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A scandal of corruption in high places. Im suzanne was going to its good to have you with us climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th of fridays for a future Global Climate strike they are demanding that governments step up their efforts to cut Carbon Emissions and theyre sending a message as well to the u. N. Climate change conference which kicks off in madrid next week now organizers say more than 3000 strikes are planned around the world and here you can get a sense of the scale of these rallies around the world calling on politicians to do more to slash c o 2 emissions australians were among the 1st to take to the streets in sydney hundreds of young people skipped school to hold a rally outside city hall they were joined by victims of recent bush fires that have been ravaging the country. Demonstrations are also underway in japan and hong kong and theyre picking up steam in europe as well. And right here in berlin a big turnout is expected at Brandenburg Gate our correspondent hans brunt is there for us hi hans good to see you is there any indication of how big those crowds are going to be today. Well the organizers have said that they expect 50000 people to arrive today the rally is set to start in a vote on oh its time at the moment theres no indication that that number of people is actually going to be arriving here but its still an hours time for them to come last time the such a big rally took place in september they expected 20000. 00 people and more than 200000 arrived so its very unpredictable its likely to be a very large demonstration huns we mentioned this is part of a global day of protests what do activists say they want to see happen especially ahead of that big un Climate Summit in madrid next week. Well for activists here in germany its not just a hit of the Climate Conference in madrid its also the head of several decisions taken by the German Government that are about to be implemented on Climate Change the German Government passed a package of measures to restrict or to for a promote. Conservation of. Cost Carbon Dioxide and to promote climate interests but these packages are currently but just being discussed in the german. Parliamentary process and there is a chance that some of them will still become less effective than they are have been promised apart from that the measures have already been condemned by climate activists in germany as being much too weak much too little too late so there is a very very current german process going on that protesters here are trying to influence all right i correspond one front there at Brandenburg Gate and covering those protests here in berlin which are set to kick off thank you very much. And d. W. Business will be taking a closer look at black friday and consumerism and how that in general affects the climate that will be coming up right after this show but 1st lets look at one aspect of Climate Change that has alarmed scientists across the globe rising sea levels. Beautiful but endangered greenlands ice sheet is melting speed raising sea levels across the world Global Warming could redraw the world map as we know it. When i was a boy through there was a lot of their cars were 10 months years sometimes you hear them and. But in recent years stare only 4 to 5 months. In october everything used to be locked in ice but now only in december not for. 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 maybe feet of Sea Level Rise at x. 50 or a 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 on Water Management innovations to keep the country above water. With 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. Lets get around and now some other stories making headlines around the world russia has test fired an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile a video released by the countrys Defense Ministry shows the topple him being launched from the countrys couplets in dar firing range the Ministry Says it successfully reached its target in kazakhstan. The number of People Killed in weeks of antigovernment unrest in iraq has now surpassed 400 thats according to police and medical sources who say the majority of victims were unarmed protesters nationwide demonstrations rage raging since early october have been fueled by anger over government corruption and unemployment. 3 men have been sentenced to decades in prison for plotting a terror attack in Melbourne Australia the trio had sworn allegiance to the socalled Islamic State that planned to use homemade bombs and knives to attack a busy downtown area during christmas and 2016. U. S. President donald trump says hes restarted peace talks with the taliban 3 months after breaking off negotiations that announcement came during a surprise president ial visit to afghanistan where he celebrated the thanksgiving holiday with american troops its trumps 1st visit to the site of americas longest war after talks with afghan president musharrafs ghani trump said the taliban was ready to commit to peace if you know the taliban wants to make a deal and were meeting with them and were saying it has to be as useful or they want to do is use what i have but now they do want to do a ceasefire i believe would probably work out that way and well see what happens will be a tremendous brightness. For more on the story we can speak to journalist Elise Blanchard she is in kabul hi elise we heard President Trump there saying the taliban essentially does not want to make a deal is ready to make a deal is that true. He did say its its always hard to know exactly what he wants or if you might change his mind or not but he did say it. But where does the taliban stand on this elise are they actually ready to make a deal of they ready to restart negotiations. Or from what the leaders said the leadership of taliban does maintain that theyre still willing to continue negotiating continued of peace negotiation but on the end they did swap the us to judge which is a good sign but on the other hand theyre still fighting theyre still actively fighting afghan troops theres still attacks in kabul and its not all the taliban there might be. Those there will be a portion of the taliban would you not want peace and will continue fighting maybe with other groups what part of any deal would mean a withdrawal of u. S. Troops from afghanistan and what would that mean for the security situation there. As always with with the situation its impossible to know exactly but it does look bad because well 1st. The American People are a lot of the Security Forces in afghanistan the afghan Security Forces so if the american goal ill really depend on how much money they keep investing in them if those salary always already very low often late so even gets even worse its hard to know if soldiers will stay and also if theyre like the moral is really low because recruitment is really difficult casualties are really high they dont even publish the official numbers anymore theyre on the defensive struggling to keep like small outposts there theyre struggling already so its hard to know what to think itll be easy if the us leave now this was President Trump 1st trip to afghanistan since he took office how do people there react to his visit. Im well its theyre confused i mean theyre confused because on the one hand well 1st not all of them no not all of them ive learned about it already some people of struggle to get to information there were other things happening here but some of them are what he said about a possible cease fire about negotiation continuing give them hope give some people hope some other people make fun of it big fun of them because they said he didnt come to afghanistan he just came to some u. S. Base which is just north of kabul he didnt see afghanistan and some others are unhappy because they felt that it was lowering the status of their own president of ghana because it was knows it was not a state visit there was no specific president ial protocol for danny he was standing behind trump so they felt that it was just reinforcing the fact that they were not that the americans were doing what they when they didnt show up the president is not treated as properly as a president should so there was an happiness there was hope. All right journalist elise it was for speaking to us there at what will have to leave it there thank you so much elise. Thank you. In malta the government has turned down a deal with a key suspect who wants to tell all in the case of the murder of the journalist. She was investigating government corruption angry protesters gathered outside the Prime Ministers Office as he held a 7 hour emergency Cabinet Meeting last week earlier this week the Prime Ministers former chief of staff keith scampering was arrested over alleged links to the case he was later released without charge now among the protesters was a son who is also an investigative journalist so were here because even though there is rock solid evidence the Prime Minister she forced off is probably the biggest criminal that this country has ever seen the police have just let him go so weve been through this thing for 3 years because theres ample evidence in the Public Domain that the prime search for sophos campisi kora yesterday we found alt dot is possibly accomplish it in a murder and thats for sure he helps to cover up without a murder and the Prime Minister is still protecting him there isnt day probably discussing how theyre going to work to exult all you do is to give him his job back or to help him get to get him to our compu where he can not be extradited back to the north is completely outrageous well after the marathon Cabinet Meeting Prime Minister joseph emerged to give a News Conference and he said he would not be granting a pardon to the main suspect in the murder inquiry businessmen york and finnick has reportedly seeking to do a deal that would give him immunity from prosecution in exchange for information about the case the Prime Minister also repeated that he intended to stay in office at least until the probe has ended. Give us this assessment of where things stand now the expected resignation of joseph moscow the Prime Minister did not happen tonight because he cannot see the slightest reason why. Why he should step down are the people in his cabinet and allegations that have been made against them to be implicated in corruption and into ordering the murder against the journalist they just sort of wipe them off without even commenting on it so multiple carry on for a while even though this is the deepest crisis the island has ever seen china has reacted angrily to President Trumps approval of measures backing prodemocracy activists in Hong Kong Beijing says it will take firm countermeasures against the u. S. If it continues to meddle in its Domestic Affairs new u. S. Legislation mandates an annual review of the favorable trade status and grants hong kong the prodemocracy camp welcomed the move celebrating what it called a major boost to its push for more local political control and more autonomy from china for more on the story we can go to our correspondent cherry chen who is in hong kong for us hi cherry has there been any update on how china is going to respond to this u. S. Legislation. So after the Foreign Ministry react to furiously yesterday to try assigning that bail and other offices have also issued similar statements condemning to us for signing that bill and they also said the u. S. Is the culprit of instability in hong kong and they also reiterate the stance that the u. S. Should not interfere in chinas internal affairs so while china yes they said that they would react with countermeasures they never mention what these content measures will be so it remains unclear what china is planning to do next chair there are more protests expected later today in hong kong and also this weekend demonstrators feel emboldened by this u. S. Decision. Right days and other protests planned this evening and you can see in my background they are already preparing for their most ration and there are also other protests planned for the weekend actually people at the u. S. Signed this they think that they should really follow most fear and hype and they think they should not stop protesting actually on saturday there will be and other protests thanking the u. S. For passing the bill and on sunday there is also another protest against the police use of tear gas and actually for the past 6 Months Police have deployed around 10000 tear gas canisters and people are really concerned about the effects tear gas have on them because they know its unclear what kind of chemicals is inside this tear gas and also it doesnt affect only affect the protesters all reporters in the front line it also affects process by all residents living in those areas my colleague and i have talked to 2 restaurants leafing very close to a protest area lets have a look. Tricia levy rented a really room apartment in hong kong suburb 2000002 mates felt it was a good deal price was reasonable and the building in good shape now they wish to have never. Coming in all cases my nose often itches my skin feels dry i feel very uncomfortable and i have diarrhea that usually lasts for a few days. I need to go to the toilet a few times every night i hold hold hold out come out kathy things that it is a consequence of the tear gas to moan has become one of the hot spots of hong kongs protests often clashes occur just below their window that night also that usually protesters would set up roadblocks here police would then come to remove them and they fired tear gas to try to catch the protesters they could all be similarly going to get. You to that tense atmosphere in the city they do not want to show their face and ask us not to reveal their area names but will say they have not joined any protests since the peaceful marches in june but that does not save them from the fact. The mood is up then your when they fire tear gas i close all the windows in the doors but i can still smell it and feel uncomfortable the whole shebang. Since june the police have fired more than 10000. 00 canisters of tear gas chemical irritant but mainly affects theologies lungs and the skin its use is prohibited as a chemical weapon in warfare with allowed in riot control although its effects are meant to be temporary to have been case reports of chronic i diseases caused by the chemicals. They were also some cases that they know as much to begin with but after exposure to tear gas some of the protesters actually developed a spray like symptoms for 2 to 3 years and there there were also cases that people develop crumley eczema to get skin problems going to tartus for a number of years. While the highest risk lies with frontline protesters and join the list residents have little chance to escape the consequences of tear gas as many protests happening in densely Populated Areas some logical call it i saw a doctor he asked me where i live and then he said i should consider moving away if i could take a. Im sorry you go. With them plan to stay with relatives who some time but moving home is out of the question the landlord would not let them cancel their call. You know you yourself have been covering the protests there in hong kong youve come into contact with tear gas how would you do this describe the experience was so the taste and the smell of tear gas is really aggressive so whenever the police fired tear gas i would immediately feel that my throat my nose and my eyes would be very irritated and its also called teeth as for a reason because it really makes you cry for some people who have more serious effect they would have difficulties briefing but far from lyme protests us all reporters we all have very professional and gas mask and so when the police would. That they would fire tear gas we immediately immediately use our gas most of us fought those residents all people who just passed by the protests area its very difficult for them to get immediate protection and so they are always a lot of 1st aid as a rung of this area as to how the people there are to diffuse cherrys chang reporting there in hong kong thank you very much. Now the 1st funerals have taken place in vietnam for some of the 39. 00 people found dead in a truck in britain last month British Police investigating the deaths have arrested several people including the trucks driver he has pleaded guilty to conspiring to assist illegal immigration. 2 families paralyzed with grief finally though able to leave their loved ones to rest. Cousins when and whining. The previous day scores of the ledgers helped as their coffins arrived in rural vietnam in an emotionally charged and grim homecoming. Capped an agonizing wait for the bereaved families who kept vigil for weeks. 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. Im going home you are my life the 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. But the empty this loss is immense but the compassion i see here would help ease this terrible pain but no loss for the door to Mcmichael America with any and these deaths of many yes carry meaning the priest here asked the children to let this be a lesson not to risk their own lives by leaving. Now the owners of English Premier League champions Manchester City have agreed agreed to buy a 65 percent stake in indian side mumbai city the City Football Group which is bankrolled by abu dhabi has long considered a move into the growing indian football market the purchase will increase its worldwide frawley 0 to 8. 00 including clubs in new york melbourne and yokohama Manchester City is their most valuable asset the other clubs are modeled around the english team. Now anyone who has visited thailands capital bangkok knows that you take your life into your own hands when you cross the street drivers there are infamous for refusing to stop for pedestrians but a group of volunteers is hoping to brush away the problem with a little creativity and an optical illusion. They say let it come change its spots what about is that bridge stripes a group of volunteers in bangkok good trying it out giving a new perspective to an old idea its hoped these 3 day looking blogs will stop speedy drivers in their tracks. So what we have a huge number of zebra crossings but i feel that were ignoring them because when we drive we see them but we dont stop even though the roads are not only for vehicles theyre for people to cross to so since theres a brick crossings are not respected but drivers we want to rebuild awareness of its importance are important in one of the worlds most congested cities being a pedestrian in bangkok can be tricky 90 percent of people surveyed say they dont feel safe crossing the road the reason they say drive is simply dont stop. So these road safety activist took matters into their own. Form our body your car i think its a good idea when i look at it it looks like people are liver to. Being above the road it attracts my attention and i think the children like to walk over it which makes them feel like theyre walking on air. And i hope it will catch on the group have 3 more tests crossings to kind of pull the project is reviewed for government funding. This is news these are our top stories protesters are taking to the streets in the 4th global crime climate strike today demonstrations are planned in more than 100 cities the world wide protest comes a day after the European Parliament declared a climate emergency. China has reacted angrily after u. S. President donald trump signed bills backing hong kong prodemocracy activists beijing says it will take firm countermeasures against the u. S. For meddling in its Domestic Affairs. Pressure on multis government is increasing over the slow investigation into the murder of journalist. After a marathon Cabinet Meeting Prime Minister joseph was caught about to remain in office and told the probe was complete protesters demanding his resignation accuse the government of a cover up. The Police Officer in charge during the 1989 hillsborough stadium disaster in england has been found not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence david field was match commander when 96. 00 liverpool fans were crushed to death inside the stadium his acquittal follows a Long Campaign for justice by victims families. This is news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at t w news or visit our website. And dont forget you can always give you news on the go just download are out from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well less push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use the do the deed of you have to send us your photos and videos of whats happening where you are. Now millions of people in the u. S. Of a celebrated the thanksgiving holiday on thursday and in new york there was relief that character balloons were able to take their place in the traditional macys parade tens of thousands lined the streets to watch Fan Favorites like snoopy and the grinch take flight high winds had threatened to ground the giant inflatables but officials announced just an hour before the event that the balloons could take part though tethered a lot closer to the ground than usual. Right thanksgiving is over a black friday has monica jones from good of you business is up next with more on that thank you for watching. Strong opinions clear positions International Perspective such. Last sundays election in hong kong may have been strictly local but the victory of prodemocracy candidates sent a signal straight to Mainland China a wake up call for beijing find out onto the point. The team 60 minutes all told you. What secrets why behind the small. Discover new adventures in the 360 degree. 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