A nearby weapons testing range authorities cancel an Evacuation Order and downplay the danger is that a cover up. Plus a woman makes soccer history she will take charge of a major mens match in European Competition for the 1st time tonight stephanie from pos steps up to referee liverpool against chelsea in the super cup. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us flights are taking off again at Hong Kong International airport as authorities introduce new security measures the airport had been shut down by 2 days of mass protests that at times turned violent and thats touched off some soul searching among protest organizers many have apologized through signs and tweets but they insist that their cause is just Chinas Hong KongAffairs Office has condemned yesterdays violence calling it a terrorist like but protesters have vowed to carry on with their campaign for democracy. From kiryas to cal Hong Kong International starting to resemble an airport once again this morning passengers on the move departure boards no longer a sea of red cancellations the signs of the crippling protest still visible on disc one to travelers to. Not the protesters but at the end of the day were going to stop the blind protesters because were the ones caught in the middle of the sandwich. And you know arm already 2 days late getting to where im going to be. Thats costing me money the Airport Authority was not visible to all the condos were simply closed all gone you closed the condos. Hours earlier riot Police Clashed with protesters a mob cornered one officer snatching his box on. The floor he drew his gun remarkably no one was killed. Elsewhere the captured this man believed to be an undercover policeman. He was kicked and beaten. Eventually made it wheeled him to safety. Council authority said the violence amounted to torture these large number of protesters were surrounding and attacking Police Officers and vehicles some were even pointing laser beams in the negotiation carter officer who was trying to defuse the situation and help extricate the injured visitors. They were causing a queue or it seems threatening the safety of everyone on site now though concerns of a much bigger conflict these images appear to show Chinese Military build up in a stadium just over the border in shens and. Thats consistent with mainland media reports and raises the specter of an unprecedented confrontation on the streets of hong kong. And we can speak to joshua wang he is a Student Activist the secretary general of the prodemocracy party demi so sisto hes also been taking part in these protests joshua thank you for joining us i want to ask you about some of the images that we saw from the airport yesterday there were some ugly scenes of clashes between protesters and police there we also saw protesters attacking the 2 men they believed to have been from Mainland China have these protests gotten out of hand with experienced life threatening weapons were used by poll is when police fired more than 2000 kick ass in the past 2 months and eretz 700 activists including one young lady restart in permanent blindness because of 5 bullets of riot police however no one would love to see you clash and it went even further in any kind of protests thats why we still continue to hope jeff walker pisco wade to uphold and to show up with them on no matter the urgent government to terminate at the extradition bill stop Police Brutality and with our course for free election boards i hope people around the world could aware that how Hong Kong Government official just stayed behind of those riot police and keep silence they are the ones who are congo every supposed to respond to peoples demands but they are just serving the interests of beijing be the puppet of communist authorities ok so youre saying youre protecting yourselves in the face of print Police Brutality i just read and weve seen these images of chinese troop carriers on the move to hong kong and we also saw the office on hong kong a ferris calling these terrorist like incidents these are very strong words are you worried about a crackdown coming from Mainland China. Or class should not be defined or so is kind of chilling if i generated by beijing i urge World Leaders should prefer new tenement square massacre in hong kong happen again then they should be dont want freedom and democracy we know that the protest is just a fight in court a fundamental right we have to elect to our own government now whether people agree or disagree on that the minds of people sending troops and the whole call to suppress one protest absolutely should not be the solution i hope will busy be do is put it to shop around the world no matter the Prime Minister or the president they should speak out and Pay Attention to the chaos generated by care woodland and president xi jinping in hong kong just how can i ask what are you and protesters fighting for at the moment the start of these protests started surrounding an extradition bail to Mainland China if that were to be permanently withdrawn would that mean that the protests would also stop protests well call and when you in every week and until International Day because we are not only urging government to terminate appeal we are also asking for the right to elect our own government we hope to have a genuine universal suffrage to get a vote to vote in an election thats the fundamental right enjoyed by people in europe since last century but hong kong is do have a long talk with democracy and we would never step backward and we would Never Surrender under the hot light rule of come this regime cheshire you said you also want the right to elect your own government you were one of the leaders of the Umbrella Movement back in 2014 fighting precisely for that the right to vote for your own candidates to represent your territory but that did not happen so do you think that these protests will be successful. In the back row all they pick versus goliath is not a easy and simple battle we might face a lot of crackdown and suppression but we would never expect that word because hall is the place where people stay in the forefront to call for an authoritarian rule just like its burning in the last century and we will continue to as theyve we get that genuine democracy and we hope people around the world can be our allies to support us. Right activists joshua wang speaking to us now from hong kong thank you a so much for joining us on the program thank you thank you lets get a roundup now some other stories making news around the world italy is marking one year since the genoa bridge collapse that killed 43. 00 and injured many more political leaders and hundreds of locals are holding a Memorial Service in the city and a section of the bridge gave way during a thunderstorm last august sending dozens of vehicles on to Railway Tracks below. Hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires increase as the largest blazes burning out of control on a nature reserve on the island of north of athens 4 villages in a monastery and evacuated authorities have declared a state of emergency in the area. 2 new treatments for the deadly ebola disease are now being offered to all patients in the democratic republic of congo after a trial there showed that survival rates were up to 90 percent a major Ebola Outbreak in the country has killed already at least 1800 people. Here in germany there are concerns that the country could be headed towards a recession the latest growth figures show that europes largest economy shrank by their 0 point one percent in the last quarter thats after showing sluggish growth in the 1st 3 months of this year and none at the end of last year at this slumps being blamed on a fall in sales of Machine Parts also with global trade troubles now if the economy contracts again in the next quarter germany would officially be in a recession. We have christopher business with us to tell us more about the story how christofferson so explain whats behind this slump but much of it can be linked to a dispute that germany is actually part of its a trade spat between the United States and china and in light of that the overall climate for companies exporting to the United States has soured also a direct result of it is that demand in china which is the 2nd largest economy in the world has gone down so much less demand for for german products there as well. Also the auto sector traditionally very strong in germany has had its fair share of problems in the last couple of years that added also to the polls that weve seen in the 2nd quarter now domestic consumption does remain strong but in an economy thats still heavily depending on the open and free trade its mainly the global uncertainty thats feeding directly into industrial sectors. Of all sectors its the hitherto invincible industrial sector thats begun to drag on germanys economy for years its been the driving force behind the recovery but no longer german Industrial Production in june 29000 was 5 point 2 percent down on june last year thats the largest reversal since the Global Financial crisis and recession 10 years ago exports of also long been a pillar of the economy also a thing of the past right now germanys exports in june 29th. 8 percent lower than in june 28th. Companies are dealing with a number of factors the trade war between the us and china is exerting a drag on the Global Economy. Fee is also surround brags that the u. K. Is impending departure from the e. U. Germanys Energy Transition to switch to Sustainable Energy sources is still very much work in progress and adding to the countrys woes its Flagship Auto industry is struggling with home troubles they include the notorious diesel emissions scandal the conversion to electric drive systems and problems with digitalisation in general. This years are combining to weigh on Overall Economic output. And with the outlook not appearing too promising either it could well be that the e. U. Is number one economy is heading steadily towards recession. So chris how bad would it really be if germany were to fall into recession well that depends on how severe the recession actually is i mean we were sort of in the same kind of situation back in 20122013 there was a small recession but you know in hindsight it was much much more of a statistical occurrence and by the looks of it despite the Global Economy having slowdown Global Growth having slowed down we are far away from the major downturn that we saw in 2009 however its true Economic Growth has been weak for a year theres theres been a stagnation around the end of last year little growth at the beginning of the year now contraction again and economists say that this does hovering around the rate of stagnation would actually be an indicator that the whole Business Model that germany has might be running out just right so what is the German Government actually doing about this little so far yesterday a chance that anglo metal reiterated that yes the German Economy may be facing difficult times but she doesnt see the need for a Stimulus Program yet she says the government would act as the Situation Requires in light of the fresh figures that came out earlier today the economy minister floated the idea of lowering taxes for corporations for example but there are people that say now would be the time to act rather than waiting until the downturn has worsened now would be the time to act when the economy is still in somewhat somewhat good shape and they are calling for an Investment Program into digitalisation something that would be rather good for the country into infrastructure and into means that would combat Climate Change but so far no word on that from the German Government all right chris october from business thank you very much for. To russia now and the kremlin says it is winning the race to develop cutting edge Nuclear Weapons that is despite last weeks deadly explosion at a military testing site in northern russia authorities ordered the evacuation of a nearby village only to cancel it hours later local officials had reported a spike in radiation levels which Russias Defense Ministry denied for many this denial echoes soviet era attempts to cover up serious disasters a town between mourning and a sense of unease has all relevant information about last weeks incident really being released 5 leading scientists were among the 7 who died in an explosion the coolest high levels of radiation to be released into the atmosphere there being on a National Heroes with officials praising their efforts to control the situation. The testing range in your knocks on the white sea is the same site where the soviet atomic bomb was developed directives from the sites Nuclear Research center gave an assessment of last weeks incident. It was a chain of tragic events following an initial analysis the man tried to get it under control unfortunately without success. According to experts in washington the incident was connected to the development of new powerful new pm mistrials during an engine test liquid fuel allegedly called light causing an explosion u. S. Scientists say that that should not have released radiation but thats exactly what happened. Radiation levels following the incident only for an hour. That say experts suggests the engineer was Nuclear Power and. That the russian Nuclear Research center near the city of several advanced Nuclear Submarines have built and fitted out with atomic weapons there have been similar such accidents in the past though most are not revealed to the public what is clear is that radiation levels here 30 kilometers from the site of last weeks explosion remain 20 times above the normal level. Residents near the testing site on nervous regularly monitoring radiation levels with their own kids those in the locality were initially told they would have to evacuate then came the clear though not from environmentalists. As far as 30 kilometers from the end. Depending on which substances were. Iodine tablets only limited protection against possible radiation exposure local pharmacists infomed people about the associated risks but they say that didnt put many off. People were panicking in an alice weeks old iodine tablets and medicine. Russia is determined to develop weapons that travel vast distances at the speed of sound outpacing any Missile Defense systems. Right now it seems it still has a way to go. Lets bring in our correspondent yury rich chateau he is covering the story for us from moscow hi yuri so 5 Nuclear Scientists killed and there was an Evacuation Order issued and then withdrawn what do we actually know about the severity of this Nuclear Accident at this point. So yesterday there has been contradictory information for example about whether the area where it has happened has to be evacuated on nor is it shows that the all sorts is probably dont really know how to manage the situation and preferred typical russian secretiveness instead of through severity of course we shouldnt jump through to conclusions now like us president of the trump infused beat into each year old United States could learn much from the failed to miss out explosion in russia whatever means and whatever the world can learn from the russian secretiveness however here in moscow you mention it to the minister of defense had claimed that there was no increase at all the authorities in several divisions because the city that is located 30 kilometers away to the explosion they 1st had reported a short term increase in the right activity but as then this information disappeared suddenly from their official site so nearly a week after the explosion we still have very little trustable information about what happened during how is Russian Media reporting on this and what are russians saying about it. Well carol dont talk that too much to this accident he in russia although the radiation went up by 16 times last week according to the russian state where the edges are but all information sumi appears only in tiny pieces to the public at the beginning russian state backed media tried to ignore the explosion russia scores to each other for example coverage of the accident 2 days later on saturday in the evening news and hid the message in the Health Minutes report at the same time people in several of the fields had already bolted pills in the pharmacies to protect themselves. To read the script potentially being a setback for the Russian Missile program what can you tell us about russias nuclear aspirations. Well look at the russian army claims that the missile tests will continue as planned but its clear that the russians did not look good off of this disaster and after that to beat off donald trump and now its all fish oil at least from the american side washington has identified that the missile which you are talking about is apparently the Cruise Missile skyfall the russian lame is a body of a stick it sounds like. Fades to me but we are talking at precisely about that the russian president Vladimir Putin had to present it a year ago as a kind of miracle weapon or a major. In the arms race with United States but once again the ministry of defense in moscow is going to continue its Nuclear Program and to carry out further weapon tests youre rachet are reporting for us in moscow thank you very much. 2 Music Companies have cancelled the parents is by opera singer classical domingo that comes after numerous allegations of Sexual Harassment and inappropriate behavior against the 78 year old in a statement a man go call the accusations deeply troubling he said he believed his interactions and relationships were always welcome and consensual a los angeles opera with a star tenor is a general director is launching an investigation. And lets bring in rick focus from good of you culture for more on the story hi rick so what exactly ag zacchaeus posse though the middle being accused of here and who is accusing him well theres talk of singers and one dancer of these 9 women have come forth all of them anonymous except for one and her name is Patricia Wolf she has and they have all said it had to do with promises of Career Opportunities or the threat of discontinuation if you did know that if they did not agree to sexual relations most are. Calling this a source of considerable distress with long term consequences its also been announced that he himself interestingly said im sorry if ive caused discomfort or pain to anyone but he says clearly the mors in the business are different now than they were a few years ago which isnt in admission of guilt but its kind of an acknowledgement that one isnt she in changing times no rick you mentioned consequences and were already seeing a number of offer companies canceling a schedule appearances by domingo that is going to have financial consequences for him of course but what if locations is it likely to have for the wider opera world. Well you know a sign of this is the ambiguity of it and the thing that. It was considered an open secret another example is james look behind where people always said yes this stuff is going on but it was tolerated for decades. The changing situation now is when the suspect in that these 2 or maybe just the tip of the iceberg and that sexual coercion or harassment or inappropriate behavior is really endemic in the Classical Music world and i would imagine that revolutions like this will be coming forth more and more its that the women are the people in this case because it does apply to both sexes who do come forth require in mens courage and they must not be doubted and here were talking together in this it case of domingo alone about 3 dozen people have come forth like i said most of them anonymous and we are seeing more revelations like the since the launch of the me too movement of more people speaking out about Sexual Harassment is that leading to a change i think so. It is kind of a question of patrice you wolf herself said she only wanted to stop this culture of silence and indeed i think well be seeing more and more of that as time goes on all right brick folkert from date of you culture speaking with us thank you very much football news now and history will be made tonight in the u. A. E. For a super cup for the 1st time ever a woman will referee a major mens match and European Competition frances stephanie will take charge of the all england clash between liverpool and chelsea in turkey. Bowl is the venue for the latest milestone in the career of stephanie for. The french referee has already taken charge of the womens World Cup Final and a mens game in a countrys top league now she will officiate the usa for super cup but doesnt feel like she has to stand out from male counterparts. I dont think so i think is the same we had to prove i was physically digne and tactically that we have the same that demand so im not afraid about that. I think nothing changed from the respective coaches say theyre proud to be part of the landmark game. Because so many things in the world which we are still obviously not. Smart enough to make the right decisions that are very very smart decision that we finally can bring a bowman for to be a referee of a very very important game in a big game in front of millions of people who very places are on place we are placed a historical moment more strict in the right direction of the super cup is notable for a noble reason its the 1st between 2 english clubs with european champions livable taking on Europa League winners chelsea but its just another game for. Despite the newfound fame of course my chair my god change because i am more popular now in order words i was on saw a point in the 1st league in france so i know the feeling i know. The strategy you will have 2 female assistant referees but company. If stumbo is ready for a piece of football history. Or minor now of our top stories here on d w protesters have apologized for disrupting flights at hong kong to traditional airports during 2 days of protests operations have now resumed a new security measures are restricting access to beijing out slamming the demonstrations calling them a terrorist like actions and germanys economy shrank in the 2nd quarter raising concerns that the country is heading towards a recession the Government Statistics Agency blames those 0 point one percent contraction on global trade conflicts and on certainty overprints its. Tough but you can always get the w. News on the go download or out from google play or from the out store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as follows push notifications for any breaking news and you can use the date of the op to send us photos and your videos. Coming up next made in germany were looking at the false promise of easy money and when asked whether g. D. P. 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