i'm married to evanston thanks for joining me. polls have closed in sri lanka where people who. been voting for a new president a record number of 35 candidates are on the ballot but it's expected to be a tight race between the 2 frontrunners former defense secretary go to by average of taksin who oversaw the defeat of tamil separatists 10 years ago is facing a government minister to prevent. the poll was monitored by thousands of election observers including dozens from the european union. w is a mission swallows industry lankan capital colombo before polls close she sent us this look at the choices facing sri lankans and a painful legacy is that this election is trying to heal. sri lanka today void sport it's president and voted on our show is already pretty impressive which is expected in this island nation which records height on outs amongst the highest in south asia 16000000 people thought of legible to ward in this election and they have their work cut out for them tony 5 candidates are whining for their board the ballot people alone is 2 feet long but there are 2 keogh f

i'm married to evanston welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where there have been fresh clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police protesters barricaded hong kong's polytechnic university as part of a week long campaign aimed at disrupting traffic and hitting the local economy right police fired tear gas in a bid to clear. the demonstrators who threw petrol bombs and started fires on the street chinese troops were deployed in the city for the 1st time since the protests began. well earlier i talked to him and he is building a who's in hong kong and i asked him about the significance of the chinese soldiers being on the streets for the 1st time since the protests began. yet it was yesterday that they came out of a garrison to clear up some of the barricades they were wearing their sports outfit and they were marching on them clearing some of the debris there they said that was a voluntary action it sparked a bit of concern here because they are not allowed to interfere in hong kong unless they're asked by the hong kong government and the hong kong government has not a

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omarion evanston it's good to have you with us. lebanon has seen another day of nation of wine protests as demonstrators continue to demand reforms and political change thousands of people turned out in the northern city of tripoli calling for president me shadow own to step down alan has meanwhile set a date for lawmakers to start the process of picking a new prime minister that's following the resignation of saeed al hariri earlier this week that. protests have been less intense of his resignation but they show no sign of letting up completely. 26 year old artist even dead is fighting for survival in a country where corruption is so widespread that it's threatening its very existence he portrays his view of lebanon in this painting the fire of the revolution killing the evil serpent their corrupted their lives the story the money we just want our money but we want we want a good future for us for our children lebanon is currently in the grip of its worst ever financial crisis. the country faces extreme social inequality and has t

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall with a series of commemorations here in the capital earlier on saturday german chancellor angela merkel attended a ceremony where the wall once stood between east and west berlin and she urged europe to defend its values and fight for democracy. german president from walter steinmeier and the u.s. ambassador to germany were also in attendance as it were for eastern european leaders whose countries were played a role in ending the cold war. well d.w. has been covering today's commemoration events here in the german capital with our correspondent thomas sparrow at the berlin wall memorial and here in the studio i'm joined by john barrack it's great to see both of you now thomas i'd like to start with you tell us a bit about the events of this morning at the commemoration at barito as tosser. arianna we're standing now at the bernauer. memorial this is one of the most important in wall memorials right here in the center of the german capital it was not far away fr

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. german chancellor angela merkel and indian prime minister narendra modi have been holding trade talks in delhi the 2 leaders signed a series of agreements strengthening industrial and strategic links mr modi also announced of the 2 countries would work to combat terrorism and extremism but despite the show of unity there are still divisions. india's prime minister pulls out all the stops of the german chancellor the woman he likes to describe as a great leader. his clampdown in kashmir would remain the elephant in the room for much of the day modi's decision to strip the region of its semi autonomous status has sparked outrage there and in the bring pakistan at the only doing press conference both sides appear keen to stress what they have in common. rather than what divides them horrible gentlemanly energies and germany's friendly relations a based on core values like democracy and the rule of law this is why we have similar views about the great challenges that face our world or to

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall events are taking place across the capital german chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders took part in a ceremony at the site of where the wall once stood the german leader told europeans not to take their freedom for granted. ceremonies in the heart of berlin commemorate the 30th anniversary of what's called the peaceful revolution. today this section of the wall is a memorial site but 3 decades ago it separated east and west germany and this symbolic location is where the official memorial celebrations are taking place. the iron curtain is now history that's what these young people say they are from the so-called visit grad countries in poland the czech republic slovakia and hungary their message 30 years after the fall of the wall europe stands united and in his speech german president flung fighter steinmeyer emphasized the role of east european countries before the fall of the wall the openly demonstrated for more freedom. didn't move out or di

by marrying to evanston it's good to have you with us. levanon is readying for another day of nationwide protests as demonstrators continue to demand reforms and political change in the biggest rally on saturday thousands turned down to the northern city of tripoli calling for president michel i want to step down lebanon has been swept by more than 2 weeks of demonstrations against a political class accused of corruption but the protesters also turned their rallies into joyous occasions. with alumina ated mobile phones held aloft and a celebrity d.j. behind the decks it was as much a rave as the protests but the thousands of people in tripoli's out in the square had good reason to assemble that demand to overthrow the political class the does dominated lebanon for 30 years and with the resignation of the prime minister on october the 29th the protests seemed to be working there was no doubt that there was something of a party atmosphere at this demo and d.j. marty k. read the mood of patriotism by playing the national anthem. he seemed to

i'm married to evanston welcome to the program tens of thousands of people have gathered in the czech republic's capital prague to. mand the resignation of prime minister andre bobbish opponents of bobbish accuse the populist leader of profiting from his office and conflicts of interest he's one of the czech republic's richest men the protests coincide with events commemorating the start of the 1989 velvet revolution that toppled the communist regime in what was then czechoslovakia organizers say they want the czech republic to rediscover the pro-democracy ideals that fueled the protest 30 years ago. standing by for us in prague correspondent jonathan crane jonathan good to see you tell us what is happening where you are right now. well this is the latest in a series of protests organized by the activist group 1000000 women to democracy and initially the estimates suggest that this is by far the biggest the day how safe asa passing the course remains and it came to let just behind me. now as you say this coincides with the anniversary of the velvet revolution the food of communism in

i'm married to evanston and it's good to have you with us. turkey and russia have begun long have launched ground patrols in northeastern syria the operation is part of a deal struck by the 2 countries to force kurdish fighters out of the territory near turkey's border military vehicles are patrolling a zone 10 kilometers deep along the border marking a major power shift in syria it's a month after u.s. president donald trump withdrew his country's forces from the area russian and turkish troops have been carrying out joint patrols on the turkish syrian border since midday local time these images come from a region near the small turkish time. with the joint patrols wants to prevent the kurdish militia returning to the border driving the wipe out of the border region was one of the aims of turkey's incursion into northern syria which germany said was against international law. i'm just a international says that turkish authorities are cracking down on critics of the military offensive and have made hundreds of arrests turkish officials have n

i'm married to evanston welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where there have been fresh clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police protesters barricaded hong kong's polytechnic university as part of a week long campaign aimed at disrupting traffic and hitting the local economy riot police fired tear gas in a bid to clear the dead. it's traders many of whom threw petrol bombs and started fires on the streets on saturday chinese troops were deployed in the city for the 1st time since the protests began emerging from their barracks to clear road blocks . correspondent is that inger is following developments in hong kong and he joins us now for the latest hello to you mathias so for the 1st time says these protests broke out nearly 6 months ago we've been seeing chinese soldiers on the streets of hong kong what more can you tell us. yet it was yesterday that they came out off a garrison to clear up some of the barricades they were wearing their sports outfits and they were marching and then clearing some of the debris there they said that was a voluntary action it's spar

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us police have fired tear gas to break up a fresh round of mass protests in hong kong protesters as some bearing the flags of democratic states had originally planned to build look as an emergency call for otani from china but authorities quickly cracked down on the band gathering this is the 22nd straight weekend of anti-government demonstrations in hong kong. database around the chelsea hill is in hong kong covering today's protests so surely we can see you were prepared for the tear gas fired by police you have your mask on but what about the demonstrators did they expect those so early in the day . i think a lot of people taking to the streets marianna none of that there is always the risk of tear gas being kind of police well you know put up the flag of the youth when they're warning that to be going up things about because i think it came as a surprise to a lot of people that they were filing directly into this not a public park particularly since a lot of the protesters what they were doing with still no photo they tried to ci

i'm there in evanston it's good to have you with us protesters have staged a series of demonstrations across france to mark the 1st anniversary of a yellow vest movement police turned water cannon on activists in paris but the protesters targeted a bank the yellow vest actions peaked at the end of last year bringing hundreds of thousands on to the streets to oppose high living costs and equality but the numbers of people taking part have since fallen. to w a correspondent lisa lewis is in paris following all the developments there for us so lisa what have you been seeing what have protesters been doing and what are their demands. well the protesters were trying to march through paris but when they arrived at plaza tell you it's in the southern and southern paris the police blocked off that square so they wouldn't let them move on bostock destroying things and that's why the police then called off fuel through station for that demo that was planned in the center of paris now when you look at these people it's very difficult to say who they are looks like a mix of all sorts of people bl

by marrying a evanston welcome to the program police have been firing tear gas in multiple locations in a bid to break up a fresh round of mass protests in hong kong authorities had banned all protests today which were originally billed as an emergency call for autonomy from mainland china but police quickly cracked down on an initial gathering and then in other parts of the city as well this is the 22nd straight weekend event government demonstrations in hong kong. w. charlotte chills of hill has been reporting from the midst of these demonstrations and she's been forced to wear a gas mask to protect herself from the tear gas used by police i spoke to her just a short while ago and asked if the demonstrators were prepared for such a swift and harsh response by police. i think a lot of people are taking to the streets marianna none of that there is always the risk of casting kind of police hot well you know a put up that they use when they're warning that to be going up it was about because i think it came as a surprise to a lot of people that they were following directly into this n

i told you that i moved into evanston, illinois. but the real shaper for me in terms of going into migration history is that when i hit evanston, illinois, and got a taste of chicago, i knew i had to understand something about how cities work. and so that was a great turning point. i taught high school for six years, but i never gave up on the idea that somehow i believe i need to go to graduate school, get a deeper understanding of this thing called black urban history. and so that experience, you know -- and then when i was in chicago, the place was exploding all the time. there was violence in the street, martin luther king marching in chicago, and all those things impressed me greatly. so when i went to graduate school, that accumulation of experiences really led me to look at milwaukee as a place to look at black migration and to try to understand how black people had become an urban people. [ applause ] >> just to give you a different kind of understanding of chicago, my family is from mississippi and louisiana. if you don't l

omarion evanston it's great to have you with us germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall events are taking place across the capital with a big celebration currently underway at the landmark brandenburg gate on november 9th 1989 communist east german authorities lifted travel restrictions and opened the border crossings to allow people to move freely to the west after decades of oppression and the fall of the berlin wall was the result of what's seen as a peaceful revolution that soon led to german reunification. correspondent michelle is covering the event at the brandenburg gate and she joins us now so what is the mood where you are is any of the euphoria from back then noticeable tonight. but it was it is a celebration removed down of brandenburg gate where several 1000 people are gathering and those central celebrations are just getting underway you can hear the music in the background but of course 30 years ago around this time 6 pm berlin time nobody had an inkling before of the berlin wall was just a couple of hours away. so it's a celebrate remove a

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