Streets of baghdad hendy government protesters clashed with Security Forces leaving more dead and injured demonstrators are furious about corruption and the lack of basic necessities. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us the Climate Activist Group Extinction Rebellion has kicked off worldwide protests warning of an environmental apocalypse here in berlin protesters gathered at dawn to block streets in the citys center over the next 2 weeks civil disobedience actions where protesters attempt to peacefully paralyze cities are planned in 60 cities around the world protesters want Greenhouse Gas emissions be cut to 0 by 2025 we now go to our correspondents in london and shear in berlin lets start with big at moscow. Is joining us there on the streets of london stan the protests are just getting underway there whats the situation on the streets. Well i mean here in the government district and london and protestors of blocking several sites in and around the government a straight t
Deepens a 2nd whistleblower inside the white house tells intelligence officials the u. S. President abused his power in a phone call to ukraine. And germany grab some gold is the world athletics championships wrap up after a series of cultivars. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us the Climate Activist Group Extinction Rebellion has kicked off worldwide protests warning of an environmental cause apocalypse the protesters are taking their rebellion to 60 cities around the globe here in berlin protesters gathered at dawn to march on the citys famous Brandenburg Gate over the next 2 weeks civil disobedience actions were planned in cities across the world the. Demonstrations began yesterday in london protesters want Greenhouse Gas emissions to be cut to 0 by 2025. Met with climate activists in berlin and see how they prepared for their day of protests lets take a look. At more oh. This is how environmental activists from extinction are badly and are preparing for the protests one
Im Michael Oakley thanks for joining us we begin in hong kong where prodemocracy activists are brushing aside a legal setback to protest an emergency law banning face matts tens of thousands have been braving the rain to defy the treaty this even after Hong Kongs High Court refused to grant an injunction blocking the ban the territorys chief executive kerry imposed the measure on friday she said it was needed to prevent more violence prodemocracy activists hope the law can still be overturned the high court will hear their petition against the measure later this month. After the court ruling prodemocracy Lawmakers Said the face mask ban could say a dangerous precedent. There are extremely important constitutional implications coming out of this case because if the chief executive can be used and large and see housed in this way there is nothing stopping her from using it to do other things such as prolonging the Detention Time and to contravene the fundamental human rights and freedom
The country was crying out for change. When president ial elections were set for the 18th of april, it seemed the moment had finally come. Then, word spread that president Abdelaziz Bouteflika might run for an unprecedented fifth term. Defying a 20 year ban on protests, algerians across the country took to the streets. The protests were quickly dubbed the movement. It was a tidal wave of anger that louisa ammi was there to capture. Shes one of algerias few female photojournalists, her career a visual record of its troubled past. Many saw the prospect of another term of an absent and feeble to president as one humiliation too many. Among the protesters, merouane lounnas. Hes a veteran radio presenter and journalist but had never been a dissident. The protests were peaceful, but how would algerias rulers respond to such defiance . In 1962, the algerian people finally threw off french rule and gained independence. Two key organisations emerged, a peoples party, the fln, and a popular army
Next peiser thanks for joining Us Saudi Arabia has temporarily halted Oil Production at 2 facilities after they were attacked by a good many rebels iran backed fighters say they used 10 drones in the strike Saudi Arabian Oil Production has been cut by about a half one of the targets was the giant Oil Processing plant in kc located east of the capital riyadh blazes also broke out in the countrys 2nd Largest Oil Field including the fires have been brought under control and there were no injuries reported. Has been following the story for us only tell me the saudis have cut production by about a half they say what does this mean for saudi arabia. And for the world as a saudi arabia is losing 6000000 barrels of crude oil a day to put that into context the world consumes more than 100000000 barrels so that is a large chunk saudi arabia is the biggest oil exporter in the world and well have to wait and see when the markets open on monday but this is likely to send ripples through the world e