Be coming back with them. And a landmark case in el salvador after a Court Acquits a young woman accused of murder after suffering a miscarriage the 21 year old was facing 40 years in prison. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us social media platforms twitter and facebook have shut down accounts that targeted the prodemocracy movement in hong kong the platform said the counts were part of a Chinese Government just Information Campaign aimed at groups and individuals twitter has suspended over 200000 accounts and plans to ban advertisements from state run chinese media. Facebook has also taken action and it has also klout closed a number of accounts some of the posted images showed protesters as cockroaches were terrorists. To break this all down and join in the studio now by china analyst clifford good morning clifford what do you think about this what what does this tell us about the scale of beijings online propaganda war against the protesters in Hong Kong Well i think beijing has studied whats happening on that studied mass media and it just sees the potential for things to spin out of control in terms of social unrest so theyre targeting twitter and facebook even though both of course are banned in china theres theyve still realize that if they want to get their message across that they need to focus on these 2 hugely popular platforms and so they come out with these messages as you say describing them as cockroaches and putting a lot of messages out there about foreign influence and im basically trying to get their message across about social cohesion and protect the police and the patriotic message to use these platforms to get that message out there as much as possible im going to post on social media platforms are just one of the part of the propaganda war by the Chinese Government heres a look at what state run t. V. Is doing to get the governments message out. State propaganda can seem so harmless at hong kongs border chinas communist rulers have rustled up a fairy tale 600 illuminated drones hover in the night sky i love hong kong and i love china is their message but propaganda can have another aspect the evening news also has a message protesters are plunging hong kong into chaos. Shes the huntington who should take to the demonstrators are like bread droppings they have angered the people and the powerful in heaven here in the us. Chinas state media. The viewers an endless stream of the same images of violence theres no coverage of peaceful mass protest demonstrators are equated with terrorists under the control of foreign powers no coincidence then that the stars and stripes flutters into the shot. It doesnt start as a very young its very sad that they are being led astray i mean. Every good tale needs a hero that rules are reserved for food. A journalist for Chinese State media who is seized the sound and beaten by anti beijing protesters at hong kong airport whose fate went viral on state controlled social media presented as an assault on all of chinas 1400000000 citizens. While the demonstrators say they are defending human rights but they deny journalists their right to enter the airport i give that journalist a big thumbs up for the courage he showed footage of we dont get that kind of propaganda is especially effective when it stirs up deeper feelings this side of demonstrators throwing the chinese flag into hong kong harbor triggered outrage on social media and in response an outpouring of patriotic fervor from chinese citizens branding hong kongs prodemocracy movement as an attack on their National Pride will soon trollish it is a great honor for me to be one of the 1400000 defenders of our flag and i will do my best to ensure it is always respected but as you will know its injured teacher in china isnt only flying drones at the border close by the paramilitary peoples arms police has been Holding Drills this week more profit ganda that doesnt seem as harmless as i love hong kong. Is a very tense situation and the troops on the border there what are the hong kong protesters doing to combat this state propaganda and get their message out there well one of the most popular apps i think the most downloaded up last month in hong kong was telegram which is the kind of a leaderless it allows them to have a kind of a leaderless approach. Very heavily used. And theyre also using very traditional methods about handing out stickers word of mouth you know a lot of this is very Old Fashioned as well but definitely the high tech side is very important i think a lot of people are hearing what they want to hear sometimes because there is a perception among mainland chinese somehow that the Hong Kong Hong kong is a bit spoilt and bit ungrateful so the propaganda is feeding directly into that message the twitter of the fact that theyre going after twitter and facebook which is bound to say banned in china shows that there are going for the kind of people in china who would use that who would be the students the younger people who would more likely be to be more likely to have a sympathy with the protesters in hong kong so its actually a very sophisticated approach and in some ways its modeled on the russian playbook i think with the u. S. Elections they they saw how successful that was and theyve been on twitter and facebook have realized that and hence theyve come out with these measures to restrict them because of the propaganda war in full swing there in hong kong clifford thanks very much for coming in. A preview now and some of the other stories making the news at this hour french president tomorrow mccall as host of his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for a rare bilateral meeting talks aimed at improving relations between moscow and the e. U. Leaders vowed to make a new effort to bring peace to Eastern Ukraine but remain at odds over the war in syria. For Climate Change is top of the agenda when german chancellor allamerican meets icelands Prime Minister and other nordic leaders and reykjavik later today over the weekend iceland held its 1st ceremony marking the death of a glacier due to global warming. Turkeys Defense Ministry says 3 civilians have been killed and 12 wounded in an attack on a Turkish Military convoy in northwestern syria a Human Rights Group says the Syrian Regime and allied russian warplanes in rebel held it live province to prevent that convoy from advancing or for the very 1st time German Authorities have taken in children born to former fighters of socalled Islamic State the children were living in a refugee camp in syria in june a german court ruled that the country must take in children with german citizenship other nations including france and belgium have already done so. Many for children are travelling to the country of their parents who had once joined the socalled is not a state and died now for the 1st time and often tough negotiations with the kurdish Led Administration the German Government is repatriating children born to i. A. S. Militants. For lish its a Welcome Development that for german children who had been in custody in Northern Syria were able to leave the country today. In addition will advocate for the possibility of other children in the same circumstances to leave syria is this essentially concerned small children whose Living Conditions are far from. The kurdish camps are squalid in our whole camp alone 75000 people live in close quarters among them are many i. A. s followers hygiene and medical care are minimal and to seize its spread easily german children are among those growing up in these conditions and their mothers want to return home as soon as possible yeah see me says she arrived in syria in 2014 and lived in iraq and die yes control she has been living in a kurdish camp with her 2 children for 2 years. So its very difficult for the children my son is 4 years old i sent him here from school he has to learn something i want to learn something too its already been 2 years thats time i wont get back i hope well get picked up so that we can get a 2nd chance. One out of many stories us pressure on the German Government grows to bring more of its citizens back from syria. Lets take a closer look at this now what do you have used for the call correspondent good morning hans hans where is the pressure coming from to bring these children back to germany. I think you could say the Major Pressure comes from relatives here in germany of those children in syria in the camps in the kurdish controlled areas of syria they have been sending letters to the government they have been organizing groups of relatives in germany and i think going to courts the courts have had several cases brought to fall to pressure the German Government to bring back children from syria weve just heard in this report about one of those court cases where in fact the German Government was. Told that it needed to bring that it was to. That it had to bring back these children from syria so thats one part of the pressure the other pressures coming from International Sources especially from the kurds themselves who are holding tens of thousands of people with an eye as background do not have the resources to who to actually support those people and feel that the countrys. Aat side that area should bring back their citizens that the concerns obviously not only germany ok the difficult part of this equation hans is of course the parents well the parents these Islamic State fighters or former Islamic State fighters be coming back with them and could they ever pose a Security Threat to germany. Well at the moment the children these concrete cases these 4 children were talking about theyre traveling back to germany with their grandparents 3 of them often so there are no parents to consider in that situation the 4th child is that very young girl which is seriously injured as a serious medical condition her mother continues to live in the camp but there have been obviously a number of people who have returned under their own steam there are several 100 former. Supporters who are being moved back in germany as far as the people are concerned that are still in those camps germany might consider bringing back relatives such as the mothers of the children the Children Together with their mothers but so far germany has said that i as fighters specially men but also some women are not being considered for being returned at the cost and at the expense of the German Government ok so the government taking this on a case by case look at the situation hans thanks very much for that. This is deja vu news live from berlin still to come on the show coal is at the heart of an Election Campaign coming up in the 2 german states where its a major employer well look at how the right wing populist if deep party is fighting to keep the industry going against government plans to close it down. But 1st a 21 year old woman in all salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where she gave birth has been cleared of murder during a retrial Evelyn Hernandez has always maintained her innocence saying that she did not know she was pregnant and lost consciousness during the birth of her case has been very closely watched with when those Rights Groups calling for her acquittal. Its a happy ending for Evelyn Hernandez after 3 years behind bars a court and send salvatore a quid at the young woman of aggravated homicide charges the prosecution had requested a 40 year sentence. Finally free hernandez couldnt hide her joy. For a boy. Thank you for being here and thank god justice was done i also want to express my gratitude to those who have protested on might be half as well as my supporters and other countries and i want to thank my mother for it being there for me all along. Hernandez had been imprisoned after suffering a miscarriage and being found guilty of murdering her unborn child the womans lawyers argued shed been raped and was unaware of her pregnancy when an upset trick emergency at her home resulted in a stillbirth for women convicted under el salvadors draconian anti abortion law usually face sentences of 2 to 8 years but often those who seek medical treatment after a miscarriage are charged with aggravated homicide and 20. 17 hernandez was sentenced to 30 years in prison but in february al Salvador Supreme Court overturned the ruling for lack of evidence over the past 2 years the struggle of Evelyn Hernandez has become a symbol for the womens Rights Movement and the fight for a more lenient abortion policy in all of latin america. Thats why scores of activists outside the courthouse celebrated the ruling as a collective victory and a long overdue step in the right direction. A wildfire on the Spanish Island of gran canaria has forced the evacuation of some line 1000 people firefighters are struggling to get the boys under control but strong winds and low humidity are fanning the flames the biggest Fire Fighting operation ever carried out on the Canary Islands authorities are calling it an unprecedented environmental tragedy its the 1st wildfire since last week more than 1000 firefighters and soldiers are on shift work night and day to try and control the place in some areas flames from the fires reach 50 meters into the sky making move to drop from aircraft difficult work is now concentrated on keeping the outer limits of the fires contained so they dont reach an area as. You know today and tomorrow are decisive then well know whether the fires are under control that doesnt mean theyll be out yet fires like these can last for days. Several villages were evacuated as a precaution during the night and early hours of the morning around 9000 people left their homes theyre staying with relatives or in emergency shelters. Now theyre waiting for permission to return home so youre there you go again im 87 years old and i can remember a fire like this. Its unbelievable that its happened again we simply have to look after the forests and fields better. The wildfires are raging and part of a unesco biosphere reserve. Strong winds are making firefighting operations even moot difficult. Well less than 2 weeks voters in the german states of saxony in brandenburg are going to the polls and actions that are being very closely watched thats because in both states the right wing populist a. F. D. Could become the Strongest Party in those states and push the established parties c. D. U. Of all a machall in the s. B. Day into the background while whats giving the campaign extra appeal is coal the last major wealth producer in this economically weak area especially in the allows its region the a. F. D. Wants to keep coal fired power plants while the c. D. U. In the s. B. They have decided that they have to go the coal industry employs thousands in this area. Its half past 3 and stephan kubicki is under pressure he needs to order a crane. And its me again what kind of crane do we need kind of one was it again what. Could be its key works in a coal fired power plant in the eastern german region of laos it. Lately hes been managing his Election Campaign qubits key wants to represent the far right alternative for Germany Party or a. F. D. In brandenburg state parliament. They kicked him out 10 years ago i never would have thought that i would get into politics so to speak and be this involved i could have gone fishing carried on or naked my dog for a walk i could have had a lot easier its tough to be in the a. F. D. Hostile to you on your point of but the f. D. A. Is popular here germanys phase out of coal fired power plants has many people here worried and the f. T. Backs coal power which is practically the regions only source. Of income the party thrives on frustration with germanys mainstream parties what on the thats and what have they done for the last 30 years they make most people sick people dont believe in all the promises being made again just before the election. And. After the collapse of communist east germany many people moved to the west sense then the center left social democrats have governed the state of brandenburg. But since the emergence of the a. F. D. Many voters deny Climate Change and use fear mongering to stir up than a phobia this party thats been tied to the nato nazis could become the most powerful force in the former east only a few people here are willing to comment on the f. T. s rise in popularity. I was in good hands on where they want to go. We wont know until theyre in power what is on the bottom and also why then it may be too late but it is my sincere. A. F. D. Candidate stephan kubicki who could lure s. P. D. Voters to his camp dismisses concerns that his far right party is too extremist when georges issue of what if something in the a. F. D. Became an example 90 out fast but i dont think thats an issue at all week nish you mean a far right trend yes thats always the assumption that there isnt one its well informed and yet some of qubits keys own friends and family criticized him when he joined the f. T. My family was divide