A major mens match and European Competition for the 1st time tonight stephanie 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 introduced new security measures the airport had been shut down by 2 days of mass protests that at times turned violent that has touched off some soul searching among protest organizers and many have apologized for signs that tweets but they vow to carry on with their campaign for democracy Chinas Hong KongAffairs Office has condemned yesterdays violence calling it terrorist like a ramp up in rhetoric during hong kongs long summer off on rest. From kill stick out 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 and all the condos were simply close 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 among to torture large number of put esthers was surrounding and attacking Police Officers and vehicles some were even pointing laser beams and the negotiation carter officer who was trying to defuse the situation and help extricate the injured visitors. It will cause a cure it seems threatening the safety of rebel and on sides now the 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. Home. And we can speak to joshua wang he is a Student Activist the secretary general of the prodemocracy party. 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 has these protests gotten out of hand. With really experienced life threatening weapons were used by a pole is when police fired more than 2 dozen tear gas in the past 2 months and arrest 700 activists including one young lady you 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 to have more peaceful ways to uphold and to go out with them on no matter urging government to terminate at the extradition stop Police Brutality and with our course for free election boards i hope people all around the world could our way to how Hong Kong Government official just stayed behind of those riot police and keep silence they are the one who are congo every supposed vote to respond to peoples their money 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. 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 terrorists 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 you 5 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 our own government whether people agree or disagree on that they must all people sending troops and the whole call to suppress one protest absolutely should not be the solution i hope will be to 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 can i ask what are you and protestors 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 will 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 along with democracy and we would never step backward and we would Never Surrender under the hot light rule of come this regime gesture you said you also want the right to elect your own government you were or werent 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 door they pick versus goliath is not a easy and simple battle we might face a lot of credit and suppression but we would never start that word because hall is the place where people stay in the forefront to confront. Just like is early in the last century and we will continue until at day we get that gender and democracy and we hope people around the world can be our allies to support us right activist joshua wang speaking to us now from hong kong thank you a so much for joining us on the program thank you lets get a roundup now some other stories making news around the world russian authorities ordered the evacuation of a village close to the site of a Nuclear Accident only to cancel that order hours later thats added to the uncertainty surrounding last weeks explosion at a Russian Military testing facility that killed at least 5 people and cost a spike in radiation levels in nearby cities. Italy is marking one year since the general a bridge collapse that killed 43. 00 people and injured many more political leaders and hundreds of locals have been holding a Memorial Service in the city a section of the bridge gave way during a thunderstorm last august sending dozens of vehicles onto Railway Tracks below. 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 posting sluggish growth in the 1st 3 months of the year and none at the end of last year that was slumps being blamed on low sales of Machine Parts and cars to china and also a difficult global trade environment if the economy contracts again in the next quarter germany would officially be in a recession. We have Christopher Koper from business with us to tell us more about the story how christofferson so explain whats behind the 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 29th teen was 5. 2 percent down on june last year thats the largest reversal since the Global Financial crisis and recession 10 years ago. The economy. Now. Dealing with a number of factors the trade war between the u. S. And china is exerting a drag on the Global Economy. That the u. K. s impending departure from the e. U. Germanys Energy Transition the 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 homemade troubles they include the notorious diesel emissions scandal the conversion to electric drive systems and problems with digitalisation in general. All these issues 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. s 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 been stagnation around the end of last year little growth at the beginning of the year and 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. Economy minister has 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. 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 chris october from business thank you very much now to brazil in the fight over the amazon rain forest thousands of Indigenous Women traveled to the capital brasilia on tuesday to rally against president. They say he has in effect declared war on their people by pledging to open indigenous reserve land to mining and agriculture around 13 percent of brazils National Territory is allotted for their use. Dense rain forest in the state of kyra an area twice the size of from this is home to many of brazils Indigenous People but its also the site of many posts illegal gold mines the small scale mines use mercury for extraction which subsequently leaks into the surrounding area but little interest to brazils far right president. He wants such mining legalized. My mining minister is working on a law to legalize gold mining not just on private land but also in indigenous reserves. Brazils Indigenous People live in protected reserves something no previous democratically elected president has ever called into question. Night money to greenpeace and co. But such complaining doesnt help the Police Destroy the machines even though these will almost certainly be replaced in a matter of days president both n. R. O. Is critical of the environmental including best stance on illegal logging. But i will find those responsible for these excessive measures its unacceptable to set others property alight to destroying machines and trucks thats how i see it. Much of the land bordering the reserve has already been lost to large scale agriculture satellite images reveal how the area has changed over the years yet any concerns expressed by foreign leaders about the rapid rise in deforestation in brazil are swiftly dismissed by its leader. After going to brazil is like a virgin the foreigners just want a bit of her. For a cure if both scenarios apparent lack of regard for his own countrys Natural Resources is a bitter blow for brazils Indigenous People so far their concerns seem of little importance to him. Climate activists credit has set sail in the past hour from the u. K. To new york the swedish teenager plans to attend the United NationsClimate Summit in new york in late september as well as climate protests shes traveling on a racing yacht powered by solar energy. To fly because of the Carbon Emissions generated by air travel. And before she set sail she was asked whether she thinks others should switch from planes to boats to cross the atlantic i mean im 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 as i think will have most impact. To Music Companies have cancelled appearances by opera singer. That comes after numerous allegations of Sexual Harassment and inappropriate behavior against a 78 year old in a statement to make called the accusations deeply troubling she said he believed his interactions and relationships were always welcome and consensual the los angeles opera where the star tenor is general director is launching an investigation. Lets get more on the story with rick. Culture hi rick so what exactly is being accused of and who is accusing him. Well 9 women have come for of singers and one dancer and have said that he promised them Career Opportunities if the agreed to his advances and if they refused there was a dent in their career apart from these one of them has actually named her name her name is Patricia Wolf shes in the retired thats a soprano apart from there some 3 dozen women who have come forth and said over a period of 30 years there have been inappropriate behavior from the singer sexually sexually teenaged interesting is his reaction he has said yes hes very sorry if you caused anyone distress and he says he also observes that todays standards about by which we must be judged are very different from the way they were a few years ago which isnt admitting guilt in this kind of an acknowledgement that we are in changing times but we are seeing a fallout already a number of Opera Companies have canceled scheduled appearances by domingo what implications could this have for the world of opera. Well 1st of all beyond domingo were looking at kind of different behavior in the United States in europe. Apart from 2 cancellations in philadelphia and San Francisco the metropolitan opera new york is said theyre deciding still waiting for the investigation of the l. A. Opera to see if he