today you've seen them for about three months now every weekend out on the streets of hong kong thousands of protesters calling for democracy and the rule of law. i onone protest one point seven million people peacefully stakining their claim on freedom police holding back this time with no tear gas and no rubber bullets but we'll be doing give hong kong the freedom and autonomy it's so desperately wants and why is the weather's been so reluctant to unequivocally back up the protesters. and their calls for democracy. our topic today china's power play hong kong betrayed. to talk about this i'm joined by fog we from dw's asia desk he says. i wanted to experiment with the rule of law and democracy in hong kong with one country two systems and now also has to make concessions. bernard fox is the senior expert on asia for the bertelsmann foundation based here in berlin he says hong kong is at the center of a global competition of systems. western democracies show solidarity. and resilience and the ability to learn. and jerry chan is from hong kong works for d. w. social media team in berlin s

up on quadriga hong kong protesters want china to respect the rule of law and the city's semi autonomous that but will beijing give them the freedom they're demanding talking about that coming up on the point britain's. quadriga next on d w. how's. view of the world. where i come from and not only that glitters is gold it's just like this chinese food doesn't matter where i am always reminds me of home after decades of living in germany chinese food is one of the things i miss the most but that taking a step back i see things i need to live differently now. many of you expressed as american nations that exist the other part of the war haven't been implemented in china the cats leave not the time of people wondering if they're going to take it but if you have the right to learn reading is this is the job just understand my how i see it and understood why i had nothing my job because i tried to do it exactly the hour a day my name is the name too and i was added up to. 2 a lord welcome to quadriga international talk show coming to you from berlin i'm brian thomas on our show tod

greater say in extradition, then for wider cause, to defend hong kong's freedoms. but as local authorities struggle to contain the crisis, and beijing's grumbles grow ever louder, could the people's liberation army be on its way? alvin yeung, welcome to hardtalk. late into sunday night, protesters clashed with the hong kong police. it is the eighth weekend in succession that we have seen street protests and skirmishes, some of them violent. what has gone wrong? well, hello, shaun. things are not doing so well in hong kong, and of course, we have seen and witnessed protesters taking to the streets, and of course, we have seen clashes between the police and the protesters. we have been accusing the police for abusing their powers, and of course — and using excessive force. they are totally disproportional to what is needed, and there should be an independent commission of inquiry to look into the matter. but most unfortunately, this government, as if they have — they are not living in hong kong. they have turned a blind eye to all our demands. just on the question of an inqui

the city's lead warnings up both hong kong stability in danger it is one of asia's most important transport on financial hops and a mass sitting at a port to the consolation of flights business has a feeling the facts tourists numbers down on the stock markets fell to its lowest level in 7 months on tuesday. has more from hong kong. many passengers are still turning up tuesday evening at hong kong's international airport to learn that their flights have indeed been cancelled they may be still here on the departure board but gradually this is all now turning red as it did indeed 24 hours ago when thousands of protesters came to this terminal and brought the departing flights to a standstill once again there was a call went out for protesters to come here but they didn't come in the same numbers but they were enough of them pushing trolleys many which got overturned here blocking the check in aisles to once again force the airport authority to cancel all of tuesday's remaining flights it has to be said that many of the protesters have now cleared out those trolleys are in the stacks

i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: violence breaks out at hong kong's airport with clashes between riot police and protesters. more ominous warnings from china, as chinese troops manoeuvre near the hong kong border. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: president trump delays a 10% tariff on some chinese imports to avoid christmas shopping price hikes. and the long march — a british man becomes the first person to walk the length of china's yangtze river , the longest river in asia. it's one o'clock in the morning in london and 8:00am in singapore and in hong kong, where the international airport has been the scene of further, violent confrontations between demonstrators and police. officers tried to storm the terminal building only to withdraw after facing heavy resistance. at one point, a suspected chinese official was held hostage by protesters. the trouble has done nothing to quell fears of chinese intervention. president trump has claimed us intelligence told him that beijing is moving troops to its border with hong kong. jonathan head reports. this was the

clearly totalitarian the one in beijing hong kong has been frayed to this point bernard you say hong kong is on its way to becoming a police state. at least the police have played a role in the last couple of weeks that i think has surprised a lot of hong kong is because in hong kong there was a lot of trust in institutions and the police and the police violence that we've seen and that hasn't been independently. researched is something that has shocked. hong kong and is really at the heart of this conflict which for hunk owners and knows better than we all do is a conflict about what is our city going to be like in the future is it going to be just any chinese city or is it going to remain. a different system ok let's one of our viewers that it's 2047 right that reverts to complete chinese rule so there's this window of opportunity there a cherry as a hong konger how is this city different from the rest of china. in that race in hong kong. people from there we always say. at. almost the same standard as how the us of woe is seeing it we also know people from china with friends from mainland

of hong kong thousands of protesters calling for democracy and the rule of law one protest 1700000 people peacefully staking their claim on freedom police holding back this time with no tear gas no rubber bullets but will beijing give hong kong the freedom and autonomy it so desperately wants and why is the west been so reluctant to unequivocally back up the protesters and their calls for democracy. our topic today china's power play hong kong for trade to talk about this i'm joined by from did abuse asia desk he says china wanted to experiment with the rule of law and democracy in hong kong with one country 2 systems and now also has the make concessions. botches the senior expert on egypt for the bertelsmann foundation base here in berlin he says comes the hapless center of global competition of systems western democracies should show solidarity and resilience and the ability to learn. and carry channels from hong kong works for g w social media team in berlin she says china's propaganda war is only uniting the people of hong kong and they will not stop fighting on the streets un

bullets but will beijing give hong kong the freedom and autonomy it so desperately wants and why is the west been so reluctant to unequivocally back up the protesters and their calls for democracy. our topic today china's power play calling for trade to talk about this i'm joined by walk away from the the views asia desk he says china wanted to experiment with the rule of law and democracy in hong kong with one country 2 systems and now also has the make concessions. botches a senior expert on egypt where the bertelsmann foundation based here in berlin he says comes the half percent of global competition of. systems western democracies show solidarity and resilience and the ability to learn. and carry chan is from hong kong and works for you w. social media team in berlin she says china's propaganda war is only uniting the people of hong kong and they will not stop fighting on the streets until they get a real response from the government. thanks so much to all of you for being here today and to our viewers of course from around the world as well wow if we could start with you you know

you've seen them for about 3 months now every weekend out on the streets of hong kong thousands of protesters calling for democracy and the rule of law one protest 1700000 people peacefully staking their claim on freedom police holding back this time with no tear gas no rubber bullets but will beijing give hong kong the freedom and autonomy it so desperately wants and why is the west been so reluctant to unequivocally back up the protesters and their calls for democracy. our topic today china's power play hong kong for trade talk about this i'm joined by walk away from did abuse asia desk he says china wanted to experiment with the rule of law and democracy in hong kong with one country 2 systems and now also has the make concessions. botches the senior expert on egypt where the bertelsmann foundation base here in berlin he says comes the half percent or all the global competition of systems western democracies should show solidarity and resilience and the ability to learn. and cherry chan is from hong kong. works for g.w. social media team in berlin she says china's propaganda war

. >> always good to have you. we want to go to hong kong right now. >>> more breaking news in hong kong. we are looking at some scuffles inside the airport now in hong kong. we've seen this -- this has been the case over the last few days at this airport in hong kong as protesters clash with police there. protesters had moved to this airport, of course there have been protests in hong kong for almost two months now in the but now you're seeing protesters and riot police clashing. they moved to the airport because the thinking was the police might not be as aggressive as they had been with these protesters on the street. that may not be the case anymore as protesters and riot police clash for a second straight day at the hong kong international airport. these are live pictures inside the airport. over the last few days we have seen teargas being used on a number of these protesters. not exactly sure at this point if anyone has been hurt just yet. we do have a correspondent there. we are working to get that correspondent up as we watch these -- watch these pictures play out in hong kong. let'

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. clashed with pro-democracy protesters in hong kong's airport today, moving into the terminal, where the demonstrators had shut down operations for two debbie was straight days. officers armed with pepper spray and batons in front of the protesters who used luggage carts to block the entrance to the terminal. earlier, authorities were forced to cancel all flights as embattled leader carrie lam warns that the city is in danger of falling into an abyss. the temporary cease-fire proposed by the united nations was the first since the self-styled libyan national army launched an offensive in april 2 cap sure tripoli from the government. the fighting has killed more than 1100 people and displaced more than 100,000 civilians. more than one in 10 voters could cast ballots on paperless voting machines in the 2020 elections, leaving their ballots more vulnerable to hacking. that is according to a new study at nyu law school. the analysis found while there has been significant progress in his russian agents targeted u.s. election systems in 2016, many states have not done enough to make sure it

leave hong kong and move to other parts of the country that we could see protests elsewhere in china as a result of yeah. i think the propaganda war by china itself very often enough a successful in hong kong and it's all very successful in the international media as well because hong kong people have been very used to this kind of propaganda state media that their statements and people mainly use it mainly say it as a joke more than believing what they are saying yes so and also hong kong people are really trying to be they are really trying to get international attention and a lot of protests all going on in other countries as you said but could the social media propaganda in other propaganda lead to protests that will move to other parts of china or do you think that's that's a situation that's to be excluded that these protests are not transferable to the for example the minority muslims oh i don't sing they're going to move somewhere and as a chinese cities because it's not going to work because the home call is to a free city you may go to a street and demonstration but i

government. i'm site. of the accountancy sexist same hong kong economy very. one so it's hard to sell or actually courses. even if it's a kind that has so beat that it could be a major effect it could be a good us china trade war which caused me to troll it may not be protests maybe other factors may be housing so it's very hard to tell whether the economy john terms were effect the perception of public or the protests reminding people of that in a recent poll 80 to say almost 80 percent of the interviewees agreed that the government should set up and the commission to look into what's happened since you have these 5 lives involved in the triads puffier so even if the protest we've been stopped on the street level there's still a lot of people on call that will think that the mon still has to be fulfilled because 80 percent it's hot in the society. truly the what is an 80 percent it's steve but when you have saves dropping when you have people transferring the money overseas when you have. people pretty much concerned about what would happen in the near future is home whisking to lose

some. the hong kong protests had what's being called a thinly veiled warning the army releases propaganda video of a drill of armed troops quoting a protest in the territory could beijing be considering whether to send in the military for real but also coming up in germany takes flak from the u.s. after foreign minister heiko must refuses a request from washington to join a naval mission to bolster security in the whole persian gulf as tensions between iran and the west grow. u.s. democratic presidential hopefuls face salt in a 2nd debate front runner and former vice president joe biden comes under attack from old son. and the discover football festival is underway here in berlin with meet some of the inspiring women who are taking part as the tournament games to make it easier for women to get involved in the beautiful game. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program the head of the chinese army in hong kong has spoken out in strong terms against months of street protests in the territory chen said unrest should not be tolerated stoking fears of intervention the army has al

in the forecast. today at five: hong kong international airport has been the scene of clashes between police and anti—government protestors for a second day. demonstrators staged another sit—in at the terminal, disrupting flights. we'll have the latest from hong kong airport. the other main stories on bbc news at five: the family of nora quoirin, the 15—year—old who went missing in malaysia, has identified the body found in thejungle, as hers. we sent ourforensic we sent our forensic team to the scene of the crime, they have confirmed that there is a body there, she resembles nora. we join police on the front line as they try to trace youngsters — some as young as 12 — who've been recruited as drug dealers. the church of england commissions an independent inquiry into its handling of allegations, made against a barrister suspected of physically abusing boys he met at christian summer camps in the 1970s. setting sail for new york — teenage activist, greta thunberg, travels carbon—free to the un's summit on climate change. it's five o'clock — our top story: in

well you. this is you don't need to use life from berlin on a nice edge clashes erupt at hong kong international airport as pro-democracy protesters halt plates for a 2nd day police used pepper spray and for tons trying to force their way into the building and hong kong chief executive carrie lamb warns that the city could be on a path of no return also on the show radiation in a russian town authorities clean up the area amid fears that a recent explosion at a nearby rocket testing site involved nuclear materials. and this story will be made on wednesday when this woman to find the referees a major men's match in a european competition the chelsea liverpool clash in the u.a.e. for the super cop. are a layla her rocker very warm welcome to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to our viewers around the world we begin this broadcast with that with those chaotic scenes rather that have unfolded at hong kong's international airport where dozens of riot police clash with pro-democracy demonstrators thousands of protesters returned to the airport for a 2nd day in a row causing all departure

strategy, may return. we will see. meantime, let's turn to things in hong kong. tensions at hong kong airport with protesters forcing a major service outage for a second day running. this comes as the embattled local leader carrie lam warns the city is at risk of sliding into chaos. let's go back to the airport now in hong kong. yvonne man, "bloomberg markets: asia" anchor joining us now. you were telling us earlier on the situation was getting even more volatile. tell us what's happening now. it is approaching midnight, 23:07 in hong kong. what is the latest? been a chaotic scene. what we've been seeing and hearing is that police officers arrived here after two days of this service disruption to the airport to try to dispel these crowds. it seems like things have de-escalate it in the last couple of minutes because they were able to retrieve the man that the protesters had tied down earlier. we were talking about this man that protesters alleged was a mainland public security officer. they tied him down, he was beaten up, and they were dragged into the departure hall here. firefighters and a

differences and bring back all the. and say no to chaos and violence embattled hong kong leader carrie lam faces an unprecedented general strike across the city. as their arms the whole raman from our headquarters here in doha this is what's coming up in the next 30 minutes parts of indian administered kashmir and the lockdown as the government sends thousands of troops over security fears in the disputed region also. hate has no place in our country u.s. president donald trump denounces chuma shootings in texas and ohio in which 29 people were killed. and turkey's president says his country's military will move into northern syria setting up a potential fight with america's kurdish allies. welcome to the program it's of $400.00 g.m.t. that's 12 noon in hong kong where a rare citywide general strike is underway mondays are usually busy in hong kong as you can see the streets almost empty design go over the government's handling of protests against a now shelled extradition bill and concerns about china's interests in the territory but he want the territories e to carry law to re

about the economic problems here in hong kong as protests.ose >> yeah. you've got to wonder how the pelosi,tion of nancy the leader of the democrats in the house, is going to play for china. we're focusing on those comments cabrer carrie lam. there is concern about the for hongconomic impact kong. of course, the rhetoric in terms of the protest, it's just been getting harsher as well. a few more lines coming out from lam as she gives this speech, a statement. she may also take questions from the press. she's saying the dialogue could resume but she's saying the stop.ue needs to she asks the republic whether they want to see hong kong full abyss.e pretty strong language from carrie lam. she says hong kong's economy is suffering further. of course, she's already warned about the impact on the economy. david? >> yeah. dialogue can only resume after all the violence stops, which is line from what we heard from yesterday. up-to-date on everything she mentions here. in the meantime, of course, let's have a look at the damage far. hang seng index down. the politicaling turmoil spread. that

good to know that. this is g.w. news live from berlin and more tear gas on the streets of hong kong police fired multiple rounds of gas to disperse pro-democracy protesters after the violence at the airport sit down on tuesday china react furiously to what it calls terrorists like attacks on its citizens by protesters also coming up are they in danger from radiation that is what the residents of a small russian town want to know after last week's deadly accident at a nearby weapons range fishel response has only raised more questions. i'm sorry kelly walked into the program more tear gas in hong kong as hundreds of protesters gathered outside a police station and yet another violent clash into territory pro-democracy demonstrators had been marching through a residential district the latest clash follows 2 days of mass protest at hong kong's international airport that at times turned violent. correspondent tb kong is standing by with the very latest from hong kong now and we are just hearing these fresh reports of protests that just kicked up again in hong kong as evening falls what more do

kong's remaining independence or just sensible economic policies beijing pushes a plan to make hong kong a peep part of a cluster of cities at the pole river delta creating one of the most vibrant comic areas on the planet. also on the show russia's own version of google young that wants to put you in the back seat and nobody in the front in moscow is driverless cars are being tested 6. put your game face on because it's games called the world's largest gaming event is back with a new focus on smaller developers. business you've got your business. in welcome political unrest in hong kong has prompted china to speed up its vast regional development program the grades of bay area project beijing has long planned this but believes the promise of strong economic growth will ease anger in hong kong which will lose its special status in 28 years so the government wants to make hong kong a key part of a cluster of cities in the pole river delta creating a vibrant economic area chinese president xi jinping describes the great debate project as central to china's great national rejuvenating

shake hong kong archies surmounts this deal goes on the ground bringing us the latest from the autonomous territories and speaking of those fears leaders of both nations are trading blows with each side bringing their demands to the table. of the institute for china american studies on him to sift through the stakes for trade and finally there is good news for the bank says the f.b.i. has adjusted the volcker rule but more importantly what does this mean for consumers for when they were a public citizen when the hand of break down what the rule change means especially in the wake of global rate cuts and finally resolve over to the e.u. where the latest crisis is unfolding in italy as the nation's prime minister has announced his resignation argues alex mahela bichon joins us to give us a look at inside what could be unfolding in the euro zone you've got a poncho today so let's go and dive right in. the ongoing protest movement in hong kong on the prospect of intervention by the central government legal route report today as hong kong's chief executive says she can see a way out

yesterday that started with concerns surrounding hong kong and that means yen found a good bed yesterday. argentinaocus was in after the selloff after the surprise primary where we thought it unlikely the candidate could make it. the second time of voting since october. u.s. 10 year yield that 1.63%. coming up, we talk with the chief executive of steinhoff international holdings. do not miss that interview after 4 p.m. london time. let's get to the first word news in new york city. viviana: senate leaders in italy failing to agree on the date for a confidence vote in the populace coalition, leaving the deputy premier happy to wait before consolidating power in rome. discussions in the upper chamber continue tonight. if there is a new election, the commanding lead means he will likely be the next prime minister. global anxiety showing up in the treasury market. yield on 30 year treasury bonds approaching all-time low as the 10 year yield also fell. that one point it was just at 50 basis points higher than 2-year note's. the flattest that part of the curve has been since 2007. u.s. fiscal

facing major delays as a computer failure causes chaos at airports. crowds gather in hong kong as the city braces itself for another weekend of protests — but police say they're still in control. we all face tremendous pressure, but i can tell you we are confident that we have the capability to maintain law and order in hong kong. and the hollywood actor, peter fonda, famous for the film classic easy rider has died at the age of 79. hello and welcome. a post—mortem examination has concluded that the death of the disgraced financier, jeffrey epstein, was suicide. the 66—year—old who was being held in a new york prison was awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges. the chief medical examiner's office said that epstein had hanged himself and that a full report would be issued later. let's get the latest from our north america correspondent, peter bowes. peter, will this answer many of the questions swirling around this case? well i think the questions are likely to continue. this is an official statement from the coroner, that the cause of death was suicide by hanging and o

the ongoing protest movement in hong kong on the prospect of intervention by the central government leader recalled the report today as hong kong's chief executive says she can see a way out of the crisis which now seems headed for a collision with the trade in terror a fight with the united states 1st we go to hong kong for the latest with our. who filed this report. for this weekend's mostly peaceful protests demonstrators are saying that they're not giving up on their 5 demand they fear their autonomy is shrinking earlier today hong kong's chief executive kerri lam spoke to the public about setting up a platform for dialogue with various sectors of society we will start immediately a platform for dialogue with people from all walks of life so this is something that we want to do in a very sincere and humble manner i am my principal shows are committed to listen to what the people have to tell us and we want to reach out so the community as soon as possible when asked about the 5 demands lam said the independent police complaints council will be conducting a fact finding study to

latest on what is happening in hong kong. general strike today. flights already cancel. a couple disruptions for public transport. over the weekend, the city witnessed more violent protests clashed with police. warnedthe other thing, that beijing will not let the unrest continue. sophie kamaruddin is at the hong kong international airport for us where she has been for the most part this morning. what is happening not? -- now? sophie: we have the hong kong airport authorities saying for the most part operations this morning at the airport have been normal. a few minutes ago we got an update saying the number of flight movements are to be lowered and they will begin flight scheduling at noon. we are waiting for more details regarding that because this morning hundreds of flights had been canceled to an from hong kong, including cathay pacific with more than 140 flights canceled for the carrier. this is part of a coordinated action leading to the general strike kicking off at 1:00 p.m. hong kong time. accompanying that there are rallies taking place across seven districts in the cit

arrested in a hong kong protest crackdown. colombia's president says that 9 people are dead after an attack on fark rebels opposed to the group's peace deal with the government. says it's syrian government allies will observe a cease fire in rebel held province went into effect a short time ago the army backed by russian air power has been waging a crushing offensive for months earlier syrian civilians rushed towards the border with turkey to modeling a complete end to the fighting was serious but it smith reports now from antakya hall. this was a desperate dash for the turkish border by syrians hand into the shrinking corner of their country still in the control of fighters. but turkey isn't letting any more syrians in. you do not want to create chaos we just want to express the oppression we feel we just want them to look at our situation that this is a warning that we are coming to turkey and europe if turkey does nothing an increase in shelling and bombing of. by the russian backed forces of the syrian regime has according to the u.n. pushed up to a 1000000 syrians towards turkey

of the world's busiest airports hong kong international there are the pro-democracy activists railing against here gas petrol bombs and the territory's government but hong kong is officially a part of china and beijing is now signaling it may take a different tack on the 2 months of protests and start to crackdown. the protest against already he said late being cold and treated like cockroaches by the police. the hong kong dollies have been doing their duty according to the law you because such dehumanization is a psychological money collation that was one seized by hitler's regime the jungle demonstrators have repeatedly used dangerous weapon we see them to attack police officers the police are also suspected chief incited until the bitter frauds and framing the protesters for the sax. it's not just became early some critics because. some recent not very good. also on the day a slight easing of restrictions in india administered kashmir but security forces for the most part kept the dispute it reaches the biggest city center and i got our lockdown on the 2nd day of the islamic holy f

foremost where equity futures are futures started positive and unrest in hong kong, deepening concerns in the market right now the implied open for the s&p 500 is down 14 nasdaq would be down 31. overnight in asia and in europe, you're essentially seeing the same story, japan's nikkei was closed for a holiday hang sang was down by half of 1% and the shanghai composite closed up nearly 1.5%. shenzhen closed higher by nearly 2% time now for your daily yuan check. the official midpoint for the currency set for 70211, weaker than friday's session and could stoke some concerns in washington many. but it is stronger than expected much more on china coming up in a few minutes. >>> european equities, again, sliding in the last few hours. germany basically flat we're taking that to 3 decimal points here. france, uk, spain slightly negative, italy essentially flat as well. finally treasury yields, the ten-year hovering right around 1.7% 1.69 is where we have it right now. so certainly something that investors are watching. >> yeah. you have yields slipping again a little bit this mornin

>> a military garrison in hong kong speaks up for the first time about the ongoing rift. warning that violent clashes will not be tolerated. treasury imposes sanctions against the iranian prime e minister. another two people have died -- marking one date -- one year since the first cases of the disease were reported in the democratic republic of congo. hello and welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. we begin in hong kong where the chief of the chinese military garrison in the city has spoken up for the first time about the ongoing rift. he has warned that violent clashes will not be tolerated, adding the army is determined to protect china takei sovereignty. the commander of the people's liberation army made the comment at a reception celebration -- celebrating the 92nd anniversary of the chinese military. the garrison released a promotional video featuriring shoulders -- soldiers outing out that a all consequences will be at your own risk. our beijing correspondent spoke earlier. beijing is that losing patience although they are keeping to the official law that they have been

arrests police in hong kong out in full force as protesters hold rallies across the territories. hello there not too bad a picture across much of eastern china we've still got some showers and thunderstorms and the full cause that you see in the last some pretty good case guys not it does mean though we'll see more rain into hong kong some thunderstorms at times $32.00 celsius on monday but again not a bad picture across the philippines we're all seeing some clear recognition still that rain across leads on and also taiwan some showers in the 4 calls for you now by cheese day it becomes a little bit more widespread again those same regions are impacted but the rain not as heavy as you have seen but it's fairly widespread for the tools west you can see through much of it and also counting further towards the south so really much of southern thailand cambodia and also vietnam will be saying the same that we've got more clear skies across much of borneo and some are show again in the next couple of days quite a lot of chatter around but generally it is dry the rain as i say is for

kong but the pressure is rising. aijing said hong kong had critical juncture. warns sees growing signs of terrorism. other stories we're covering in the next hour. defeat up in argentina. stocks and the peso and result widertential to royal markets. huawei takes the fight to washington. to make the case trump'spresident technology. >> quick check of the markets. u.s. in the another down day in stock markets. we saw the s&p 500 fall below that 2900 level. we had financial and materials decline second section of losses. uncertainties in hong kong and argentina. those risks really being felt the market. even according to futures outlookshe most and coming out from the u.s. ae nasdaq falling more than percent. treasury, yen and goal. let's see how things unfold in asia. >> sherry, if you look at the here it's pointing to a pretty weak start. chicago nikkei future is down change. down.ve new england we did have markets closed in india,re, japan, malaysia and tie land. -- tieland. tie -- thailand. move thats fragile hong kong airport cancellations of yesterday of the remaining monday f

september 5th on t.w. . hong kong's business community is beginning to feel the heat off of cooler heads prevailed at the weekend's protests beijing is increasing pressure on western companies to distance themselves from the protests. and 2 years after the war against islamic state has ended the economy of the kurdish regions of northern iraq is finally showing signs of a revised. this is t w business i'm good how else is in berlin welcome. protests in hong kong continued over the weekend but remained largely peaceful but hong kong is gearing up for more protests this week meanwhile beijing is putting pressure on big companies to distance themselves from the protesters central government government has taken an increasingly firm tone over the protests accusing foreign countries including the united states of inciting unrest u.s. president on notrump on sunday want to china that carrying out a tiananmen square style crackdown protesters would harm trade talks between the 2 countries china agreed to allow hong kong to keep its unique freedoms when the former british colony was handed back

average to his biggest one day drop of the year also coming up more on rest in hong kong police fired tear gas to disperse pro-democracy demonstrators and chinese state media air footage of mass riot drills seen as a warning from beijing to protesters with life on the enemy list this man's name and address are among the thousands being shared between far right extremists online the german government downplays the threat but experts say he has reason to be worried. plus what lengths would you go to to make a point about climate change activist groups have torn back refuses to fly to a new york climate summit we look at why she's a ride on this special. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us stock markets around the globe are dropping amid signs of a looming recession the sharp selloff follows the release of poor economic data from germany and china a key u.s. benchmark also signals more trouble ahead on way. state the dow jones industrial average suffered its worst day of the year so far closing 3 percent down while european equities shed more than 2 percent national jitters are co

who's life for berlin on a knife edge clashes erupt at hong kong airport as pro-democracy protesters called flights for a 2nd day in a row police used pepper spray and for times trying to force their way into the building and hong kong chief executive gerry lamb warns that the city could be on a path of no return also coming up from radiation that in a russian town authorities clean up the area amid fears that a recent explosion at a nearby rocket testing site involved nuclear materials and child labor in bolivia were kids work legally from the age of 10 that they could only dream of going to school. a very warm welcome to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to our other viewers around the world chaotic scenes have unfolded at hong kong's international airport where dozens of rioters riot police clashed with pro-democracy demonstrators thousands of protesters return to the airport for a 2nd day in a row causing all the parts of flights to be canceled hong kong's chief executive ward protesters that the city is on what she called a path of no return. it's shut down day too.

someone democratically elected in the universe or suffers for example why are. from the hong kong people's pawn up we'll be can easily tell the chinese leaders that how come people the vast vast majority are on people do not want to turn and 170 off a deterrent tory do not want to endanger state security hong kong people simply book once to be one to be let alone so your tits heave it separately of understands their lives can keep hong kong people happy and able hong kong to feel their are their rights are. protected it then there will be hope major contribution to the development of china rather then all the time trying to talk it is 9 very crossed at the moment the. in a crisis is already quite. deep so you're part of me have to let our carrier and to step down so go there will be reorganization of the government not the secretary of justice but we see things on step down as well and then to give the shape and independent commission of you get an e.c.v. be done but i think as we have already the it's thing the chinese authorities are unwilling to make the kind of concessions it is a desc

see his a slight easing as we head through wednesday december what a few days ahead 33 in hong kong 36 in taipei. if you were looking at this from the outside you would really wonder what was going old what do you see this. is a religion that they have an in-depth exploration of global capitalism and our obsession with economic growth this is still the center of capitalism there is no limits i view myself as a capital artist we are trying to do the world smaller and smaller we don't want to be set realistic in the world we would rather have a fantasy growing on al jazeera. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera flights leaving hong kong airport have been cancelled after more than 5000 protesters flooded into its arrivals hall over 100 flights have already been impacted say flights which have already checked in and those currently on route to the city are unaffected. iran's foreign minister has accused the us of leading a military buildup in the gulf that could threaten to destabilize the region in an exclusive interview with al jazeera says more international vessels in the area wou

flights, calm descends upon hong kong airport, but can it last? but more ominous warnings from china, as chinese troops manoeuvre near the hong kong border. president trump delays a 10% tariff on some chinese imports to avoid christmas shopping price hikes. officers on duty at the facility where the accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein was found dead, have been moved on. and sailing to the summit, teenage climate change campaigner greta thunberg prepares to sail across the atlantic to attend a un summit in new york. an uneasy calm has descended on hong kong airport, after pro—democracy protestors severely disrupted flights for a second day. there were angry confrontations just before midnight between security forces and demonstrators staging a sit—in. protestors used barricades to stop police forcing their way into the building. as of wednesday, hong kong's airport authority says it's obtained an interim injunction to restrain people from "unlawfully and wilfully obstructing" operations. our correspondentjonathan head was at the airport and sent this this was the day a self—style

watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now china's condemned protest at hong kong's airport as near a terrorist acts after 2 men from the mainland were beaten by demonstrators planes are flying again after demonstrators flooded terminal buildings for a 2nd day causing mass cancellations. pakistan is marking its independence day prime minister imran khan has declared a day of solidarity with the people of kashmir the union controlled part of kashmir has been under lockdown since india riposte its autonomy and effectively annex a territory more than 500 refugees and migrants remain stranded in the mediterranean sea after being rescued by 2 aid boats one of the best schools has been at sea for 12 days so far no e.u. member state has offered its poor poor deep are disembarking are. the family of saudi women's rights activists lucina holes will says she's rejected a proposal to secure her release from prison she was offered freedom if she recorded a video statement declaring she hasn't been tortured in custody as well was arrested more than a year ago along with at least a dozen

trigger in the battle for hearts and minds in hong kong and across the border on the chinese mainland depending on how you look at it it's either a struggle for democracy or a dangerous riot that battle of perception is also being waged online as social media giants twitter and facebook have revealed that the chinese government isn't fighting fair. posts such as these on social media. groups and individuals in the pro-democracy movement. has also spent over 200000 accounts and plans to ban advertisement from state run media facebook has also taken action it has also closed a number of accounts we also correspondent in hong kong if the chinese propaganda is having any effect on the protest movement the. propaganda. on sunday is that these protests still can gather an enormous crowd they still do have broad support here with say 1700000 people on the streets and one of the really. defining features of this protest movement is just how inventive these protesters are how creative they are to try and counter the narrative to keep momentum going we've seen them. on the streets night after n

business asia want to get jones in berlin thanks for joining us political unrest in hong kong has prompted china to speed up its vast regional development program the greater bay area projects beijing us long planned this but believes the promise of strong economic growth will ease anger at hong kong which will lose its special status in 28 years so the government wants to make hong kong a key part of a cluster of cities in the pearl river delta creating a vibrant economic area chinese president xi jinping describes the greater bay project as central to china's great national rejuvenating and hong kong is just a part of a greater plan. well let's take a look at a this is a great bay area the scheme would see 12 cities in the area linked up to form an integrated economic cop including showing saying how and who i'm sure the greater bay area has a population off $70000000.00 and a g.d.p. of well over one and a half trillion dollars making it a potential rival to places like san francisco new york and tokyo already a major investment hub hong kong would be the project's crown jewel b

. >>> i've got another reason for the selloff and it's hong kong. it's calm right now but is this the calm before the storm? there are signals that beijing has had enough. things are coming to a head. number one, chinese state media now calls the demonstrators radicals and appears to be whipping up mainland support for a forceful end to the protests. intervention, they say, is inevitable if the situation worsens. two, there is video of chinese troops massing at the border. three, the demonstrators are being told not to move to a different part of the airport. just a few dozen remain. four, the chinese accuse speaker pelosi and senate leader mcconnell of inciting chaos. president trump is left out of their condemnation. the two big stories of the day, rates tumbling, hong kong on edge. moments from now, eric trump and just as the market opens, peter navarro, one of the president's top trade guys, and he takes a hard line on china. let's get on with it. "varney & company" is about to begin. stuart: i'm going to show you this again to show you the extent of the selloff. down 360 for the dow,

video. this is hong kong international airport. thousands of protesters forcing airlines to cancel flights for the second straight day. and now reports the chinese government is losing patience. what does that mean? cnn's paula hancock is at the airport in hong kong. she's joining me now. what is happening now? what is happening around you and what are the chances that this is going to escalate further? >> reporter: just in the last few minutes we've had some remarkable scenes here. we've had the police turn up, maybe half a dozen police vans coming into the airport, much to the furry of thousands of protesters in here. they were trying to barricade with some of the trollies, with anything they could find to keep the police out. but it appeared as though that was an operation by the police to rescue one individual who protesters claimed was an undercover policeman. they had been holding him for many hours and paramedics were unable to get to him. so they managed to extract this particular individual. cnn has no way to independently verify if he was an undercover cop. but it just sh

i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: police in hong kong have once again clashed with protesters in several parts of the territory. riot police fired tear gas to try to drive back the activists. it is the tenth consecutive week of unrest. donald trump has been accused of promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide of the disgraced financierjeffrey epstein. he was found dead in his cell while waiting to be tried on sex trafficking charges. and this story about a celebrity break up is doing well on our website. the singer miley cyrus and her actor husband, liam hemsworth, are splitting up, less than a year after they got married. they didn't give any reason, but say they will both now focus on their careers. that's all, stay with bbc world news. and there are lots more on all our stories on our website, bbc.co.uk/news. you can find me on twitter. i'm @bbckasiamadera. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. cathay pacific fires staff who joined their protest, as they continue for another weekend. india pushes more people to