Shanker is getting the russians and poles now and the opposition is now backing off on it as quite a standoff there awareness by the rules heading. I wish i had known so i dont think anyone here has an office that is wide open the country had essentially no politics 3 the country for 20 years has seen. One single man who likes to. Happen a man who has no sign of willingness to engage in protests to think that any kind of dialogue would be a thought of weakness and as you mentioned has been engaging the russians but that is a 2 edged sword because the russians want to draw closer maybe even create some kind of joint country and be independent from the looting or try to avoid for decades but taking the bull market now he may find that hes not very much in charge of the country he has not being essentially a russian governor of a problem that is the potential he faces he would take that working help from now no one has any clue there is no roadmap this situation is why dont. They call only saying. Thank you dissatisfaction with his rule has not been confined to the capital for intimate. Traveled to a key mining region where people have gone on strike to call for the president to resign. These. Series of mines with the city in between a place that provides much of the world with photos is an alexander loosing his government would significant chunk of its revenues. Let alone a strike would be devastating to the regime both financially and symbolically. Well whats interesting here we have lived with one man in charge of everything for 26 years after this years election we saw appalling violence against ordinary people. This regime is in human and has already committed crimes against humanity it needs to go as a signature because of his spent all his working life in these mines and now hes trying to bring them to a standstill with a full scale strike so far the results have been so great only a few dozen miners have joined in the others he says are just too scared and not without good reason all the strikers is set to lose their jobs and most likely the company. We try to ask the workers clocking off in their shifts what they make of it or no one is willing to talk to Companies Given strict instructions to keep quiet. Its early evening q snakes once across the city square a queue to sign a petition to recall local deputies something almost no one believes will actually happen but a chance for people to make themselves heard. That is it was a. Political cover that dont agree with our president s politics ive had enough of seeing his face its been 26 years and it was you sure as shit oh not that it. Really lection and now he wont go to a new particularly if i mean i dont want the people who are empowered right now are you i want to work for ordinary people you can actually show i do want the politicians to just serve one person i knew she had knowledge that you could get which was good at it a bit you slowly step by step you need to take the system apart. Yes yes i am a student. You know is it at that universitys position is clear if it catches one of these protests or if youre charged even if someone just recognize this you had one of these protests to throw you out immediately. Just you. Would filming him waiting in line to sign a petition be enough to get him in trouble with his university would should we stop filming. He told us hed had enough of being afraid the phrase you hear time and time again in the streets of beirut right now this weekends demonstrations will show with Alexander Lukashenko as ever while the threat still hold their power after a quarter of a century in office. Some of the other stories making headlines around the world police in Portland Oregon have opened a Homicide Investigation after a protester was killed victim was shot dead as supporters of president ronald trump clashed with black lives matter demonstrators unrest are still gripping several cities following the Police Shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin his family have called for peace. The u. S. Has accused russia of a dangerous intercept of a b. 52. 00 bombers flying over the black sea the Defense Department said 2 russian fighter jets crossed the bombers path just 30 meters ahead of it is that the plane was on a routine mission over International Waters when the incident occurred. Germanys president has condemned the far right activists who tried to storm the German Parliament building on saturday evening that happened alongside a demonstration that drew nearly 40000 people to the capital to protest germanys coronavirus restrictions that protest was broken up by police but a small group of demonstrators led to reconvene outside that i stock lawmakers from across the political spectrum have called that actions a disgrace. Several 100 demonstrators broke through barricades in front of germanys parliament their ice time they so outnumbered the Police Officers that they were able to shove through demonstrators seem to be largely from the far right place and many black white and red children rushed flacks sr gen and politicians said they were shocked to join interior minister say move the rice talk building is the seat of our parliament in the Symbolic Center of our free democracy its intolerable the rioters and extremists abuse it for their own purposes. Burning Senate Interior minister andrus guys all had tried but failed to prevent the demonstration in the courts. Garden city being the background of german history i dont believe it says democracy for us to duck our heads and not to take a position that to bow out to them in the name of freedom of expression that we democrats have to clearly say what is right and what is wrong in those faces experts warn that demonstrations like that on saturday provide an ideal space for radical movements to win over American People today chorus. Well for more on that story im now joined from the i Start Building by the w. s joe joe it looks much quieter there right now but it was slightly different story on saturday wasnt a. Thats right on the steps behind me several 100 protesters had easily broken down a small barrier in front of the building and overcame the few police that were stationed here they stayed on the steps for quite a while actually before more Police Reinforcements came and they had to use tear gas to move the crowd the crowd was very bold and they stay for quite a long time waving those flags and they didnt actually manage to get inside the building and the German Parliament itself is not actually sitting at the moment so it was mostly a symbolic action but a very symbolic action indeed because as the interior minister horsey office says this building really is the center of german democracy and the building itself has played a Critical Role at several junctures in germany germanys history 933 it was burnt down and it was used by adult hitler as a pretext to suspend Civil Liberties then it was stormed during world war 2 by the russian army then it was really left in ruins for many years only to be reopened in the 1990 s. As the seat of the newly reunified german german republic and it was designed in such a way that people can easily come inside and see whats going on a very open building and in fact thats one of the reason theres so much anger today is that people feel that if you want to have a say in german democracy you can do so using democratic channels you can find a lecture will support and that really is one thing that this anti coronavirus movement doesnt yet have is a lot of public support in fact according to the latest polls the ones that were taken after the last demonstrations around 90 percent of germanys germans say that they do not support this anti coronavirus movement those protests a different kind of flags there for example also the imperial war flag explain the symbolism of that wasnt such an affront for to be flown also at the German Parliament. The red white and black flag that we saw it waved yesterday it was the flag of the german empire open till 918 and different versions of it were also used by the nazis the flag itself the version that we saw is not actually banned but it is a symbol of the far right and in particular one group called the iraq spoken movement which has come under the scrutiny of the of the state Security Forces who worry that this group could be a threat to democracy in fact its been said that some of their members have been collecting weapons and for that reason it really is this flag is a symbol of the far right and its why the the the foreign minister heiko mosque has said that it was a shame that that particular flag was waved here on the steps of this building at the center of germanys democracy we also saw some other flags being waved for example the United States flag of the russian 5 were also present here yesterday which really goes to show that this movement is bringing together a very disparate group and sort of has a quite an incoherent message you know is joel reporting from the ice thank you joel sports now the u. S. Open tennis tournament starts on monday but has already been hit by a mass pullouts due to the coronavirus pandemic one player has already tested positive mens champion rough an adult has decided not to compete and so have 6 of the womens top 10 fans will also be absent in new york and civil rights protests could also mark the event. Mens world number one Novak Djokovic is in new york even if many of his fellow tennis stars are not the serbian has recovered from contract in the coronavirus in june but many players dont want to run the risk and are skipping the u. S. Open because of the pandemic those that are competing will have to deal with empty stands and strict hygiene regulations which limit their movements meaning they can only travel from their accommodation to the carts and nowhere else given the Health Crisis and so many no shows many believe the tournament should have been scrapped. Other fans though think organizers should have welcomed some spectators like the french open in september im very sorry that i cant attend because ive been going to the years oh u. S. Open the legislature for 20 years. And i really think that given the fact that its outdoors they could use social distancing and they could have had some people attending like but theyre doing paris. Tournament has been taking place over the last week at the same venue to help players get used to the eerie atmosphere 2018 u. S. Open champion won only osaka initially boycotted 1st semifinal in a black lives matter of protest before all ghanaians just postponed it in solidarity she won the match a day later but then pulled out of the final injured. Its really important to start a conversation and for me i feel like we took a really huge step just now. And i know i feel like we made a lot of people uncomfortable but i think thats also a good thing because maybe theyll think about why theyre comfortable a raw is also brewing over a new play is union the next 2 weeks could see one of the strangest tennis grand slams ever. Youre watching you know news from len coming up our documentary film series doc film this week we asked whether indonesias citroen river deserves its reputation as the most polluted in the world and remember theres lots more news and background in 30 languages on our website the w. Dot com as in berlin thats it for me and the news stream phenolic spicer will be here with an update in 45 states which. Life on earth one of the kind and. Try to coincidence. Where the top of what happened. Its a bit like winning the lottery. The 1st more unique starts september 18th on t w. This is a journey that begins in the mountains of java. And at a lake at the foot of the y. On both kaino. The source of the chip tara a member. Geographer at the university in the region is well acquainted with the area. Well i mean when you see tucci sonti is the name of the sacred lake at the beginning of the cheeto room. If we walk a little further ill show you the real source where the bubbles come out of the ground i mean. This is how it is the water here is very pure clean enough to wash your face with. It will be then we will know its more than just home from a night no one i feel at peace here on the water is still so clean legend says its the water of youth. Thanks. To. The she taught him the so important for indonesia very very important he believes that thanks to the dams the river generates enough electricity for the islands of java and bali you know what. Are you gonna its a source of Drinking Water and used for face breeding and for agriculture. One month 3000000 people live along the banks of the river and another 11000000 live around it got on the begonia. The cheeto room is the lifeblood of java and vital to indonesia. The river winds its way down through the island or 300 kilometers emptying into the java sea east of jakarta the countrys capital. For the 1st view kilometers of the chit oram is no more than a stream. But it rapidly turns into a river one that is essential for farmers. Then the river passes through some of the islands largest cities but the further the river progresses the more its appearance changes. With growing mounds of trash as white plastic gradually replaces the blue water. While indonesia has seen growing economic consumption in recent years its waste treatment system remains chronically underdeveloped leaving the river to serve as an open rubbish dump and local fisherman to fish for bottles and. There are no more fish here because the water is too polluted. Rudy is 23 and works for a recycling cooperative. He patrols the tar him for 9 hours a day every day. But the well im the most with plastic water bottles. They collect more than 50 kilos of them and they. Have show you 3. Point 5 and 6 euros for. For 6 years now ruby has been plunging his hands into the filthy water. I spoke about the worst is the smell from the dead animals but im used to. Trapped in the underwater roots of this mangrove forests are thousands of pieces of debris with more accumulating every day. Most of it is not collected. Every year indonesian rivers dump 200000. 00 tonnes of plastic into the sea. Visible pollution shocking in its dimensions. And more than merely an eyesore. But this is not the most dangerous source of pollution. For the chip toroman its residents the worst offender is chemical contamination. To understand how this plastic plague came about we go to one of the small towns daughter of along the river and its many textile factories. Newer has spent her entire life here. Every morning the 42 year old goes to this well which is fed by the river i. Think. That. I used the water from the river to do the dishes washed clothes. That im. Glad of the shallow end to wash vegetable. After another man died the color changes sometimes its black sometimes its red. This morning the ocean is playing on the song taking the opportunity to wash the vegetables in any case we have no choice there are no other sources of water. He only have no lives right behind the well in the heart of a district that is home to 3000 people i am a quarter of the population are under 15 years old they are the most vulnerable to the toxic substance of this like newer zone 2 children. These are my own just feels nauseous. One last time the doctor said he had a liver problem. He also has a headache and he cant take his. Nor has a doctors appointment the clinic is a half hour ride away by horse drawn cart. And. They make the trip twice a month. Her eldest son falls ill as soon as his medication runs out. How long has he been sick. Or back to 3 days. And what symptoms does he have. The way his chest hurts when he calls yesterday he felt sick and he vomited as soon as he tried to wait i made all my neighbors have the same problems because we shower with a ripple in water and the river is it strangely dirty. And be ironed every alley out how much yes we also see many cases of diarrhea especially in children it may be related to the contaminated water they drink. But as for the skin disease as we see here its hard to prove scientifically. I dont let that on to the last get. Its impossible to draw definitive conclusions there are no epidemiological studies or proof of the impact of pollution from the river on local population. One man is fighting to change that. Denny responded dani runs the only Environmental Association in the region. For almost 2 decades he has been surveying the chips are gathering evidence of pollution caused by the textile industry. Because were not there not to be in this region and there are 500. 00 textile manufacturers located along that she taught and they pour their sewage directly into the river on average each of these plants disposes of 1300 liters of waste water per day im going somewhere under 3 from among that a bit has different colors depending on the dyes they use what market they are supplying and the type of clothing they have to make the supply on the floor brought by what i do. And mandela heres the discharge from several factories and if you were going to bring up this. Debate with you can see that and today its dark red im going to read. That and its hot im a very hot. This is why they call that she tar on the most polluted river in the world. To morrow year it makes me want to cry. Its so sad to see that she tore him in this state right now where chamberlain does are going to see my river so dirty up on the engine that im going to look at the portal. So who are these companies dumping their waste water into the river. We consult a list of textile factories along the river and a map showing their locations. Here we can see all the factories on the banks of the tarmac weve compiled data from the ministry of commerce to provide a clearer picture 75 percent of their production is destined for export in particular to the american and european markets. One of the biggest export is in the country is the just text group. Getting access is difficult but the company eventually agrees to let us in. The factory has a workforce of 4 and a half 1000 just taxes cheap product is polyester fabric a Synthetic Material that requires a lot of chemicals to make. The group does most of its business with large clothing retailers. These buildings have around 1000. 00 machines running 24 hours a day 7 days a week. In total the factory turns out almost 3000000 meters of fabric a month. The fabric is produced using water that is full of chemicals. The we see water is then discharged into the settling tanks. So i made it out away but the bit. The size. They made that way and that made the leg and then the depth is i dont think that it will look a lot for the truth im going to do is likely. Going to really. Move nothing every day. Only 5 parameters check daily compared to the 31 or more recommended by internet. No standards. The right. Here is. I dont think so. Come home maybe but the movie still needs to be feel that hes going to be doing but i mean its ok. You can pass but for me the sort of fun draw is what the tag i think i put in a hat if i dont get to tease them good. The it she hand test is not exactly convincing the look of the place. Is going down. The toilet. Maybe. They also must have got an. Audio were curious to find out what the waste water discharge by this sub contractor of the Global Textile Industry really contains. Our search involves following this discreet white pipeline on the left which dumps the plants waste into the gitr. The overflow channel is hidden under foliage at the edge of the site. This area is off limits and to access it you have to cross the river from the other side. Theres another one right there a discharge outlet from the just x. Factory. Were now approaching the waste water pipe. 30 meters away the water is already covered with a film open white foam. Getting out of the photos of her carious maneuver. This is what just ex did not want us to see. Were on the companys premises without authorization and have to be quick. We take 2 leaders of sample water to analyze later. Whole. Again. As we proceed down the chip tara the smoke from another factory catches our attention. It belongs to lens ing a Global Leader in artificial fibers. The austria based Company Supplies most of the worlds biggest clothing brands this facility to has gigantic settling tanks. Of villagers shows us the factories overflow channel. And then on the banks of the chip tara 0 there were no. You know. What a stench. The stink is almost suffocating. Its here 300 meters away from the factory that lensing disposes of its waste out of sight and alarmingly close to fields and houses. A yellow and black glow of waste that ends in the river. In this case we have more time so we test the water on the spot using an analysis kit for various pollutants that was recommended by a scientist. Can you hear me professor. Loud and clear professor ben on the goo is a chemist specializing in water pollution. If what youre the 1st analysis be. Chromium because chromate are often used in the textile industry. Thats why i suggested it to you as an indicator. Of chlorides can be an indicator of pollution. As are arsenic nitrates ammonium. 10 milligrams up. Spade proline on body difference thats the 1st the results only provide a rough assessment of the pollution. For a more accurate reading im going to take some water samples for a laboratory to analyze later. There are rice fields here just a matter of metres away. Rice is the main crop along the. Tongue use of is one of the farmers affected. Look how rotten everything is. I see. So whats wrong with the rice plants i did leave the contaminated water causes the roots of my rice to rot and then the end sex attack them look at the end sex you know there are lots of specially aphids the biggest. Con use of spiels are literally surrounded by textile factories. The water that hera gates has rice fields has an unappetizing purple color and foam on its surface. What pollutants are hiding in this rice. Im going to piss into right before i dont know never will. We take our samples of rice and water to the institute of ecology jaja run university. And since you are going to get us going to want to go ill go for you. Right. Professor sonority city on runs the only lab for environmental analyses in the region. Was lead. To study. Medically. Predict if you. Can predict if it is something like. A continued thank you so you. Not far from the factories while we wait for the results we invite some of the women and children of the village to take part in a test. We offer them a hair analysis to get a more precise picture of the toxins they are exposed to. Its a delicate undertaking. For expert advice we get price up and sell around online. What can you hear me professor. Yes hes a leading expert on Testing Solutions with hair samples and is head of human bio Monitoring Research at the Luxembourg Health institute. Whats the point of hair analysis compared to blood or urine tests. Blood or urine test gives us information about the few hours before the sampling with hair its different. The speed of growth is around one centimeter per month and its easy to get samples more than one centimeter long so we have information covering a period of several months and that makes the sample really representative of the individuals chronic exposure. Whats found in the hair has passed through the body and through the blood system. Is going to children have a metabolism that is still maturing and this is precisely why they are especially vulnerable to any kind of endocrine disruptors. In total we take samples from the hair of 10 children from the same neighborhood stage between 12 months and 14 years. We send them straight to professor up and sell their in luxembourg. As were leaving town we receive a phone call from the environmental activists we met on a raft trip. In high mass and i think you should come and see the pen as you discharge out that. They discarding their waste in the middle of the night one of our contacts is on site. The factory is located right next to the gitr. A. Part ok. The Pan Asia Group is one of the largest subcontractors in indonesias textile industry. He filed a complaint to pan asia. Because when the water rises it reaches our fields and it makes our skin start to itch. I dont know what. The water is dirty the smell is unbearable. You know how do you. Think you want isnt snow. Going to get a villager i talked to told me to put on a mask if i go closer to the water big. Because its true that even from here we can smell it. And its pretty strong. Thank you. Its really hot and the smell is unbearable for them. They dont check out the color of the water. Wont look. Ok in this moment in time out here. Ok. Ok. Thank you so much thank you. For this time were unable to send the sample to professor city arthurs laboratory in bandung the provincial capital of west java. Instead it goes to a lab in france that specializes in environmental studies. In the meantime the results are back from the 1st samples of water in rice we gave to professor city antos. He asks us to take them to the rice field where we took the samples. He wants to see it for himself because his findings are so astonishing. One thing. Or this strain is. From chromium content and by the plants we found its very high 20. 8. 00 milligrams because we found that. A lead. Concentration on the body plans is much higher then come the sound of the limits it before on 29. 00 maybe milligram gram while the standard only 0 point went by its more than one time there is going to look these cases are. Going in body especially for children who lead this very dangerous this lead will disturb our nervous system blood center our federal system so. If there are children exposed to lead then they will have like intellectual disability and to me that is. A worse effect of the lead i believe that the main source of pollution is from the. Textile industries. Government put a very strict then invest of it up the middle and then. But you know if there is no standard for many of us then recycle vice the people. The rice growing along the choteau is sold all across indonesia. Its contaminated with lead 116. 00 times the indonesian standard for public consumption. The levels are so high due to the concentration of heavy metals accumulating in the rice fields were this lead pollution seems to be in concur with soon already sooty antos other results from testing wastewater emitted from textile factories the waste emerging from the just text discharge outfall contains a one and a half times the level of lead permitted by International Standards and the situation is even more alarming with the lensing factory was a waste water lead content 3 and a half times higher and thats not all another parameter stands out sulfates releases 7087. 00 milligrams per liter into the river almost 10 times the global recommendation excessive levels of sulfates and water can lead to diarrhea especially among children this is one of the main causes of in that mortality in the country 147000. 00 in the nation children die each year before the age of 5. Finally we receive our results from the French Laboratory for the manager factory where we took the water samples at night. We go through the findings at the home of danny respond dani the activist from the ailing don conservation group. To. We also bring in the man who conducted the pan a show water analysis. Professor ben affleck who is. The chemist who specializes in water pollution. What do you say to the results. I know. The water that you have analyzed is practically sewer water urban waste water. Even the bacteriology and taking into account the chemical oxygen demand plus we have a bit of tribunal phosphate not a product i see very often. Its a solvent. And then we also have a few that exceed the limits set out by the European Union quality standards there are not all females to the concentrations of 17 micrograms per liter. Thats high right. Thats above the Environmental Standards in force in europe. And not all females are products that are end the current disruptors. Not all females are arent due to regular human activity you know these are chemicals used in the textile industry. Have you seen similar levels of not all females before in your career. Never. Can the water be used in farming no no it shouldnt be used for your occasions. How about washing for washing food. No its really too septic each of the water has been fouled so what should we do we dont have a choice were dependent on this water. They need any lives here and ask what they can do to use the water anyway because they dont have a choice. At least boil it and react such a needed re area that as a cools down and you need to decant it because it will have particle suspended in it so at least boil it. In my main advice is to not drink it ringback. Im sad for myself