To do it in. A day. I watch. 2 this is news live from berlin and hong kong protesters gather for a mass prodemocracy rally tens of thousands braved heavy rain to take part in the protests the turnout is being closely watched as a gauge of public sentiment after more than 2 months of violent clashes are sending precisely stern warnings from beijing also coming out. Funerals are being held for
the victims of a deadly suicide bombing in the Afghan Capital kabul the blast targeted a Wedding Party killing dozens of people and injuring many the socalled Islamic State is claiming responsibility. In this league of Football Goodman opened it season with a 5. 00 to 1. 00 pumping out sport to show that its a serious contender for taking the championship title. Unlike the local thanks for joining us we begin in hong kong where prodemocracy demonstrators are marching through the city center for a major rally its the 11th consecutive weekend of protests youre seeing live pictures now as tens of thou
assembly was permitted by police but just the sheer numbers of people meant they weren t couldn t be contained within victoria park itself strad spread onto the streets so essentially this has now become a rally through the streets of hong kong. we ve seen mass rallies in hong kong before what special about today. the organizers if this event really wanted to stress that this needed to stay as peaceful as possible some protesters here felt that they had something of a point to prove that is because we ve seen weeks of violent clashes between police and demonstrators on the streets we also saw earlier this week those very violent images of protesters at hong kong at coors that was a scene that was wrong on by chinese state media is proof that these protests were violent and getting out of control beijing likening some of the those protesters to