To its users conversations after having long dismissed rumors that he did and used such thing. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program more tear gas in hong kong as hundreds of protesters gathered outside a Police Station and yet another violent clash in the territory prodemocracy demonstrations have been marching along on a Residential District the latest clash following 2 days of mass protest at Hong Kong 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 that just kicked up again in hong kong as evening falls what more do we know. Yes suppose test says they originally they can enhance i. F. A. Stations in downtown hong kong slice to mock any old goat festival which is such as issue no chinese religious festival and protest as open ended press has traditionally read shows like burning paper offerings and praise all that things over there and some of them and as a gathering eli they events point later scenes at the Police Station with people also chant logos against Police Excessive force essentially the wrong call saying the injuries of the lady earlier over the weekend and Holding Center they wanted to pose has that and also they accuse the coach passes off a selfie offices by race appointed but then those have says they refused to leave and actually says no there actually is a whole confrontation the clue to how to essentially as we have seen all the pictures that essentially police say 5 rounds of tear gas is the 1st protest says flu point they said seems like 2 or 3 times as all the Police Stations and what isnt really incredible so far is really just a sense of resolve among these protestors cv it seems like these clashes have really become the new norm. Well you pick just like cheikh as like over the city becoming like you long as you have mentioned that is the also the impression amount many of the hong kong citizens because even though the police there explaining theyre using the minimum force to Disperse Protesters as. We. A have become quite frequently used buttons to the 1st protest says no matter what they see. There is what i see sicko confrontational not like tonight who has said he didnt like strike us out felipe sees the cleavers ugly face creams uses tons of leaves so there are a few like several protests upcoming in the coming 2 days so i think this will be as you have mentioned in the foreseeable future and its a developing situation on the ground this evening phebe kong with the very latest on what is happening there in hong kong thank you. Meantime hong kongs International Airport has now reopened following 2 days of mass protests Chinas Hong KongAffairs Office has condemned yesterdays violence calling it terrorists like a ramp up in rhetoric during the territories long summer of on rest. From kiryas to cam Hong Kong International starting to resemble an airport once again this morning passengers on the move departure board no longer a sea of red cancellations the signs of the crippling protest still visible on disc one to travelers to. Stop the protesters but at the end of the day were going to stop the blank protesters because were the ones caught in the middle of the sandwich. And you know arm already 2 days late getting to where im going to be. Thats costing me money the Airport Authority was not visible to all the condos were simply closed all gone you closed the condos. Hours earlier riot Police Clashed with protesters a mob cornered one officer snatching his baton. Before he drew his gun remarkably no one was killed. Elsewhere the captured this man believed to be an undercover policeman. He was kicked and beaten. Eventually made it wheeled him to safety. Council authority said the violence amounted to torture large number of protesters were surrounding and attacking Police Officers and vehicles some were even pointing laser beams and then he goes asian carter officer who was trying to defuse the situation and help extricate the injured visitors. Through a course at your it seems threatening the safety of everyone on site now though concerns of a much bigger conflict these images appear to show Chinese Military build up in a stadium just over the border in shens and that is consistent with mainland media report and raises the specter of an unprecedented confrontation on the streets of hong kong. And were joined here in the studio now by didi kirsten tallow journalist an expert on china and hong kong welcome to the program we had this apology from the protesters for the disruption at the airport what do you make of that you know that was a really good step i think because it shows a thoughtfulness reflectiveness about whats going on and i think it also shows a way towards some kind of a compromise now with the protestors also saying ok this is a really terrible situation but if they make a step forward perhaps the government could consider also coming a step forward and this is this is the only way that this is going to be resolved through compromise at this point however we have seen from the chinese side though you know stronger rhetoric coming from them they now say that these protests are near terrorist acts what do you make of the potential chances that we can see this further defend into a more descent excuse me into a more violent situation you know well this is our huge fear as hong kong is and i can i have to say its absolutely terrifying for a lot of people the sort of the i mean the militia on the streets i think that the rhetoric is frightening its designed to be frightening that doesnt mean it doesnt mean anything it does mean something but one has to simply say were not there yet everyone just stay calm and i think again both sides need to stop making compromises beijing is raising more and more red flags thats clear through the language in the language matters a lot but there is still some room to go the International Community has been putting on pressure for those compromises to be made german chancellor Angela Merkel commenting today calling for a peaceful resolution to the situation we also have the United States warning about swift consequences if china terms of violent crackdown how important are these International Responses this china really care at the end of the you know i think they do care and a lot of people will say that they dont that theyre going to do what theyre going to do because its a tough regime its. One party state statistic tator ship however i think trying to does care about its International Image about how its perceived by the west i think it truly wants to be seen as you know civilized now sending the army and isnt particularly civilized frankly and you know it happened in beijing in 1809. 00 it was a total disaster for its image for decades do they really want that happening again in hong kong exactly 30 years later and just as she really want to be seen as a regime that basically subdue cities by force of arms thats the question and i think they are prepared to do it if they feel they have to but i really really wish hope and pray that we dont get there and that compromise is the way forward and there i see the Hong Kong Government as having a lot of work to do because they need to compromise as well these fundamental demands of the protesters were actually promised in the basic law i. E. Grace of rights constitutional changes towards self more Self Governance the rights to control their own life and solve problems on the ground and theyre not being held to you know beijing and Hong Kong Government keep pushing it away and away and kicking the can down the road theres a lot of compromise that could be reached if the Hong Kong Government was prepared to do that so much at stake here and we see the sense of resolve resolve on all sides really holding firm lead to their positions due to kirsten taught load journalist an expert on china and hong kong thank you thank you. Well here in germany the latest figures for Economic Growth have fueled concern that the country could be on its way to a recession the economy contracted by 0 point one percent in the quarter to the end of june now thats after posting black cluster growth in the 1st 3 months of the year and none at the end of last year the slump has been attributed to a fall in sales of Machine Parts and cars to china uncertainty over brags that any difficult level trade environment should the economy contract again in the next quarter europes largest economy would be the m. And a recession. As the story behind the numbers were joined now here in the studio by Stephen Barrett from business so the German Economy is shrinking but i mean just just fractionally there tell us more about where the slump is coming from business is coming from the Global Economy we know that its been slowing down for over a year now in fact these numbers have been coming for a while as late as early as last summer we start to see numbers starting to fall off and it was assumed that things were going to get worse and now that is the case and so its widely believed that there could be a technical recession that is 2 quarters in which growth shrinks at the end of next quarter the Global Economy is slowing down even if we dont look at the trade dispute thats been the case the trade dispute is not helping whats important here is that germany is especially vulnerable to the Global Economy when things slow down people making less purchases because so much of their income so many of their companies rely on Global Business in fact there was a Price Waterhouse cooper study from last year really interesting it said that of the trade 24. 00 Industrial Enterprises that are listed in germany the big listing the docs listing and these companies are basically not banks were talking about adidas merrick all the big names you know they derive 80 percent of their revenues from overseas sales and for a company like adidas for example its 94 percent so you can see one purchases start to fall off in places like china then it hits germany now of course the trade dispute is also driving that to. Is obviously a big its a big part of that and so when theres uncertainty then investors are going to pull out so what sort of situation could be below looking at here how bad could it be if germany and has a recession well it looks like the numbers are basically still positive in many areas employment is still low theres a current account surplus here which is another point of contention for other reasons and also domestic consumption has actually improved recently so theres reason to think that ok if something hits that it shouldnt be that fundamentally bad theres also unlike maybe 2009 we saw all the sort of major recession there is not this underlying lack of confidence to to sort of financial situation Something Like the financial collapse that basically happened then so there is reason to believe that if things turn around then things could get better at the wildcard of course is that so much of it is predicated on that global trade situation which is predicated on 2 countries what tools does germany have to improve things stimulus package the main they cant do a whole lot on the on the Monetary Policy side because right its already been so much stimulus there right and were already in negative Interest Rates so that is so little room to cut further lets go back to that current account surplus they have money on the books they can spend that money that is actually controversial topic in germany because the governments going to be conservative they tend not to spend. Where they dont need to spend they tend not to borrow to spend but theres a belief that the domestic economy needs to be gens up to make up for this lack of growth overseas and so that means spending on things like infrastructure like education or like a big climate package deal thats what a lot of people are pushing or lowering corporate taxes thats also what the Business Community is pushing so thats where youre going to see a lot of debate coming up and then of course theres the curveball whats going to happen with brags that and late october is going to be a no deal and then in november are there going to be import tariffs on overseas cars in the u. S. That could also really hurt the German Economy the car industry here huge that would really. Stephen beardsley from the business thank you. Good quick check now some other stories making news around the world italy is marking one year since the general bridge collapsed and killed 43 and injured many more political leaders and hundreds of locals are holding Memorial Services in the city a section of the bridge gave way touring a thunderstorm last august sending dozens of vehicles onto Railway Tracks follow. A Swedish Court has convicted us rapper asap rocky of assaults im given him a suspended sentence the charges stem from street brawl earlier in the year the rapper whose real name is fresh in meyers is not in sweden he was allowed to leave after calls for his release from high profile american artists and from u. S. President donald trump. Hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires in greece the largest blazes burning out of control on a nature reserve on the island of via north of athens 4 villages and a monastery have been evacuated authorities have declared a state of emergency in the area. 16 year old climate activists gratitude has begun a 2 week journey across the atlantic and a racing yacht to further her campaign against Climate Change the swedish team who is behind the fridays for future student strikes plans to attend a United NationsClimate Summit in new york next month and the cop 25. 00 Climate Change conference in santiago chile in december. And a team of professional yachtsmans that fail from plymouth in england on a boat powered only by wind and solar energy. Before she set off she explained why she is crossing the atlantic on the yacht has a list i mean i am not telling anyone what to do or what not to do im just. Doing this because i want to do this myself and i am one of the very very few people in the world who actually can do this and i think i should take that chance to do this you know people who want climates delay use who want to do everything to shift the focus from the Climate Crisis to Something Else or want to to make people question the science and im not worried about that so im just going to do as i as i want to do and us i think will have most impact. To us Classical Music companies have cancelled performances with the spanish opera star placidyl domingo after 9 women said that they were sexually harassed by him as far back as the 1980 s. So far there have been no cancellations by european opera houses and orchestras the 78 year old singer has denied the accusations calling him an accurate. Hes considered one of the most powerful and celebrated singers in the world of opera but soaring tenor voice is now said to have long been accompanied by a story surrounding his treatment of women the recent allegations of Sexual Harassment have resulted in 2 major houses counseling upcoming performances featuring the star the los angeles opera where domingo is general director has also announced an investigation. 8 singers and a dancer told the Associated Press that they were sexually harassed by domingo in encounters that took place over 3 decades. But only one of the 9 women has allowed her name to be used and thats their soprano patricia wolf. When a man that powerful. Hes almost like god in my this he puts when he would come up close and say that the 1st thing that goes through your mind is it wasnt but you also think as soon as you walk away and get away you think did i just ruin my career. Those who came forward with the allegations said they felt emboldened by the me too movement doing or has denied the accusations but no tears still it is painful to hear that i may have upset anyone make them feel uncomfortable. Lets get more now we are joined by rick fulker from d. W. Culture so you know weve heard about this canceled contracts now domingo obviously going to take a financial hit from this. What implications though do the allegations have likely for the wider opera world. Well its kind of difficult to say at this point because in fact as we noticed the reactions in europe and america are quite different the cancellations in america but the appearances at the zulfi pork festival on august 25th and 31st are going ahead as planned he has 3 scheduled appearances with the vienna state opera before the end of the year and the president of the festival said interestingly he feels that this time it would be inappropriate humanly you know inappropriate to pass judgment and to make decisions based on their judgments so how this plays out in the upper room is an open question if he had just been absolutely th