A revolution. Thanks very much indeed for joining us here on 2 of the points in here with me in the studio today. From lebanon who says we are witnessing a global view through deleon not seen since 1968 and people in the middle east are finally breaking the fear bhartiya also with us is rick not from the Washington Post who argues that protesters share their frustrations with political systems that dont work in their favor but the solutions to their concerns often differ vastly on the wall welcome to too young a Screen Research associates at the institute for protest and social Movement Studies here in berlin who believes that the global protests. Underline the level of frustration among younger generations about the failure of elites to come up with answers to the problems of our time and thank you all 3 of being here today once again were going to begin with raghida and you know we can make a list of countries that are taking part in these uprisings these protests you know hong kong
Words like variability in rainfall is that basically what were talking about its absolutely a result of Climate Change these larger. This is without a doubt a symptom of extended drought and Climate Change is absolutely what is causing these larger and longer droughts and how is that impacting then obviously not only the the natural habitat but also communities freshly herding communities. Thats an excellent question herders are really at the forefront of feeling the impacts of. The west africans to hell is in many respects sort of ground 0 for the impacts of Climate Change and these hurting communities depend on pasture to feed their animals and their livelihoods and when we have a situation where there is a brushfire that wipes out your pasture and you have to wait 67 months for the rains to come this creates a serious problem and result in the loss of a lot of animals and while herders may oftentimes be the ones who feel these effects 1st they really occupy a critical pillar of Food
Spanning as far east as madagascar and a large number is believed to be due to slash and burn practices by farmers has been compounded by shorter rainy seasons why its orange dinahs Data Scientists and drought specialists who focuses on african agricultural trends he says the lack of rain in the past 3 years is having a huge impact the real issue is that the impact of these brush fires is getting worse if you look at a lot of parts of sani abacha parts of the african continent particularly the west african said hello this used to be a regular occurrence during the dry season and when the rains would come around. There would allow for grasslands to grow again but unfortunately we are seeing a very significant increase in variability of rainfall its making the rainy seasons very volatile and less predictable. Still ahead this half hour israel sends tanks and troops to its borders with lebanon and syria after carrying out acts strikes in both countries. And the u. S. Congress you to call
lebanon tens of thousands took to the streets to condemn a 20 cent per day fee the government plan to impose on telephone calls over the internet in late october prime minister al how do you agree resigned but the protests continued now directed against the government s economic policies corruption and inflation. fronts every saturday tens of thousands across the country protested against a 7 cent increase in fuel prices. after 2 months the government rolled back the price increases. here to the demonstrations have continued taking aim at social inequalities in spring 2019 the movement last scene after president emmanuel mccormack initiated a national debate over people today more willing to fight for their rights. well that s a good question but they re young as it was all of our grievances surrounding mobility
really function those will have but for gentle loney that means open markets free trade and no protectionism. a lot of people in davos are really interested to see how donald trump responds to such straightforward remarks in his own address on friday. and another remarkable speech today was by french president emmanuel mccormack france is back was his message putting his country first but only together with his european allies just after the speech our correspondent in davos because of corba caught up with vanna horia president of the european investment bank and asked him for his reaction. i m still more than impressed i know him and i call him from former times long long before he was a minister and i must say the way he developed over eight months from all of a sudden the french leader then after a couple of months the european leader and now he has brought himself in the