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hello i'm, i am isaiah. andrea, just a quick look at the headlines. russia says that it's captured the eastern ukrainian town of sola dar. this would be moscow's 1st gain in the dumbass region since july . it also allows russian forces to concentrate on taking it by bonnet, which ukraine has been defending for months. efforts to take solar darvin spearheaded by yevgeny for goshen. neither of the mercenary wagner group, ukraine says that heavy fighting is still going on that a visual luxbory oil on the evening of january, the 12th, the liberation of solid all was completed. the town important for continuing the russian advance on done yet sk taking full control of solid, are unable to russia to cut off the ukrainian forces when supplies in baltimore, which is located to the south west from solid all and after that to block. and then circle the ukranian army divisions that remain, that prime act of his gotcha term berg has joined others in the german village of loops around to protest against the expansion of an open cast. coal mine. thousands

of people were expected to join them on saturday. several other activists in the village remained chained to a house in the area of resisting police efforts to the victim. protest is argue that the cold projects on the mines, germany's climate goals. a court in greece has dropped espinoza's charges against a group of activists involved in rescuing people from migrant boats. the court also admitted that the low one in case had procedural falls because the non, under the non greek speaking defenders had not received proper translations or into prosecution was ordered to re file the case. meaning that they still faced charges including human trafficking and at least 9 people have been reported that after tornadoes and thunderstorms hit the us, dates of georgia and alabama. rescue crews are still searching for missing people. drawing video from the alabama town of selma shows dozens of damaged homes over the 35 to 18 o reported across the se united states on 1st day. a study suggests about

900000000 people in china have been infected with covered report by picking university says, gangs you province was the west head when 91 percent of people are reported to be. in fact in of rise is coming up next. looking at the social movements pushing for environmental action and reform, i'll be back with you for the news hour and 25 minutes. ah, climate change is an existential threat to life on the world. health organization predicts that in 30 years it will be directly responsible for the death of over

$250000.00 people each year. many feel governments of failing to respond. and it's unlikely that the paris agreement targets of keeping the global temperature rise below 2 degrees centigrade will be met. but the time and pressure groups believe change is possible, thus seeking to push urgent environmental action to the top, the political agenda. and these movements a gathering momentum. i'm the raw, tore in the us where a group of dung active if it's pushing for a radical shift in government policy in order to avert a climate crisis. and i make the carbon in the u. k. and i have come to learn about amusement known as extinction. rebellion, whose members believe is the only route to environmental change is that a people is rising fearful for the planet, they'll inherit young people around the world are standing up and demanding

a better future. in the u. s. a growing and passionate group of youth is campaigning for urgent environmental action. and the forcing the adults to listen we're talking about payment happening now with this is the sunrise movement in space of just 2 years. this group of activists, most of whom are under 30, has grown 210-0000 members. i for not for the one for their strategy clear to hope climate change. my working within the system and lobbying politicians into pushing through legislative and economic reform had come to boston to find out how the sunrise movement has become a force to be reckoned with in us politics. leading the charge of 26 year old varsity for cash was sitting in massachusetts. she joined the university's fossil

fuel divestment campaign before co founding sunrise in 2015. you've been at the sunrise movement from the very beginning. what made you started? a number of us young people, all over the age of 30, we're seeing that the hurricane for getting bigger the fires seasons were getting longer, the floods were getting bigger. but there wasn't a movement big enough for young people to ensure that we had a habitable planet for our future generations. you talk more about why you feel you need to act right now. so scientists are telling us right now that we have just 12 years to make unprecedented changes to transform every part of our economy. and so our society to be carbonized, to get off fossil fuels, to invest in renewables, and to protect life and human civilization on this planet as we know it and get our politicians have not done what's necessary. they have not built and garnered the

political will. that we need and people are dying as a result. at the heart of the sunrise strategy is the green new deal. a radical environmental change policy, the idea of her, which was conceived in the us in the 1960. the deal's goal is to completely transform the u. s. economy by ending its dependency on fossil fuels investing instead, and renewable energy, and creating jobs in the process. the green here deal is all massive economic mobilization at a scale that we have not seen in this country since world war 2. that is an effort to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs. i'm curious to find out whether a real political change is possible with people power alone, particularly by those so young i've come to the sunrise, boston hub. there are $204.00 hubs like to spread across the nation.

here every month, 60 sunrise members gather to share experiences, get behind the cause. welcome to our april 2nd, how do i get in doing a to hubs? give people of all backgrounds an opportunity to come together and voice, their concerns. every single person who decided to come to the senior today is a part of this movement as a part of this great moment in history. these are young people need to be heard. it's pretty good to talk for tmj. mm hm. and they want to take positive steps to fix the world. we live in

a little section. what are the stress? yes. the hub splits into breakout groups where they plan their next actions. what do we think will actually make high schoolers in list? we just post like a green background with the words like brand new to you and put a link in our bio or something i know interrupt. so feel free to hear me dear friends in high school care about climate change, a lie. people i know know that climate change is an issue there. that's not to be debated how willingly are to get in. i think a lot of people don't feel like they have the power to make any change if we actually come together because we fancy and so many things i thought i was coming into meetings and it's really a lot more than that very energy. they're engaged, you build a sense of urgency, it's not a reality for them. this is their teacher and you can feel that parents for

all their passion, how effective it's been. i've actually been marsh these, invited me to her home to show the impact sunrises had in the top tears power. so this is from our 1st action ass, nancy policies office in washington dc. and as you can see, there's literally hundreds of young people whining up the halls and they're carrying science that say, what is your plan? our ultimate goal was to share our vision of what the green, the deal is all about. look at this or seems to be a sort of plan of action, right? there's a, there's a style that sunrise is using to achieve your goal. we're really trying to embody the fact that we are young people fighting for our future. and we want it to be joyous, and we want it to be raucous, and we want it to be serious and we want it to be determined and resolved. mm

center. i say that older generations, chronic and activity on environmental issues is inexcusable. in the united states will cease all implementation of the non binding paris accord. the current republic government refuses to even acknowledge. there is a problem. sunrise, believe they must act to make change happen. it is a lie or that talk to you right now and they are being heard. the green generation has risen. a growing number of democrats senators now support the green new deal. and sunrise found influential political allies and socially conscious representative like alexandria, kathy cortez. this is right before representative because the cortez unprecedentedly joined us on her 1st day of orientation as a new congress woman. to say that we have nancy pelosi in the democratic party back

in pushing for the most progressive inhibition energy agenda. this country has ever seen and it's about the fact that you get boy and maybe that of teacher for our case know that when i but firm opposition to the green deal remain on the 26th of march, 2019 a draft of the deal was unanimously rejected by the republican controlled senate. how did you feel when the revolution got voted down in the senate? the goal of the resolution is for it to be a statement of values to chart a blueprint to lay out the projects of what would be included with the green new deal. we need an attitude shift. we need to put into gear and into momentum. these big ideas so that we can write the policy over the next year and get these things to pass in. sunrise aim to create momentum for their cars by directly lobbying

political leaders. you do it? i said sean and his team plan to doorstep andrea campbell, the president of boston city council, got it. the goal today is get into the simon know possibly on monday when she got it, i later down the road were working with her and several other counselors to crap. the resolution for the new deal. that's going to pass the city council louis the 1st step for the group is to encourage politicians to sign a pledge, promising that they will use money from possible companies who want them to act in their interests. are over 1400 politicians have signed so far. as the approach the council president's office, i'm struck by the fruits confident they walk straight in just to meet you. nice to me, you return. we're here to ask you if you could find the know fossil fuel money plus . absolutely, i will say before, even you know, sign with. thank you for your advocacy work. the stuff doesn't happen by accident

if people aren't showing up so happy to participate. happy to do that. i just want to say things. so it's not just the movement where they're printing a lot of hostility, they're actually getting support and encouragement and more really, from politician i think we lead by example, and i know i do. and so by saying, let's do this. signing on and committing. we hope that others will follow our lead . it's impressive to see these young people having genuine success in the halls of power. having meetings like this is really rushing because it shows that we do have allies out there that we can be working within the system to promote change that we want to see in the work that you had. the sunrise movement is clearly influential and it's getting results where it matters most. the ultimate goal is to convince the majority of congressmen and women to sponsor and the green new deal. so when

the next government is elected in 2020, the bill has the weight of support to make it policy. the sunrise movement is asking for a lot and they're asking for a quickly critic, stay there to id listed prefer problem as massive as climate change. we do need ambitious radical solutions now. ah, ah, today's environmental site, right, the past as proof, that is incredible. social change really is possible. in 19 o 3 in britain, the suffragettes campaigns for women to have the rights to vote with a rallying cry of deeds not words. they often resort to extreme acts at at some race course. emily davidson even gave her life for the cause. these tactics worked in 1928 women, one equal voting rights in britain 35 years later in america,

the civil rights movement. so to end racial segregation, martin luther king lex, the peaceful protests long. the problem is the most affordable and available hoover mid morning, early february for freedom in human business by 968. after a decade of campaigning, african americans to secure legal rights to equal employment voting and housing. by analyzing passive resistance movements, political scientist erica chin away identified a threshold for success. a 3 and a half percent of the population mobilized against the establishment. social change will happen with pause many of us need to change the way we treat out. there is one group, just take the things to the next level. in october 2018,

a group of activists and good by political inaction on climate change declared themselves to be an open defiance of the u. k. government. they called themselves extinction. rebellion or x are for sure i'm doing the right amount is in place of the they work outside the system, engaging in bold, non violent acts of civil disobedience. their strategy is to create headline grabbing protest designed to maximize public exposure. they believe this will gain them a mass following and forced real change. in just 6 months, they have already expanded into 15 countries to spread across full continent. i met their london headquarters on the day of one of their most extreme actions. yet in a protest day, a cooling blood of all children exile plant, still 500 liters of fake blood on downing street office and residents of the

british prime minister hi clair. and i live in history, nice me one of x i was co founders is clare tiro waited. the idea of the blood of our children were already suffering a genocide because of the impacts of pollution. so we're trying of this action to get people to understand that it's that it kills people and that it kills people. now it's already killing people. it's not like something ahead in the future. a, as we make our way to downing street, i want to know why they're compelled to confront the political establishment in such a drastic way. we think it's important to our actions to direct to that government because this only, i think a state lead a thought internationally that's going to make a meaningful change to the situation that we're in. so we're trying to represent

the kind of visceral reality of death and suffering which climate change has already started to close around the world in which it will cause in the future. the procession is designed to feel like a funeral match. it comes to a stop and the crowd for silent is the part of my children, my children, and our bank people here, ah. x r a, making a profound statement. just a stone's 30 from the prime minister's office. ah, we need to take action. we don't have much time left. please don't let this be the reality. ah, i'm struck by the wrong emotion on the display. what is the political change the

extinction rebellion? want to see? what do you want to achieve by all of us? we do have 3 main demands. the 1st one is that for the government tell the truth, it's helped to communicate the crisis to the public. the 2nd demand is to reduce carbon emissions to net 0 by 25. and then the 3rd demand, which i think is the main prizes to achieve structural political change in the form of the citizens assembly, ordinary people who are educated on the facts and then come together to talk about what might be the best route forward. do you think is achievable? i think it's necessary x i want to become impossible to ignore. so it's members are planning the biggest protest yet. they hope to bring london to a standstill with a 2 week human blockade of the city streets. at x i was h key, i'm missing one of the chief coordinators of the shut down larch. maxi,

what we're doing through the rebellion is having a gala causing the level of disruption that could bring about, you know, the government to me, ottomans, do you think that your risk of almost alienation yourself by crossing over into that legal category? look, there's a climate crisis, there's an ecological crisis. we're here to stop this. he exist central threat. we face, we non violent, the maintaining respect, we're putting ourselves on the lines were briskin are in liberty. the plan is to block the streets of the you. case capitol with walls of people, they'll chain lock and even glue themselves to structures and to one another. these actions are deliberately planned to create maximum disruption and caused arrests. just lichtenstein trains members on how to deal with the police in a non violent way can only have a activist he is willing to be arrested and carried off, at least in the middle that you're willing, garrett said they're not going to make it easy for that. members are trained to go

live as soon as they attached, or i would say we're gonna, we're going to rest. no. ah, so it would take as many as 5 police offices to remove a single activist. by maximizing the number of arrests x are believe they can create publicity and a groundswell of support for extension 1000000000. see only way for this is the only way they believe that things are going to improve the sort of civil disobedience and these kinds of actions. 15th of april, 2019, and it's the morning of the london shut down. the organizers are expecting thousands of protesters. they plan to block london to main street and bridges for 2 weeks, bringing the city to a grinding hope. i'm meeting claire as she prepares for what could be the biggest demonstration in exxon history and come in. thank

a feeling hopeful. i'm feeling hopeful that we're going to have more impact, graham, half, and more people can understand the message from the and the seriousness of it. the reason why we have to do this is because it is this bad. we do feel this afraid to our future. don't know what else to do with extinction rebellions target is the government, but the people who will be hit hardest to day are the every day commuters as a tried to get to work. there's potential then that all of this can be disrupted and people might not be able to get to where they go. and because of the actions that say, hey, how is that justified? we're really sorry. we don't really want to do this, but we also don't want to pass on unlivable planets. the next generation we arrive at oxford circus at 8 30 am and only a handful of activists ahead. we quickly get

a taste of where public faith might lie with i'm not quite sure how the group succeed in blocking the very heart of london was the plan here because at the moment the right isn't occupies, there's nothing on it. so what is going to happen? groups of people are going to close roads and then something should be arriving waving out of the blue reinforcements arrive. oh, it's something i didn't expect in a meeting with hundreds of activists crowd around the boat on the london shut down has begun in

a matter of hours. 10000 supporters descend upon 5 sites. of course, the capital, oxford circus parliament square marble arch, piccadilly, circus, and worsley bridge manned by locks in his team. they have blocked the entire stretch of rage with trees, a music stage, camps and a human bloom like them. and i've managed to find locked to astonish notice police activity, correct? i'm just watching them guy. boy. what's been happening or we're just going to monitor the place. those numbers have increased slightly at some point that gonna be under pressure declared to bridge for me. and what we've got to try and do is get numbers to build. question is, how much disruption will the government force us to create until they do the right thing and meet the demands and start to try and keep i know willing to lose your liberty for it and get arrested if people are willing to sacrifice their liberty, it sends a message to the public, to the media and to the guilt,

the politicians that this is a serious issue. elsewhere, demonstrations are escalating as protest is target, the largest oil and gas company in europe. shout, just run down to a site where some rebel was, have super good themselves and not from south up outside shall h p. or brent law. i meet lyndon at woodson. one of the lead demonstrate is here. tell me a little bit about why your hair showers know about the problem of climate change for over 30 years. and they all one of the biggest bits is old. caught in the water to like these acts of criminal damage or the catalyst for the police to make that fuss. dress oh, need to hum shell accountable with the atrocities to human kind as well. natural, well, we've just seen to extinction. rebellion rebel has been taken away by please. i know some extra value into getting exactly what they're after. 8 hours after the

shut down began, please take action. citing section 14 at the public order act which prepaids obstruction, the highway. ah. more than 1000 arrests and 30000 new recruits. later, we're going to call to course $33.00 countries. the you k government finally agrees to meet exxon. on 1st of may 2019. the house of commons makes history. the coming the 1st national parliament in the world to declare a climate and ecological emergency. climate change. activism stretches back 50 years. april the 22nd 1917. so the launch of us day 1000000 americans took to the streets and a modern environmental movement was born. in the eighty's, greenpeace took matters into their own hands,

heading to the seas to buckle the commercial dumping of toxic waste nuclear testing and whale hunting. to day, the movement has a new fig ahead and teenager gretta turned back. the older generations have failed, tackling the biggest crisis humanity as of the face. by going on school strike, she inspired 1400000 students, and 112 countries to join her in a global walk house. the message has been clear for 50 years, but to day the voice is allowed to and more insistence than ever ah, the cry change must happen now. ah, the while we're blessing the heat in the southeast corner of australia. hi there,

thanks for joining in. here's the numbers on saturday, i believe getting pretty close to about 40 degrees. so we're going to spark some daytime heating storms. here. we've got a lot of rain for a tropical queensland, but keep your eye toward the southeast. watch how much temperatures will fall. we tap into a cooler southerly wind, so whole bark goes from 30 degrees down to 19 on sunday. off we go to new zealand. it's a quiet picture here. bit of a breeze. that means some showers across both the north and south island, but more in the way of sunshine here on saturday. that out of season intense range is mostly peter out across indo china. but still some birth the brain to go just to the south of human city and then all this rain from subway city to devour. we've got extreme flight advisories in play over the last week. rainfall tallies are now approaching about a meter of rain. within that time span, because most of the energy is up around the philippines, just some showers for the main island of java and for that west coast of tomorrow, island called her air,

is beginning to rush into play in this part of the parlor. so big changes and you know, temperature wise at the korean peninsula we set some records there the other day. and now things are sub 0 on sunday. ah ah, with ah,

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