their signatures into the database on purpose so theyre claiming that this is really a soft an attack on democracy in russia in general and that its about much more than just moscow city elections. And really sure when in moscow 1st thank you so much. Hundreds of people have attended a Prayer Service in berlin to show solidarity with the rabbi who was assaulted in the german capital German Foreign ministry heiko mosque was among those who attended the service in a synagogue on friday the attack took place 2 weeks ago by 2 arabic speaking men as the rabbi walked home with his son after conducting a service at the synagogue its the latest in a string of recent antisemitic attacks in germany. Synagogue is rabbi yehuda titles workplace it isnt far from where he was recently attacked it happened on his way home from services 2 men approached hurling insults in german in arabic and also spat on him its fun to tear the fish. It was dramatic my child was with me. I was really shaken should not. Antisemitism is growing again in germany the hate and violence directed at jews come largely from the far right although the Muslim Community also bears some responsibility. Experts are taking note of these new forms of antisemitism as mentioned. Jews getting spat at on the streets which weve seen in berlin and recently in munich this is particularly degrading. You have dishonesty and we can if. Young jews in germany are also concerned but they arent running away. We are making a statement. Against me a strong confident position and to them just and i myself havent experienced any antisemitism. But i read and hear a lot about it and its shocking yes look at me rabbi tiesto isnt staying quiet. For most gun startups i have to make clear time there is no tolerance for intolerance we have to say it loudly we want a colorful positive society that respects everyone should respect its and. Hes praying for peace and tolerance a show of defiance against antisemitism busy. A bit of sport now and we turn to tennis where american Serina Williams moved into the semifinals of the Rogers Rogers cup and toronto by beating ny only osaka japan it was a much more quiet affair compared to the u. S. Open encounter the 2 had last year when williams had many words with the young pyar in this match up williams led early on in the 1st set winning it 63 in the 2nd the 23 time grand slam champion continued to dominate but had a scare when she ran into the net trying to chase down. Shot her to her right arm nevertheless she played on also taking the 2nd set 64. 00 williams will now me check qualifier memory which. Was the. Youre watching news from berlin up next a documentary about the kurds in Northern Syria between conflict and democracy and michael local will be back with more news at the top of the hour thanks for joining. Us 1st day in school. Or 1st a conning less of a minute doras grandma with her arrives. Joining a reckoning on her journey back to freedom. 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