To its users conversations after having long dismissed rumors that he did and used such thing. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program more tear gas in hong kong as hundreds of protesters gathered outside a Police Station and yet another violent clash in the territory prodemocracy demonstrations have been marching along on a Residential District the latest clash following 2 days of mass protest at Hong Kong International airport that at times turned violent. Correspondent tb kong is standing by with the very latest from hong kong now and we are just hearing these fresh reports of protests that that just kicked up again in hong kong as evening falls what more do we know. Yes suppose test says they originally they can enhance i. F. A. Stations in downtown hong kong slice to mock any old goat festival which is such as issue no chinese religious festival and protest as open ended press has traditionally read shows like burning paper offerings and praise all that things over there and some of them and as a gathering eli they events point later scenes at the Police Station with people also chant logos against Police Excessive force essentially the wrong call saying the injuries of the lady earlier over the weekend and Holding Center they wanted to pose has that and also they accuse the coach passes off a selfie offices by race appointed but then those have says they refused to leave and actually says no there actually is a whole confrontation the clue to how to essentially as we have seen all the pictures that essentially police say 5 rounds of tear gas is the 1st protest says flu point they said seems like 2 or 3 times as all the Police Stations and what isnt really incredible so far is really just a sense of resolve among these protestors cv it seems like these clashes have really become the new norm. Well you pick just like cheikh as like over the city becoming like you long as you have mentioned that is the also the impression amount many of the hong kong citizens because even though the police there explaining theyre using the minimum force to Disperse Protesters as. We. A have become quite frequently used buttons to the 1st protest says no matter what they see. There is what i see sicko confrontational not like tonight who has said he didnt like strike us out felipe sees the cleavers ugly face creams uses tons of leaves so there are a few like several protests upcoming in the coming 2 days so i think this will be as you have mentioned in the foreseeable future and its a developing situation on the ground this evening phebe kong with the very latest on what is happening there in hong kong thank you. Meantime hong kongs International Airport has now reopened following 2 days of mass protests Chinas Hong KongAffairs Office has condemned yesterdays violence calling it terrorists like a ramp up in rhetoric during the territories long summer of on rest. From kiryas to cam Hong Kong International starting to resemble an airport once again this morning passengers on the move departure board no longer a sea of red cancellations the signs of the crippling protest still visible on disc one to travelers to. Stop the protesters but at the end of the day were going to stop the blank 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 baton. Before 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 large number of protesters were surrounding and attacking Police Officers and vehicles some were even pointing laser beams and then he goes asian carter officer who was trying to defuse the situation and help extricate the injured visitors. Through a course at your 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 that is consistent with mainland media report and raises the specter of an unprecedented confrontation on the streets of hong kong. And were joined here in the studio now by didi kirsten tallow journalist an expert on china and hong kong welcome to the program we had this apology from the protesters for the disruption at the airport what do you make of that you know that was a really good step i think because it shows a thoughtfulness reflectiveness about whats going on and i think it also shows a way towards some kind of a compromise now with the protestors also saying ok this is a really terrible situation but if they make a step forward perhaps the government could consider also coming a step forward and this is this is the only way that this is going to be resolved through compromise at this point however we have seen from the chinese side though you know stronger rhetoric coming from them they now say that these protests are near terrorist acts what do you make of the potential chances that we can see this further defend into a more descent excuse me into a more violent situation you know well this is our huge fear as hong kong is and i can i have to say its absolutely terrifying for a lot of people the sort of the i mean the militia on the streets i think that the rhetoric is frightening its designed to be frightening that doesnt mean it doesnt mean anything it does mean something but one has to simply say were not there yet everyone just stay calm and i think again both sides need to stop making compromises beijing is raising more and more red flags thats clear through the language in the language matters a lot but there is still some room to go the International Community has been putting on pressure for those compromises to be made german chancellor Angela Merkel commenting today calling for a peaceful resolution to the situation we also have the United States warning about swift consequences if china terms of violent crackdown how important are these International Responses this china really care at the end of the you know i think they do care and a lot of people will say that they dont that theyre going to do what theyre going to do because its a tough regime its. One party state statistic tator ship however i think trying to does care about its International Image about how its perceived by the west i think it truly wants to be seen as you know civilized now sending the army and isnt particularly civilized frankly and you know it happened in beijing in 1809. 00 it was a total disaster for its image for decades do they really want that happening again in hong kong exactly 30 years later and just as she really want to be seen as a regime that basically subdue cities by force of arms thats the question and i think they are prepared to do it if they feel they have to but i really really wish hope and pray that we dont get there and that compromise is the way forward and there i see the Hong Kong Government as having a lot of work to do because they need to compromise as well these fundamental demands of the protesters were actually promised in the basic law i. E. Grace of rights constitutional changes towards self more Self Governance the rights to control their own life and solve problems on the ground and theyre not being held to you know beijing and Hong Kong Government keep pushing it away and away and kicking the can down the road theres a lot of compromise that could be reached if the Hong Kong Government was prepared to do that so much at stake here and we see the sense of resolve resolve on all sides really holding firm lead to their positions due to kirsten taught load journalist an expert on china and hong kong thank you thank you. Well here in germany the latest figures for Economic Growth have fueled concern that the country could be on its way to a recession the economy contracted by 0 point one percent in the quarter to the end of june now thats after posting black cluster growth in the 1st 3 months of the year and none at the end of last year the slump has been attributed to a fall in sales of Machine Parts and cars to china uncertainty over brags that any difficult level trade environment should the economy contract again in the next quarter europes largest economy would be the m. And a recession. As the story behind the numbers were joined now here in the studio by Stephen Barrett from business so the German Economy is shrinking but i mean just just fractionally there tell us more about where the slump is coming from business is coming from the Global Economy we know that its been slowing down for over a year now in fact these numbers have been coming for a while as late as early as last summer we start to see numbers starting to fall off and it was assumed that things were going to get worse and now that is the case and so its widely believed that there could be a technical recession that is 2 quarters in which growth shrinks at the end of next quarter the Global Economy is slowing down even if we dont look at the trade dispute thats been the case the trade dispute is not helping whats important here is that germany is especially vulnerable to the Global Economy when things slow down people making less purchases because so much of their income so many of their companies rely on Global Business in fact there was a Price Waterhouse cooper study from last year really interesting it said that of the trade 24. 00 Industrial Enterprises that are listed in germany the big listing the docs listing and these companies are basically not banks were talking about adidas merrick all the big names you know they derive 80 percent of their revenues from overseas sales and for a company like adidas for example its 94 percent so you can see one purchases start to fall off in places like china then it hits germany now of course the trade dispute is also driving that to. Is obviously a big its a big part of that and so when theres uncertainty then investors are going to pull out so what sort of situation could be below looking at here how bad could it be if germany and has a recession well it looks like the numbers are basically still positive in many areas employment is still low theres a current account surplus here which is another point of contention for other reasons and also domestic consumption has actually improved recently so theres reason to think that ok if something hits that it shouldnt be that fundamentally bad theres also unlike maybe 2009 we saw all the sort of major recession there is not this underlying lack of confidence to to sort of financial situation Something Like the financial collapse that basically happened then so there is reason to believe that if things turn around then things could get better at the wildcard of course is that so much of it is predicated on that global trade situation which is predicated on 2 countries what tools does germany have to improve things stimulus package the main they cant do a whole lot on the on the Monetary Policy side because right its already been so much stimulus there right and were already in negative Interest Rates so that is so little room to cut further lets go back to that current account surplus they have money on the books they can spend that money that is actually controversial topic in germany because the governments going to be conservative they tend not to spend. Where they dont need to spend they tend not to borrow to spend but theres a belief that the domestic economy needs to be gens up to make up for this lack of growth overseas and so that means spending on things like infrastructure like education or like a big climate package deal thats what a lot of people are pushing or lowering corporate taxes thats also what the Business Community is pushing so thats where youre going to see a lot of debate coming up and then of course theres the curveball whats going to happen with brags that and late october is going to be a no deal and then in november are there going to be import tariffs on overseas cars in the u. S. That could also really hurt the German Economy the car industry here huge that would really. Stephen beardsley from the business thank you. Good quick check now some other stories making news around the world italy is marking one year since the general bridge collapsed and killed 43 and injured many more political leaders and hundreds of locals are holding Memorial Services in the city a section of the bridge gave way touring a thunderstorm last august sending dozens of vehicles onto Railway Tracks follow. A Swedish Court has convicted us rapper asap rocky of assaults im given him a suspended sentence the charges stem from street brawl earlier in the year the rapper whose real name is fresh in meyers is not in sweden he was allowed to leave after calls for his release from high profile american artists and from u. S. President donald trump. Hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires in greece the largest blazes burning out of control on a nature reserve on the island of via north of athens 4 villages and a monastery have been evacuated authorities have declared a state of emergency in the area. 16 year old climate activists gratitude has begun a 2 week journey across the atlantic and a racing yacht to further her campaign against Climate Change the swedish team who is behind the fridays for future student strikes plans to attend a United NationsClimate Summit in new york next month and the cop 25. 00 Climate Change conference in santiago chile in december. And a team of professional yachtsmans that fail from plymouth in england on a boat powered only by wind and solar energy. Before she set off she explained why she is crossing the atlantic on the yacht has a list i mean i am not telling anyone what to do or what not to do im just. Doing this because i want to do this myself and i am one of the very very few people in the world who actually can do this and i think i should take that chance to do this you know people who want climates delay use who want to do everything to shift the focus from the Climate Crisis to Something Else or want to to make people question the science and im not worried about that so im just going to do as i as i want to do and us i think will have most impact. To us Classical Music companies have cancelled performances with the spanish opera star placidyl domingo after 9 women said that they were sexually harassed by him as far back as the 1980 s. So far there have been no cancellations by european opera houses and orchestras the 78 year old singer has denied the accusations calling him an accurate. Hes considered one of the most powerful and celebrated singers in the world of opera but soaring tenor voice is now said to have long been accompanied by a story surrounding his treatment of women the recent allegations of Sexual Harassment have resulted in 2 major houses counseling upcoming performances featuring the star the los angeles opera where domingo is general director has also announced an investigation. 8 singers and a dancer told the Associated Press that they were sexually harassed by domingo in encounters that took place over 3 decades. But only one of the 9 women has allowed her name to be used and thats their soprano patricia wolf. When a man that powerful. Hes almost like god in my this he puts when he would come up close and say that the 1st thing that goes through your mind is it wasnt but you also think as soon as you walk away and get away you think did i just ruin my career. Those who came forward with the allegations said they felt emboldened by the me too movement doing or has denied the accusations but no tears still it is painful to hear that i may have upset anyone make them feel uncomfortable. Lets get more now we are joined by rick fulker from d. W. Culture so you know weve heard about this canceled contracts now domingo obviously going to take a financial hit from this. What implications though do the allegations have likely for the wider opera world. Well its kind of difficult to say at this point because in fact as we noticed the reactions in europe and america are quite different the cancellations in america but the appearances at the zulfi pork festival on august 25th and 31st are going ahead as planned he has 3 scheduled appearances with the vienna state opera before the end of the year and the president of the festival said interestingly he feels that this time it would be inappropriate humanly you know inappropriate to pass judgment and to make decisions based on their judgments so how this plays out in the upper room is an open question if he had just been absolutely there will be presumably hopefully some due process here but we have you know just generally speaking since the launch of the mitsu movement more people coming out speaking about Sexual Harassment including in the Classical Music world havent you been seeing it leading to change. No not yet but i know that the power structures in the Classical Music world are being very seriously questioned at this point and also recalls something thats fresh memory the career and the end of the career of james levein for decades the music director at the metropolitan opera in new york for decades it was kind of said oh theres something going on that had to do with Sexual Harassment and things more serious lets say than than just suggested Sexual Harassment his career was ended and with domingo in divine both protected by their stellar reputation reputations domingo is just for example being called maybe the greatest opera singer in history the seemed untouchable but now with these 2 careers being questioned or perhaps damaged or even ended both it feels to me at this point that this is maybe the tip of the iceberg and that Sexual Harassment is in the mic in the music world and that there would be more revelations to come. On the story for us thank you. Facebook is in hot water again this time its due to revelations about the companys messenger app a reporter called us and joins us here in the studio with the story so you know we all recall those very words right that facebook was sort of listening. You know our call our conversations but the they were in a way in a way they were i mean theyve been accused before of listening through our phones in order to give us these kind of creepy personal advertisements theyre still not doing that but it does turn out that the company was listening to some conversations they were being used though for a different purpose according to Bloomberg Facebook it hired an outside company to listen to and transcribe audio clips from users conversations Facebook Says this was done to improve its Artificial Intelligence and that was something that would automatically change your voice into text inside of Facebook Messenger this is the feature in question here this is one that would do if you turned on your voice transcription and sent a friend an audio message your message would automatically be turned into text just as you can see here giving instructions for what to buy at the Grocery Store of course as we know Artificial Intelligence isnt always very accurate thats why a human being may have been listening to those audio clips and checking for accuracy was the ai doing a good job so actually a person could have listened to your conversations within Facebook Messenger it sounds a little scary it is i think its little bit creepy i mean facebook didnt tell users that a person might be listening to what you were saying in fact even the contractors who were hired for this felt a little bit iffy about it apparently some of those audio snippets were also quite personal wasnt just shopping lists we reached out to facebook today the company said look this audio was anonymous so it wouldnt be linked back to you they said it was only being used to improve its product so wasnt listening for advertising purposes a Company Spokesman person also told us it has stopped doing this heres exactly what for. Told us they said much like apple and google we paused human review of audio more than one week ago so well del carl i mean sometimes voices are recognizable though so especially for those of us in the t. V. Business Facebook Says its not the only company that has done this it is not i mean facebook is now the 5th Big Tech Company that has been forced to really come clean on this so we have amazon we have google with apple we have microsoft along with facebook in amazons case employers were listening to voice recordings through the alexa Smart Speaker system in all of these cases cases the companies had not told people that a human being was listening to their conversations all those companies now now that its been revealed have said theyve stopped doing it those who are concerned what can they do the sure fire way to make sure no company is listening to your audio is of course to turn off your smartphones microphone and that can be done in the settings will just show you quickly how that can be accomplished both an apple and an android you essentially want to go your phones settings flip off the microphone access in any app that asks for it so facebook or messenger but in the end there i Mean Companies just need to get it look people dont want their conversations their audio being listened to for any reason without their permission thats the key thing here the permission for a human being to listen to it was not asked for call thats been from day to thank you. Investigators into the plane crash that killed footballer amalia no sallah have determined that he was poisoned by Carbon Monoxide before the crash in january the 28 year old argentinian was flying to wales to join his new club cardiff city when his plane crashed into the English Channel the planes wreckage and solid body were found to be slayed or though not the pilots body still investigators now believe that the pilot was also exposed to Carbon Monoxide from an engine leak possibly causing him to lose control of the plane. In time on the pitch history will be made tonight in the u. A. E. 5 super club for the 1st time ever a woman will referee a major mens match in European Competition and it is frances stephanie proc who will take charge of the all english clash between liverpool and chelsea in turkey have a book this stumbo 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 cope but doesnt feel like she has to stand out from male counterparts. I dont think so i ving is the same we had to prove as physically take me that we have the same that demand so im not afraid about that. I think nothing changed the respective coaches say theyre proud to be part of the landmark game. Because so many things in the world of which we are still obviously not. Smart enough to make the right decisions that 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 over places our own place where a place to serve historical moment is more strict and the right direction of the super cup is notable for a noble reason its the 1st between 2 english clubs with european champion political 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. Youre watching d. W. News coming up in news asia china sends military vehicles to shenzhen across the border from hong kong are protesters worried about what might be coming next and pakistan marks Independence Day with calls for support from kashmir or what about the other stakeholder in the region well talk about china stance on india. All that and more coming up with be rushed energy im sorry kelly in berlin dont forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site thats at d. W. Dot com and you can follow us on social media thank you so much for watching have a great. Body. The world is getting more suitable. Norms could just refuse among the problems. Of. The global 3000. 00 talks would seem with british researchers to take a more optimistic view. The world is not always a good point but its much much fairer than it was. Is the world really Getting Better and. The global 3000. 00 special reports. Starts on this monday its on to the. 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After 2 days of destructions but beijing sense military vehicles to shun journey across the border from hong kong east a crackdown from china in the offing well get the view from hong kong also coming up. Pakistan mocks its independent state which goals of support for kashmiris calling them victims of indian oppression as Tensions Mount what about the other stakeholders in the disputed region china