Checks marked 30 years since the fall of communism. And in iran traffic grinds to a halt in the capital tehran as people there protest against a 50 percent hike in fuel prices irans Supreme Leader says he backed the decision despite breast. Im rebecca read his welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where there have been fresh clashes between for prodemocracy demonstrators and Police Chinese troops have been deployed for the 1st time since these protests began in june activists have dug into hong kongs Polytechnic University and vowing to defend it from police its part of a week Long Campaign aimed to disrupting traffic and hitting the local economy. Another assault on the voices of protest Police Fire Tear gas at protesters occupying hong kongs Polytechnic University and blocking nearby roads massed demonstrators hurl molotov cocktails in response to the street battle pits water cannon against fire bombs and armored trucks against umbrellas and police claim protesters shot arrows at them injuring one officer in the leg. The protesters are showing themselves to be skillful tacticians this week they moved away from flash mob demos to occupying universities and blocking the citys key traffic arteries the polytechnic is the last University Held by protesters by barricading themselves in they have succeeded in closing down the citys cross harbor tunnel connecting the mainland and the hong kong island. We want the city to go on strike at the hong kong Polytechnic University we can occupy the cross harbor tunnel so it can help to achieve this goal and we could also block highways and other major roads in the area the roads around the hong kong Polytechnic University our major roads and they could be blocked to help us achieve the strike. The protesters are trying to quote squeeze the economy and its working the city is in recession for the 1st time in a decade but their actions are dividing Public Opinion with many residents irritated by the disruption. On saturday chinese soldiers emerged from their barracks in sports gear to help clear barricades on the streets it was the armys 1st deployment in hong kong since protests began 5 months ago and its both a warning and a p. R. Move aimed at those fed up with the chaos but protesters still have sympathy from some locals angry with the government. And more and more go home oh yes. I think no one in hong kong is happy when they see this and i can go on and all the things are just broken and it affects a lot of peoples daily lives. In the end its because of this bad government. Otherwise the young protesters wouldnt come out and do these very violent things. To come here with protesters vowing to carry their campaign of civil disobedience into next week and neither side willing to back down normality in hong kong seems a distant prospect. The Czech Republic has been marking 30 years since the velvet revolution a Popular Uprising the both an end to communist rule that 3 decades on the country play days contending with the public push back. Prime minister under a bad hand by protesters in prague as he laid a wreath to mark the anniversary on saturday about a quarter of a 1000000 people demonstrated in the city calling for banish to sell his business interest in resign opposition groups saying the billionaire Prime Minister profiteers from his political office. And joining me from prague the capital of Czech Republic they dont you correspondent Jonathan Crane jonathan today is the 30th anniversary of the socalled tell the revolution whats been happening so far. Well major events on the way across the city not just actually here in prague across the whole country flash point from the protests 30 years ago of course a crackdown on students back then it will culminate i went to square behind me as you can see there will be a consider here later a concert for the future its called featuring some famous checked out musicians also some political activists but the political events took place earlier today at the National Museum of events hosted by the Prime Minister on trade stands to be dedicated to evening and exhibition to the velvet revolution but of course bobbish did acknowledge those protests as you mentioned he was heckled earlier when he laid a commemoration wreath now he basically said look i thank you everyone for expressing your opinions on the future of this country but he said that actually we should be grateful this is the most free weve had in the Czech Republic the most free period in the countrys history and actually things are going very well but he admits to being a member of the communist party thats not a surprise he said he wasnt proud of that he said he wished he had more courage to rise up and protest like some of the other people throughout the time but obviously he has also been accused of being a secret spying for the. The secret Police Background he accused he denies all those allegations but actually the overall tone of his speech today was quite conciliatory we mentioned some of the protesters we saw about a quarter of a 1000000 and he government protesters on the street yesterday one of the people calling for. Well they want him to either give up his conflict of interest racing to his big conglomerate agra fair or resign if he doesnt do any of those things they say these businesses into 2 trust fronts his critics accusing mr profiting from that from benefiting from the business being able to influence it as Prime Minister even the European Union is investigating and its expected to release the results of that investigation later this year now bobbish says this is a witch hunt i think its very poignant 30 years on from the 4 of communism that were having this conversation because so many people this is a bittersweet day you have people who are obviously glad that the communist era is over that chapter in their countrys history is closed but they are worried that some of those powerful freedoms are being lost on the other hand you have people who perhaps say that they were better off under communism they dont feel that actually their lives improved from what theyve been promised hasnt actually its those people that actually vote for bobby shes attracted them with some of his populist policies and the party is polling around 30 percent so there you have these waves of protest pacifically in prague elsewhere in the country bobbish remains very popular and theres going to be very difficult to dislodge him even if he gives up his business interests as you say but john crane in the czech capital pronk thank you. Turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world has a former defense minister gotten by a french pack that has won the countrys president ial election well wishes gathered at his home to congratulate him into the south Asian Countries the 1st major poll since it was rocked by Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people. The u. S. And south korea have agreed to postpone military drills in a bid to move the Peace Process with north korea forward washington denied that the decision was another concession to pyongyang north korea had objected to the drills even though they had been scaled back. Clashes erupted between protesters and police in the french capital paris demonstrate his marks the one Year Anniversary of the Yellow Vest Movement protesters set fire and smashed windows Police Responded with tear gas and arrested dozens of people. In iran thousands of people have been out on the streets protesting against the governments decision to raise petrol prices by 50 percent as well as introduce rationing since the price hike many demonstrators have abandoned their cars along major highways and joined mass rallies in the capital tehran but some of the demonstrations have turned violent at least 2 people have died as a result of the protests with many more injured. Iranians have taken to the streets in the capital tehran and a number of cities across the country in protest of the governments move to raise the price of petrol by 50 percent the angry demonstrations have seen protesters blocking roads setting fire to tires and attacking public property. Irans leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says he supports the price hike despite the unrest so i dont know. We have sat down and made a decision for the country based on expert assessments this decision must be executed. The move is in part a response to the failing economy provoked by u. S. Sanctions but have a need to put the blame for the damage on protestors or to say then is acting a bank on fire is done not done by the people this is what the thugs do. His words were indicative of a strong line being taken by the government in the face of the Unrest Police have threatened further tough measures and the Communications Minister announced that the internet has been shut down for 24 hours to reimpose control. Since sport now in kosovo will host england in a euro 2020 qualifier light up in arguably the biggest football match to be hosted in pristina after england players were racially abused by fans in bug area and montenegro in Previous Group games the people of kosovo have gone out of their way to show racism is not rife in their part of the balkans. These banners have been set up in kosovo in order to welcome some very special guests the people of kosovo have a soft spot for england even though the 2 countries football teams are standing on opposite sides of the pitch in sundays euro 2020 qualifier. These are fantastic. This this is the best thing anybodys ever done for the for the for our country cover difficult. Theres a reason i think so highly of the english britain was a major ally of kosovo in its struggle for independence especially during the kosovo conflict in the late 1990 s. The british helped us a lot during the war and afterwards and were among the 1st states to recognize us. Now the people of kosovo want to show their gratitude by showing solidarity with england players such as Raheem Sterling who has been a victim of racist abuse at matches in Eastern Europe it was him that behavior towards him and buy out those and we have taken on this campaign to show that we are against racism and we will welcome the english as brothers just as they have welcomed and help us before for us they are our brothers. Kosovo whose population is majority ethnic albanian dk at independence from serbia in 2008 more than a 100 countries recognised this statehood including britain but serbia did not nevertheless kosovo was welcomed into International Football competition in 2016 now they feel a strong bond with englands football as. We actually were discriminated against for a long time so we know how it feels affirms arent racist. The result on the pitch doesnt matter and england have already qualified for euro 2020 and kosovo have booked a spot in the playoffs next march off the pitch both on the same page fighting racism together. And germany still their place at euro 2020 on saturday after a 4 nil win over Belarus Group rivals the netherlands also confirmed their qualification can live side now poised to clinch top spot in tuesdays game with Northern Ireland croatia and austria also went through. Germany had been in the driving seat long before mature students are open to scoring in the 41st minute the clock back not showing any zone and stadium i knew you live sides lead was double just off the whole time leon gretzky smashing home this time to give germany some breathing space veteran midfielder tony close out of the 3rd in the 55th minute the real madrid filled with a neat finish from the edge of the area and close added a 2nd with 10 minutes to go the 2014 world cup winner now has 17 goals for his country to leave a certain point 2 its great to score some goals but its more important that we can enjoy this as a tame you could see that it can get awkward thats the way it is in these types of games until the 1st goal goes in the doors were soon going to be a joke done for germany who can now focus on fine shooting their preparations ahead of euro 2020 in june. Others a major upset in mens tennis at the season ending tournament in london stephanus to tip us has defeated Roger Federer in the semis of the a. T. P. Finals the 21 year old great cruise past federer winning 6364 and safe as will face austrian dominic tame in the final later on sunday. And a reminder of the top story were following for you police and protesters have clashed in hong kong as protests in the city center and says this 6 months the demonstrators barricaded themselves in hong kong Polytechnic University while dozens of protest government demonstrators tried to clear the area. This is state of the news live from berlin coming up next a documentary. Snapshots of mexico on her back or it has in that end thanks for watching. The flimsiest in charge of the famous naturalist and explorer. To some of the racial conflicts on the front of the worlds 250th birthday were embarking on a voyage of discovery. Expedition voyage on the t. W. A. Plane
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