we have just heard what joshua wong said. that is the opinion of many people here, and it is one of the demands for a long time now. people want an independent investigation into what the police have been doing that day and the weeks before, and anything else will not satisfy the protesters. they will continue going on the streets, as you can see. people have no trust in the police. there is no trust. carl: you are watching dw news. still to come, a former football pro who competed for germany committed suicide 10 years ago after suffering from depression. we will hear from his widow, his campaign since then to raise awareness of mental illness in the sports world. and a new production of a mozart opera being staged in rome, but it is a show with a twist. first, spain is holding another general election. on sunday, yes, another one, a fourth in four years. the socialist party won the largest share of the vote, but could not get a majority in parliament. after failing to form a government, he hopes to increase his share of the

wong from the legislative council elections is politically motivated and shows that hong kong's autonomy and freedom is being squeezed while protests too and pakistan where tens of thousands of people according on prime minister imran khan to resign people involved in the so-called freedom march have gathered in islamabad after arriving from towns across the country the group led by a conservative opposition party is angry over pakistan's faltering economy and iran consummate a ship they've given him for 2 days to step down but he has refused to has the latest from the capital. i did a 2nd day of protests most of the protesters are living on their own. dead making their own bread and whatever they can find in order to get by most of these people are poor prepared who have traveled from all over pakistan from baluchistan province from the khyber book to who are from the punjab and even in care of then progress and most of these people say that they will stand behind their leader modify the ramón and are waiting for him because they have come here and that they are determined to stay ther

eminent activist joshua wong called for the people of hong kong to stay united we mourn together and we urge home the people where black you should to get your today and tomorrow to show our side dorothea and unity and now is the hind foot of government to set up the in the band as investigation on the clash with the king you know and see for truth and justice and which is pretty insane and and reasonable for how to gotham and allow the police attempted to hold on people. later protesters blocked roads set street fires and vandalized subway stations. riot police fired tear gas at least 2 places and they've been accused of using excessive force including the regular use of tear gas and pepper spray. protests started in june initially because of a planned extradition deal to mainland china however shortly afterwards demonstrations turn to mainly demanding democratic reforms more protests are expected on the weekend the death of child say look could well for their heightened tensions. well day doubly as mathias building is in hong kong right at the spot where the young man phil earlier

reporter: joshua wong was from running but his party claimed victory. remarkable achievement in the district council election, the kongers, all hong especially voters, protestors, liners that paid a price, spent the time or sacrificed in movement.t reporter: until now, the pro-beijing party held the majority of the district anger against the government eroded their support. they've apologized to the public misreading the vote. the line at the it'sstablishment camp say a nightmarish result and the city's government will need to the people's demands. >> they've spoken quite clearly we now do iswhat look at the major demands and of them can be dealt with more satisfactorily. reporter: the district elections are traditionally an eventful traditionally uneventful. >> this was a win for the protestors. it could be a point that their efforts on the street have tangible into a political outcome, a good opportunity to take stock and what's next for the protest movement so it may see a period of calm for hong kong. reporter: the pro-democracy movement celebrated

one candidate is barreom running, democracy activist joshua wong. the healthcare hong kong election officials say it's because he believes indecopendee d be in hong kong's future which goes against the city's constitution. but activists say even thisas electioneen influenced by china's communist government. >> with my infoation efficacy, beijing helped to ignore my words and to restrict me to enter the institution. >> reporter: 23-year-old joshua wong started pushing forr democratic reform in the city as a teenager spearhding the pro democracy umbrella movement in 2014. he spent time in jail for charges related to the protest and is considered to be one of the first prisoners. wong and teaemofocracy activists have been lobbying the u.s. congress to hold officials in mainland china and hong kong to account for human rights abuses. the bill was passed this week. >> hong kong human rights and democracy acts is the act at was sanctioned who suppress hong kong's human rights including government, officials, police frce and also the election officers that

wong, nathan law, and many others. however, every time, every single time, we pushed for passage, there was vigruss opposition from diplomats, so-called experts, committee chairs and u.s. business interests in hong kong. so passage of this legislation is long overdue. my house bill co-sponsored by my good friend and colleague jim mcgovern of massachusetts and 46 others bipartisan co-sponsors passed last month on act 15. today we consider a final bill derived from working with our colleagues in the united states senate. specifically the act directs the secretary of state to report and certify to congress annually whether hong kong continues to deserve special treatment under u.s. law. different from mainland china in such matters as trade, customs, sanctions enforcement, law enforcement cooperation, and protection of human rights and the rule of law. it directs the state department not to deny entry visas, based primarily on the applicant's arrest or detention for participating in nonviolent protest activities in hong k

what will the government do. —— joshua wong. where can they go from here? they have got a huge dilemma. there chinese government strategy i seem to be to let the protests go on. as far as they are concerned it is safe because it is contained in hong kong. they have persuaded their population in mainland china, this is what happens when you give people too much freedom. they had hoped the protest movement would run out of stea m protest movement would run out of steam but i think after the dramatic confrontations we saw a week ago in the university campuses, there were some who thought it had gone too far, hong kong people would be put off by that violence. now there is a huge momentum. carrie lam says she will listen before. i think she is something of a toxic figure and china must be considering how quickly it can afford to replace about more than half, can it afford to make concessions. will that take the steam out of this movement are bold and it. it is a difficult dilemma for a china which has authoritarian instincts which is dealing with a hong kong wh

joshua wong joins us live. thank you for joining joshua wong joins us live. thank you forjoining us. what do you think the message of the results is?l defector referendum on the election day already explained how hong kong people are determined to fight for freedom and democracy. with more than 85% of the seats won by the pro—democratic camp, now is the time for president uber and carrie lam stop the brutal crackdown on protesters and respond to our cause ofa protesters and respond to our cause of a free election. the protests -- miguel the protests continue? they have continued for almost five months already —— well the protests continue. we continue to protest every weekend. we put more pressure on beijing and hope that they realise they should not ignore our voice and now way, we represent a majority of those in hong kong. carrie lam has said that she will listen to the opinions of the public, humbly, and seriously reflect. but if the crackdowns continue on those demonstrators, what more can you do? she listened to our demands, she's listened for mor

and we do have an extended interview with joshua wong coming up on news right after the show let's get around to some other stories making news around the world iraqi security forces have killed at least 3 protesters in the southern city of nasiriyah dozens more were injured a new clashes between anti-government protesters and police around the country including in the capital baghdad amnesty international says iraq's crackdown on the protests has become a bloodbath. iran's president hassan rouhani says his country has discovered a new oil field in the south but high hopes for the fields potential have already been tempered officials now say it contains 22000000000 barrels of crude oil less than half of original estimates the west african nation of gambia has filed a case that the united nation's highest court against me and maher accusing it of genocide against its for hanging a muslim minority gambia was acting on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation more than 700000 have fled to bangladesh in the last 2 years to escape violence in me and mark. turkey has started sending

i'm thinking of because of joshua wong democratic change. i'm thinking of because ofjoshua wong who wanted to put forward his name is candidacy in the local elections. he hasjust been told he cannot stand. he has been told he cannot stand. he has been barred from standing on the council elections and as he puts it, i have been barred from my role championing democratic rights in hong kong and engaging on the issue on an international level. this is nothing short of political screening and censorship. so i come back to the question, what really, honestly, is there even to talk about what now with beijing, or carrie lam? we need to... i'm not happy with the current situation and i think it's very u nfortu nate situation and i think it's very unfortunate that candidates for elections have to be politically screened that way but having said that, let's put the so—called disqualification in context. it only started after the 2014 occupy central protest. it started after the newly elected legislatures when they took the oath of allegiance to the

candidate standing in local elections later this month the protests gained traction after democracy icon joshua wong was disqualified from contesting the election a move he calls politically motivated but the demonstrations soon turned violent when police blocked protesters from marching into the streets and set up a cordon to.

they gathered at victoria park after the leading activist joshua wong called for 100,000 people to attend the rally. he's been disqualified from standing in forthcoming district council elections. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonell is in downtown hong kong with the latest. well, it's sort of quietened down and there is not as many protesters around. the police have adopted what you might call a kind of zero tolerance approach to marching today. now in their thousands, many thousands, protesters turned out today and you will hear people, by the way, shouting out at the police who were kind of mopping up what that is left off tonight's protest. but they have come in very quickly, grabbing people and just marching. that's enough to see people being detained today. we have seen these officers moving in, now they are sort of fanning out down the road and down here. and telling people that they have to get out of the streets and if we come round here now, spraying pepper spray at people. so we are having these kind of tense scenes like this. coucillors from the eastern german city of dresden ha

for this leader joshua wong there well for more let's bring in correspondent yes berlinger who's standing by for us in hong kong but he is what is known about the circumstances that led to the student's death well what we profile of leno is that he fell from this parking deck he was found injured at the bottom of the parking deck off to some heavy clashes between the police and protesters around sparking. that garage and it seems that protesters have fled into that building and that the police have been firing teargas have really around the area and it is believed that he fell while fleeing from the police or while something happened inside that parking deck there's no footage there have been cameras inside face garage but there is no footage from the incident itself so we do not know exactly a watch let's to his death but what we know is that he is the 1st person who came to death in the middle of these clashes while being out to protest site there have been other people that have these suicides to have been other deaths that protest is linked to the events through to the protests but th

that's right just to give you some context earlier in the week joshua wong had his candidacy for local elections rejected he says they were the reason was politically motivated so this protest was meant it had been planned even before that but he lent his voice to the protests telling people to come out on the streets to highlight the issue of the lack of democracy in hong kong and the fact that what he says is beijing failing to promise to uphold hong kong's autonomy and squeezing its freedoms now the protesters here once again were chanting earlier stand with hong kong amongst other chant the 5 demands they want more of an investigation into police brutality we've seen police use excessive force during these protests they want hong kong to have universal suffrage as was promised to them and amongst other things they want the hong kong government to listen to them and hear what they have to say all right yes thank you for that update from hong kong there was president donald trump has defended himself on the campaign trail against a congress of the impeachment inquiry that's come afte

and protests leader joshua wong has responded to the death of the student here's what he had to say. good morning together and we urge hall of people wear black issue to get our today and tomorrow we show our side darkie and unity and now is the high point of government is that of the in the band as investigation on the clash with getting no s.c. for truth and justice and which is really in saying and on reasonable well how the government allowed the police attempted murder hold on people well for more we can bring in our correspondent putting a who is in hong kong mathias what else is known about the circumstances around the students death. this is pretty much what we know he fell from this parking garage where i am now behind me people are laying down flowers at the spot where he fell. we cannot see them because they are blocked by the other journalists now people are leaving messages here. he fell from there and outside of this building there were clashes between the police and protesters teargas was fired this night that there were rumors that he was fleeing from the tear gas the

were thrown out but also over recent years a number of candidates disqualified including one candidate joshua wong disqualified from taking part in these elections so they're extremely imperfect elections but nevertheless people should take part and i also agree with david that at every step of the way over the last 6 months kerry lamb personally has had opportunities where she could have averted the situation deteriorating and at every step she's mishandled it refused to listen to people refused to compromise or engage and she is responsible ultimately for this crisis and i know tankan at let me put it to you then that these elections will take place but ultimately the deck is stacked against these protesters. so any politician who has a tin ear in your mind deserves to have people on the streets committing acts of violence randomly including japanese tourists i find this hard to believe that people are actually saying that we shouldn't stop the violence that it let me spanish this time so you know this idea you know i notice david said we don't exactly know who we are but at this point ther

from beijing they say that this qualification of democracy icon joshua wong from the legislative council elections is politically motivated and shows that hong kong's autonomy and freedom is being squeezed the yemeni protest as i back out and tie is the 2nd largest city demanding that government figures suspected of embezzlement to be sacked with the war having pushed millions to the brink of famine demonstrators say their misery is being made worse by rampant corruption a saudi led military coalition intervened in 2015 to support the yemeni government's fight against truthy rebels triggering what the u.n. describes as a as the wild west a humanitarian disaster. well the u.s. state department has again accused iran of being a wild leading state sponsor of terrorism and an annual report and praised gulf countries for making progress but says as needed. reports iran's spends nearly a $1000000000.00 a year supporting what the u.s. describes as terrorist groups that's according to an annual report on terrorism by the u.s. state department. it says iran uses its proxies to expand its influenc

simple problem of pro-democracy activists joshua wong was disqualified for running in this election he cast his ballot urging others to do the same if they urge to stop police brutality call for free action is high but i'm sure what everybody's caught. while we still have to actually police have been deployed to monitor the polling birds after months of banning clashes the city's later has called for calm on sundays but we are facing an extremely challenging a situation in all the nice thing this year's elections but i feel is to say that with the concerted efforts of all parties including our laws over $30.00 to settle so many things question today we should have been relatively peaceful and calm and vibrant to fund these actions such as the post i kept my bear the brunt of public anger but analysts say it's unlikely the pro-democracy parties will secure a majority i expect the democrats maybe get a number of extra seats but it will be very difficult for them to really get an overall majority the district elections are normally a low key affair with campaigns focusing on local issues

candidate standing in local elections later this month the protests gained traction after democracy icon joshua wong was disqualified from contesting the election a move he calls politically motivated but the demonstrations soon turned violent when police blocked protesters from marching into the streets and set up a cordon to prevent others from entering the park. less than an hour after the rally began tear gas was fired sending people scrambling protesters shut down main roads and took over hong kong central district you can hear the sirens in the distance and the air is thick with tear gas and smoke but that isn't putting up any of these shows have heard hundreds of them are gathered here in one khan's main a financial center a place that is usually teeming at shoppers during the weekends and tourists instead the protesters have taken over the street the building barricades set up public objects on fire and are waiting for the police to come here and they came in large numbers firing tear gas and pepper spray dispersing the protesters in all directions they kept with their philosophy the wa

wong from the legislative council elections is politically motivated and shows that hong kong's autonomy and freedom is being squeezed. protests today and pakistan where tens of thousands of people are demonstrating against the government and calling on prime minister in long tongue to resign people involved in the so-called freedom march has gathered in islamabad after arriving from towns across the country the group led by a conservative opposition party is angry over pakistan's faltering economy and imran khan's leadership have given him 2 days to step down but he's refused to allow high has the latest from the capital. a day that 2nd broad day most of the protesters are living on the roadside making their own bread and whatever they can find in order to get by most of these people appalled me but who have traveled from all over boggart on from baluchistan province from the khyber book to the wall from the punjab and even interior of then prague and most of these people say that they will stand behind their leader i'm a lot of older mon and are waiting for him because they have come h

wong who we have had on the show, he tries to protest pro-democracy, he says this in a piece he wrote in the washington op-ed talking about various measures that passed in the house, others in the senate, he would like this and to come together to the headline china can file its need but on hong kong's movements. this is a moment the international community must speak up and signal to beijing it should loosen its international pressure. what would -- what more could the administration be doing? >> the president and secretary have been clear on this issue, the president called for humane treatment in hong kong, the secretary said chinese commitment as relates to hong kong just last week, secretary mike pompeo was at the hudson institute where he gave an incredibly tough speech as it relates to the pushback we are seeing from this administration toward the communist party in china and it is important to differentiate our sympathies and friendship are with people around the world to make their own determination about their country and our dispute in these situations are not with the chin

as leading pro-democracy activists joshua wong told us earlier today. listen here. >> the silent majority express their voice. there is still a long way to go is an uphill battle. we will continue to fight until the day we get free election and the victory of hong kong. >> more than than 70% of hong kong's registered 4 million voters turned out to cast their ballots and that led some chastened pro-beijing lawmakers to admit that it really is time for the hong kong authorities to consider a seating to at least some of the protesters demands, listen here. >> we have to think twice about answering people from now on. >> a real wake-up call for the government. >> the big question obviously is how do communist party leaders in beijing react this some so-cd slap in the face? do they decide it is time to start accommodating the pro-democracy movement or do they move even more quickly to crush it? >> trace: they don't like challenge. jonathan hunt fly for us in los angeles, thank you. tesla ceo elon musk says the company has more than 200,000 preorders for its

high profile pro-democracy activist joshua wong and agnes chow called on protesters to avoid the rallies in their fifth month. they were charged with organizing an illegal assembly june. before friday's court appearance, they demanded an independent police inquiry into what they describe as excessive force being used on protesters. >> now is the time for the government to set up an independent investigation on the clash, and seek truth and justice. reporter: police have denied wrongdoing and will conduct a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances of the student's death. sarah clark, al jazeera, hong kong. >> the international court of justice will hear a case filed by ukraine against russia. allegedrns moscow's support of pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine. this comes as a key of's army and russia backed separatists are set to withdraw more troops from the front line on saturday. the planned exit is part of a series of measures ending a conflict that has killed more than 13,000 people in the last five years. objection byinary the russian federation that the court lacks

paul: and yet the chinese have band or the government has banned joshua wong, democracy activist, from running. there are suggestions that maybe -- and there's a threat from the chinese media -- that the elections could be canceled because of the violation. what would be the hong kong reaction to that? >> it would not be good. so we've seen a huge surge of people registering to vote. people would much rather express their discontent at the ballot box than in the streets. and i think that if the government is looking for a pretense to hut this down, it's it's -- to shut this down, it's only going to further enflame passions. paul: one of the things the communist party is talking about is they're going to focus on patriotic education for the chinese students. now, you and i both know because we lived there, students from chinese university of hong kong and hong kong university, they have liberal educations, you know, just like anywhere in the united states. >> right. paul: and that's one of the reasons that they're demonstrating -- >> right. paul: they want to retain their rights as citi

this is hong kong activist joshua wong. >> we mourn totogether and we ue the people, where black teachers together today and tomorrow to .how our solidarity and unity now is the time for the government to seset up the independent investigation on the clash. it is ununreasonable for how the government allowed police attempt to murder hong kong people, which proves reformed police is a must. in new york city, long-time immigration activist marco saavedra attended his final asylum hearing on thursday, in which he argued his life would be at risk if he were sent to mexico. the immigration judge overseeing saavedra's case will have a final decision by january 17, 2020. saavedra has been living in the united states since he was three years old. he has been involved in several high-profile immigration actions. in 2012, he purposely got arrested by federal authorities in order to infiltrate the geo group's for-profit immigration jail, the broward transitional center, and investigate allegations of human rights abuses inside the secretive facility. in 2013, marco saavedra self-deported to mexico w

candidates standing in local elections later this month the protests gained traction after democracy icon joshua wong was disqualified from contesting the election a move he calls politically motivated but the demonstrations soon turned violent when police blocked protesters from marching into the streets and set up a cordon to prevent others from entering the park. less than an hour after the rally began tear gas was fired sending people scrambling protesters shut down main roads and took over hong kong central district you can hear the sirens in the distance and the air is thick with tear gas and smoke but that isn't putting up any of these. hundreds of them are gathered here in one khan's main a financial center a place that is usually teeming at shoppers during the we can send tourists instead the protesters have taken over the street the building barricades set up public objects on fire and are waiting for the police to come here and they came in large numbers firing tear gas and pepper spray this person in the protesters in all directions they kept with their philosophy the water to recrui

wong was disqualified for running in this election he cast his ballot urging others to do the same if they urge to stop police brutality or free action is high but i'm sure what everybody is calm. where we still have to actually police have been deployed to monitor the polling birds after months of clashes the city's late has called for calm on sundays but we are facing an extremely challenging situation in all the nice thing this year's elections but i'm pleased to say that with the concerted efforts of all parties including of course over $30000.00. working today we should have been relatively peaceful and calm and vibrant to fund these actions such as the post kept by bear the brunt of public anger but analysts say it's unlikely the pro-democracy parties will secure a majority i expect the democrats maybe get a number of extra seats but it will be very difficult for them to really get an overall majority the district elections are normally a low key affair with campaigns focusing on local issues like garbage collection and bus routes but it's the only election in hong kong which is

joshua wong. he wanted to meet with us outside the central government complex. a symbolic location by his choosing. and he told us time for every hong konger who supports democracy to make their mark at the ballot box. listen here. >> it's time to have the protest woke to express our anger to the crackdown. >> now, we also spoke with one of the leading pro-beijing lawmakers, regina, a member of the executive council. she had an equally straightforward message for voters. listen again. >> my message sang order. the ability and order. that's the key message. my party is sending out to our supporters. >> so vote as a message to support the chinese central government? >> no. support order and stability in hong kong. now every single member of hong kong wants 31,000 riot police force will be on duty this weekend, john. many of them manning the poll stations. it will be interesting to see what affect the site of those police has on those who want to go to vote. john? >> john: our chief correspondent jonathan hunt has been doing big work there in hong kong and a big we

joshua wong, who without a show, in and out of jail there as he tries to protest for pro-democracy, he says this in a piece that he wrote in the washington op-ed. he's talking about various measures that are being passed in the house, others in the senate. would like to see them come together, he says under the headline "china confounds me but it can't silence hong kong's movement." he says this is a moment when the international community must pick up comedies actions would signal to beijing it should illusion that might loosen its grip or face international pressure. what more could read administration, should our administration be doing at this point? >> the president and the secretary have been very clear on this issue, the president has called and said he wants humane treatment in hong kong. the secretary has talked and said the chinese me to live up to their commitments as it relates to hong kong, just last week secretary pompeo was at the hudson institute in new york where he actually gave an incredibly tough speech as it relates to the pushback that we are seeing from us toward

wong was disqualified from contesting the election a move he calls politically motivated but the demonstration soon turned violent when police blocked protesters from marching into the streets and set up a cordon to prevent others from entering the park. less than an hour after the rally began tear gas was fired sending people scrambling protesters shut down main roads and took over hong kong central district you can hear the sirens in the distance and the air is thick with tear gas and smoke but that isn't putting up any of these shows have heard hundreds of them are gathered here in one khan's main a financial center a place that is usually teeming at shoppers during the weekends and tourists instead the protesters have taken over the street the building barricades set up public objects on fire and are waiting for the police to come here and they came in large numbers firing tear gas and pepper spray dispersing the protesters in all directions they kept with their philosophy the water to recruit and disrupt other parts of the city protesters bands allies the offices of the state run shin one

wong from the legislative council elections is politically motivated and shows that hong kong's autonomy and freedom is being squeezed at least $53.00 soldiers and one civilian have been killed in an attack on a military base in northeastern mali it happened as an outpost in the uk a region no group has yet tamed responsibility our correspondent has reported extensively in the region and he talks through the security challenges in. it's very clear that the the campaign that has been going on for years actually since 2012 has has failed to to finish those groups there despite the convergence of thousands and thousands of to 5000 you have mentioned from the g 5 countries. including mali and 4 other side held countries you have thousands from france and you and house of sort of big existence there are u.n. peacekeepers despite those efforts despite those armies it's very clear that that campaign has not given the results that were intended and that's probably causing too analysts because the intention itself in many accuse those troops of not really being there only to finish that phenomeno

from beijing they say the disqualification of democracy icon joshua wong from the legislative council elections is.