The phone number 7 your face it needs to track its cell phone use is triggering fresh privacy concerns a new law requiring everyone to registering new sim cards to 1st submit to a facial skin. Im burnt off its good to have you with us 2 weeks to save the future that is how many are describing the u. N. Climate change conference beginning today in madrid delegates from nearly 200 countries have begun 2 weeks of meetings amid a growing sense of crisis human secretary general and tony a good tennis is calling for bold action morning that the world risks passing the point of no return because she enters ive been tasked with ironing. The rules for implementing the 2015 paris climate agreement in which countries have agreed to limit Global Warming to less than 2 degrees celsius above preindustrial age temperatures United States one of the worlds biggest carbon emitters is also represented president dollar trump has pulled his country out of the paris accord but that doesnt take full effect until late next year we are indeed still in unfortunately we are having to fight our way through a bit of a blockade by the fossil fuel industry but that will not prevail and the america that you know the america of leadership the america of progress the america of confidence the america of clean and green energy. People like secretary kerry and president obamas work at the original paris capa something we should all reflect on while were here today that america will be back and as he said yes we are still in. And that was us senator Sheldon Whitehouse at the Un Climate Conference in madrid all the talk about the Conference Im joined now at the big table by dr quentin lucian he is a researcher at the think tank climate analytics here in berlin is going to have you on the show when you see the u. S. Senator there speaking do you believe him do you have faith that the u. S. The worlds biggest economy one of the biggest polluters that its going to do what needs to be done to mitigate Climate Change could have a good evening 1st thanks for having me. The u. S. Is a special case so they have agreed that they want to preload of the 1st agreement. But as in time dont trump eyes and said that stated that he wanted to boost the coal industry in the us what we see actually on the ground is the opposite so in the us we have seen a retreat in the cold fired Power Generation of the last years so there is progress being made there is progress being made despite. Whats done trump announces and whats u. S. Official polices and or. Unfortunately obviously that makes a difference if u. S. Policies official policies would actually be supportive of the parcel and if all the countries. Promise to do so complied with the Paris Climate Accord would that be enough to slow and stop Global Warming. So its quite simple one has to be done to stop the warming you just need to bring Carbon Emissions to net 0 thats what needs to be done and fortunately countries are not in charge to do that and thats the issue here. If current polices or implemented if pledges for pledges of Emissions Reductions are implemented. The Climate Action tracker actually says that we head at about 3 degrees in 2100 which is obviously way more than the 1. 5 degrees that you purged should agreements as right so going into this. This conference in madrid are you more optimistic then you were after peers in 2015 or more pessimistic. You know the political momentum of International Political momentum and context was definitely more. Thanks to aging back then and thats why we had to remain back then. But i would say we live in a moment in a critical moment where we still have a window for what seemed to reduce Carbon Emissions and to be in line with the 15 degree scenario. When used to be done is that globally Carbon Emissions need to teach in the next years if not 2020 and then we need to have emissions globally. Every day kate and we need to reach about 0 Carbon Emissions around 2050 roughly 50 its. Going to come back to you we want to take a look now at one region not only feeling the direct effects of Climate Change but also doing something about it the seychelles is an island chain off the coast of africa threatened by rising sea levels and the destruction of local marine life but the nation just north of madagascar is now the policies that it hopes will serve as an example to others take a look. Over 300000 people a year head to the seychelles to enjoy a holiday in paradise the vast array of corals fish and other marine life in the surrounding ocean is breathtaking. But this entire ecosystem is under threat from Climate Change. The president of the seychelles. When he took in the ocean floor earlier this year in a submersible vehicle. Scientists have spoken. And politicians around the world the dallas calm for us to act i will be a strong ambassador and a strong advocate for Marine Protection. Around the world. The most alarming problem for the seychelles waters is rising temperatures warmer cities have bleached many of the coral reefs damaging areas of Natural Beauty for a country that relies on its fishing and Tourism Industries the impending disaster could cost many people their jobs. At least responsible for the problems of Climate Change yet we are vulnerable. In fact if we were different the fight would have been different the seychelles is working on a solution a government Led Initiative is turning one 3rd of the countrys territorial waters an area the size of germany into protected zones the zones stretching out from the countries in iraq looms and ill double group highlands aim to limit human activity and thus make marine life more resilient. Marine scientists from the university of oxford and the Nekton Institute have been examining the seychelles waters there was a incredible diversity an abundance of fish especially in protected areas like aldabra which was a marine protected areas do work when they are put in place. The seychelles is aiming to become a model for Marine Protection around the world in an effort to slow the effects of Climate Change its president is hoping other countries will take notice we all know that we have a problem what is needed is a responsible Global Action and there is no or theres no time for blame game. The seychelles on its president are already seeing the effects of Climate Change they dont want discussion they want action now. Think it is a realistic possibility that the seychelles could disappear in our lifetime what should leaders from small countries like this who are on the front lines of Climate Change what should they be expecting from the big economic powers these next 2 weeks in madrid. So if there are several things that could be debated in madrid one thing is thats. It weve completed to complete the discussions on the paris were book which is a set of rules to implement the Paris Agreement and yours should be it should be agreed upon discussions and a set of rules for the article 6 on Market Mechanisms to achieve that and secondly these cup comes before one year before 20202120 is a crucial your in time into action because as i said before it is the year where we should see and missions. To be in line with the 1. 00 g. Scenario at least. The easiest easiest achievable of them and secondly so very important because the parts mechanism the parts agreement has mckennas and which is called wretched to make and isms which says that in 2020 i actually read see the commitments of countries to reduce their Carbon Emissions in. Russia did up meaning that these countries should actually summits new more ambitious commitments ambition there is the key word weve actually we will see what happens over the next 2 weeks definitely by 2021 doctor quite an illusion from the think tank climate analytics here in berlin thank you thank you for it all right from fly me to the weather in the philippines powerful typhoon has made landfall in southern lose on the storm swept ashore with director rains and winds of over 170 Kilometers Per Hour the typhoon has knocked out power in several provinces manilas International Airport is due to suspend operations in the coming hours over 200000. 00 people have fled to safety. With the wind and rain getting stronger coastal residents ran for shelter and batten down the hatches. Approached anything that could be blown away needed to be stowed away. With the help of the military these families packed up and fled not knowing what if anything they may return to. Tens of thousands of people on the island of luzon have been evacuated to makeshift shelters like this. Than tears and police prepared aid packages for those displaced by the storm. Is on course to cause problems for the 29000. 00 Southeast Asian games which the philippines is now hosting but organizers say they are ready for whatever comes. Some people are asking if. Theres no. But for many coastal residents the only solution is to get to shelter wait out the storm and hope for the best. Stories now that are making headlines around the world a new wave of flooding in Southern France has killed at least 5 people 3 of the victims were rescuers who died when their helicopter crashed near marsay the countrys mediterranean coast has faced heavy rains over the last week leading to serious floods in transport disruptions hundreds of women have taken to the streets of the iraqi city of basra showing solidarity with antigovernment protests elsewhere in the country its the citys 1st protest to be led by women and the resignation of the countrys Prime Minister. Over the weekend. U. S. President he has departed for a meeting of nato takes place on tuesday the meeting marks the 70th anniversary of nato military ally. Its trump has criticized since his election back in 2016 before departing trump and once again said other nato members should step up their financial contributions to the awak so. China says u. S. Naval ships and military aircraft will no longer be allowed to stop off in Hong Kong Beijing is also in else to say missions against several american n. G. O. S the retaliatory measures come after the United States passed legislation last week backing prodemocracy protesters in hong kong. Are going to stay in china now with the question what do you have to do to get a new phone number beijing has put into effect new regulations that require people in the country to have their faces skin when they sign up to get a new phone of the governments record river joins us now so this is ingenious even if you think its sinister. But talk to me a little bit about this so whats what exactly is happening well fred this is a kind of a part of a broader push by the Chinese Government to make it increasingly hard for people to stay Anonymous Online now offline as well basically if you want to get a sim card if you find a phone number to make you find what you have to in voluntarily surrender your identity that is a huge deal because well i mean obviously everybody want to find it almost impossible to live in china without one everythings of link to your online your apps and that sort of thing no facial Recognition Technology is being increasingly used for everything in china as well as the technology is being used to pay in shops and supermarkets its actually becoming increasingly difficult to use cash in in many cities so alongside that china is setting up a social Credit System to kape school of the conduct conduct of its citizens and then stores that madonna base that would be that is that also linked up to this facial Recognition Technology and this technology was easy extensive the engine john province all is used to crack down on a muslim pup. A largely muslim culture population in that area is now being rolled out across the country at the same time china is aggressively expanding its use of c. C. T. V. Cameras you know i mean you would think it would be enough just to give your address for example where youre one of the new phone number you have to be in many countries already but this is like taking it to a new level now they c. C. T. V. Cameras they want 626 minute across the country by next year thats one for every 2 people so that will be linked to this facial record Recognition Technology that everyone is involuntary given our are people in china are they worried evolves well i mean its had lots of foreign criticism obviously and Human Rights Watch have come out condemning it but within china itself the criticism has been been a little bit of a moment but mostly the criticism has been about the use of the dollar and the commercial interests and you know who are people going to get targeted by from this data but the reason for the lack of criticism is probably 2 pronged firstly there isnt much of a platform for people to be critical if even debate these controversies in china secondly its being sold as a very positive thing for china you know that china is a technology called Global Leader in face recognition which of these. People largely agree that its hard to know what Public Opinion is in china the that is true should we be worried about this because we are talking about a country with more than a 1000000000 people yeah exactly what i mean you know the human rights issues you know apparent very clear but also closer to home perhaps so b. Is a good example this technology is being used elsewhere and in serbia hundreds of huawei maids c. C. T. V. Cameras hallways course the giant Chinese Tech Firm being sold around bill graves no one really knows where the dog is being stored or what its being used for and this is happening in other places as well the u. S. Has been very critical in particular saying that while ways basically used as a back door for the Chinese Government to surveil survive basically gives new meaning to the phrase ive got your number sure in fact rebecca rivers as always rebecca thank you. Well youre watching the news still to come remaining sees a spike in births violence a syrian section critics say corrupt doctors are fueling the trend with c sections and putting mothers lives at risk well have a story in just about. Our german politics now the future of germanys government is in dealt after chancellor merkels Coalition Partners the social democrats elected to new leaders who are critical of the partnership itself with the chancellors conservatives theyve indicated they want to see major changes reaching the prospect of the governing Coalition Coalition collapsing potentially causing either an early election or a minority. Saskia aeschines and norbert will soon be leaving germany social democrats that in turn could spell the end for the grand coalition with the christian democrats and Christian Social Union the results of the s. P. D. Poll came as a surprise as did the clear margin of victory the new leaders to be want to chart a new course for the party and reopen negotiations with chancellor Angela Merkel on future government policies. It does cut so he has the responsibility of the social democrats to make policies for the low and medium earners at this time and again we see clauses in our contract with the c. D. U. That are not in their best interests and that has to change. But the conservatives are likely to resist any major changes to government policy only 2 years before the next election c. D. U. Leader on it could come common power made this clear. We stand behind this coalition on the basis of what weve already negotiated. 100 m. We want to get back down to work quickly but. The opposition greens say berlin is headed towards a government crisis b s b did the s. P. D. Has to clear this up this week do they want to govern this count. Yes or no you cant govern if you is maybe. The s. P. D. Has veered left what this means for German Government should become clear over the coming days. When he is chief Political Correspondent and crane she can guide us through all of this good evening to you melinda so is this a crisis. It is a shock and it is certainly a crisis for the s. P. D. Which has seen its share of crisis is over the last couple of years whether it is a crisis for the government and for the country as a whole does depend on a couple of different factors so factor number one what happens at the social Democrats Party conference on friday they do have to confirm this new leadership duo seems pretty clear that they will but that is still one variable now in order to prevent that Party Conference from becoming a sort of yes no referendum on whether the government stays in power or whether the s. P. D. Leaves the government the new leaders have said they dont in fact want to immediately precipitous leave the government what they do want to do is to renegotiate the Coalition Agreement meanwhile however spokesman for the government have said c. D. U. Isnt about to agree to that so both america spokesperson and also as we heard. The conservative party leader theyve said thats not going to happen so this could become a crisis in slow motion we will see the 2 governing Coalition Partners negotiating with each other i think the c. D. U. Is that its open to that but if they cant come to agreement that would presumably lead to the s. P. D. Leaving the government then the option would be either early elections or as you mentioned possibly a minority government led by the conservatives not a very stable option many people in germany would certainly not prefer to see that happen yeah and it is certainly is a dent in the armor of germans debility was in the European Union the timing is also not good is it i mean were preparing for bridge and a lot of other challenges for your. Right just one example of that the other rival candidate for Party Leadership was the current finance minister in the governing coalition scholtz highly regarded by many people in germany but not obviously within his own party because he did not win the referendum that means he now goes into crucially you meetings this week to some degree discredited and with a lot of questions being raised about the stability of this very important economy and the issues of the instability arent only at e. U. Level also here domestically in germany we have a somewhat volatile political situation with the far right party the alternative for germany the a. F. D. Breathing down the necks of the conservatives saying they very much want to be part of government so its a difficult time for the s. P. D. To be engaged in a long process of self reflection and that same thing goes for the government as a whole if it is largely now going to spend months working on whether or not the 2 partners can Stay Together that doesnt auger well for the stability of this very important country our chief Political Correspondent linda crane of the storm force here in berlin melinda thank you. Romania has the highest rate of birth spices syrian section in the European Union with as many as 4 out of 5 newborns in some hospitals delivered this way critics say its because of corruption in the Health Service doctors make more money from to syria and then from natural births. When little aryan goes down the slide his fathers always there to catch him at the bottom his mother manuel a can only watch because of the syrian section she had when she gave birth to him that nearly killed her. Doctor decided to take this action and i dont know what has happened but something room has happened because their respective week have to. Be a head for surgery ever since manuel as started talking to the press about her experience many women have contacted her to share their stories doctors often insist on performing. Well as doctor came into the clinic after hours apparently slightly drunk although the operation went badly he insisted she give him the traditional cash gift yes i think its about the money when you go to hospital you need money from the nurses from the entrance of the hospital to can get into the hospital this is how we. A natural birth costs 300 euros but for a syrian you have to slip the doctor up to 1000 euros. At the clinic no one wanted to be interviewed here like everywhere in romania the government has raised salaries for medical personnel over the last year but still 80 percent of births are ceasar ians irina pope has is a midwife she has to meet patients in a cafe if she wants to explain the advantages of natural birth she lost her job in a clinic after contradicting doctors who insisted on a c section im sure that there. Is because i want my doctor knows me and. My medical for i. Dont feel safe bribery is so common in romanias medical system that the government is clamping down and auditing facilities much more but even the Health Minister at mits its not enough. She did this for the future of the us recently we had to close a bridge station because of the risk of infection and. The employees were against it. It was right before christmas they had 60 syrians lined up and needed the money but. Little i and doesnt know why his mother can never pick him up but my noella is glad she can at least kiss him it means she survived. With his g. W. News and these are our top stories delegates from nearly 200 countries have begun a Climate Summit in madrid amid a growing sense of crisis negotiators will spend the next 2 weeks ironing out the rules for implementing the 2015 Paris Climate Accord. More than 200000 people have fled their homes in the philippines as a powerful typhoon bears down on the country the storm swept the shore with the original rains and winds of more than a 170 Kilometers Per Hour the typhoon has knocked out power in several provinces. China has announced sanctions on american n. G. O. S and is suspending visits to hong kong by u. S. Naval ships and military aircraft the retaliatory measures come after the United States passed legislation last week backing prodemocracy protesters in hong kong. In iraq hundreds of women have taken to the streets of basra to show solidarity with antigovernment protests elsewhere in the country its the citys 1st protest led by women march comes after iraqs Prime Minister resigned at the weekend. This is g. W. News from berlin for more you can follow it was on twitter at the w. News or you can visit our website thats d. W. Dot com. And coming up next the latest edition of the ws documentary close off ill be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed up by the day i hope to see the. The 1st. For the resistance it plays a central role in the demonstrators in hong kong. Artists immortalized the heroes and victims of the protests in their works which keeps the spoke of the uprising alive but what price. And freedom in hong kong. Comes up next on d w. Do you know that 77 percent i think are younger than 6 oclock. Guts me and me and you. And you know what its time all voices want part. Of the 77 percent of the talk about the issues. This is where. The 77 percent this weekend on d w. Closely. Carefully. Dont know the soon. To be a good. Discover who. Subscribe to the documentary on you tube. But this time all that was a book on and that theres no one. For months hong kong citizens have been demonstrating more and more of a sypher asli against chinas increasing restriction of their freedom