A safe. Following huge global demonstrations calling for action on the Climate Crisis. Others are holding the 1st ever u. S. Climate summit at the United Nations well hear how the German Government is responding. And were scenes of protests in egypt crowds returned to tell real square angry over claims of corruption against the president and the military is the 1st sign of public outrage in hears after a crackdown on dissent. A michael ok welcome to the program. Violence has broken out in hong kong again early in another weekend of prodemocracy protests police have been trying to disperse a protest by activists in the New Territories which is located on the mainland theyve been using tear gas and protesters have been throwing petrol bombs during this escalation the latest tension between authorities and demonstrators was sparked by pro china groups earlier today they began pulling public displays created by protesters to voice their demands. For more on that im joined by journalist matthias bolinger in hong kong to tell us could you tell us whats going on right now where you are. You know weve seen a short but very intense running battle between the police and protesters here in this street protesters have erected barricades and when the police started to disperse them they threw about 5 petrol bombs in the direction of the police not at the police directly they were too far away and the Police Answered by firing tear gas right at the protesters now everything has ended the police has made 3 arrests at least 3 is what we saw one of them was a paramedic the protesters have their own paramedic teams and what we see now is a few policeman standing there and some people from the neighborhood have descended they are standing there and they are shouting from time to time at the police these neighbors usually they get really angry and its often old people who then stand in front of the police and shout at them insulting them but as we understand it theres been several clashes between prodemocracy protesters and also pro china groups or the pro trying to groups getting stronger there. Well its not entirely what happened here what happened here was a march it was the 1st in a long time that got the authorisation of the police and clashes broke out when they saw each other when they faced each other the protesters started shouting at the police the police is extremely thin skinned now and they quickly raised their flags there warning flags after which they can enter we intervene which is what they did the protesters were prepared as well with bricks and sticks and petrol bombs these. Are groups who have dismantled the socalled lenin was this was something that was happening throughout the day in different locations in the city i have no information now that any of these 2 scuffles which they often do because its something that regularly happens overall support for the pro mainland or pro Police Groups is lower in the population than the police with a recent poll saying that 70 percent of those who were interviewed thought that the police was using excessive violence 40 percent thinking that the protesters are using excessive violence so it seems that despite the protest is getting more radical and radical that the months at least are still supported by many hong kong is. Going to go in hong kong 1st thank you so much. Its being called the biggest ever protest in response to the Climate Crisis an estimated 4000000 people have taken part in demonstrations in almost every country around the world demanding politicians act immediately to stop runaway Climate Change from the start the movement has been led by young people and theyre keeping up the pressure today holding the 1st ever youth Climate Summit at the United Nations in new york. They believe to be the largest climate protests in history. The. Tens of thousands in new york joined millions around the globe to message it is now to act. Im on wall streets doorstep the girl whos become the voice of a generation right now this is an emergency our house is on fire was. And its not just the young peoples house we only live the air it is takes all of us to months lodge 6 ins of brazil have been a black eyes the amazon fis with the focus of sao paulo this protest. Demonstrate his anger was directed chiefly at president i have both in our Us Government its accused of allowing big agribusiness to burn the forests and turn it into farmland. People but i worry about the destruction of the amazon thats happening at the moment its also gnarls government isnt combating it because his supporters started the fires. Of the worlds great in the good are appealing for adults to join children in this movement. In mexico Nobel Laureates joined young people at a protest in the country south east combi is former president warning that Climate Change is now a greater threat to the nuclear weapons. We are united in call. In for an end to the era of fossil fuels and were demanding Climate Justice for all. Of our oh such words resampled at the United Nations in new york. Secretarygeneral antonio good chance rang a bell to mock the International Day of peace to die shes event is devoted to the risks which Climate Change poses to harmony around the world. Cities across germany have also seen mass protest organizers said more than a 1000000 turned out to demand action on Climate Change meanwhile german chancellor Angela Merkel as government has responded by announcing a 50000000000 euro climate Protection Plan merkel admitted the country will not reach its climate goals in 2020 but said it will by 2030 the new measures include a charge on Carbon Dioxide emissions which may push up the price of petrol and oil heating plane travel should become more expensive but transport costs will be lowered for those using Public Transportation and trains and Green Electricity development is being stepped up. To talk more about this im joined by our chief Political Editor michaela couth now because i have to ask your sister kind of Emergency Action that millions of protesters around the world called for well this what is now a and we already got reactions for the climate fight its future movement here and many faces said that this is not so break through these 22. 00 pages that i have here of this axe of plan of the German Government and also greenpeace and many actually condemned this accusing the socalled grand coalition because thats the product of this coalition and that we have here saying that they lack moral responsibility on the issue of climate so resoundingly no from all climate activists here and me now under the plan germany one. To meet its goal of reducing greenhouse emissions by 2030 is that achievable well depends on who you ask the experts now or the Climate Action side say not with this plan its to see its not the big breakthrough theres not enough. On Old Technology in that and theres not enough the future to prove policy im going to magical also not a press conference said that whether you fulfill certain goals what actually those c o 2 emissions are in the end depends on so many fact is that its simply not possible to pin it down right now so the well the short answer is yes it would be achievable but the big open question still is whether this plan will be enough to do that germany was once a front runner in Climate Action in fact it made headlines for it essentially coming up with a plan to completely reduce fossil fuel altogether chancellor merkel was even called the climate chancellor but its clearly made a point of ratcheting down its ambitions why has it lost its lead. Well theres a couple of fact is its true im going to machall shes been in power for 14 years now almost and she framed herself right at the beginning to actually vote a book about Climate Change being existential threat. And then the big question is well why didnt she work in that direction more. She is essentially somebody who tackles crises when they emerged there was the financial crisis there was the migration crisis and we shouldnt underestimate that the amount of political traction the issue of climate got just over these past 12 months because of race it and people actually taking this to the streets so what were seeing happening here right now is politicians responding to pressure from the streets and what we have in our hands right now is the political compromise that was. All thats what im going to machall stressed so essentially says shes somebody who responds to crisis she also phased out Nuclear Power than she wanted and that created another big problem a nasty its even goals the open question now is is this the attempt that will make germanys targets evil and that is an open question right now. Is chief Political Editor mikhail occlusion or thanks so much youre welcome no unusual sight in egypt on friday night antigovernment protesters taking to the streets of cairo alexandria and other cities such demonstrations have become very rare in egypt following in fact down on dissent under president Abdel Fattah Elsisi who took power in 2030 the latest protests were prompted by allegations of corruption against chelsea z. And the military which the president has denied last night crowds gathered in Cairos Tahrir square chanting the c. Z. Police broke up the event with tear gas made several arrests. With michael sam is a journalist covering the middle east from cairo and joins us now on the line rethinks for joining us what have you seen and heard about these protests. Well we saw some evidence including Video Evidence of protests in downtown cairo in cairo as to her the square that you mentioned in the port cities of alexandria and suez and also rural areas like im yet to someone or hala that these protests took the form of small groups of people chanting for the fall of the regime and against president ive been fucka sisi as well and in some cases paring down pictures or posters is easy. And these were pretty small but quite significant protests given that demonstrations are centuries in legal in egypt and so those people that turned out onto the street risked a lot. To be clear again what specifically with a protest. Well we had chance against sisi personally demanding that he leave office as well as chance against his military led government you know what these protests are the allegations of corruption that you mentioned these came from a former military contractor called mohammed ali who is an exile in spain who incited people to protest to voice their feelings of frustration. You mention the fact that its risky for these protesters so 2 part question here just how risky is and how did organizers get people on the streets. Id suggest really risky people who in the past has been accused of organizing protests who seem to organize protests including known political activists whove been imprisoned for long periods allegations of torture and also imprisonment where they have no access to their families or to the legal system in any way so the risks are extremely high for people. In terms of organization this was spurred by this contractor mohammed ali whos been. Leafing you play video for the past couple of weeks i mean he recently switched to cowichan corn egyptians to go out into the street off to the end of a football match yesterday and he said peacefully make. The result small groups of people seemingly unafraid to retreat express themselves despite the huge risk. Going out into the 1st time in many years. Journalist ruth michael seen in cairo thank you so much for this thats all for now up next the sports are big business now traditional football clubs want to piece of the action that and more on shifts going to dont forget you can get all the latest news and information from around the clock on our web site at c w dot com thanks for watching. I. Will not succeed in dividing us not succeed in taking the people off the streets because were tired of this dictatorship. Taking the stand Global Leaders that matters d. W. Made for mines. And im james brown can you tell you from buying gold