Im sure welcome to the program the European Parliament has declared a Climate Emergency the resolution passed with a clear majority in strasbourg lawmakers hope the move will send a powerful signal to the un Climate Summit which starts in betrayed next week and also right to put pressure on the incoming executive to take a leading role in the global fight against Climate Change. So what effect will this declaration half. Show us who is professor of environmental and Climate Policy of the Technical University of munich welcome to. The declaration itself doesnt propose any concrete measures so how significant is it. Well whats important about this measure is that its joining a number of other countries and cities and states that him said the Climate Change problem is really very serious and its so serious we want to make make this aware to everybody and really say this is a Climate Emergency so i think it has a symbolic power and it can have Agenda Setting power the European Parliament is one of the more progressive that the european institutions and the fact that the European Parliament has passed this this Emergency Declaration is really a way to say soon when the president s and in chancellors of the european states meet to make decisions about where to go with Climate Strategy for 2030 and beyond that this will really put some more pressure on them to take the Climate Change issue far more seriously than has been done in the past so it is more than symbolic but as as critics would also say what what is missing here are any kind of concrete decisions about what kinds of decisions need to be taken in terms of phasing out of coal of phasing out of possible energies phasing out subsidies that are going to the fossil Energy Sector were dealing with the Agricultural Sector said to this many many things that need to happen as a next step the Climate Emergency statement is her step in this process and the i mean its interesting you raise that the use of fossil fuels and of course agriculture within the European Union nobody dad is touch agriculture and the fossil fuels coal mining huge here in germany so thats thats going to be a very very bitter pill to swallow. Yes it will and its not only germany of course you have a lot of people in germany but you also have countries like poland the Czech Republic that also have substantial sites substantial amounts of coal and they are going to expect some kind of compensation so i think one of the things were likely to see in the december meeting of the heads of state is discussions about halil. Compensation mechanisms can be introduced to help those regions and those countries that are heavily dependent on fossil fuels make the transition away from them thats going to bring in the sort of social justice element of this whole question but there are of course other areas that are under a lot of pressure in agriculture is one of them aquaculture has been pressured both because of whats happening with the over use of. Maneuver and the sulfur dioxide emissions that thats putting into the waterways and the problem that is causing for you trip occasion its contributing to biodiversity loss and then on top of that you have Climate Change and said the Farming Community is going to be hard pressed to make some transitions but it needs to happen good talking to you thank you so much for joining us professor professor marandi shrubs thank you. From wildfires to floods hurricanes to parts river bad so Scientists Say Climate Change is making itself felt more urgently around the world even the polar ice caps are melting and raising seen a. Beautiful but endangered Greenland Ice sheet is melting at record speed raising sea levels across the world Global Warming could redraw the world map as we know it. When i was a boy there was a lot of ice. Over 10 months years sometimes. But in recent years still only 4 to 5 months. In october everything used to be locked in ice but now only in december not before many. Scientists are on a mission to predict just how much sea levels will rise globally. If it happens at a rate where were looking at 80 feet of sea level rise. If he or 100 years its going to have a chip for cities all across the planet cities like alexandria in egypt are spending hundreds of millions of euros to hold back the water. In the netherlands billions of euros are being invested under Water Management innovations to keep the country above water. Rising sea levels are just one aspect of Climate Change with the future of the planet at stake activists across the world are demanding radical action from governments while theres still time. I must take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a medical sources say iraqi forces of shot dead at least 25 protesters in the Southern City of nasiriya unrest continues to grip the country on wednesday demonstrators set fire to be called. In the city of new jeff outrage over unemployment government corruption are perceived iranian influence has been fueling widespread Anti Government protests. In order why conservative opposition candidate. Has claimed victory after a days long count of the countrys Runoff Election martinas have a candidate for the older guys are moving Broad Front Party has conceded defeat the left wing broad front has been in power in the country for the last 15 years. Because President Donald Trump says hes restarting peace talks with the taliban 3 months after scuttling negotiations the announcement came during a surprise visit to afghanistan where he met with president ashraf ghani and american troops also said he wants to draw down the number of u. S. Soldiers in the countrys. Been busy today or u. S. President has signed a law backing democracy in hong kong the legislation means there will be an annual review of the favorable trade status that washington grants the territory it also threatened sanctions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses that Chinas Foreign Ministry has denounced the movie using america of meddling in its internal affairs but hong kong prodemocracy hong kongs prodemocracy movement has welcomed it as a victory earlier on thursday they held a rally in gratitude for the new u. S. Law the new u. S. Law the w. s sherry chan was there. Today tens of thousands. Of the human rights and democracy act. That they were thanking the u. S. Government for passing this feel. Very because they know that. They understand international. Public. So tell us more about the bills that President Trump signed today. Well as weve just heard its called the human rights and democracy act its almost selfexplanatory in some ways it was actually introduced early in the bill to prior to this in the protests in hong kong back in june and the house of representatives here in the u. S. Actually overwhelmingly approved it last month the coals for essentially sanctions against chinese and hong kong officials who committed human rights abuses and whats also interesting which you mentioned is that the United States can basically revoke this special that the u. S. Has for hong kong which gives it you know its a different treatment from the u. S. To hong kong compared to china and basically what theyre saying is that if they see that theres anything that undermines the freedoms of the people of hong kong theyll revoke it and also whats very interesting about this is that its getting a little bit less traction is that the president has signed a 2nd bill which byrons crowd control military weapons which is what theyre being called now thats you know weapons such as tear gas and rubber bullets from being exported to the police in hong kong so you could say that President Trump is sending out a very clear message to china and why did President Trump sign these bills. Well as you know is always the case i would say with President Trump its very hard to interpret exactly why its coming now and he said he signed it out of respect for president xi jinping also for a spec for china and also the people of hong kong its kind of been difficult i would say to interpret what President Trumps a stance has been on the ongoing protests in hong kong he you know being he said that hes at with the people of hong kong but also at the same time he said his chinese counterpart president xi jinping that hes a great guy and what he did say which is i suppose most important to us the ongoing trade talks with china is that he was concerned that signing this in too little would also potentially cause problems or it could even disrupt those talks. Washington thank you. The son of a former german diplomat has been present in the United States since 997 was convicted of the murder of his girlfriends parents though he initially admitted his guilty then retracted his confession insisting he was innocent despite this he was given 2 life sentences 30 years later hes being released and deported back to germany. This is the state prison in virginia where young serving has been held since 1991 he was found guilty of 2 counts of 1st degree murder. This footage is from an interview searing repeatedly requested a pardon but to no avail a former state governor wanted to send him to germany to serve out his sentence but his successor disagreed the german ambassador in washington has welcomed the impending release of severing on parole. Want to head to to finagle to hear the relevant authorities granted mr suranne karole on monday he has spent many decades almost 3 decades in prison we have always sought to have him released and a very pleased that this goal has now been achieved last song because its unsafe. Invest in 1985 derek and nancy hasan was stabbed to death at their home in virginia they were the parents of servings then girlfriend elizabeth. The 2 fled to england when they became suspects they were caught in london and sent back at 1st soaring confessed to the crime but he later retracted his confession he said he had wanted to protect his girlfriend and thought that as the son of a german diplomat he enjoyed immunity from prosecution at his trial he insisted he was not the culprit. Im innocent. The conviction proved controversial the evidence was circumstantial experts including sheriff to parting to a turing was wrongfully convicted later d. N. A. Analysis failed to link him to the scene of the crime hes been locked up for 33 years for a crime that myself. Another investigators dont feel like he was there we dont feel like he was present when the actual murders were committed as hes maintained you know since he went on trial. Hes missed his twentys his thirtys and his fortys so its. Going. To touch in your parole board has called hey some answering his conduct in prison exemplary and said they had served more time to move to be usual under todays law. Governor Ralph Northam has made it clear that he is not pardoning inserting and elizabeth hastened his many pro tem on the boards recommendation. In a 2016 documentary the promise searching again and says it is innocence and said he considered himself the victim of his former girlfriend. Looking back at me because i know that i never knew this woman. And most of the story she told me were not true i dont know who the real elizabeth was. The films codirector marcus fetzer is pleased sering is being set free. Is for me she was going to think for me is that the trials the circumstances the conviction put on not beyond a shadow of a doubt and if there are too many Unanswered Questions as is keep so you define its. Storing is soon to be deported to germany the date has not been announced yet i speak with marcus a documentary filmmaking you just saw not support welcome to day w. Youve become quite familiar with that yes sir and what sort of person is he. Oh hes hes a kind of nerd i think or he was a nerd when he was a young fellow he was 18 and he was not an eye level really with Elizabeth Hayes and i think and what happened with him that he tried to become an eye level had to get an eye level with her she was much more pretty them him in a certain way much more mature and and i think there was also this sexual abuse coming on which she told him about what i think that finally he said that hes going to take the blame on him because he was not an eye level with her i think is so you believe his innocence i dont know really if hes innocent and i think there were a lot of questions in the in the trial and in everything nobody knows what really happened but but i think from a for him a personal point of view i was watching all the trial food and everything there were so many doubts in that case that after serving such a long time in prison i think its time to to revise the whole thing thats why i am very happy that that the decision by the burl balled was made that he can go home very soon and this was a massive case here in germany attracted a lot of publicity. Oh yes right no i mean my phone was not stopping to ring i mean everybody is reporting about it because it is for us for us german is it is really bizarre that. Someone like in syria who was convicted when he was very very young i think it was 1920 that he has to serve such a long time in prison if and when the whole thing is not beyond a reasonable doubt and thats why the interest of getting me back to germany is very high and there was this incident in 2009 when he was already powered on and then the whole thing was revoked which. Which then coming back of my co director she is a very important journalist in germany she was writing since since then about it. And so how did he deal with the jail time crimes that he claims that he didnt commit i mean i think he was he was doing exercises every day he had a time when he was meditating a lot he was writing a lot of books i think he wrote alone 10 books about about how it is being in prison how it is to overcomes such circumstances and i think hes a fellow who was who was trying to get. Involved d with with his mates in prison and he was never aggressive actually in prison so he conducted very well and i think thats also why a lot of his supporters are saying are claiming that he cant be the culprit the murderer because he never reacted aggressively in prison. So how does he now go about preparing to return to society has been 30 years since he was out of the world has moved on we have the internet mobile phones thats going to be a big adjustment isnt it. Oh yes that is a big adjustment i mean we are in time being i mean we would love actually to to film that to be with him filming when he comes into this new life actually its of course the world has has moved on i mean the last time he said. He had already dreams when he was about to be released which were then of course destroyed i dont know which dreams he has now but but i think hes young enough to to be able now to have a life and i think he has a lot of friends all over the world or supporters who would help him so i think its its great that hes coming back and i hope it will be before christmas so i you know looking at making an update of your documentary oh i would love to if he is ready to i would love to but of course its totally up to him i mean its his life right now we would of course the company him because its the camera always can can give a hand as well and i think its very interesting how it is to come back into a life yes i would love to but its totally up to him good talking to you for joining us better thank you for the 1st few notes have taken place in vietnam for some of the 39 people found dead in a truck in britain last month but as Police Investigating the death of arrested several people including the trucks driver pleaded guilty to conspiring to assist illegal immigration the victims bodies were flown to vienna on wednesday. To thumb elise paralyzed with grief finally do able to lay their loved ones to rest. Cousins when and wine. The previous day scores of villagers helped as their coffins arrived in rural vietnam in an emotionally charged and grim homecoming. Kept an agonizing wait for the bereaved families who kept vigil for weeks. What after a month of waiting the family has been saw sad we couldnt eat we couldnt sleep. The younger of the men was just 18 years old he had joined his cousin to embark on a shared dream together. He went to work abroad with the hope that he could earn money for a Better Future for him and help the family but its devastating that hes died its really painful. The pair travelled to britain in search of jobs but their journey ended in tragedy inside this lorry among 39 people to suffocate at the hands of human traffickers. As the procession made its way to their final resting place the focus was not on justice or the nature of the deaths but on a Community Mourning together. Going on your own one where the whole village and the people from other neighborhoods came to bid farewell to them Holding White roses and that i hold of them might comfort the families a bit. Into this loss is amends but the compassion i see here would help ease this terrible pain but no loss for the. Any and these deaths may yet carry meaning the priest asked the children to let this be a lesson not to risk their own lives by leaving. The Police Officer in charge suing the 989. 00 hills for stadium disaster has been found not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence david duncan field was much commander when 96. 00 liverpool fans were crushed to death inside the stadium the prosecution argued that the 75 year old personal responsibility for what happened on that day but mr duncan field was cleared by a majority verdict after a 7 week trial the acquittal follows a Long Campaign for justice by victims families. Kills is the worst stadium disaster in british history 96 little football fans lost their lives falling across the sheffield venue in 1909. In the wake of the tragedy as an entire city grieved. Try to falsely blame supporters for overcrowding in the standing terrorists a front page story in the Sun Newspaper compounded the myth victims families have been fighting for justice ever since. Kenny darvish a told you about that fateful day. And so. You know we went through a football match. With what we were. Never going to. With 24 hours worth of. Disgraceful in fact police had opened a gate to try to relieve overcrowding outside but a crush then ensued inside an initial inquest said the deaths were accidental meaning criminal charges could not be brought but the families did not give up and kept pushing for a new inquest an independent panel was set up to review the evidence in 2012 it found police had tampered with witness statements and new inquest in 2016 ruled the deaths to be unlawful and Police Match Commander david duncan failed seen here in the blue jacket was put on trial and charged with manslaughter by gross negligence the verdict ends a saga which shamed the british establishment. A virtual lodger racing is one of the dozens of sports thats booming around the world one for one time formula one hopeful yano computer based competition means a 2nd shot at glory the game is dont face the physical demands of a grand prix and chosen discipline is taxing in its own way. He swapped the cockpit for the controller the real life track for the simulator but yano up near still loves motor racing the 19 year old gamer wants a Junior Academy dr renaud now competes for them in the formula one esports championship nowadays physical fitness is taken seriously even for virtual drivers they might not have to contend with extreme temperatures or g. Force but their discipline presents its own challenges the physical training e sports is much more about saying things healthy thing flexible because obviously sitting in a simulator for a big part of the day. Can make you stiff jack king of races real life cars but has an appreciation of the difficulties of virtual competition they do get very hot and sweaty in the sea as well we obviously also have to deal with dehydration during the rices you know it is very much a mental game for them you know the strain of having to concentrate for quite long races takes a physical toll so you know they have to be fit for that as well theres plenty of scope for crossover between the f one drivers and the gamers according to Nicholas Mauer the c. E. O. Of renaults e Sports Division because you can have a guy that was used to training in the videogame come to the real track and is really interesting and special for ya know up near the transition from the track to the simulator has already brought him closer to a title hes currently 3rd in the east coast drivers championship. Millions of people in the United States are celebrating the thanksgiving holiday and a new york perhaps the best way to get into the holiday spirit is simply to look up tens of thousands lined the streets to watch floating fun favorites snoopy the grinch under this take to the skies above manhattan to some to close made on here to help kick off the Holiday Season floats and festivities are part of the macys thanksgiving day parade which is the largest country. In the city w. Ill be back in just a 2nd with day. News of the top of the hour ill go for. You know that 77 percent. Are younger than 6 of fox. Thats me and me and. You. Think you know what external voice is. The 77 percent of the talk about the issues. This is where. The 77 percent this weekend on d w. Been created 2 days with. The turning point in politics business. On the up people of the Islamic Revolution under the title he had always dreamt of state in which route. Opens up making its initial flirtation capitalism. Strikes in states of emergency britain sinks into chaos Margaret Thatcher remarks in carriage them to work harder and they will was it the start of neo liberalism. John paul the 2nd is explained to the people threatens the old order. Could be the end of communism and then companies. Like crisis and. The start of an era that defines our lives today. 1979 the big bang. Starts december 23rd t. W. Chinas president having a torrid time 1st donald trump starts a trade war that hong kong explodes and pro democracy candidates are elected to the city council now the United States has given itself the power to review beijings actions in the chinese territory on sanction chinese officials and to abuse human rights that so what will beijings threatened countermeasures look like im phil gayle in berlin and this is the day
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