For some of the countrys small catholic minority. And 30 years ago today nations around the world committed themselves to them proving the lives of children but despite the progress since then for millions of young people around the world live from aims a daily struggle. I brought in thomas great to have you with us and this the international saying that more than 100 people have been killed in a government crackdown on protests in iran the unrest erupting after hikes and fuel prices and authorities responded by shutting down the internet Reigns Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has described the protests as a security matter. Very Little Information reaches the outside world from iran authorities have shut down the internet whether there are still protests there and where they may be taking place is difficult to verify. Videos from monday evening show angry demonstrators some are demanding that the government step down the protests were sparked by a drastic increase in the price of gasoline u. S. Sanctions and mismanagement are the main causes of irans economic crisis. Also by that i have 3 jobs to support myself of course people are upset and now they found a reason to show their dissatisfaction that everyone does it in their own way. But of course the pictures of men who have been arrested are shown on state television theyre accused of initiating the protests at the behest of other countries one hard line newspaper reports they could face the death penalty. More than 1000 people are believed to have been arrested in the wake of the protests the un has expressed concern over the Security Services heavy handed response. Numbers killed certainly in the dozens. In at least 2 figures some reports even higher so if we feel very useful to have a better picture but its clearly very significant meanwhile the iranian leadership is in hearing to a hard line internet restrictions are still in effect in iran. Lets get more now by bringing in luke wall pauses a correspondent in tehran the following the story for us today. Do we have any confirmation about this high death toll and what do we know about the number of people injured. Its very difficult for us here in tehran to bring any confirmation to disfigures because as you said the internet is down its very difficult difficult also to get information throughout the cities in the country what we know is that telephone lines still working and we have several reports from people in the province cities dead the grip of the security. Was very very tough and it seems that what amnesty says that it was also fired at the police was firing with life i mean on demonstrators is very likely that. The death toll is much higher than the official figure and probably higher than 100 People Killed and we know from families that there are very angry dead bodies were not returned to their families of their people they were burned immediately disabled day on saturday or sunday which might be an indication that something is deeply wrong with the figures that the authorities are giving a look at whats behind these protests it was they were sparked by the fuel prices is that still driving them or or is it something else. Its an overall anger a saying the things politically. Are going here in iran it is basically by the price rise in gasoline thats sure because many people feel they are entitled to have a very very cheap gasoline price given the fact that salaries are so low in iran and economical hardship especially since the latest round of new sanctions from us in the last year economical situation is so bad for them dead they feel that fuel should be giving should be given them for free actually but its as i said economy is going down every week a bit more since the sanctions last year that have been imposed by the us we have no more almost no more oil exports here in iran and the oil exports count for roughly 90 percent off the state revenue this means inflation is very high devaluation of the iranian ryall is extremely it lost more than half of its value within 10 months and this means that the prices are rising prices for staple for food for rise for milk and people simply cannot cope with that situation because of course salaries are not rising in the same speech and that is basically the anger and people put the blame for the situation not as much as in the past to Foreign Countries like us which imposed sanctions but very much to the regime because they think the regime should find a solution ok whats your impression does that mean that these protests will continue might even get larger. No actually i think it was a small significant but a small part of the population that went to 2 districts high in middle the huge middle class which is several millions of iranians citizens day. They are very cautious i spoke to people yesterday here in tehran they dont feel that its the appropriate time to go on the street because they fear that the crackdown of the Security Apparatus might be even worse so i dont sing dead the situation is going out of control because. What does supreme leaders said its a security measure and not a social protest means that they are definitely willing to crack down on the situation lou thanks very much for that from tehran this morning. Its to the u. S. Now where a career army officer has testified he was duty bound to object what he called the president s improper phone call seeking ukrainian investigations of top u. S. Democrats now republicans attacked alexander venom whos president Trumps NationalSecurity Council with doubts about his loyalty to the u. S. As testimony launched a pivotal week as the houses impeachment best again reaches further into the white house. First to testify on tuesday 2 officials who listened in on that controversial phone call lieutenant Connell Alexander vin man the Top White House expert on ukraine alongside Jennifer Williams an advisor to Vice President mike pence both told the panel they had concerns about the call. I found the july 25th phone call an usual because in contrast to other president ial calls i had observed it involved discussion of what it care to be a domestic political matter it was inappropriate. It was improper for the president to requestion to demand an investigation. Into a political poem an opponent especially if foreign power were theirs at best dubious belief that this would be a completely impartial investigation the democrats hope to amass evidence that President Trump abused his position using military aid to push ukraine to investigate his political opponents the republicans again attack the witnesses rather than their evidence of course. Your boss had concerns about your judgment your republican lawmakers question Lieutenant Colonel credibility and even his loyalty to the country being an immigrant from ukraine a written statement. The proceedings resumed with testimonies from former u. S. Envoy to nato kurt volker and tim morrison the former National Security council advisor. And a Cabinet MeetingPresident Trump continued his condemnation of the entire inquiry we had 3 what is going on is a disgrace and its an embarrassment to our nation and given enough evidence of wrongdoing on the president s part the house dominated by democrats will vote to send the case to trial in senate this long drawn out political battle is only shifting gears our correspondent pablo folio u. S. Has been following the hearings in washington he sent us this is us mint. Well the 3rd day of the public hearings in the trump impeachment inquiry focused very much on 2 witnesses who actually listened in to the 25th of july phone call between President Donald Trump and the ukrainian president volunteer selenski both witnesses and 1st a 10 colonel who actually works in the white house and then and aide to Vice President mike pence both said independently of each other that the president s political demands in the phone call in july were inappropriate and it caused them concern now we also heard from the former u. S. Envoy to ukraine kurt volker who it was perhaps hoped by republicans will be a little bit more sympathetic to President Trump he instead employed trump was interested in conspiracy theories in relation to the former Vice President joe biden and his son and that the white house and republicans spent a lot of the day attempting to discredit those witnesses and their credibility but now the focus here in the u. S. Is very much on wednesday where well be hearing from the u. S. Ambassador to the European UnionGordon Sunderland now hes had close dealings with President Trump and interesting for democrats he revised his initial testimony and that could give democrats a little bit more weight in their attempts to prove that President Trump pressured ukraine so wednesday is set to be an interesting day here in washington. Pablo foley alias there for us is pretty down some of the other stories making the news at this hour china has condemned the legislation passed unanimously by the u. S. Senate which aims to protect human rights in hong kongs democratic bill put the territories special trading status with the u. S. In jeopardy and it bans the sale of crowd control munitions to hong kong beyond. Serious as antiaircraft defenses have thwarted a series of israeli air raids near the capital damascus israel has released a statement saying that its jets did target syrian and Iranian Forces in syria in retaliation for rockets fired towards israel on tuesday. Libyan police and military have deployed Armored Vehicles to end a blockade of a major gas plant by protesters demanding the return of former president if all metal us Officials Say at least 3 demonstrators were killed in. Thats near la paz. Well today is world childrens day and this one marks 30 years since leaders from around the world made a commitment to protect the young from violence of the light now only one country has yet to ratify the Un Convention on the rights of the child thats the United States while since its adoption the deaths of children under the age of 5 have fallen by some 60 percent and the number of undernourished children wall thats dropped by about half now in spite of this progress for many children around the world including here in germany life remains a daily struggle. Is run to some a 7 the 2 friends are spending the afternoon at eunice house a privately run Charitable Organization on the outskirts of palin they love it here and there are lots of games. Yes and the food doesnt cost anything here i like that about you know his house my parents love it to. Some it is right on the other children here come from socially disadvantaged homes where theres little room to play around like this. Just some of more special on the national sky is helping the student apply 1st school in turn ship the teacher says that to pivotal childrens rights are under threat in germany. The space to business allies in the right to Social Security and the right to education in this area the children do go to school but they still need a lot of support whether thats with homework extra tutoring after school or with the many difficulties they encounter in life for us for this guy doesnt even begin to know most of the children they look after live in a highrise nearby unemployment levels here are twice the berlin average many adults rely on social benefits to get by in germany those living below the poverty line usually have a place to live but social exclusion and poor chances of education not also defining factors of poverty with full time for 5th and the fact that 3 out of 4 children live in some kind of poverty is something neither the children nor the families can control is the state can give something to the parents that cant directly get aid to the children themselves. And most of germany full time schooling is the norm however privately run organizations like yours house are still the only means to provide afterschool support for children in need to make sure that aiming high in life not just on the playground. Or the talk more about the situation for children here in germany im joined by our Political Correspondent good morning john germany is of course of very rich country what what sections of society here this rich country are not seeing the benefits of the nations wealth. Well actually you have to say since germany is one of the richest countries of the world everyone in the society does benefit from that wealth to some extent and that also goes for people who live in poverty especially children but at the same time you have to say that this kind of social benefits these kinds of supports that are being provided to children in need are very difficult to access our europe practically very difficult to get to and very often the children come from backgrounds where parents are not able to speak the german language very well or themselves not particularly literate so the hurdles to actually applying for benefits are quite substantial for these families and in fact one has to say there are about a 5th of all children in germany that live in poverty and there are a 1000000 children who would be entitled to benefits but are not actually getting a 5th of children living in poverty is quite a number are we leaving out Family Structures the family in the conversation about children in poverty well obviously these these Family Structures have a very significant effect on the how children live and whether they are threatened by poverty or not a single parent families are much more likely to be poor than from families where there are 2 parents that that have an income families with a large number of children children 4 children all more much more likely to live in poverty in germany and obviously they are background such as educational background and migration backgrounds in other words parents who do not speak the local language to speak german well have more difficulty supporting their families than parents who themselves are not well educated also have more difficult in supporting their families so Family Structure is a very very important factor and of something educations an important factor as well you mentioned the 2 ends of the spectrum there the single parent families and the big families a lot of chilled. A lot of kids what needs to be done to get those children better educations that are the springboard for of course a better life well there again we have a situation where basically all children are at school in germany but here in berlin for instance you have certain schools where 80 or 90 percent of the children that do not speak german while the educational language obviously is a local language is german so theres a lot of difficulty getting these children to speak german to understand the lessons to do their homework and obviously they have no support at home because their parents are not able to understand the lessons themselves to help with reading matches to help with homework the Additional Support would need to be outside school outside the family to help children with with homework with part off the school work and not sort of thing so these kind of industry institutions for children to be looked off to off to school at their families i think that would be crucial ok thats one area where a lot to be done for us this morning as usual thanks very much well pope francis has touched down in bangkok as he begins a week long asian trip that takes in thailand and japan the pope hopes his visit visit will boost the morale of the faith of the tiny catholic minorities in both countries as well as address pressing issues including Human Trafficking peace and he said to meet the thai king as well as buddhist and catholic leaders of course his translator on the trip will be his cousin sister on rosa savory whos worked in ties rules for more than 50 years. Now frances visit it coincides with the 350th anniversary of the 1st Papal Mission to siam as thailand of course is formally known now hes the 1st pontiff to visit since Pope John Paul the 2nd 1984 and the countrys catholics have quite a program lined up. Thailands Catholic Community is abuzz with excitement the students are rehearsing for a performance at the National Stadium in bangkok where pope francis is shitheel to hold a holy mass. News about the popes arrival has made all of us feel very excited ive never seen him in person so i make stream me eager to show him how i strongly believe i am in catholicism. At a convent in a different part of town seamstresses have been working overtime to ensure the pontiff and his entourage decked out in the countrys finest threads. Theyve prepared more than 200 ceremony of robes and head with the papal visit. Its been so long since the pope travel to thailand that the video footage is grainy. John paul the 2nd was the last to include the buddhist majority country in as papal journeys that was in 1984. So the fact that the current pontiff hasnt left their country off the map is a big deal for thailands tiny Catholic Community. Christians make up just one percent of the population and most live in the north of the country but they can also be found in the Nations Capital including in one of bangkoks biggest slums. But. Father. Emission every says christians here are eagerly awaiting the visit of pipe francis because they see him as a champion of the man rebel. The point nor the. Time to make the voice of the poor so loud loud. And truthful and this pressure there was a 3rd of the gift to give him 4 of the 3 we are waiting for this. In bangkok and across the country thailands diverse Catholic Community is looking forward to publicly celebrate their face. As to the ant our now it is of course one of the most remote parts of our planet but also one of the places that is warming the quickest when temperatures theyre rising can affect the entire globe scientists fear that Global Warming is melting this continents ice contributing to rising global sea levels now the n. R. T. Is a key barometer for how Climate Change is impacting our planet and for that reason dozens of countries have established research stations there to monitor and study the effects of Global Warming now one of these laboratories is the noisy myers station operated by a German Research institute well we visited the station to see how the researchers there study Climate Change and its effects. Antarctica a continent almost completely covered in ice yet extremely sensitive to even the slightest changes in climate. Its the frozen ocean front is home to the emperor penguin. Here on the ice shelf its freezing cold perfect conditions for emperor penguin breeding researchers say that if the climate here changes it would likely affect the emperor penguins right now if theyre trying to count the penguins on the colony. Do you think you could only its i think a huge danger for this penguin colony here is that the structure of the sea ice on which they greet is changing if theres an increase in temperature and the sea ice shrinks breaks up earlier in the year their breeding season will be shortened or they may not have any pleading grants or tall any more under certain circumstances they wouldnt be able to build their colony atoll will be able to reproduce. So the research is the documenting the penguins numbers from above with the drawing. Theyve been commissioned by the German Environment Ministry to get the big picture of whats happening here. Because the camera looks directly down and takes picture after picture at certain intervals. These pictures are supposed to one of the lab that way we can place them together as far as possible because. They do that here i few kilometers away at the alfred vigna institute know im a station the research is used 3 d. Simulators to collect their daughter on the colony in the long term they hope to produce information on if and how the emperor penguins react to increasing global temperatures. If warming is limited to 1. 502 degrees celsius has agreed in the paris accord this bases of penguin could survive and if not theyll be wiped out by 2100 at the very latest for all the scientists measure how much things are warming up on the roof of the research station. They send up weather balloons to collect and send back relevant data. Over the coming years the researchers hope to measure what changes and by how much. And so on at this station for example were not actually seeing any changes in temperature. Its the same at many other stations across antarctica but thats not the case on the antarctic peninsula theres been a stock rise in temperatures there. Thats causing the crusts to melt scientists there have also measured a warming of the water. Climate change is already starting to eat away at antarctica its just a question of how far the effects will reach. This is news these are our top stories right now. The Human Rights GroupAmnesty International says as many as 106 people may have died during protests across iran the demonstrations began over the weekend after the government announced a sharp hike in fuel prices. Pope francis is touched down in bangkok as he begins a weeklong tour of thailand in japan the pontiff hopes his visit will boost the faith of catholics in both countries and address pressing regional issues like Human Trafficking. To senior u. S. Officials who listen to President Trumps july phone call with his ukrainian counterpart have expressed their concerns over the conversation calling it improper and unusual the former special envoy to ukraine kurt volker also testified that. Live in police and military have deployed Armored Vehicles to end a blockade of a major gas plant by protesters demanding the return of former president a former all us Officials Say 3 demonstrators were killed in the city of el alto near the poles. This is the news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter or go to our website dot com. Still to come on the show. With trade tensions high in the hopes to run rings around china and its jorian story. That more straight ahead there are deduct. See venice and be glad that you still can. Fuel other cities seem so close to the turmoil. Menace a survived industrialisation course traffic and crowds are tourists but it may not survive Climate Change there is under threat. Kusa 60 minutes on d w. M c. 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