The colorful east side gallery where autistic and a symbol of division into a canvas for hopes and dreams. Im told me a lot of both thanks for joining us chiles president Sebastian Pinera says hes asked parliament to raise the minimum wage by around 15 percent in a further attempt to end the countrys worst unrest in decades the president also says that police accused of human rights abuses will be prosecuted with the same force as rioters and looters for weeks now a south American Country has been rocked by protests against inequality. And as deed of views nicole fullish in the chilean capital has found out this has grown into a social movement who support base is a lot larger than those who turn up at rallies. Its another day of protests in santiago de chile but any ball isnt going he lives only a stones throw away from plus i tell you the at the center of the countrys mass demonstrations but a couple of weeks ago he kicked off a different kind of mobilization a neighborhood gathering known as. We didnt think anyone would come. And we were a bit pessimistic. But the turnout exceeded all or expectations. So we sat down to analyze what had happened and what we hope the chile of the 21st century who would look like. But i dont know if. The meeting soon grew too big for the park so today the neighbors are meeting at a local hostel some 80 people from all walks of life. This type of forum is not a New Invention in latin america the open could build dates back to colonial times as a communal gathering in response to emergencies or disasters and standing together in the face of adversity is still very much the essence of the could build are today. If we want a Better Future as much of a cliche as that might be we cant just think about ourselves we cant fall back into individual. We have to take care of each other this is bigger than ourselves. Builders are emerging all across these days but as grassroots assemblies they all have a common weakness. The big problem with the company is that they generate hope and that they lead people to think they are determining their own destiny. But really theyre only providing a platform for desires that can be taken into account but might as well not be and thats a problem. But at this could build you in santiago nobody wants to believe that theyre just dreaming up their own version of utopia broken up in small task forces they draft a road map for their future work in order to make any of this happen the neighbors will have to get the government to listen how theyll go about that will certainly be worth a discussion during the next. Correspondent nic joins us now from santiago chile. Are people going to these kinds of local democratic meetings because theyre now too scared to take to the streets. Oh not at all this is for them the next step its taking the movement to another level a lot of the people who were at this could build oh do go to the protest marches in the streets so this is more of a complimentary action of civil disobedience so to say they go out to the streets to make their discomfort or muddy heard and then among themselves they sit down and work out ways to to build a better country the government has picked up on this by the way and is now setting up their own citizens assemblies but oddly enough some of the people i talked to at this build oh said that theyre not ready yet to sit down with the government they 1st want to want to figure out what their demands are they want to build a Strong Community and then go and present these demands to the government when theyre ready for it ok so whats been happening in santiago today. Unsurprisingly more protests but today instead of bluff which is the most emblematic spot weve been seeing these these protests taken part. We have seen a lot of protests in the financial district which you can see right behind me a lot of people on social media were complaining about how plus they tell you were surging into a sort of carnival how the message was getting lost among all the unrest we were seeing so they wanted to hit the government where it hurts them the hardest or the worst in the economy so they went to the financial district and took their demonstrations there today and actually brought the neo liberal heart of the country as they called it to a standstill malls had to close down had to be evacuated and the traffic collapsed so it was effective in a way that they were they were seeking it to cause effect and this will most probably not be the last time we see them protesting their. President Sebastian Pinera has made this latest concession to protest an increase in the minimum wage will that make these people any more likely to go home. Not really for many its too little too late hes been making these small concessions hes also been on a sort of Charm Offensive visiting victims of Police Brutality in the hospital giving lots of interviews but to many people here this is a tiny bandaid on a gaping wound they want structural changes in the country they want a new constitution they want to government that cares more for their their own well being and not as much about the economy so this increase in the minimum wage which by the way is is only about 60 euros is surely not going to to make the cut and keep these people from going out into the street and protesting. In santiago chile things. Protesters in iraq are accusing Security Forces of firing live rounds of people who are blocking a bridge in the countrys capital demonstrations against the government started early last month since then more than 260 people have been killed and thousands injured the military has called on people to stop blocking roads ports and Oil Refineries saying it is costing the country billions of dollars. Gunfire ricochets around the streets of central baghdad. Demonstrates is trying to take shelter as bullets rained down fired witnesses say by iraqi Security Forces. Since tuesday antigovernment protesters have been blocking a major bridge in the capital. Police want them gone oh i didnt let the United Nations see they use life bullets were human beings protesting and demanding our rights how are you in there with those who fell got severely beaten look at what they did to my leg and my hand they started shooting live ammunition at us and. Pretense of also broken out in on the parts of iraq in pants right in the south of the country Security Forces broke up an Anti Government sit in demonstration. More than 250 iraqis have lost their lives since the unrest began at the beginning of october the the violence has been condemned by the international community. The secretary general says he is shocked by the death toll we have seen in recent days in iraq since the start of the demonstration but with neither side prepared to back down chaos has returned to the streets of iraq. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world. Hundreds of women have marched in the lebanese capital beirut demanding that the whole government resign protesters lit candles and banged pots and pans outside the government headquarters a wave of demonstrations has forced the Prime Minister to step down a replacement has not been nominated yet. Gunmen in birkenau faso have attacked a convoy of a Canadian Gold Mining Company killing at least 37 people the buses were transporting employees of the Semaphore Company in the east of the country and were being escorted by military personnel. To former employees of twitter have been charged with spying for saudi arabia a complaint from the u. S. Justice Department Published in the Washington Post detail the saudi government effort to recruit the 2 men and use them to obtain the personal information of government critics including a journalist with ties to the murdered writer jamal khashoggi. Now scientists around the world a worried about the direction humanity is headed theyve issued a joint call to action on Climate Change describing it as an emergency our lifestyles they say are harming the planet the experts are warning to Global Society is that untold suffering is on the way if things dont change gently. To mitigate an impending Climate Emergency say the 11000. 00 Scientists Research in 6 areas is critical 1st and foremost how we get our energy theyve recommended higher taxes for Carbon Emissions dramatically curtailing the use of fossil fuels and massively extending Renewable Energy sources. Then theres the problem of short lived pollutants like sirte and hydrofluoric carbons reducing them could lower the short term warming trend by 50 percent they say. When it comes to nature they want to see forests reefs and grasslands restored as well as a halt to habitat and biodiversity loss. In our food supply animal products are a major problem not only do livestock contribute directly to emissions but growing food for them also takes valuable land they could be used for crops to feed the growing population. The scientists also take issue with Economic Growth the pursuit of affluence and wealth they say is a major factor driving Climate Change finally they also bring up the controversial issue of human population growth which is currently exploding at a rate of 80000000. 00 people a year the Scientists Say it needs to be stabilized if possible reduced those are the most urgent steps that need taking says the statement but far from the only ones. The german capital is marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall on the night of november 9th 1909 east germanys communist regime opened the border the announcement allowed its citizens to safely cross to the west for the 1st time in 30 years it turned the hated and Deadly Border into just a broken relic this week as well as remembering the people who died trying to cross the city is also celebrating the freedoms that followed. David leavitts reports now from one of the last remaining sections of the berlijn wall. Almost 30 years after the berlin wall came down this projection of the Walls Construction is part of the commemoration of that anniversary here in the german capital now im not just standing in front of any projection screen this is actually part of the berlin wall its part of the few remaining pieces of the berlin wall actually its the biggest part its known as the east side gallery back then the initiative was designed to help east german artists who had suddenly been left without an income but in those exciting days of the former communist state opening up artists came from all over the world when berlin was divided it was common for people on the western side to draw graffiti on the wall but on the eastern side people approached at their peril the wall became more and more fortified with heavily armed guards tripwires searchlights and lookout towers Border Guards were ordered to shoot to kill anyone who tried to escape and more than 100 people were killed trying to cross the border in berlin alone just a few months after those instruments of oppression were dismantled the east side gallery turned the symbol of terror into a campus for Free Expression some of the artists have become famous around the world because the gallery is exposed to the elements the images have had to be restored or even repainted several times today the east side gallery is a Tourist Destination that attracts 3000000. 00 visitors a year. 30 years after the fall of this wall that separated friends and family from each other this remaining piece of the berlin wall has come to symbolize a new cosmopolitan berlin of unity. 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